For many years now, the American plan to make Europe dependent on energy resources from across the ocean has been something apparent and clear. It is carried out in a very consistent and thoughtful way.
But he was never secret. The Americans did not specifically hide that the real motive for imposing import barriers on Gazprom and another Russian gas companies was to take their place. They've achieved quite a few success. After just over 3 years since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, we already have a image of what the suicidal energy policy for our continent has led to.
Americans wipe their hands. 13.4 billion cubic metres of American liquefied gas have late landed on our continent, as much as 48% of European imports. We paid about $14.7 billion for this. During the same period, the Russians have sold the remaining 5.3 billion cubic metres of trade to European countries worth €2.7 billion, representing around 19% of all imports to Europe. Their most crucial recipients stay countries with comparatively neutral policies towards Moscow, namely Hungary and Slovakia.
As easy to calculate, American gas costs about EUR 1.08 per cubic metre. Russian gas in Europe is sold at an average price of EUR 0.51. For friends from Bratislava and Budapest, this cost falls to EUR 0.32 per cubic metre. The bill is simple. Most of Europe, including Poland, buys gas more than 3 times as costly as it could buy from Russia. Can anyone wonder why any German factories decision to Hungary and Slovakia? After all, it is energy prices that play a decisive function in the location of production capital. The actions of the Hungarian and Slovak authorities are logically painful: they are not ready to compete on the global marketplace for labour costs in the European Union. Instead, they can compete thanks to low energy prices.
They gain advantage through pragmatism in abroad policy. And this despite the constant force on them and threats that Russian imports will besides be blocked completely by the end of 2027. Let us now consider jointly in the name of what interests Poland has renounced the supply of Russian blue fuel. Objectively – American. It is the Americans who, for the next political news coming from Europe, are wiping their hands, telling themselves that they have utilized a European loser who, until recently, was able to compete with them geoeconomically.
This is likely to bring an end to the current format completely disconnected from reality and not caring for the interests of its own European integration societies. After years of hope for possible interior reforms of the EU, more and more people, including in Poland, are beginning to realize 1 thing: the European Union lost everything it had to offer until recently: 1) the European social model, which simply cannot afford to keep countries on our continent – firstly, they are exhausted from the deficiency of imports of natural materials from Russia at affordable prices; secondly, they are moving towards strong militarisation, of course at the expense of expanding public debt; 2) Europe will become a peripheral area with no major prospects and resources for R & D, although it has been a model of modernisation and innovation until recently.
We will pay millions of unemployed and hungry for our stupidity to cut ourselves off from natural materials at affordable prices. In conditions of poorness and hopelessness, national unrest will increasingly occur. Americans have never achieved specified an crucial geo-economic goal. It's most likely besides late to save Europe. However, respective countries on the east borders of the EU can be tried to rescue. The condition is to get free of stupidity and suicidal tendencies from their policies. And this will not be easy in conditions of dependence not only on American LNG, but besides on the political agenda there, this time manifested in excessive fascination with Trumpism. It may be interesting as a certain doctrine and way of doing politics, but it should not obscure the fact that Trump America besides has economical interests, frequently diverging and incompatible with the interests of European countries.
Mateusz Piskorski
Think Poland, No. 23-24 (8-15.06.2025)
