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#20597515 at 2024-03-20 19:23:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25261: Biden Peddled Influence 'PeachMint' Edition

French Units In Ukraine Will Be 'Priority' Target, Warns Russia

Russian intelligence has alleged that France is preparing a military contingent of 2,000 troops to be deployed on the ground in Ukraine. The claim was made by Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin on Tuesday, and was quickly picked up in international headlines, also given it is rare for him to make statements like this.

"The current leadership of the country [France] does not care about the deaths of ordinary French people or about the concerns of the generals," Naryshkin said as translated in TASS. "According to information coming to the Russian SVR, a contingent to be sent to Ukraine is already being prepared. Initially, it will include around 2,000 troops."

The Russian intelligence chief further said the French military "fears that such a large military unit cannot be transferred and stationed in Ukraine unnoticed."

"It will thus become a legitimate priority target for attacks by the Russian armed forces. This means that it will suffer the fate of all the French who have ever come to the Russian world with a sword," Naryshkin emphasized. The past months have seen instances where Moscow claimed its forces took out French mercenaries in Kharkiv, but neither the Ukraine nor France ever verified this. Russia is now saying it will target foreign troops in Ukraine as a "priority".

He didn't elaborate further or offer anything in the way of verification or proof, but it comes after French President Emmanuel Macron sparked fierce debate in Europe last month by telling allies they shouldn't rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine. "Nothing should be excluded," Macron had said. "We will do everything that we must so that Russia does not win."

While most Western allies have voiced their rejection of a scenario of sending NATO forces to Ukraine, officials have been urging more rapid production of weapons. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni is the latest to say that deploying Western ground troops to Ukraine must "be avoided at any cost" in Tuesday remarks.

On Monday European Council President Charles Michel called for Europe to shift to a "war economy" mode in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. "If we do not get the EU's response right and do not give Ukraine enough support to stop Russia, we are next. We must therefore be defense-ready and shift to a 'war economy' mode," Michel stated in an op-ed published in European newspapers and the Euractiv website.

According to details of the latest efforts to free up more EU funds for Ukraine:

He [Michel] urged countries to facilitate investments in defense - including by considering changing the mandate of the EU lending arm, the European Investment Bank, to allow it to support Europe's defense industry.

EU countries approved an agreement on Monday to increase the EU's support for Ukraine's armed forces by 5 billion euros ($5.4 billion) - amid warnings that Kyiv's forces need more resources to hold the line against a larger Russian army as a $60 billion US aid package for Ukraine is being held up by Congress.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell hailed the hasty cash injection by saying, "With the fund, we will continue to support Ukraine defend itself from Russia's war of aggression with whatever it takes and for as long as we need to." But on the battlefield things continue to look very bad for Ukraine…

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-units-ukraine-will-be-priority-target-warns-russia

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-units-ukraine-will-be-priority-target-warns-russia

#20464268 at 2024-02-23 21:35:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25103: Brute Force Edition

23 Feb, 2024 20:29
Hungary blocks joint EU statement on Ukraine anniversary - media

The bloc's three leading officials released a condemnation of Russia instead

A joint EU statement denouncing Moscow and promising "unwavering" support for Kiev was blocked by Hungary on Friday, two anonymous diplomats told Politico and Bloomberg.

An email from the office of Charles Michel, president of the European Council, said that "in the absence of a consensus" among the member states, the statement would be sent on behalf of Michel, European Parliament president Roberta Metsola, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen instead.

The statement accused Russia of a "full-scale war of aggression" and of "violence, brutality, terror and destruction," while pledging "strong and unwavering political, military, financial, economic, diplomatic and humanitarian support" to Ukraine.

The three officials also vowed to "continue to address Ukraine's pressing military and defense needs, including deliveries of urgently needed ammunition and missiles."

According to one diplomat who spoke to Bloomberg and Politico, anon-NATO member of the EU had "doubts" or "reservations" about the language concerning the missiles, and was also critical that the bloc has been "silent"about the conflict in Gaza. While the country in question was not named,only Austria, Ireland and Malta are members of the EU but not of NATO.

Ukraine was also promised EU membership eventually, but the European Commission was "still working" on the framework for the accession talks, von der Leyen admitted on Wednesday. Nothing much is likely to happen in the process until after the European Parliament elections, scheduled for June 6-9, she added.

