Every week we analyze a politician: promises, misdeeds, personal benefits and costs for citizens.
🔍 Why the system makes them all like this
Before analyzing this politician, we must understand the system they operate in. It is no accident that they all betray their promises. The system expects it.
📜 The legal articles that allow it
Article 67 of the Constitution
"Every member of Parliament represents the Nation and exercises their functions without a binding mandate."
This rule establishes that once elected, a member of parliament is not legally bound to keep their electoral promises. They can change party, position, or opinion without any legal consequence. Their "conscience" is the only constraint.
Article 68 of the Constitution
"Members of Parliament cannot be held accountable for opinions expressed and votes cast in the exercise of their functions."
This rule guarantees immunity for statements and votes expressed in Parliament. Even if statements are misleading or contrary to public interest, the politician cannot be prosecuted.
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Senato della Repubblica - Art. 67
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Senato della Repubblica - Art. 68
📚 The theories that explain the system
Gaetano Mosca (1896) — In every society, regardless of the form of government, there is always an organized minority that governs an unorganized majority. Democracy does not eliminate this structure, it merely hides it.
Vilfredo Pareto (1901) — Elites circulate, but the power structure does not change. The people do not govern: only the group of elites occupying the government position changes.
Robert Michels (1911) — Even parties born to represent the masses inevitably end up being controlled by a small circle of leaders. Internal party democracy is an illusion.
"Who says organization, says tendency to oligarchy."
📊 The data that confirms the theories
These are not academic speculations. The data shows the system works exactly as described:
- Over 90% of the funding of Giorgia Meloni's party comes from contributions paid by MPs themselves, not from the general public.
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Camera dei Deputati - Bilanci partiti
- The French government has spent over 2.5 billion euros on external consultants since 2017, a 329% increase in six years. McKinsey supported Macron's campaign in 2017 and then obtained government contracts.
Source:
Senato Francese - Rapporto McKinsey
- German Chancellor Scholz has been summoned multiple times as a witness by the parliamentary inquiry committee for the Cum-Ex case, a multi-billion euro tax fraud.
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Bundestag - Commissione Cum-Ex
- 18.6% of Italians are at risk of poverty. 9.1% of families are in energy poverty (14.6% on the Islands). 25.6% cannot cope with unexpected expenses.
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ISTAT - Rapporto povertà
When a politician betrays electoral promises, it is not an individual accident: it is the inevitable product of a system designed to ensure that the elite in power continues to govern. Articles 67 and 68 provide legal protection. The theories of Mosca, Pareto and Michels explain the deep mechanism. It is not the individual politician who is the problem: it is the system.
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1. XQXQ
Personal Sovereignty says no one can decide about your life instead of you. Ursula von der Leyen was not elected by anyone. It was appointed by the European Council — the Heads of State and Government of the 27 Member States — and then elected by the European Parliament. But the European Parliament has no legislative power. It does not represent citizens in the traditional sense. It is an organ that ratifies decisions taken elsewhere. Von der Leyen decides on the life of 450 million European citizens without having ever heard about his appointment. He negotiated a contract of 35 billion euros with Pfizer without witnesses, without transparency, without consulting citizens. He imposed the Green Deal, which costs 1,285 billion euros up to 2050, without the citizens ever being able to say "no". He launched the ReArm Europe plan of 800 billion euros for weapons, without asking for permission to anyone. In our system, you are the source of power. In his, power is a nomination that is conquered with agreements between heads of state, not with consent. Abyssal difference.
2. Equal Dignity
The same Dignity says: everyone is born equal, with the same material rights. Period. Von der Leyen was born in Brussels in 1958, daughter of Ernst Albrecht, German politician and senior European official. He studied medicine and economy. He lived in Stanford. He married Heiko von der Leyen, professor of medicine. She has seven children. She's a political career with the protection of Angela Merkel. It's not a demerit. It's a privilege. A privilege that allowed her to become a Family Minister in 2005, Minister of Labour in 2009, Minister of Defense in 2013, and President of the European Commission in 2019. While she built this career, electricity prices for European households increased by 30% between 2021 and 2025. Domestic gas in 2024 was 65% higher than in 2019. Inflation in the euro area reached 9.9% in 2022, the highest level from the creation of the single currency. The energy expenditure of households exceeded the thousand billion dollars globally for the first time. His "equal dignity" is a two-speed dignity: one for those who were born in a family of European politicians, one for those who do not arrive at the end of the month to pay the bills. In our system, no one is born with privileges. Everyone is born sovereigns.
