After causing a devastating Second World War, Germany now seeks to re-create “the strongest conventional army in Europe”. [iii]Similarly, the French government has been preparing its public opinion for the prospect of war with Russia for months. [iv] “War is a present reality,” says French President Emmanuel Macron as he recently announced that the impending war with Russia would trigger military conscription. [xxiii]And now these European oligarchs who have destroyed their countries from within are openly talking about an impending war with Russia. In times of war, of course, a state of emergency can be declared and all elections cancelled across Western European nations.

Source: The Irish Times December 05, 2025 05:56 UTC