European Blackout 2025: Unpacking the Geopolitical, Political & Engineered Crisis
The European Blackout: A Crisis of Power, Politics, and Perception
Dissecting the April 28th blackout through the lenses of geopolitics, mismanagement, and engineered crisis
On April 28, 2025, vast swaths of Europe plunged into darkness. Spain, Portugal, and southern France experienced hours-long blackouts that disrupted hospitals, transportation, and critical infrastructure. While officials cited a technical failure, others saw something more insidious. Was it geopolitical retaliation, a consequence of green energy overreach, or a carefully choreographed crisis?
To understand the varying interpretations, we examined three popular YouTube analyses—each offering a distinct lens:
Daniel Estulin, ex-intelligence analyst with a geopolitical focus
Nicolás Morás, investigative journalist and libertarian commentator
Rimbel35, a conspiracy-oriented channel with a wide Spanish-speaking audience
What emerges from these perspectives is not consensus, but a kaleidoscope of warnings—some technical, some political, some apocalyptic.
The Technical Collapse: Fragility of a Green Grid
Estulin begins his analysis by questioning the silence from official channels:
“The prolonged blackout lasted between 8 to 10 hours in most regions. In some parts of Spain, even longer. And yet by the next morning, only 87% of the grid was restored. A 13% loss is biblical—and it went practically unnoticed.”
He questions whether Spain's transition to renewable energy left the national grid critically vulnerable. The country officially committed to 100% renewable energy just two weeks prior to the blackout. Estulin stops short of claiming direct causality, but finds the timeline troubling:
“Even if we cannot logically prove causation, ignoring the coincidence is... naïve.”
Morás underscores this vulnerability with a quote from an earlier ENTSO-E report warning that without proper investment and incentives, Spain’s grid was heading toward instability. He explains that combined-cycle gas plants—which integrate gas and steam turbines for efficiency—have been phased out in favor of renewables, reducing flexibility and backup capability.
Adding to this, Morás highlights a severe flaw in system design:
“Renewables don’t operate with electrical inertia. That means the moment there’s a fluctuation in voltage or frequency, there’s nothing to stabilize the grid. It collapses.”
Further analysis also revealed that Spain’s SCADA system—used to monitor and control the power grid—was accessible online, leaving it theoretically exposed to cyber threats.
Both Estulin and Morás suggest that the blackout wasn’t just a result of bad luck but of policy overreach. Spain’s aggressive push toward renewables came without the necessary infrastructural redundancy or safeguards. As Estulin puts it:
“The traditional Soviet model required generation capacity to exceed consumption by 25–30%. Modern models, especially with expensive renewables, ignore this redundancy.”
This sets the stage for a broader critique—one not just about electricity, but about how political ideologies can drive fragile infrastructures.
Political Mismanagement and Cronyism
Morás devotes much of his video to what he views as institutional failure and corruption within the Spanish government. He accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of negligence, citing his continued energy exports to France, Morocco, and Portugal, even though Spain was in crisis.
“While Spaniards were in the dark, Sánchez kept exporting power under the guise of ‘international exchange.’”
He also criticizes the leadership at Red Eléctrica Española, the main grid operator, calling out its president, Beatriz Corredor, for her lack of technical background and alleged connections to Begoña Gómez, the Prime Minister’s wife.
“She’s not an engineer—she’s a lawyer. Appointed not for her expertise, but for her ties to the Prime Minister’s circle.”
Morás claims the cronyism extends to energy policy, with cabinet members like Sara Aegesen, Minister for the Ecological Transition, pushing a rigid green agenda with little understanding of operational risks.
This viewpoint casts the blackout as not merely a technical failure, but a symptom of deeper political rot—where appointments are political favors, and ideological agendas override operational planning. Morás frames the event as a cautionary tale of “dogmatic governance leading to disaster.”
The Coming Global Reset
"Europe is just a basket case."
Armstrong offers a harsh assessment of Europe, noting that the European Union's formation was based on propaganda. He details how Helmut Kohl forced Germany into the Euro without consolidating debt, creating inherent instability: "You're just going to move the volatility from the currency market to the bond market."
