Some of the more powerful member states of the EU have often attempted to "dominate [their] partners, impose [their] arguments on them, disregard their rights, interests and needs," while paying "no attention to their protests," Rau stated, calling for reforms to strengthen the role of smaller states in the decision-making processes.
The increased role of the majority vote in the EU decision-making process advocated by Berlin poses a particular threat to freedom and equality within the bloc, Rau believes.
"Small and medium-sized states, who are disproportionately less capable of building effective coalitions" are 'doomed to lose' the vote even when their own essential interests or needs are affected. Their fate is then decided by others, which means that their freedom is fundamentally violated."
Comment: Interesting how the blame for inequality is always someone else's fault. At the end of the day, the circumstances remain. It was Poland's choice.