@Wiimeiser
Well, as a European I dare to doubt that the EU will collapse. The main reasons for this are the economic dependencies of individual nations on each other. Moreover, a crisis like Corona clearly shows that separate solutions for individual states also do not bring any visible results. No, the mistakes that have been made were that right at the beginning of the crisis all European countries first panicked and isolated themselves individually instead of working on a common coordinated solution for the whole of Europe. Perhaps now, with Von der Leyens’ appeal for a European Marshall Plan, an initiative will be launched to finally overcome the crisis together.
Of course I can understand the call of the southern countries for rapid financial aid in the form of Eurobonds, but this will not happen without the approval of Germany and the Netherlands. Even if this means that the reputation of the Germans in countries such as Italy or Spain is declining, but in fact such demands for emergency aid must be tied to massive economic reforms. After all, a chain is only as strong as its weakest member.
Well, of course I am also concerned about the “democratic” balance of power in the Balkans. Here you can clearly see the grievances that have arisen from the heavy legacy of the Cold War and the division of Europe into East and West. These wounds could not be completely healed in the last 30 years. But instead of turning away from a at least political united Europe, I believe that only the strengthening of the EU can be the final solution to this and many other problems here.
And no, the EU is not the attempt of Germany to gain sole control over Europe, no matter how much this conspiracy theory comes up again and again. ;-)
