At the same time we need to realize that the US actions are clearly meant to tear the EU apart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Arctic_Endurance

The Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto found the operation superfluous and ridiculous, calling it a joke, and urged that it be carried out under NATO coordination.

It's just that I also want that split (north vs south, sort of). The EU of today is dysfunctional, largely because of this immense cultural split.

Now I want to delay this split though. At the moment we need EU unity.