>>2714428In order for Europe to become a real geopolitical actor, Germany and France would have to abandon their imperial ambitions and cooperate with other nations of, let's say, the current EU.
As for the basics, we would need to have our own industry and food supply. It's achievable right now, but the current EU elite is corrupted (mostly by German and French business, no pun intended, as they answer to the Americans - but not entirely), and it aims to suck out the peripherals in order to reach short-sighted goals.
I can believe in stopping of the french ambition, because they've been landlocked for the past 200 years. But Germans - not necessarily you, I'm speaking of the elite, the people from the military and political dynasties - believe in the continuous Drang nach osten or uniting Europe similarly to how the germans lands have been united by Prussia.