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Europeans: We are not vassal states.
Also Europeans:
At this stage, it's chosing between the old global power that you know will die soon but is still strong enough to hurt you, the most likely new global power that's rising fast, or putting in enough me money, effort and discomfort into becoming an independent power and explain that to a population that likes to vote for more purchasing power and pensions, not less.
That's actually an excellent summary of the whole situation.