🇪🇺 The IRIS program is Europe's replacement for Starlink. The constellation will consist of over 300 satellites to serve Europe alone. Security and sovereignty! Like Galileo, it could surpass its US counterpart. Fewer satellites, smarter coverage. Eventually more could be added
Friedrich Merz, who will succeed Scholz next year, announced he will deliver Taurus missiles and put an end to attacks on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure. The range is classified but Taurus can hit command centers in Moscow. That is deterrence! Europe doesn't need the US
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It is not known, yet who will be Chancellor in 2025.
The Chancellor is elected by the Bundestag after the elections currently scheduled for late 2025.
bundeskanzler.de/bk-en/chancell…
Scholz is candidate for the SPD party. thelocal.de/20240724/schol…
It is not decided, yet whether Merz will be the candidate for the CDU/CSU.
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He is back! He has Finnish ancestry and his grandfather fought in the Russo-Finnish war in 1939-1940. As commander of Azov, he helped smash the Russian war machine in Mariupol and stopped them in their tracks during those crucial early days of the war
US support to 🇺🇦 was never meant to win the war, but to give a false sense of security to European leaders and lull them back to sleep. This to maintain the 🇺🇸 sphere of influence. The truth is harsh, but Meloni is right! Time to step up and lead. Only 🇪🇺 can bring Russia to heel
Iceland's new all-women government announced it will hold a referendum to join the EU! The recent election saw an overwhelming landslide victory for pro-EU parties and was already essentially a referendum
🇪🇺🇩🇪 Chancellor Merz has quietly authorized the delivery of Taurus missiles according to Russian sources. I hope it's true! They never miss target and could penetrate the deepest command bunkers in Moscow
🇪🇺 European Central Bank chief Lagarde calls for an alternative to American Visa and Mastercard in "a march to independence". The completion of the Capital Market Union would pave the way for the Fiscal Union. Further integration would add €3 trillion in value (!) every year
Many citizens of Kaliningrad want to secede from Moscow, rename Kaliningrad Königberg again and proclaim a new Baltic republic. "Today, the Kremlin's policy essentially eliminates our ties with Europe. We must not remain hostage to the imperial policy of the Kremlin"
"Prime Minister [Orban], you and I both know it's over." Peter Magyar 🇭🇺 continues his meteoric rise, despite the rotten system. In the polls, only 3% separates him from Orban
"450 million citizens in the EU. More than the US and Canada combined". Chancellor frontrunner Merz says he wants a more integrated Europe as envisioned by Macron and Adenauer. Even a European Army
🇹🇷 A Russian jet violated Turkish airspace. 17 seconds later, it was on fire. Shot down! That's what strategic autonomy looks like. Stop following America. Unite and lead 🇪🇺
Forget Navalnaya. Spread the word about Yevgenia Chirikova, who calls on her fellow Russians to join the armed resistance, which is fighting as we speak and includes independence groups. This is the opposition
A massive 🇺🇦 attack today inside Russia. This is the way! Instead of throwing men against fortified lines, hit them in the soft underbelly. Forget Sullivan
The main purpose of NATO is to prevent war, says Stoltenberg. But the war has begun and Ukrainians fight it alone, holding the line for all of Europe. You can't have solidarity and expect not to suffer! That is not solidarity
Export documents signed! Two dozen F-16s will be underway to Ukraine, says Dutch Minister of Defense Ollongren. They can be used everywhere, including Russian territory
"We will not allow Russia to undermine our security" – PM Meloni
Kaja Kallas 🇪🇺 brought Nordic and Southern states to Finland to discuss further European integration and security
Europe sent over 400,000 troops to fight America's pointless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now the US won't send troops to Ukraine. What's the right word for that?
German Greens want to speed up the development of IRIS 🇪🇺, Europe's replacement for Starlink. It was planned to be operational in 2028-2030. Time to accelerate!
🇪🇺🇩🇪 Germany's leading military historian predicted the attack in Poland and calls for a European Army. "Putin will test us out, wants to see if article 5 is something we're really into [..] it's not the Americans who will do this. We have to do it on our own"
"There is no time to waste. Some have described President Zelensky's proposal for a European Joint Armed Forces as unrealistic. I think it is unrealistic not to strengthen our common defence." – Sanna Marin
– Opposition surpassed Orban by double digits
– Assad lost Syria
– Kremlin-backed regime in Georgia reeling
– Massive protests in Serbia
– Iceland and Norway want to join EU
– Brits want to rejoin according to latest polls
– Friedrich Merz is incoming
Are you ready?
