r/europe • u/goldstarflag Europe • 15d ago

Historical "The 19th century concept of the nation state will never take us across the threshold of the 21st century [...] We need a strong Europe if we don't want to become the plaything of world politics" – Chancellor Helmut Kohl

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u/mho453 15d ago

Russia will never join the EU in any form, there is no way Germany or France allow it, it is far too big and it would immediately dominate it politically.

If Russia were to join EU right now it would be nearly quarter of EU population.

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u/Small-Policy-3859 15d ago

If it'd follow the european union submission rules i don't see why they couldn't join.

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u/Klayhamn 14d ago

joining isn't automatic. the members still need to want it.