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Possibly, but Kaiser Bill was still able to more-or-less get along with him: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1849879

What exactly did he do in Russia in 1884 that was so unappealing? And it's quite interesting--Wilhelm II managed to have a good relationship with both Franz Ferdinand and the Ottoman leadership, but not with any other European royals and heads of state.

From the article above:

FWIW, I was thinking of French loans still eventually becoming attractive enough for Russia to pursue a French alliance sooner or later. Apparently Russian Tsar Alexander III was already interested in a French alliance even in the 1880s: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1836878.pdf The full...

But would France, as a Russian ally, actually be willing to participate in any Pan-European integration proposals in this TL?

But Russia is still likely to be the elephant in the room here due to its sheer size, no? You mean in the "World map without the World Wars thread"?

Was the eventual creation of a European Union actually realistic without both World Wars? In real life, Europe only began deep integration after it was destroyed as a result of two World Wars. But if neither World War ever actually occurs, would there have still eventually been as much support...