Brexit was a coup.

Brexit was the plan all along. Now that the most powerful opposition to integration has been removed, integration can begin in earnest. Germany and France are powerful enough to overcome all remaining opposition. The UK will have to retain all of the same EU regulations as before if they want access to the common market, but now they have no say and now they cannot stop integration. In fact, now they likely will not get to keep their opt outs as before. They may have to be submit to all EU regulations.

Why else would the EU race to make the UK exit immediately. If the EU was so much stronger with the UK, why, when they see the British regretting their advisory decision, would they ignore all opportunities to try and overrule the referendum? Wouldn't you make at least some token attempt to say, are you sure? No. They didn't. They ran straight away to say get out immediately and then began their "stronger Europe" PR campaign and this memo gets leaked. This was the plan. Integration can now begin and no one can stop it.

Now the UK will be punished, the EU will integrate into a super state. The UK will be forced to either join later as a fully integrated member or have a subservient trade deal.

The UK went from a strong position of influence in EU law and policy and opposition to integration while maintaining its opt outs to being moved out of the way so that Germany and France together can integrate the EU unopposed and the UK will be forced into worse terms and have no influence.

This was a coup.