To add further to your point, while no one in the EU is currently mobilizing their armies across the Oder or the Neman, a synoptic view of history shows that th

To add further to your point, while no one in the EU is currently mobilizing their armies across the Oder or the Neman, a synoptic view of history shows that the present situation is rather unusual, geopolitically and historical speaking. And just because armies aren't involved does not mean a kind of "soft" economic and cultural imperialism isn't at work, often through the abuse of EU institutions. Sadly, the Western media (which includes >80% of the media in Poland) ignorantly or maliciously misrepresents the ongoing political realities in Poland, employing simplistic, boorish and slanderous slogans to discredit anyone that could possibly disrupt the comfortable but corrupt status quo in the country and on the continent. Too often, people eat all that up because, frankly, Westerners known next to nothing about Poland and the region. Years of propaganda during the Cold War and before only encouraged crude and bigoted stereotypes that make it that much easier to push false narratives. N.b., for those interested in a brief introduction to Polish history, Adam Zamoyski's "Poland: A History" is worth a read.