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MHREGA?
Make Holy Roman Empire Great Again?
Matteo Putaineo would be a new emperor.
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About time we all reverted back to speaking a civilized language.
Moscovia delenda est!
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Whose horse is going to be a senator if Uschi is just into ponies?
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All I know is that it has to be a dressage horse so it can prance around majestically across the senate floor.
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Why is Belgium missing in the first group?
Why is Belgium missing in the first group?
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Read the article
It's the six biggest economies in the EU and Belgium is nowhere near that.
This seems to be along the lines of listen up & pay up or shut up!
I would have welcomed a sub-block of northern European fiscally responsible countries ever since the time this idea of a two-speed EU was first suggested in the mid 2000s.
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You'll know I'm not beholden to eco doctrine, but frankly, I cannot understand the fuss about the return of the wolf to central Europe.
The right has a massive boner for this kind of stuff, every time I open the news, there's a"will no one think of the children!" kind of comment. About 1,000 wolves live in this country, mainly in the sparsely populated east, and not once have they attacked a human. In contrast, wild boars kill one or two people in Germany every single year, and no one bats an eyelid.
I'm not sure about other countries, but here, the law accommodates the concerns of rural communities so much they'll be given electric fences at the taxpayer's expense, receive public funding for a livestock guardian dog if they want one, and if a wolf does happen to kill your livestock, you'll be compensated.
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In the Netherlands several women and children have been attacked by wolves approaching them. And livestock killed is the problem of the owners and not the government, as is their protection. The country is simply too small and too densly populated to accommodate large predators.
The government and judges prioritise wolves lives over that of Dutchmen. So we're not just lower status than "refugees", but to all animals too
Mark Rutte is on collision course with European capitals over NATO
The alliance secretary-general helped bring NATO back from the brink on Greenland. But some in Europe are now asking: At what cost?
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The -not being able to defend Europe without the US- bit was in regard to the deterrence with nuclear weapons and Rutte is absolutely right in that regard. Only the UK and France have small nuclear stockpiles and the British means of delivery, their subs, are barely able to leave port anymore. More weapons and delivery vehicles are needed, Germany needs to field several hundred ICBMs.Mark Rutte is on collision course with European capitals over NATO
The alliance secretary-general helped bring NATO back from the brink on Greenland. But some in Europe are now asking: At what cost?
Europe has no nuclear deterrent if it isn't under the US nuclear umbrella. Tree huggers and fifth column collaborators in the EU parliament certainly aren't going to fix that, rather obstruct the fielding of more nukes any way they can.
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In fairness to him—the Greens were the only German party to always recognise Russia as a threat to peace, and Fischer personally was instrumental to overcoming doctrine and paving the way to Germany's participation in the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan.
The Great Sobriety: Europe’s pivot from aspiration to armour
Davos 2026: the end of the holiday The era of European holiday history is over. For three decades, the continent operated on a comfortable delusion: that economic integration was a substitute for hard power, and that the American security guarantee was a law of physics rather than a political...
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How about net payers vs. recipients?
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Its Germany related but also EU because of the shitty 2+4 treary we signed with contract breaking Russia.
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My proposition would be to jointly buy 4 French ICBM subs.
400 ASMP possibly with some Rafales.
And stationary ICBMs maybe in fortifications in the Alps and Pyrenees and medium range BM on launchers like Pershing II in the cold war.
Germany may develop its own nuclear weapons with EU allies: ‘Talks are taking place’
Berlin is considering developing its own atomic weapons to bolster Europe’s nuclear umbrella and the US’s own stockpile in the region, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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My proposition would be to jointly buy 4 French ICBM subs.
400 ASMP possibly with some Rafales.
And stationary ICBMs maybe in fortifications in the Alps and Pyrenees and medium range BM on launchers like Pershing II in the cold war.
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The new minority government has presented it's plans, a lot of increased spending and seemingly little extra revenue.
The MoD is planned to get an additional €4.75b a year, taking the defense budget to €31.55b. Based on my calculations this would mean 2,35% of GDP for 2026 based on economic projections.
Part of this is supposed to be raised by "eating the rich", a "freedom" tax on middle and high incomes. The middle income group is the largest of the three.
Since the government has no majority in either chamber a lot of trade-offs will have to be made with opposition parties.
The MoD is planned to get an additional €4.75b a year, taking the defense budget to €31.55b. Based on my calculations this would mean 2,35% of GDP for 2026 based on economic projections.
Part of this is supposed to be raised by "eating the rich", a "freedom" tax on middle and high incomes. The middle income group is the largest of the three.
Since the government has no majority in either chamber a lot of trade-offs will have to be made with opposition parties.
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