jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The 27-nation European Union was built over decades with the core idea of extending peace across the continent. The notion that economic exchanges, trade and interdependence were the best guarantees against war lay deep in the postwar European psyche, even in dealings with an increasingly hostile Moscow.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war.html