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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 12h

This is so 2025

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 15h

Sheesh. The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia.
www.ft.com/content/af80...

Netherlands curtails intelligence-sharing with US over ‘human rights’

Dutch spy chiefs cite concerns about Trump administration’s ‘politicisation’ of services

www.ft.com

Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 12h

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EP Press Service @press.europarl.europa.eu · 14h

🗳️ No majority in Parliament for an EU forest monitoring framework

EP today rejected a proposal on the monitoring framework for resilient European forests. In a separate vote, MEP adopted a new status for the Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group

Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

No majority in Parliament for an EU forest monitoring framework | News | European Parliament

EP today rejected a proposal on the monitoring framework for resilient European forests. In a separate vote, Members adopted a new status for the Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group.

www.europarl.europa.eu

Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 12h

Having @buerokratiemonster.bsky.social in the European Parliament TV studio with @left.eu MEPs ... makes this not your average plenary day :-)

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 1d

💥“Oil may come from the East, but freedom always comes from the West.”

One of Viktor Orbán’s best lines from his anti-Kremlin phase (2007).

Then he met Vladimir Putin one-on-one in 2009—and everything changed. These days, his inner circle profits heavily from Russian oil deals.

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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 1d

Soup of the Week, episode 9: How Viktor Orbán Built the EU’s First Dictatorship
youtu.be/lytK-oJPZLo

How Viktor Orbán Built the EU’s First Dictatorship

YouTube video by Vatnik Soup

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Jesper Olsen @superonkel.bsky.social · 1d

Woke = en moderne forkortning af “Menneskerettighederne” som blev defineret og nedskrevet i 1789 i Frankrig.
Basis for det moderne europæiske demokrati - og for EU-organisationen, for FN-samarbejdet - UNICEF og andre større globale organisationer.
Helt basalt.
Nothing new here!

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".

Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 1d

Probably not one of the "first to"-records he has hoped to set.

What puzzles me, is that it has not generated more focus outside of France on the responsibility of the party in this - and the need of a reckoning.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first former French president in modern history to step into a prison cell on Tuesday, the former president indicated over the weekend.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy heading to prison Tuesday

Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison last month.

www.politico.eu

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 1d

And to think, this only comes three years later than it should have...

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

EU ministers agree on law to phase out Russian gas imports

Must still be negotiated with the European Parliament
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Council agrees its position on rules to phase out Russian gas imports under REPowerEU

Today, the Council reached a general approach on the REPowerEU regulation to gradually phase out Russian gas imports, with the aim of ending any dependency on Russian gas and strengthening the EU's en...

www.consilium.europa.eu

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 1d

Mens Trump og hans venner råber op om Antifa, ser vi historier som denne her ⬇️ - om vold og had fra grupper associeret med det yderste højre.

Dagens ETC @etc.se · 1d

Fyra unga män i åtalas för att i slutet av augusti ha gett sig på totalt fyra personer i Stockholm: rån, misshandel och hot.
Enligt åklagaren finns det ett hatbrottsmotiv. De misstänkta hör till den nazistiska Aktivklubb-rörelsen. Och en av dem har förstört sin häktescell med vit makt-klotter.

Aktivklubb-nazister åtalas för grov misshandel och hatbrott

Slog ner och rånade – gjorde Hitler-hälsning samtidigt • Vandaliserat cellen med vit makt-klotter. 

www.etc.se

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Olof Gill @olofgill.bsky.social · 5d

The EU Commission has published guidance for operators relating to refined products obtained from Russian crude oil 👇

finance.ec.europa.eu/publications/oil-imports_en

Oil imports

FAQs on sanctions against Russia and Belarus, with focus on the following provisions: Articles 3m and 3n of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014.

finance.ec.europa.eu

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 6d

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 7d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

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Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw.bsky.social · 13d

Bravo! MEPs urge ‪EU Parliament President Metsola to rebuke @ec.europa.eu for:
1️⃣ Pushing a Morocco deal before Parliament's consent
2️⃣ Ignoring ECJ rulings
3️⃣ Rewarding Morocco’s illegal occupation of #WesternSahara
The EU can’t defend #RuleOfLaw while breaking it.
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/meps...

MEPs urge European Parliament President to act on controversial trade agreement with Morocco - Enhedslisten.EU

MEP Per Clausen has taken the initiative to a cross-party letter that asks the EP's President to act on the trade agreement with Morocco.

enhedslisten.eu

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 7d

It is Tuesday, it is strike time - and right now, protesters are blocking Brussels' Avenue de la Couronne.

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 11d

Reappointing Lecornu?😮

Macron is by now becomming almost Monty Pythonesque...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 11d

Peter Thiel is quite, quite mad.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 12d

Some, like SAS, already do.

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 12d

Shhhh! Don't let the EPP know. Or else Weber's meat police might show up...

Anna Cavazzini @annacavazzini.bsky.social · 12d

LG live aus der Kantine im Europaparlament.

Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 12d

These figures certainly makes you wonder why someone keeps pouring money into GB News.

Almost as if the true purpose might not be to have a commercially viable channel...

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 13d

Tell who your friends are...

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 13d

⚡️ Russia just hosted the Taliban for its first official meeting since removing the group from its terrorist list.
united24media.com/latest-news/...

Russia Hosts Taliban for First Official Meeting After Removing Group From Terrorist List

Russia held its first official meeting with Taliban officials on October 7, following its recognition of the Afghan government and removal of the group from its list of terrorist organizations, The…

united24media.com

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 14d

Even Manfred Weber admits that the Veggie Burger ban is absolute nonsense: "Consumers are not stupid", he said - and "this is not a priority".

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 15d

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 14d

07-10-1937 MADAGASCAR: Despite the legalization of the unions, workers organizing the Departmental Union of Workers and Employees of Madagascar are immediately brought before the colonialist courts.

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Pelle Geertsen @pellechristy.bsky.social · 14d

The EP is gathered Strasbourg this week - so what could be better than joining the @left.eu press briefing? 💪

... and here, you can pick up good arguments for showing a lack of confidence in the leadership of the European Commission🇪🇺?

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