He criticizes Brussels for undermining democracy: "It is a dictatorship, that's it." Armstrong offers a stark assessment, explicitly stating that "Europe is just a basket case," implying a more acute level of systemic risk compared to even the challenges facing the United States.
Hybrid War and Geopolitical Signaling
Estulin pivots to the international stage, suggesting the blackout could be a form of geopolitical messaging. He notes that such an event requires “colossal” resources, implying state-level interference, possibly as retaliation or warning.
“If Europe is preparing for war against Russia, what’s more elegant than a silent cyberattack? We could wipe out the continent—but instead, we show our capacity.”
He is careful to frame this as personal speculation—not as a statement from any intelligence source—but underscores that such actions would fit within a non-lethal hybrid warfare model.
Estulin adds historical context by citing Russia’s own 2003 simulations of a similar crisis scenario in Moscow, where emergency generators failed due to either breakdowns or lack of fuel. He argues that Spain failed to learn from such cases.
“This wasn’t just a blackout. It was the final phase of an energy crisis already in motion—marked by project rejections, price hikes, and business restrictions.”
Whether or not Russia—or any actor—was behind the blackout, Estulin’s framing challenges readers to think in terms of geostrategic deterrence. The possibility of the blackout as a signal rather than a strike reframes it as part of a psychological and technological cold war.
Speculation and Social Engineering
The Rimbel35 channel, while more speculative, brings in cultural and predictive elements. It reminds viewers that in 2021, Austria’s Ministry of Defense publicly warned of an inevitable European blackout, encouraging citizens to stockpile essentials and prepare for weeks without electricity.
“Austria ran national simulations and even uploaded videos about survival kits. They knew something was coming.”
The host also references viral TikTok videos that predicted a blackout on April 28—released on April 15—and points to supposed clues from The Simpsons, suggesting the idea of a “planned digital disconnection.”
Though careful not to claim certainty, Rimbel35 insists the alignment of warnings, failed infrastructure, and cultural conditioning is “too coincidental to ignore.”
“We’re not saying this was intentional. But it’s suspicious. And we know how these people think—they are designing a future that doesn’t include us.”
This segment brings in the conspiratorial framework—not to be dismissed outright, but to be understood as a reflection of public anxiety. Whether or not the blackout was engineered, the belief that it could have been speaks volumes about trust in institutions, governments, and global agendas.
Public Panic and Societal Fallout
Across all three commentators, one theme is consistent: Europe is not prepared. Estulin notes that military units had to be deployed, and that the lack of hospital backup generators poses existential risks in crises.
“Imagine this happens during a war. No electricity, no communications, no transport. You are paralyzed.”
Rimbel35 echoes this, stating that the blackout proved how dependent society has become on fragile systems.
“If they shut off this tap, they’ve got us by the throat. This is the new battleground.”
Both Estulin and Morás agree that unless infrastructure, reserves, and redundancy are addressed, this crisis will repeat itself—likely with more severe consequences.
The blackout may have passed, but the psychological imprint remains. People were shaken. They questioned not only their governments but their basic assumptions about modern life. Whether due to policy, cyberwarfare, or negligence, the event left an unsettling message: Europe is not in control.
Conclusion: A Warning Without Clarity
The April 28th blackout has become a Rorschach test—a single event interpreted through multiple ideological lenses.
For Estulin, it's a geopolitical stress test, exposing the West’s overconfidence and under-preparedness.
For Morás, it’s a manifestation of state failure, driven by ideology and cronyism.
For Rimbel35, it’s part of a broader agenda of engineered chaos and population control.
Each narrative, whether grounded in policy critique or broader conspiracy, reflects a common anxiety: the systems we rely on are neither resilient nor trustworthy.
“The truth,” Estulin warns, “may be less important than the consequences of believing in the wrong one.”
As Europe scrambles to recover and investigate, one question lingers in the minds of millions:
Was this a warning—or just the beginning?
Much of Europe? Spain and Portugal, two countries out of 44 countries in Europe!
If you can't get even the basics right, why should anyone take seriously anything else you say about Europe?
More bullshit about somewhere you obviously know nothing about.