After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the exposure of Central and Eastern European countries continued to rise. Poland and the Baltic states have made it clear that they want to see Russia "yield" and act as an "anti-Russian" vanguard.
CEE countries do not want to cede too much authority to the EU level, especially in the face of the "Franco-German axis" in the leadership of the EU, they are unwilling to play the role of "second-class countries"