The Balts still need to treat their soldiers better, and to increase defence spending (though so do bigger and richer members from western Europe).
波罗的海人仍然需要更好地对待他们的士兵并增加防务开支（尽管来自西欧更大更富有的成员也需如此）。
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Membership of the European Union has provided the Irish and the Balts with some protection from pressure by larger nations, but it cannot solve all problems.