As you may be aware, before Nazis raped the state of Prussia, and the military council of the Allies said that Prussia was to blame for the war, despite Prussia’s military having been dissolved more than a decade prior – before all of that, there was no European Union.
Then later, the EU was founded. In itself, I like the premise very much. For those of you, who don’t know the history in Europe, there were many wars in Europe, such as the Great Northern War 1700-1721, with the image showing a painting by Pierre-Denis Martin, depicting the Battle of Poltava (1709). This war in particular had more than a million deaths – and it arguably was part of what forged Prussia’s military at that time, to not be like a constant toy of the rulers all around in the neighbourhood.
And instead of such ‘politics’, by rulers barely anyone remembers their name already, the EU aims for a way more civilized approach. And that’s something I can easily support. Therefore, for an independent Prussia, to become member of the EU, that would seem a natural fit.
But, did the founders of the EU actually study issues, such as the Preußenschlag 1932, when the German federal government unlawfully removed Otto Braun as Prime Minister of Prussia? (A federal court of law agreed with Otto Braun, that it was unlawful, but that court decision had been ignored by the Reichstag and President – Otto Braun wrote about it in his memoires.) And was it really made that clear, that the EU is not to abuse its sort of higher standing, to the disadvantage of member/s in a number of aspects?
Personally, I am not convinced about that. As example, the issue about import duties. Prussia is no stranger to them, historically having levied duty on goods entering Berlin by boat, and so on, with then in 1833 the Zollverein, as customs union of German-speaking regions, and more focus on VAT for taxation. The topic isn’t really like some smartphone-app-game though.
Specifically in the EU these days, there are quite some differences about average income, when the members are compared. And generally, the EU may see import duties as a way to “protect domestic industry”. The issue though is, that many of that industry sits in the wealthier countries, while folks in the poorer countries are asked, to pay a surcharge in the name of those with way higher incomes. Meaning, someone with like 500 Euro monthly income in the east, goes to the market, and has a choice of a product e.g. from Germany or France, or one that comes with import duty from elsewhere in the world. And that’s not nice for these households, is it?
Then there is also the topic about inflation, where pushing prices up by import duties, means to push up inflation, doesn’t it? And once again, the poorer households are way more affected by this issue, especially when governments try to keep the expenses for social security at a barely liveable level, while billions get spent on weapons and hoarded in some bank accounts, and so on.
So, it doesn’t seem to me that the EU is being governed at a high standard. And that’s not even going into issues, such as that majority of EU parliament wants to deport entire nationalities into some camps in countries like Uganda. That is, when an EU member says that e.g. Afghanistan is a safe country, but a judge may not allow deportation thereto, that the EU solved “this issue” by just deporting them all to Uganda etc., in the name of alleged crime fighting. Or the issue about that economical interests stand above everything else – such as that ‘Hegseth’s racially pure U.S. military’ spends money on stuff and destroys school buildings, and EU yuppies are like: “Uhh, what companies are involved? I want to buy their stock, to make big profit of dead children.”
In such context, I find it quite hard, to be governed by such an order. And instead, leaving Prussian parliament aside for a moment, I would go with membership in the European Free Trade Association, or EFTA for short. As I understand it, that would make Prussia an economical-zone member in Europe, but without having to be subject to political agendas, such as the one about “white Europeans and Americans, need all the Lebensraum for themselves, as they feel threatened even by the wind blowing, for some dudes to then run it all like their personal fiefdom” (which was apparently the last thing they heard in school about these things, before they left to have a big party and party and party, to be never seen again in school).
And from the position of a like political outsider, I perceive it to be easier to properly talk about certain issues. Specifically, social security in the EU – the laws do differ, such as in regard to when an eviction is allowed – with a number of families then turning up homeless in a different member state, with usually not full access as residents have, sometimes accompanied by crime, such as stealing food in supermarkets – and EU members are each like: “Look at all these crimes by foreigners.” to then band together in EU parliament to punish some Afghans for all that mess.
In that sense, I see Prussia as an EFTA member, and clearly promoting humanist standards.