The Commission and the Council have introduced a whole series of powerful instruments that are only partially covered by the EU treaties. The misuse of the "emergency clause" is paving the way for an authoritarian system for the elites.

The EU countries are not able to compensate for the economic losses caused by the sanctions against the Russian Federation. The process of deindustrialisation in Europe continues. This is resulting in a permanent loss of wealth for Western societies.

On September 13th, before the European Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen mainly formulated dogmas and left unanswered many questions of urgent concern to Europeans.

From the basic economics course we know that a central bank has to intervene here and raise key interest rates to push inflation down. This can work if the economy is strong enough. But if the economy is not strong enough, there is a danger of recession.

Economists are worried because after industry, the service sector is now also sliding into recession. Millions of jobs are at stake. The governments' concepts are toothless and do not tackle the root of the problem.

There are laws that are created according to circumstances. And there are occasions when laws are justified. The riots in France were one such occasion, which must justify the Member States resorting once again to censorship under EU orchestration.

Last week, several airlines announced record results. They are now taking off - thanks to the generous transitional public subsidies of recent years. They can weather the economic and energy crisis more easily than others.

Throwing neutral status overboard simply because of an "occasion" that affects third parties, moreover, is not a good solution. Rather, it would be essential to develop new concepts of neutrality on an international stage.

Under the guise of the fight against corruption, the EU institutions are continuing their course of damage to the European economy. Surveillance, prosecution and punishment are becoming commonplace means of an overpowering police state structure.

With funds from the European Peace Facility, the European Union now plans to procure munition for Ukraine.The EU is once again contradicting itself as a "peace project". It is high time to invest these billions in diplomatic negotiations.