A popular EU maxim that is striking in its stupidity but repeated as a sign of great wisdom is that integration is like riding a bicycle: you have to keep going, otherwise you will fall. It thus assumes that two groups exist in the EU: one that knows the final goal and that it is imperative for the whole process to be carried out, and one that is not cognizant of the final goal, does not understand it, and rejects it to the detriment of itself and others. This second group represents resistance and this resistance must be overcome for the sake of the whole, something the group will thoroughly
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