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by pjc50 3083 days ago
I don't think many people in Western Europe wished for a Soviet Europe, but quite a lot of people wanted something far more democratic-socialist than the US was willing to allow. It's definitely a factor in the creation of the EU.

The dichotomy of "everything must be US-style dystopia capitalism or full communism" has poisoned politics for over half a century.