There is a strong case that much of the eastern bloc were tricked into joining, by the UK, in order to weaken the Franco-German efforts for ever closer union.
This was even a joke in the UK at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYqB0uTKlE
This was even a joke in the UK at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYqB0uTKlE
This wasn’t intentional of the people who started the cogs turning, it was meant to be an empty gesture to get elected, no one expected it to actually pass.
The Brits have a habit of only telling you the precise truth when they think you think they're joking.