Muss das sein.@wackJackle @EUCommission You were faster, because that were the exact first words that came to my mind!
Dear comission, go fuck yourself!
João Costa 💚🇵🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦
Weltzeitgeist@joaocosta @jnfrd @EUCommission Have you lived under a rock for the last 15+ years and haven't seen what the EU commission normally stands for in all this time but suddenly there's money? Second: It's the EU commission, they have no power to give 820 billion euros to the military industrial complex so what the fuck is she talking about?
Sorry guys, you lost me there. Why is unlocking funds and loans to urgently investing in defence a bad thing when the US has turned soviet and the russians are at our gate armed to their teeth?
Ricardo Mendes da Costa@joaocosta @jnfrd @wackJackle @EUCommission it's weird right? Why all this animosity in this matter?
It's like some people are not happy to see Europe standing up for itself against bad actors. How weird indeed...
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈@meliante @joaocosta @jnfrd @wackJackle @EUCommission I guess some people want Eastern Europe back under Russia's influence.
We could try asking Russia nicely to stop, but I don't think they'll listen.
Even if we say "peace" a lot.....
@Lazarou @meliante @joaocosta @wackJackle @EUCommission it may have occurred to you that Putin did not manage to invade Ukraine, a single country that is not part of the Nato.
But he managed to sabotage nearly every western county, eg by sponsoring the AFD. I’m not afraid of his army of tanks. More of his army of trolls and the inertial of the eu to fight that.
I see. Perhaps we have different ways of pushing the agenda we want to see. The EU has failed on climate action, social investment, divesting from russian fuels, Troika corruption, etc but did one right thing today, and that makes me want to support them in that one right decision. Otherwise it sounds like you don't support investing in defence, when you actually do but also want investment in all those other things. Up to you, of course. 🏳️
Paolo "grad" 🌳🐝 🐛♻️🌞🌐@joaocosta @jnfrd @Lazarou @meliante @wackJackle @EUCommission
In Italy we say "Anche l'orologio guasto segna l'ora giusta due vole al giorno"
"Even a broken clock tells the right time twice a day".
EU institutions are the broken one. EU will cut welfare expenditures and stop climate programs to subsidize war industry and automotive industries who partially convert to military. This is simply unaccettable and anti-democratic.
In Italy we say "Anche l'orologio guasto segna l'ora giusta due vole al giorno"
"Even a broken clock tells the right time twice a day".
EU institutions are the broken one. EU will cut welfare expenditures and stop climate programs to subsidize war industry and automotive industries who partially convert to military. This is simply unaccettable and anti-democratic.
@grad @joaocosta @Lazarou @meliante @wackJackle @EUCommission yep. And I guess that the current amount we spend would be more then enough if better coordinated.
@jnfrd @joaocosta @Lazarou @meliante @wackJackle @EUCommission
Exactly.
The Italian media aligned with NATO and the EU have been misinforming in recent days by presenting a report with data from the IISS ‘The International Institute for Strategic Studies’ in which it was said that the EU spends far less on military defence than Russia and therefore much more needs to be spent. But one of Italy's leading universities conducted an analysis reporting the true and certified data, refuting... 1/2
Exactly.
The Italian media aligned with NATO and the EU have been misinforming in recent days by presenting a report with data from the IISS ‘The International Institute for Strategic Studies’ in which it was said that the EU spends far less on military defence than Russia and therefore much more needs to be spent. But one of Italy's leading universities conducted an analysis reporting the true and certified data, refuting... 1/2
@jnfrd @joaocosta @Lazarou @meliante @wackJackle @EUCommission
those of IISS, which shows instead that EU already spends 58% more than Russia on defence. The authors of the study asked the media to publish the correction, but no newspaper did so.
Here the link: https://osservatoriocpi.unicatt.it/ocpi-pubblicazioni-facciamo-chiarezza-nel-2024-la-spesa-militare-europea-eccedeva-quella-russa-del-58
those of IISS, which shows instead that EU already spends 58% more than Russia on defence. The authors of the study asked the media to publish the correction, but no newspaper did so.
Here the link: https://osservatoriocpi.unicatt.it/ocpi-pubblicazioni-facciamo-chiarezza-nel-2024-la-spesa-militare-europea-eccedeva-quella-russa-del-58
Facciamo chiarezza: nel 2024 la spesa militare europea eccedeva quella russa del 58% | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
La spesa europea per la difesa eccede quella russa del 58% nel 2024 (56% considerando solo UE e altri membri NATO in Europa e 19% considerando la sola UE).
@grad @jnfrd @joaocosta @Lazarou @meliante @EUCommission 'The authors of the study asked the media to publish the correction, but no newspaper did so.'
That's something. I wonder why...
@wackJackle @jnfrd @joaocosta @Lazarou @meliante @EUCommission
yep...
not a surprise.
In RSF's World Press Freedom Index 2024, Italy is 49th
yep...
not a surprise.
In RSF's World Press Freedom Index 2024, Italy is 49th