Europe

[Kirkhill]

JFHC

Brussels just can't stop shooting itself in the foot.

Bad enough to lock the Brits out when the Northerners and Easterners are working more tightly with them than the people south of the Dyle. But to lock out the Turks who not only have a dynamic defence industry, but are agressively following its own policy of nuanced neutrality to its own ends, that is sheer idiocy.

At very least treat them like WW2 Swedes who kept both side's wheels rolling.
Erdogan is happy to play with Zelensky and Putin, Johnson and Israel, the Islamists and the Chinese. He is playing our current chaos a whole lot more smartly than any other major leader I can think of.

I can easily foresee an outcome that connects London and Stockholm to Qatar and Beijing through Istanbul/Constantinople/Byzantium/Byzantia and leaves Paris and Washington on the outside in splendid isolations.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Welcome to the Battle for the Soul of Europe... I'll just assume they haven't invited the British

MCC Brussels Conference on the Future of the Continent Begins Today​

On December 3 and 4, the European capital is hosting one of the most relevant debates of the moment. ‘Battle for the Soul of Europe’, an event organised by MCC Brussels that brings together academics, analysts, MEPs and cultural leaders from different generations, addresses a question that can no longer be avoided: Where is Europe heading, and who defines its identity?

In a context of political crises, migratory pressure, economic fatigue, and a growing disconnection between EU institutions and citizens, the forum seeks to open a discussion that—according to its organisers—the European Union itself has avoided for far too long. The central thesis is clear: the EU is undergoing a profound questioning of its very essence, a drift that, for many, has accelerated in recent years due to political decisions disconnected from Europe’s cultural and historical reality.

MCC Brussels Conference on the Future of the Continent Begins Today

The event examines the growing distance between EU institutions and the Union’s citizens amid a full-blown European identity crisis.

europeanconservative.com

 

[HavokFour]

Not a great development, and no different from someone wanting to damage NATO.

German army chief says contact with US military cut off by Pentagon

Lieutenant General Christian Freuding fears the longstanding military partnership between the two allies is unravelling under President Trump’s administration

www.thetimes.com

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Here's the interview mentioned in the above article.

The New German War Machine

After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again.

www.theatlantic.com

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[GR66]

Not a great development, and no different from someone wanting to damage NATO.

German army chief says contact with US military cut off by Pentagon

Lieutenant General Christian Freuding fears the longstanding military partnership between the two allies is unravelling under President Trump’s administration

www.thetimes.com

Archive


Here's the interview mentioned in the above article.

The New German War Machine

After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again.

www.theatlantic.com

Archive

From the first article:

However, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding, who took charge of the German army in October, has publicly expressed the widespread concerns that the military partnership is starting to unravel.

In an interview conducted a few weeks before his promotion, published by The Atlantic, an American magazine, on Monday, Freuding said he had previously been able to exchange text messages with his US opposite numbers “day and night”, but the channels had now been “cut off, really cut off”.