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It's even worse when you remember how Europeans kept criticizing the USA with the example of "European Socialism" and all the good they do for their people whilst America "doesn't have free healthcare" etc. The free-ride is unfortunately over, and they'll have to pony up for not just their own people and their security, but for the concept of "Europe" that the EU monarchs are so attached to and can't let go of.

That is, until the eastern-european countries realize who they're more aligned to culturally at this point, and start leaving one by one.