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May 30 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Every day is a groundhog day when it comes to the #EU banning Russian oil.
The fact that EU reps have been talking about banning Russian oil every day for 3 months, while each time claiming unity and consensus, means they're unable to enforce a total ban
But even a partial ban, which these fools are trying to enforce without having laid out in advance any alternatives, is a foolish thing to do. The #EU is ruled by dangerous bureaucrats. #Russia #Ukraine
Belgian PM: "Your foreign policy can only survive if your middle class is still able to defend it...Having the buy-in from our population is an important thing because I fear we're in for a long period of instability & we need to make sure that people are not suffering too much"
'Not suffering too much,' and for what? #EU #Russia #energycrisis #Ukraine

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