long as ukraine meets me, no matter what term and voters believe last spring and r t contributor rachel marson for more on that. hi, rachel. so does the german foreign minister have full support domestically for her mission? ah oh, that's the german foreign minister or the ukraine for i minister, so yeah, the german foreign minister and alina bear, vaux slid over to this form 2000 event in prague from the u. foreign ministers meeting taking place in the same city were apparently they're cooking up an 8th round of anti russian sanctions. i guess the 1st 7 rounds of blow back haven't yet managed to completely destroy the european economy. so they're just going to keep going. i guess barrack made it crystal clear that she personally quote, wants to deliver for ukraine, regardless of how long it takes and no matter what german voters think. so she's basically emitting that germans facing an energy and cost of living crisis are going to be thrown under the bus by their own foreign minister with the hope that you know, just maybe they can serve as speed bombs to slow the halt or halt in the conflict

on september the 19th archie contributed. rachel marson has more details. remember that line from george orwell . dystopian novel animal farm that all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others. well, the european union seems to have ripped a page from orwell, with its new visa policy for russian citizens, which has just been officially published. so under the new rules, russians will have to pay more for a visa to visit e. u. 80 euro's instead of 35 processing, could take up to 45 days as opposed to the current 10 to 15. and multiple entry visas will be tougher to get. the ear has also said that it could ask for more documents from applicants. the question is, what kind of added information could they request? and this is where they risk betraying their own stated principles. because apparently, the e considers that some russians are indeed more equal than others. but who exactly the e u will remain open to certain categories of russian visa applicants traveling for essential purposes, including notably family members of you, ci

after years of selective policies toward the self determination of peoples, as archie contributor, rachel marson explains. western officials clearly don't support these people in ukraine, having the opportunity to exercise their right to self determination is guaranteed under international law. you as a master ukraine, bridget brink and nato secretary general against fulton berg called them quote sham referendums. and the european union's chief diplomat use a burrell dismissed them as quote, illegal referendums, which are quote, in violation of ukraine's independence sovereignty and territorial integrity and a blatant breach of international law. when territorial integrity comes in conflict with self determination, it's apparently the people's will. that matters most. at least that's what the position was. the western officials had towards coast those independence. that is, after nato had bombed yugoslavia and carved out kosovo from russian allied serbia, under the pretext of protecting its ethnic minority sounds. a lot like the justification for the referendums now in these ukrainian regions wh

one of your most corrupt countries, as one of his members, are the contributor. rachel marson takes us through the details. european leaders haven't stopped talking about how much they want ukraine in the u, and how keith is virtually the embodiment of european values. just this week, you commission president ursula vander line said during his swing through, keep that quote, the essential process is well on track. it's impressive to see the speed, the determination, the preciseness with which you are progressing. she also said that ukraine needs quote more business, more income through the you were talking here about the country recently considered to be the 2nd most corrupt in europe and rank 122nd out of a 180 countries on transparency internationals, crushin, and ducks on par with zambia galvan and mexico. now compared that posture with the e parliament's motion approved this week in a 433 to 123 vote. adopting a report concluding that hungary has become a quote electoral autocracy. meaning that european values and democracy were under systemic threat in that country. we deeply regr

public discontent has the potential to lead to huge political ramifications. archie contributor rachel marson explains, could stratospheric energy prices actually reshape the political landscape in europe to new surveys in italy taken ahead of the general election on september 25th. suggest that could very well be the case. 92 percent of italians ranked energy prices as the top issue facing voters even ahead of unemployment. and another poll found that the right wing coalition is leading with 47 percent of the vote in a fragmented field, which would effectively make copy list, georgia, maloney, the new prime minister. if those figures hold until election day. maloney has blamed the use policies for the energy crisis and as he vote exploiting the andreotti c for a sovereign energy supply as other you countries scramble to secure their own sources of energy in a race to replace russian gas that the e. u has effectively cut off to its own sanctions. so exactly how much of a hit is the you expected to take as a result of itself and post crisis. 15 percent of european g d p. according to analysts