@simon_brooke It will highly dependant on the viewpoint. I am totally with you this is a disgrace for any democracy. The problem is the alternatives may end up worse.

It is really choose the least worst thing right now. We have a total tyrant to the east just waiting for the crumble of the EU. Pretty much the only thing stopping him is that Ukraine did prove more feisty than thought and maybe NATO which the US is part of.

To the west we have an absolute maniac deciding huge things on a whim making him very unpredictable. But still is a vital alley in keeping us somewhat safe. Of course you would want to keep him somewhat happy and not do anything unwise and thought through so you might suffer more consequences.

Then you have the inner-european problems with a recession going on atm (in some EU countries not all?) people being more and more displeased with you and turning to the "easy answer" from the far-right idiots and conservatives doing their best to speedrun facism before the far-right was a chance to power.

Oh and the world is becoming on-fire everyday. Because who would have seen climate change becoming a problem?!

I guess its pick-your-poison time. I am so done with geo-politics atm. It kinda seems the EU missed the point in time to stand up for itself and there is nothing we can do to fix this that will not cost a fortune...