🇪🇺 Discussion: The European Union

[blueharvest]

UK to host EU leaders for post-Brexit ‘reset’ talks

The European Council president said the talks would be aimed at devising the “closest possible relationship.”

www.semafor.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Fake TikTok videos show thousands marching for AfD in Germany

Ahead of Germany’s federal elections, fake news and AI-generated propaganda is multiplying online. #EuroVerify

www.euronews.com

 

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[blueharvest]

Germany's Scholz describes Trump's Gaza proposal as a 'scandal' in election debate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. could take ownership of the Gaza Strip, relocate its population and redevelop it as a “scandal.”

apnews.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

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[blueharvest]

Ukraine war: Macron warns against ‘capitulation’ as Trump suggests Russia may not make concessions

French president says yielding to Vladimir Putin would be ‘bad news for everyone’ amid fears of US and Russia deciding continent’s future security

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

'Quite upsetting': Europeans comparing Vance's speech to one by Putin

Vice President Vance is speaking to European leaders today amid concerns over President Trump's policies. Vance urged Europe to spend more on its own defense. Washington Post foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius joins Ali Vitali to share more on how Europeans are reacting.

www.msnbc.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[blueharvest]

Starmer to join crisis summit after Europe’s exclusion from peace talks: latest

Ukraine has insisted they will not accept a ceasefire deal ‘made behind our backs’

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

The little-known far-right French politician with a direct line to Trump world

Sarah Knafo is emerging from Zemmour’s shadow to be the driving force of Reconquest

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

Trump has left a void that the EU and Britain must fill together | William Keegan

America is in retreat from its underappreciated good works around the world. Europe needs to act – and Brexit only hinders this essential response

www.theguardian.com

 

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[blueharvest]

Migrant groups say racist attacks increase in German city after deadly Christmas market violence

Migrants who have settled in the German city of Magdeburg say they have experienced a sharp increase in racism and anti-immigration sentiments following a deadly Christmas market attack last year.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

 

[blueharvest]

The ‘west’ is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own | Alexander Hurst

Trump and JD Vance are clear: the US is no longer an ally, but an antagonist to democratic values, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

I seriously hope they don't.

 

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[blueharvest]

Macron's message to Trump: 'You can’t be weak in the face of Putin'

French President Emmanuel Macron says he intends to tell U.S counterpart Donald Trump that it’s in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to “be weak” in the face of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

German election live: Conservatives projected to win and far-right AfD in second​

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/23/german-election-live-olaf-scholz-alice-weidel-afd-friedrich-merz-germany-latest-news

 

[Sithborg]

The scary part is, it is begin chalked up as a loss for the AfD. Apparently they were polling higher before the election. One wonders if Musk and Vance cozying up with Nazis made them look bad.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

I'm not surprised that Merz and his CDU won, but I hate how big the AfD got...

 

[squeekness]

The scary part is, it is begin chalked up as a loss for the AfD. Apparently they were polling higher before the election. One wonders if Musk and Vance cozying up with Nazis made them look bad.

Whatever it takes to keep them from winning.