#EU foreign policy

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EU to join the US operation in the Red Sea

The European Union said on Wednesday that member states would contribute to the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian, aimed at protecting merchant shipping in the Red Sea from attacks by Houthi rebels from Yemen.

Josep Borrell, the EU’s top foreign policy official, commented on the EU’s involvement in Operation on X:

Irresponsible Houthi actions are a threat to freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. We will intensify our information sharing and increase our presence with additional naval assets. This demonstrates the EU’s role as a maritime security provider. We match words with action.

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EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, calls for immediate peace efforts in the Middle East. At a key conference in Cyprus, he pushes for a Gaza ceasefire and promotes the two-state solution as a path to lasting peace. Learn about his diplomatic mission in Lebanon and the EU's stance on international justice. Can diplomacy succeed amidst the rising tensions? Watch now to find out.

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Send Indian Peacekeepers! Europe Keeps Killing Itself | General Günther Greindl

Europe needs some serious help from India, Africa, and South America to stop its constant warfare. Listen to the ideas of Austrian General Günther Greindl of how an Indian peacekeeping force could be part of the solution to the war in Ukraine.

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Is the UN next?

European lawmakers joined the call to shut down the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after it was revealed that the Israeli-British hostage freed by Hamas had been held in the humanitarian group’s facilities.

Nearly three dozen officials from 14 EU nations signed a letter accusing the embattled UNRWA of being compromised by Hamas terrorists after Emily Damari, 28, said she had been kept in UN facilities during her 15-months of captivity in Gaza.

People are Tire of Lies!

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Philip Wen and Léonie Chao-Fong at The Guardian:

Donald Trump has threatened to widen the scope of his trade tariffs, repeating his warning that the European Union – and potentially the UK – will face levies, even as he conceded that Americans could bear some of the economic brunt of a nascent global trade war. It comes as Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, announced on Saturday, sparked retaliation from all three countries. Mexico and Canada have vowed levies of their own while China and Canada are seeking legal challenges. Trump said on Sunday night that new tariffs on the EU will “definitely happen”, repeating previous complaints about the large US trade deficit with the bloc and his desire for Europe to import more American cars and agricultural products. “It will definitely happen with the European Union, I can tell you that,” he told reporters. “I wouldn’t say there’s a timeline but it’s going to be pretty soon.” Trump appeared to take a softer line on the UK, citing a good relationship with prime minister Keir Starmer while saying tariffs still “might happen”. “The UK is out of line but I’m sure that one, I think that one can be worked out,” he said. “Well Prime Minister Starmer’s been very nice, we’ve had a couple of meetings, we’ve had numerous phone calls, we’re getting along very well, we’ll see whether or not we can balance out our budget.”

On top of retaliatory tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, Trump hinted that the EU and possibly the UK could be added to the tariffs list.

These moves are about destabilizing America and jack up costs higher.

[ctl-yuejie]

the projected results for germany are fucking dismal

[vyorei]

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian spoke with Josep Borrell today warning the conflict could expand across the Middle East if Apartheid Israel is not stopped

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Iran's Reformist President – Scott Ritter

[cyatzura]

it's so disappointing how the current government in germany stressed again and again since 2021 that they wanted to follow a 'feminist foreign policy', a foreign policy that was supposed to focus increasingly on marginalized groups, human rights and a policy of peace, only to oppose the proposal that the european union should collectively demand a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza; instead, the european union now only calls for corridors and temporary pauses for humanitarian aid

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Germany's AfD: A Deep Dive into the Controversial Party's Election Manifesto

In a dramatic turn of events, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party held a recent conference in Reza, Saxony. This has set the stage for a contentious battle in the upcoming federal elections. Roughly 600 members gathered. The party finalized its manifesto and sharpened its stance on migration. They confirmed former Goldman Sachs analyst Alice Weidel as their candidate for Chancellor. The…

[simplicius-simplicissimus]

Emancipation of Europe from the shadow of the USA

Comment: Over the last few decades, America has increasingly become more a hegemon rather than a partner. Bush's America was already fantasizing about the „last remaining superpower“ on the planet and that they can take the right to invade a country (Iraq) contrary to international law. For the first time, the USA is now threatening the territorial integrity of an EU country (Denmark). Europe needs a common interest and foreign policy, a common and coordinated armaments complex and a common and coordinated military - including its own nuclear protective shield. Europe must no longer allow itself to be harnessed to US interests and unthinkingly adopt US ideas - be it in politics, economics or finance. The motto must be: Europe first - but with a sense of proportion. Perhaps in the long term we have to be prepared that the US could act more and more aggressively towards the EU. We then must have the appropriate answers ready.

