

;Don’t feed the troll, don’t support the bully.
So you really think that staying silent about bullies helps? Sorry, it doesn’t. It never has.
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;Don’t feed the troll, don’t support the bully.
So you really think that staying silent about bullies helps? Sorry, it doesn’t. It never has.
we’re finally free of the arbitrarily chosen debt ceiling?
That’s what she’s proposing. Considering recent events there is no other immediate way to strengthen our defense. I imagine it will be approved by the European Council.
Also, I prefer to have something protecting our lives and debt, than have nothing and die wealthy.
Have you heard this speech at this “infamous” Unsecurity Conference in Munich ? It hurts the ears and head, as it sounds like George Orwells " NewSpeak".
Trump’s administration isn’t acknowledging theirs and other administrations ambiguous historical role in discouraging European (defense) initiative.
If there is a kind of US Gvment coup going on, which so appears to me. And if there comes a peace plan according to the red ines which Trump & Putin have discussed; so No Nato for Ukraine, giving up (temporarily) the annexed territories, and (partial) withdrawal of US forces boots from the EU,
Then there will be a provisional 3OOO km Ukraine wall between east and West Ukraine, in need of min 30K (EU) military boots plus all additional ground, tech and air equipment. If this peace deal will be reached this year, EU will not be able to deliver this security guarantee unless they invoke some emergency (W)EU security article. If in the USA autocracy keeps growing, and dito in the R.F., with or without their current leaders; then we will have a new world war within 5 year, I fear. Also, I believe that the P.P.P might decline with approximate 20-30% worldwide.
Well, this is the worse case scenario. But not unlikely, if circumstances don’t change.
What can Europe do in 5 years? Cut partly the welfare state, and up defence to a minimum 5%. At least we’ll have something to defend us with. We are being fucked as hell.
The new Axis powers of Russia, China, North Korea and U.S.A against the European powers.
Considering sherlock holme’s famous statement “when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”
So then, yes; though one can hope.
They have NK meat, but that’s running out too.
I’m Dutch… so we need to balance it out.
EU defense needs to get upped, functional and efficient asap.
That said, Im not sure which data was used here by FT, but reports I’ve read include Russia currently adding repairing ancient (WWII ) military equipment to a net total production value. I.e. the real added value is considered much lower.
defense or defence
Same same, first one is US, the other is UK spelling.
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Incredible and fucked up:
Due to the argument, the Russian citizen felt “violated in his national pride,” Deutsche Welle reported, citing the Central Office for Combating Extremism and Terrorism of the Munich Public Prosecutor.
The suspect has been living in Germany since the early 1990s and is a “supporter of an exaggerated Russian nationalism” who “unreservedly advocates the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine,” according to the indictment.
Sorry, but this is a low effort article. I checked the author’s Francesco Grillo bio, one would expect better.
The title should have used streamline in stead of simplify. The article suggests that…" the European Union wants to streamline regulation".
Simplifying is also used as synonymous to cut regulations, usually in favor of business, but also causing disadvantages in consumer & privacy rights.
Both recent posts in this community use similar wording for " Ze gesture". Reuters use " hail Trump at far-right" and this one uses “salute”.
Summary
• Far-right leaders rally in Madrid, praise Trump’s influence
• Calls for new “Reconquista” against Islam, “wokism”
• Despite unity goals, key EU nationalist parties shun Patriots
MADRID, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Leaders of far-right parties in the European Parliament’s third-largest voting bloc, Patriots for Europe, praised Donald Trump’s return to power at a gathering in Madrid on Saturday held under the slogan “Make Europe Great Again”. The event featured Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini, as well as the leaders of France’s National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen, and the Netherlands’ PVV party, Geert Wilders. “The Trump tornado has changed the world in just a few weeks … yesterday we were heretics, today we’re mainstream,” Orban told around 2,000 supporters, most of whom waved Spanish flags.
If Hungary and USA are any indication of our “future”, we should stop any of this fascism-like movement .Both in the memberstates as on EU level.
Because of this new abnormal “normal”, their momentum would probably only grow, if nothing changes.
join the EU.
We’ll see how it will go. The EU is made up of onion layers, each more integrated. There should be one which shouldn’t take too much time. The current tailored CETA agreement is:
● it eliminates duties on 99% of all tariff lines, of which 98% were scrapped when it provisionally entered into force;
● it defends the Geographical Indications, and;
● it improves and secures companies’ access to the services market.
And, security wise, we ( EU &Canada) are also NATO allies already. Canada has also a lot of goodwill, specially in Northern Europe
Edited: sorry first link was EU link, edited to more neutral wiki)
Fascism goes all the way back down to Roman times. That’s where the word originates anyhow. " Modern" Fascism has a different outward symbolism, fashion style if you will, but the end game is always the same. Bad for normal people, good for elitist. And propaganda is always involved.
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