There's a narrow and closing window of opportunity for institutional EU reform and introduction of QMV for remaining policy areas.
Use it.
Or even better yet: a #UnitedFederationOfEurope
Russia and the US threaten European security. This is how we defend our interests.
How did we let this guy pass through EU airspace to get to Hungary?
Interference in our democratic processes and internal European affairs must not be tolerated.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Good news!
Will our national leaders allow EU Inc to pass, or will they block progress yet again due to their stranglehold on the EU via the Council?
The vocal opposition based on workers' rights is of dubious merit. Labour laws apply regardless of corporate structure.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
National leader undermines the security of our entire continent to satisfy subnational political interests.
De Wever was elected to govern at national level. He depends on those narrow interests to get reelected.
Don't expect our security to come first.
We need a #UnitedFederationOfEurope!
Europe's logical response to this should be reciprocal controls on exports of ASML's EUV lithography machines to the US.
Will that happen?
No, because EU decision makers are national, not federal politicians, focused on narrow, short-term, subnational interests.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope needed!
Our national leaders act against our long term interests yet again, because they look inward to those narrow local groups that got them elected.
National politicians should govern at national level, and not wield all EU power via the Council.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
The EU intended to honour the JCPOA despite the US abrogation.
But digital, financial and security dependencies on the US made it impossible and the deal collapsed.
Let's take back our sovereignty.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
European sovereignty is non-negotiable. That includes digital sovereignty.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
This should be THE authoritative step to adopt a proposal for our continent.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Federalise, and this act by the European Parliament would be all it takes to defend the interests of our continent.
No veto by any politician elected to govern at national level.
Looks tempting, eh?
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
When we federalise, European Parliament adoption of the proposal would be the crucial bit.
Looks tempting, eh?
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Art. 7 TEU - full invocation should have been attempted years ago.
Now we send Ukraine scraps off the table while we hope Hungarians evict Orban in April.
And Fico isn't going anywhere.
Can't expect any real European strategy or leadership from myopic national leaders.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Art. 7 TEU - full invocation should have been attempted years ago.
Now we send Ukraine scraps off the table while we hope Hungarians evict Orban in April.
And Fico isn't going anywhere.
Can't expect any real European strategy or leadership from myopic national leaders.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Do we understand now that Marco Rubio's speech in Munich this year was just a reworded version of JD Vance's speech last year?
Nothing
Has
Changed
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Does the Trump regime sound like it intends to permit free and fair elections in the US this November? And In 2028?
Even if the Trump faction loses, over half a billion European citizens should not have to depend on a few swing votes in Wisconsin every few years.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
"Consider Greenland... by standing together in the face of a direct threat, Europeans discovered a solidarity that had previously seemed out of reach.
The shared resolve resonated with the public in ways that no summit communiqué could have achieved."
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
7/7
Frame from the video of Mario Draghi's speech in KU Leuven.
🧵 Mario Draghi:
"Power requires Europe to move from confederation to federation."
Here's a short thread with some short video clips and transcripts of key parts of Draghi's pivotal speech today in KU Leuven...
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
1/7
A huge, but overlooked benefit of ZKP age verification laws for social media:
It's a tool to jump start our defences against hostile influence operations and information warfare. Bots and fake accounts can be identified and eliminated.
Enforcement will then be crucial.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Hopefully this will snowball.
So many professionally negligent IT managers ignore the continent-wide data breach, as Trump-regime affiliated rackets like Microsoft and Google continue to infiltrate European governments.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
The United States is pushing Ukraine, an EU accession candidate, to cede its territory.
Remember, that's also future EU territory that the US is pushing to give to Russia.
It's time to disregard the US in any matter related to our continent, and to retake the initiative.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Rutte is doing what he's paid to do. NATO is synonymous with the US. We shouldn't expect any different.
We should establish unified EU military command and defence budget. That requires pooling more sovereignty, tax raising powers and a stronger political mandate:
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
99.99%
Except for the "United States of Europe".
Great to see @volteuropa.org providing the leadership Europe needs!
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
The only way we can defend our interests and enjoy sovereignty in this new world is by pooling it with the trusted neighbours we share those interests with.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
And don't get me started on our dependence on Visa and Mastercard.
It's insane and foolish to leave European sovereignty so vulnerable and exposed.
Half a billion people here. Let's get our act together.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Unfortunately, that's already the world we're in today.
The Trump regime finished the work of imperialist Russia and totalitarian China to destroy the rules-based international order.
Europe now needs to pool more sovereignty and federalise to survive.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Actually, today it *does* mean Costa Rica and Iceland can just be seized.
The Trump regime finished the work of imperialist Russia and totalitarian China to destroy the rules-based international order.
Europe needs to pool more sovereignty and federalise to survive.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
Our elite's inability to wield power, which Europe has in spades, leaves our interests undefended and leaves us exposed to coercion.
They occupy the vacuum at the top, that our national leaders leave vacant as they focus on the subnational interests that got them elected.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
VDL isn't the problem.
Out national leaders hold most of the power at EU level via their seats on the European Council.
The problem is their focus on the subnational interests that got them elected.
They're easily divided and useless at continent-level governance.
#UnitedFederationOfEurope
I'd greatly appreciate any feedback on my attempt to write a constitution for a united Europe. It's something I’ve been working on for a while
#UnitedEurope #Constitution #ConstitutionForEurope #UFE #UnitedFederationOfEurope #HumanRights #CivilRights #BillOfRights
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