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Amid mounting speculation that Europe can fund at least part of its gargantuan fiscal commitments with seized Russian assets, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a Sept 21 interview with CBS News that confiscating frozen Russian assets would constitute a violation of international law.
International law? Is that still a thing? 😀
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International law? Is that still a thing?
Only in countries that aren't consistently violating the agreements they once-upon-a-time made, back when the horror of WWII was still fresh. The main issue for those of us inhabiting parts of the world that aren't represented in the UNSC, is that those that are behave like a united front of bullies. Trump's idea of abolishing the UN isn't so awful if you realize that that would free up time by not having a lot of useless meetings that are better held without a boys club that anyway vetos everything.
For those among us that are represented in the security council: imagine how cool it would be if your human rights would actually be respected rather than pissed upon (and in some cases, right before you're being sent into the meat grinder to catch bullets for your oligarchic overlords.)
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Translation, they fear the blowback that would result in massive capital flight. Has nothing to do with law.
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Macron is like sarkozy. He takes your money to fight you. I hope he will end up in jail.
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