Ɖ Gardịn vy on Liz Trus n Yṛp: a frst frajîl step
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 6 October 2022)
Ɖ prîm̦inistr wz rît t mīt uɖr līdrz in Prāg. Bt it wl tec mć mor wrc t rper ɖ damij t Britn’z repyteśn
Ʈrzde 6 Octobr 2022
It wd b fūliś t s’poz ɖt ɖ dêloñ gaɖ̇rñ v Yṛpiyn līdrz ɖt tc ples in Prāg on Ʈrzde wl solv ɖ probḷmz fesñ ɖs continnt. Ɖ probḷmz r tù hyj n presñ fr ɖt. Ɖ dōntñ list renjz fṛm ɖ wor in Ycren n rleśnz wɖ Ruśa, ʈru ɖ gasśorṭjz n hî prîsz fesñ Yṛp ɖs wintr, t ɖ yṇvrsl ʈret fṛm clîṃtćenj n ɖ ćaḷnjz v mîgreśn fr a continnt marct bî struġlñ icoṇmiz.
Nvɖles, ɖ mītñ v ɖ Yṛpiyn P’liticl Cḿṇti (YPC) z a hlpfl bt modist step fr ɖ continnt az a hol, n fr Britn’z rleśnz wɖ it. Ɖ mītñ, cnsivd bî Prezidnt Macron v Frans, bròt tgɖr ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn’z membrstets n nonmembrz on an īql besis. It mcs betr Yṛpiyn daylog wɖ importnt stets on ɖ conṭnntl p’rifri mor poṣbl. Ɖz includ Britn az wel az Ycren, Trci n Norwe, alñ wɖ ɖ non-YY stets v ɖ wstn Bōlcnz n alñ parts v Ruśa’z suɖn flanc.
Xpcteśnz r inevitbli modist. Uɖr xistñ alaynsz n insttyśnz, includñ Nato, ɖ Inṭnaśnl Munitrifund, ɖ YN’z Cop27 sumit n ɖ YY r betr plest n rzorst t dīl wɖ ptiklr ćaḷnjz. Ɖ YPC mst nt dyplic̣t or dstract fṛm ɖz, bt it cn suplimnt ɖm. Ɖt dpndz on gd feʈ n riylizm.
F ɖ Prāg mītñ z nt t hv bn pyrli fr śo, ʈri ʈñz wr importnt, wn v ɖm presñli, ɖ uɖr tū in mor loñ-trm wez. Ɖ presñ iśu z ɖ eṇjimarcit. Ruśa’z wor n its mnipyleśn v ôl n gas s’plîz hv drivn an eṇji-prîs crîsis acrs n bynd Yṛp. Ɖs hz bn sirịsli xasbetd ɖs wīc bî ɖ Opec+ ôlpṛdux́n cartel’z dsiźn t cut pṛdux́n in ordr t drîv p prîsz stl frɖr. Ʈrzde’z wornñ v wintr pǎrcuts bî ɖ Naśnl Grid śoz hǎ mć z nǎ at stec.
Ɖ 44 cuntriz ɖt met in Prāg śer a probḷm. Ɖe nīd t d evrʈñ ɖe cn t rspond coopṛtivli t śorṭjz n t avôd nīdlisli drîvñ p prîsz – n ɖ lîclihd v pǎrcuts – stl frɖr. It wd b nîīv t pritnd ɖt ɖs z īzi. Ć guvnmnt z rsponsbl t its ǒn votrz. Hvr, ć olso hz a rsponsbiḷti nt t ple Vladīmir Pūtin’z gem v dvîd n rūl. F Prāg streñʈnd ɖt rzolv, it wz a gd de’z wrc.
Ɖ frst loñ-trm em mst b t enśur ɖt ɖz mītñz cntiny. Ɖe śd b reğlr n ysfl. Ɖs rqîrz a flex̣bl aproć, rspct fr difṛnt naśnl aproćz, wilñnis bî ptisipnts nt t granstand fr ɖer dmestic ōdịnsz n an axptns ɖt ɖ YPC z nt an antirūm fr ɖ YY. Nn v ɖs z īzi îɖr, bt it śd b atmtd.
Ɖ uɖr loñ-trm em aplîz sṗsificli t ɖs cuntri. Brexit hz tecn ples. Bt Britn rmenz a Yṛpiyn cuntri. Undr Boris Jonsn, w wr nt trustd, wɖ gd rīzn. W nīd t rībild rịlistic, practicl n rwordñ post-Brexit rleśnśps wɖ Yṛp n ɖ YY.
F Liz Trus riyli wonts betr rleśnśps wɖ Yṛp, az ś śd, ś mst wrc at it. Ś wz rît t g t Prāg. It snt a gd signl, loñ oṿdy. Bt it z onli a smōl start. It śd b maćt bî uɖr ax́nz acrs guvnmnt, startñ wɖ wrcñ mor closli wɖ Frans ovr mîgṛntbots, n cāmñ ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol dspyt so ɖt pǎrśẹrñ cn rzym. It z hard t b hopfl aftr ɖ anti-Yṛpiyn lîz n paṛnoia v rīsnt yirz. Bt Prāg casl hz witnist piṿtl ivnts in hisṭri bfr. Phps – jst phps – ɖs mītñ me hv bn ɖ start v anɖr wn.
