🇩🇪 The German government has decided to cut spending in almost all areas except military expenditures starting in 2024.

The social sector in Germany will be the hardest hit in 2024.

In particular, the pro-NATO German government plans to cut the income threshold for German families in half, starting with cancelling benefits payments for children.

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🇫🇷 French are more willing to donate money to the officer who shot a teenager than to the family of the victim - France24

✔️ 1.47 million euros raised for policeman who now is under investigation

✔️ For the family of the teenager he killed, €352,000.

The fundraising for the officer was launched on the GoFundMe platform by far-right media personality Jean Messia. More than 72,000 donors responded to his appeal.

Very indicative.

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A curious piece was published in Newsweek on the backdrop of the CIA director's recent visit to Kiev. The publication writes that the CIA plays a huge role in securing support for Kiev (that's the scoop) and more.

Much of what Washington does for Ukraine is kept secret, with the CIA bearing much of the responsibility for what is happening.

"The CIA is the chief spy, but also the negotiator, the intelligence provider, the logistician and, most importantly, the guarantor that the war will not get out of hand".

"Newsweek spoke to more than a dozen intelligence experts and officials during its three-month investigation. And they did not deny the fact that the CIA's main task was to find out what was going on in the heads of the leaders of Russia and Ukraine.

And while the United States is helping Ukraine against Russia, formally the US is not at war with Moscow. Thus, much of what Washington does to help Ukraine is kept secret".

And I also liked: "The CIA fears that excessive bravado about its role could provoke Putin. This is partly why the CIA seeks to distance itself from attacks on Russia - from the bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline and the Kerch Strait bridge to drone attacks and sabotage groups. These attacks seem at odds with Zelensky's promises that Ukraine will not take actions that could widen the scope of the war".

The media assures that there are some unwritten rules, red lines, which the CIA does not cross. This applies to attempts of murder on politicians and diplomats. Newsweek also notes the special role of the CIA chief, Mr Burns, including before the Special military operation.

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In Odessa, employees of the military registration and enlistment office persuade a local man to join the Armed Forces.

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“The defeat of Ukraine would be a global catastrophe. NATO must finally intervene to stop Russia”: The Guardian writes that if Ukraine is not urgently promised NATO membership, Zelensky will have to negotiate for peace. And if the counteroffensive fails, then part with the territories.

“It is expected that the issue of Ukraine's membership will dominate the NATO summit in Vilnius. Zelenskiy knows a formal invitation is unlikely to come, but is urging President Biden and alliance leaders to take "concrete steps" immediately.

As in the case of Finland, the accession of Ukraine should be accelerated. And yet, important as the issue is, NATO is facing a much bigger question this week: is it doing enough to make Kiev win the war - or at least not lose it?

There is a risk that if the current counter-offensive does not lead to a breakthrough, arms supplies dry up, another winter energy crisis breaks out and public support in the West declines even further, Zelensky will be forced to enter into negotiations - even to exchange territory for peace.

Yet, even now, Biden refuses to go beyond long-term “security commitments.” Sunak says vaguely that Ukraine's "rightful place" is in NATO. Macron, as usual, is trying to use both options. Tasteless Chancellor Scholz won't discuss Kiev's membership until the war is over.

Fortunately, the view from NATO East is more reliable. Eastern European NATO members issued a call to arms, insisting that repelling Russian aggression is "the only way to restore peace and rules-based order." Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia called for a "new course that would lead to Ukraine's membership as soon as conditions permit". "We must not hesitate to take bolder decisions, because otherwise the Putin regime will decide that Western allies are too weak," said Lithuanian President Nausėda.

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Viktor Orban that the main enemy of Hungary is the leadership of the European Union: Hungary must protect itself not only from illegal migrants and smugglers but also from Brussels. You have now adopted a regulation in a decree that makes the building quota for the construction of premises and camps for refugees and ghettos for migrants mandatory for EU member states. This is not only bad for Hungary, but also for you Austrians. The new legislation may be a help for Italy, but not for Hungary because we will have to replace the effective Hungarian model with a European one that does not work. We will not comply with these EU decisions. We will not accept a mandatory quota. We will not accept the obligation to build ghettos and migrant camps. We will find a legal and political way to prevent Hungary from complying with Brussels' latest decision. The situation is sad, but Hungary must protect itself not only from illegal immigrants and smugglers, but also from Brussels, and we will do it!

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🍏🇩🇪Charity food baskets are getting empty - Tafel can't take it.

The number of clients has doubled, but not the number of volunteers and material donations on which Tafel lives. The money seems to have even halved, exactly in proportion to the increase in the number of people who suffer.

Meantime not only welfare holders, but also German workers and refugees are lining up for food. The management is terrified, waiting for the ex-middle class to join in.

The Tafel office in Thuringia even announced the food queue: Germans go first and others go after.

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🇫🇲🇸🇪 States to use Sweden as a springboard for resource extraction in the Arctic - Turkish media Sabah

According to the authors of the article, Sweden is not eager to join NATO, so it authorizes the burning of the Koran and other anti-Turkish and anti-Muslim "events".

Not only is there no compromise with Turkey, but relations have deteriorated beyond belief.

📝"Sweden, which did not feel obliged to join NATO even during the Cold War, is not joining NATO because of the invasion of Ukraine. It has no borders with Russia".

Especially after Finland became a member of NATO, Sweden was protected by NATO. It can be protected without being a member.

In any case, it is the US that really wants Sweden's membership. There are two main reasons for this.

First, the US wants to use Sweden as a springboard for access to Arctic resources.
Second, the US sees NATO as a control mechanism. It does not want any country that is a member of the EU but not of NATO to remain," the article says.

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US to announce new military aid package to Ukraine on Friday

The package will include cluster munitions, which are banned by many countries - Politico reports.

The tranche will be around $800m. It will also include dozens of Bradley and Stryker combat vehicles, SAMs and anti-mine equipment.

▪️ Human Rights Watch earlier urged against the use of weapons, including cluster munitions, which pose a threat to civilians.

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US calls for Ukraine not to be admitted to NATO

According to Foreign Affairs, the costs of expanding the alliance far outweigh the possible risks and large losses.

"Ukraine should not be welcomed into NATO. The security benefits for the USA from Ukraine's accession pale in comparison to the risks of its joining the alliance," the US journalists said.

The authors of the article noted that admitting Ukraine to NATO would aggravate relations between Russia and the USA. Furthermore, Kiev's accession to the alliance would impose deeper obligations to Ukraine and, consequently, the aid to the countries that are already NATO members would be reduced several times.

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The Russian military has a large air superiority, including in drones, which are increasingly difficult to hide from - this has become a very big problem for the AFU, according to a Bild war correspondent.

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In France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and even Switzerland, gang dominance is challenging the rule of law, laments The Spectator.

Billions of euros spent on social programs were wasted. Young migrants cannot fit into Western society and feel nothing but contempt for it. The softness of laws, not designed for such a scale of crime, the responsibility that comes in Sweden from the age of 21 is perceived by them as a call for permissiveness.

In Germany, the number of serious crimes against a person has increased by more than 20%. France is in a fever from street pogroms.

... the Europeans invited everyone, let them now endure, re-educate, support ..

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