Brexit Could Open the Door to Russia Joining the EU

[RV Kirgit]

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Britain’s exit from the European Union opens the door to a possible Russian entry—a “Rentry” or perhaps “Russ-in”—into the (now) 27-member club. While it could take years, even decades, before the Russian Federation could meet all the criteria under the so-called Copenhagen Criteria to join the EU as a full member, it is far more likely to occur now with the U.K. out of the picture.

https://fortune.com/2016/06/28/russia-brexit-eu-membership/

This looks inevitable.

Russia is currently in very good terms with Germany, and has handled COVID as well as the international community.

Russia also very well represented in the new world economic forum agendas

[GeeMail]

Three wrong premises here. 1. That EU needs Russia to fight US militarily, economically. Can never happen. All along, EU has used US to fight Russia on all fronts. Germany has had suspicions against US but that is nothing to worry about. What has changed? 2. Based on premise 1 of US-EU relations, Russia cannot join. 3. EU is held together by NATO in which the US is a major player. NATO is historically, politically and militarily built on anti-Russian sentiment. Look at Syria for example. That has not changed and is not likely to change soon.

[RV Pundit]

EU is German project - maybe with French at their key lackeys. I don't see how Russia can be subservient to Germans - just like the Brits had issues submitting to Berlin (Brussels is just a decoy otherwise EU main resolution get decided by Berlin). I disagree that NATO is EU. Many EU countries are not part of NATO.

As long as German economy remain very strong - EU will thrive. France is weak kneed and has accepted to be German lapdog.

[Kadudu]

Many outsiders see it this way, but in Europe mostly the French have a say inalmost what happens in the EU. Germany is only economically strong, but a political dwarf. Has no say in the UN, no nuclear arsenal etc. Germans are also not good politicians, but good managers. Any projest to work in the EU the French have to ve roped in first and then get some German fellow to push it through.
The British were always otsiders in the EU. They were never firmly inside and always behaved like a second wife in a boma. Now they are gone, maybe some sense will overcome in the EU that the project is here to stay.

EU is German project - maybe with French at their key lackeys. I don't see how Russia can be subservient to Germans - just like the Brits had issues submitting to Berlin (Brussels is just a decoy otherwise EU main resolution get decided by Berlin). I disagree that NATO is EU. Many EU countries are not part of NATO.

As long as German economy remain very strong - EU will thrive. France is weak kneed and has accepted to be German lapdog.

[GeeMail]

All said and done, Russia is still an EU enemy. Everybody knows that Putin is the camel whose head got into the tent.

[RV Kirgit]

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/951400927/europe-and-china-approve-landmark-investment-treaty-snubbing-u-s

China's president and European leaders met Wednesday to mark their agreement on an investment deal between the European Union and China despite a request for talks on the issue by the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron joined EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel in a video conference to conclude negotiations over the deal, which removes a number of barriers to European companies' investment in China.