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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 12h

This is one of the dumbest bothsideism argumentations I've ever read.

As is if trying to set rules to fight climate change was as stupid as banning veggie burgers. Come on @szde.bsky.social. you can do better.

Saying the right does stupid things is getting difficult these days.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 13h

Not only is my Burger veggie, but so is my butcher

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 18h

I love this:

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 18h

D'ADR ass dogeint, de Letzebuerger Schoulsysteem irgendwei un der Realitéit unzepassen - ergo: ass dofir daat dei Lëtzebuergesch Economie emmer mei vun Arbechtskräft aus dem Ausland oofhängeg gett.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 22h

To my Brusseleir followers with roots in Germany or/and Luxembourg: Where do you watch the game on Friday?

If there's one Germany team we can beat, it's this one!

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 1d

It's quite tragic that the party who panics about gendern - a legitimate language concern - is the one actually forbidding words.

For my part, I'll continue calling vegan products chicken, steak and salami, because I find dissociating the culinary experience from animal cruelty important.

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juliehaviland2.bsky.social @juliehaviland2.bsky.social · 2d

L'idée de ne plus "faire barrage" parce que Macron n'a pas respecté ceci ou cela, c'est un raisonnement complètement incongru pour moi. Pourquoi faudrait-il se punir des erreurs des autres ?

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 2d

I'd ban debates on veggie burgers instead of veggie burgers. This is painful to watch.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 2d

2nd take: Luxembourg's progressive opposition - just as most of Europe's right now - is so weak at articulating political points.

Luxembourgish Socialists and Greens failed at delivering any intelligible message against Luc Frieden on Tuesday.

www.wort.lu/meinung/komm...

Tilly Metz und Marc Angel machen es Luc Frieden zu leicht

Luxemburgs fortschrittliche EU-Abgeordnete schaffen es nicht, den luxemburgischen Premier in die Zange zu nehmen.

www.wort.lu

Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 2d

First take on Luc Frieden's speech in the European Parliament:

www.wort.lu/politik/luc-...

Luc Frieden will Montenegro schon 2026 in die EU holen

In einer Grundsatzrede im EU-Parlament bricht der CSV-Premier eine Lanze für die Erweiterungspolitik und für eine Migrationspolitik „mit Herz“.

www.wort.lu

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, I was busy writing: Here is the analysis: www.wort.lu/politik/luc-...

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 2d

read the article soon :)

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 2d

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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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

youtu.be/aJAsNUjs7LQ?...

"El tomate español es IMBATIBLE" Pedro Sánchez

YouTube video by GranCanariaTv.com

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

That "he has built a strong left leaning project" - he hasn't built much - but scored a lot indeed. And has survived even more. But if his survival would depend on a right wing turn, he'd do it, too.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

Don't want to spainsplain again. But - except for an extreme short period of time (when podemos and ciudadans emerged) - Spain has always been extremely polarised. The tale of the two Spains is the country's most structuring element in politics.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

Wasn't that my starting point?

Luck, ruthless opportunism, and clever positioning rather than grand strategy.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

The VAR would probably give the recognition credit to Macron (sanchez' rushed recognition had little traction) and the NextGen to Merkron - it was the one time the DE/FR motor actually worked. It's a fun debate, though.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

There are so many buts. Look at eu level: spain is caricatural on Israel, weak on ukraine, sanchez forced the socialists in the EU parl into total submission just to place ribera. In 2019, all he cared about was getting rid of Borrell. His main recent eu initiative was making Basque an off. language

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

That might be true, but that doesn't make Sanchez a more principled politician. Don't get me wrong: Spain gets a lot of things right, and it's Sanchez merit that the progressive camp was in power long enough to make it happen. That's his main selling point, IMHO.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

They're a pleasant side effect rather than a deliberate and guiding project. In fine, it doesn't really matter. But Sanchismo is more of a method than a project, IMHO.

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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 3d

You know I like your witty takes, but this one is just off. Sanchez' resilience is not based on any project. On the contrary, Sanchez' radical opportunism + the emergence of Vox are what make him so resilient.

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Falk Steiner @fsteiner.bsky.social · 3d

Das ist das, worauf jetzt diese ganzen komischen "Merkel gibt Polen und Baltikum Mitschuld an Ukraine-Krieg"-Meldungen basieren.

A) ist das vollkommen irrelevant.
B) ist daran nichts skandalös.
C) man muss nicht auf jeden Baum.

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Marina Weisband @afelia.bsky.social · 3d

Ich schaue nach langer Zeit durchaus wieder mit Optimismus wieder in die Ukraine. Und zwar, weil ihre Kriegsstrategie aufgeht. Weil sie schneller innoviert als Russland. Letztlich, weil sie ein freies Land ist. Und Russland nicht.

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Sacha de Wijs @sachadewijs.bsky.social · 3d

Must-read @ecfr.eu : Putin’s Valdai speech marks a shift. He brands Europe “enemy #1”, vows more military pressure, backs far-right parties & steps up info warfare — while praising Trump as a model.
Europe must reinforce defence and resilience !

ecfr.eu/article/enem...

Enemy number one: What Putin’s foreign policy speech says about Europe

At this year’s Valdai club, Vladimir Putin gave his most anti-EU speech yet, citing his determination to see new anti-establishment politicians to come to power and improve Europe’s relations with…

ecfr.eu

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