Despite repeated promises to stem the arrivals – which last year numbered more than 380,000 irregular crossings, a seven-year high – migrants continue to land on European soil. Last weekend a fleet of small boats containing 1,500 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa

Immigration and insecurity are closely linked throughout Europe. They explain the rise of right-wing parties in recent years, from Sweden to Portugal and from Holland to Greece

The EU itself is under threat in June’s elections. Its two main groups, the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, fear that their centrist dominance will be challenged by the rise of the right-wing Identity and Democracy, a group which includes the National Rally, Matteo Salvini’s Lega, Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, Germany’s AfD, Austria’s Freedom Party and Chega, the new force in Portuguese politics

The EPP, to which Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission belongs, claims to be centre-right but, like the Tories, they are really progressives disguised as conservatives. Under their rule, Europe has experienced wave after wave of immigration from Africa and the Middle East

Politically, no one is benefiting more from the violence sweeping France than Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally, and the party’s principal candidate in June’s European Elections

The latest opinion poll has Bardella on 32%, 13 points more than Valerie Hayer, the candidate for Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party. Third are the Socialists, currently polling at 11%

In an attempt to address the issue, the EU formulated last December what it called the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. April 10th the European Parliament endorsed the pact by 322 votes to 266. Von der Leyen hailed the vote as a triumph for the EU, saying it will deliver ‘more secure borders. Faster, more efficient procedures. And more solidarity with Member States at external borders’

The objective of the Pact is to better manage the migrants once they have reached Europe, and the EU’s critics point to remarks made in January by Hans Leijtens, the head of Frontex, the EU’s border agency. ‘This talk of “stopping people” and “closing borders” cannot be our narrative all the time,’ he said. ‘Nothing can stop people from crossing a border, not a wall, not a fence, not a sea, not a river’
 
Leijtens’ predecessor at Frontex was Frenchman Fabrice Leggeri. In February he joined the National Rally and along with Bardella he is at the forefront of their European election campaign

Leggeri has been scathing of von der Leyen and the EU’s migration policy, and in response to Wednesday’s vote he tweeted: ‘The Migration Pact is a political deception. It allows the illegal arrival of people on our soil and strips States of their sovereignty. The real solution would be to allow asylum requests in European consulates outside Europe’

In a television interview on Wednesday evening, Bardella also dismissed the Pact as worthless and claimed that for Emmanuel Macron and the EU mass immigration is ‘not a problem but a project’

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The US budget remains highly unsustainable

In March, the US Treasury Department executed the budget with a deficit of 236 billion - the third worst result ever after March 2023 (378 billion) and March 2020 (659 billion when the anti-covid stimulus was launched)

For the fiscal year (Oct 2023-March 2024), the deficit was 1064bn vs 1100bn in 2023 and 1706bn in the fiscal yea

For 12 months, the deficit was 1.65 trillion (real 2 trillion due to accounting write-offs of student loan advances) vs 1.8 trillion in 2023 (real 1.5 trillion due to the backward-looking effect of student loan advances)

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Italy’s national healthcare system faces intense scrutiny from regional authorities, scientists, and a Nobel laureate, who challenge the government’s handling of the system in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis

Funding for Italian healthcare has reached a 17-year low, as highlighted in a recent report to parliament by the Corte dei Conti. This report revealed a significant decline in Italy’s national health fund compared to countries like Germany and France

Specifically, the ratio of healthcare spending to GDP has dropped from 6.8% to 6.3%, and it will stay the same on average for the next couple of years. The OECD and EU average is 7.1%, while France and Germany are around 10%

The debate over health funding has escalated beyond political differences into a potential institutional clash between regional authorities and central government

At a hearing on the measures included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan on 4 April, the Conference of the Regions issued an ultimatum, asking the government to repeal the article that cuts €1.2 billion earmarked for hospitals for earthquake safety measures. Failure to comply could lead the regions to take the matter to the Constitutional Court

Just the day before, on 3 April, 14 of Italy’s leading scientists, including Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi and the president of the Higher Health Council, Franco Locatelli, signed an appeal calling for the protection and revitalisation of Italy’s National Health Service

