Cold war 2.0

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Russia, China ramp up spying on Germany, counter-espionage service warns

Only one-third of NATO allies set to reach spending target, new data shows

Dutch government in crisis over asylum measures

Vacation 1, Election 0: Spain struggles to staff its polling stations

EU moves to quit energy investment treaty




Germany — National parliament voting intention

Far-right AfD is Germany's second strongest party

Over the last few days it became clear in the numbers that AfD is now the second most popular party in Germany. However since leading center right has started to melt away it is not impossible that we will see the point of "total shock". After all over the last month and a half the difference between the two was reduced by 50% and the score in now 27% vs. 20% in support. What is evidently within striking distance if the trend continues.

 

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Dutch government falls as ministers clash over migration

Netherlands — National parliament voting intention


In other words the country seems to be going to snap elections. What means that by polling data new anti-system party "BBB" should be relative winner (and fairly clear one). Plus government that is BBB+VVD could be possible in mathematical sense. What would make one pretty right wing administration. In other words I am getting impression that VVD will ditch more centrist allies for more right wing ones.





Time for France to ditch its color-blind ‘myth’?

 

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Erdoğan backs Ukraine’s NATO bid, says Putin will visit Turkey ‘next month’

When Lukashenko called Prigozhin, German spies were listening: reports

Macron blocks NATO outpost in Japan amid Chinese complaints

Biden to walk diplomatic tightrope at NATO summit

 

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Ukraine has set the standard on software power

Western powers race to finish security pledges for Ukraine

Biden arrives in London ahead of NATO summit

Social media riot shutdowns possible under EU content law, top official says

Dutch PM Mark Rutte announces he’s quitting politics

Pedro Sánchez, the high-stakes gambler, seeks to defy the odds again

Syria: More than a decade of torture, murder, disappearances

 

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Turkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO membership bid

Erdogan drops opposition to Sweden's NATO bid: Stoltenberg



This is it, the Sweden is in the NATO.
What basically turns Baltic sea into the so called "NATO pond".

 

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NATO membership offer falls short of Ukraine’s hopes

NATO countries pledge F-16 training for Ukraine

 

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NATO Agrees to Pull Ukraine Closer, but Offers No Membership Timeline

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted the alliance’s stance as “unprecedented and absurd” as his country battles Russia.

Turkey’s Economic Troubles Force Erdogan to Tilt Away From Putin (emphasis mine)

Emboldened by an election victory and starved of foreign currency, Turkish president pivots toward the West.

U.S. Clears Path for F-16 Sales to Turkey Amid NATO Expansion

The jets have long been seen as a way to repair relations between the NATO allies

America and Armenia.

Helping Armenia would not mean military assistance—but it would mean refraining from arming countries that undertake new ethnic cleansing campaigns against Armenians.

92 Flights Reveal Arms Exports to Azerbaijan

A short time later Azerbaijan officially announced that it would soon open an embassy for the first time, calling it a “historic step” and adding that the “sky is the limit for the relations between the two countries and peoples.”

 

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Spain’s Sánchez and Núñez Feijóo clash in fierce pre-election debate
If this and the polls are true the Spanish left will lose elections that are in 10 days from now.


EU conservatives score big win on industrial emissions rules
As I said the right wing takeover of the EU is in motion.

 

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Russian general says he was fired after criticizing military leadership, accuses Shoigu of treason

Sorry Russia, the Baltic Sea is NATO’s lake now

Is Turkey now joining the EU? No, but the EU is engaging

China policy: Germany outlines new 'not naive' approach

 

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The Black Sea grain deal is all but dead. What next?

 

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Moscow says Black Sea grain deal is dead

Spain’s ‘Ohio’ points to victory for the right

 

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