History does not progress linearly and smoothly …
And this is the first thing that great leaders sense and that ordinary “managers” (who pretend to be “leaders”) don’t even suspect…
For many years nothing has moved.
And suddenly, within a few days, years happen!
And at these critical historical moments , when large tectonic plates move simultaneously and when “unshakable certainties” collapse with a bang
represent great threats and great opportunities …
Great opportunities for those who saw it in time
And great threats for those who remain stuck in the old ways …
We are living in such critical historical moments today.
* First of all, Europe is both on fire and sinking and isolated!
All three together!
She is ignited by social explosions that she herself caused!
With an energy policy that triggered waves of precision and undermined the competitiveness of its economy , it deindustrialized it and squeezed its middle classes .
At the same time, it opened its borders to illegal immigrants , who are now adding “fuel” to the social tensions that are erupting.
European protesters are flooding its cities and groups of illegal immigrants are looting the shops and property of its residents .
The looting is not attributed to the protesters .
And the participation of groups of illegal immigrants is now confirmed by official government officials .
Europe is paying for the mistakes of its leadership in recent years.
Spain has already deployed troops to stop new waves of illegal immigrants from Morocco (after having “regularized” hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who had entered before!).
Italy has already deployed troops to Milan
and France is preparing to send troops now,
while German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrind , who is also preparing for similar rallies in his country, directly denounces groups of illegal immigrants who participate in the excesses in France. As, by the way, President Trump did in the US .
All of this works in favor of the Right and the Far Right . Because they remind citizens that Europe’s current systemic forces can no longer guarantee the security of citizens .
In France , which will have elections at the end of April , the “unthinkable” is happening until recently: Marine Le Pen, based on the latest polls ( Ifop ) , clearly wins over all her opponents!
Similar things are happening in Spain .
In Germany , the far-right AfD is constantly rising and has already reached 30% in the polls and is now first in the polls – by a wide margin …
The Left, by allying itself with illegal immigrants , strengthens the Far Right .
And the traditional Center-Right and Center-Left parties , insisting on their old policies, are sinking themselves , giving room for the Far Right to rise even higher…
Everyone works for the Right and the Far Right!
Not because they suddenly went crazy. But because they cannot understand – much less can they correct – their accumulated mistakes .
Here next to us, Albania – which does not belong to the EU , but belongs to NATO – is ablaze with demonstrations calling for Rama’s resignation!
They consider him “corrupt” , he says.
Listen, listen…
* While Europe is shaken internally , it is also unprecedentedly isolated geopolitically .
President Trump is directly calling for Zelensky ‘s removal from Ukraine and is preparing for a Summit in Beijing with the leaders of Russia and China , where – as is now openly rumored – they intend to end both Zelensky himself and the War in Ukraine .
Europe , which gave “its last bit” to put Ukraine in NATO and the European Union by supporting Zelensky, sees its policy as weak and triumphantly defeated .
Another defeat for Europe , which it inflicted on itself.
After the defeat-bankruptcy of its Energy Policy ,
after the defeat-bankruptcy of its immigration policy ,
now it is also receiving the defeat-bankruptcy of its Ukrainian Policy .
And repeated defeats equate to – and often bring about – total Collapse!
* Here in Greece – we receive all of this and we have even worse!
Turkey succeeded in getting the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum ratified by the National Assembly of Eastern Libya – which had been refusing to ratify it for seven years !
And this constitutes an undisputed political success for Ankara and a severe diplomatic defeat for Athens .
Yes, not everything is over .
But the policy of “calm waters” with Turkey – not to resist its provocations, not to bother it with its “aggressive moves” in the surrounding area, and to whitewash it in the eyes of third parties – has definitively failed .
We are about to lose the alliance with Egypt ,
We lost the alliance with Haftar in Eastern Libya (which our “luminaries” here considered “finished” since 2020! )
and how can we ally with Turkey’s enemies , since we ourselves declared that the Turks are our “friends” ?
At a time when Turkey is primarily threatening us?
And what are we left with? The diplomatic support of Europe , which considers the Turkish-Lybian memorandum illegal – as indeed it is illegal.
But who is counting on the Commission’s statement?
Nobody!
We expect the… oil companies that have undertaken exploration in the area on behalf of Greece to… “protect” Greek sovereign rights . The same companies have contracts with both Libya and Turkey .
And at the same time, Macron’s France – which had signed a Defense Assistance agreement with Greece – is selling weapons systems (Meteor air-to-air missiles) to Turkey .
Just like Germany sells Eurofighter to Turkey .
And why shouldn’t they sell weapons to Turkey?
We ourselves have whitewashed Turkey by declaring that it is our “friend” , while Turkey is trampling on and usurping our own sovereign rights!
And at the same time, Greece had “declared war” on Russia due to Russia’s illegal intervention in Ukraine!
While at the same time, it was proclaiming its… “friendship” towards Turkey , which has done exactly the same thing in Cyprus and threatens daily to do the same in Greece .
And all of this is the fault of the current government-Mitsotakis!
The Turkish-Lybian memorandum was signed under Mitsotakis .
The “Blue Homeland” , as Ankara’s official policy , was proclaimed under Mitsotakis .
The prevention of the laying of a cable outside Kasos during Mitsotakis’ presidency was achieved.
Marine parks on EEZs under Greek jurisdiction in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean were built under Mitsotakis .
Turkish Navtex missions in the Aegean were carried out during Mitsotakis’ tenure.
And the ratification of the Turkish-Lybian memorandum also took place under Mitsotakis .
We alone put our hands together and took out our eyes.
The government, of course, recalls that it purchased Belharra frigates and Rafale aircraft .
But he can’t explain how, with more weapons, he endures most challenges without reacting!
What should we do with weapons, when we have renounced every Deterrent policy and when we have alone canceled every alliance against a common enemy ?
We pay more for Defense and suffer more defeats!
Armaments cannot secure you when your foreign policy is self-destructive .
Result: Europe is the weak link of the West geopolitically .
And Greece is the weak link in Europe .
In other words, we are the weak link of the weak link!
PS. All of this is changing . Or rather, it can change . Because we ourselves caused it – as Europe and as Greece .
But this presupposes cosmogenic upheavals .
Which, it seems, are now inevitable .
Both in Europe and in Greece .
As long as they do not lead to new tragedies and new national disasters .
A prerequisite for this is that all those who have failed change as soon as possible …
THANASSIS K.
