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International analyst & Award Winner. Former DR correspondent. TV2 Denmark direction Member, Chief editor & European correspondent. Views: Europe and global issues.
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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

Macron has just urged the French to join the military reserve. “We are entering a new era”. France will have to spend more on defence. “The threat that Russia represents imposes choices on us” (Live exchange on social media)

The Trump administration is now bringing the postwar era to an end. No one should be surprised: this is what they said they would do. America's European and Asian allies need to adjust, quickly. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...

OVERNIGHT: Donald Trump’s media company, citing President Donald Trump’s executive order, sues a Brazilian judge who is involved in the potential prosecution of Donald Trump’s political ally Jair Bolsonaro.

💥 SCOOP - Brussels is considering repurposing €93bn in unspent pandemic recovery loans for defence, von der Leyen told a gathering of EU leaders this week, as bloc scrambles to find ways to ramp up defence spending in response to Trump @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f28b...

My God, this is sad. Putin is writing Trump’s script now. America is no longer the leader of the free world.

Pres Trump: ‘I think Europe has given $100bn [to Ukraine] and we’ve given, let’s say, $300bn plus.’ The most reliable figures show the EU has given $138bn to Ukraine, while the US has given $114bn. In 2024 Europe and Canada provided nearly 60% of NATO’s security aid to Ukraine.

Min analyse af dagens udmeldinger og direkte opfordring fra statsministeren til forsvarschefen #købkøbkøb #dkpol #dkforsvar www.altinget.dk/forsvar/arti...

Never thought that saving Europe from fascism would mean praying for German rearmament. But here we are.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz just missed history.

While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent. SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.

The Trump administration does not have a grand geopolitical strategy It is pursuing an ideological campaign against its true enemy, which is not China or Russia but liberalism. It hates liberals at home and liberal democracies abroad — and wants both to suffer nickcohen.substack.com/p/trumps-tru...

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

Finally a silver lining to global chaos. www.ft.com/content/b786...

BREAKING: The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation employees just weeks after the fatal mid-air collision over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., as well as other deadly plane crashes.

Excellent meeting with @melaniejoly.bsky.social today. The EU-Canada partnership is strong, dynamic, and built to last. Together, we discussed ways to boost our support to Ukraine, increase pressure on Russia, as well as opportunities to strengthen our security and defence cooperation.

Trump friend’s takeover of Washington Post. Crime pays.

De to israelske kandidater risikerer at ryge ud af konkurrencen om langtrækkende jordbaseret luftforsvar til Danmark, hvis forsvarsforligskredsen tirsdag aften vælger at lytte til en vurdering fra Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse #dkpol #dkforsvar www.altinget.dk/forsvar/arti...

Just read Vance's remarks. Breathtaking that a US vice-president would inject himself so brazenly into other democracies' politics - & most chilling of all to boost Germany's far right.

Encouraged by Kier Starmer's remarks (no talks without Ukraine, new sanctions on Putin's circle, Ukraine on path to Nato) and Germany's Boris Pistorius calling Vance's speech "unacceptable" that Europe may slowly be locating some spine.

"There can be no decision about Ukraine without Ukraine." Representatives of European countries share their opinions about Trump's talks with Putin. 📹: DW

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:NATO has to ramp up the defense industry production "We have fantastic defense industries,but we’re not producing enough.And this is a problem we have.Russia is producing in 3months in ammunition what the whole of the Alliance is producing in the year,”he said

❗️Moldova decided to shut down the Rossotrudnichestvo office after Russian drones violated its airspace, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. The translation of the press release by Moldova's MFA is below⤵️:

En begivenhedsrig dag i Bruxelles. Dagen, hvor USA punkterede Ukraines drømme. Men hvor nogle glædede sig over, at Trump & Co trods alt ikke har trukket stikket på Nato.

❗️🇳🇱Dutch F-35A fighters have also been deployed to NATO's Baltic Sentinel mission to protect the region's maritime infrastructure.

NEW: Six times since yesterday, a judge has blocked a component of Trump's early-term policy blitz, saying it appeared to run afoul of the law or constitution. The clashes are beginning to define the first chapter of the Trump presidency. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Berlingske mener: DRs »Grønlands hvide guld« er en gave til Trump – og en katastrofe for Grønland

Hvornår fyrer #DR TV-instruktør Claus Pilehave, manden bag historieforfalskningen om Danmarks arbejde med kryolit i Grønland? DR måtte helt til Indien for at finde en specialist i kolonisering, Adinham Banerjee, for at hævde, at DR havde påvist udnyttelse af “kolonien” Grønland.

The Western Balkans are part of the European family. Our security is inseparable. Our cooperation is essential. Today in Rome, I underlined this shared security perspective and our hope for real progress in the next five years on EU enlargement, based on progress with reforms.

47,000+ Palestinians killed. 111,000 injured. Trump’s response? Forcibly expel Palestinians to make Gaza “a real estate development for the future. A beautiful piece of land.”  No. Gaza must be rebuilt for the Palestinian people, not billionaire tourists.

Meanwhile in Russia: top state TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov emphasized that Russia couldn't care less about Trump's peace plan and is going to deal with him from a position of strength, fully realizing that he is terrified of WWIII. youtu.be/UqAKjh7hDQU

Maybe it worked that way in apartheid South Africa. But this country was built on the foundation of seperation of power where the courts are part of a system of checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. It’s in the Constitution. You should read it, Musk. thehill.com/policy/techn...

Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

The Russian State Duma has threatened the EU in response to «plans to seize Russian oil tankers» Russian MP&Duma's defense committee deputy head Zhuravlev told the Russian Abzats media that "any act of assault on our ships in the Baltic Sea should be regarded as an attack on Russian territory"

www.dr.dk/nyheder/peng... Danmarks Radio’s historieforfalskning om Grønland

Putin führt Krieg mit der Intention, ein 🇷🇺 Imperium in Europa wiederzubegründen. Wenn er damit Erfolg hat, wird dieser Krieg uns immer näherkommen. Darum sind seine Bomben & Panzer momentan nicht mit Diplomatie zu stoppen, sondern nur mit Verteidigung. www.zeit.de/video/2025-0...

Caligula rules www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A video appeared online that reportedly shows a HIMARS strike on the headquarters of Russian troops in Kursk region. HIMARS are an important factor in fighting off Russian troops&hitting Russian headquarters. It’s crucial that the new US administration continues supplying HIMARS missiles to Ukraine

#resist #poliart Please stand up for political cartoonists around the country as they are starting to be pushed out for their content and/or due to "needed cuts". Art has spoken truth to power throughout history and is one of the first things crushed in regimes.

Godt overblik over hvordan Donald Trumps adfærd svækker Natos afskrækkelse, og de europæiske lande står i en sikkerhedspolitisk knibe.