Most of eastern Europe is in the EU too nowadays. The exceptions are Moldova, a horribly corrupt shithole that makes Romania look prosperous in comparison, and Ukraine, a legit failed state now owned by Blackrock and Vanguard. Well, okay, there's also Serbia which isn't too bad, but their politicians are desperate to get into the EU for that sweet sweet subsidy cash, so they've been cucking out super hard recently (see that gun grab shitshow half a year ago).

And the problem with that EU ESG directive is that it will inevitably apply to even non-EU states. The EU businesses that will be affected by it will also be forced to disclose ESG ratings for all of their suppliers - which means that a company outside the EU, in let's say Switzerland, will have to come up with its own ESG report, otherwise EU business won't be able to buy from them.

Of course that's all utter nonsense because we're all heavily dependent on China and China doesn't give a shit about what the EU bureaucrats want, so either this garbage gets walked back post haste, or we all literally starve, because EU's joke of an industry can't even produce fertilizer on its own.