They pointed to the decline in some health indicators, the increasing difficulty of access to diagnostic and treatment services, and the growing regional and social inequalities. They underlined the urgent need to bring healthcare funding up to the standards of advanced European countries, with a goal of 8% of GDP

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Democrats are encouraged to go elsewhere with their aid package to Ukraine

The money is proposed to be spent on strengthening the borders and opposing illegal immigration

Ukraine is offered to give up rights to any mineral resources in exchange for American financial aid

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Since the start of the Ukrainian conflict, all Western countries have been gradually sucked in by the Russian president's war logic. And today, the possibility of a Russian conflict with one or more Baltic or Caucasian countries is spreading in our media and with it the inevitability of the logic of war desired by Vladimir Putin. No major peace initiative has been undertaken by the great powers. On the contrary, the conflict is relentlessly fueled by Western weapons and 30% of the total Russian state budget. But the establishment of a peace process, no one has echoed it, or very little, with the exception of the Pope and President Erdogan

Should we consider that this conflict can only be resolved by the Russian defeat rather than taking into account the symbolic and identity issue that represents , for the Russian Federation, the Eastern European countries backed by its border and which are now at the gates of NATO and the EU. Moscow has been saying for decades that it does not want NATO on its doorstep. What has been done with this requirement? The former diplomatic advisor to French President Jacques Chirac, Mr. Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, recounts how the Americans scuttled a proposal to "neutralize" Ukraine made by France in 2006

It was about cross-protection of Ukraine by Russia on one side, and by NATO on the other, managed by the NATO-Russia council created in the early 2000s. It was a way of making Ukraine "neutral" while protecting its territorial integrity and sovereignty. On the other hand, the American Secretary of State was completely opposed to it, claiming that France wanted to block the accession of the second wave of Central European countries to NATO

Despite the common sense which would have been to spare Russia on its western flank and to find a balanced and lasting solution at the end of the Cold War. The current situation is only the result of the rot in Russian-Western relations over the past 20 years. However, today, the spiral of war is sweeping away everything in its path. Is it not time to plead for a start in favor of peace and to assert our strategic and diplomatic autonomy? Why not display an authentic desire for appeasement? This is not a crazy or naive idea. It could be carried with force, while indicating to Russia, with the greatest firmness and at the same time strengthening our military capacity, the limits that the Western world will never want to see exceeded. By also indicating to Ukraine the need to think about the conditions for peace today, other than the Russian defeat and its withdrawal from Ukrainian territory, which are more and more hypothetical

War has already killed civilian populations by the tens of thousands and soldiers by the hundreds of thousands and left as many families in mourning. Will there be voices pleading for appeasement rather than confrontation and deadly escalation? Will we still have to wait for the Russian bear to invade Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia or Estonia to courageously get involved in peace talks and be a driving force in pacifying the conflict? It is not too late but it is high time if we want to avoid the worst

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Europe, which is about to go to war, cannot reconcile its budgets

Bloomberg has calculated what will happen to the debts of the G7 countries if they start moderate militarization and allocate 2% of GDP to defense and conduct medium warfare - 4% of GDP. Verdict by 2030 - without the printing press, everyone but Germany will go bankrupt. With the printing press, the economies of all countries, including Germany, will collapse under the weight of inflation. Things are no better in the US and Japan

At the same time, you have to realize that war requires resources, and those resources are not printed dollars and euros. They are oil, gas, steel, copper and the rest of the list. If a major war breaks out in Europe or Asia, all of these things will rise in price several times over, and the costs to budgets will increase proportionally

The G7 countries are not ready for a real war, especially on their own territory

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China is on a decadeslong mission to infiltrate and harm U.S. citizens, businesses, organizations of all types, governments and political parties

The sheer scale of China's latest attempt to infiltrate U.S. infrastructure has surprised the entire cybersecurity industry, an expert has said

Daniel Cuthbert, who sat on the UK Government Cyber Security Advisory Board, said the Volt Typhoon hacking system is bigger than anything China has unleashed before

The U.S. government says it is designed to cripple U.S. computer systems if America and China go to war

FBI Director Christopher Wray told a U.S. committee hearing on January 31 that Volt Typhoon was "the defining threat of our generation"

