Let's discuss the possible outcomes for the EU and Europe in general and the seeming downward spiral it has gotten itself into. Major issues that come to mind is the disastrous economic impact that the covid measures have had on the continent, which now it seems like the general consensus is that such a reaction was greatly exaggerated for the threat level that the pandemic presented. This has had a cascade impact on what has always been considered Europe's financial Engine which is Germany and to a lesser extent France and the Netherlands.
Furthermore, the EU has all the more been disastrously weakened with the energy crises created by the conflict in Ukraine and the mostly virtue signaling stance the EU has taken in this conflict. The EU servile backing of a questionable ally rather than concentrating on helping to end the conflict quickly to stabilise the regional neighbourhood. Namely the US has been outed as having orchestrated the destruction of the Northstream pipeline, the effects of which has only benefited the US so far and the consequences of this action by an ally is potentially going to have unimaginable consequences for Europe in the near future, especially as winter creeps in and energy reserves dwindle.
Secondly the uncontrolled influx of illegal immigration, coupled with the intake of millions of refugees (especially from Ukraine) and the constant stream of legal immigration to make up for the ever diminishing birthrates and spike in death rates in recent years. This (especially the illegal aspect) has been aggravated by the conflicts in Libya, Syria, Ukraine and is bound to worsen given the current situation in the Middle East. Once certain sections of the foreign populations rise beyond 5% - 6% within the host populations, perceptible and quantifiable issues will continue to increase exponentially. Recent examples of this are the violent riots that happened in France and Belgium, apart from the steep crime rate increase ascribed to the same recently acquired demographic. This also has the potential to shortly escalate tensions because of the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Another serious threat that ties into the previous one is terrorism which is bound to make a massive comeback all across the EU, especially in those countries that are hosting most Muslim immigrants. This coupled with the funneling-back of illegal weapons that were initially sent to Ukraine in "aid" of their conflict but instead have ended up in the weapons black market. It doesn't take a lot of prediction powers to see where this weapons blunder will lead. It was almost done in a hysteria of weapon's dumping into Ukraine without foresight or monitoring of whether these weapons were actually reaching the conflict front. As a aside note, as soon as the conflict started in 2022 90% of the world's main weapons dealers flocked to Kiev and many of these just so happen to be Israeli. EU officials have no clue where the bulk of those "donated" US Stinger and UK ATGMs (and small arms) ended up. It's true that much of this hardware was obsolete and not of much use in the conflict but in the wrong hands in a civilian context would be a totally different ball game.
These are just a few of the main issues that the EU should start to take seriously and address rather than virtue signal and prancing around to gain brownie points from the Zoged US liberals. EU heads are weak and ineffective puppets at this point. The presidents of the EU Parliament and EU Commission, Roberta Metsola and Ursula von der Leyen should have no say in EU foreign policy because that is the EU Council's turf. Treating two very similar conflict situations (Ukraine and Israel) with diametrically opposed reactions is making the EU look like amature clowns to say the least and if I can see this anyone can see it. In the long run on the present course the EU, if it doesn't disintegrate under the weight of its incompetence, will in the least become an insignificant player on the world-stage as the power-base shifts to the East.
Are there any possible solutions to get out of this quagmire for Europe or is it already over? What are your thoughts?