It was actualy initiated as a soly economical union without any kind of political ties.
The French and German economy should be so bound together and dependent of each other that the two nations would never go to war again (thereby dragging all of Europe with it) which is why it was founded by Germany and France.
After the Berlin wall fell, East and west Germany wanted to reunite, but France and Britain would only allow it if they would commit thesmselves in their constitution to the project of a political European union (which was then thought to be the best method of keeping Germany of becoming to powerfull).
Today, trade between France and Germany isnt that well and the political union had the reverse effect of making us richer and more powerfull.
The French and German economy should be so bound together and dependent of each other that the two nations would never go to war again (thereby dragging all of Europe with it) which is why it was founded by Germany and France.
After the Berlin wall fell, East and west Germany wanted to reunite, but France and Britain would only allow it if they would commit thesmselves in their constitution to the project of a political European union (which was then thought to be the best method of keeping Germany of becoming to powerfull).
Today, trade between France and Germany isnt that well and the political union had the reverse effect of making us richer and more powerfull.