[ Russia Assets ] Snatch Theft

The European menagerie marches toward the abyss. After bending Article 122, Brussels now hides behind "enhanced cooperation” to push eurobonds. Rules are obstacles they're "creatively" ignoring.

Once a gangster, always a gangster. Zelensky now wants Russian sovereign assets handed to him, not as restitution but as poker chips for his next round of negotiations. A bold demand—made effortless by the simple fact that the bill lands on someone else’s desk.

[ Flash ] European Suicide

Having already trampled Article 122, Antonio Costa—Portugal’s ex–prime minister, felled by a corruption probe—now suggests activating Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to neatly sidestep dissenting states through enhanced cooperation. The trick is simple: shield Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic from liability while Europe borrows money to give to Ukraine, fully aware it will never be repaid. Law, once again, reduced to a workaround for political convenience.