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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] 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.