2022-07-25
In 2016 the UK voted to leave the EU. Many may argue that we never really left in practice, despite Boris' posturings, and some argue that with a new PM in the hot seat we may be set fair to rejoin, but it seems that other countries have had enough of the EU as currently constituted.
Hungary has taken a dramatic step which amounts to a declaration of determined intent:
Orban’s Hungary votes to abolish current EU Parliament and end “ever closer union”
With Draghi already busted and Macron on the slide, can other countries be far behind?
Or will the EU be fatally compromised by Russia's stranglehold on the gas pedal? Or by their revolting national citizenry? Or by the stresses and strains imposed by the military situation in the Ukraine?
Of one thing we may be sure - assured leadership that pulls the disparate populations together in times of crisis is not the EU's strong suit - just ask the Greeks.
So it seems that there maybe another parallel that the EU will share with the late great USSR - when the populations lose their fear, the collapse may become swift and the circumstances chaotic. Somehow I can't see Ursula sending the tanks into Budapest (if only because Germany's army under her leadership was so well equipped that it reportedly had to train with wooden rifles).
