Russia in the EU (?)

The sanctions war on Russia has brought out two separate sides that normally don’t get a lot of attention in the media.

One side advocates EU membership for Russia, and the other is against it.

Let’s examine both sides’ arguments, and whether it would make sense for Russia to become an EU member.

The first side says that if Russia wants to show its friendly intentions toward Europe, and modernize itself, it should join the EU.

First problem with this argument is the veiled arrogance that any nation outside of the EU is poor, broke, and backward; that no nation can be advanced and move forward without becoming a EU vassal.

As if Russia, with its superior rockets, impressive military technology, and well-trained technicians and scientists needs the west. All that Russia needs to advance and modernize is peace and quiet, something which the west refuses to provide.

Second problem with this argument is that Russia stands to lose a good deal of its freedom and sovereignty if it became a member of the EU, just like all the Eastern European countries lost. This has led to a situation where EU members are forced by Brussels to support politically-motivated policies which hurt their own economies.

Russia knows this, and President Vladimir Putin has also stated this simple fact in public.

Third, if Russia became an EU member it would have to submit to rules, regulations, and policies from Brussels that primarily benefit the west. Worse, Russia would have to follow US dictat since the US is the political and ideological overseer of the EU.

Russia’s entry into the EU would be a total invasion and takeover of Russia by the US and the EU by non-military means. Russia knows this, and that’s why it won’t join.

Besides, Russia has the human, technical and natural resources, infrastructure, and the culture to survive and thrive. It doesn’t need a patron to give it instructions, and a crutch to sustain it with hand-outs—which is the situation with the former ex-communist EU member countries.

The second side is against Russia’s membership in the EU, primarily the US and its Eastern European vassal nations like Poland and Romania.

These countries are afraid that if Russia joins the EU, the EU would have to let Russia play a decisive role in economic and political decision-making. This is something Russia would insist on during any EU-accession negotiations, as Russia’s economic potential and natural resources, especially in energy, would make the EU a global energy giant.

It would also insist on the EU dumping it’s outdated and stale pro-US Trans-Atlanticist mentality. A new European-only security realignment would be created in which the US has no role.

Naturally, this would make NATO totally unnecessary as a nuclear Russia would be the natural protector of the EU, and could no longer be provoked and demonized by the US as a convenient enemy. Russia would probably demand that NATO be either dissolved or Russia became a leading member with decision-making powers.

Of course this would eradicate Russia as a very cherished enemy of the US military-industrial complex, which thrives from having Russia as an officially-designated threat.

Russia’s entry into the EU would not come free for Brussels. Yes, the EU, under heavy and unrelenting US pressure would try to screw and cheat Russia in the most creative and nasty ways, but Russia wouldn’t succumb.

So if Russia ended up joining the EU on terms favorable to itself, it would have powerful influence on the EU’s foreign and economic policies. This would result in the US losing most, if not all of its influence over EU policies.

Russia in the EU would make the bloc the richest and most powerful economically and militarily. Russia would also serve as the EU’s gateway to Asia, which would make transport cheaper and quicker with less peril as opposed to sea lanes, which the US can block if it wants to.

This would also cause Asian countries, even traditional US vassals like South Korea and Japan, to switch sides as well.

The US ruling establishment is scared to death of Russia joining the EU. Such an act would undermine US influence, and seriously erode weapons sales.

And where would the US be as the number one weapons peddler and the ‘Protector of Europe?’

Personally, I don’t think Russia will ever join the EU.

Russia cherishes its independence and not being tied to some ineptly-ran, indecisive bloc. It also doesn’t want to run the risk of being exploited and aggravated on a continual basis by the EU’s virulently pro-US ‘old guard’ and their newly-minted pawns from Eastern Europe, who would undoubtedly vote Russia’s accession down because of personal and historical hatred, and pernicious US influence.

Russia also wouldn’t want itself to be an unwitting vassal of indirect US control via pro-US EU regimes. This would undermine EU cohesion and security. Taking into consideration the two US/German spy scandals of the past two summers, it’s a given that the US has spies in high levels of Eastern European governments who will do anything to prevent greater Russian and EU cooperation.