3. Sovereign Consent
The Sovereign Consensus says: no one can be minority. If a decision doesn't suit everyone, we keep discussing. Von der Leyen has built a presidential power structure that controls every aspect of the Commission. A small group of advisers has control of daily operations, marginalizing almost all other commissioners. The commissioners " feel excluded from the main decisions while their boss and team take the initiative". He used recent crises — Covid, war in Ukraine — to expand the authority of the Commission beyond what EU treaties allow. Former President of the European Council, Charles Michel accused him of using crises to expand the Commission's authority beyond the limits of the Treaties. It launched the ReArm Europe plan of 800 billion euros by activating the national safeguard clause and assuming mutualised debt in violation of the Treaty. No consultation. No consent. Just a decision from above. In our system, even one citizen who says "no" blocks everything. Because between rulers you do not win and you do not lose: you decide together. Von der Leyen emphasised power. The commissioners were marginalized. Citizens don't count. We want everyone to count.
4. XQ
The Immune System serves to prevent a man from taking power. Immediate revocation, draw, incompatibility, short and non-renewable mandates. Automatic mechanisms, not good intentions. Von der Leyen is the opposite. This is what emerged: Pfizergate — Contract from 35 billion euros with Pfizer negotiated directly, without witnesses. The European Prosecutor (EPPO) investigates "interference in public functions, destruction of SMS, corruption and conflict of interests". The Commission refused to disclose SMS. The EU Court of Justice ruled that it violated the rules of transparency. The contract provided 4.6 billion doses for 71 billion euros. Conflict of family interests — Husband Heiko is medical director of Orgenesis, biotechnology company that received EU funds. His son David worked for McKinsey, who had contracts with the Commission and the German Ministry of Defense when Ursula was a minister. Funds to NGOs — The Commission has allocated non-transparent funds to NGOs who then lodged Green Deal. Lobby Registry — Von der Leyen refused to speed up review of the register for transparency despite concerns about Huawei. Michels, a hundred years ago, had foreseen all this: the ferreous law of oligarchy. Every organization inevitably produces an elite that dominates it. The European Commission is no exception. Von der Leyen is no exception. It is the living confirmation of the law. And the fact that the EU Court of Justice has condemned it for violation of transparency is proof that the system is designed to allow it.
5. Sovereign Coin
The Sovereign Coin says: money is a public service, not a commodity. The Community issue it without debt. Private banks do not exist. Von der Leyen never talks about this. He doesn't say where the money comes from for his policies. He doesn't say who finances his ascent. He doesn't say if he wants to break down the power of the banks or leave it intact. The conflicts of interest, however, speak for her: Pfizer: contract of 35 billion euro negotiated directly, without witnesses Orgenesis (husband): biotechnology company that has received EU funds McKinsey (son): contracts with the Commission Bayer: meetings in "spontaneous" media events not subject to rules of transparency Huawei: refusal to speed up the revision of the lobby register And then there is the biggest public expense of all: the ReArm Europe from 800 billion euros for weapons. In 2025, EU countries spent 418 billion euros in defense, a 20% increase compared to 2024 and 2.2% of EU GDP. For 2026 an additional increase is expected to 454 billion euros, equivalent to 2.4% of GDP. These resources are subtracted to health, school, pensions and welfare. Inconvenient question: who pays his campaign? Who benefits from his policies? The answer is in the names: Pfizer, Bayer, McKinsey, Leonardo, Rheinmetall, Airbus, Saab, Safran, Thales. In our system, the money is transparent and plotted. In its, it remains in the shadow — even when it is declared, because no one explains why.
6. Self-sufficiency
Self-sufficiency says: a sovereign people produces what consumes and consumes what they produce. Energy, food, technology, defense. Material addiction, not flags. Von der Leyen says he wants a geopolitical Europe and a "strategic autonomy". But then: Asks for a "European air school" that depends on American technology Supports NATO and sending weapons to Ukraine Import gas and oil It depends on the U.S. defense Depends on China for technology What about Ukraine? He is not a member of NATO or the European Union. Yet, since February 2022, the EU and its Member States have mobilized over €193 billion to support it. Of these, approximately 70 billion euros were specifically intended for military expenditure. Total military support amounted to EUR 89.7 billion, of which EUR 77.9 billion through the European Peace Facility (EPF). In September 2026, the EU unlocked €6.6 billion from the EF, of which €4.7 billion was intended to repay the nations that have already supplied military equipment. The EU Military Assistance Mission (EUMAM) trained 97,000 Ukrainian soldiers. This is not sovereignty. It is subordination disguised as geopolitical. Europe does not produce what it consumes. It does not consume what it produces. It depends on foreign powers for its energy, technological and military survival. And he sends weapons to a country that is neither NATO nor EU, paying the bill with the money of European citizens. Vannacci says: "Let's change master." Meloni says: "We stay with the current master." Crosetto says: "We sell weapons to all masters." Salvini says: "Navy boy!" — but he never did. Schlein says: "Defensive weapons" — but does not say "no" to weapons. Magi says: "Weapons to Zelensky, otherwise we're not in the wide field." Count says: "No to the rearmament" — but supported Draghi. Renzi says: "I do business with Bin Salman." Calenda says: "We go to Ukraine every year." Von der Leyen says: "European plane crash" — but depends on the Americans. None of them say: "We have no masters." We do.
