Cold war 2.0

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Far-right Patriots party picks Vox’s Santiago Abascal as president

Macron in Argentina to soothe would-be G20 wrecker Milei

Starmer to meet Xi for ‘pragmatic’ talks

Ukraine: US to let Kyiv strike deep inside Russia — reports

Japanese troops to start deployments in Australia

India announces successful hypersonic missile test

 

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Scholz ups pressure to finalize Mercosur trade deal

China seeks deeper ties with Brazil as G20 kicks off in Rio

This is evident geopolitical fight over Brazil.





Russia warns Biden that long-range missile approval escalates Ukraine war

Sweden issues pamphlet telling citizens what to do if Russia attacks

New Baltic Sea mystery as Finland probes internet cable damage

 

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Romania to elect new president, parliament

4 takeaways from Romania’s presidential debate


The hard righter should enter the run off for the president.
After all his party should more than double in the parliament.

None of the candidates came out in support of legalizing gay marriage, with some using the debate to restate that it should remain an option only for one man and one woman.

After all this is the most religious country in EU based on what I have seen.

 

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The hard right is mainstream in Brussels now

The decades old traditions are slowly but surely coming to an end.

 

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Second von der Leyen era on track to start Dec. 1

Ursula is starting her second term at the helm of EU.




UK Storm Shadow missiles reportedly fired on Russian targets

Iran in standoff with European powers over nuclear deal

Hong Kong: China-critic Jimmy Lai testifies at trial

Haiti: Doctors Without Borders halts work in Port-au-Prince

 

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Gintautas Paluckas confirmed as Lithuania’s new prime minister



Typical of "reformed" communists. They are all nice until they win elections, but they can't form coalition government on their own. What means that the odds are that they will make a coalition with some of the worst forms of right.

If this is really true EU centrals of center left and the greens should throw out their Lithuanian parties. Exactly as it was done in Slovakia recently (where the same thing happened).

 

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Argentina’s president gifts Giorgia Meloni chainsaw-wielding figurine of himself


What a dude.

 

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World War III has officially begun, Ukraine’s ex-top general says

The man is technically right, Ukraine is facing much more than just Russia.




Xi Jinping visits Morocco, meets crown prince

Russia supplied anti-air missiles to North Korea, Seoul says

Brazil police indict ex-president Bolsonaro over coup plot

Barnier spurns Germany, heads to Italy for first bilateral visit

Austria opens door to Romania, Bulgaria in EU free-travel zone

Nordic countries ramping up civil defense amid Ukraine war

 

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Romanian hard-right chief pitches himself as Europe’s next Meloni


Is it 2016 in Romania ?

 

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Romanian election: Reformist candidate on track to beat hard-right leader and reach presidential runoff


It is fairly close but it seems that the runoff will be between a leftists and a centrist liberal. The centrist was just a few percent behind the hard right guy in the polls and it seem that she will be able to push him out of the final round. However this is still in the air.


The right wing parties mess this up by running too many candidates that have divided the base in too equal manner. Therefore none will get through as it stands for now.

 

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Romania election stunner: Fringe hard-right candidate now set to reach presidential runoff


Plot twist: the exit poll was wrong.
The biggest hard liner is the the one that should make it to the second round. He is even to the right of the guy that was considered to be "dangerous hard right candidate that has a shoot". However if this short profile is correct I really don't see how this isn't Russian pawn of some sort.

 

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4:40 LOL at the red east (especially in contrast to western Europe).
I mean this clearly shows how different is life at the west and east of the continent (in general).


Plus this video proves what I was saying a while ago: Many find BSW party confusing, but in reality that is just East European mainstream that has managed to make itself a nest in Germany.

 

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Romania election stunner: Fringe hard-right candidate now set to reach presidential runoff


Plot twist: the exit poll was wrong.
The biggest hard liner is the the one that should make it to the second round. He is even to the right of the guy that was considered to be "dangerous hard right candidate that has a shoot". However if this short profile is correct I really don't see how this isn't Russian pawn of some sort.

I don't follow Romanian politics, but it sounds like this is a best case scenario in the sense that if the far left is out, then all their supporters will be forced to vote centrist (because they obviously won't support the hard right). Ergo, a centrist victory should be assured. Although from what I read, the incumbent is the centrist, so if Romanian's just want change, the right could still surprise. Romania seems to be lacking a center right party, that's a real shame if it drives people to the far right as the only option for mildly conservative voters.