The EU is supposed to be this democratic entity that respects the sovereignty of members, yet as soon as a country, like Hungary, steps out of line and refuses to be forced to send money and weapons to the Nazi Kiev regime, refuses to sacrifice their own energy security for the sake of the EU's anti-Russia crusade, the EU immediately starts rewriting its own rules, does away with unanimity requirements, and tries to take away Hungary's vote (in addition to taking away Hungary's EU funds, funding opposition parties, trying for years to overthrow its government).

Now that Belgium has recently opposed stealing Russian frozen reserves, which would irreparably trash the credibility of European financial institutions (many of which are located in Belgium) and precipitate a major crisis, the EU is threatening to treat them the same way: as a rogue element to be crushed and forced back in line.

We already know that the EU blatantly rigs elections in member states, they did it just recently in Romania and Moldova in the most obvious way. It is clear that it is becoming increasingly desperate and tyrannical in trying to enforce a central political line and prevent members from exercising national sovereignty.

The more that the economic crisis in Europe spirals, the more of this type of dysfunction and internal conflict we will see. The more the pie shrinks the more everyone will fight over the pieces. The EU is crumbling under the weight of its own contradictions and the defeat of NATO's proxy war in Ukraine has accelerated that process.