Unicorns Are Real | The Vineyard of the Saker
by Batiushka for the Saker blog
Unicorns Are Real or It Must Be True, the Western Media Told Me So
An autumn chill is descending on every European country, though in each country in different ways.
Gas-dependent Germany and Italy are desperate for Russian gas. It is not just homes, but whole factories which face imminent closure in energy-intensive industries. The result of that will be mass unemployment. By ‘mass’, I mean 20% and more.
In France there is popular rejection of President Macron who has told his people that they (i.e. not him) must suffer so that the Ukraine can ‘win’. September is the first month of the annual strike-season in France. French people do not like being cold. Expect some headlines.
In Latvia the Russian minority are fearful for their future, but so is everyone else. Heating will not be an option this winter. With a pension of just over 100 euros a month, many pensioners are simply going to die of the cold.
From Slovakia we have received the following:
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