• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    I think it’s mostly for show. All the posturing is for his domestic voters, since most of his political message is being anti EU. If he can make a big stink in Brussels and carry off a token victory that’s a decent propaganda tool. I’m fairly sure he isn’t actually so stupid as to risk losing the EU billions going to him and his friends.

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      5 months ago

      I think it’s likely this. What probably also happened, was some quiet discussions in offices along the lines of “if you throw your toys out of the pram, it will be the last time, and you may not get the toys back”