I personally have no trust in EU leaders. I studied China history extensively, and this look exactly like what happened before the great famine there.

They will be defending their world view until the last moment, then it will be complete chaos.

Number are constantly manipulated, the lies are getting less and less subtle as well.

I left the EU few years ago and I am not looking back.

I don't think the energy crisis is going to be the sole problem. You should expect civil war in several European countries as well (France being one of them).

Good luck to the ones deciding to stay there, I hope everything will be fine.