... and perhaps these latest two pieces by German-Foreign-Policy-Blog (sry machine-transl. must do) documenting how EU turns more and more authoritarian to push through interests which are claimed to be vital...
1) "In the battle of materials:
Berlin is demanding more money for weapons for Kiev ahead of the special EU summit. After visiting Ukraine, ex-Google boss sees Russia at an advantage in drone warfare and expects massive destruction of material and soldiers."
The EU is resorting to skimming off frozen Russian funds to raise funds to cover Kiev's budget deficit and is threatening Hungary with an economic war if it rejects aid to Ukraine."
Since Mark mentions the term "military Schengen" (is there an official source for that or did he coin it?) -
one example for a new infrastructure project to ease troop deployment between Germany, Poland and Netherlands is being reported by the last decent German daily, leftist Junge Welt:
01/30/2024
"Germany, Netherlands and Poland agree on “military corridor”
"The EU Commission recently announced that Germany and another 17 countries would receive around 807 million euros for projects this year. Of this, 92 million euros are planned for Germany. As the responsible EU Commission announced, the money is earmarked for the renewal of a railway bridge in Hanover-Ahlem, the expansion of the Ulm-Dornstadt goods handling terminal and for a siding at Sechtem train station in North Rhine-Westphalia."
p.s. And many thx for the work accomplished by this blog and its author.
Mark, Russia needs China to keep as much of an economy as possible, to continue to buy from Russia. India's re-export of energy goods is going to go away as EU tanks, and India is a horrible customer when it comes to payment. So, yeah, China, please stay out of the fight and for gods sake don't even catch a cold.
... and perhaps these latest two pieces by German-Foreign-Policy-Blog (sry machine-transl. must do) documenting how EU turns more and more authoritarian to push through interests which are claimed to be vital...
1) "In the battle of materials:
Berlin is demanding more money for weapons for Kiev ahead of the special EU summit. After visiting Ukraine, ex-Google boss sees Russia at an advantage in drone warfare and expects massive destruction of material and soldiers."
1/30/24
https://archive.is/oiaHC
2) "Lifebuoy EU
The EU is resorting to skimming off frozen Russian funds to raise funds to cover Kiev's budget deficit and is threatening Hungary with an economic war if it rejects aid to Ukraine."
1/31/24
https://archive.is/y1vSU
p.s. this is of course accompanied by the EU-WMD specter rekindling (then failed) armament plans of the 1950s.
Since Mark mentions the term "military Schengen" (is there an official source for that or did he coin it?) -
one example for a new infrastructure project to ease troop deployment between Germany, Poland and Netherlands is being reported by the last decent German daily, leftist Junge Welt:
01/30/2024
"Germany, Netherlands and Poland agree on “military corridor”
https://archive.is/775NN
"The EU Commission recently announced that Germany and another 17 countries would receive around 807 million euros for projects this year. Of this, 92 million euros are planned for Germany. As the responsible EU Commission announced, the money is earmarked for the renewal of a railway bridge in Hanover-Ahlem, the expansion of the Ulm-Dornstadt goods handling terminal and for a siding at Sechtem train station in North Rhine-Westphalia."
p.s. And many thx for the work accomplished by this blog and its author.
Mark, Russia needs China to keep as much of an economy as possible, to continue to buy from Russia. India's re-export of energy goods is going to go away as EU tanks, and India is a horrible customer when it comes to payment. So, yeah, China, please stay out of the fight and for gods sake don't even catch a cold.