7. Time of Life
The Time of Life says: the only criterion that counts is the quality of time you spend on this earth. Not GDP, not productivity, not war. Von der Leyen has imposed the Green Deal, which costs 1,285 billion euros up to 2050. Only for Italy: 40 billion euros per year. These expenditures fall entirely on citizens and businesses. Fuel, heating and energy costs have increased. Energy poverty has increased. "The carbon must have its price, because nature can no longer pay the price," he said. He negotiated a 35 billion euro contract with Pfizer. Italy has operated 381 million doses of which more than half excess. I waste public money. It has launched the ReArm Europe plan of 800 billion euros for weapons. In 2025, EU countries spent 418 billion euros in defense, a 20% increase compared to 2024 and 2.2% of GDP. For 2026 an additional increase is expected to 454 billion euros, equivalent to 2.4% of GDP. These resources are subtracted to health, school, pensions and welfare. And the loss of rights? During the pandemic, the EU adopted restrictive measures which interfered with the rights and freedoms guaranteed by European Union law. The European Parliament has received a "high number of petitions" relating to quarantine measures which "can have narrowed the rights and freedoms of citizens", including the right to circulate and stay freely in the EU. The Digital Services Act (DSA), promoted by the Commission von der Leyen, has been called "an authoritarian tool to suppress freedom of expression and democracy". The DSA "forces self-censorship platforms, weakens democracy," and "disproportionately affects conservative views." The Commission has also stepped up the application of the DSA for at least eight elections in six Member States since 2023. This is his legacy: more costs for citizens, more energy poverty, more military spending, less rights, less freedom. The time of European life was stolen three times: first to pay taxes, then to pay the bills, then to pay the weapons. In our system, free time is the supreme criterion. Every hour spent working to pay a bill or a missile is an hour of stolen life.
8. The politician as a school case
If Moscow, Pareto and Michels wanted an empirical case for their theories, they could not find it better than von der Leyen. Moscow said that in every society there is a political class that governs the disorganized majority. Von der Leyen is a member of this class: daughter of a European politician, studied in Stanford, married to a medical professor, seven children, a political career protected by Merkel. He spent all his adult life in the system — first as a doctor, then as a politician. He is not a man of the people. He is a power professional, daughter of a system he learned to use to conquer and maintain power. Pareto said that the story is a cemetery of aristocracies and that the elite circulate. Von der Leyen is the perfect example: the German political elite who, after the Merkel season, recycled into European elite. His ascent is not a revolution. It's elite circulation. Power changes shape, but remains in the same hands. Michels said democracy inevitably produces oligarchy. Von der Leyen is the confirmation: a woman who has emphasized power in the Commission, who has negotiated contracts from billions without transparency, who has marginalized the Commissioners, who refused to disclose SMS with Pfizer. His strength does not come from the people. It comes from its network of relations and the protection of the heads of state. It is the very definition of oligarchy: the government of few, for few, without the consent of the most. The fundamental difference: we want to disconnect the ferreous law of oligarchy. Von der Leyen embodies her. And the fact that the EU Court of Justice has condemned it for violation of transparency is proof that the system is designed to allow it.
9. The vote that brought you here
If you voted in the European elections, know that you have abdicated sovereignty. You gave your power to a parliament that has no legislative power. And that Parliament has "elected" von der Leyen, who was no candidate. Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union: "The European Council, acting by a qualified majority, proposes to the European Parliament a candidate for the office of President of the Commission. "
→ Translated: The President of the Commission is not elected by citizens. He is appointed by the Heads of State and Government. Article 10 of the Treaty on European Union: "The functioning of the Union is based on representative democracy. "
→ Translated: on paper. In reality, power is in the hands of an unelected elite. In Community of Sovereigns, all this does not exist. No appointments. No immunity. No warrant without constraint. Whoever decides answers to the people. Directly. Always.