Also interesting are the comments on the video at Youtube from all over Europe - even from the UK! As is so often the case: a tyrant and aggressor brings people together. I am convinced that Europeans will stand together to defend their common interests, values and freedom.

-Simplicius Simplicissimus

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Rampant anti-Semitism has French Jews in hiding

French Jews are forced to hide their names for fear of discrimination by couriers, taxi drivers, hairdressers and other service workers, GlobalEuroNews reports.

According to witnesses, since the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, people with Jewish names are increasingly being denied service, insulted or even physically assaulted.

Some French Jews change their accounts on platforms or remove their names from their mailboxes because of discrimination by drivers or couriers. There have been 1,500 anti-Semitic acts in the country since 7 October this year.

The results of a survey conducted in January 2022 showed that identifying as Jewish in public places in France is a risk factor and a potential for aggression. 74% of French people of Jewish religion or culture say they have at least once experienced anti-Semitic behaviour, ranging from ridicule to physical attacks. 48% of those surveyed sometimes do not risk saying they are Jewish, and 55% of parents ask their children not to wear any distinctive signs.

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January 2025 may go down as Armenia’s geopolitical inflection point, a time when Yerevan decisively moved to shun its longtime protector Russia and pin its political and economic future on integration with Western institutions, thus scrambling the strategic balance in the Caucasus. Armenian officials have taken steps in recent days to formalize the country’s improving relationship with the United States and European Union. On January 14, US and Armenian diplomats signed a strategic partnership agreement, paving the way for stronger trade, strategic and political ties between the two states. Days earlier, the Armenian government finalized legislation authorizing efforts to qualify the country for European Union membership. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the EU Integration Act adopted January 9 would mark a turning point in the country’s history, but cautioned the EU accession process would be arduous, requiring consistent political will and popular support. “Adopting the law doesn’t literally mean Armenia is joining the EU because that cannot be done through a law or government decision; a decision on that [accession] can only be made through a referendum,” the prime minister stated. On January 13, Pashinyan had a phone conversation with European Council President António Costa, with discussions focusing on the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process. Efforts to reach a durable settlement to the two countries’ decades-old conflict recently hit a snag, when Baku revived a demand for extraterritorial rights for a land connection between Azerbaijan and its Nakhchivan exclave.

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WWIII. US-Russia relations akin to US-Japan before WWII

#Rand Co.on how #US planned war,#EU energy crisis:

#Kiev foreign plcy to push #Russia into invasion,cut of #RF supply to EU (#NordStream..)

#NATO grow virus vs #Slavic ethnics as #Russians #Norway ship doesn't save #sailors from RF ship in #Mediterranean

https://salvatoremercogliano.blogspot.com/2024/12/wwiii-us-russia-relations-akin-to-us.html?spref=tw

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Europe praises Trump's victory amid wider fears of an impending economic nightmare

Donald Trump (L), President of the USA, and Emmanuel Macron, President of France, join hands during the final press conference of the G7 Summit on 26 August 2019, in Biarritz, France. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images European officials have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump after he defeated his Democratic rival Kamala Harris to return to the White House, despite a stark realization that…

[waermeflasche]

Honestly the thing I'm most scared about wrt the likely right-wing wins is that they'll sell us out to russia. Most right-wing parties in EU countries have proven again and again that despite the nationalism they're traitors who are willing to fuck us all over for russian money.

And controversial opinion maybe, but we should not have let them have all of the massive anti-immigration voting bloc. What we really, really would have needed are parties with a strong anti-immigration policy that's still very pro west and pro eu and hardline anti-russia.

Harm reduction and all.