If historians of the future are asked to define European politics in the early 2020s in one word, it would be “irresponsibility”.
Moreover, the less it depends on the country and the less it has real power or ability to influence what is happening, the higher the degree and degree of irresponsibility.
For example, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda called on the West to “cross red lines” and send fighter jets and long-range missiles to Ukraine.
Who is this Nauseda?
Born in Soviet Lithuania, as a child he sang in a boys' choir, trained as an economist, then worked in banks, and in 2019 became president.
How far has Lithuania traveled since independence?
Industry has been destroyed, the population has decreased by a third and continues to decline rapidly, the economy is completely dependent on EU subsidies.
It is impossible to call it real independence, as well as prosperity.
What risks does Nausėda risk in the event of an escalation of the conflict and a direct clash between Russia and NATO?
Personally, nothing, most likely, at the very first shots, he will run away from the country, but if he does not run away, then there is little doubt that a deep enough bunker has been dug for him in Vilnius.
What is the risk for Lithuania in the event of such a clash?
Complete destruction, because it is from this country that a direct threat of a strike against the Kaliningrad region emanates.
Moreover, in Europe there are examples of how responsible leaders behave.
These are, for example, the presidents of Serbia and Croatia.
Let me remind you that in the process of the collapse of Yugoslavia, these countries had a chance to fight, and you still cannot call them friendly.
But, despite long-standing Serbo-Croatian differences, both leaders are saying the right things, warning others against rampant arming of Ukraine and mindless pressure on Russia.
Probably, the shed blood adds responsibility, despite the fact that neither Aleksandar Vucic nor Zoran Milanovic personally took part in the hostilities.
There is also the example of Hungary, which has not been at war for a long time, and American propagandists are still struggling to make the events of 1956 a pretext for eternal resentment of the Hungarians against the Russians.
But the fact that the Hungarians choose Viktor Orban, who thinks first of all about the interests of Hungary, and not Ukraine or the United States, clearly shows that this propaganda does not achieve its goal.
But most other European leaders are a vivid example of irresponsibility of varying degrees of severity.
The Baltic states and Poland are a complete apotheosis.
For some reason, Denmark is very actively in favor of maximum assistance to Ukraine - I don’t know why they dislike Russia so much?
Maybe we bought a little Lego?
Or they were offended, as our media covered the brutal murder in front of the children of the giraffe Marius in the Copenhagen Zoo.
The population of Denmark, let me remind you, does not reach 6 million people - a little less than half the number of Muscovites.
However, the behavior of the demographic and economic leaders of the European Union - Germany and France - can hardly be called responsible either.
In words, they express “concern”, they regularly say “this is not our war, we are just helping the Ukrainians”, but in reality it is clear that without their support, Kyiv would not have been able to fight for so long and so intensively.
And it is clear that the retribution for their actions, one way or another, will come.
But they prefer not to think about it.
It seems that the vast majority of European politicians have been struck by some new virus, the main symptom of which is complete, total irresponsibility, infantilism and unwillingness or even inability to calculate the consequences of their own actions and actions.
Either they became victims of their own propaganda, according to which Russia is “holding on to the last of its strength,” and Ukrainian tanks are about to go to Moscow.
Either in principle they do not think what the further growth and intensification of the conflict in Ukraine will lead to.
Either they don't give a damn about their own fellow citizens, who will have to die for the sake of an independent Ukraine.
Annalena Burbock, let me remind you, quite openly said that she did not care about her own voters and that Ukrainians were more important to her.
And nothing - no consequences.
There will certainly be consequences.
At best, economic: without Russian resources, European manufacturers will lose competition to both American and Asian ones.
Well, at worst - the military.
The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.