“Prediction: The EU will not exist in its present form in 15 years”
Prediction: nowhere near that long.
After the reality has expired, they will keep up the fiction for a while.
I think Germany will break up. I know that sounds crazy, but there isn’t enough life force in the place to keep it going.
Bavaria will go with Austria. Hanover (Niedersachsen) will form a new Confederation of the Rhine with France and Benelux.