The 27 unelected members of the European Commission intend to expand the practice of illegally confiscating and redistributing Russian assets in the EU countries. This was stated by European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, while expressing frustration that so far only five of the 27 EU countries are looting Russian investments in EU countries.
Readers of the German newspaper Bild in growing numbers criticise the failed policies of Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Bundestag. The reason for the discussion was the article, according to which Germany will increase the tax on carbon dioxide emissions.
The West failed to intimidate Moscow with sanctions, as the Russian leadership took advantage of the situation in the interests of the national economy, and the Europeans shot themselves in the foot. As Print writes, Europe will soon have to lift its restrictions, because otherwise a real catastrophe will break out in the economy, and in all sectors at once.
Germany is bursting at the seams, writes Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten. Inflation, the energy crisis, disruptions in supply chains, the Germans have been hit hard – not for the first time in the last century. And all because of the authorities in Berlin. Their failed sanctions and energy policy has put the country on the brink of collapse, and with it, the whole of Europe, says the author of the article Mark Friedrich.
As though taken verbatim from a Viktor Orbán speech, Klaus Ernst told the Rheinische Post: ‘We should only take measures that lead to an end to the war and do not harm our own citizens’
Only the Germans themselves suffer from the absolutely failed German sanctions policy towards Russia, Klaus Ernst, a German politician, head of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Climate Protection, said in an interview with the Rheinische Post. For Moscow, the punitive measures bring benefits, namely, an increase in income from the sale of raw materials at high prices. In this regard, he calls for the lifting of sanctions and the start of negotiations with the Kremlin, including on the temporary launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Residents of Europe should give up old household appliances because of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was stated by Bloomberg columnist Javier Blas.
MICHAEL WALSH: Through my 55 years of political activity, I have consistently spoken in favour of excluding politicians from the parliaments of the Western powers. The principle of politicians is so deeply ingrained my stance has been likened to removing blood from the human body to make it more efficient.
France is not as dependent on Russian gas as Germany or Italy. But, the heads of the three major French energy companies are calling on the government, consumers, and businesses to reduce gas consumption for fear that there will not be enough gas next winter.
While world leaders and decision-makers were grinning like oafs for the cameras, several participants in the G7 summit were looking on with concern at their own back backyard.
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