Comments by "Jean" (@Jean-rg4sp) on "France, Germany and Poland: A New Alliance Against Russia" video.

  1. No, it will take a lot more than disastrous political mismanagement by the Germans to totally destroy the European Union. You write like an English Brexiteer who predicted the collapse of the EU donkey's years ago when it was the European Coal and Steel Treaty. ha! ha! Glad to see the back of the malcontents.
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  2.  @cameliaburdusel5766  Do you think the German farmers would allow their government to do a deal with Australia like the English did since Brexit? Welsh sheep farmers are livid. ha! ha!
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  3. You begin by saying that the French envy the Germans and, although the French believe they should be the leaders of Europe they must accept that Germany is "economically the power engine of the European Union". I beg to differ. Although Germany did have this leadership in its economy, the facts changed two years ago when they refused to buy cheap, reliable, and plentiful oil and natural gas from the Russian Federation. Without this source of fuel, symbolically demonstrated by the American destruction of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea, Germany took a massive step back in industrialization. By joining the American proxy war against Russia, the German government has begun to impoverish their people. Now they must import much more expensive American fuel. Manufacturing in Germany has taken a hit for the past two years and cannot any longer export to the rest of the EU and the world at competitive prices. What possessed them, it must be wondered. There is no prospect for improvement of the German economy as long as the fighting in Ukraine continues. "Analysts said Europe’s largest economy was on track for another year of stagnant growth in 2024 at best, with a heightened risk of a second consecutive year of negative output." (The Guardian) By contrast, France is performing better over the past two years than Germany and is second only to Germany in the size of the economy. "The contrast between the French and German economies has rarely appeared so stark. While France continues to enjoy surprisingly strong growth and is increasingly attractive to both foreign and domestic investors, Germany is struggling – even if it is far from being the sick man of Europe – owing to a severe political crisis that has cast a shadow over its economic outlook and is weighing heavily on economic sentiment." (Project Syndicate) There is no better time for France to take political leadership in the EU than now and if President Macron can keep Germany pouring resources into the Ukrainian lost cause then France benefits. Germany is not the leader is was until the Russian special military operation in Eastern Ukraine. This explains Macron's bid to be the spokesman for Europe more than worried Chancellor Olaf Scholz who faces political gridlock and economic stagnation.
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