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🔥 EUROPE IN FREE-FALL: Sanctions Backfire, War Fatigue Sets In, and Radical Politics Explodes – The EU’s Existential Crisis! 🌍💥 | Forbidden News
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4/20/2025
🚨 BREAKING DOWN THE COLLAPSE:
1️⃣ SANCTIONS SELF-DESTRUCT
Russian economy BOOMS while Europe faces deindustrialization, energy poverty, and mass protests.
Germany’s factories FLEE to China & U.S. – "Economic Suicide" complete?
2️⃣ ⚔️ WAR FATIGUE HITS CRITICAL LEVEL
Ukraine aid packages DELAYED or CUT as voters rebel.
France & Germany SECRETLY pressuring Kyiv to negotiate – but is it too late?
3️⃣ 👹 RADICAL POLITICS RISING
Far-Left & Far-Right SURGE in polls (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands).
Farmers’ revolts, anti-migration riots, and EU skepticism at RECORD HIGHS.
Macron’s nightmare: Is the EU facing a populist TSUNAMI in 2024 elections?
🌐 GLOBAL FALLOUT:
U.S. ABANDONS EU? Biden focuses on China, leaves Europe to drown in self-made crises.
Putin’s SMIRK: Russia outlasts sanctions, while NATO unity crumbles.
China’s Opportunity: Xi eyes Europe’s weakened industries for takeover.
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#FarRightSurge
#FarLeftRising
#EnergyPoverty
#GlobalShift
#BidenAbandonsEU
#XiSmiles
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Welcome back, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today. If you're new, please take a
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minute now to subscribe and follow my work at worldaffairsandcontacts.com. I would love to see
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you there. As the European Union is firmly set on a path to serve its military-industrial complex
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and to continue a range of fear-mongering campaigns, trying to assure its population
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that they will be attacked and therefore they need to prepare survival kits, the trend and the role
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of continued propaganda are far deeper than it might appear at a first glance. Just recently,
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Europe celebrated the end of history. Those were the words of Vladislav Maslinnikov from the Russian
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Foreign Ministry. Of course, he was referring to end of history by Fukuyama. He echoed a growing
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sentiment that the European project, which was once perceived as a beacon of prosperity,
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democracy, and stability, is now facing one of its most serious internal crises in decades.
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A very unique, timely, and thought-provoking discussion titled The Militarization of European
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Consciousness, An Enemy at the Gates as a Way to Unite Society, was held at the Valdai Club conference
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held in Moscow on April 16. The discussion focused on the radicalization of European society, which of
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course lies at the core of current European policies, many of them in any case. This radicalization takes
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place against the backdrop of the crisis in the European economy and the weakening of ties with the
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United States. In this video, based on the information shared during the Valdai expert
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discussion, we will explore the growing internal contradictions within the European Union and how the ongoing
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conflict in Ukraine, the decline of industrial output in Europe, and the pressure of geopolitical rivalries
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are actually pushing the EU into a new, more militarized, and ideologically radical chapter.
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Needless to say, Germany's Friedrich Merz doesn't quite hold back when it comes to his true agenda.
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Take a look. Here's one of his recent videos.
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During the Valdai discussion, experts pointed out that at the core of today's European problems lies
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the decision to cut economic ties with Russia, a move that, while politically symbolic, of course,
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has had real economic and social consequences. Sanctions on Russian energy and raw materials
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were meant to punish Moscow, but instead they've contributed to Europe's de-industrialization,
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sending energy prices soaring and manufacturing into decline.
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What about ordinary citizens? Well, this has meant higher costs of living,
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wage stagnation, and a growing sense of frustration. Voters across the EU are now increasingly questioning
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why Brussels' geopolitical ambitions are being pursued at their expense, and that is a great question,
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and we need more people posing that very question. But instead of opening dialogue, political leaders
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in the EU, many of them are actually avoiding the conversation. What's the result? Well,
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rising social unrest, political polarization, and a growing distrust in traditional institutions.
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These require dangerous trends that are very much reminiscent of those experienced almost 100 years
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ago in Europe. So, against this backdrop, Europe is experiencing a wave of radicalization,
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not just on the fringes, but at the core of its political system. The ongoing war in Ukraine has
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amplified nationalist rhetoric and helped European elites justify a shift toward militarization,
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both in budgets and in public consciousness. Just think how dangerous of a precedent this is.
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The EU, once an economic integration project, is now turning into a security and defense bloc.
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Peace may be spoken of in theory, but in practice, the logic of war is driving politics.
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According to Anato Lieven, one of the Quincy Institute experts, while European leaders speak of a
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state of war with Russia, European societies are actually not prepared for collective sacrifice.
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They do not want it, they reject it. A true peace in Ukraine, he argues, would likely deflate this
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radical impulse. Interestingly enough, the Ukraine conflict has also shifted the balance of power
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within Europe. Eastern European countries, traditionally more hawkish on Russia, are actually
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gaining influence. This, in turn, is empowering Brussels and strengthening the role of the Western
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European military-industrial complex. The strategy seems clear, of course. Unite the EU under the
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banner of military preparedness, fear of Russia, and opposition to, quote-unquote, Russian agents.
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It is a playbook, of course, that we know very well. It's a playbook drawn straight from Cold War
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politics, updated to the modern media age. Look, we've been through this before. We should be able,
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we should be in a position to learn more from our past mistakes, but rewriting history, something the
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West loves to do, prevents us from learning from our own mistakes, and therefore, we repeat the same
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missteps over and over again. We never learn. The policies based on fear-mongering may be working, for now,
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but at what cost? To civil liberties, to economic progress, and democratic debate? As I mentioned in
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the beginning of this video, nowhere is this shift more visible than in Germany. Alexander Kampkin from
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the Primakov Institute outlined a troubling transformation, the rise of re-militarization,
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both materially and mentally in Europe. The very parties that once stood for pacifism and diplomacy
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are now among the most prominent advocates for military buildup and anti-Russia policies.
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And while the German far-right still focuses on migration and social decay, it's the mainstream
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ruling coalition that's pursuing the most radical shift in foreign policy and national defense strategy.
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There's a degree of irony here, too, that I can't miss. Interestingly enough, as Kampkin puts it,
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the most aggressive stances against Russia are no longer coming from the far-right, but from the
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center-left. All of this is taking place while the Global South watches closely. They may not be
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commenting or sharing their opinion on these events, but the global majority is watching and learning
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from this. The EU's struggle to maintain cohesion, to maintain economic growth, and democratic principles
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in the face of war is being noted, of course, and in many cases critiqued. It's inaction in the face of
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horrors committed in Palestine are noted, too. The experts noted during the discussion that Europe fears
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appearing weak. And that might be true, this fear is also pushing Europe further into hardline policies
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and also further away from its founding ideals. The EU is drifting from being a soft power built on
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consensus toward a militarized block driven by fear and division. Now, the big question here is,
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what happens next? Where do we even go from here? Both Levin and Kampkin suggest that the EU is heading
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into a period of deep political transformation shaped more by economic decline and internal contradictions
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than external enemies. But of course, they still need a monster to fight, to fuel that division,
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and to maintain their authority. And this is very, very dangerous.
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A compromise with Russia, they conclude, may eventually become not a choice, but a necessity.
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But until then, experts warned, expect more polarization, more militarization,
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and more pressure on Europe's fragile democratic center. The Evaldi discussion was truly great. I really
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enjoyed it. I hope that you found this quick video interesting. If you did, make sure that you are
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