[Count of Monte Fisto]

That there would be an economic benefit they also knew.

Yeah, Spain, Greece, Hungary, and Cyprus know all about the economic benefits of being mired in the sodomite EU.

[annalex]

Yes, but the Balt countries and Poland, closest to Ukraine culturally, did very well.

Besides, in Spain and Greece they problem was domestic; EU simply did not expect that they would end up so bad off.