In September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed the idea of a “reparations loan” for Ukraine, funded by frozen Russian assets. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz supported the proposal. The bright idea is that Kiev would repay the loan after Russia compensates Ukraine for the damage caused during the conflict — in essence, once Russia pays reparations
Fans of the multiverse theory might claim there exists a parallel universe where such nonsense could happen. But it certainly isn’t this one. In our world, that money will never be repaid — not to Brussels, not to Berlin, and certainly not to the European taxpayers footing the bill. Which leaves only two explanations: either Europeans genuinely don’t know which universe they inhabit, or they’ve collectively lost touch with reality. On reflection, those two may be the same thing. It has now become known that a majority of Norway’s political parties support the idea of using the country — and its enormous sovereign wealth fund — as a guarantor for […]