That’s the whole thing. The rule-by-crisis dogma is meant to induce demand for a strongman; note Merkel’s over-emphasis on dictatorial leadership as a solution to “federalism” for the implementation of socialism.
What the Yurps haven’t figured out is that you can’t lead anything if you can’t even defend yourself. Nobody takes you seriously without the credible threat of military force. Until they start living in the world as it is rather than as they wish it were, they will always be pygmies internationally.
That’s in addition to the fact that socialism and multiculturalism are destroying their societies from within.