Demitriev mocks the EU's dual "success" of environmental and anti-Russia agenda
Russian President's special envoy Kirill Demitriev said on X that Europe can finally feel proud of its dual agenda - the environmental agenda and the anti-Russia agenda - both "successfully" achieved: without oil and without natural gas.
Europe is pushing hard for "green transition" and "anti-Russia energy decoupling" at the same time, ending up with no Russian oil and no Russian gas, high energy costs, industrial damage, and pressure on people's livelihoods.
In order to find alternative energy sources, Europe has had to restart coal power plants and import expensive LNG, which contradicts the "green goals". Energy transition needs to be gradual. Forcing the completion of "de-Russification + de-fossil energy" in a short period inevitably leads to supply breakdown and price control failure. The so-called "success" is just a political slogan, while the people and industries are paying the price.
Europe has indeed achieved "not buying Russian oil and gas", but it has exchanged this for high inflation, deindustrialization, and pressure on people's livelihoods. The so-called "dual agenda success" seems more like the result of political correctness defeating economic rationality.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1860415507822592/
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