Failing to seize Russian assets, Brussels has pushed member states into underwriting a massive loan to keep the war going: Ukrainians will continue to die while European taxpayers will foot the bill
"....If there is a silver lining to this grim trajectory, it is that the recklessness of these choices will only exacerbate the contradictions of a project that is pushing the continent to the brink, ultimately forcing a reckoning — within member states and among Europe’s citizens alike..."
I find this to be overly optimistic. It's the opposite IMO.
This supposed loan to UKraine is a direct transfer from the pockets of EU citizens, to a tiny financial elite that own US and European weapons makers.
The it is not going to produce a backlash against authoritarianism but quite the opposite; an embrace of warfare and a suspension of democracy. And the psycopaths in charge have designed it this way.
The mecahanism is that, later, in unison, they will remove Zelensky, declare a collapse in Ukraine, say that Ukraine cant pay and spring on Europeans massive synchronised cuts in social services plus tax rises on ordinary income. And point at " Russia" as the culprit.
They then offer a "solution": send your children to attack Russia, and accept bombs raining upon your own heads - in best case - and in worst and most likely case nuclear anhilation. Because clearly a mass European attack on Russia, which would be outmanbed, could only prroduce that result.
Meanwhile the American will count their money and accept they are on a burning radioactive planet - they dont care anyway.
A motion of censure must be brought against those para-Nazis who are trying to push the countries of the European Union into a war (for projected plunder) against Russia.
The damage that this evil woman, the witch queen, continues to do to Europe and the world cannot be tolerated. And the abnormal Starmer, Macron and Merz, all three from KlauSSchwab's stable, must be stopped in their tracks.
EU neocons aka 'pro-war lobby' know well what they are doing: setting up a 50 years war, so they'll be continuing to scam Europe's (failing) resources.
Didn't you write a book with bill mitchell? So the taxpayers is not footing any bill. Maybe it woll be a excuse for austerity, but that is something else
I hope the EU and EC will crumble while Ursula and Co. are still in office, so that these crazies can face the music and be held responsible for their reckless and stupid actions
This piece goes to the core of a problem Europe has been postponing for years: once a strategy becomes morally framed as inevitable, it effectively exits the realm of democratic correction. What is most striking is not only the scale of the financial commitment, but the institutional logic behind it — political risk is neutralized upward, while financial risk is socialized downward, without a corresponding redefinition of objectives or exit conditions. In that sense, the loan is less a policy instrument than a mechanism for avoiding strategic reckoning. Supporting Ukraine, managing escalation, and preserving Europe’s internal cohesion should be compatible goals. Treating perpetual financial escalation as the only admissible option risks collapsing that balance — and turning solidarity into a substitute for strategy. The longer this logic persists, the harder it becomes for the EU to acknowledge limits without undermining its own authority.
Well, crap. Now I have to side with Vicky Nuland's proclamation: "Fuck the EU!"
"....If there is a silver lining to this grim trajectory, it is that the recklessness of these choices will only exacerbate the contradictions of a project that is pushing the continent to the brink, ultimately forcing a reckoning — within member states and among Europe’s citizens alike..."
I find this to be overly optimistic. It's the opposite IMO.
This supposed loan to UKraine is a direct transfer from the pockets of EU citizens, to a tiny financial elite that own US and European weapons makers.
The it is not going to produce a backlash against authoritarianism but quite the opposite; an embrace of warfare and a suspension of democracy. And the psycopaths in charge have designed it this way.
The mecahanism is that, later, in unison, they will remove Zelensky, declare a collapse in Ukraine, say that Ukraine cant pay and spring on Europeans massive synchronised cuts in social services plus tax rises on ordinary income. And point at " Russia" as the culprit.
They then offer a "solution": send your children to attack Russia, and accept bombs raining upon your own heads - in best case - and in worst and most likely case nuclear anhilation. Because clearly a mass European attack on Russia, which would be outmanbed, could only prroduce that result.
Meanwhile the American will count their money and accept they are on a burning radioactive planet - they dont care anyway.
A motion of censure must be brought against those para-Nazis who are trying to push the countries of the European Union into a war (for projected plunder) against Russia.
The damage that this evil woman, the witch queen, continues to do to Europe and the world cannot be tolerated. And the abnormal Starmer, Macron and Merz, all three from KlauSSchwab's stable, must be stopped in their tracks.
EU neocons aka 'pro-war lobby' know well what they are doing: setting up a 50 years war, so they'll be continuing to scam Europe's (failing) resources.
Pump more fear MSM....
I have written this yesterday, have a look and I believe the conclusion is basically the same. https://open.substack.com/pub/sovereigntylens/p/quo-vadis-europe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=2qsm7e
" repression, censorship and electoral manipulation" - would be helpful if you could explain what you mena by that.
Didn't you write a book with bill mitchell? So the taxpayers is not footing any bill. Maybe it woll be a excuse for austerity, but that is something else
I hope the EU and EC will crumble while Ursula and Co. are still in office, so that these crazies can face the music and be held responsible for their reckless and stupid actions
This piece goes to the core of a problem Europe has been postponing for years: once a strategy becomes morally framed as inevitable, it effectively exits the realm of democratic correction. What is most striking is not only the scale of the financial commitment, but the institutional logic behind it — political risk is neutralized upward, while financial risk is socialized downward, without a corresponding redefinition of objectives or exit conditions. In that sense, the loan is less a policy instrument than a mechanism for avoiding strategic reckoning. Supporting Ukraine, managing escalation, and preserving Europe’s internal cohesion should be compatible goals. Treating perpetual financial escalation as the only admissible option risks collapsing that balance — and turning solidarity into a substitute for strategy. The longer this logic persists, the harder it becomes for the EU to acknowledge limits without undermining its own authority.