Why was the EU founded?

The war metaphors are being repeatedly used by both sides of the EU Referendum debate.  Ironic given that preventing conflict between warmongering European countries was why the the EU was set up in the first place.


Referring to Euro-Sceptics as "Deserters" the President of the EU Commission Jean Claude Juncker warned the British Leave Campaign headed by Top Tory and Daily Telegraph columnist Boris Johnson: "I'm sure the deserters will not be welcomed with open arms," Mr Juncker, a lifelong European federalist, told Le Monde.