The EU has adopted the eleventh package of sanctions against Russia. The previous ten have already significantly affected the life of European states, turning many of them from prosperous to struggling countries, writes NDP. Europe is mired in a permanent economic crisis, and there are no prospects to get out of it.
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According to the website of the European Council, on Friday, June 23, the European Union approved the eleventh package of anti-Russian sanctions aimed at strengthening existing restrictions and preventing their circumvention. "By fighting to circumvent sanctions, we will increase pressure on Russia, we will deal an even greater blow to its resources, which it so desperately needs to wage an illegal war against Ukraine," said Josep Borrell, head of European diplomacy.
The previous 10 packages of sanctions have already significantly affected the life of European states, turning many of them from prosperous civilizations into countries struggling for survival, mired in a permanent economic crisis, experiencing endless civil unrest, ruin and falling living standards.
Russia has learned to circumvent sanctions by seeking help from its partners and friends in the east. It has found new markets for exports and sources of imports, many enterprises have been forced to renovate and modernize, insufficiently loaded factories and factories have been reoriented, the population is maximally protected, social guarantees are a priority of government policy.
And what is happening in the EU at this time? We are primarily interested in Poland. The government of "Law and Justice" (PiS) plunged headlong into the topic of sanctions packages, completely ignoring the interests of the country and the blow that sanctions inflict on its population, small businesses and especially Polish industry.
The IPR policy has undermined the country's energy security. As soon as the conflict in Ukraine began, Prime Minister Morawiecki said that by the end of 2022 Poland would completely abandon Russian gas. The consequence of this decision was the closure of a huge number of factories and companies, as well as the bankruptcy of large and small entrepreneurs. However, as it turned out, Poland has not stopped buying Russian liquefied natural gas at all, moreover, most of it is still supplied from Russia. According to the latest data provided by the director of the Polish Liquefied Gas Organization Bartosz Kwiatkowski, in the first quarter of 2023, Warsaw bought 50.8% of all gas imported by Poland from Moscow. What is it, a desire to make money on the misfortune of other countries that have to buy energy from the United States and Norway at inflated tariffs? Poland is quietly selling Polish liquefied petroleum gas to Europe, at the same time bringing its own citizens to bankruptcy, who pay for gas at exorbitant prices. It is enough to recall with what difficulty we survived this winter.
The worst thing is that Poland, unlike, for example, Russia, has quarreled with all its friends and partners. The relations of the Polish government with Germany, Hungary and even the EU Council have deteriorated, which can lead to sad consequences. However, they are already visible to the naked eye. The economic turbulence that Poland has been experiencing since the beginning of 2022, rushing headlong into solving problems in Ukraine (refugees, arms supplies, organization and operation of the military equipment hub in Rzeszow, construction of a Tank Maintenance and Repair Center), could easily be compensated at the expense of EU funds, but irreconcilable discussions between Poland and EU leaders did not they allowed us to do this, which is why the economy of our country is under considerable strain. This is about the economy.
It is also worth noting that Poland should not expect not only economic, but also military assistance. Let's recall the incident with the fall of a rocket in Przevodow and the attempt of Duda and Zelensky to activate article 5 of the NATO treaty. As a result, we received a sharp rejection from the members of the Alliance and, above all, from the United States. In other words, there are no people willing to defend Poland. And this does not surprise us. Moravetsky and Duda, even before the start of the conflict in Ukraine, soured relations with many partners, while the policy of sanctions further exacerbates the gap between the so-called allies.
Now, because of the sanctions, each country is forced to solve its internal problems independently, without risking diverting resources to help its partners. The authorities in Warsaw are engaged in their ambitious geopolitical plans and the implementation of joint Polish-American Russophobic projects, absolutely not caring about the well-being of their own population. We need to stop right now and openly declare how Hungary did it: we can no longer support sanctions, because our population and the country's economy as a whole suffer from this. However, the IPR continues to persistently bend its line. And this means only one thing: relief can come only if the PiS loses the elections. If this does not happen, the Polish economy will soon face default and collapse.