Dutch Volt Leader Laurens Dassen backs Ukraine's call for a #EuropeanArmy: “With one united European Army we will stand much stronger in the world than with dozens of small ones, and we won't need Donald Trump.”
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Dutch news knows this of Volt. @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org should come as no suprise that Volt would back Zelensky on that. Glad at least someone did. Happy pvda/gl en d66 followed on sending troops anyways.
Bc Volt is team progressives. They have been saying this since they started the party. Credit where credit is due. It's the very reason of their excistance. And I agree with Volt on that one.
🆘 America is crying, we are sorry and we are feeling powerless. We are organizing though, we know we must fight back against the trump/Musk regime. Please wish us strength and bravery against the fascist takeover. 💔🇺🇸😢
A unified, well-trained, brilliantly-led European army to defend Europe against the incursion of malign actors such as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Yep, I'm paying more taxes in my area of California than most and from what I understand, it mainly pays for stuff in red states so I really don't want my tax dollars funding Leon's trips to Mars. I doubt he'll take me along when the oligarchs deplete the Earth of it's natural resources anyway.
A ‘united European army’ sounds great until you remember that the EU can’t even agree on energy policy, immigration, or basic economic strategy—but sure, let’s centralize military power under an unelected bureaucracy. What could go wrong? #EuropeanArmy
A place to start’—for what, exactly? Handing over military power to an unelected EU bureaucracy that can’t even manage basic governance? Centralized power doesn’t lead to security, it leads to control. Who do you think will actually be calling the shots? #EuropeanArmy
This American and many more will join the European army to save Ukraine. Slava Ukraine and may Shitler, Twitler and all soulless maga scum get off our fucking planet
There are multiple Trump towers and golf courses outside the United States. These foreign countries should prohibit all from staying or playing. Let the mango King see how it feels to watch his assets wilt.
NATO would be best served by ignoring the United States and Donald Trump. We’ve already shown that we are not dependable partners. Putin is weak, every day the war drags on his military is diminished and his constituents demoralized. Make Donald Trump irrelevant.
It's unfortunately a little late. I heard Zelenskyy agreed to trump's ridiculous 50/50 natural resources split in exchange for protection that NATO should have given. It also obliterates Putin's reasoning for the war, which was western expansion.
If I were the EU (which I'm not) I'd go with the idea they floated in December. Give the $278 billion in frozen Russian assets in Europe to Ukraine as a budget to buy what it needs. That's more than double everything spent on Ukraine so far.
Isolate the thug President and his criminal cabinet! Don’t invite them to any world events any more! They are all convicted criminals sent to American embassies around the world by trump. Europe and other countries should not take them seriously. Elon and trump work for Russia and MBS.
It’s ridiculous, I know. I find a little comfort when they say “Donald Trump” and not “United States”
Like they understand who is behind this and that most of our country is looking at his destruction of everything dear in shock horror and disgust, too. And we’re trying to figure out our futures
Zelensky referred to "America & the allies" yesterday. As a Brit watching this fascist shitshow unfold, that demarcation was strangely touching. We, the allies, will now patiently await the US's economy tanking tariffs to supplement the Putin inflicted cost of living crisis
Thank you. Also remove Orban and Fico Austrias, Van der Bellen. They prefer autocratic leaders and dictators. This is essential, however all 3 countries will serve Putin's interests by spying etc. That is the cat and mouse game. However independently Putin will use them to launch a war.
It's easy to say but nearly impossible to implement. To whom will this army respond? Can it intervene inside Europe? Who will give the orders?
If one country is against some intervention? Will it require consensus? When you start to think in practical terms there are problems almost unsolvable
The EU does not need to build a single army from scratch it simply needs to consolidate and expand what already exists. The legal frameworks, military cooperation, and political will are already developing. EU army could become a reality far more easily than most people think.
But then is not a common army. Is something more similar to NATO. But then also need to be very clear how will it operate.
If is just a NATO but without USA... will not be much different from what we have now.
Only article 5 "forces" countries to take action. The rest in NATO is optional
I think this is whats got to happen to have any affect to keep peace. But the European leaders need to be more vocal against Trump. If the Mexican President & Trudeau can be strong against him so can they! This needs to be snipped in the bud right now! He's dangerous!
Perhaps it's the case that Trump is saving specifics on tariffs against European nations as a bargaining chip in his Ukraine peace deal proposals. That should separate the wheat from the 'career politician' chaf.
Great idea. Together as one is bigger and stronger than each one alone. Zelenskyy is a hero to many in Australia. Strong, stable and loves his country and its people. But most of all love's the freedom, that's a part of democracy ...worth fighting for... from a concerned Aussie.
🆘 Anti-MAGA Americans are crying, we are sorry and ashamed and we are feeling powerless. We are organizing though, we know we must fight back against the trump/Musk regime. Please wish us strength and bravery against the fascist takeover. 💔🇺🇸😢
The U.S. needs to take so many steps backwards before it begin to move forward. It's scary as hell. How can so many Americans not recognize how dangerous felon47 is?
🆘 Anti-MAGA Americans are crying, we are sorry and ashamed and we are feeling powerless. We are organizing though, we know we must fight back against the trump/Musk regime. Please wish us strength and bravery against the fascist takeover. 💔🇺🇸😢
And so say all of us . The convicted felon president is not going to come to the aid of anyone except the oligarchs who support him. His corrupt regime is enabling a coup in plain sight. He is not interested in helping the American people or his country, he is too busy lining his pockets and lying.
The question is, will America ever recover from this? Will we ever be trusted again? The world knows now that 1/2 of America is made up of racist bullies.
It’s not nearly half. It’s been proven you only need 30% of the population to tip a country fascist. They have 30% and every large social media platform. That’s the damn problem.
They in fact talked about it in the 1950s already - ECD (European Defense Community), it was even ratified by some countries but not all, that’s why it never happened.
honor the agreement
In 1994, Ukraine agreed to transfer these weapons to Russia and became the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in exchange for assurances from Russia, the United States and United Kingdom to respect the Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in existing borders
Wouldn’t DJT love this plan?We keep our money, the EU foots the bill and he can somehow claim he helped peace as he cozys up to Vald. He doesn’t care if he’s iced out, he wants a 100% sovereign US.
If that happens, then Europe no longer relies on America's military industrial complex to supply weapons and equipment. Which makes america a shit tonne of money. If Europe stops buying from the US, that puts a big dent in America's bottom line.
Yessss! European friends, you’ve got this. Stand united with one army and don’t let the felonious, orange, pedophile yank you around. Make his life a living hell, we Americans are counting on you. We’re doing our part from the inside, together we can topple this fucker! 🔥
I’m working on it my friend. There are 330 million of us and 77 million voted for him. At this point, I’d say a million of those 77 have woken up. Pretty soon another 10 million will wake up when they are hungry and homeless. The situation will become extremely dire but that’s what it will take.
Absolutely!
European army that only uses European made weapons, we need to become independent from US weapons manufacturers as that might restrict our ability to defend ourselves.
Also it will stop wasting money on weapon systems that are not compatible...
Well, this will need A FULL change because, excepted France and in some extent Germany, all EU country has a good or even worse the main part of their defense supplied by USA.
Agreed, take the F35 and Apache helicopter for example.
The European Defense industry needs to step it up a notch and the EU should mandate EU developed and produced equipment first (unless there is no alternative)
F-35, AH-64, UH-60, Patriot, M1... the sad thing being that EU produce alternative products which are as good as the US ones or even better
Meanwhile, if you want to sell your defense tool in the US, it has to be produced on the US soil made by US employees. And usually if there isn't US alternative
The Republicans have made The USA “useless.” Nobody… and I mean nobody anywhere will want to buy USA made products after THIS administration destroys our democracy.
As an American I'm so sad to see what is happening. I'm sad that Europe and Ukraine cannot depend on the US for support. I hope we survive this assault from within and can become trusted again.
This was regarding the suggestion that the EU, as it is today, forms a joint military. Ukraine is not a part of the EU, so Polish troops would not be deployed there. It engages if an EU nation is attacked. Poland remarked they are happy to have a joint "defense system" but not a joint military.
EU is not a defense union like NATO.
And a European army is not about EU (eg Austria is an EU member but neutral regarding military, thus not in NATO either).
And why would anybody want to exclude the UK from a European army. They‘re not in EU anymore but still Europe.
A united Europe with a united 2nd language of English (70% of young people already conversational) would be a tempting mass emigration destination for the non-MAGA Americans. What a brain drain that would be!
Question for Anonymous: Can you find proof that Musk stole the election for Trump? States with paper ballots can't be hacked, but for those using voting machines, can you do it?
It's something we need right now.
Time to take control. Kick the Americans out of NATO before Trump decides to threatens to leave on his own. Having Trump associated to NATO would be like having Putin as part of the group.
To save yourselves against Trumps facist, do it. Include Canada, then when you're one massive military, install bases in Canada and Mexico. Also, install one in Greenland.
Zo is het! Verenigt u! #EuropeanArmy!
America is no longer an ally, and cannot be relied upon. Europe is not weak, and if the Ukrainian war has taught us anything, Russia would be outnumbered. The problem will always be the nuclear option though... This saddens me.
A new leader in the Netherlands who is fighting polarisation and talks sanity. He is not left nor right (although far right might argue he is left) and could represent the more silent majority that hasn’t got a voice in this polarised world. I hope this man will gain votes going forward.
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And please help us while they are at it
I like the sounds of that.
I like the sounds of that.
Are you gonna pay taxes here too then?
We MUST stop our reliance on "traditional norms".
Unprecedented times call for Unprecedented solutions!!
Let's hear them!!
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Russia has lost nearly a million men and half of its pre-war equipment stockpile. They only have about 2000 functional tanks left.
Like they understand who is behind this and that most of our country is looking at his destruction of everything dear in shock horror and disgust, too. And we’re trying to figure out our futures
Zelensky referred to "America & the allies" yesterday. As a Brit watching this fascist shitshow unfold, that demarcation was strangely touching. We, the allies, will now patiently await the US's economy tanking tariffs to supplement the Putin inflicted cost of living crisis
If one country is against some intervention? Will it require consensus? When you start to think in practical terms there are problems almost unsolvable
What is pretty easy is to write "it's pretty easy"
If is just a NATO but without USA... will not be much different from what we have now.
Only article 5 "forces" countries to take action. The rest in NATO is optional
NATO as of now still includes the US and as well Turkey.
Repeat that loud n clear, don’t think captain chaos heard that😄
On line activism is meaningless without actual physical protests 🪧
Pardon my French but, wtf is wrong with you guys?
Where is all the political counterpart????
We need someone to lead this movement asap!!!
We are headless&hopeless
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So, I think with relatively little effort and time, Canada may find itself bordering EU, and ask to join 💪
Hard to believe noone has proof on record of what they're letting them do
https://www.cvce.eu/de/recherche/unit-content/-/unit/en/b9fe3d6d-e79c-495e-856d-9729144d2cbd/496532b7-e06a-4ad5-a5a5-299fb9066f96
In 1994, Ukraine agreed to transfer these weapons to Russia and became the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in exchange for assurances from Russia, the United States and United Kingdom to respect the Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in existing borders
America is currently playing chicken with an economic ice burg. Economic peer pressure doesn't work if you manage to piss off the entire world.
China wins by doing nothing.
That‘s your job right now. Because the World is just better with a reliable US with democratic principles.
And we‘ll try our best to keep Europe intact until you got rid of the King and are back with a President.
European army that only uses European made weapons, we need to become independent from US weapons manufacturers as that might restrict our ability to defend ourselves.
Also it will stop wasting money on weapon systems that are not compatible...
The European Defense industry needs to step it up a notch and the EU should mandate EU developed and produced equipment first (unless there is no alternative)
Meanwhile, if you want to sell your defense tool in the US, it has to be produced on the US soil made by US employees. And usually if there isn't US alternative
rely on the US or invest in independence
Plus, there is another problem with USA, ITAR. Right now, there is only french companies who produce ITAR free as much as they can.
Hard choices ahead.
My apologies. It is what it is.
Fuck (Orange Shitler) & (it's) Nazi cultists
I very much doubt Europe will reject the offer.
However, you need to leave enough soldiers there to secure your Southern borders… 🙈🤷♀️
https://youtu.be/pwMLbWqc6BM?si=24CF-jBiMXSoqjxQ
https://thebeaverton.com/2025/02/furious-poilievre-criticizes-trump-tariffs-for-uniting-canadians/
And a European army is not about EU (eg Austria is an EU member but neutral regarding military, thus not in NATO either).
And why would anybody want to exclude the UK from a European army. They‘re not in EU anymore but still Europe.
It's something we need right now.
https://youtu.be/q34Qxl5HINg?feature=shared
The country has gone rogue, with such a president and such an administration. Deplorable and terrifying.
America is no longer an ally, and cannot be relied upon. Europe is not weak, and if the Ukrainian war has taught us anything, Russia would be outnumbered. The problem will always be the nuclear option though... This saddens me.
We lived that, 30 years, Cold War.