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32 people have been killed in school shootings in the US this year. The only death related to the French protests is someone had a heart attack while protesting. You are safer in a French riot than an American school. French people don't need to sit down, Americans need to stand up.

Europe’s highest court struck down Malta’s controversial “golden passport” program, which effectively allows people to buy citizenship, in a landmark ruling today.

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Ah, he never disappoints.

As discombobulating as Trump’s behaviour is, the French are less floored than other Europeans by the prospect of doing without America. Thank mainstream French thinking from De Gaulle to Macron Europe sounds increasingly French, in @economist.com economist.com/europe/2025/...

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Emmanuel Macron’s long-standing insistence that Europe wean itself off US military support has not always been well received. But now, as Donald Trump turns away from the continent, the French president is having his I-told-you-so moment. 🔗 ow.ly/EFLF50V8aki

Can Macron's Accent Stop Trump From Fanboying for Putin? youtu.be/D6Ui_R6BFmw

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The guest list includes the European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen and the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte. Other participants will be the German, Italian, Polish and Spanish leaders and the Danish PM, representing Scandinavia. 6/

The summit has deliberately been framed as a pan-European, not an EU event, to allow the British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to attend and to limit the participants to “key players” (ie exclude unhelpful pro Putin voices such as the Hungarian PM, Viktor Orban). 5/

“The (Trump) initiatives are an opportunity in the sense that they could accelerate the end of the war but obviously we need to see whether agreement is possible and on what conditions.” 4/

“The objective (of the summit) is to decide what Europeans can do for themselves in the light of accelerating events in Ukraine and President Trump’s initiatives,” an Elysée source told a pre-summit media briefing.

He will suggest that Europeans should a) conditionally welcome Trump’s “peace” initiative and b) commit themselves to rearmament. In other words, to quote another US President, “talk softly but carry a big stick”. 3/

Although the meeting, called by Macron, may appear like a panicked response to the aggressive and often conflicting noises emanating from Washington, the French president will ask fellow leaders to avoid the temptation to start a transatlantic war of words. 2/

Europe should view Trump’s wrecking ball approach to Nato and negotiations with Russia on the Ukraine war as “an opportunity”, not just a threat, President Emmanuel Macron will tell a hastily convened informal summit of European leaders at the Elysée Palace today. 1/

US-Russia negotiations to begin next week. US sanctions relief poss on table No Ukraine EU input collected and considered via State Department questionnaire Couldn't make this stuff up. Though you could. These risks have been clear for a long time www.ft.com/content/25c3...

Really interesting video - Breaking down roughly what the bill of materials for my 2025 dream phone would actually cost - 6000mah battery: $13 - 120Hz LTPO AMOLED: $35 - S24 Ultra back cams: $80 - 1TB, 16GB RAM: $90 - Snapdragon 8 Elite: $190 - Packaging: $30 Total: ~$500 youtu.be/bny2NJkJGXc?...

Absolutely extraordinary to me than any news outlet would publish this. But at least it very clearly underlines what feminists have been saying for some time, about the need to change 'rape culture' in society

Kind of obsessed with the way the new French PM puts on face masks

New rates for consultations with medical professionals from GPs to endocrinologists come into effect from Sunday, with additional increases planned for July 2025.

François Bayrou gets the job he always wanted as the new 🇫🇷 prime minister. But the veteran centrist still has to deal with the same split and hostile parliament, as he tries to form a government and steer through a new budget for 2025 www.economist.com/europe/2024/... In @economist.com

When can we expect new PM and interior minister to take the charge?A number of people have been waiting for JO naturalization decree since 28 October. Any clues? @emmapearson.bsky.social

Michel Barnier censuré : veni, vidi, viré. C'est la une de Libération jeudi. Par 331 voix, les députés ont renversé le gouvernement, une première depuis 1962. Plus fragilisé que jamais, Emmanuel Macron doit trouver, au plus vite, une réponse à la crise.

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Why it all went wrong for Barnier’s government, and what happens next France’s messy politics in @economist.com www.economist.com/europe/2024/...

This is the conventional view I was more encouraged by my discussions in Brussels last week about 1/ the EU's planning for Trump 2.0 and 2/ the possibility of what may emerge after Trump 2.0 It won't be easy, of course. But the leverage of populist parties and their impact is exaggerated IMV

Latest video by Bushra bibi is another proof that she is released/launched on an agenda. Clearly to keep Khan in jail. Because by pissing of the Saudis she is doing no favour to IK. And we all know what kind of Musalman IK is to expect any such attributions by a woman with questionable credentials.

Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told parliament on Thursday that Netherlands will respect the decision of the International Criminal Court & will arrest him if he sets foot on Dutch soil.

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The EU’s agreement with the Mercosur bloc, a Brazilian-motored agricultural powerhouse that includes Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, looks set for conclusion next month. But Europe’s farmer unions aren't happy about it.

I do not expect a lot from this platform but at least freedom of expression. Hope it will not be sold to a dumb billionaire.