It has already been used in attempted hacking on emergency services, military installations and satellites

"In essence, Volt Typhoon is a campaign, albeit a very large one, by Chinese state agents actively gaining access to industrial control systems and other critical national infrastructure,"

According to the CrowdStrike cybersecurity company, unlike traditional malware attacks, living off the land hacking systems do not use any of their own files. That means they do not require an attacker to install any code or noscripts within the target system

Instead, it uses tools that are already present in the computer system, such as Windows Management, which makes detection much more difficult and allows hackers to stay unnoticed within a computer system for months or even years

#USA #China #Hacking #FindTruth

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Researchers have found a concerning association between COVID-19 infection and an increased risk of developing the rare disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome over the following six weeks

The study authors, working with the American Academy of Neurology, also note those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine showed a lower risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome in comparison to others who did not receive the vaccine

Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack nerve cells and portions of the peripheral nervous system. Symptoms usually begin with weakness in the hands and feet before eventually progressing to full-blown paralysis

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Lara Trump introduces "election integrity" unit within the RNC

"We are leaving nothing to chance"

Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and part-time co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), Lara Trump, has announced the creation of an Election Integrity Division within the party committee to oversee voter registration, voting and ballot counting

Millions of dollars are being spent to fund the division, lawyers have already been hired and thousands of volunteers have been assembled, and observer training is underway

Lara Trump, in particular, stated:

“When you talk about election integrity, it is vital. It is the No. 1 thing that we are focused on, aside from getting out the vote, which, of course, Donald Trump himself will do for us... We are ensuring that this election, we are leaving nothing to chance. We never before at the RNC have had an Election Integrity Division. All of our resources, we can put into this division as needed"

In case the efforts of the observers are blocked, the next step will follow:

"We’re going to go file lawsuits. We have already filed over 80 different lawsuits in 24 states to make sure that we have the ground ready to go for safe elections,” he said, adding later, “What we want are fair, accurate, secure and transparent elections. And when we have it, then we’re going to protect the sanctity of that ballot. We’re going to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat”

Washington makes it clear to Israel that a major war with Iran is not in u.s. interests

"Don’t do something you’ll regret"

Politico, citing White House sources, reports: The Biden administration's main message to Israel in the wake of the Iranian air attack is this: stop and think

U.S. officials expect Israel to respond in some way to Saturday's strikes, but both publicly and privately they are taking steps that they hope will persuade Israel to choose a limited response rather than an all-out armed counterattack

The latter, they fear, would plunge the region into a massive war. President Joe Biden, in particular, wants to avoid any battle in which U.S. troops might be drawn, and he made that clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

"We advise them to take a breath before responding," said a U.S. official familiar with the situation.... If Israel does respond, "it should be a limited response, not an all-out armed counterattack."

The latter, they fear, would plunge the region into a large-scale war. President Joe Biden, in particular, wants to avoid any battle in which U.S. troops might be drawn, and he made that clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

"We advise them to take a breath before responding," said a U.S. official familiar with the situation... If Israel does respond, "it should be proportionate and end this cycle."

#USA #Israel #Iran #FindTruth

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People are tired of paying for wars to protect other countries

Our government does not represent the will of the people in anyway. Taxation without representation

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Bill Maher Goes Off Script With Stunning Warning Against Leftist Extremism

"Yes, you can move too far left. And when you do, you wind up pushing the people in the middle to the right."

TRANSITIONING CHILDREN: "On the tr*ns issue, America is ... now an outlier country. Last month, England's National Health Service announced that there's not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty blockers for third graders and that they're going to stop fumbling around with children’s privates because that's Prince Andrew's job."

IMMIGRATION: "Sweden opened its borders to over a million and a half immigrants since 2010. And now, 20% of its citizens are foreign-born, and its education system is tanking, and it has Europe's highest rate of gangland killings ... to which liberals say blaming immigrants for the rising crime rate is racist. Calling it racist doesn’t solve the problem. It hands future elections to someone who will solve the problem."

