The populations of continental Western Europe, having experienced in their own portals the ravages of fascism and war, were less vulnerable to the kind of easy propaganda was so successful with the most protected populations of Britain and the United States. It was necessary more nuanced a campaign to destabilize continental Europe.
The propaganda campaign to sell the Maastricht Treaty did not speak of "get the government off our backs", which would not have gone very well in those economies where the welfare state was both popular and successful time. Instead, it was argued that a European Union would put Europe on a par with the powerful US, and even said the EU was necessary to prevent future wars between European powers.
The reality of the EU is that Europe is delivered directly into the hands of the Gods of Money . Unlike own European nations, which are governed by elected parliaments and prime ministers, the regime of Brussels is dominated by the European Commission, that is not chosen and the Gods of Money can easily be arranged to be attended by its selected agents.
A central part of the pro-EU propaganda campaign had been promises of "subsidiarity" - the decisions were supposed to be taken at the lowest level possible, depending on the issues involved: without having to fear the loss of sovereignty. Brussels should make decisions only on issues affecting the EU as a whole. Once the EU was established, however, the term subsidiarity began to disappear from use, and over time, more and more power has shifted from national governments to Brussels. Today, all aspects of life in the European Union are affected by reams of regulations of the EU garbled.
The final nail in the coffin of European national sovereignty and financial stability came with the adoption of the euro in 1999. Without the ability to control their own currencies, nations had no real control over its financial viability. Today the madness of a common currency among nations with very different economic circumstances, is well covered in the financial press. But the truth of this madness was there from the beginning, and the Gods of Money were very aware of it.