Not only Putin thinks that, former French president De Gaulle too. France kept out of the Nato for decades.
Even Macron shares De Gaules visoon of a pan European collaboration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkeS6if-9jM
So it's high time that Europe steps out of Nato, sets up her own defence and opens the door to her Eurasian future. A good starting point is the joint EU and Russia rebuild of Ukraine.