by Oui
Sat Apr 12th, 2025 at 10:03:59 AM EST
EU Brussels Civil Servants Protests
EU Council Has Become One Sided War Council ... as predicted by me over past decade at least ☹
Keep repeating the illusionary war narrative to "defeat" Russia even in defiance of peace efforts by US President Trump
"Situation" in Middle East ??
Patrick Bijsmans @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social
Just did my undergrad #EuropeanStudies @fasosmaastricht.bsky.sociallecture on #media #framing of #EU #crises. My last bit of teaching this academic year. The fact that the equipment in the lecture hall (other faculty) didn't work was only a minor inconvenience 🇪🇺🤦♂️
'Brussels So White' -- but what role play journalists?
"Regrettably, some of it is about casual racism disguised as clever commentary and the fact that brown and black journalists are still rare in European newsrooms."
This is the most rightwing EU executive in the bloc's history and, in fact, a Trump-like roll back of the "Union of Equality" agenda seems to be ongoing. 🇪🇺
An earlier article published in 2021 ... EU moving towards populism and fascism, breaking promises and sweet talks by the EU Commission and Ursula Von der Leyen.
EU: 'Brussels So White' needs action, not magical thinking | HRWF - 27 Oct. 2021 |
These steps represent progress but are not enough. Building a true Europe of Equality requires more than just feel-good "made in Brussels" policies.
Bias and discrimination are thriving across Europe -not just because of bigots, populists and far-right groups but because too many of the EU's liberal democratic leaders are also complicit.
Also still largely missing is the active engagement of academia, think tanks, consultancies, business and media.
EU governments and von der Leyen are - quite rightly - struggling to stop violations to the rule of law, attacks on the judiciary and erosion of media freedoms in Hungary and Poland.
However, this should not mean turning a blind eye to policies and actions which reinforce exclusion and prejudice in countries such as France, Austria, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. To name only a few.
The EU's current selective outrage consolidates equality hierarchies under which attacks on some values are considered more important than on others.
Allowing a ranking of rights also undermines the EU's anti-racism agenda, impacts on its global reputation and makes Europe vulnerable to allegations of double standards.
'Open season' on French Muslims
It's open season on Islam and Muslims as France gears up for next year's presidential election and French politicians encourage Islamophobia as an electoral strategy.
Muslim-bashing is no longer the preserve of the traditionally Islamophobic far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Eric Zemmour has now joined the fray and president Emmanuel Macron's government is busy enforcing a spate of anti-Muslim policies, including an "anti-separatism bill" and the shutting down of the Collective Against Islamophobia (CCIF) which documents anti-Muslim hate crimes.
EU officials looked the other way as former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz stepped up his fight against an undefined "political Islam" including through the launch of a much-criticised Islam Map website which showed the locations of more than 600 mosques and Muslim associations across the country and led to incidents of violence against Muslims.
The administration of Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen, who has dragged her Social Democrats toward the right on immigration policy, recently passed legislation allowing it to relocate asylum seekers to third countries outside the EU while their cases are reviewed.
In the Netherlands, a health benefits scandal that involved racial profiling remains unresolved.
Ethnic minorities continue to face discrimination in education, health, employment, social care and housing, according to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination which has also voiced special concern at ethnic profiling by police in stop and search, traffic control and border checks.
Shada Islam on VDL
VDL Prussia – Micro-manager and Control Freak
Les silences trompeurs de la Commission européenne sur l’hospitalisation d’Ursula von der Leyen
European Union Trade with China
EU Economy Post Blowing Up Energy Trade w Russia
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Explained | Nord Stream 1 pipeline and its importance
EuroTrib archive diaries key word | Russian gas |
Not NATO but the European Union secured peace across the continent .. see Nobel Peace Prize … war does not peace make.
The USSR dissolved and the Warsaw Pact was broken up … yet peace was maintained until EU joint with NATO to aggressively expand their military towards Moscow … unacceptable and an existential threat to the Russian Federation and its sovereignty as guaranteed by the United Nations Charter of 1945.
The war narrative of former US Ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder a born Dutch citizen … 14 years ago making Russia a pariah state … bloody hell stop the lies and warmongering.
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Odds of NATO-Russia war rising | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer and Ivo Daalder |
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Putin Says Russia Naval Strategic Nuclear Forces Are Fully Equipped With Modern Weapons | GRAVITAS |
Russian MoD on April 11 informed about the big territorial gain in Ukraine's Sumy region. Russian MoD claimed its Sever group of forces captured Zhuravka town in the Sumy region. The latest territorial gain came days after Zelensky alleged a fresh Russian offensive. Watch for more details.
Elements of the Russian 1434th "Akhmat-Chechnya" Regiment are reportedly operating near Veselivka, and elements of the Russian 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade (49th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Southern Military District [SMD]) and drone operators of Rosgvardia Spetnaz are reportedly operating in Sumy Oblast. Elements of the Russian "Rubikon" Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies reportedly continue to operate in Kursk Oblast.
Clear-eyed Optimism by NATO SG Stoltenberg
Ukraine ’can win this war,' says NATO Chief | Amanpour – 15 Oct. 2022 |
Russia has lost a lot of capability and personnel in Ukraine as it resorts to deadly strikes on civilians across the country.
Warmongering by NATO SG Mark Rutte from 2014 as Dutch PM on forward to today.
