Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.

This is insane. And exactly the same argument that Putin is making: That one is only sovereign if you can defend yourself. That is his whole basis for invading Ukraine.

The underlying message here is that the EU is now the only ones you can count on to keep their agreements.

🇫🇷 Macron: To remain free, we must be feared. To be feared, we must be powerful. And to be powerful in this world so brutal, we must act faster and act stronger.

“As the US military chases Trump’s ever-changing Sharpie lines across the world’s maps, the West’s enemies will be tempted to take advantage of the fact that the US has obliterated the most powerful alliance in history while scattering American forces around the globe in showpiece operations.”

Reading estimates of 2000-12000 dead in Iran as govt cracks down. Insane FREE IRAN. Down with the regime

Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen: "It looks like the hardest road is still ahead of us". This feels omnious.

The Strongman Fantasy, from March 2024. May it break. snyder.substack.com/p/the-strong...

- Vi står ved en skillevej. Ned ad den ene vej går Trump og de patriotiske partier. Det er anti-klima, anti-EU, anti-Ukraine, anti-konventioner. Og så er der den anden vej, som er den danske og europæiske, hvor vi skaber stabilitet i en meget urolig verden, siger Lidegaard #dkpol

It's almost like it was never about Christianity. /s

During the Cold War the United States military had 15,000 soldiers stationed in Greenland. That presence has been reduced by 99% to just 150 soldiers today. Denmark has given the US exclusive and full military access to Greenland but the US does not use it. This has nothing to do with security.

Tusk siger det, som det er. #EUPol

The press conference we all need right now.

Thoughts: 1. The United States is in a full blow constitutional crisis, and that is not even the headline news. 2. How does Congress react to a president waging war without its consent? 3a. What does this mean for Greenland?

Trumps USA vil ikke engang garantere at komme sine Nato-allierede til undsætning. De sikkerhedsgarantier, Ukraine måtte få fra den kant, er ikke det papir værd, de bliver skrevet på. Vi ved det, de ved det, og værst af alt ved russerne det også.

DF forslag om stop for Ukraine-støtte viser, hvor tæt partiet er på de mørkeste kræfter i Europa. De kræfter, der med Trump vil gøre EU svagere og Danmark mere udsat. Vi står ved en skillevej: Skal vi svække EU og vores sikkerhed – eller styrke Europas ansvar og styrke? Jeg vælger det sidste #dkpol

"In crisis after crisis, Europe’s role is not only small but shrinking still. The question is, when will Europeans decide they’ve had enough of this weakness and irrelevance?" "This is, above all, a matter of psychology, of believing in one’s capabilities, including the capacity to say 'no.'"

🇩🇰 Danish Armed Forces have 122 photos of six Russian ships in the area of ​​the blown up Nord Stream gas pipeline four days before the explosion. One of the ships, the SS-750, had a mini-submarine on board, - FAS

Die 28 Punkte zeigen, dass die aktuelle US-Regierung bereit ist, ukrainische Souveränität und europäische Sicherheit zu opfern, wenn der Preis stimmt. Das ist mit unserer bisherigen Vorstellung einer verlässlichen transatlantischen Allianz unvereinbar. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

Pre-1900, half the population was still working in fields, & even at peak “good middle class manufacturing jobs” in the 1950s, that was only 25% of employment. On this & so many other issues, our contemporary politics are detached from the reality of actual 🇺🇸 history.

Klar opbakning til den linje, der er lagt ift Ukraine fra Danmark. Over halvdelen af de adspurgte vil enten fasholde den nuværende støtte eller øge den. Men det giver selvfølgelig ikke så mange clicks, vel @andreaskrog.bsky.social ? #dkpol www.altinget.dk/eu/artikel/t...

