The European Central Bank raised interest rates a quarter of a percent claiming the effort will reduce energy prices. However, the primary cause of higher energy costs is energy policy not monetary policy.
As you can see, Europe is blaming the Iran conflict, and by extension blaming President Trump for inflicting higher oil and gas prices. Yet in reality, it was the European decision to cut themselves off of Russian oil and gas that led to their massive price increases.
In essence, if you ask yourself how far the EU collective is willing to go in order to combat the fictitious threat represented by Russia’s conflict with non-EU state Ukraine, it appears there is no upper limit. Rather than assist in a resolution of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, they are willing to keep fueling the war and diminishing their own economy in the process.
From the perspective of the welfare of the average European, none of this makes sense. This is bureaucratic ideology running amok.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher borrowing costs.
The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters.
Bank President Christine Lagarde said at her news conference that “the conflict in the Middle East continues to generate inflation pressures, and inflation is set to remain well above target for an extended period.”
“The outlook remains highly uncertain, with risks to the upside for inflation and to the downside for economic growth,” she said, adding that the bank would make future rate decisions meeting by meeting based on incoming data. She said the central bank would not commit to any particular path for rates before seeing the data. (read more)
It is ironic his announcement comes from Berlin as the German economy announces the loss of 100,000 auto workers while the EU Central Bank says, “a stronger than expected economy.”
Ever the faithful leftist WEF member, Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk notes that Poland is paying the highest energy prices in the world, but he faithfully supports the EU agenda. Because it’s Russia’s fault, and of course he does.
“Why do they all look like Bond villains?”
Because they ARE Bond villains….only worse.
You beat me to it
Less than half a million citizens total voted for Burnham, Merz, Carney, Ursula von der Leyen, and Zeppo of Ukraine.
Merz won 78,620 votes in February 2025 to be reelected in Hochsauerlandkreis, a district in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Deutschland. The CDU party later selected him to be Chancellor of Deutschland in May 2025.
Andy Burnham won 420,759 votes in his reelection to the Greater Manchester district in 2025. His Royal Highness, the King of England, appointed him to be Prime Minister in July 2026.
Mark Carney had not held any elected federal office position before being selected as Prime Minister. Instead, the Liberal Party selected him to lead their party in 2025. The Governor General, Mary Simon, appointed him to be Prime Minister. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth of England had earlier appointed Mary Simon in 2021 to serve as Governor General of the Canadian Territory.
Ursula von der Leyen was nominated by the European Council in 2019 to be President of the European Commission. The European Parliament elected her by secret ballot. It was a controversial move because it did not follow the traditional Spitzenkandidat process (which selects candidates based on European elections).
Ukraine has not had elections since the imposition of martial law.
It seems apparent that these heads of state who are advocating for continued war do not derive their authority from the majority of their citizens. Ernst Stavro Blogeld could very well be running things from his secret lair.
Blofeld!
Typo. “Geld” means “gold” or “money” in German. Yes, they certainly are blowing gold / money on this colossal wasteful endeavor.
Blofeld had a cat.
This crew only has a cat ass trophy.
And they’re not hiding it. Dressing and presenting yourself like that is a power move. It’s sending the message, “Yes I am dangerous to you. Yes I have power over you. And yes, I don’t think you can do anything about it because I have no respect for you.”
Remember the Podesta “Art Collection?” Same thing… putting that in the entrance to his house was as much about saying “Yeah it’s evil, what you going to do about it?” as it was about all the other stuff associated with that filth.
“From the perspective of the welfare of the average European, none of this makes sense. This is bureaucratic ideology running amok.”
I often wonder how “the average European” is reacting to all this.
From the perspective of any sane person, none of this makes sense either.
At what point do we tell Western Europe to go frag themselves?
How are they reacting to being invaded by the Muslim hordes? Sitting on their arsses. That is how they react to everything now. That is what happens when you are fed breadcrumbs by the government as welfare. Eventually you are led into a state of lifelessness.
makes perfect sense when you realize they are making their populations destitute
by design
the 4th of the 5 d’s
With wild and wide-eyed ignorance. Canadians too..
“The Wicked Man”-Proverbs 6:12-19
“A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth; He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers; Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.
Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.”
100%!
>> Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
It can’t be too soon.
The calamity brought by the wicked man is a burden upon all in the land.
“From the perspective of the welfare of the average European, none of this makes sense. This is bureaucratic ideology running amok”.
This containing crisis seems to me like a collection of thoughts from group of globalist dreamers that do not have the capacity to bring these dreams to fruition in the real world – no matter how hard they try.
I think it is just a lot of hot air propaganda to distract the masses of European natives as their countries spin faster around the toilet bowl before going into the sewer. The elites feel that they are somehow immune from the consequences of their actions. I guess some have forgotten European history, when the peasants are pushed beyond the breaking point.
Look at how Hitler rose to power. I said it before, it only takes one little spark to start a revolution in a Country. We just don’t know which one it will be first. Looks like England is starting to heat up.
“From the perspective of the welfare of the average European, none of this makes sense.”
That’s been my question all along. I hoped you knew the answer. For example, why flood their nations with uneducated unskilled people from third world hell holes when their “safety net” already can’t support their own people?
Evil for evil’s sake is the only explanation I have.
To answer your question, you have to understand that the EU/WEF/Globalist a have one supreme goal: Kill off 7/8 of the entire world population (See the Georgia Guide Stones) so they can rule over what is left.
They don’t care how it is done. I fully expect a major false flag event by NATO, very soon as an excuse to nuke Russia.
Well said James. I do feel this is the battle of good vs evil, and it is on a global scale, nobody has been exempt.
“Our ships must all sail in the same direction.”
Replace the word sail with sink. That is today’s EU. Now that the money stream of the US has been turned off they turn to their citizens to make the sacrifice under the crazy idea that raising rates will reduce energy costs.
The leadership is gaslighting the citizens of the EU.
The given explanation is not intended to survive examination, only to be repeated by the crowd stuck on groupthink as a mantra to beat down the independent thinkers.
Russia Derangement Syndrome (RDS) is real. These countries would rather destroy their people, and their country, as long as they remain in power. I can not figure out how ruling over ashes is appealing.
It is a lot like TDS here in the USA.
Yes. Exactly the same thing. All based on hate and fear something they can not control.
There will be an awakening in Canada, such as just happened in Germany, where the commoners finally call BS once they figure out the whole “Orange Man Bad” scam they’ve been fed is bankrupting them.
They are one in the same…. Communist and Socialists trying to drag the rest of us down…. so they can rule over the ashes.
Don’t forget what the did with the “plandemic’’ desperate and dangerous people
Well. Almost every Bond villain has been a European……
These Eurotrash Corruptocrats are despicable people.
They’ve captured the elite bureaucracy and are playing musical chairs with TAX FREE high salaries and all the perks that go with it.
They move from one high position to another at will.
If ever there were candidates to be dragged out into the streets by the people, there they are.
Were there any Pedo Bond Villains? Why do they all look like Pedos?
Was there any sexual behavior in any bond villain?
Bond had lots of conquests, some of whom were villain spies trying to use sex.
The villain from moonrise was obsessed with ‘perfecting’ humanity, but not with his own genes. Or Jaws genes either.
Like him, quite a lot of the villains were more focused on destroying what is.
“This is bureaucratic ideology running amok.”
Desperation induces irrational behavior that creates dangerous consequences.
Both Canada and the EU are in a perilous downward spiral.
Maybe they think making drones and ice cream cones will be the key to solving all their economic woes.
“From the perspective of the welfare of the average European, none of this makes sense.”
they’re purposely destroying their country’s demographics, and
they’re purposely destroying their country’s economies
what i find difficult to understand is how many find this difficult to understand
and it’s gonna get way worse
they’re going to crush the major indexes and obliterate 401k’s in epic fashion
The EU is a Satanic construct.
Not to forget that the EU has trashed their own ability to produce energy by shutting down coal and nuclear (except France) and spending the taxes they extort on “green” boondoggles.
Of course none of the higher fuel prices have anything to do with Ukraine striking Russia oil facilities, that reduces the total amount of oil and gas available. No it could not be that. It is all Trump’s fault and they want to interfere with the US mid-term elections because they have a terminal case of TDS.
