Do you think members of Europe fear the E. U. in the same way they fear Russia?
If you’re observations were accurate, they should. I don’t in my wildest dreams think people in Europe fear a military invasion by the E. U. I do think they fear Russian aggression.
I guess that’s why I take such a negative stance against your evaluations.
Some do, indeed, because of the too-evident similarities.
It really ought to be a false dilemma to have to choose between the European Union and the Eurasian Union (the name Putin is currently using for his neo-USSR). But the power vacuum in the world is enabling that.