{"id":27020,"date":"2024-11-02T20:04:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T19:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/?p=27020"},"modified":"2024-11-02T20:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T19:04:28","slug":"europe-a-mere-union-of-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/europe-credibility\/europe-a-mere-union-of-interests","title":{"rendered":"Europe: A Mere Union of Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27022\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/europe-credibility\/europe-a-mere-union-of-interests\/attachment\/russie-europe-commerce-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?fit=1292%2C767&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1292,767\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"russie europe commerce\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?fit=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?fit=1024%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27022\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?resize=1170%2C695&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?w=1292&amp;ssl=1 1292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?resize=1024%2C608&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?resize=768%2C456&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michelsanti.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/russie-europe-commerce.jpg?resize=1200%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A telling graphic shows the extensive trade between many European nations and Russia, routed through Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n<p>Europe has chosen to prioritize trade relations with Russia over fully committing to help Ukraine confront Putin\u2019s aggression.<\/p>\n<p>This choice has further tarnished our reputation and jeopardized our credibility.<\/p>\n<p>It reveals a truth I have denounced for 15 years: <strong>this European Union is nothing more than a mercantile union. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Time for Europe to finally stop claiming any semblance of moral superiority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A telling graphic shows the extensive trade between many European nations and Russia, routed through Kyrgyzstan. Europe has chosen to prioritize trade relations with Russia over fully committing to help Ukraine confront Putin\u2019s aggression. This choice has further tarnished our reputation and jeopardized our credibility. It reveals a truth I have denounced for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[648942734],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-credibility"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Europe: A Mere Union of Interests - Michel Santi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/michelsanti.fr\/en\/europe-credibility\/europe-a-mere-union-of-interests\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Europe: A Mere Union of Interests - Michel Santi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; A telling graphic shows the extensive trade between many European nations and Russia, routed through Kyrgyzstan. 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