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> their goal is up to Lisbon

That was in fact Mitterand's goal in late 1989 - early 1990, the other way round, that is, until the Americans (well, the honorable James Baker) freaked out and nothing came out of it. I still think from time to time what could have been if "from Lisbon to Vladivostok" had become real, just as Mitterand had wanted it. [1]

[1] https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/155777507.pdf



It could never have been as Eastern European countries would do anything not to be in a union with Russia


My country, Romania, had in fact signed a pact with the USSR after 1989, so not all Eastern European countries would have been against it.


Last time I checked, Lisbon was in fact in the EU... Vladivosstok not so much.




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