Hungary has yet to comment on its veto of the joint statement. Budapest has been consistently critical of Brussels' military support for Kiev, as opposed to seeking a negotiated peace. Hungary has also refused to send weapons to Ukraine, or to allow their delivery through its territory.

Moscow launched its military operation in 2022, after Kiev disavowed the Minsk agreements that were supposed to bring peace to the Donbass. German and French politicians later admitted that the peace process had been a ruse to buy the West time to arm Ukraine for a war against Russia.

https://www.rt.com/news/593046-hungary-eu-ukraine-statement/

#20424376 at 2024-02-16 18:38:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25056: Fanni Daddy Mo Money Wade In Safe Race Card Move Yo Edition

>>20424344
(Something really weird with this situation)
16 Feb, 2024 16:57
Kremlin comments on Navalny's death
With an investigation ongoing, Dmitry Peskov cautioned Western leaders against making "rabid statements"

Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) is taking all the necessary steps to investigate the death of Alexey Navalny, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

Navalny died on Friday afternoon in a penal colony in Yamalo-Nenets Region, where he had been serving a 19-year sentence for offenses related to "extremism." According to the prison service, the 47-year-old felt unwell and lost consciousness after a walk, and was pronounced dead by doctors shortly after.

The FSIN "is taking all the steps that need to be taken in such a situation," Peskov told reporters. As such, a special inquiry would not be needed, he added.

The Kremlin spokesman said that medical professionals will determine the exact cause of Navalny's passing, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been kept informed of the situation.

Earlier, an RT Russian service source said that Navalny had suffered a blood clot.

US Vice President Kamala Harris declared that "Russia is responsible" for Navalny's passing, while European Council President Charles Michel said that "the EU holds the Russian regime solely responsible for this tragic death."

"Obviously, these are absolutely rabid statements," Peskov commented. "There is no information about the cause of death. We consider such statements absolutely unacceptable and inappropriate."

Navalny first rose to prominence as a right-wing activist and as one of the leaders of the "Russian march," an ultranationalist rally formerly held in Moscow every year He then shifted his ideology to align with Western liberal beliefs and positioned himself as an opponent of Putin, attempting to contest the 2018 presidential election despite being investigated for fraud at the time.

Navalny was convicted of fraud and jailed in early 2021, receiving an additional 19 years for extremism last year. In December, he was transferred to the 'Polar Wolf' colony in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets Region, located 40km above the Arctic Circle.

https://www.rt.com/russia/592565-kremlin-comment-navalny-death/

#20341556 at 2024-02-01 18:30:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24957: Freedom A HeartBeat Away Edition

EU approves ?50 billion in Ukraine aid

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has lifted his veto amid a pressure campaign from Brussels

EU leaders have signed off on a ?50 billion ($54 billion) package of economic aid to Ukraine, overcoming resistance from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The Hungarian leader accused Brussels of "blackmailing" him into accepting the deal.

European Council President Charles Michel announced the news on Thursday morning, minutes after the bloc's leaders sat down for talks in Brussels.

"All 27 leaders agreed on an additional ?50 billion support package for Ukraine within the EU budget," Michel wrote on X. "This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for Ukraine."

The sum will be drawn from the EU's collective budget and doled out over four years to Kiev, where it will be used to pay public sector salaries, keep government departments open, and prop up the beleaguered welfare system. The EU budget, already agreed three years ago, will have to be modified to include the mammoth aid package.

Any such modifications require the unanimous approval of all 27 bloc member states. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned for months that he would veto the proposal, arguing that the EU has no idea how the money will be spent and no idea what will happen in Ukraine in the coming months. Orban has also argued that Ukraine cannot defeat Russia on the battlefield, and that Western leaders should be pushing Kiev toward a ceasefire and peace talks.

Orban has described Ukraine as "one of the most corrupt countries in the world." Transparency International ranks Ukraine 104th out of 180 in its Corruption Perceptions Index report, and over the weekend, the country's Security Service (SBU) announced that it had uncovered a major scheme by high-ranking defense officials to embezzle money intended to purchase ammunition.