The biggest race-baiting account on "x", Radio Genoa was run by a Cambodian putinist living in Rome. He was just raided by the Carabinieri (military police), who locked his account.
His MO: inflating the migration issue and linking it to the EU. Good riddance! 👍
🇪🇺🇳🇱 Dutch F-35s shot down Russian drones tonight. Impressive, yes—but let's not kid ourselves. A fragmented NATO will never fight Russia. Moscow holds escalation dominance. What Europe needs is a real army! Equipped with European hardware.
Relying on Washington is not a plan
There is something deeply immoral about American unwillingness to support Macron on troop deployment to 🇺🇦. For twenty years, Europe deployed soldiers to their useless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Danish Special Forces 🇪🇺🇩🇰 in Greenland. Apparently the "Slaedepatruljen Sirius" is the best arctic unit in the world! They deserve full EU material support. Reinforce and expand
Dutch Minister Jetten proposes a European defense Ministry and to establish a European pillar within NATO that "can operate independently if needed." [..] "We 🇪🇺 spend three times more than the Russians and yet are not capable to defend ourselves. This is an insult to taxpayers."
French PM Attal on why it's so important to deploy troops to 🇺🇦: "The struggle of Ukrainians is our struggle as well". Spot on. Nothing else has to be added.
🇺🇦 General Zaluzhny is spot on. Russian casualty numbers cited by Trump and Rutte are irrelevant. Moscow would gain millions of conscripts and vast resources if Kyiv falls. Either integrate Ukraine's army into the European Army, or they will be integrated into the Russian Army
Zelensky addresses Europeans: "Russia is stronger than anyone of us alone. But weaker than all of us together." 5% or 10% is irrelevant if you remain fragmented and dependent on Washington. As Zelensky said, it's time for an Army of Europe 🇪🇺🪖. Rejoin NATO as a Union
Can we finally close the curtain? 600 million Europeans. Twice the size of the US! Merge Europe's armies and establish the European Army. The greatest in the world
Macron and Meloni finally kissed up! Personal tensions finally out of the way. Succesful mediation by Merz. Good for Europe. They agree on more than they used to admit
"Prime Minister [Orban], you and I both know it's over." Peter Magyar 🇭🇺 continues his meteoric rise, despite the rotten system. In the polls, only 3% separates him from Orban
🇪🇺🇮🇹 Meloni cheers Draghi's vision in Rimini today; a more federal, independent Europe. A NATO of two equal pillars, a European Army able to act autonomously. There's broad support for a geopolitical Europe across the political spectrum
The EU will press ahead and deliver $50 billion to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets. Even there the US is trying to stall. "We will do whatever we can to support Ukraine, regardless of decisions in Washington", says Borrell
If Ukraine falls, Russia will be in the center of Europe. We're the ones who should be grateful, not the other way around. Ukrainians could pack their bags and leave for Paris tomorrow. And yet, they hold the line!
Trump refuses to meet von der Leyen but will chat with Meloni who is now headed to Washington to push the EU's "zero-for-zero tariffs". This is nonsense. Stop pandering! Send von der Leyen or send nobody. He is insulting all Europeans
"The US used to be the leader of the west. Well, it's going back home. Europe's gonna lead the West. They invented it." Sarah Paine says America heading for economic depression. One of the sharpest geopolitical minds
Incredible scenes outside Berlin as police raid the home of infamous putinist Jürgen Elsässer. He publishes Compact Magazine, which has now finally been banned. Deputinize Europe! Supporting the enemy in times of war is treason. If anything, we've shown too much restraint
🇪🇺 A very ambitious European High Speed Rail network planned by the Commission. One ticketing app, one Railway Area. This would be amazing. From Lisbon to Luhansk
Good news! The EU has rejected American demands to lower food safety rules and to cut ties with China.
Why would the EU pull away from China as Americans grow closer to Russia? That's absurd
Dutch liberal leader Jetten seeks to increase military spending to 3% GDP and establish the European Army. He urges the creation of the Energy Union to prevent states from buying gas from the enemy. Energy/defence policy should be led by 🇪🇺, not states