The EU Looks to “Jungle” Sacrifice Zones to Help It Out of Energy Crisis

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Conor Gallagher

European Union foreign policy chief Josep #Borrell’s comments last year describing the bloc as a garden and much of the rest of the world as #jungle were widely criticized.

Often missed, however, was that his view wasn’t just an assessment of the current lay of the land but was also forward-looking: “Because the jungle has a strong growth capacity, and the wall will never be high enough in order to protect the garden. The gardeners have to go to the jungle.”

In essence he was describing a great shift underway in the EU – one that is increasingly set on moving polluting industry and energy generation outside the garden and to the bloc’s periphery in the Balkans (and North Africa, which I’ll detail in a post tomorrow). In the mind of the European elite, such an initiative will “help the EU meet its geopolitical, economic, and climate goals.”

Some say: #refugees have to stay in the jungle
I say the garden should become part of the jungle