Oh yes it does, the 'sabre-rattling' is not aimed at the EU hierarchy, its at the individual states. One thing which has so far held is the determination of the 27 to stick together. The no deal threat is specifically to put the wind up those EU countries who will suffer most, Irelands economy (for example) is deemed to suffer most, and pressure from industries and sectors in a number of member states as been building on their Governments, just like it has on ours. However unlike ours they don't do their dirty washing in public, but if you search below the surface there are major concerns coming to the fore in a number of countries, these are the ones Boris/Cummings are after, they will only need a few strategically placed holes in the EU defence and the EU resistance (they hope) will crumble... at least that's the theory!