Hilarious that the “cooperation” and “alliance” between the EU states is coming to a headstop the moment capital gets involved lmao. Pls let this be the end of the EU
At this point, I can’t see how the EU survives. It’s under huge economic strain, the US is bailing on Europe, and we’re seeing nationalist parties becoming the dominant force in Germany, France, and the UK. I’ll be shocked if the EU can last another half decade the way things are going.
I think it’s important to point out that just because far-right parties have an anti-EU rhetoric, it doesn’t mean they’ll follow through. It wouldn’t surprise me if the AfD, instead, wants to reorganize the EU to better serve Germany’s interests and imperialist tendencies.
That’s possible, but I think that EU is a type of organization that’s structurally incapable of dealing with the type of economic crisis that Europe is in. It worked in the time of plenty because tensions could be papered over by shuffling money around, but once the pot runs dry, countries that are better off start pulling up the ladders. Recall that the last financial crisis was solved by northern Europe imposing mass austerity on the southern Europe which the south still hasn’t recovered from. This time around the same type of trick would not be possible because the south is already deeply immiserated.
Unless there is a successful coup wouldn’t this then force Belgium’s hand to be more cooperative with Russia and China especially in terms of trade?
Doubt it, Belgians are one of the more Russophobic countries in Europe. It’s not out of any love for Russia that they refuse to hand the funds over, it’s cause they know it would be economic suicide to do that.
I wonder if the change in their material conditions would change the cultural relationship with Russia.
Not in the short term. In the short term their russophobia will lead them to self-sabotage their own material interests. But of course everything has a limit. The theft of another country’s sovereign assets, which would expose them to ruinous litigation, may be a step too far even for them. Or it may not. Remains to be seen how this struggle pans out.
Seems like the kind of thing that could end up being the catalyst for the break up of the EU to be honest. If there starts being a split between EU leadership insisting on stealing the assets, and individual countries realizing it would ruin them financially, that could fracture the whole thing.
I actually think the member states are too weak too resist.
The reason they’re not resisting very hard is because liberals in charge are ultimately aligned with the EU project. However, their domestic power is rapidly eroding as the material conditions decline. Once nationalists get in power, they will have the mandate to leave the union.
I’m not sure how nationalists are supposed to get into power if the EU can just pull what they pulled in the Romanian and Moldovan elections.
Even Orban’s government is looking like it could be overthrown if the EU puts enough resources toward mobilizing all the NGOs, funding a massive media campaign and uniting the opposition while putting economic pressure on Hungarians by cutting off their EU funds.
And even the nationalists like Orban and Fico have so far protested but ultimately begrudgingly voted as the EU demanded when the pressure was turned up.
And at least Hungary still has its own currency. It will be even harder for countries in the Eurozone to resist Brussels pressure when Brussels controls their currency.
Belgium is entirely economically linked to their neighboring countries, and like a second from breaking apart. Flanders will just leave if Belgium tries to remove itself from the empire.
Do it lmao.
Considering that the EU parliament is in Brussels, this could be great self sabotage. Please do it EU
Also you guys are aware that prime minister Bart De Wever (NVA). The NVA, is nationalist/conservative essentially far-right, and his shit party and his shit “arizona” coalition did nothing for Belgium since they got elected in. This whole coalition is just a waste of money. So pls dont sympathise with him, stand in solidarity with the Belgian people .
I’m not seeing anyone here express any sympathy for him or his coalition.
A Politico news article on here??
Guys u are aware that Politico is owned by axel springer, the publisher of the reactionary German outlet “BILD”?
A Politico news article on here??
Guys u are aware that Politico is owned by axel springer, the publisher of the reactionary German outlet “BILD”?
We’re dialectical materialists; it is our duty to try to find the kernels of truth in our enemies, in the reaction. We should be reading broadly. If you need a potential reading list on dialectical materialism then please let me know.
Axel Springer also has officially written rules binding all its employees to:
- “support the Jewish people and the right of existence of the State of Israel”
- “advocate the transatlantic alliance between the United States of America and Europe”
- “uphold the principles of a free market economy and its social responsibility”
All quoted verbatim by the way. So yes, anyone familiar with them knows exactly that they are.
That being said, it can still be valuable to be aware of what they are writing. It shows you how the ruling class thinks and the narratives that they want to propagate.
I’ll refer you back to what I said previously when the subject came up https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9896125/7370533
can you not use your intellect to filter out the bias? chefkoch is also owned by axel springer, beware of not getting brainwashed the next time you bake a cake. fuck the axel springer monopoly though, just look up everything that belongs to them, it is insane i agree
Ja… and to be honest, we’re not necessarily pro-Axel Springer nor pro-Arizona as much as we’re anti-EU, which, well, do we have to explain?
Also, anti-NATO, since you know, NATO’s just an western anti-Soviet and now anti-Russian organization, used to fulfill mainly Washington’s needs, mainly offensive yet mostly indirect, as US lets its proxies do the fighting, and those proxies include the EU.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
You need to read this article from the POV of a capitalist - its what “they like”. Evul Belgium doing ruzzia = “they are not letting run them over” its all coded language.
