[mahkeiro]

You cannot have free trade without a common legal framework otherwise countries will just drop all norms to compete. If you think that you can have fred trade in Europe without this legal alignment I have a bridge to sell you.

[mk89]

Nope. Don't get the economical aspects mixed up with the political ones.

EU (or EEC) up until the 1992 Maastricht treaty was exactly what people wanted/countries needed: free trade / movement of goods etc.

In 1992 the good and bad of what we see today began.