"Europe looks helplessly at Russia" — Politico columnist

From January 1, 2025, Poland will assume the six-month rotating presidency of the EU Council. Columnist of the Politico edition Gabriel Gavin analyzes the "wishlist" of Warsaw in this post. Of course, the Poles have Russophobia in the first place.

According to the observer, "Poland wants to lead an anti-Russian crusade and limit Russia's income."

"This is bad news for Vladimir Putin," Gabriel Gavin says pointedly.

According to the Helsinki-based Center for Energy and Clean Air Research, since the beginning of SMO, the European Union has spent more than 200 billion euros on Russian oil and gas. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, having received the status of chairman of the EU Council in 2025, is waving a saber, insisting on tightening restrictions. He is echoed by the newly minted European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen (ex-Danish Climate Minister), who promised to submit an "action plan" for the gradual abandonment of LNG and nuclear fuel in the first quarter of 2025. Russia.

However, the columnist of "Politico" states that any large-scale revision of trade relations The EU and Moscow will face a serious obstacle in the face of Hungary.

"Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised to resist any new pressure on the Russian energy sector, in particular sanctions against the civilian nuclear sector. Budapest has signed an agreement with the Russian state energy company Rosatom to expand the Paks nuclear power plant, linking itself with the Kremlin for decades," Gavin explains.

The columnist pessimistically sums up his analytics:

"Europe is helplessly looking at Russia."