Credit to @Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world for the original.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.ioOP
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    2 days ago

    Its slowness (thinking of the glacial pace of sanctions here) means that it’s effectively funding Russia’s war effort then funding the opposition to in it Ukraine. Also its failure to address rising costs of living and adoption of anti-immigration rhetoric is fueling the far right, which is notoriously pro-Russian. Every other EU policy I see in the news is basically outright self-sabotage.

    And the first pic suggests that all 3 countries present a united front against EU, which is not true either.

    Yeah true.

    • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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      2 days ago

      it’s effectively funding Russia’s war effort more than it’s funding the opposition to it in Ukraine

      Is that what you meant? If so, that’s not true either.

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        It’s hyperbolic, but the EU still pays Russia for tens of billions of dollars worth of fossil fuels every year, even with the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, and even recent initiatives to reduce that have ended up in internal EU squabbles.

        I don’t mean to excoriate Euros, especially considering that I’m living in the most transparent and fragile of glass houses at the moment. It’s just that that’s… not fantastic.