The six policy priorities of the von der Leyen Commission: State of play in autumn 2022

Written by Etienne Bassot.

A year ago, we were assessing the European Commission’s delivery on the eve of the 2021 State of the Union address against the backdrop of a progressive return to freedom of movement following Covid‑19 lockdowns and an economic crisis, chaos in Kabul, and megafires and deadly floods in Europe. This year, we prepare our assessment against the backdrop of growing inflation and an energy crisis, a war on our continent and even more extreme weather phenomena, once again not only severely disrupting everyday life but even causing deaths. The phase of profound changes described last year has not faded: on the contrary, it continues to unfold in Europe and the rest of the world – as analysed in our study on ‘Future Shocks 2022’ (see References section) – and the situation is becoming increasingly acute for European policymakers, businesses and citizens alike.

The heart of the European project – peace, democracy, and prosperity – is being challenged, and even attacked: peace, with a war leading to major international consequences – from millions of people fleeing their bombed homes and seeking refuge abroad to new alliance outlines – at the European Union’s border; democracy, with the unjustified invasion of Ukraine and, at home, interference in our elections and our public debate; and prosperity, through the domino effects of spiralling prices, with European citizens increasingly anxious about heating their homes this winter, having endured a climate catastrophe of record high temperatures, megafires, disappearing glaciers and drought during summer 2022.

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LET’S TAKE A BREATHER HERE…. THIS SENTENCE IS FULL OF ASSUMPTION AND BLAME ON “EXTERNAL” CAUSES (BLAME PUTIN FOR ONE AND BLAME “GLOBAL WARMING” FOR TWO). IN THIS REGARD MS URSULA VON DE LEYEN IS AN IDIOT. SHE’S EMPLOYED BY THE USA TO ENSLAVE EUROPE IN SMALL BITS TO THE USA. FIRST. LET’S MENTION “PEACE”. ZELENSKY HAS BEEN PLAYING THE VICTIM WHEN HE HAS BEEN THE AGGRESSOR ALL ALONG TO PLEASE HIS MASTERS THE AMERICAN ZIONISTS. IN REALITY VERY FEW PEOPLE GOT BOMBED BY THE RUSSIANS. MOST DAMAGES WERE DONE BY THE UKRAINIANS THEMSELVES, WHILE USING THE WESTERN MEDIA TO PUSH A MASSIVE FALSE NARRATIVE. UKRAINE HAS NOT BEEN INVADED. THE DONBASS REPUBLIC HAVE BEEN DEFENDED BY RUSSIA FROM ZELENSKY’S NAZI FORCES. WE'LL KNOW TOMORROW IF THE'VE CHOSEN TO REJECT THE KIEV REGIME AND DESPITE BIDEN "SHAM" REFERENDOOMS COMMENTS, THIS WILL BE FINAL.

THE PROBLEM WITH ENERGY PRICES AND LIMITATIONS IN EUROPE DO NOT STEM FROM THE RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN UKRAINE BUT FROM THE US SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, WHICH THE EUROPEANS APPLY TO COMPLY TO THE US WISHES.

IN REGARD TO “GLOBAL WARMING” VON DE LEYEN IS PREPARED TO THROW THE HARD SOLUTION OUT THE WINDOW AND MAKE EUROPE DEPENDENT ON US SHALE GAS, WHICH IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CATASTROPHIC EXTRACTION. NOT ONLY THAT, SHALE GAS IS THREE TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE RUSSIAN GAS, WHICH IS STILL AVAILABLE BUT THE EU REFUSES TO ACCEPT (EXCEPT THROUGH THE BACK DOOR IN SOME EU COUNTRIES).

SO, MOST (IF NOT ALL) OF THE EU’S PROBLEM ARE SELF-INFLICTED….

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