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Why would anyone want to join the EU?

Why would anyone want to join the EU?

As prime minister, Mark Carney claims to be guided by pragmatism, albeit “principled pragmatism.” But his enthusiastic pursuit of deeper alignment with the European Union risks selling out Canadian sovereignty for romantic symbolism and a mountain of red tape.

In his now-famous speech in Davos, Carney said that “nostalgia isn’t a strategy.” Yet his approach to the EU reveals a deeply nostalgic view of Europe as a vibrant counterweight to North American realities. But the numbers say Europe’s economy, far from being vibrant, is in decline. Forecasts for this year project growth of one per cent or less. The EU is beset by stagnation, demographic decline, high energy costs and chronically poor competitiveness. Why would Canada seek even tighter alignment with a bloc that’s in decline when it already enjoys comprehensive trade access through the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and other multilateral channels?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, EU, Europe, European Union

Why Mark Carney and Europe are doubling down on each other

Why Mark Carney and Europe are doubling down on each other

No sooner were the words out of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mouth than one French news magazine dubbed them “a breath of fresh air from Canada.”

“It is my strong personal view,” the Canadian leader said, “that as the international order (is) rebuilt … it will be rebuilt out of Europe.”

Carney was speaking in Armenia earlier this month at a meeting of the European Political Community. A leader who has dubbed his country “the most European of non-European nations” flubbed his lines slightly but got his point across, enchanting his all-European audience.

Carney smells profit from a decaying corrupt continent. There’s a reason his kind likes “Free Trade” and hates tariffs.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, EU, Europe, European Union

American Economy Leaves Europe Behind

American Economy Leaves Europe Behind

A debate is emerging over the economic difference between Europe and America. It seems to be driven primarily by the American side, where it has ostensibly been inspired by the spotlight that President Trump has shone upon Europe in general. He has drawn American eyes to Europe both through tariff negotiations and his administration’s highlighting of the decline of freedom of speech in the European Union.

Recently, the Wall Street Journal made a notable contribution to the transatlantic comparison. In an editorial video, Mark Kelly, senior producer of the Journal’s editorial page, brought together viewpoints from a variety of contributors to try to determine what keeps America ahead and why the gap has increased in recent years. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEU, Europe, USA

Canada and the European Union Are in Love. Where Can It Lead?

Canada and the European Union Are in Love. Where Can It Lead?

I spent last weekend crossing half the globe with Prime Minister Mark Carney, to spend a few hours with European leaders in Yerevan, the stunning Armenian capital, before crossing all the way back to Ottawa.

Mr. Carney was the first non-European leader to be invited to a meeting of the European Political Community, a grouping that brings together the 27 European Union member states with allies and neighbors, including Britain and Turkey, as well as aspiring members such as Ukraine and Albania.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, EU, Europe

Alarm bells for Trump as Mark Carney joins European summit

Alarm bells for Trump as Mark Carney joins European summit

Officials in Brussels often joke about Canada joining the EU.

Some European leaders, including Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, have even started to entertain the idea.

It remains a pipe dream for now – but Mark Carney will at least get to play the part of a European leader in Yerevan on Monday.

The Canadian prime minister will become the first leader of a non-European state to join a summit of the European Political Community.

(more…)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, EU, Europe, WTF?

Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain

Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain

Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain a day after saying he was looking at reducing the number deployed in Germany.

The US president’s threat to Germany came after the country’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said America was being “humiliated” by Iran.

Trump has severely criticised Nato allies for not sending their navies to help to open the strait of Hormuz, a crucial commercial shipping corridor.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEU, Europe, USA

Europeans Dream of Throwing Themselves into the Jaws of the Russian Bear

Europeans Dream of Throwing Themselves into the Jaws of the Russian Bear

Some ideas refuse to die. One of these is the notion of a European “reversal of alliances” into the arms of Russia. The phrase refers to the unexpected decoupling from former allies, accompanied by an unexpected alliance with former enemies. In 1756, Austria, which had always been an ally of Great Britain, instead allied with its longtime foe, France. Meanwhile, Great Britain and its old enemy, Prussia, became allies — resulting in the Seven Years’ War.

You hear it in Europe from the “new right” and the far left — at conferences where people swoon over “multipolarity” and in the corridors of Germany’s Bundestag, where desperate industrialists plead for Russia’s Gazprom to reopen its taps.

If this reversal of alliances was possible in 1756, why not in 2026?

I’m sure Carney has bought in.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEU, Europe, Russia

I’m an American living in Europe. It’s leaving the U.S. — fast.

