Of course the more important tech fail is that EU Ministers are still using MAGA messenger Whatsapp.
Digital security and sovereignty, anyone?
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#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
INVESTIGATION: Hungary colluded with Russia.
EVIDENCE: Hungary’s FM acted for the Kremlin.
AIM: weakening EU sanctions packages and delist sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
STOP PUTIN'S TROJAN HORSE IN EU!
Stop unanimity-based EU foreign policy!!
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Outrageous, beyond belief and manifestly incompatible with the #ECHR, the EU #CFR and thus the Dutch Constitution: “The new [Dutch] cabinet wants to give the police the powers to monitor people online, even if they are not suspected of planning to commit a crime.”
www.dutchnews.nl/2026/03/mini...
INVESTIGATION: Hungary colluded with Russia.
EVIDENCE: Hungary’s FM acted for the Kremlin.
AIM: weakening EU sanctions packages and delist sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
STOP PUTIN'S TROJAN HORSE IN EU!
Stop unanimity-based EU foreign policy!!
#DefendDemocracy
#StandWithUkraine
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
„Het internationaal recht doodverklaren is precies wat diegenen willen die het kapot willen maken.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
"When Moscow and Washington align around the same European leader, Europe cannot afford naïveté.
Our democracy, sovereignty and unity must never depend on external agendas."
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Trump’s ‘gut’ let him down in Iran — and we’re all paying the price of his failed diplomacy.
by former U.S. ambassador to NATO @ivodaalder.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/iran...
En het parlement biedt uiteindelijk nooit tegenwicht. Want kabinet zegt dat ze het heel zorgvuldig gaan doen met de beste regels. Als parlement kun je dan of zeggen "nietus, dat doen jullie helemaal niet", of je kunt meedoen: alles voor de veiligheid! Zie ook mijn stuk berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Oops, I forgot to add the link:
vsquare.org/kremlin-hotl...
The new cabinet wants to give the police the powers to monitor people online, even if they are not suspected of planning to commit a crime. Ministers on Friday voted in favour of draft legislation which would allow them to keep a closer online eye on demonstrators and potential rioters, but which could have a knock-on effect on general population. The legislation, says justice minister David van Weel, would bring the police “into the 21st century” but experts warn it...
The hotline between Péter Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov provided Russia with strategic information on critical EU issues.
vsquare.org
‘Nee, we leven niet in een wetteloze wereld of in een wereld waarin geen regels meer gelden. Waar we wel in leven, is een wereld waarin sommigen de internationale regels willen afzwakken of helemaal w...
www.nrc.nl
Washington’s brand of dealmaking seems unable to handle a determined enemy that seeks its own survival by imposing maximum pain on others.
Data en de democratische rechtsorde. Ik dacht, ik begin eens goed pompeus. Bij de AIVD werkte ik mee aan het afluisteren van mensen, later heb ik daar software voor gemaakt en allemaal heel interessan...
berthub.eu
Two headlines. Same newspaper. Just days apart.
According to the *Financial Times*, the Kremlin has backed covert efforts to keep Viktor Orbán in power. Around the same time, voices in Washington described Orbán’s leadership as “essential” for US interests. Different capitals. Same conclusion. 1/2
Mooie podcast! En het Nederlandse woord voor hybride oorlog is schaduwoorlog. Ik schreef er onlangs over:
defenddemocracy.eu/europe-secur...
Ongevaarlijke burgers online begluren? Hard nodig, vindt dit kabinet
De ministerraad is akkoord met een wetsvoorstel om de politie ‘naar de 21ste eeuw’ te brengen.
