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The EU member states have their own foreign policy and extensive veto rights within the federation. It is not so strange that the EU itself has been slow, if an
by apelapan 2y ago
The EU member states have their own foreign policy and extensive veto rights within the federation. It is not so strange that the EU itself has been slow, if anything I think we have pulled together better than expected.
Individual member countries range from having done a lot fairly quickly to active sabotage. We have member countries like Hungary and Slovakia, who are firmly aligned with the Russian side, as if 1956 and 1968 and the entire iron-curtaint-thing never happened.
- m4rtink 2y agoFico in Slovakia is a hopefully crumbling anomaly- the previous governement (while a bit unstable) donated a lot of material, including a criticalzly needed S-300 battery and Mig-29 jets. And even with all the Ficos rambling, Slovakia is making good money selling artillery (both SPGs and ammo) to Ukraine.
- apelapan 2y agoOf course, everyone in Slovakia (or Hungary) are not firmly aligned with Russia. I hope the scales tip west-ward in the next elections.
- m4rtink 2y agoIn the case of Hungary, Orbans behavior is double embarassing, given the bloody soviet invasion they suffered in 1956: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
- watwut 2y agoThe problem is, Fico and his alikes are popular in Slovakia. They are not anomaly, they truly represent what majority finds appealing. Many if not most Slovakians want to be like Fico, earn money like him and be like him. It can be beaten, but it is not an anomaly. Not even historically, slovakia was quick to collaborate with nazi and communists.