Can’t be worse then it is already ;-)

Idk, but 8 billion Neanderthals would’ve needed a lot more meat, ceteris paribus.

Now do Brexit.

But, but… UK has no Romanian Court.

For the curious, the other nations are Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

And technically, also Venezuela, but it’s Mercosur membership has been suspended for the obvious reasons.

Is it really, really happening now?? It has taken so long and so many Gvements have been involved, it’s just crazy.

Interesting way of framing it.

It’s not getting any safer lately.

Hope that NATO & allies , but especially Europe, comes up with a good plan these days during the talks.

In other media: they are called Rebels.

Funny how a group trying to fight an autocratic regime that started out in 1971 is called terrorist in this media outlet.

BUCHAREST, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Romania’s top court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes in the first round of the presidential election and the country’s top security body warned Romania was a key target for hostile actions from Russia after a shock result in the ballot. Having polled in single digits before Sunday’s vote, independent far-right politician Calin Georgescu, 62, surged to a victory that raised questions over how such a surprise had been possible in the European Union and NATO member state.

U.K. is an unfortunate example of how it can really go wrong.

I was just searching for a concise list of elections gone sideways, but unfortunately I haven’t found yet the correct algorithm(/s)

I did find some other results, for elections in USA and Brazil. And, also this worrisome international Ipsos report.

Another election possibly gone sideways due to the (abuse of) social media. Reminds me of the same spectacular electoral results in Indonesia, in which Tik-Tok played a mayor role [ see Reuters article )

“There has been a reluctance to acknowledge that this is a systematic, centrally directed sabotage campaign targeting not just one country or another, but the Western world as a whole,” he said.

Seems that many people are closing their eyes to these incidents. Separately, these acts of terrorism & sabotage seem" minor" incidents, but add them all up, and it’s a coordinated atack.

I wonder when will European Officials have enough of this and react adequately.

According to the plans, and as I understand it, ideally and eventually, absolutely yes. The system is there, but underdeveloped.

The more I think about it, the more I see it’s potential.

So, in the “new” Europe, we would like a Norwegian guy to be able to invest easily in a Portuguese startup who is investing in Romania.

Development is key, hopefully we see rapid improvements by 2027 EU leaders to set deadlines on bloc’s competitiveness push

Honestly I don’t know. .Iirc Draghi’s reputation in Italy is somewhat divided though his bio and international reputation is very impressive. Personally I agreed with many points of his analyses in his 2024 report, though I remain a bit critical of his proposed solutions. There was recently another report, also interesting, but i can’t remember the name.

Of late,modern monetary theories have shed light on a different approach to the famous 2% EU spending rule. The situation and crises in Europe is a challenge, and something must change and should be done.

This whole topic though a bit abstract for general public is quite relevant to the EU. According to this Press release by the Council of the EU,19 November 2024, Capital markets union: Council adopts revamped rules for EU clearing services.

" Derivatives play an important role in the economy, but they also bring certain risks. This was demonstrated during the 2008 financial crisis, that brought to light the weaknesses in the OTC derivatives markets.

To address the situation, the EU adopted the European market infrastructure regulation (EMIR) in 2012. The aim was to increase transparency in the OTC derivatives markets, mitigate credit risk and reduce operational risk.

On 7 December 2022, the Commission presented a proposal to review European market infrastructure regulation and directive in order to deepen the EU’s capital markets union, improve the existing rules and make the EU’s clearing landscape more attractive.

Adoption by the Council follows an agreement reached with the European Parliament at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure.

This article depicts my worries for especially Europe very well, considering;

• the need to develop EU Capital market ( ex.Draghi plan) & many others external advisers (ex WTF, Mc Kensey)
• American Capital market giants expanding their operations ( ex. blackrock, capital group) and their trackrecords in wreaking chaos
• the need to curb inflation and having competitive and doable interest rates

my question remains, how can we as EU develop our market in a positive way, without crazy money cowboys overuling the capital market?

This article depicts my worries very well.

Seems changes keep coming, and more will follow.

Also check for more context this article The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover

It analyses how the political views and powers are shifting.

Here a less sensationalist headline and more nuanced article:

Would Benjamin Netanyahu be arrested in Germany?

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Update: update guardian

President [Putin] says hypersonic missile ( Oreshnik) fired at Dnipro military site in reply to Kyiv’s strikes in Russia with western missiles

Apperantly, and I’m no expert, after checking various sources, the exact missile type hasn’t been confirmed yet, independentally. There seems to be a discussion of two options afaik; a proper ICBM; or another version, sort of it’s little brother, which is more of a shorter range missile.

Also, maybe it’s part of being" neutral", yet the future will tell where this (alleged of human rights abuses) tiktok president is going

" DW Asia-Pacific Bureau Chief Georg Matthes, however, is certain that Indonesia is still trying to remain non-aligned in international politics, despite the exercises with Russia.

“These trainings are quite important for Indonesian military, but it’s not something uncommon. They recently conducted a similar training with German naval vessels,” Matthes said, also mentioning the massive annual “Super Garuda Shield” exercises that Indonesia has conducted with the United States since 2006.