Quote (Norlander @ 11 Nov 2023 04:22)
Frankly, the influence of Germany and Lithuania is unequal. Do you realize that with the admission of Russia, the European Union will turn into the Soviet Union. And this is the main reason.
Imho it doesn't work like this, first you probably have lived in a country without compromises, this is not the case in EU.
Second most of the decisions are around common goals, and if there's an influence it is about the no-no / refusals that sometimes "big" founders can do like France, Germany, Italy... Like a super-Veto power.
Third the process of integration can be very long, this means economical exchange first for a decade, along with guarantees regarding democracy: Which means not the same Russia than today.
Quote (babun1024 @ 11 Nov 2023 11:29)
There is no beef between Germans and Russians. It's all fabricated. Same thing is with France and Russia. The only Europeans who have real problems with Russia are Poles (invasions) and the English ( halted any attempt to colonize central asia).
There is deep history, religion, in common. France, Germany, Russia are MUCH closer than Russia, North Korea, Iran. Above all: Geographical proximity in a balistic missiles era. Ukraine-Russia is a problem related to Muscovy's Tyrants (along with alot of others problems)
Quote (El1te @ 11 Nov 2023 04:37)
Germany runs the EU
Adolf Hitler actually succeeded in taking over continental Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology)