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mastodon 4.7.2Consisting of, representing, and supporting, pro-EU groups across the UK and in Europe. #FBPE #fedi22
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Welcome Jukka Salovaara on your first day in the job as the new EU Ambassador to the UK.
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
#politics #europe #Europa #RejoinEU
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Spain currently has extremely poor relations with Israel and the USA after the Spanish government criticized Israel's genocide in Gaza and refused to participate in the US and Israeli war of aggression against Iran. These are two of the closest political partners of the Moroccan king. Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon reacted on Friday with malice to the events in Ceuta, linking them to Spain constantly "preaching to Israel." As early as 2019, Yair Netanyahu, the son of the Israeli Prime Minister, called for Ceuta to be "liberated" from Spanish control. The US government is also engaging in open hostility toward Spain. "Don't even speak to them. They are hopeless. They are bad people," US President Trump said at the beginning of July. It is obvious that Israel and the USA also have an interest in trouble for Spain.
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The Timing is Relevant
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited Algeria last week for the first time in four years—Morocco's rival in the region. Spain wants to improve its relations with Algeria. This displeases several actors: not only the USA, which wants to isolate Algeria, but also the King of Morocco, who views Algeria as the main enemy of Moroccan interests. That Morocco's government may have brought the migrants to the border itself is shown by videos of vans full of people stopping near the border under the supervision of Moroccan police. Investigations by the New York Times also support this assumption; numerous participants in those reports recount being instructed by Moroccan police officers to go to the border.
🇮🇸 🇪🇺 Iceland rejects talks with EU ☹️
https://www.euractiv.com/news/iceland-rejects-eu/
#Iceland #Referendum #Europe #Europa #RejoinEU #PoliticsNews
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In the past, Morocco has repeatedly used migration flows to Ceuta and Melilla as political leverage against Spain. In 2021, the Spanish government had the leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, the Polisario, flown in under a false name from Algerian exile to be treated for a severe COVID-19 illness without informing Morocco. For Morocco, this was a provocation because it views the Polisario as an opponent in the Western Sahara conflict, and Algeria also regards Morocco as an enemy.
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@jef@mastodon.social Yes they were older. So more likely to die.
Someone has estimated about a third of the drift to Remain/Rejoin is due to the different death rates.
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@Vaneshi@bitbang.social I asked German MEP Terry Reintke if the EU wants the UK back. She replied "abso-f*ck*ng-lutly".
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@tayfonay@beige.party This is peak cloud storage.
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@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk @Mastodon@mastodon.social
Great news.
We also need curated lists by topic of friends that newbies can easily sign up to. (Too many join, see little activity, and leave).
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@OGR_SHA@sueden.social
"Only fascists reject anti-fascism."
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