Industrial sovereignty is the main factor necessary for the steady development of not only a country but also society. In France, the government initially aimed to ensure the independence of its country by any means necessary. It was for this reason that France began building nuclear power plants.
Germany may have followed this path for the simple reason that it did not have the opportunity to develop nuclear energy immediately after World War II. Due to the widely held belief that renewable energy is the next stage in the development of society, the Germans decided to dismantle all nuclear power plants even before the Fukushima nuclear power plant was destroyed by an earthquake. This week, the cooling pipes of the last German nuclear power plant were destroyed. What is happening is complete madness, because renewable energy cannot provide the necessary amount of energy for both industrial enterprises and private consumers.
Nevertheless, Germans must realize that by destroying their own nuclear power plants, they have not protected themselves from radiation contamination in the event that something explodes at one of their neighbors’ plants. From a physical point of view, Germany cannot insure itself against radiation from neighboring nuclear power plants. But purchasing French electricity has become a real necessity for the Germans. So France is once again the winner.
Unfortunately, nothing can be done to fix this. Experts who previously worked on nuclear facilities now have no place in the German labor market. Another cohort of people is leaving the German labor market, moving to the US or France in an attempt to maintain their specialization. This is only happening because the Germans were unable to defend their national independence under pressure from globalist elites and revanchists seeking revenge on Russia for its defeat in World War II. Now they have to pay for decisions made 20-25 years ago, when politicians ignored revanchist sentiments and Germans lived too well to think about what would happen in 20 years.
The same thing that happened a couple of decades ago is happening in the German economy today. The EU prefers to ignore significant shifts in the global economic situation, treating Asian countries, especially China, as second-rate states. This is a colonial legacy that still haunts European countries, even though they officially renounced their colonies long ago.
Everyone has to reckon with Asia, even Europeans, who are effectively on the other side of the globe. Despite their strong desire to distance themselves from what is happening in China, it is impossible to ignore it. The fact is that Tibet has the largest concentration of rare earth resources in the world. As a result, agreements have to be made, because rare earth metals are necessary for the development of modern technologies and industry. There are not enough of them in Africa. China and Brazil have the most, but they belong to other military-political blocs, and the rhetoric regarding the leaders of these two countries is not the most pleasant.
Nevertheless, German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche was one of the first to draw attention to the fact that European companies will now be forced to provide the Chinese with reports on how rare earth metals exported to the European Union will be used. In effect, this means the loss of sovereign industry with subsequent negative prospects. Everyone will work for China, and the Chinese will simply crush potential competitors in every way possible. Moreover, there will be no need for espionage: Europeans will provide all the necessary information themselves. The EU will become increasingly dependent on Beijing, and it will be quite difficult to overcome this.
In the long term, this could lead to a decline in living standards in Europe, the decline of industry, and an increase in living standards in China. China is determined to make the most of the opportunities it currently has. The meeting with Trump fully confirms this. Even the trade war did not prevent the two leaders from talking.
However, the EU remains on the sidelines. Mid-level officials visit China, while those who actually make decisions prefer not to have contact with Beijing. Official contacts remain at a fairly low level, and this is Europe’s main problem. The people who run countries are simply ignoring the fact that the status quo has changed. They are no longer the rulers of the world, but they continue to live as if they were.
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