Ireland will invest 12 million euros ($12.9 million) to help replenish depleted EU arms stocks, the Irish Times reported on June 11, citing the country's defense department....
Get into the car in the morning and drive through France into Belgium on the way to the Netherlands. And the only sign of change of country is a sign along the road that I almost missed. Nobody checked our (German) IDs and we did not need a passport.
Living in the #EU, we tend to take it for granted that we can easily cross borders. But it's an wonder, an achievement, something worth fighting for.
"Overall across the #EU, two mainstream and pro-European groups, the Christian Democrats and the Socialists, remained the dominant forces. The gains of the far right came at the expense of the Greens.
For decades, the European Union confined the hard right to the political fringes. With its strong showing in these elections, the far right could now become a major player in policies ranging from migration to security and climate."
The Greens becomes the third biggest party at 13.8%
Social Democrats stays as the by far largest party with 24.9%
The Conservatives end up at 17.6%
And more surprisingly the same trend as in #Finland but less extreme, the Left-Ving party gain 4.8% and end up at 11%, almost doubling it's votes from last time.
Welche Wählergruppen stimmten besonders häufig für wen? Welche Partei schnitt bei Erstwählern gut ab und wer bei Rentnern? Bei wem machten Männer und Frauen ihr Kreuz? Ein Überblick auf Basis der Daten von infratest dimap.
Was Wählende bei der Europawahl über die Grünen denken
Wie kam es zu den Verlusten der Grünen bei der Europawahl? Was war den Wählerinnen und Wählern wichtig. Welche Themen waren entscheidend? Bei welchen Kompetenzen haben sie eingebüßt. Ein Überblick in Grafiken.
On June 8th, 96 combat engagements took place on the battlefront where fascist russia is invading Europe. The rashists carried out 48 airstrikes against peaceful Ukrainians. They fired four thousand shots from various heavy weapons, including 83-Rockets from multiple-launch rocket systems.
🇪🇺 Today, if you are EU citizen, please go out to vote. Vote for yourself, vote for the community, and please go out and vote for us "Europeans" disenfranchised by Brexit 🙏
🇪🇺 💥 Battle related deaths in #Europe, estimated by #UCDP
The chart shows how many deaths related to wars have been in Europe since 1989
🇷🇺 #Russia has been the country most involved in these deaths: about 20.000 in wars internal to russia (mainly in #Chechnya), and 175.000 in external wars (🇺🇦 #Ukraine, 🇬🇪 #Georgia, 🇲🇩 #Moldova)
Then the wars in 🇧🇦 🇷🇸 🇭🇷 🇽🇰 former #Yugoslavia with 57.000 deaths, and in 🇦🇿 🇦🇲 #NagornoKarabakh with 14.000
Back in November 2023, I wrote about the looming backlash in environmental politics in the EU for Yale E360. Now the Union and its parties are entering the decisive phase of this struggle, both with the ongoing elections, which will result in a new parliament and commission, and with the imminent decision of the Council of member states about the #NatureRestorationLawhttps://e360.yale.edu/features/europe-environment-backlash#EU#Euelection#Europe#climate
Die Mitglieder der EU-Organe werden entweder direkt gewählt oder von den nationalen Regierungen nach Brüssel geschickt. Die Union hat zwar Schönheitsfehler - aber ist sie deshalb auch undemokratisch? Von Christian Feld.
Deutschland zahlt mehr Geld in EU-Töpfe, als es daraus erhält - es ist ein sogenannter Nettozahler. Aber bedeutet diese Rechnung, dass die Deutschen ohne die Europäische Union besser dran wären? Von Ilias Hamdani.
President Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for the Republican monthslong holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield, as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy appealed for bipartisan U.S. support “like it was during World War II.” #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin#EU#NATO
G’morning, all! And a special shout out to the folks here in Ireland: please go out and vote today in the local and EU elections. As lefty as you can. They’re all imperfect systems but at least we have proportional representation here and that’s way better than what most folks have. And we must fight the rise of fascism here and in the EU. This is one – of many – ways we do that. So please, go out and vote.
In rare defense investment, Ireland will spend around $13 million to replenish EU arms stocks (www.yahoo.com)
Ireland will invest 12 million euros ($12.9 million) to help replenish depleted EU arms stocks, the Irish Times reported on June 11, citing the country's defense department....
Vanuatu Faces Visa Requirement Permanently as EU Targets Citizenship By Investment (CBI) Schemes (www.stvincenttimes.com)
The EU Commission is proposing today to permanently re-introduce the visa requirement for citizens of Vanuatu....