In 1836, the Revue Anglo-Française was quite astonished to reveal this riveting fact:

Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF

Apparently, according to the Review, England was importing, via the ports of London and Brighton, no less than sixty-two million eggs annually.  France was providing not less than fifty-five million of these eggs.  The Review goes on rapidly to tot up how much revenue France was gleaning from England.  At 42 centimes per dozen, that added up to 1,925,000 francs a year. 

You can almost hear the author rubbing his hands in glee.  Would he have wanted “England” to leave “Europe”?