Riiiiiight. And in NATO, all NATO members are "equal" too, right? The US is just as important as Bulgaria, they're just "members"? Germany, where the ECB is, which is the most powerful economy in Europe, which basically controls the single European currency, is "just another country" in the EU, with an opinion that matters just as much as that of Portugal?

You honestly believe that?

I believe they will act in their own interest.

Making the assumption that all 27 are equal and cannot possibly lean on others.

Germany has a lot of might and will lean on the others but it remains to be seen how much effect that has, I have my doubts.

Definitely not the case.