Going to attempt a synopsis.
Man procreated until he had a population big enough to attempt "community" projects. Nimrod, proclaims himself God. Makes ruling over the people easier. Further empires arise over the centuries. Control of commodities and trade was usually the key factor in rulers. Control those things and you gain power, plus get rich at the same time.
What we call Europe today, started as three Frankish regions. West Francia, middle, and East Francia. West basically became what we know as France today. East Francia became what we call Germany today. The middle got eaten up by one of the other two, back and forth over time.
Why did Hitler call his empire the THIRD reich? Why not something else? What were the other two if his was the third? HRE-Holy Roman Empire. It was neither holy nor Roman, but did exert power. Most popes were Italians early on, at some point, Germans tended to be Popes. Why is that?
To be a king, you could carve out a kingdom if you were savvy enough. If you wanted to be an emperor, you NEEDED Papal blessing. Only popes could make emperors, but you had to grease the palm of the pope who would agree to it. Popes hold more power than kings and emperors.
So who pulled the political strings of Europe for centuries and still does? It has all the trappings of an actual country.
Remember in the movie godfather iii, the bankers? Who did Corleone have to please? What kind of power do Vatican bankers have? Who helped Nazi's escape using it's own ratlines? What else can move along those ratlines?
Who is the whore who rides the beast of the EU?