How can anyone seriously campaign to rejoin the EU after reading this? - PART TWO
EXPLOSIVE : EU’s saintly claims blown out of the sky in damning new report
Montage © Facts4EU.Org 2023, includes European Commission picture, attribution via Wikimedia Commons
Proud Brexit Britain has been shining like a beacon of light compared to the EU
Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary
Deceit, hypocrisy and betrayal revealed : EU sanctions? What EU sanctions?
How the EU has been funding Putin’s Russia to the tune of €150 bn since the war started
And the EU27’s sales to Russia have rocketed by +40% per month in the last nine months
Brexit Britain has once again shown the EU how it should be done
(And we couldn't have done this if we had still been a member of the EU.)
Following a Brexit Facts4EU.Org investigation of official EU data lasting several days, we present the second part of our three-part series entitled "How can anyone seriously campaign to rejoin the EU?"
Today's second part in this series is a deeply shocking report which explodes the EU's claims of virtue and saintliness. It concerns the EU and Putin’s Russia. Facts4EU.Org can reveal that the EU’s supposed ‘sanctions’ on trade with Russia since his illegal invasion of Ukraine are little more than words. Meanwhile Brexit Britain has once again led the way.
Please note : What follows is not about the rights and wrongs of the war. Nor is it about who caused it. This report is about countering the disinformation coming from Brussels, which shows up the EU for what it is.
The failing EU - Part Two
A Brexit Facts4EU.Org exclusive, in conjunction with CIBUK
- Part One : The decline and fall of the EU empire – latest economic slide to zero revealed (Friday)
- Part Two : EXPLOSIVE : EU sanctions? What EU sanctions? EU’s saintly claims blown out of the sky (This report)
- Part Three : LED bulbs and town twinning – can the EU be serious? (Sunday)
In Part One of this three-part report, Facts4EU.Org revealed the steadily-declining, poor economic performance of the EU last year. In Part Two today (Saturday) we look at the simply appalling behaviour of the EU Commission and the EU27 when it comes to Putin's Russia.
We conclude tomorrow (Sunday) with a report which might sound like it is a parody - but it is very deadly serious and everything you read in this series comes from official sources. It will shock many readers.
Part Two : EU sanctions? What EU sanctions? An explosive analysis of the EU’s support for Putin
We have analysed the EU’s latest trade figures updated on 25 January 2023 and they will certainly not please President Zelenskyy. (We will be sending these reports to his office in Kjiv.) They show that the EU Commission’s so-called ‘sanctions’ against the Putin regime have not stopped trade between the EU bloc and the Russian Federation.
“And by 24 February, exactly one year since the invasion started, we aim to have the tenth package of sanctions in place.”
- EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Kyiv, Thurs 02 Feb 2023
Putin’s illegal invasion started at the end of February (24 Feb 2022). The EU has produced nine ‘sanctions packages’ in that time, to great fanfare each time. Below we summarise the limited effect of these EU ‘sanctions’ on EU-Russian trade. We then contrast this with the significantly superior performance by Brexit Britain.
Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary
EU's Russian exports and imports
EU’s exports to, and imports from, Putin’s Russia since war began up to end-November 2022 (latest month)
- EU's monthly exports to Russia in November were 40% higher than when the war began
- EU’s imports from Russia have totalled €153.6bn since the illegal invasion
[Source: EU Commission’s latest trade figures, 25 Jan 2023.]
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Providing more supplies to Putin’s Russia each month
There are two aspects to the EU27’s increase in sales to Putin’s Russia. The first is that sanctions have not stopped EU27 companies from providing vital supplies needed by Russia while it wages war on Ukraine.
The second is that not only have the EU27 continued supplying Russia, their monthly sales have rocketed by 40%. In the first nine months since the war started, EU27 companies have raked in €39.1 bn from this trade.
And how did the EU present all of this to the world?
The headline of the EU Commission statistics agency’s report is: “EU trade with Russia declined strongly”.
© EU Commission 2023
Instead of presenting the EU's import and export figures for Russia, as we have done, they chose instead to present the
Brexit Britain once again completely outshines the EU
Below we present a comparison between the EU and Brexit Britain when it comes to trade with Russia. As the EU bloc’s numbers are much higher than those of the UK, we have converted these into indices, where March 2023 = 100. This shows the relative performances very clearly.
Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary
EU's Russian exports and imports
1. EU’s and UK’s sales to Russia, Mar-Nov 2022
- Brexit Britain has REDUCED its sales to Russia by -47.2%
- The EU27 have INCREASED their sales in the latest month to Russia by +40.0%, compared to March
[Sources : EU Commission’s statistics agency and the UK’s Office for National Statistics.]
