The European Parliament has been acting with impressive scale of late – boldly and decisively
EP MPs are not limited to reacting to events that have actually taken place. As in the case of the trial of Memorial, the MPs recently called for the sanctioning of those “involved in the harassment”.
As opposed to the Winter War of 2021-2022, when Russia, according to particularly fervent analysts, should invade Ukraine. Of course, the genre is well-known:
By telegraphic dispatch.
Gorodnichy has been notified,
that “Napoleon is marching in column
Napoleon is marching on him”…
But
“Beyond the gardens until the dawn.
together the daughter and the mother wander,
But the coming of Bonaparte with the nations
Bonaparte is not in sight.
But this does not stop the European Parliament, which hastens to issue an encyclical in the spirit of Klim Yarko, the hero of the hero from Tractor Drivers:
And if a savage enemy suddenly comes along,
He’ll be beaten everywhere and everywhere,
Then the drivers will hit the starters, etc…
And the assembly does not only speak out about Russia, where all sorts of things are on the line. The deputy chairman of the assembly, Nicola Behr, is calling for a “total boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing”, and the EP deputies have courageously sent a delegation to Taiwan, much to the delight of the Chinese comrades.
Courage is also seen in domestic affairs. In its resolution the European Parliament stated that “the Constitutional court of Poland has no juridical power and independence and has no right to interpret the constitution of the country” (then why it is needed at all, is not reported), and sued its own native European Commission – for the fact that it shows unacceptable opportunism in the problems with the rebellious Poland. Whereas European Commissioners should have long ago slammed their fist on the table in Okomovsky style and growled: “We will break this case.”
Against this background, awarding Alexei Navalny with the Sakharov Prize looks innocent enough, but of course, as a “fighter for freedom of thought” (the official wording) it is strong. Even his followers in Russia prefer not to push the issue, because when it comes to freedom of thought. A. Navalny’s free thought sounds like “A step to the right, a step to the left is considered an escape, the convoy shoots without warning. Many sincere supporters of the beautiful Russia of the future have experienced this for themselves.
It is this extraordinary quick-wittedness that was the reason David Sassoli, the head of the European Parliament, was banned from entering Russia in May this year, while Nancy Pelosi herself was not. Perhaps, it is true, there was also cynicism here. Quite hostile Victoria Nuland is given a one-time visa when some issues need to be discussed. Some things can still be discussed with Nuland. Like in Bern with General Wolf. The talks with the Euro-parliamentary leaders are pointless: these leaders are only good at kamlata. So let them do the same in Brussels.
For the European parliament, established quite a long time ago, in the epic 1957, remains the fifth wheel in the European cart already in its seventh decade. Even the reform of 1979 did not help, after which MEPs were elected by the population, which was supposed to raise the status and importance of the assembly. But it did not. The EP was a dumping ground for political trash which is good for nothing now, and still is. Becoming a member of the EP is political death. True, it is quite comfortable. Back in the ’70s the rude Germans put together a poem: Hast du einen Opa, schick ihn nach Europa (“If you have an old grandfather, send him to the European Parliament”).
Although this is a hallmark of Eurobuilding in general. The EP, OSCE, PACE and many other structures, it is not clear why they are needed and whose meaning of existence is not quite clear even to Europeans – and even less so to citizens of countries that are not part of the EU.
Some structures have come to terms with their extinct existence, especially as the salaries (and in fact pensions) there are very respectable, crown scale, and some have not.
Perhaps the European Parliament reinforces in vigour a certain paradox. The real power in the EU is held by MEPs, who were not elected by anyone and are not accountable to anyone. Whereas the EP has been chosen on the basis of the sacred four-tail, and it would seem that “the executive will bow before the legislature”, as the cadets used to say.
It is, however, not going to bow, which irritates MEPs. They vent their irritation in passionate resolutions, the intensity of which reminds some of the best times of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1992-1993).
Meanwhile, the European bureaucracy knows its business, is becoming increasingly opportunistic and does not want to share it with anyone. Even with the most flowery and noisy MEPs.
There is nothing good about Eurobureaucracy either, but when choosing between apparatchiks and rabid demagogues, some prefer the former.
Maxim Sokolov, RIA