Europe and Ukraine continue digging a hole...

Editor's note: ...they will never be able to crawl out of. Zelensky's terrorist™ proxies just blew up a key gas pumping station in Russia's Kursk region (the Sudzha gas metering station) causing gas prices to jump in Europe. Another industrial "act of terrorism" which only brings to question who exactly is putting these terrorist™ proxies up to these acts of industrial and economic terrorism? Any "ceasefire" under any pretext is treachery and Russia knows this. That is why Russia isn't going to stop until there are no more Ukrainian soldiers left to fight and all of the NATO-supplied junk is obliterated. The EU seems to be "making empty promises" to the terrorist regime in Kiev so maybe this sabotage is Kiev's retaliation on the EU? The rift between the US and the EU is only going to get worse as the EU retaliates on the US with more tariffs. Great. Now maybe American whiskey distillers will become even better? The Europeans just keep digging a hole they will never be able to extricate themselves from (see Europe's Date with Destiny).
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EU capital flight tops $300 billion – European Council president

Investors are pulling their money out of the bloc amid soaring energy prices and excessive red tape, according to Antonio Costa

March 20, 2025 | By RT

Capital outflow from the EU has reached €300 billion ($325 billion) annually as retail and institutional investors move their money into assets outside the region, European Council President Antonio Costa has claimed in a remarks to the media published on Thursday.

Costa's comment comes as the bloc considers doubling its military aid to Ukraine year-on-year while continuing to fulfil pledges of billions of euros to Kiev.

Speaking to reporters following a European Council meeting, Costa said that officials in Brussels are seeking to tackle capital flight by reducing energy costs, which have already soared to their highest level in two years, hitting major industries and companies.

"As of today, around €300 billion of EU families' savings flow out of European Union markets each year," Costa said, acknowledging that business as usual is no longer an option for the bloc. "There is €300 billion that don't fund businesses in the European Union."

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Costa mentioned slashing what Brussels calls "unnecessary" red tape by 25% for all EU companies and by 35% for small and medium-sized businesses in an effort to lure capital back to the notoriously bureaucratic bloc.

The multibillion-dollar capital outflow comes at a time when the EU is pushing to maintain funding for Ukraine. The effort is driven by growing concerns in Brussels that US President Donald Trump could stop the flow of American arms to the government of Vladimir Zelensky.

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The EU is mostly a German thing:

Germany has dealt 'death blow to the euro' - AfD leader

No more weapons for Ukraine.  There is no one left to use them.

EU Scraps Huge Military Aid Package For Ukraine

This is likely one of the reasons why capital is flowing out of Europe:

Trump Administration Gives All Clear to Laundering Money through Shell Companies and Bribing Foreign Officials