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Evarist Bartolo, Malta's former Minister of European and Foreign Affairs, urges a shift toward a model where states “listen before they speak,” and where foreign policy is shaped by mutual respect, not bloc loyalty: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/the-eus-pretence-of-equality

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Jusqu'en février 2025, l'Europe a été un instrument consentant de la politique étrangère des États-Unis. S'en rendant compte à l'instant, les dirigeant·es ne peuvent pas changer leur conviction de défendre le bien contre le mal. Iels choisissent donc de passer d'un discours des Lumières à un discours de réarmement.

En Allemagne, les partis politiques libéraux hérités du passé ont vu leurs votes chuter à 60 % (contre 76 % lors des élections parlementaires précédentes, trois ans plus tôt). Juste avant de se séparer, les représentant·es ont adopté une loi qui pourrait doubler la dette nationale.

"Après quinze années pendant lesquelles les partis politiques allemands ont sermonné leurs citoyen·nes en leur expliquant que la « hausfrau souabe » était le seul modèle de dépenses publiques et qu'on ne devait pas accabler « nos petits-enfants » par la prodigalité d'aujourd'hui, les mêmes partis politiques allemands ont abandonné la « responsabilité fiscale » en votant une nouvelle dette de plus de mille milliards d'euros, défiant non seulement leur propre frein à l'endettement, mais aussi celui qu'iels ont imposé au reste de l'Union européenne."

Mathew D. Rose (en) https://braveneweurope.com/mathew-d-rose-germany-has-sealed-its-own-demise

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The liberal legacy political parties had votes drop to 60 percent (from 76 percent in the previous parliamentary election three years earlier). Just before parting, the representatives passed a law that may double the national debt.

'After fifteen years of German legacy political parties lecturing their citizens that the Swabian hausfrau was the sole paradigm for government spending and that “our grandchildren” could not be burdened by today’s profligacy, the same German political parties have abandoned “fiscal responsibility”, having voted over one trillion euros in new debt, defying not only its own debt brake, but the one it imposed on the rest of the EU.'

Mathew D. Rose: https://braveneweurope.com/mathew-d-rose-germany-has-sealed-its-own-demise

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Cognitive dissonance

Until February 2025, Europe had been a willing tool of US foreign policy. Realizing it just now, the rulers cannot change their belief in standing for good versus evil. So they choose to change their narrative from one of enlightenment to one of rearmament.

"In spite of all the grand-standing and posturing, Europe has been reduced to a geopolitical appendage of the United States, following Washington’s lead in prolonging the conflict while shouldering the costs. While the EU sees itself as a global moral authority, it has been sidelined in actual negotiations. Instead, peace talks are being brokered by the U.S. and China, with Europe playing no decisive role. Even within the European Parliament, there exists a near-religious belief in a narrative that contradicts basic military and economic realities."

(Read or watch) https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/the-eus-decision-to-die-on-the-hill

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