@AnthonyFStevens Macron often says things I want to hear.

Somehow though I don't remember actually doing these...

@schmaker

That's the issue with the #EU, it has 27 member states who all have to agree, & this includes the pro-Putin Viktor Orban of Hungary.

European politics is complex, but I sense European leaders' patience with Orban is wearing very thin.

@AnthonyFStevens Well, it does not seems to me. Instead of isolating him they bribed him for ages. I don't like that.

Back to Macron - I think he could have done much more on national level or at least rhetorically push the other states to actually do something. But that never happened.

@schmaker @AnthonyFStevens Like what? What rhetoric pushes frugals to suddenly want to spend money or these 13 countries from suddenly seeing the light of much needed EU reform or Germany to stop being Germany? Do yo have an example of some concrete statement *anyone* could have made to get them to reverse course?

I have ranted at lenght about failure to uphold rule of law and the bribery approach to the kelpto, but, the bribery didn't happen in a void.

@AnthonyFStevens @Veza85UE Well, it wont work "suddenly", but definitely works.

Remember which country in 2022 was about to send only helmets? It took some pressure, but yes - other countries helped Germany to stop Scholzing for a while ;)

If you expect some Polish guy to say some political "abrakadabra" and then suddenly everyone will help, then yes - you're right, that definitely can't work