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"Quand il sortira de prison y'en aura plein qui diront NON J'AURAI DU EN PROFITER AVANT, et oui, Sarko en prison c'est comme une éclipse..." (minute 5.20)

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Super interesting Rafael thanks.
I laugh at the contradiction between the vanity of US State Department saying "unacceptable" (forbidden words in diplomacy 101) and the triviality of contributing to a Commission consultation on the Have your say portal.

Parliament stalls EU’s first effort to simplify rules for business Move sets up a clash with the European Commission and EU leaders, who are on a drive to roll back legislation quickly.

Simplification, when made a political mantra, becomes self-defeating.

We might cut a couple of reporting obligations, but will pay with generalized legal uncertainty.

#CWP2026

Ce discours est déséspérant apres la Géorgie, l'Ukraine et les aggressions hybrides que nous subissons.
Mais c'est la légereté des grandes capitales Européennes qui devrait nous alarmer.
La défense est leur prérogative souveraine, on ne peut pas se cacher derriere l'OTAN ou L'UE.

Good point, although optimistic on the Trump ever having a last day in office part...

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.

This is so funny

Some additional proof that the #Paragon #spyware scandal is, in fact, very much home grown.

I expanded the points in the thread into the short piece below. This is the VDem trajectories in rule of law and control of corruption that illustrate Sandu's successful record. She took office in 2020.
www.policymagazine.ca/maia-sandus-...

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Pro-European forces take Moldova parliament despite Russian interference campaign Moldova's governing Action and Solidarity party won 50.14% of votes in parliamentary elections, more than double the 24.20% secured by the opposition Patriotic Electoral Bloc that advocates closer…

Pro-European forces take Moldova parliament despite Russian interference campaign

Moldova's governing party won 50.14% of votes in parliamentary elections, over double the 24.20% secured by the opposition party that advocates closer ties with Russia
euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/29/p...

💥The aftermath of an attack on the Russian military training ground in Molkino, Krasnodar region. 14 strike drones were used in the assault.

Six transport-loading vehicles of the Iskander missile systems were destroyed, while a Pantsir-S1 also sustained damage.

Second half of August 2025.

Bruxelles : La Cour Constitutionelle suspend le report de la Zone de basses émissions - RTBF Actus Dans un arrêt rendu ce jeudi, la Cour constitutionnelle a suspendu l’ordonnance prévoyant le report de certaines mesures...

Les bonnes nouvelles sont trop rares pour ne pas être partagées

Bruxelles : La cour Constitutionelle suspend le report de la Zone de basses émissions - RTBF Actus

www.rtbf.be/article/brux...

Only in Belgium, well maybe NL also...

YouTube video by Blob Attention à la mousse !

Les députés européens qui font leur rentrée à Strasbourg la semaine prochaine

a woman sitting on a bench with the words but it 's so hard behind her ALT: a woman sitting on a bench with the words but it 's so hard behind her

Maybe we should stop being a geo-political door mat.

Politicians:

Yes we do have our systems, and the institution VDL presides invested billions in EGNOS and Galileo. Russians are lucky that we are also very stupid.

Ursula von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference Officials suspect jamming operation forced jet carrying European Commission president to land in Bulgaria using paper maps

Where are Galileo and EGNOS in this story?
EC would have a better story if they could say: the Russians tried but we have our sovereign technology and nothing happened.
This just looks pathetic EU between US tech and RU nuisance.

🇷🇺 « Mais Mélenchon n’est pas pro-Kremlin !!! »

A DIFFUSER TRÈS LARGEMENT :

J’ai mis dos à dos les propos de Mélenchon aux AMFIS 2025 avec ceux de Poutine en juin.

JLM répète mot pour mot le discours du Kremlin.

C’est une honte !

Que les journalistes le confrontent là dessus !

what more do we need to know about russia and its intentions?
via @united24media.com
united24media.com/latest-news/...

Een van de belangrijkste taken van het (niet alleen wetenschappelijk) onderwijs vandaag de dag is het bijbrengen van het verschil tussen kritisch denken en “je eigen onderzoek” doen.

Mélenchon est à vomir. Même le parti communiste avait plus de dignité dans sa façon de relayer la voix de Moscou

Evidence mounting about Russian tactics of sexual torture against Ukrainian civilians: UN expert GENEVA – The Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, and several other experts have sent a dossier of sexual torture allegations to the Russian Federation involving the cases of 10 Ukrainia...

Ukraine les experts de l’ONU viennent de publier un rapport sur l’usage systématique de la torture sexuelle par les troupes russes contre les civils ukrainiens en zone occupée.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Everybody wants peace but Russia CANNOT AFFORD PEACE at this stage. Russia is too far in to cut their losses and yet not far enough to secure their gains (impose regime change, disarmament...).
In 2025, peace can't be negotiated, only imposed.

NB: This time around, Europe didn’t even demand a seat at the table because no one takes this seriously enough or thinks that this will change the game fundamentally.

Also no appetite to sit next to Trump and look dumb when he gets played by Putin

Morals aside, "taking care of people who got hurt" is basic How To Team 101.

How is somebody supposed to wanna go hunting if they know that as soon as they break an arm doing it, the whole crew's just gonna shrug & go "sorry you're useless now byeeeee"

Our sources in Moscow, familiar with the Kremlin's way of thinking: As long as negotiations are going on in Istanbul, regardless of exactly how they go, no tough sanctions will be imposed by Trump, no long-range missiles will be supplied to Kyiv, no authorization for deep strikes will be given.

Hydration sensor alerts wearer to urgent water need Much like the low-fluid warning light in a car, a new wearable sensor linked to a smartphone app is set to alert people when their hydration levels are dangerously low. The device could be a big help ...

This should be really helpful for all colleagues who bring two liter flasks to one hour long meetings, should they forget about their hydration levels.