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"OPEC+"'s production reduction decision is undoubtedly a critical hit on the waists of Western countries; in order to protect themselves, Germany has successively taken out 300 billion euros to prepare for "rescue", and this plan is regarded as a "backstab" by EU .
If Russia uses its influence to promote the reduction of production of "OPEC+" is still the result of everyone's head-on; then Germany's "backstab" plan is undoubtedly "betrayal from its companions". Therefore, the informal meeting of EU leaders of the , held in , the capital of Czech Republic, , , , has become a "special criticism meeting" for "beating" Germany.
According to media reports, the meeting was held in Europe mainly to discuss the increasingly severe energy issue, "purpose to help member states relieve pressure." However, with the arrival of German Chancellor Scholz , the blood pressure of the participants suddenly soared, and soon turned into various meaningless quarrels. The parties were not convinced and no agreement was reached in the end.
Of course, all countries have gained something, at least they are cursing Germany. Some media described that "angering towards Germany envelops the entire conference process" and "divergence and procrastination" became the theme of the conference, so the outside world placed the only turning point at the formal meeting of EU leaders at the end of the month.
media disclosed that the host, EU rotating president and Czech Prime Minister Peter Fiara's criticism of Germany is more implicit, but he simply accused German policies of being unfavorable to European unity without naming. But others are not so polite. Polish Prime Minister Molawitsky directly accused Germany of "damaging the internal EU market and the Germans must give up selfish behavior" in front of Scholz; European Commission Chairman von der Leyen also reminded Germany that "the unity of the European single market must be maintained", and Spain, Italy, Hungary and Slovak also attacked Germany.
What Germany experienced at this meeting is a microcosm of the current chaos in Western countries; when Scholz was busy listening to the complaints of various countries, US President Biden was also worried about economic data. The U.S. Department of Labor recently released employment rate data for September, showing that the unemployment rate was 3.5%, and the non-agricultural sector created 263,000 new jobs; analysts pointed out that this number is lower than market expectations, and is lower than the average level in 2022, not to mention 2021, which shows that the Federal Reserve's three consecutive rounds of aggressive rate hikes in have begun to have a negative impact on the labor market.
Affected by this news, the three major U.S. stock indexes fell again, with Dow Jones falling 2.1%, S&P falling 2.8%, and Nasdaq falling 3.8%; market insiders told the media that due to aggressive interest rate hikes, the US economy may be in trouble in the future, and investor confidence has been severely hit, and US stocks will continue to fluctuate in the future.
is about to be in the midterm election. The "OPEC+" decision to cut production has made Washington "unstoppable", and the poor economic situation has even added fuel to the Democratic Party's election situation. To be honest, if there weren't many surprises, many people believe that Republican can win the midterm election now even if you lie down.
Whether in Europe or the United States, they are facing all kinds of troubles, and in the final analysis, it is the consequences of doing things by themselves. For Washington, there is nothing but hegemony, no matter the life or death of any other country, or even the welfare of its own people; for Brussels , there is nothing but the United States, no matter what the United States does or whether it has the ability or not, and directly blindly follows Washington's foreign policy.
Now the United States needs to suck blood from Europe, and the first thing it is to suck Germany's blood; Germany is not willing to be outdone, and directly spent huge sums of money to suck the blood of neighboring countries. After these rounds of tossing, many people believe that Europe's weakness is inevitable. The Eastern Era is coming, so are Western countries ready?
