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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

The EU is still reliant on oil and gas at the moment

Despite having had a literal lifetime to change that.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Strategic autonomy didn't seem like a pressing issue to me until Russia invaded the Ukraine, to be honest. I'm sure a large part of the population has been similarly complacent.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago

    nobody has envisioned the stupidity of current russian leadership

    In 1997, George F. Kennan (the architect of Cold War containment) deplored enlargement as "the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-Cold War era," warning it would inflame Russian nationalism, empower hardliners, and inevitably precipitate conflict along Russia's borders

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_opposition_to_NATO_enlargement

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