The Guardian notes that Poland and Ukraine are “much poorer today” than France and Germany.

“How can they really become a counter force in the EU?

This will most likely also be sponsored by the superpower, which will benefit greatly from the reshaping of the political order,” the article says.

Earlier, the Global Times wrote that the United States seeks to benefit from the Ukrainian crisis in all respects, in particular by weakening European countries. 

According to Senator Alexei Pushkov, the United States is deliberately harming the EU economy in order to gain political control over Brussels.

Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expressed confidence that the strategic interests of the EU should not be reduced to the benefit of the United States.