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Europe under extreme duress

Randy Daytona said:
Volkswagon announces layoffs of 50,000. Wonder what impact that will have on German politics?

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Volkswagen to cut 50,000 jobs as profits drop

Europe's largest carmaker said post-tax profits had dropped to their lowest level since 2016.
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Looks like 50,000 was a low number:

VW Workers Boo CEO Blume, Report Claims, As Possible Plant Closures and Up to 100,000 Job Cuts Loom​


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VW Workers Boo CEO Blume, Report Claims, As Possible Plant Closures and Up to 100,000 Job Cuts Loom

Oliver Blume urged workers to back deeper cuts, according to the report, but VW labor leaders say trust in management is damaged.
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Given the CIA Director Ratcliffe meeting in Moscow, my feed is full of conjecture that Putin is planning a test of NATO resolve in an Article 5 scenario where RUS attacks either UK or an Eastern European NATO member in hopes that the US NCA withholds a response.

What say you all on this scenario ?
 
ChuckMK23 said:
Given the CIA Director Ratcliffe meeting in Moscow, my feed is full of conjecture that Putin is planning a test of NATO resolve in an Article 5 scenario where RUS attacks either UK or an Eastern European NATO member in hopes that the US NCA withholds a response.

What say you all on this scenario ?
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Kind of far…far out. Russia is in dire straits right now, economically a mess, militarily weakened (to an extreme level) and not ready for a larger war. This is approaching fantasy land.
 
ChuckMK23 said:
Given the CIA Director Ratcliffe meeting in Moscow, my feed is full of conjecture that Putin is planning a test of NATO resolve in an Article 5 scenario where RUS attacks either UK or an Eastern European NATO member in hopes that the US NCA withholds a response.

What say you all on this scenario ?
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Russia's economy is increasingly propped up by defense spending, and they're preparing for a larger, longer war with Ukraine. That hurts an administration already embroiled in other problems that promised peace in the region. Ratcliffe was there trying to revive the peace process. I wouldn't read any of this as Russia preparing for a conventional war with the West.

 
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