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'Warmongering' EU Commission boss must leave post, European Left chief says (www.euractiv.com)
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Ursula von der Leyen’s tenure as the European Commission president has been the “worst” in years due to her “warmongering” and insensitive handling of migration, the president of the Party of European Left, Walter Baier, told Euractiv, confirming that the party is against her possible second term.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I personally don’t agree on much with that woman but at least she isn’t a warmonger. I have lost a lot of respect for a European left that cozies up with Putin and other terrorists though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And the far right. The Kremlin is supporting both sides in order to create division. Divide and conquer with a keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that is true. In Germany for example the far right AFD and the, soon to be, far right (Geert Wilders Style) BSW / Bündnis Sarah Wagenknecht, have solid 30%+ of the votes in Germany, if the polls hold true.

The only positive thing I see going for Europe is, that we are not yet (!) as fucked as the US, because most of the time the politicians still actually discuss and are willing to work towards a solution. That behavior is deteriorating in my opinion though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah. IMHO citizens in developed democracies let their guard down after WWII and the Cold War disappeared into history books.

Now there are increasingly authoritarian and violent dictators like the Xi and Putin using social media to spread dangerous propaganda directly to younger generations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

There are the old soviet era left who lean russia and new far right populist who lean Putin