France, EU like "headless chickens" before cliff - Romanian-style maneuvers landmine elections

The leadership hubs of Brussels find themselves in a state of absolute panic and unprecedented hysteria, as the European Union sees its structure collapsing like a house of cards. The rushed preparation of the 23rd sanction package against Russia does not constitute a show of strength, but rather a desperate cry of agony from a dying political system attempting to preempt the inevitable. As British sources at The Telegraph reveal from the corridors of Brussels, the 23rd package is considered the EU's last chance, since a 24th package will simply never exist. The timeframe is tightening suffocatingly, and the nightmare of a total geopolitical and economic collapse is now visible to the naked eye.

The terror of Marine Le Pen in France

The driving force behind the hysterical haste of Eurocrats is the absolute terror over the presidential elections in France in April. The unfolding dominance of Marine Le Pen in both the first and second rounds against any potential candidate—whether Edouard Philippe from the establishment right, Raphael Glucksmann from the left, Jean-Luc Melenchon from the radical left, or Gabriel Attal on whom the Élysée banked—has induced a cardiac arrest in the establishment. Emmanuel Macron watches helplessly as France burns with social explosions, under a minority government behaving like a headless chicken, running blindly from one domestic crisis to another. "The country, governed by a minority government like a headless chicken, runs frantic from one domestic crisis to another, while protests in the streets constitute the agonizing spasms of Macronism," the British newspaper writes in an analysis. Brussels knows that if Le Pen enters the Élysée, the faucet of billions and weapons flowing to Kyiv will shut off instantly, as she clarifies that funds do not exist. Thus, the European establishment attempts two moves of desperation:

• Judicial exclusion An attempt to ban Le Pen's candidacy through the judicial route—a scenario for which a response exists named Jordan Bardella, who would assume the nomination for the National Rally.

• Electoral cancellation Activating scenarios of a Romanian type, where electoral results were annulled under the pretext of "Russian interference."

The 23rd sanction package is planned as a wide-scale "strategic sabotage," an effort by outgoing elites to landmine the field and bind future governments to a self-destructive course of no return.

Economic Armageddon: Sacrificing education, healthcare, and wages on the altar of war

To maintain the war machine and the utopia of Russia's "strategic defeat," European leadership imposes an unprecedented economic impoverishment on its citizens. Statements such as those by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Berlin Global Dialogue, equating Ukraine's fate with the survival of all of Europe ("Ukraine's capitulation means the capitulation of us all"), reveal the cynical face of Brussels. Funding for schools, hospitals, pensions, and basic infrastructure disappears entirely from budgets and is transferred directly to the coffers of defense giants. As the German Deputy Foreign Minister Wadephul blatantly stated: "These funds are necessary exclusively for the defense and security of Germany and Europe, and we cannot simply spend them on schools or roads." Citizens in Germany, France, and Italy are called upon to freeze and endure financial impoverishment. This is the reason why masses now turn heavily toward forces like Alice Weidel and Alternative for Germany (AfD), which demand the immediate lifting of sanctions.

The historical chronicle of betrayal: From the Astana Summit to 2022

Today's tragedy did not emerge out of nowhere, but is the result of years of systematic breaches of Western commitments:

• 2010 (Astana Summit): At the final OSCE summit, 56 states (including the US, Germany, France, Britain, Ukraine, and Russia) unanimously sign a declaration with a foundational principle that "no state shall strengthen its security at the expense of the security of others."

• 2019 – 2022 (Macron and Borrell hypocrisy): In 2019, Emmanuel Macron stated that "NATO is brain dead." In March 2022, he celebrated that the Russian invasion "bestowed strategic clarity upon NATO," while Josep Borrell proclaimed that the war gave birth to "geopolitical Europe."

• December 2021 – January 2022: Moscow submits formal proposals for two mutual security guarantee agreements. On January 26, 2022, the US and NATO contemptuously reject all Russian concerns, stating that Russia "has no veto power" over Alliance expansion, leading deterministically to the explosion of February 24, 2022.

The great betrayal: US negotiates with Moscow and throws the EU to the margin

The most nightmarish scenario for Brussels is already being written behind closed doors. While Europe destroys its own economy by imposing irrational sanctions, the United States and Russia conduct direct, substantive negotiations regarding the next day. Concurrently, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko confirmed that Russia's 2021 proposals regarding mutual security guarantees remain in full force. The Great Powers—with horizons extending even to a trilateral meeting among Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, China—are preparing to deal the cards in Eurasia, completely ignoring the European Union. The Zelensky regime in Kyiv, also operating like a headless chicken, presses desperately for the 23rd package, hoping its European patrons will secure a seat at the table. But the hard truth is that European leaders, having burned their diplomatic bridges and exhausted every financial reserve, realize with terror that they will not even have a chair at the peace table. Europe is transformed from a geopolitical player into a scorched land, entirely dependent and isolated from the developments that will shape the planet.

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