Portugal: The riot police was called to prevent the demonstration in front of Cinema São Jorge. At this moment, there is a celebration of Israel's anniversary with the support of the Department of Culture and the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon.

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Ursula von der Leyen contradicts her party CDU and advocates for new EU joint debts

European elections will take place from 6 to 9 June, and the discussion on the future EU budget is already coming to the forefront. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is running for a second five-year term, stated to the Financial Times that she is open to attracting new joint EU debt commitments.

She noted that first, the appropriate conditions need to be created, and a clear analysis of priority expenditures is also necessary.

Von der Leyen suggests linking access to EU subsidies to national economic reforms to enhance the EU's weak competitiveness. According to her, a combination of reforms and investments leads to growth, "and this can now be seen in the successful economic development of Italy, Greece, and Portugal".

CDU/CSU and FDP against von der Leyen's initiative

▪️With her proposal, von der Leyen deviates from the previous position of her party CDU. In Germany, the CDU/CSU alliance rejects EU joint debt, as stated earlier. The only exception was made during the pandemic.

▪️The FDP criticised von der Leyen's initiative. "There will be no European debt union with the FDP," said Christoph Meyer, deputy chairman of the Free Democrats in the Bundestag.

"Ursula von der Leyen's initiative contradicts her own CDU election programme. The question is whether this is the position of the CDU's lead candidate and whether it is coordinated with Friedrich Merz. Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why the CDU is hiding its lead candidate during the election campaign. This process fits into the CDU's image, which declares one thing and then acts differently,"

— quoted Meyer the Spiegel magazine.

▪️The Greens, on the other hand, are pleased that the President of the European Commission has changed her opinion. "We welcome the fact that Ursula von der Leyen openly advocates for joint European investments, thereby contradicting her own party," said Rasmus Andresen, a Green MEP, in an interview with Spiegel.

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🇩🇪 "Finance Minister Lindner wants German ministries to subject their expenses to systematic efficiency checks. This would be a small revolution," - Der Spiegel

It turns out that in Germany there is no well-developed system for controlling government spending, meaning ministries spend billions, but what they spend it on and whether these expenses have any effect on society and the economy is not a concern.

For years, the Audit Office has been calling for compliance with the German Budget Code, which provides for auditing the government's expenditure efficiency.

"The problem is that almost no ministry has complied with this rule so far," - Spiegel.

Now, under the leadership of liberal Lindner, the Finance Ministry seems to have finally taken steps to create a control system, leading to other parties in power declaring war on him for this.

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🇺🇸 Victoria Nuland - on the possibility of an aggressive Russia attacking NATO forces in Ukraine and triggering a Third World War:

I fear that NATO training bases in Ukraine will become a target for Vladimir Putin. This would mean NATO's direct presence on the battlefield, which could, as you have already mentioned, lead to increased tensions in the war on another front.

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🇺🇸 The US Congress may impose sanctions on the ICC if it issues an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, said House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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🇺🇳 Borrell takes note of the decision of the ICC prosecutor to request arrest warrants for Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Ismail Haniyeh, as well as participants in the Israeli operation in Gaza - Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

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"The mandate of the ICC, as an independent international institution, is to prosecute the most serious crimes in accordance with international law," the statement said.

All states that have ratified the ICC statutes are obliged to implement the Court's decisions, he added.

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🇩🇪 The rule of law in Germany is dying.

Things are so bad that crimes go unpunished, and murderers and drug dealers roam free, - Der Spiegel

According to the German Judges Association, in 2023, 900,000 criminal cases were left open - 25% more than in 2021. Prosecutors received 5.4 million inquiries.

Investigating incidents is time-consuming, tedious, and unprofitable, so prosecutors prefer to quickly find a "plausible solution." Sometimes it's easier to release a criminal from custody because their case takes too much time.

Prosecutors throw up their hands: the workload is colossal, there are no staff (and there won't be any), digitalisation is at zero, so justice can be forgotten. The lack of government funding also plays a role: according to Berlin's chief prosecutor Ralph Knispel, justice "plays no role in the budgets of the federal states."

Is a safe and just Germany already a thing of the past?

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🇹🇷 Erdoğan condemns "shameful Eurovision":

One of the most obvious areas of global imposition is the policy of gender neutrality. We witnessed this on a large scale at last week's Eurovision contest.

It is obvious that the strange characters presented to the youth are "Trojan horses" of social degeneration. Everyone acknowledges that what is happening at the contest is a deliberate policy.

By shielding Turkey from this disgrace over the past 10-12 years, we see how right a decision we made.

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Admiral Levine, a man pretending to be a woman, just said that weather is racist.

Our government is being run by imbeciles.
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🇩🇪📉💸German industry is losing competitiveness.

Both in European and global markets - and all in the last two years. Instead of a thousand words - a chart from the Institute for Economic Research Ifo

The situation is also bleak in the German domestic market, with entrepreneurs complaining of pressure. It's easy to guess where it's coming from - hello to the raging energy crisis and German politics in all its glory.

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🇺🇸 Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: Iran, Russia, and China are dark forces trying to distance America from God and Judeo-Christian values.

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🇳🇴 Norway has recognised Palestine as an independent state, said the country's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The decision will come into effect on 28th May.

Politico also reports that Ireland and Spain are planning to announce similar decisions today.

Currently, among European countries, the independence of Palestine is recognised by Bulgaria, Hungary, Cyprus, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Sweden. None of the G7 countries have recognised Palestine's independence, however, according to the publication, 140 out of 193 UN member states recognise such a decision.

🇮🇪🇪🇸UPD: Ireland has recognised Palestine as an independent state, announced the country's Prime Minister Simon Harris. Spain has also recognised the independence of Palestine.

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AS Monaco has apologised for a footballer who covered the LGBT emblem (movement banned in Russia) during a French championship match.

The club explained that the Malian player refused to play with this logo for religious reasons. Additionally, Mohamed Kamara did not participate in a photoshoot in front of a banner in support of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia.

Earlier, the French Sports Minister called for sanctions to be imposed on "AS Monaco" and for Kamara to be punished for his "unacceptable" behaviour.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out against the idea of creating a "no-fly zone" in western Ukraine, Bild reports.

"This will directly involve Germany, Europe, and NATO in the war in Ukraine," the Chancellor stated.

No decision should be made in haste,
— Scholz added.

Scholz criticised a document presented by former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen together with the Ukrainian government to prepare for the upcoming NATO summit in Washington in mid-July.

Among other things, the document proposes expanding the air defence shield "along the western border of Ukraine." A similar idea was also expressed by Zelensky.

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The latest events in the war between #Russia and #Ukraine as of the morning of May 24 - Subnoscriptd

🔴The Ukrainian army advances in Volchansk near #Kharkov
🔴The Russian army enters #Ivanovka in the #Kupyansk axis
🔴The Ukrainian army advances on #Belogorovka near #Kremennaya
🔴The Russian army advances south of #Ivanovskoe in the #Bakhmut sector
🔴The Russian army is advancing towards #Sokol in the #Avdeevka sector
🔴The Russian army is advancing in the direction of #Staromayorsk in the southern #Donetsk axis

video link: https://youtu.be/-8pBRW99N7g?feature=shared