The European Union could breathe its last. At least in its current version, the one that began to be designed in Maastricht more than 30 years ago.
The decision, ultimately negative, on the transfer to Ukraine of Russian assets frozen by the EU gives an idea of the situation and the way in which it could evolve in the years to come. To begin with, the legal arguments put forward by Belgium (which owns 62% of the 210 billion) seemed reasonable (“What if, when the time comes, we had to return them to Russia?”) and at the same time improvised: is there any power left in the world, outside of this small rich community at the western end of Eurasia, which respects the principles of international legality?
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