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…Die EU braucht eine Verteidigungsstrategie

Diese Pläne dürfen nicht naiv abgetan werden. Die Demokraten in den USA haben das Project 2025 nicht ernst genommen – mit verheerenden Folgen, wie sich nun zeigt.

„Diesen Fehler dürfen die Entscheidungsträger in Europa nicht wiederholen.
Die EU braucht eine Verteidigungsstrategie

Ich würde ja schon mal damit anfangen, Orbán aus der EU zu schmeißen!“

#Project2025
#Orbán
#Europa
#Ungarn
#Polen
#Orbán
#HeritageFoundation

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban voted on April 22 in a national poll opposing Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, publicly sharing photos of himself marking “against” on the ballot.

kyivindependent.com/orban-cast

The Kyiv Independent · Orban casts vote against Ukraine’s accession to the EU in ongoing nationwide pollBy Sonya Bandouil
#Ukraine#Russia#EU

Diese #correctiv-Recherche hat mindestens so viel Aufmerksamkeit verdient wie die Potsdam-Geschichte um #noAfD und "#remigration".

Sie zeigt am Beispiel der „Berlin Campaign Conference“, wie Teile der CDU/CSU mit Hilfe (Geld) von Putin, Orban und Trump der Machtübernahme der Faschisten in Deutschland den Weg ebnen.

Großen Dank an @correctiv_org !

correctiv.org/aktuelles/trump-

correctiv.org · Geld, Macht, Kampagnen: Der lange Arm von Team TrumpBy Annika Joeres

#Trump, #Musk, #Putin, #Netanjahu, #Erdoğan, #Orban, #LePenn, and #Kickl are #populist #fascists. There, I said it publicly.

Many more western politicians have clear fascist, illiberal tendencies, including previous #FPÖVP chancellors and current governors (Austrian #federalism does not work any more and needs to be severely limited to get back to a functioning government).

[derstandard.at/story/300000002 is a good summary of some reasonable criteria for spotting #fascism, and diepresse.com/19301692/haben-w gives more insight into the Austrian variant. aaup.org/news/professors-are-n gives links to the current US government fight against academia.]

The result of this toot is probably that I _really_ shouldn't be traveling to the #US, #Israel, or #Turkey with their current governments. Luckily, I still dare write such statements publicly in Austria and the wider EU. If I really have to get into political trouble, then let it be because I denounce fascism and oppose the abuse of technology to build surveillance states driven by fear. I will not fight with violence, but I can and will fight it with words.

DER STANDARD · Die FPÖ und der ewige FaschismusEine politische Analyse der von der Partei geschürten Ängste, ihrer Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Wortwahl mithilfe von Umberto Ecos Werk

That about summs it up…

““We cannot exclude the first neither free, nor fair election in an EU member state [and] a situation where the US administration will immediately recognise the outcome,” Hegedüs said.

This raises a challenge for EU diplomats, who have long argued the best way to solve the “Orbán problem” – like the “Poland problem” before it – is to wait for change at the ballot box.

Strik thinks it is the wrong approach. The Dutch MEP wants the commission to speak out more, seek a European court suspension order on the ban of LGBTQ+ events, and redistribute Hungary’s forfeited EU funds to civil society and local government: the Hungarian government lost €1bn in EU funds in 2024 over rule-of-law noncompliance, while a further €19bn is blocked.

“He [Orbán] should be under huge pressure from the EU to change his course,” said Strik.” (Source: theguardian.com/world/2025/apr? )

I’ve nothing to add except that the EU has few levers to pull member States back into the fold of “shared values” and #Hungary is by no means the only ‘thorn’ in the #EU ‘s side.

The Guardian · Orbán’s stance on Ukraine pushes Hungary to brink in EU relationsBy Jennifer Rankin