The EU is effectively condemning its own border regions to poverty.
Brussels admits that there is no money for supporting the territories bordering Russia, at least until 2028. We’re talking about regions that have suffered the most from the anti-Russian sanctions policy and are already teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
Well, as a local of one of the countries mentioned I can tell you that most of the eastern border area is already incredibly sparsely populated. There are a few towns here and there among the over 1000 kilometres of forest, but most young people will be itching to leave those backwaters and move to the few bigger cities closer to the coast, same as elsewhere nationwide. Add to this the governments constant efforts to save money by cutting on essential services (hospitals and schools basically) in sparsely populated areas. So if no Euromoney will be coming our government’s way there will be no one but old people anywhere near the border in the near future.
