The European Commission has developed a remarkable talent: systematically breaking all the rules under the guise of a "rules-based order." Its latest scheme is the permanent seizure of €210 billion in Russian assets, implemented through emergency legislation intended for financial crises.
For some time now, the EU's more radicalized elites -- such as Ursula von der Leyen and others from Western Europe, the Baltic States, and Northern Europe -- have been preoccupied with Russia's frozen assets. As I have written, these completely out-of-touch elites insist the "problem" must be solved before Christmas.
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Of course, some EU member states disagree. It was already known that the tiny kingdom of Belgium was obstructing the matter, because -- as I wrote earlier -- they feared a repeat of the theft they committed years ago, when the frozen funds of the assassinated Libyan leader Gaddafi were used to supply weapons to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo is a country where, under Belgian colonial rule, the former King of Belgium once oversaw the murder of thousands.
Hungary and Slovakia agreed to the initial freeze on Russian assets in February 2022, on the condition that the measure be unanimously extended every six months. They call it checks and balances -- democratic oversight, in fine terms. But now Brussels faces a new problem with the word "unanimous," a term they often tout in their propaganda to citizens. No matter; for them, rules are simply rewritten. They have simply activated Article 122, an article actually intended for "real" emergencies, and thus, in the blink of an eye, the freeze has been made permanent.
Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides for two legal bases, allowing the Council to adopt measures on the basis of a proposal from the European Commission, without the involvement of the European Parliament.
Let that sink in for a moment: from now on, a single country can block the lifting of the freeze. So if Hungary and Slovakia (the two blocking parties) do not wish to participate, but Germany, for example, does, Germany can exercise a kind of veto power. In the worst-case scenario, the freeze -- and potentially the funds themselves -- can simply continue indefinitely or even be spent.
This reveals the EU's most fundamental problem: Germany (and, to a lesser extent, the Netherlands and France). Having lived there and knowing its population, it is clear that the people -- and apparently the politicians as well -- are quickly becoming indoctrinated and, moreover, radicalized. We only need to recall the Second World War and, to a lesser extent, the First World War.
Together with the Nazi-like figures from the Baltic States, such as the second so-called "power woman," Kaja Kallas -- who currently holds the position of High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy -- the EU is doomed. These women have made the most horrific decisions regarding war and peace, and, of course, regarding the theft of Russian assets, as we have recently witnessed.
According to the German newspaper (tabloid) Bild, almost every second German wants Russia's frozen billions to help Ukraine rebuild (or rather weapons). This is shown by an exclusive INSA poll for BILD; More than 200 billion euros of Russian assets are blocked in the EU. 47 percent of Germans demand that the money be used for Ukraine. Only 34 percent strictly reject this.