The EU Wall of Shame robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/…

Desna stran X ima 2 možnosti: 1. zagovarjanje "naših" ker so "naši" in iskanje izgovorov 2. pritisk na vlado, da uresniči, kar je obljubljala: nižji davki, deregulacija, znižanje javne porabe ... Če se bodo odločili za 1, potem so si sami krivi. Dobili bodo, kar si zaslužijo.

Rodoljubi podpisujemo tole: save-europe-act.com/ kaj pa Romana Tomac?

L’Union européenne est devenue, au fil des décennies, l’aboutissement le plus avancé du socialisme technocratique moderne : une structure supranationale qui fonctionne les États, transfère toujours plus de pouvoir vers des institutions éloignées des peuples et transforme progressivement les nations en simples exécutants administratifs. À Bruxelles, tout repose sur la même logique : centraliser, harmoniser, réglementer, contrôler. Chaque crise devient un prétexte pour créer une nouvelle norme, une nouvelle agence, un nouveau mécanisme de surveillance ou un nouveau fonds financé par l’argent des contribuables européens. Des milliers de fonctionnaires, de commissaires, de structures administratives et de cabinets produisent en permanence des directives qui s’imposent ensuite aux peuples sans qu’ils n’aient réellement leur mot à dire. Agriculture, industrie, énergie, commerce, environnement, numérique, intelligence artificielle, immigration : plus aucun domaine stratégique n’échappe à cette mécanique bureaucratique. L’Union européenne ne fonctionne plus comme une coopération entre nations souveraines, mais comme une administration centrale qui retire progressivement aux États leur capacité de décider seuls de leur avenir. Et la France est probablement l’exemple le plus frappant de ce retournement historique. Au départ, le contrat vendu aux Français était clair : l’Europe devait renforcer la puissance française, protéger son industrie, permettre la prospérité économique et donner davantage de poids au pays sur la scène mondiale. Le résultat est exactement inverse. La France a abandonné une partie immense de sa souveraineté monétaire, industrielle, budgétaire, énergétique et juridique pour se retrouver enfermée dans un système où elle ne maîtrise plus pleinement ses frontières, sa monnaie, sa politique industrielle ou même certaines de ses orientations économiques fondamentales. Des secteurs entiers ont été sacrifiés au nom du marché unique, de la concurrence “libre et non faussée” et des règles imposées depuis Bruxelles. Pendant ce temps, la bureaucratie européenne n’a cessé de grossir, de produire des contraintes et de transférer toujours plus de compétences hors du contrôle direct des peuples. Mais ce qui devient encore plus inquiétant aujourd’hui, c’est que cette logique socialiste et technocratique ne s’arrête plus à l’économie ou à l’administration : elle touche désormais directement la liberté d’expression. Sous couvert de “lutte contre la désinformation”, de “sécurité numérique” ou de “modération des contenus”, l’Union européenne pousse les plateformes à censurer davantage, supprimer des publications, invisibiliser certains discours et collaborer toujours plus étroitement avec les autorités. Comme dans tous les systèmes bureaucratiques hypertrophiés, le pouvoir finit toujours par vouloir contrôler la parole publique. La censure moderne ne brûle plus les livres : elle déréférence, démonétise, suspend des comptes, réduit artificiellement la visibilité et impose des normes de discours décidées par des institutions que personne ne peut réellement renverser démocratiquement. L’Union européenne est devenue une machine idéologique où la technocratie remplace les peuples, où l’administration remplace la souveraineté et où l’argent des contribuables sert à financer toujours plus de structures chargées d’encadrer les nations elles-mêmes. Le socialisme moderne ne prend plus forcément la forme d’un État unique autoritaire. Il prend la forme d’une bureaucratie géante, diffuse, permanente, qui retire lentement aux peuples leur capacité de décider, de produire, de débattre et finalement de rester maîtres de leur propre destin.

In Europa zitten we op het niveau van het communistisch systeem, in de USSR waren er uitgaven 50.6% van het BBP, en in Nederland zitten we nu op 46.4%. In Italië, Finland, België, Oostenrijk en Italië zitten ze er al boven.

Are you nuts? Without renewables, having for example 100% CCGT gas, prices would be about 30% lower on trading costs alone ( these costs would almost wanish). Accounting for other added costs at least halved. With continous nuclear, the retail would be below 0.15 €/kWh. So 1/3 what you have now.

The EU Wall of Shame - Eastern Europe edition robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/…

