It's just that I see a strong anti-EU trend developing throughout Europe, at least that's the feeling that I'm getting. Time will tell, I guess.

The thing is political integration is going back instead of forward and the financial crisis turned the whole project obsolete IMHO.

There's both there's an anti EU trend but don't mistake this to think there is no-one for it. There are lots of good things they've done. The whole 'euro' currency thing that gets the attention is just a small part of the system.