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Additionally the level of dependence on Russian gas differs between countries as well.
Most EU countries do not have LNG terminals FYI it's not something that magically appears by itself. Germany has already slowed down approvals for other construction projects due to construction supply-chain issues.
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Do you think that Qatar, UAE, Saudi and Iran are going to stop exporting natural gas imminently?
That's not the point, is it? Although they might depending on the circumstances (again, as we can see right now).
Both involve a certain amount of risk and uncertainty. Both require preparation and planning, and some degree of subordination of other national interests.
This is perhaps one of the lessons of the Ukraine conflict - Russia is still exporting gas to Germany and Germany is still importing it, despite diplomatic relations between the two countries being at a nadir. It's simply not in either country's interest not to carry on with the commercial relationship.
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I've been to Macedonia, Poland and Hungary and I agree with everything said and implied about those countries in the GP. It is not necessary to travel to Poland or Hungary to be aware that the populist governments of these countries have embraced conspiratorialism, anti-semitism, anti-ziganism, revisionism, homophobia, while openly disregarding liberal institutions such as the separation of church and state, independ…
> You can simply listen to what people from those countries who do embrace the liberal values associated with the EU project have said about their home countries. Would you throw them under the bus just to keep the populists out of the Union? Also now that apparently Sweden is going to have a populist right-wing government, should they leave the EU? To be clear: I'm asking these questions to highlight the ridiculousn…
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I've been to Macedonia, Poland and Hungary and I agree with everything said and implied about those countries in the GP. It is not necessary to travel to Poland or Hungary to be aware that the populist governments of these countries have embraced conspiratorialism, anti-semitism, anti-ziganism, revisionism, homophobia, while openly disregarding liberal institutions such as the separation of church and state, independ…
I agree with almost everything you wrote, but I can totally understand not being fond of gypsies. Throughout the Balkans their compounds are hives of criminality, guns and drugs, and that is not because they are discriminated against. They are incredibly closed and conservative (in their own ways) societies, against any form of integration and modernisation, while at the same time leeching off any benefits the host s…
However, there is a big difference between a government which is trying to resolve social problems and lead the population towards a better settlement, and one which takes advantage of divisions to create fear and appeal to the worse sentiments of the majority.
But I am personally counting on the fact that this gov will fuck up as usual ... always plan for the worst, then it can only be better...
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I've been to Macedonia, Poland and Hungary and I agree with everything said and implied about those countries in the GP. It is not necessary to travel to Poland or Hungary to be aware that the populist governments of these countries have embraced conspiratorialism, anti-semitism, anti-ziganism, revisionism, homophobia, while openly disregarding liberal institutions such as the separation of church and state, independ…
> You can simply listen to what people from those countries who do embrace the liberal values associated with the EU project have said about their home countries. Would you throw them under the bus just to keep the populists out of the Union? Also now that apparently Sweden is going to have a populist right-wing government, should they leave the EU? To be clear: I'm asking these questions to highlight the ridiculousn…
Governments are elected. It’s not stupid to look at what a country is actually doing. Hungary even gave Fidesz a second term.
Countries which cross the EU red lines should be excluded no question.
To put this in relation, here is a comparison of gas storage capacities in Europe: https://erdgasspeicher.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ines_ga... Here is table from Sunday which also shows the total gas stored in each country, along with the capacity ("Working volume"), annual consumption, and injection / withdrawal capacities: https://agsi.gie.eu/ Missing from the list is Switzerland, which does not have any gas st…
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I've been to Macedonia, Poland and Hungary and I agree with everything said and implied about those countries in the GP. It is not necessary to travel to Poland or Hungary to be aware that the populist governments of these countries have embraced conspiratorialism, anti-semitism, anti-ziganism, revisionism, homophobia, while openly disregarding liberal institutions such as the separation of church and state, independ…
I agree with almost everything you wrote, but I can totally understand not being fond of gypsies. Throughout the Balkans their compounds are hives of criminality, guns and drugs, and that is not because they are discriminated against. They are incredibly closed and conservative (in their own ways) societies, against any form of integration and modernisation, while at the same time leeching off any benefits the host s…
https://www.saos.org.pl/judgments/392058
"since they got married according to the law and tradition of their community, and then undertook voluntary sexual intercourse, which is even an element, which the Court also knows ex officio, confirming the effectiveness of the marriage"
It was ok to have sex with 14 year old child, because thats how you assert (illegal) marriage in this culture ...
This is strange, everything I heard is that Germany is in trouble with the gas situation but here it seems they have the most stored gas? Is this correct in content and meaning?
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By your metric, the most "socially backward" country that joined the EU was the United Kingdom, as its the only one that actually exited so far. EDIT: regarding your edit - yep, Ukraine is currently a very backwards and crappy country, basically no better than Russia. While Russia is propped up by infinite monies flowing from the ground, Ukraine doesn't have it, so it's much more dilapidated. It's a small miracle tha…
Last time I checked the UK didn’t have to face widespread homophobic attacks conducted by groups advocating discrimination and violence, widespread gender-based violence, ineffective investigation of violence against journalists, impunity of police and issues relating to bringing torturers to justice. Because that was the reality in Ukraine before the war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LG...
Considering the rest of your comment picturing Ukraine as some backwater (post)soviet hell hole: You've never been there. You've never even talked to someone from there.