Trump affirms ‘total endorsement’ of Orbán ahead of Hungary election

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly due to visit Budapest in April in support of the Prime Minister Orbán.

https://www.politico.eu/article/trump-affirms-complete-and-total-endorsement-of-orban-amid-clash-with-eu/

"When Moscow and Washington align around the same European leader, Europe cannot afford naïveté.

Our democracy, sovereignty and unity must never depend on external agendas."

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#EUCO #EUpol

original source (they're not on Mastodon?): https://bsky.app/profile/europeandemocrats.bsky.social/post/3mgtwv5zyw227

US sanctions turn International Criminal Court judge’s daily life into a nightmare

French ICC Judge Nicolas Guillou is living a nightmare after the US sanctioned him and other judges for issuing an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, once again exposing the risk of Europeans' reliance on American services.

http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/18/us-sanctions-turn-international-criminal-court-judges-daily-life-into-a-nightmare

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hennavirkkunen/115888721732640894

Dear #Mastodon this (quoted below) is the Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. Who joined today (Jan 13). Great to have someone from the commission here.
🙌 🇪🇺 ✌️

Update/Good news: The mastodon.social account *was* legitimate, and has been migrated to @HennaVirkkunen
All people who were following on mastodon.social have been moved to follow that account. (Thx @dgoldsmith for the update🙏)

& thx @[email protected] for keeping an eye out for us 🙏❤️

You might not notice it in your peer group, when you are not their age, but my daughter showed me that many 20-30yr olds are switching to dumb phones, are cancelling their Facebook/tiktok/twitter accounts and are discovering libraries and printed books. As a conscious decision. Not all of them, but quite a lot and it's growing.

1/3

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115762325563043978

Oh we have the same wish @EUCommission

I think it'd be a powerful move if you deleted your X account (a platform that has become a vector of misinformation and a cesspool of hate).

By the way, your homepage states: "Follow us on" followed by the icons of Facebook, X and LinkedIn. I always found it odd, since those are algorithm-based U.S. companies and you are the EUROPEAN Commission. How about putting your Mastodon icon on your homepage?

Thank you for your consideration

#LeaveX #SaveSocial