Uncertainty regarding Latvia's ability to maintain the status quo was provoked, quite literally, at the start of this year. Specifically, it was the New Year's address by the President of Latvia, Egils Levits, with the assertion that Latvia needs “a new economic model that honours sufficiency as a value, rather than a relentless pursuit of overconsumption. This means new behaviour in consumption, a different attitude in the social sphere, and new daily habits both for each of us personally and for states and other global players. This is demanded by solidarity with common sense, with our health, with the generations to come after us, and with all of living nature.” If such words are to have any consequences at all, then subordinating forestry to the breeding needs of forest birds would be a very appropriate course of action.

K. Klauss, however, objects that no EU authority has retracted promises or even plans to ensure the well-being of EU member state citizens. The maximum fulfilment of ecological requirements, on the other hand, would be turning all citizens into homeless people, as they are the only ones capable of meeting such requirements. After all, they have already created a circular economy, as they obtain almost 100% of their food and clothing from waste, manage without heating in winter, use only public transport if they manage to sneak on without a ticket, and do not use air travel at all.