Fuck that. Time for the EU to grow a pair.

seems unlikely

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggy" until you can find a big enough rock. -- Someone smart

Sometimes you just have to learn to take a punch.

Damn. In contrary they should go into full Ukraine support mode now.

Not with Gen Z leadership

It's been 10 years, if you still don't have that rock, maybe you're not really looking and you just want to say nice doggy forever.

Yes, the most Gen Z leader out there is Friedrich Merz after all. He is the embodiement of youth...

/s

It’s funny because I meant to type Gen X and I’m sure many would agree ;)

Typical division creating Libra!

Generational stereotypes are made up bollocks, with about as much relevance to somebody's character as their star sign.

Just like statistics are bollocks right

Often, yes. Particularly when trying to attribute characteristics across multiple nations as diverse as Europe. From Romania, to France, to Malta, to Luxembourg, to Portugal, to Finland, and everything in between. The EU is not a homogenous entity with a homogenous people. Particularly if you're talking about pre-internet generations where media was much more localised and English as the lingua franca was far less established.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_statistics

I don't think you fully appreciate how long it takes to build up the capacity needed. But yes, we've been slow to start. Not anymore though. Let's just hope people won't vote for the Russian bots like AfD, LePen etc.