by Oui
Sat Apr 15th, 2023 at 08:53:23 AM EST
The policy advocated seven years ago by France and President Macron about "strategic autonomy" has not been achieved, but under the assault by US presidents Trump and Biden, it has regained momentum and some urgency today.
Interesting times ahead as the US 2024 elections loom and U.S. Politics turns inward to domestic policy ... and the economy.
More below the fold ...
European Council president says EU cannot 'blindly, systematically follow' Washington
Macron and Return to Sovereignty
Critical materials for green energy transition and EVs
The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions | IEA |
An energy system powered by clean energy technologies differs profoundly from one fuelled by traditional hydrocarbon resources. Solar photovoltaic (PV) plants, wind farms and electric vehicles (EVs) generally require more minerals to build than their fossil fuel-based counterparts. A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a gas-fired plant. Since 2010 the average amount of minerals needed for a new unit of power generation capacity has increased by 50% as the share of renewables in new investment has risen.
Transition from Big Oil to Big Mining
Booming EV sales challenge critical mineral supply chains
The survival of Old Europe, the basic roots of the Europe Union, is the only option for the EU-27 to survive. Both Russia and the U.S.-UK Atlanticists have gone far to undermine the executive and judicial primate of Brussels.
When Brussels comes under attack it starts to move, albeit slowly, to fill the gaps needed to exert authority. The Financial crisis of 2008, the SARS-CoV2 pandemic and lacking an army for defense are events for reforming EU policy. Brexit years from 2016-2021 already put a strain on the fiber and unity in Brussels. Europe needs to define it's very own National Interests which does mean exert it's sovereignty as one bloc of nations. The war on its border is a foolish endeavor by U.S. led NATO expansion to the Russian frontier is seen as an existential threat to the Russian Federation. The expansion of NATO into the Indo-Pacific is a partnership ina global hegemon not in Europe's interest. Making enemies is part of American exceptionalism and foreign policy over the last 50 years. That should stop as the global threats of. Climate Change and the environment of clear air, water and earth are the real challenges. Europe needs economic partnerships, not adversaries and conflict for military superiority ... a Cold War arms race.
See the interesting journey and State visit by Emmanuel Macron to China and Xi Jinping.
Macron Is Proven Right: NATO Is Brain Dead!!
To the contrary from Brussels, VDL speaks with the voice of the G7, not the EU-27.
MOFA response to European Commission President von der Leyen's mention of cross-strait peace and stability during speech | Republic of China (Taiwan) - March 30, 2023 |
The journey by German Green Party FM Annalena Baerbock too, is a throwback to policy dictated by Washington DC and the Pentagon through NATO. Don't fall into another trap of military confrontation. The War in Ukraine is hurting badly and we're not even halfway.
From my diary ...
Russian Position in Talks with US, NATO and OSCE | Jan. 14, 2022 |
Under Donald Trump's regime of clarity MAGA ..
Very much the theme of the AngloSaxon conservatives joined by the alt-right across the Western world ... once again warmongering coming out of the Pentagon, White House and the National Security Council under leadership of neocon John Bolton.
Under Joe Biden's regime ...
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Joe Biden as Chair of the powerful US Senate Foreign Relations Committee lied to the world in 2002, he is deceiving the world today to go to war in Ukraine and the military confrontation towards the CCP over One China policy and Taiwan. A battle for the existing failing World Order.
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War