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HowRu68 OP , vor 2 Tagen an Europe in Jordan Bardella, far-right poster boy to aspiring statesman

"The son of Italian immigrants with Algerian roots on the father's side, Bardella was born and raised in the diverse, largely working-class Parisian suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis.

"I came from elsewhere, but I became who I am here. I married French history," is the way he describes his background on Tiktok, a social media platform popular with a young demographic, where he boasts 1.8 million followers. "

HowRu68 , vor 4 Tagen an Europe in Italy: lawyers file complaints of Uyghur forced labour over tomato paste exported from China's Xinjiang region

I saw a 50 min. documentary by DW about slave labour in China. It seems it's worse than I imagined. They sort of mentioned like two or three other minorities iirc , that were being detained, and ofcourse, everybody who disagrees with the policy of the supreme leader as well.

HowRu68 , vor 9 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 9 Tagen) an Europe in Estonia's PM Kaja Kallas to Succeed Borrell as EU's Top Diplomat

linked is really short

Yes, really short, did a little check and
she's more on the " right of the political spectrum " than Borrel was; If I got her info correctly.

Found this interview 2024

HowRu68 , vor 9 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 9 Tagen) an Europe in Estonia's PM Kaja Kallas to Succeed Borrell as EU's Top Diplomat

Seems a capable leader and tough negotiatior, afaik. Also quite a bit younger that the usual old farts.

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HowRu68 , vor 9 Tagen an Europe in Please update your subscription to europe@feddit.ORG

Wasn't expecting it to be that fast. Anyhow, seems we're migrating, check.

HowRu68 OP , vor 10 Tagen an Europe in EU hits 19 Chinese firms with sanctions over links to Russian war effort

" Russian-based companies make up about half of the 61 entities added to the EU's list Monday. In addition to the 19 Chinese companies, it also added nine from Turkey, two in Kyrgyzstan, one in India, one in Kazakhstan, and one in the United Arab Emirates."

HowRu68 OP , vor 17 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 17 Tagen) an Europe in EU rebukes France, Italy and others over excessive debt

"According to the commission's economic forecast, France is at -5.5%, Italy is at -4.4% and Belgium is at -4.4% and will breach this deficit limit in 2024.

Spain is at exactly -3.0%. Austria, Finland, Estonia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia also have deficits that are too high according to the rules."

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HowRu68 , vor 23 Tagen an Europe in [arte documentary] Russian-Germans and the Ukraine War

Thx alot, it's way more complex than I thought. So getting a stream will be difficult too, as it's not public anymore. Will try check and see what can be found. Sounds interesting

HowRu68 , vor 23 Tagen an Europe in [arte documentary] Russian-Germans and the Ukraine War

Before checking this doc out; could you pls give more context?

HowRu68 OP , vor 24 Tagen an Europe in EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles as trade war looms

Under the plan, the EU will apply five levels of tariffs. EV manufacturers that cooperated with Brussels investigators will face a tariff of 21%, while those who did not will be hit with the top tier of 38.1%.

SAIC faces the top tariff, Geely faces a tariff of 20%, while a 17.4% duty will be applied to BYD brands, which include the Dolphin and Seal cars launched in the EU last year.

It is understood that Tesla cooperated with the EU and may initially face the 21% tariff. The EU indicated this could be revised next month to its own individually calculated duty rate after assessing evidence submitted by the US company.

HowRu68 OP , vor 26 Tagen an Europe in Ongoing state-sponsored cyber espionage campaign via vulnerable edge devices

Explainer abbreviation: NCSC (Dutch) National Cyber Security Centre

HowRu68 OP , vor 27 Tagen an Europe in Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule

" Thousands of people rallied in Budapest on Saturday as a political newcomer led a push to mobilise voters against Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, ahead of European elections on Sunday.

“We defeated apathy,” declared Péter Magyar, a former government insider who switched sides and launched an opposition movement, as he stood in front of a vast crowd which filled the capital’s Heroes’ Square."

HowRu68 , vor 29 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 29 Tagen) an Europe in Dutch exit poll: Labor-Green alliance narrowly beats far-right Wilders in EU election

According to national polls, the PVV would have now ca. 48 out a total of 150 seats in the Dutch House of Representatives; so a 32%.

In this exit poll, PVV won 7 out of a total of 31 European Parliament seats, or 22,5%.

On the other hand PVV went from 1 to 7 seats in the EP. A huge far-right surge was/ is expected for the EP election. But in the Netherlands, it didn't turn out as high as was predicted.

HowRu68 , vor einem Monat (Bearbeitet vor einem Monat) an Europe in Critics of Putin and his allies targeted inside the EU with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware

This whole "thing" is one giant rabbit hole. Getting from bad, worse and then ,"the worst".
I hope we near the end of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if we are we only halfway establishing the ammount of foreign infiltrations and influences.
Good they've gotten busy with it, finally.

HowRu68 OP , vor einem Monat an Europe in Spain to give Ukraine €1bn in military aid in decade-long defence deal

This deal will allow Ukraine to boost its capabilities, including its essential air defence systems to protect its civilians, cities and infrastructure, which are still suffering indiscriminate attacks as seen this weekend in Kharkiv,” Sánchez told a press conference after the signing.

He said Spain had already pledged to supply Patriot missiles and said it would also send “another batch of Leopard tanks and above all ammunition”.

The Spanish government said the agreement would also include other areas, such as intelligence, training, de-mining, reconstruction and humanitarian assistance.