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Yay no more flash points in Africa (et al) since 93!
What's that you say you can hear gunfire on the others idea of the fence....send for NATO
Tbf EUropeans do seem a bit fighty
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Very busy people
www.dw.com
EU planning new Africa mission in Gulf of Guinea — report – DW – 08/27/2023
The EU is set to launch a new mission in West Africa in the fall, a German newspaper has reported. The combined military-civilian operation will aim to prevent instability triggered by jihadi groups.
www.dw.com
Borrell talking up more defence spending with the aim of building a wedge between Russia / China / global south
www.theguardian.com
Migration could be ‘dissolving force for EU’, says bloc’s top diplomat
Exclusive: Josep Borrell calls for European unity in face of Ukraine war, US-China competition and rise of global south
ska invita
back on the other side
seems significant
www.theguardian.com
Historic EU deal reached on how to manage sudden rise in asylum seekers
In event of war, natural disaster or climate emergency, rules will allow frontline states to move people swiftly to other EU countries
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Speculative article for the Telegraph that predictably puts 'clever' UK and US centre stage but the issues that it highlights have been discussed in European media
UK and US quietly pushing for EU expansion to bolster Ukraine funding
UK and US quietly pushing for EU expansion to bolster Ukraine funding
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I am more pleased day by day not to be in it.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
ETIAS to be delayed yet again, now scheduled for 2025 (no month given).
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
The Qatargate Files: How Europe’s crypto queen was brought down by cash
Politico. December 5, 2023
www.politico.eu
Politico. December 5, 2023
How Europe’s crypto queen was brought down by cash
The Qatargate story overflows with bundles of banknotes stashed in odd places, with around €70,000 even ending up in the trash, according to one suspect.
www.politico.eu
TopCat
Putin fanboy
A decent article looking at how the ruling EU centre right have no real problem with the far right and ponders a united far right EU. New York Times
mojo pixy
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Interesting to note it's the far right (Orban, Fico, now potentially likely Wilders too) are the EU-members' leaders most set against aiding Ukraine.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Meloni not far right enough?
mojo pixy
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I don't think its clear why Meloni has been supportive of aid to Ukraine, it does seem out of step with the broader Italian right-wing consensus. I think maybe she's trying to prove how much Italy supports the 'western alliance'?
She's got plenty of reason to change her position anyway, especially if it starts to look unpopular with her political allies.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
The far right globally is split over which side to take. You even have fash fighting fash within Ukraine.
The "far left" is against it too. Everyone but the monoparty.
Jeremy Corbyn urges west to stop arming Ukraine
Ex-Labour leader also tells Beirut-based TV channel he was criticised over antisemitism because of stance on Palestine
mojo pixy
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I'm sure that's true, but according to the article, inside the EU the most strident leaders' voices against aid to Ukraine are Orban and Fico.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I am sure that's true as well.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Looks like the EU have released 10 billion euros ,that was previously suspended, to Orban in return for him abstaining on Ukraine joining the EU .
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Real polotik
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
European values
TopCat
Putin fanboy
The fifth freedom.
Accommodate the far right as long as they don’t attack the EU as an institution.
mojo pixy
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...then in return, Hungary vetoed a €50 000 aid package to Ukraine.
Now that is realpolitik. Yeah they can join - if they still exist by then...
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
Europe caves in to the far right in ‘historic’ Asylum & Migration bill, ending the right to asylum in all but name.
Lots of very well padded centrist arses worried about being booted out next year it seems.
Lots of very well padded centrist arses worried about being booted out next year it seems.
ska invita
back on the other side
question is will this protect centrist and left parties from the fash surge or not?
id bet on not
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Macron leads opposition to and scuppers the proposed Digital Workers' Rights proposals
"Yolanda Díaz, Spanish vice-president and Labour minister, added: “Digital platform workers deserve rights. The Directive promoted by the Spanish Presidency guaranteed new rights to 30 million workers, but the far right and the liberals have prevented its approval. We will continue working for a better life.”
Leïla Chaibi MEP, member of France Insoumise who leads the work of the Left group in the European Parliament on platform work, said: “Not content with ruining the lives of the French, Macron is now poisoning an entire continent. By exporting his ideological extremism to the European scene and by not hesitating to ally himself with the worst reactionaries, he torpedoed a concrete advance, a text of general interest for Europeans. To protect his friends from Uber and company. It’s undignified.”
braveneweurope.com
"Yolanda Díaz, Spanish vice-president and Labour minister, added: “Digital platform workers deserve rights. The Directive promoted by the Spanish Presidency guaranteed new rights to 30 million workers, but the far right and the liberals have prevented its approval. We will continue working for a better life.”
Leïla Chaibi MEP, member of France Insoumise who leads the work of the Left group in the European Parliament on platform work, said: “Not content with ruining the lives of the French, Macron is now poisoning an entire continent. By exporting his ideological extremism to the European scene and by not hesitating to ally himself with the worst reactionaries, he torpedoed a concrete advance, a text of general interest for Europeans. To protect his friends from Uber and company. It’s undignified.”
'Macron is poisoning an entire continent': EU member-states refuse to support Platform Work Directive deal - Brave New Europe
France, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia opposed the deal, which had been negotiated between the Spanish Presidency of the EU and European Parliament negotiators. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW [...]
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