It’s like the coupling with the US, it’s complicated. Complete decoupling is very difficult (if possible at all) and not really desirable. So the whole discussion is how hard, and where we put the line. Saying things like “they don’t actually want to” and “it’s too difficult to actually do it” is not very helpful.

Everyone wants more independence to some degree, it’s just that not everyone is prepared to pay the same price, or is willing to accept the same compromises. So yeah, if you personally put the line somewhere, you will be disappointed if a given government sees things differently and puts it somewhere else. It does not mean that everything is terrible and they are lazy or stupid.