and it is his cherished state

Yes it’s a particularly dumb slogan when most of their common “plan” is about destroying Europe. They are basically saying “can we go back to hating and periodically invading each other?”.

These guys are united by their dislike of each other. Which is fair enough, because I really dislike every single one of them too. I just wish instead of all this talking they mounted on their horses and jousted, like back then when Europe was, you know… great?