A few corrections. 1. The goal was set in 2014 for 2024. Yet in 2023 18 members were bellow this. Belgium was spending 1.13%, Spain 1.28%, Slovenia 1.35%. You are selling "our dedication" when in fact we only increased spending because Trump kicked our butt and let Ukraine be handled by us. We were not a good ally, we were parasites. 2. Even now there are drastic changes between members of what you call "European NATO". There's no such thing. There's Spain who is spending exactly 2% because it has to and there are Poland and the Baltic States which are approaching 5%, because they have a border with Putinist Russia. Spain does not give two shits about defense because it is far away and we all know that it won't send soldiers to defend the Baltic. They will find excuse. Or send 100 of them. Do you see why the alliance has problems? 3. Some of so called "allies" actively prevented use of their air space. To America, against theocratic Iran, which is hanging its youth from the cranes. Spreading terrorism all around the region. And actively developing ballistic missiles that can reach every part of Europe and nuclear weapons in deep underground facilities. Do you understand why someone who does not share your cowardice could look at you and say "these are the worst possible allies, not allies in deeds and not allies in values, just allies in need". It's not reading of small print in contracts that makes allies, it's shared values. Yes, Iran is our war. Much more than US war. We, the Europeans, should kill all the ayatollahs and their henchmen long time ago. 4. I'm sure you understand priorities. You do know that if US loses Taiwan, the whole West loses race for AI. And that they have less resources for us because of that. We are the allies in need again, moralizing but not providing. We need to get better at providing and moralize less. Surely we can't be a serious ally and a power if we instead of trying to kill off the murderous medieval regime in Tehran, discuss "the international law". It had time to work since 1979. 5. Last but not least - our different values lead to different outcomes. Do we even understand how America looks at our horrific free speech track record? This level of socialist autocracy is very foreign to them, they actually fought hard to defeat it on their last elections. But we still torture our population with "hate speech" and other communist concepts from Soviet times. Just today a person and his family were forcefully removed and led in chains again for refusing to say "they/them". We in Europe are no longer enlightenment society. We don't roam freely, we regulate everything. We are not creative anymore, we let socialist and other collective doctrines rule our lives. We are some sort of ideological neo-autocracies. And that has consequences. For example the Americans have enough oil because they drill for it. We don't have it because we banned drilling and fracking and over-invested into "green" ideology instead. We are forced to buy it from Russians at the same time we moralize all around. We invested into welfare instead of guns. So we have a lot of dependant people and at the same time we don't have means to answer to Iran's aggression. And that is why we submit to the ayatollahs. If we want to be allies with the United States we have to get serious. It's not just Trump, it's very much us too.

Vedno sem bil proti kapicam in olajšavam. Ne zato, ker imam rad veliko državo ampak, ker to ohranja in še dodaja kompleksnost v davčno-prispevčni sistem, povrhu pa z olajšavami za določene skupine država izbira šampijone. Verjamem v nižje davke preko poenostavitev, širjenja osnove in ukinjanja izjem. V manj bremen za vse - pa naj trg t.j. navadni ljudje določijo kdo bo imel več in kdo manj od tega.

As a European, I hang my head in shame. The US has shown that if you blockade an oil exporter, they fold quickly. Europe can do this to Russia and shut down oil tanker traffic out of the Baltic. But it doesn't. Innocent Ukrainians pay the price every day. robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/…

Europoor is an entirely accurate phrase. America is simply in a different league.

After nearly 3 years since Norway annouced F-16s for Ukraine, all 6 aircraft are still stuck in Belgium. Huge portion of so-called military aid to Ukraine from Europe is vapor, but the Europeans love to boast about their imaginary billions of Euros. nrk.no/norge/norske-f-16-til…

“In government, the scum rises to the top.” — Friedrich Hayek

“The power that a millionaire has over me is much less than that of the smallest bureaucrat who wields the coercive power of the state, and on whose discretion it depends whether and how I am to be allowed to live or to work.” — Friedrich Hayek

“A policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.” — Friedrich Hayek

Europe is on a path to destroying itself. Unchecked immigration of millions of immigrants that burden their welfare states, bring violence and terrorism to their shores, and take over local governance, one city at a time. Anti-capitalist policies that make it difficult for businesses to adapt their workforces to a rapidly changing competitive environment now accelerating due to AI. A business environment and tax regime that is antithetical to startups. The absence of any progress or innovation in AI and limited access to the compute necessary to compete. Energy dependence due to the green movement at a moment when energy demands are rapidly increasing. And now, the abandonment of the U.S. when we have asked for limited assistance — base access and flyover rights — in the midst of our efforts to eliminate Iran’s nuclear and ballistic threat which is already within striking range of Europe, after we have invested nearly $200 billion in helping Ukraine. NATO is about to be toast. Europe’s defense burden is about to rise massively while their economies continue to fall further and further behind. In short, Europe needs to wake up before it is too late, and it may very well be too late.

Kaja Kallas tell us why, after 4 year of war, is the EU the biggest financial sponsor of Putin? Obviously, Europe is not serious about stopping the War in Ukraine. If they were serious, they would have stopped buying Russian LNG and Oil four years ago! The Europe Union remains the largest buyer of Russian LNG and oil, with FRANCE and SPAIN the primary buyers - middlemen for selling to the rest of Europe. The EU remains the largest buyer of Russian LNG, accounting for 49% of Russia’s total LNG exports in February 2026. In January 2026, the EU was the fourth-largest buyer of Russian fossil fuels, paying €1.1 billion to Russia, with crude oil and LNG as major components. Ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of Russian oil in EU waters were reported, with an estimated €68 million in January 2026 and €75 million in February 2026. In February 2026, the five largest EU importers of Russian fossil fuels paid Russia a combined EUR 932 million, with natural gas accounting for all these imports, delivered mainly as pipeline gas or LNG. Specifically, 55% of these imports (EUR 734 million) consisted of LNG, while pipeline gas accounted for EUR 355 million and crude oil for EUR 240 million. Begs the question who does Europe really support in the 4-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine? Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union has spent over €216 billion on Russian fossil fuels, including oil, refined products, pipeline gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to research by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). European countries and the EU institutions have collectively donated over $197 billion (approximately €194.9 billion) to Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Bottom line is Europe continues to finance Russia's war!

If the European Union’s ability to defend itself can be destroyed with one paid enemy agent within like Orban, it is failing basic Darwinian logic and requires urgent reform.

I don't measure everything in a pro-Russia/anti-Russia way obsessively. Russia is simply the main external threat for all of Europe. I don't need you to virtue signal daily, and I don't need you to wave any flags. The only rule I have is that if you, however timidly and for whatever reason, support the main threat to Europe, you classify yourself as an enemy of Europe.

“The great enemy of human freedom is the government. By taking money out of our pockets and spending it, it destroys our freedom.” — Milton Friedman