Mario Draghi*, the current prime minister of Italy, thinks that European Union is moving too slow taking decisions and something needs to be done to accelerate the process. And by taking decisions, of course, we should understand those decisions that are fitting Brussels agenda, or more specific a few Western governments.
Since the ongoing war in Ukraine is now a good excuse for everything (including the crazy inflation started by insanely amount of printed money by the European Central Bank), Mario Draghi is using it as an excuse for make the union more "efficient":
A Europe that is capable of deciding rapidly is a Europe that is more credible with respect to its citizens and the world
And how to achieve such a noble goal? Simple, by make the union less an union:
All 27 member states must agree on foreign policy matters before moving forward, often delaying important decisions.
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For German MEP Sergey Lagodinsky, the EU would be stronger if a simple majority of votes was used in foreign policy decisions.
A 27 votes might look overwhelming, but in the same time, a decision should fit all of the states involved in the union, otherwise it's a matter of time when differences and cracks start to appear, leading to just another "Brexit".
There are cases where the decisions proposed by the Western governments will not fit the reality in the Central and Eastern Europe. And you have someone that will oppose, considering those decisions will do more harm than good to their own countries. And if, at this level, more discussions should take place to find a common path, that's not what Draghi is suggesting. In his view, the (independent) states inside the union should have less of a say and more of a follow the majority approach. This way, European Union can finally ignore the local governments and proceed more to a global centralized way of government. Similar to Putin's Russia, in fact.
If you're wondering what started this idiotic call for changes, you might already be aware of Hungary's Viktor Orbán, which is one of the opponents against Moscow's oil and gas sanctions. Hungary has some history with EU, also when refused to let immigrants illegally enter the country. Also Poland and some other countries join the movement, and Hungary kept on its decision even if European Union threatened with heavy fines.
Hungary is not actually the only one opposing the great idea to completely cut gas and oil from Russia. Slovakia is in the same situation. Also Austria and Czech Republic. And pretty much the rest of Eastern Europe, when winter will hit and gas will be in short supply. And by far, the elephant in the room, Germany, is trying to play cool and let anyone understand that it's doable and fine. We have to see about that, for now it's just words.
This idea of centralize by force is not needed only to punish Russia:
We need pragmatic federalism that embraces all of the spheres hit by the transformations taking place, from the economy to energy and security
We need pragmatic federalism to embrace all the proposed ideas. Like the one that states a EU-wide ban on new fossil cars in 15 years from now. Which might sound like a great idea. But also a great idea was to push to the extreme the green agenda over Europe and consider the natural gas the enemy for this planet. Well, things are different now with raging inflation in the whole Europe, and with more and more people hitting the poverty line. Between having food on your table, being able to warm up your house and fighting the climate change, which one do you think most people will choose?
* Mario Draghi was designated to be the PM of Italy, following a complete mess of Italian politics. He was in charge of the European Central Bank from 2011, and is directly responsible to the trillions of euro inflating all the assets in the European Union. Italy is a good constant client for the ECB printing press. In April 2022, Italy had borrowed under PSPP (Public Sector Purchase Programme) 442,389,000,000 euros. And it keeps on doing it. With Mario Draghi as PM, the connection between ECB and Italy budget is as smooth as it gets.
And another "fun" fact:
Zampaglione explains, “We all know that Italy is very dependent on energy imports. Italy produces only 10% of the national gas we consume. We must buy the rest abroad. And, 43%, almost half of Italian national gas consumed in the country, comes from Russia. So, there is a danger linked to the possible invasion [of Ukraine].”