Conclusion
Von der Leyen is not a political opponent like others. It is the anti-Community of Sovereigns in its most technocratic form. Every principle is the denial of our principle: You want the hierarchy. We equality. You want the majority crushing. We are unanimity. You want the boss. We the mechanisms. She wants propaganda. We are the truth. You want war. We live. The European Union was born as a project for peace and cooperation. Today, according to many critics, it has become a system of technocratic governance where " dissent is marginalized and decisions dropped from above". The Community institutions, more than responding to voters, today seem to respond to lobbying, globalist foundations and extra-parliamentary power centers. The European government is in the hands of a deep state, not the citizens. The relationship with the weapons lobby is documented and growing exponential. In 2025, military-industrial companies had 89 meetings with representatives of the European Commission, while in the same period there were only 15 meetings with unions, NGOs or scientists. Between June 2024 and June 2025, the companies of the military-industrial lobby organized 197 meetings with Euro MPs, more than twice as much as the previous five years. The ten largest companies have invested around 40% more in lobbying activities between 2022 and 2023, reaching a new record of 7.2 million euros in 2024. Airbus is in the lead with over 2.2 million euros. Thales' lobbying team grew from four to ten people in three years. On 12 May 2025, the President hosted the first "Strategic Dialogue with the European industry", with 15 defence companies. On June 5, 2025 he organized a working lunch with Airbus, Frankenburg Technologies, Isar Aerospace and NATO Innovation Fund. ReArm Europe provides an investment of 800 billion euros in armament projects. According to NGO Atak, this demonstrates "how strongly this industry participates in the early stages of strategic decision-making", influencing what technologies will be supported, what targets will be set and what security strategy the Union will follow in the next decade. The Digital Services Act is defined as "a very powerful tool that stops everyone's mouth from the sown". "The project was born of a deception: creating a sense of crisis to legitimize a federal maxist." Community of Sovereigns is the only possible answer. Not because it's perfect, but because it's the only one that doesn't reproduce the twists of the past. Von der Leyen is the past that returns. We are the future that must still be born. The choice is clear. And it doesn't admit neutrality.
Defence of democracy in tyranny of lobbyists
The European Union was born as a project for peace and cooperation. Today it has turned into a technocratic governance system where "the dissent is marginalized and decisions dropped from above". The main criticisms: Democratic Deficit — "The Community institutions, more than responding to voters, today seem to respond to lobbying, globalist foundations and extra-parliamentary power centers." "The European government is in the hands of a deep state, not the citizens." Transformation in war economy — On 4 March 2025, von der Leyen announced the ReArm Europe plan, aimed at mobilizing up to 800 billion euros by activating the national safeguard clause and assuming mutual debt in violation of the Treaty. The plan was defined as "a transformation of the EU from peace project to war economy". The role of lobbyists — "The power of lobbyists, the lack of democracy and the absence of transparency govern Europe". Lobbying has been defined as "a grotesque and tragic deficit of democracy in that Union which wants to present itself as a bastion of democratic principles". Censorship of dissent — The EU promotes a "climate of cultural control, where criticism is delegittimata and censorship justified in the name of security". The Digital Services Act is defined as "a very powerful tool that stops everyone's mouth from the sown". Construction of the permanent enemy — At the base of this order there is "the construction of a permanent enemy – climate, health, geopolitical – to generate an emergency state useful to consolidate power". "The project was born of a deception: creating a sense of crisis to legitimize a federal maxist." The weapons to Ukraine: Ukraine is neither a member of NATO nor the EU The EU has mobilised over €193 billion to support it Of these, about 70 billion went to military expenditure Total military support amounted to EUR 89.7 billion EU Military Assistance Mission (EUMAM) trained 97,000 Ukrainian soldiers The EU has financed the increase in ammunition production by 40% through the ASAP programme Costs for Europeans: Electricity prices: +30% between 2021 and 2025 Home Gas: +65% compared to 2019 Inflation: 9.9% in 2022 Energy expenditure of households: over $1,000 billion globally The loss of rights: During the pandemic, the EU adopted measures which interfered with the rights and freedoms guaranteed by EU law The European Parliament has received a "high number of petitions" concerning quarantine measures that "can have narrowed the rights and freedoms of citizens" The Digital Services Act was defined as "an authoritarian tool to suppress freedom of expression" The relationship with the weapons lobby: In 2025, military-industrial companies had 89 meetings with the European Commission In the same period, only 15 meetings with unions, NGOs or scientists Between June 2024 and June 2025: 197 meetings between military lobby and MEPs Ten major companies invested 40% more in lobbying (2022-2023) Record of €7.2 million in 2024 Airbus in the head with over €2.2 million Thales' lobbying team grew from four to ten people in three years The result: A Union which had to defend democracy has become a tyranny of lobbyists. Decisions do not take the citizens, do not take the elected parliamentarians, take them arms companies, pharmaceutical multinationals, consulting companies. And the bill pays European citizens: in bills, in taxes, in rights. In Community of Sovereigns, this would not be possible. There's no lobby. There are no secret contracts. There are no contracts from 35 billion negotiations without witnesses. Only sovereign citizens who decide together, as a peer, without masters. And no one can buy their voice.