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2. EU’s and UK’s purchases from Russia, Mar-Nov 2022
- Brexit Britain has reduced its purchases by 97.1% in the latest month compared with March
- The EU27 have reduced their purchases by only 42.4%
[Sources : EU Commission’s statistics agency and the UK’s Office for National Statistics.]
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Former Brexit Minister, the Rt Hon David Jones MP, speaks exclusively to Brexit Facts4EU.Org and CIBUK.org
“This Facts4EU and CIBUK report should come as a wake-up call to any Rejoiners who still naively believe that the European Union is unequivocally a force for good in the world.
“The plain fact is that while Putin has waged his illegal war of aggression on Ukraine, the EU has enthusiastically continued to trade with Russia.
“If the EU had followed the UK’s example and slashed trade with Russia virtually to zero, Putin would have been far less likely to continue to bomb the cities and towns of Ukraine.
“The EU must respond to this report, explain why it continues to breach its own sanctions, and take all necessary steps to cease trading with Russia without further delay."
Former Brexit Minister, the Rt Hon David Jones MP, Sat 04 Feb 2023
If the EU had acted instead of pretending to act, Russia would have been in deep trouble
Russia abruptly stopped publishing its international trade data at the end of February 2022, just as its illegal invasion of Ukraine started. However we do know that the EU is Russia's largest international trade partner by far. In 2020, the EU was Russia's biggest customer, accounting for 37.9% of its goods exports worldwide. 36.5% of Russia’s imports came from the EU. [Source: EU Commission.] It should be noted that this trade was happening SIX YEARS after Putin's first illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2014, when he seized Crimea.
In 2019, the EU was the largest investor in Russia. The EU foreign direct investment (FDI) outward stock in Russia amounted to €311.4 billion, while Russia’s FDI stock in the EU was estimated at €136 billion.
If the EU had actually acted and cut its trade ties, the Russian economy would have been cut off at the knees. According to a US Congress report 40% of the Russian economy is based on international trade. There is every prospect that in these circumstances Putin would have been deposed.
Finally, Brexit Britain can hold its head high - because of Brexit
Without Brexit, the UK could not have pursued its own sanctions. As a result of Brexit, however, the UK Government was able to act swiftly and decisively - unlike the EU - as can be seen from the charts above.
After reading the above, do Rejoiners really want to rejoin such a dysfunctional foreign empire like the European Union?
Observations
It is not often that the Brexit Facts4EU.Org team are lost for words after investigating aspects of the EU’s behaviour. We have become accustomed to unearthing some extraordinary information.
When it comes to these reports, however, we were completely shocked. When readers see tomorrow’s Part Three report, they will be equally amazed, we’re sure.
There's no easy way to put his...
Since the start of Putin's (second) illegal invasion of Ukraine the Commission has put out a stream of statements which are worthy of the Kremlin. The problem for the Commission is that the facts don't lie - especially when the data comes from the EU itself. Our analysis proves beyond any doubt that the EU continues to prop up Putin's Russia, with over a quarter of a TRILLION euros paid to Russia for imports (and these are not all for gas) in the first nine months of the war.
Not only that but EU27 countries have been raking in billions in cash by increasing their monthly sales to that country by an astonishing 40%. The Commission might not wish all of this to be known, but Facts4EU.Org's report today is definitive and leaves them with nowhere to hide.
We very much hope that a major British newspaper will pick this up and run with it. We and CIBUK are both available for comment.
The question must be asked:-
How can anyone possibly want to rejoin this dysfunctional and failing empire? We really would like to hear anyone from the Rejoin campaigns try to defend the EU’s appalling record on Ukraine. Specifically we would like to hear them attempt to justify the figures above.
No doubt Rejoiners will ignore the fact that the EU27 have been increasing their supplies of goods to Russia since the start of the war. They will then try to say that the EU’s imports from Russia have fallen. This is true, but not by much and at a snail’s pace. When compared to the UK’s fall of 97.1% - more than half of which happened in the first month of the war - the EU’s very slow fall of only 42.4% looks derisory.
The EU’s abject failure to introduce immediate and effective sanctions on Putin’s Russia is little short of a disgrace. For the Commission then to try to pretend it is doing something when it clearly isn’t, only adds oil to the fires burning in Ukraine.
Coming tomorrow (Sunday)
We will add to these observations more fully at the end of Part Three of this report tomorrow. And that is a report you will NOT want to miss. PLUS a strong set of comments from former Secretary of State the Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP.
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[ Sources: EU Commission | UK Office for National Statistics ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.
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