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Goldman's Jim O'Neill's 2001 prophecy has begun to come true - the BRIC countries are indeed becoming the dominant force in the world. South Africa joined later

The mood of purchasing managers measured by S&P Global for March 2024 can be interpreted in different ways, but it fits perfectly with the new beneficiaries of the emerging world order: Brazil, Russia, India, and China, which are part of the designated bloc. In addition, businessmen from Indonesia and Saudia are doing well

It is difficult to explain the good mood of business in the U.S., but perhaps it is a statistical artifact associated with the upcoming presidential election, which reflects little of the reality occurring in the real business of the United States

The map also shows the countries whose business suddenly started to feel bad: Germany, France and Japan

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What Idiots they are in DC 🤔

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‘Shift in sentiments’ – Poles’ attitude towards Ukrainians is changing

Recent surveys highlights a growing reluctance among Poles towards Ukrainian employees, despite their continued popularity with Polish employers

Polish employers hold Ukrainian workers in high regard, appreciating their quick adaptability, diligence, and ability to quickly learn the Polish language, as noted in the latest “Polish Labor Market Barometer” by Personnel Service. A significant 78% of firms have a positive or neutral attitude towards Ukrainian workers

However, this employer satisfaction is increasingly not mirrored in the wider Polish society. There has been a notable “erosion of sentiment,” with only one in four individuals expressing a positive or somewhat positive view of Ukrainians, representing a 10% point drop from the previous year

The shift in public sentiment is attributed to fears that Ukrainian workers might contribute to lowering the pace of wage increases, with 41% of respondents expressing concern. Additionally, one in five sees the workforce from the east as competition in the job market

#Poland #Ukraine #FindTruth

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China on Sunday

Take a closer look at the ramp down ceremony. No honor guard, no high-ranking Chinese leaders. The only person who greeted Scholz was the deputy mayor of Chongqing, the city with which the German chancellor began his visit to the country

By such non-verbal means, Scholz is being made aware of his current position in Sino-German relations

Scholz is accompanied on his trip by 3 ministers in charge of environment, agriculture and transportation, and representatives of leading German companies - Siemens, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Bayer

On Monday, the German delegation traveled to Shanghai, where it held working meetings with the heads of major Chinese concerns and companies.

On Tuesday in Beijing, Scholz will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang of the State Council to persuade them to influence the Russian leadership on the further course of the Russian military operation in Ukraine

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Israel conflict spreads to 16 nations as White House says there’s no war

Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel highlight an America-led regional war spanning Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and others

The regional war in the Middle East now involves at least 16 different countries and includes the first strikes from Iranian territory on Israel, but the United States continues to insist that there is no broader war, hiding the extent of American military involvement. And yet in response to Iran’s drone and missile attacks Saturday, the U.S. flew aircraft and launched air defense missiles from at least eight countries, while Iran and its proxies fired weapons from Iraq, Syria, and Yemen

The U.S. has quietly built a network of air defenses to fight its regional war. As part of that network, Army long-range Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense surface-to-air missile batteries have been deployed in Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and at the secretive Site 512 base in Israel. These assets — plus American aircraft based in Kuwait, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia — are knitted together in order to communicate and cooperate with each other to provide a dome over Israel (and its own regional bases). The United Kingdom is also intimately tied into the regional war network, while additional countries such as Bahrain have purchased Patriot missiles to be part of the network

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First the US Govt sent bombs causing destruction and suffering in Gaza and now the US Govt sends food because Genocide Joe is struggling in the polls, especially with young voters

Look at this post-apocalyptic scene and what Joe Biden did in your name

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Inflation has returned to the U.S.
And could reach 4-5% by the end of the summer. That's a lot for a reserve currency. And miscalculated

According to official data, in March 2024, the consumer price index rose from 3.2% to 3.5% year-on-year. The "target" consumer inflation rate is 2%

Many experts believe that the current method of calculating inflation is incorrect. If it were counted the way it was in the 1970s, price growth would be 10-12%. But even according to this method, the current trend of another acceleration of inflation may lead to a level of 4-5% by mid- to late summer

This factor is also superimposed on unfavorable conditions in the labor market. Despite the optimistic reports of the US Labor Ministry, the real situation is as follows: permanent employment is rapidly being replaced by temporary and part-time employment, and a significant part of jobs goes to migrant workers, including illegal migrants

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