I’m an American living in Europe. It’s leaving the U.S. — fast.

As an American living in Europe, I am frequently asked if my compatriots understand the extent of the damage being done to all facets of transatlantic relations by the Trump administration’s bullying policies. My answer is, sadly, no.

More and more Europeans no longer view the United States as a reliable ally. The reasons are not hard to find. The president has threatened to leave NATO, sidelined allies in negotiations over Ukraine’s future, imposed steep tariffs on the European Union and threatened to seize Greenland by force — prompting Europeans to prepare for the real prospect of military conflict with their oldest ally. One recent survey found that one-quarter or more of respondents in some countries — including France, Germany and Spain — see the United States as a rival or adversary. Another found that an absolute majority view Trump as an “enemy” of Europe and U.S. foreign policy as “recolonization.” Polls also reflect a growing belief that China is a more dependable partner.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEU, Europe, USA

Vance Accuses EU of ‘Election Interference‘ Against Hungary‘s Orbán

Vance Accuses EU of ‘Election Interference‘ Against Hungary‘s Orbán

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has accused Eurocrats in Brussels of meddling against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a bid to topple the MAGA ally in Budapest at this week’s parliamentary elections.

In a press conference from the Hungarian capital just days before voters will head to the polls to select the next parliament, and therefore the next prime minister, Vice President Vance said that he was not there to tell citizens who to vote for, but merely to show support for Prime Minister Orbán, whom he described as the “rare exception” among leaders in Europe willing to stand up in defence of Western and Christian civilization.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEU, European Union, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary, USA

Europe Needs to Hear This Harsh Truth

Shipping and military expert John Konrad spent all day in D.C. on Tuesday talking to his military sources and concluded that “the Navy appears to be in no rush to reopen the strait,” even while Iran dictates whose oil tankers are allowed to pass.

“What is this administration trying to leverage?” Konrad wondered, and that nobody he talked to was willing to discuss the fate of Hormuz “until European politicians and media stop calling Americans war criminals and monsters.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War", EU, Europe, USA

Why Europe’s leaders have struggled to speak as one on Iran

Europe knew this may be coming. For weeks, leaders and policy makers watched the US military build-up in the Middle East. They heard the threats of the Trump administration to Tehran: Give up all nuclear aspirations – or else!

But since the US-Israeli attack started on Iran three days ago, this continent has looked at best uncoordinated, if not fractured and decidedly without leverage, caught up in the maelstrom of events.

Each European country is understandably angsting about its citizens in the region – whether and how they may need to evacuate what would be tens of thousands of people in total.

They fear the Muslims they have allowed to settle.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEU, Europe, Iran, Israel, USA

Trump threatens ‘obnoxious’ tariffs as UK and EU seek clarity on trade deals

Donald Trump has declared that he can use tariffs in a “much more powerful and obnoxious way”, as the UK and the EU said they were seeking urgent clarity on the US trade deals they struck last summer.

Trump threatened to escalate his global tariff war on Monday, after a supreme court ruling last week that he had overstepped his legal authority to impose his “liberation day” measures last year.

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said he did not expect Trump’s new 15% global tariff – announced on Saturday – to affect the majority of a UK-US economic deal that was agreed last year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEU, Europe, USA

Munich and the Fate of the West

Marco Rubio’s warning against civilizational suicide.

If you live long enough, you can trace the river of history apart from the smaller tributaries and streams. You’ve watched it rise or fall according to the acts of men. You’ve seen great leaders bend it where it wasn’t going, and bad leaders redirect it into the shoals. And you can tell what will lead to greatness and what will end in disaster. Which is how I know Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech last Saturday at the Munich Security Conference was not only the finest of this century, but the most potentially consequential.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEU, Europe, European Union, NATO, USA

Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’

The Chapel of the Martyrs of the Cathedral of Otranto

Europeans push back at US over claim they face ‘civilizational erasure’

MUNICH (AP) — A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addressed the Munich Security Conference a day after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring message to European allies. He struck a less aggressive tone than Vice President JD Vance did in lecturing them at the same gathering last year but maintained a firm tone on Washington’s intent to reshape the trans-Atlantic alliance and push its policy priorities.

Rubio’s full remarks at Munich Security Conference

Pic – The Chapel of the Martyrs of the Cathedral of Otranto

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Elite Decadence & Decay", "Islamophobia", Camp Of The Saints, Cultural Insanity, EU, Europe - demographic suicide, European Union, Islamization of the West