Earlier this week, the Financial Times revealed that the European Council had drawn up a plan to cut funding to Budapest and tank the Hungarian economy if Orban maintained his veto. Orban accused the "imperialist" EU of trying to "blackmail" him, and said that he proposed a compromise deal whereby Ukraine would receive a smaller transfer of aid every year, which any member state could veto.

Brussels rejected Orban's proposal, he told France's Le Point news magazine on Monday. "They say that if we behave like a sovereign country, Hungary will immediately face a vast financial blockade," he said. "Knowing Brussels, they are capable of it."

Under the terms of the deal agreed on Thursday, EU leaders will debate the implementation of the package annually, while the budget will be reviewed in two years. Speaking anonymously, multiple European diplomats told Politico that these measures were included to placate the Hungarian PM.

However, other anonymous officials said that Orban was given no concessions, and was pressured to accept that "there was no alternative than giving in on the money to Ukraine."

https://www.rt.com/news/591658-eu-approves-ukraine-aid/

#20217475 at 2024-01-10 04:41:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24808: Desperate for Distractions Edition

Charles Michel, is planning to run for a seat in the European Parliament. If he wins and EU leaders fail to quickly agree on a successor, his place will be taken for six months by the Hungarian PM, whose country will chair the EU Council from July 2024.

#20217148 at 2024-01-10 03:42:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24808: Desperate for Distractions Edition

Canada #51 >>20216986

Hungary sets terms for EU aid to Ukraine - media
Budapest has reportedly demanded annual reviews scrutinizing the bloc's assistance to Kiev
9 Jan, 2024

Hungarian officials have reportedly set conditions for lifting the country's veto of a ?50 billion ($54.6 billion) EU aid package for Ukraine, saying the money would have to be reviewed annually for reauthorization as it is doled out over a four-year period.

Budapest unveiled its proposal - indicating that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban may enable the aid program to go forward - during a meeting of the EU's 27 budget experts last Friday, Politico reported on Tuesday. The plan calls for providing Ukraine with ?12.5 billion in grants and loans annually over a four-year period, subject to unanimous approvals by the European Council, the outlet said, citing three unidentified EU diplomats.

Orban, who has called for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict through negotiations rather than prolonging the crisis, blocked the aid package at the European Council's December summit in Brussels. EU leaders have pressured him to change his mind before the bloc's February 1 meeting. The Hungarian leader has warned that Budapest also could stand in the way of allowing Ukraine to join the EU, though he abstained from the council's vote last month to approve the opening of accession talks with Kiev.

Requiring annual votes to approve the EU's Ukraine aid would enable Orban to block funding or demand concessions from Brussels. EU diplomats told Politico that dividing the aid up into yearly allotments that would be subject to annual votes would not give Ukraine the financial predictability that it needs. The aid program would be funded through the EU's seven-year budget, one diplomat said, so "we cannot do it on a year-to-year basis."

The EU impasse comes at a time when Ukraine's largest Western benefactor, Washington, has run out of aid money. US President Joe Biden's plan to provide an additional $61.4 billion for Ukraine as part of a $106 billion emergency spending bill has stalled in the Congress. Republican lawmakers have argued that Biden lacks a clear strategy for ending the Ukraine crisis and is merely prolonging the bloodshed by sending weaponry to the country.

Orban could gain even more influence over the EU if Hungary takes the European Council's rotating presidency when Belgium's Charles Michel vacates the post later this year. Such a scenario reportedly could play out if EU leaders fail to quickly find and approve a replacement for Michel, opening the door for Orban to head the council from July through December.

https://www.rt.com/news/590354-hungary-sets-eu-ukraine-aid-terms/

#20211547 at 2024-01-09 07:34:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24801: Whatcha Doin Rabbi Edition

>>20211421
Seems to me Viktor Orban is now the Leader of the Free World

Canada #51 >>20202589

Orban could take over EU Council - Politico
Officials in Brussels reportedly fear Charles Michel's resignation could give presiding Hungary enormous influence in the bloc
January 7, 2024

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose country will hold the European Council's rotating presidency later this year, could gain an outsized influence over the body due to the expected departure of Council President Charles Michel, Politico reported on Sunday.

