The crises are running, faster and faster, well beyond the abilities of EU rigid structures and mindsets to respond. The French election result has again demonstrated the hard-edged rigidities of European society which make the prospect of strong purposeful (i.e. transformative) government, of the ilk of say a de Gaulle, almost impossible to emerge today…
Europe and Russia are entering a fateful competition over energy trade. Europe is diversifying its sources of energy away from Russia. Russia is racing with Europe to reduce its own dependence on the European market and substitute with a “Look East” policy that taps into the vast potentials of the Asian energy market. Washington’s hopes…
Hit Putin where it hurts? He’s more likely to hurt himself from laughing. Try harder, Ursula. The EU is about to unveil its own sanctions plan to wean its own member states off Russian oil. But getting backing from all EU governments might be harder to push it through. Try not to laugh. On the…
The European Union announced on May 4 their intention to ban Russian oil imports within six months and refined products by the end of the year as part of their latest round of economic sanctions against Moscow. According to Oil Price, a barrel surged to over $110 for Brent and $108 for West Texas Intermediate…
According to Sweden, each helmet that it sent to Ukraine and for which it’s now demanding reimbursement from Brussels is worth $2,000 yet Hard Head Veterans – far from a so-called “Russian-friendly”, “pro-Russian”, or “Kremlin-controlled” portal – wrote that “For a helmet that meets all safety and testing standards expect to pay $400 or more,…
This could quickly catalyze a chain reaction of events whereby European production grinds to a halt, including possibly within its German economic engine. The socio-political consequences could be tremendous since people have already shown how rebellious they’re becoming after organizing massive rallies against their governments’ epidemiological policies that were imposed on the pretext of containing…
