As an outside observer: the problem seems to be footgunning-by-vote?

Take the recent, supposedly uncontroversial measure to use seized Russian assets for stuff: the whole thing was torpedoed by some technicality from Belgium. And that’s constantly what I hear from Euro news; Hungary vetoes this, France torches buildings over taxes hikes for military, Germany is up to stuff, some transient right wing prime minister rejects that, no one wants to stick their necks out to save some industry. Things like that.

Y’all need a federal system, bad. Obviously learn from the mistakes of the US, Russia and such, but still.