Germany’s economy minister has accused the U.S. and other “friendly” gas supplier states of astronomical prices for their supplies.
He suggested some gas suppliers were profiting from the fallout from the war in Ukraine which has sent global energy prices soaring.
TL;DR The US is using EU flesh to skin-graft the burns sustained from its own suicidal foreign policy, and everyone is beginning to take notice of it
He suggested some gas suppliers were profiting from the fallout from the war in Ukraine which has sent global energy prices soaring.
Wow never thought they'd do that.
thats the whole point of the war you blithering idiot
honestly are the european leaders really so arrogant and naive or awares and helpless?
the americans are also pawns and rubes, and so are most of our richos, is it just pawns and rubes all the way down controlling the world with capitalism?
Capitalism is clearly in decay. it only makes sense all the countries embracing it are plauged with decay
Whether they see it that way or not, it doesn't really help them to say so in public. If just pointing out that America is being hypocritical and self-serving at your expense did anything to stop it happening, the world would be a different place.
honest question, how would that work? are we talking about arranging a negotiated price at which EU countries agree to purchase American LNG? wouldn't the Americans have the negotiating leverage there? Like if you've neutered the ability of Euro states to buy from Russia, isn't America the only other bulk supplier? You'd need to escalate into a greater trade war, right? just asking.
In theory, the EU would agree to, as a trading bloc, not purchase any LNG from the US above a certain agreed upon price; this was the concept of the "buyer's cartel" which was pitched earlier in the year to be used against Russia. As far as I know, this ended up being dismissed as an option because the member states couldn't reach an agreement. I assume the OP was making a joke in reference to this.
They got their free-market capitalism, why are they complaining?
Turns out a lot more people think they want capitalism than actually want capitalism
i can't wait for the next world war to just be literally everyone against America while I live in america that'll be real fun
we live in the belly of the beast, friend, we get to kill it from the inside! :sickomogus:
i hereby greet the world as liberators and wave the world flag
So this is how Europe (or at least some European countries) start their redemption arc...
Me after i drop a bunch of logs in the toilet and consider calling the logging company
"Fuck the EU." - Former US Ambassador to NATO, Victoria Nuland, 2014
He's got no other option now, so he just has to pay that gas tax.
Would be pretty funny is Germany allied with China and Russia over this.
I imagine the US would just call them Nazis tho
I imagine the US would just call them Nazis tho
Well of course they would
