For Europeans in Europe who want to take a step away from big tech domination, here's a quick petition...
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home
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#NAFO Game Publishers keep dropping support for games they have sold to consumers, leaving the games unplayable.
The "Stop Killing Games" European Citizens Initiative demands the EU propose a law to force developers to leave games in a playable state!
It has reached 500k of the 1m needed signatures (deadline July 31). We need your support!
EU Citizens Sign here: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home
Former US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford is angry, see why .
#us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #eu #europe #eupol #dkpol #uk #worldpol #worldpolitics #USNews #USNews #WeThePeople #zeitung #dkmedier #DailyNews
#UkraineWar #ukrainian #nato
NEW EPISODE
If Australia can be a part of #Eurovision, is there anything stopping us from welcoming our Canadian friends into the EU?! This week we talk to Stanley Pignal, The Economist's semi-Canadian Brussels bureau chief, about what would be in it for both sides.
We're also looking at the escalating political crisis in Bosnia, and the places in Europe where you're likely to live the longest.
https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/should-canada-join-the-eu
The EuropeansShould Canada join the EU? — The EuropeansEurope and Canada have a lot in common, from their headaches over Donald Trump to a shared belief in welfare states. If Australia can be a part of Eurovision, is there anything stopping us from welcoming our Canadian friends into the EU?! This week we talk to Stanley Pignal, The Economist's semi-Can
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#CEUM
#CETA #TrumpTradeWars
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol
(9/n)
...latest utterance must be viewed with suspicion:
"The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’s (#FDD) #Turkish expert #SinaCiddi writes that under President Recep Tayyip #Erdogan, 
“#Ankara is not only distancing itself from the West, but consciously working to undermine its core security interests.” ...
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com Why Erdogan’s Turkey undermines US and NATO security interests - opinionIs Turkey still a reliable NATO ally under Erdogan’s Islamist and authoritarian rule?
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#CEUM
#CETA #TrumpTradeWars
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol
(8/n)
...must be revived and pursued at full speed.
Interestingly, #Ankara declared that it would like to join such a structure. Good.2)
Now is the time for huge reforms, this is a #TippingPoint in world history (#Zeitenwende.) The momentum...
...might cary the world in either direction.
2) Given #Erdogan's previous behavoir, the...
1)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement
en.m.wikipedia.orgComprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement - Wikipedia
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#CEUM
#CETA #Turkey
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol
(7/n)
...precursors to the #EuropeanUnion, like the #EC, as well as (finally!) a #DefenseUnion, should be on the table. Non-EU neighbors, such as the #UK and #Turkey should be considered as further partners. Too many different treaties are red tape slowing down decision-making processes and thus resilience in a chaotic environment.
Concurrently, the project of a #EuropeanArmy...
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#CEUM
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol
(6/n)
... security wise deteriorating global environment.
How to integrate swiftly: #CEUN
A new #FreeTradeArea (#FTA) encompassing #Canada, #Europe, and #Mexico could offset the #TrumpTradeWars induced #Recession going forward.
Time is of the essence.
It might be an idea to ratify #CETA and the newly renegotiated #GlobalAgreementWithMexico ASAP.
Then, a deepening of this FTA, similar to...
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#CEUM
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol
(5/n)
... #Rejoin the #European economic block.
#Brexit, a project by international rightwing organizations, was an utter failure. To withstand a sandwiched position by/a an imperialist, expansionist #Kremlin and a likeminded #Washington (#Panama, #Canada, #Greenland,) a renewal of the "ever closer union" is of the essence.
#EU processes take far too long in this rapidly changing,...
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#CEUM
#TrumpTradeWars
#CETA
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol
(4/n)
... more than make up for the #Transatlantic trade with the #US.
#CETA, the #FreeTradeAgreament, a project started in 2014, should now be rapidly brought to completion:
"As of 2023, only 17 of 27 EU countries have ratified (as did the #UnitedKingdom before leaving the #EU), and #Cyprus has voted against ratification." 1)
Also, the #UK. Must...
Érase una vez (mayo de 2022) un grupo de 13 países que respondieron a las demandas de reforma de la #UE con un: ¡no, que os den! (parafraseado). Bulgaria, Croacia, República Checa, Dinamarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Letonia, Lituania, Malta, Polonia, Rumanía, Eslovenia y Suecia.
En 2024, 
no sólo está en el Equipo #Draghi, sino que también abofetea con elegancia la hipocresía de 
sobre las normas fiscales de la UE y los #frugales en las trincheras.
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Artykuły z pierwszego roku funkcjonowania Kontroli Czatów: wizja katastrofalnego pierwszego roku działania kontroli czatów w UE—jak dziś możemy temu zapobiec.
Przetłumaczone przez @garbulix
www.jeremiahlee.com · Stories from the first year of chat controlA premonition of the disastrous year after the EU approves chat control—and what we can do to stop it today.
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Game of Bundesschach. 
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MEPs on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will meet with outgoing EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson this afternoon.
Write your country’s members on LIBE committee to urge the withdrawal of the proposed chat control legislation.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/libe/home/members
Send them a link to my article (in thread earlier) imagining the first year of cascading consequences if chat control becomes law.
www.europarl.europa.euMembers | Home | LIBE | Committees | European ParliamentList of members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). Details of chair, vice-chairs, members and substitutes and links to MEPs profiles.
A useful #WTFistheCouncil reminder I usually have to skip due to character limits or not wanting to scare off normies too much. It's not just our national governments who'd prefer to keep us ignorant about how the #EU works (though they're the biggest culprit), journalists, lobbyists, and a lot of MEPs benefit from it as well.
https://davekeating.substack.com/p/europeans-should-be-more-like-americans
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@grand_continent También es verdad que lo que sí que hacen bien, lo hacen mejor que nadie.
El Grand Continent · Cumbre de la Comunidad Política Europea en Blenheim: ¿en qué países está la población más a favor de la adhesión a la Unión? - El Grand ContinentLa cuarta cumbre de la Comunidad Política Europea se inaugura hoy en Woodstock, en el Reino Unido. De los 47 países representados, 20 no son miembros de la Unión. En la mitad de estos países, la mayoría de la población está a favor de la adhesión.
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Many people don't care to vote in European elections, because they think, it doesn't matter, but this is far from true.
European laws, be it on environmental or social standards, consumer protections, privacy and more affect every person in the #EU (and to a degree: beyond) and the parliament, our directly elected representatives, plays a central role in the institutional process.
Please go and vote! Fascists and "fascists with some manners" (conservatives) will!
Hello world, time for a new #introduction!
I’m a microbiologist 
#EU health #ResearchPolicy wonk in #Brussels.
Besides work, I enjoy #reading (mostly fiction), language(s), traveling, Star Trek, the occasional Nintendo game, and #LGBTQ activism.
In the fediverse I can’t wait to see your cat photos (dogs are ok too), improve my French, and dismantle the patriarchy.
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