High oil prices is a short term strategy to try and oust Trump…… as is record high food prices at Walmart…. where Hillary once served on the Board and has close ties with the Walton’s.
The decoupling of ourselves from the pending Euro implosion can’t come soon enough.
Yes, as we’ve learned from White House trade and manufacturing czar, Dr. Peter K. Navarro, you don’t raise interest rates (trying to slow demand pull inflation) into an energy shock (supply push inflation) market environment. Didn’t work in the 70’s, won’t work now…
If I’m not mistaken, but Europe and others were prosperous countries until the spigot from uncle Sam was turned to the off position.
If I’m wrong, somebody will come by to tell me so.
Convoluted logic that raising interest rates lowers inflation.
When will people start asking why the west is destroying their countries with pointless wars, careless monetary policies, and patently illegal immigration policies that all are guaranteed to fail? This isn’t incompetence, it’s 100% intentional. This is scary bc it means self destruction is the goal.
“The peasants are revolting”.
EU/WEF/ECB/Carney/DSA – “They sure are”.
Financially illiterate. Economically illiterate. Geopolitically illiterate. You get what you vote.
On the other hand, the conflict with Russia and the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines have nothing, whatsoever, to do with the current energy prices in Europe! lol
And, the out of work German auto workers is due to the EU’s insane globalist trade policies with China.
She neglects to mention the downside of Russian hyper-sonic missiles raining down on their heads, should Europe continue on their current path.
To save their socialistic union and globalist agenda from falling they will pour gasoline on the fire. We are watching it in real time. When the demonrats regain control we will be back in the same boat.
Help me out here. Raising the interest rate a quarter of a point in going to keep Wilhelm and Wilhelmina from gassing up their VW once a week? ???
The WEF and UN have outlined this many times over decades. The Sustainable Development Goals 2030, for example. The goals align to achieve a significantly decreased standard of living universally, and they have openly stated the need for the deaths of all but half a billion people to accomplish that within the next few decades. Canada has been intentionally on that trajectory since Pierre Trudeau.
They have stated for years that they want to end the concept of GDP, and replace it with ‘well being’, ‘equity’, ‘universal health’ and the like. Eliminate private home ownership (Canada’s ‘too many bedrooms’ proposed taxes a few years ago) and eliminating private vehicle ownership. Increasing the interest rate means people have to stop buying what they want and sell things like cars and houses to pay for necessities.
When they say ‘you will own nothing, you will have no privacy, and you will be happy’, it includes the push for euthanasia and abortion. If you don’t want to ride a bus, rent from the government, live in a fifteen-minute city, and have your speech and money spending regulated, you will be free to be killed overtly or by withholding of necessary medical treatment or food or shelter. Your kids will be sterilized without permission being given, because the ‘elites’ know best (the prefix ‘el’ meant ‘deity’).
Please go to their websites and invest a few hours. The plan is that Wilhelm and Wilhelmina will not be able to use their VW, repair their VW, own their VW, go to work in their VW factories, retire on their VW stock investments, pass their VW down to their kids, listen to non-government-approved media in their VW, or drive a VW on a government-owned street.
They want more AI and data centers and fewer natural humans. Research superintelligence, transhumanism, human-animal hybridization and superlongevity. While it may sound insane, the WEF is promoting these luciferian ideas, and the UN is helping.
So, Europe is in slow growth mode and they think that raising rates is the right answer to compensate for a supply/demand imbalance (locally, since Europe has decided it doesn’t like nuclear or Russian oil and gas).
That said, Sundance, it was Trump who told Germany that they were being foolish to take energy from Russia while still backing Ukraine.
“The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher borrowing costs.”
With over 100,000 auto workers jobs vanishing into the Green New Deal air in Germany alone, the financial king pin of the EU, just what are they looking at to see a stronger-than-expected economy?
They a not only Bond Villains, they are WEF villains who care nothing about their subject!
Intentional inflation is intentional taxation.
“…supported by a stronger than expected economy…” Maybe they thought that the German auto industry would shed 150,000 jobs, hence the 100K loss was stronger than THEY expected.
(RSV Proverbs 12:5-6) “The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are treacherous. 6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.”