Geopolitics
Europe's Climate Charade: How Franco-German Backroom Deals Expose the Rot in the Western 'Rules-Based Order'
The European Union, facing another summer of punishing energy costs, is resorting to short-term fixes and opaque backroom negotiations, most notably between France and Germany, that could gut its flagship climate rules for the sake of industrial peace. This spectacle of hypocrisy and elite horse-trading, conducted with zero transparency, exposes the EU's supposed 'Green Deal' as a sham and reveals how its core principles are sacrificed at the altar of Franco-German corporate interests.