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Minister of Agriculture Lollobrigida (Brothers of Italy) to the press: In Ukraine we see "a battle against Soviet imperialism". "We are pro-Europe. Without Europe Italy is weaker". Another planet when compared to Salvini's League.

submitted 30 minutes ago • 1 comment

The EU-US tariff war will be damaging for Italy. Giorgia Meloni will side with von der Leyen (without much publicity), & this will create an opening for Matteo Salvini to shoot at the Commission & implicitly distance himself from his own govt. Hoping to impress right wing voters.

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

The EU-US tariff war will be damaging for Italy. Giorgia Meloni will side with von der Leyen (without much publicity), & this will create an opening for Matteo Salvini to shoot at the Commission & implicitly distance himself from his own govt. Hoping to impress right wing voters.

submitted 5 hours ago • 2 comments

Salvini reposting Trump's behaviour in the Oval Office today. He's such a committed fan... From Meloni: only silence.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Now watch Santi Abascal, Viktor Orbán and Matteo Salvini perform somersaults to show their base that 25% tariffs aren't going to hurt "the people" of the EU, but only the evil Von der Leyen... Meanwhile, Giorgia Meloni will pretend not to have heard about them at all. "Nah... there are no tariffs"

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Less than year after throwing them out of his group in the EU Parliament, Matteo Salvini now wants to "collaborate" with the AfD (read: invite them back in). He knows his constant flip-flopping is unlikely to get much scrutiny by the major broadcasting channels.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

In the end, l suppose we'll never know if meddling Elon Musk ended up being an asset for the AfD, or a drag.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Makes perfect sense for Donald Trump to say that a party of 20% "HAS WON THE GERMAN ELECTION!". He's hoping many international media will buy this... peculiar reading of the data & declare the AfD the winner. And what he's hoping is not necessarily an impossibility, is it?

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Let's see who is the first genius to come up with the thesis that keeping a party of 19% out of government would be "undemocratic".

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Imagine having to run any organisation-let alone crucial ones like these- in this context. Hard to believe it wasn't all a bad joke.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Meloni condemned to walk a shaking tightrope... She cannot alienate Trump, yet she knows that she'll never be in a position to antagonise major European powers and the EU Commission either...🙅‍♀️ www.ft.com/content/8f0c...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Here is what to watch out for in the 6pm exit polls: 1) does the CDU cross 30% & how large is the gap to the AfD? 2) is there a majority of seats for a CDU-SPD coalition? This is the easiest (but by no means easy) coalition to negotiate. 3) are FDP and BSW in or out? 4) how well does die Linke do?

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Imagine living in a country in which judges let this stand. Good luck, America!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Damn, l have placed a bet that he would only turn on him after 6 weeks...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Someone explain to Jordan Bardella of Rassemblement National that normalisation and dédiabolisation makes him look sooo démodé...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Breaking news: massive anti-Trump protests are spreading like wildfire across the United States

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

As far as the coverage of Trump's actions by League & Brothers of Italy is concerned, everything is going exactly as predicted. Each actor sticks religiously to the script.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Sure, most of us who witnessed the end of the Soviet Union back in 1991 were able to predict that Russia would end up setting US foreign and defence policy 3 and a half decades later.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment