Sorry for calling Poland an also-ran.
My brother lives in Berlin and has a small daughter. Brexit would mess with his status because he’s not married to his girlfriend, although they’re both together. She’s ex-East German, which is actually fascinating.
Brexit might make him have to leave his love and his daughter, so that bit is very personal to me.
Anyway, I have to sleep now. Love your posts.
However, your point was correct -- POland doesn't have the heft to take on the Franco-German axis and needs the Visegrad group + the UK to put pressure on the F-G and prevent centralization