Different delegates are believed to exist within eu administration as in Ireland and most countries, sometimes with unspoken sponsors and different innitiatives guiding europe, not all of them transparent. An example is the instigation of Supreme courts independent of national governments, thought to be the case in Poland, Ireland and elsewhere, an unvoiced authority taking credibility from national governments.
The European union began as the European community. A change in administration lost the then Schengen area. May have been opposed to suzerainty or a fusion of states. Recent talk of a level playing field during Brexit may be signalling a new more egalitarian Europe.