guilford, we cross at the if on this accident, he is a professor of european politics at the university of siri, hardy tillman cross type roles, and fact that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate, john, let me go to you 1st in paris because when i post my last question in my introduction, it asked to choose between being a ideological construct or something for real people and real needs. you were not in your head already in the program. why go ahead? well, the european union is an ideological construct. it's based on the idea that nation hurts needs to be overcome. that the european. ready past is nothing but a series of was and that european societies need to be remodeled. ready in order for the continent to be at peace and it say an ideological construct because it turns back not just on history, but also on religion of course. and as i've said on nationhood, so it's driven profoundly by ideology. and you only need to observe a debate to what they call a debate in the european parliament, or see the kind of nonsense that comes out of the mouths of the people in the