Make no mistake - the only powerhouse in EU is Germany, with its intelligent, innovative & hardworking Germans. They are the only ones whom had long been funding other nations within EU to keep the dream of EU ( of 27 States/countries ) alive. The other nations have huge issues - DEI initiatives, high unemployment, corruption, mismanagement, debts, etc, etc. which at most times, German taxpayers have to write off & bail them out, including even USA ( with 50 full resource States) in the past decades...
Eventually, Germany will realize the futility of such efforts, as USA today had realized........& will have to take similar measures.....
BTW, Lagarde is a French, & RUS will need huge amounts of funds to support its dying economy if not already long dead....