Which is why I am concerned over the relationship between Putin, Germany and France. France and Germany are both fairly disgruntled over the course the EU has taken; they had intended that they be the power within the EU and all nations simply tow their line. It hasn't worked out that way.
Now we see France (who disassociated itself from the NATO defense from the USSR mission in the late 50's) and Germany where many of the political leaders and much of the population yearn for the good old days of East Germany.
I am concerned over a power play between those three nations to bring the rest of Europe to heel...one way or the other.
That's a very good analysis, really.
Putin's alliance with Germany and France is anti-EU, that's the point many people don't understand yet.
Though I don't see why it's wrong exactly. How being subservient to Brussels is actually better than to Paris, Berlin and Moscow?