RE: https://mastodon.social/@adamsaidsomething/116297946376731077

The direction the EPP is going in is atrocious and sickening, but I'm done with this "if you scratch a centrist a #fascist bleeds" nonsense.

There are plenty of people in the EPP who are horrified by this behaviour (especially in the CDU). Painting an entire political family with the same brush is the same political "holier than thou" bullshit that stopped the communists from working with the social democrats in 20's/30's Germany.

When democratic forces fight each other, fascism wins. #EUpol

Report: Yemen's Houthis have entered the war in support of Iran. Disrupting traffic in the Bab el-Mandab strait "would be a game changer...a nightmare scenario."

"Restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz at the same time as..in the Bab el-Mandab will disrupt, if not cripple, trade toward Europe."

This is "now the sweet spot for the Houthis, threatening escalation without provoking regional retaliation."

Elisabeth Kendall

https://aje.news/pg663c?update=4441973

#USPol #EUPol #Houthis #IranWar #news .

No hace falta precisar de qué partido sale Fernando Navarrete... 🤦‍♀️

"Fernando Navarrete, ponente principal del expediente, anunció la retirada de su posición de reducir el ámbito de aplicación del euro digital únicamente al uso offline. Su postura bloqueó el avance de las negociaciones durante meses, poniendo en peligro todo el proceso legislativo"

https://es.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/27/el-parlamento-europeo-desbloquea-un-obstaculo-politico-clave-en-las-negociaciones-sobre-el

#EUpol #UE #Europa #europol #Euro #EuroDigital #ParlamentoEuropeo

Poll: 61% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the Iran war (37% approve).

45% say it is not going well (cf 25% saying it is).

~90% of dem & dem-leaners disapprove of Trump’s handling & say it was the wrong decision.

In contrast, ~70% of GOP & GOP-leaners approve of Trump's handling & say the decision was right.

40% of Americans say the war will make the US less safe in the long run (cf 22% saying more safe).

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/03/25/americans-broadly-disapprove-of-u-s-military-action-in-iran/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #news #Democrats #GOP .

Analysis: Iran is not just surviving the US-Israeli assault; it is fighting back.

It's a Greek tragedy: Every move the US makes to escape fate delivers it:

The US went to war to dominate – & proved it no longer could;

It demanded help from allies – & revealed it had none;

For 40 years, it tried to break Iran -- & forged a capable adversary;

It wanted leverage over China – & had to beg China for help.

~Arnaud Bertrand

Source: Zeteo, 27 Mar

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #USImperialism #news .

New World Order

"We have enemies. They are not in Palestine. They are not in Lebanon. They are not in Iran. They are here. Among us."

"They dictate our lives. They are traitors to our ideals. They are traitors to our country. They envision a world of slaves & masters."

"Gaza is only the start. There are no internal mechanisms for reform."

"We can obstruct or surrender. Those are the only choices left."

Source: Chris Hedges Report Mar 28

#USPol #EUPol #Fascism #news #racism .

Report: the Israeli army could collapse "due to the heavy operational burden & a worsening manpower shortage."

~Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of Staff

Former PM Naftali Bennett blamed the problem on the government prioritising "politics above all else":

"100,000 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of conscription age are currently fit for service... recruiting even a fifth of them would solve the problem."

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260327-bennett-israel-not-winning-on-any-front-warns-army-under-strain/

#USPol #EUPol #IDF #israel #IsraeliConscription .

Analysis: The US is "nowhere near shutting down Iran’s drones & missiles".

"A few drone strikes per week is all Tehran needs to maintain veto power over the Strait of Hormuz".

"That means Tehran is in no rush to make a deal." And "Iran’s oil exports actually increased after the war began."

3 things Trump must do to rebuild trust:

1. Unilateral De-Escalation

2. Acknowledge Iran’s demands

3. Rein in Netanyahu

Source: Zeteo 26 Mar

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #USLies #IsraeliWarmongering #News .

Iran’s five conditions to end the war:

* complete halt to “aggression & assassinations”

* concrete mechanisms to ensure the war is not reimposed

* guaranteed & clearly defined payment of war damages & reparations

* conclusion of the war across all fronts & for all resistance groups involved throughout the region

* international recognition & guarantees regarding Iran’s sovereign right re Strait of Hormuz.

https://aje.news/yxenis?update=4434919

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IranConditions #USImperialism .

Interview:

* Trump's lies about U.S. strategy & negotiations with Iran

* possible avenues of U.S. escalation

* Iranian strategy

“They want to cause enough pain to the world economy [so] that any nation that thinks of attacking Iran again" knows the consequences."

~Jeremy Scahill

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/27/us_israel_war_on_iran_jeremy

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #USLies .