This is exactly what I expected: the EU is destroying Europe, just as the USSR was self-destructing and taking down all of its satellites with it.
Except that I don't think that the EU is dragging down the UK. At this point, the UK is way ahead in terms of retardation...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/14/rising-fear-europe-really-is-doomed-and-taking-britain-down/