#FrugalsInTrenches be like:

(Who remembers when Finland tried to use its presidency of half of the EU legislator to gut the already tiny common defence budget France had to drag them to kicking and screaming?...)

#MyGrudgesAreMeasuredInEons #EUpol #EU #politics #Finland #ReArm #Europe #politics #frugals

I forgot to do my: "In conclusion, Carthage must be destroyed!" bit at the end, damn. So here goes: #EndRebates

We could already be spending 7 extra billions a year on helping #Ukraine if #Germany #Austria #Sweden #TheNetherlands and #Denmark didn't blow a 49 billion euro hole in the #EU budget to cosplay Margaret Thatcher.

#EU #UE #EuropeanUnion #EUMFF #NotTheFunKind #frugals #Europe #budget #rebates #EUpol #europolitics

We have an "are there frugals in trenches?" update from the (informal) #EUCO in Brussels.

https://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/20250203-informal-eu-leaders-retreat-february-2025/147570-arrival-and-doorstep-orpo-fi-20250203

"We need common money for defence," says Finnish PM Petteri #Orpo, following Denmark's lead on the Atlanticists & Frugals Mugged by Reality train.

Stick a fork in πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί frugalism, it's done.

#EU #UE #EuropeanUnion #Europe #Finland #Frugals #EUpol #europol #europolitics #EUpolitics

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...therefore, Dutch citizens will stop voting for whichever clown yells the loudest against the EU and "globalists" and regulations that stop them from poisoning our water and soil and giving money to "lazy, drunk Southerners" who spend it all on women, to quote a Dutch classic...

...right? #frugals

@gimulnautti @REA Is it really the Commission that needs to take note of that? Who decides how to finance it? #WTFistheCouncil
Member statelets in the Council: "Spending... mmmmoney? At EU LEVEL???" #frugals
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