SO Mr Goodyer now returns to the EU and gives us the old Euro-propaganda line of "peace" (Your Views, July 16).

Following the Second World War, France and Germany were war-weary, and Germany divided. It was a virtual impossibility that they would go to war again.

Meanwhile, in the East, the dominant power was the USSR, with a string of unhappy satellites.

The West was worried about future Soviet expansion: NATO was formed as the defensive shield and remained so throughout the Cold War years.

So where was the EU peacekeeping? In the land of Euro-mythology, perhaps.

During those long years, the real unrest occurred in the Soviet empire – East Germany, Hungary and Poland. Precious little EU peacekeeping here, either.

Finally, no, the EU is not just about money, highly important though that is.

It is about a project of ever-closer integration, of political and economic union, a super state by any other name.

It is about a top-down, authoritarian system which only recognises "Yes" votes and ignores "No" votes.

This addiction to integration is a real danger to stability, even peace.

Yes, it will probably fail, but by prolonging the process it will make matters even worse.

IVOR R JOHNS

Heanor Road

Smalley

Derbyshire