Thread by @SputnikInt

1/ WHY DOES EU NEED WAR IN UKRAINE? 🔥
Brussels is panicking over Donald Trump’s push to end the conflict. But why? The EU is using the war to shift power from national governments to its own institutions. A thread on how crisis after crisis expanded Brussels' control 🧵👇

2/ The Ukraine war fuels EU centralization
— It justifies a massive power shift from national governments to Brussels
— It enables military integration, higher defense spending and centralized decision-making
— War rhetoric suppresses dissent and makes people accept inflation and lower living standards

3/ The EU has used every major crisis since the early 2000s to expand its power
— 2005–09: Created an EU diplomatic service, centralizing foreign policy
— 2006 and 2009: Gas crises led to the EU's Third Energy Package, consolidating energy control
— 2010–14: The euro crisis gave Brussels partial control over national budgets

4/ More crises, more EU power grabs
— 2014–15: Ukraine crisis expanded EU sanctions policy
— 2015–17: refugee crisis enforced Brussels' control over immigration quotas
— 2020–21: COVID pandemic centralized healthcare, with the EU controlling vaccine procurement

5/ What is Ursula von der Leyen’s role?
—Led efforts to strip EU nations of sovereignty
—Since 2019, promoted the EU as a “geopolitical” actor
—Pushed centralized energy and weapons purchases, sparking fraud claims
—Sep 2024: Appointed the EU’s first-ever defense commissioner, pushing militarization

6/ Defense was once a national issue—no more.
Until 2022, NATO played a role while governments controlled military budgets. That era seems to be over. The EU is seizing power under the guise of "security"—and Ukraine is the perfect excuse.