👔⚡️👤❗️🇺🇸 — 🇬🇧 Financial Times | Europe must respond to Trump ‘electroshock’, says Macron | French president tells Financial Times that continent should ‘muscle up’ and secure its own future | February 14, 2025:

"Emmanuel Macron has described Donald Trump’s return as an “electroshock” that should force Europe to secure its own future as well as Ukraine’s.

In an interview at the Élysée Palace shortly after Trump agreed with Vladimir Putin of Russia to hold imminent peace talks, the French president championed the need for Europe to “muscle up” on defence and the economy.

He insisted that only Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could negotiate on behalf of his country, warning that allowing “peace that is a capitulation” would be “bad news for everyone”, including the US.

“The only question at this stage is whether President Putin is genuinely, sustainably, and credibly willing to agree to a ceasefire on this basis. After that, it’s up to the Ukrainians to negotiate with Russia,” Macron said, adding: “We all need to stay collectively vigilant.”

The French leader has long argued that Europe should take on more responsibility for its own security, which would only be possible by increasing economic independence and reducing its reliance on the US and China.

He described Trump’s return to the White House as a jolt to push the EU to invest in its own defence and economic and technological revival. It meant abandoning a fiscal and monetary framework, first agreed by the EU in 1992, which he described as “obsolete”.

“This is Europe’s moment to accelerate and execute,” he said, while warning of the risk of failure for the EU. “It has no choice. It is running out of road.”

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🇺🇸🤝🇹🇼❗️ — United States Department of State drops “we do not support Taiwan independence” from its website about US-ROC/Taiwan relations, despite continuing to recognize the Communist China (People's Republic of China, the PRC) as the "de facto legal government of China"


🇹🇼 Such a move is now seen as major step towards the dropping of the then-called "One-China policy" and a recognition of ROC/Taiwan as an independent nation or something bigger

🇰🇷❌🇨🇳❗️ — Korean government just suspended service of Chinese-owned DeepSeek app within Korea

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Zelensky says he’s “not happy” Trump called Putin before him.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Zelensky: "I blocked the agreement with Trump on mineral rights as it does not protect Ukraine interests."

🧵https://fxtwitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1890881728530550812

🇺🇸🇵🇱 Trump's call to Putin was a mistake, Polish FM says.

U.S. President Donald Trump's phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin was a mistake, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15.

"There is nothing more dangerous than an empty guarantee," he said.

https://kyivindependent.com/trumps-call-to-putin-was-a-mistake-polish-fm-says/

🇺🇦 "According to Zelenskyy, Russia is amassing up to 150 000 troops in Belarus for 'training'. This could even mean they're planning to invade a NATO countries, possibly the Baltics or Poland.

Munich showed us that we can't rely on the US to help us anymore.

EU, prepare for war."

📎 Pekka Kallioniemi

Gold Telegraph on X: "I asked Ron Paul if he believes the United States still owns all of its gold.

He acknowledges the gold is likely physically there but questions who actually owns it due to borrowing, leasing, and financial gimmicks.

He strongly supports an audit on the gold."

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Watch the full episode here: https://x.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/1889741052665270319

🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 Zelensky: "I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine. Never."

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