Small member states of the EU are dissatisfied that they are facing to dictatorship from larger countries led by Germany, RIA Novosti reported quoting Politico.

The newspaper noted that the general complaint for all small member countries about the EU is that the big countries led by Berlin bigfoot them in the EU decision-making process.. These concerns are strengthened by various regional groupings within the EU such as the Scandinavian, Baltic, or the so-called Visegrad Group of four Central European states.

In the run-up to the informal EU summit on September 16 in Bratislava which for the first time will pass without participation of the UK, the prime minister of Belgium Charles Michel stated that the top officials are required to abandon the idea of “old” and “new” countries (members of the European Union) for success of a meeting.

Belgian Prime Minister hopes that the summit in Bratislava will give new necessary momentum to the European project, in particular, on safety issues and economic policy.