And no lessons, please, from Angela Merkel — the leader who made Europe dependent on Russian gas. Her short-sighted policy empowered Moscow and weakened Europe’s energy security. The EDP stands with Poland, the Baltics and Ukraine — for truth, freedom and unity. 3/3

Blaming Poland and the Baltic states for Putin’s war is both false and shameful. These countries warned Europe for years about the Kremlin’s threat while others ignored the danger. Russia alone bears responsibility for its aggression against Ukraine. 2/3

In an interview with the Hungarian outlet Partizán, after presenting a book alongside Viktor Orbán, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel surprisingly blamed Poland and the Baltic states for the breakdown of EU-Russia diplomacy — suggesting this led to Putin’s invasion. 1/3

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Jeg håber, at den danske forsvarstop læser med. Inklusive TLP. #dkforsvar #dkpol #Ukraine

Endnu engang tak til Ukraine 💪🇩🇰🇺🇦

With less (or no) American capability and capacity, the costs and trade-offs Europeans face are exacerbated, writes @rafaelloss.bsky.social @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4nl9m7P

!! Excellent! “Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.” www.politico.eu/article/germ...

400 days to save US democracy. My latest, based on a long summer in the US. How Trump is exploiting structural weaknesses of the American system & why all democrats must want Democrats to win November 2026 midterms. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rigtigt godt landsmøde til @socialdemokratiet.dk 🇩🇰 Den grønne omstilling SKAL gennemføres NU - af hensyn til generationerne der følger, som statsministeren selv formulerede det. Og af hensyn til vores sikkerhed og billigere energipriser til alle. Brug for samme handlekraft som i Ukraine #dkpol

Holy shit. Statsministeren smider et ekstra "køb" på. Det her er alvor.

Hvad fanden er det her for noget?! Forbandet barbari

💥Viktor Orbán bashing Russia in 2008, after it attacked Georgia: "The peoples of Central Europe have a duty to speak out... when an independent country is under military aggression." A year later, he met Putin one-on-one for the first time. Everything changed. The rest is history.

🇩🇰 President Zelensky has arrived in Denmark for talks with the leaders of Nordic and Baltic states. He is also scheduled to meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

Did you know that? In Aug 2014 russia promised to open a green corridor for the Ukrainian defenders encircled near Ilovaysk. While Ukrainians were moving via agreed routes, russians shelled them, killing 366, injuring 429 & imprisoning 300 ppl. Never ever trust any russian "peace" offers. Never.

I’ve been outside the Brussels bubble this summer travelling around Europe, spending time in 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇵🇱🇧🇪🇹🇷🇬🇧🇬🇷. In talking to Europeans, a grim reality has become apparent. We are facing a crisis of confidence in facing the 🇺🇸 threat. How can we make Europeans believe in themselves?

Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?‬) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...

Ukrainian army is something that ensured Europe’s security for at least 3 years. It is vital that it remains so. For the sake of all continent.

Good piece. Whatever Trump thinks, Russia is not invincible; Ukraine & the rest of Europe cd certainly defeat it. Now Europe has to realise that waiting for Trump to do the right thing is a fool's game; things will be worse if UA loses; so they must do more to help UA & hurt RU.

I don’t know who edited this photo, but it’s very good. For context, this is Yablunska Street in Bucha 🇺🇦, where dozens of civilians were killed in March 2022 by Russian troops.

"Peace in our time". Russia does not respect promises, treaties or anything that can be reneged to their advantage in the future. They are flying through their teeth. The only thing Russia respects is strength. Ukraine, like the rest of Europe, must become a steel porcupine. 🇺🇦🇪🇺

If this is true Putin is still dragging Trump along to his whims (of course). It'll be interesting to see how Trump reacts if/when he realizes this.

Masser af god energi her! Epstein-filer vil ikke forsvinde trods Trumps anstrengelser.

Applebaum: Trump admires unchecked power — no courts, no journalists. He’s likely drawn to Russia and personally impressed by Putin. As a trained KGB officer, Putin would know how to exploit weaknesses. Trump believes Putin is his friend. 1/

Very good short read. I would add that Ukraine was always part of the EU's escalation scenarios. And that relative tariffs matter: 15% is bad, but not if the rest of the world got, say, 30%.

Tid til en Europæisk Forsvarsunion - det er Vores Trumf, gentager @martinlidegaard.radikale.dk og @sigridfriis.bsky.social #dkpol Hvorfor?👇

Wrote a little love letter to Denmark 🫶🇩🇰 In good Nordic style, I of course had to dunk on them a little. But the main point is: if all European countries were more like Denmark, Ukraine and Europe would be in a very different place now. On the Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social