There is a US base on Greenland, Denmark is a NATO country, granting Greenland independence has been discussed for decades.
Whatever it is the US want to get in Greenland, they would not need military threats to get it.
It's not about Greenland, but about Denmark and Europe. 2/
Denmark is one of the wealthiest states in Europe. 3/
Denmark has almost completely switched to renewable energies. 4/
Denmark is a social welfare state. 5/
At the same time, its migration policy is relatively tough, though. (spoiler: If you have Germany to the South, you are relatively protected.)
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Denmark is absolutely united in its support for Ukraine and its contribution is not only impressive as share of GDP (the second highest worldwide!), but even in absolute numbers where it is among the top 10.
It has been very generous by, e.g., giving up its entire artillery. 7/
Denmark is lead by a left wing middle aged woman.
She might remind MAGA of Kamala Harris.
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Denmark almost extinguished hard right parties. There is no AfD or Reform Musk could push. 9/
TO BE SHORT
Denmark represents everything the Mump guys hate about Europe: Moderate politics, Ukraine support, social welfare, women in power.
They don't care about Greenland (and probably didn't know where it is two weeks ago), they want to bring the European model down.
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And this @kajakallas and @EU_Commission and @EUparliament is the reason why EUROPE must answer the threats against Denmark: It's not about Greenland, but about Europe.
Each threat against Denmark can be answered by targeted measures against X, Tesla, you name it. 11/
MAGA understands only the language of strength. To say anyone in Europe would be able or willing to defend Greenland militarily would be ridiculous. But economic sanctions are an ideal tool to defend Europe itself against MAGA/Mump. We cannot leave Denmark alone! 🧵
@thevtalks
@vic_010100
@Alex_V006
@trinzu
@ Any European unhappy with what Mump are doing to us. Let's stand together.
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Part II of my essay about the the rule of law is out. While Part I treated the concept of the rule of law, Part II treats the rise of the rule of law internationally after 1945: The rules-based order.
WHY DOES IT MATTER? 🧵
While on a state level the idea of a rule of law against the establishment of despotism has arisen 2500 years ago, the bullying of others by "great powers" on the international sphere used to be seen as normal or at least remained unanswered until 1945. 2/
It is totally wrong to equal international rule of law with a "unipolar", "Western-dominated" or "liberal" order. These terms deflect from the fact that international rule of law protects the weak against the strong, right against might. The correct term is "rules-based order".3/
"poor people that are now oppressed with intolerable servitude" (ch. 5)
"The (...) form of their government is plain tyrannical, as applying to the behoof of the prince, and that after a most open and barbarous manner" (ch .7) 1/
"unmeasured liberty to command and exact upon the commons"
"both nobility and commons are but storers for the prince, all running in the end into the emperor's coffers"
"any law (...) is ever determined of before any public assembly or parliament be summoned"
(ch. 7)
"the emperors are content to make much of the corrupt state of the church (...) knowing superstition and false religion best to agree with a tyrannical state and to be a special means to uphold and maintain the same"
(ch 7)
So, I need to talk about this. Why asking a German President for reparations is utter nonsense. And why they are generally utter nonsense and would even damage Poland itself.
(1) A German President is a procedural figure without any entitlement to make any fundamental decisions. Negotiating with a German President is like negotiating with an English King. Absolute misunderstanding of the constitution.
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(2) Reparations in general
I am aware that no reparations sum would be nearly enough to compensate for the suffering Germany has caused to Poland and its people. Despite this, reasonable thinking shows that no reparations should be paid. 3/x
The ECHR judgment of July 9, 2025
Ukraine and the Netherlands vs russia
First ever international judicial sentence on the mass abduction of children
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As mentioned before, the European Court of Human Rights has been established by the Council of Europe, a "European UN" which has been joined by all European states except Belarus and the Vatican. russia has no veto, but has been expelled with effect since Sep 16, 2022.
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ECHR judgments concern human rights violations (violations of the European Convention on Human Rights) by STATES and do not (as opposed to criminal courts) treat individual responsibility - though this judgment comes close by lining out actions of 🇷🇺 Maria Lvova-Belova + Putin 3/
In today's Z omelet, I will talk about German MP @Ralf_Stegner and a recent major scandal which still remains widely unnoticed by the German public: #Bakugate or the secret meetings between a German MP and Z officials. I ask European #NAFO to spread the word across Europe.🧵
Ralf Stegner is a SPD MP with a remarkable career. Until 2021 or the age of 61, he was only active on the level of a small German state (< 3 million people). When the former SPD MP of his electoral district Pinneberg resigned at age 68 in 2021, Stegner replaced him at over 60. 2/
This is in itself very remarkable. While the average age of German federal MPs is 47, most of them take their seat in their 30s and are then reelected many times. In fact, a younger SPD member was rivaling him for the seat candidacy, but Stegner was pushed over the line. 3/
Wir brauchen uns nicht über MAGA aufzuregen, denn eigentlich knüpfen die USA da an, wo Deutschland (hoffentlich) aufgehört hat. Man denke an einen deutschen Außenminister, der eine NATO-Übung als "Säbelrasseln"
bezeichnete und jetzt Bundespräsident ist. Und an Nord Stream... 1/
Korruption in der Medienlandschaft. Einer der Autoren arbeitet bei @DIEZEIT. Der Verlag erhielt Gelder aus der Gasbranche (S. 91), veröffentlicht Kommentare von Schröders Freunden (260f), hat dem Autoren einen Maulkorb auferlegt (377), aber alle Andromeda-Theorien verbreitet. 2/
Hinzu kommen der mit 600.000 € Oligarchen-Geld gekaufte Bericht von Hubert Seipel "Ich, Putin" im ÖRR (passim), Kooperationen in Handelsblatt und FAZ (91), Kontakte zwischen "V2"-Minister Schmidt und @WSJ, die zu neuen Andromeda-Märchen führen, um Taurus zu verhindern (365).
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