Michel has announced that he will run in this year's EU parliamentary election, meaning he will vacate his current post if he wins. If EU leaders fail to quickly find a replacement, the president's duties would essentially be assumed by Orban, the news website said.

Michel signaled his intention in an interview with three Belgian media outlets on Saturday, saying that if elected, he would carry out his duties in the EU Council until he takes his oath as an MEP in mid-July. "The European Council can anticipate this at the end of June or early July and decide on a successor," he said.

According to EU rules, Hungary will take the Council's rotating presidency between July and December. The timing could usher in a scenario in which "an unchecked Orban [will be] ruling the Council roost for the six months directly after the 2024 European election," Politico noted, adding that other EU leaders would "desperately" want to avoid such an outcome.

Orban has been at odds with officials in Brussels on many fronts. The Hungarian prime minister has been critical of EU migration policy, and has consistently opposed sending arms to Ukraine, as well as its accelerated integration into the EU. He has also slammed EU sanctions against Moscow, saying they hurt the bloc's economy.

Hungary also blocked a ?50 billion aid package ($55 billion) for Kiev, which was meant to be disbursed between 2024 and 2027, while lashing out at the EU decision to freeze billions of euros in assistance to Budapest.

EU leaders are scheduled to meet on June 17 and June 27-28, shortly after the EU parliamentary election. Politico and other media have suggested that they would use those opportunities to agree on a replacement for Michel if he wins the election, although the process would have to move more quickly than usual. Under normal circumstances, Michel's mandate expires in November 2024.

The EU Council president has also rejected claims that he is abandoning ship during simultaneous crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, saying he still has at least six months left at his post. He also noted that the second half of the year would be marked by political transition in any case.

https://www.rt.com/news/590228-orban-eu-council-presidency/

#20160719 at 2023-12-31 23:05:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24739: 123123 Edition

>>20160713
Social distancing

See Wikispooks' full article: Social distancing

Susan Athey - 2013 - With Dean Karlan, published How to practice social distancing while helping the economy in the Washington Post [42]
Orit Gadiesh - 1998, 1997 - Chair of Bain & Company, which was closely involved in directing government policy in various nations. In France, it was entrusted by the government to steer the country's Covid testing strategy.[43] On 29 April 2020, it put out a guide describing how workplaces should change due to COVID-19.[44]

Track and Trace

See Wikispooks' full article: Mass surveillance

Louise Arbour - 2019 - In 2020 made Honorary President of COVI Canada, which released the COVI application.[45][46]
Dido Harding - 2016 - Placed in charge of producing the NHSX app for Covid

Controlling the Narrative
George Soros, of The Good Club, is suspected to have been controlling the narrative through groups such as BLM

William Joseph Burns - 2016-2015 - Career diplomat CIA Director from March 2021, ensured that the U.S. intelligence community does not know the origins of COVID-19[47]
Regina Dugan - 2015 - DARPA, Facebook, Google, "The global pandemic is our generation's Sputnik", CEO of Wellcome Trust
Henry Kissinger - 2019-2010, 2008-1994, 1992-1980, 1978, 1977, 1971, 1964, 1957 October, 1957 February - Arch-Bilderberger deep politician, numerous influential public pronouncements on COVID-19
Ivan Krastev - 2019 - Published various articles about COVID-19's social impact from March 2020[48] onwards [49] and wrote Is It Tomorrow Yet? Paradoxes of the Pandemic
Charles Michel - 2018, 2016, 2015 - As President of the European Council, in December 2020 he proposed an international treaty on pandemics.[50]
George Soros - 2002, 2000, 1996, 1994, 1990 - The Good Club, the influence of BLM to control the narrative in 2020[51]
Sidney Taurel - 2007 - Chair of Pearson which "implement[ed] new health and safety principles" and "launched an online community for our people to connect, share stories and support each other",[52] chair emeritus of Eli Lilly which produced bamlanivimab.[53]
Fareed Zakaria - 2005, 2003 - Journalist who wrote Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World [54]

Academia

Senem Ayd?n-D?zgit - 2016 - Professor of International Relations, published multiple papers on COVID and governance, some co-authored with Fuat Keyman
Fuat Keyman - 2012 - Professor of International Relations and Vice President at Sabanc? University, published multiple papers on COVID and governance, some co-authored with Senem Ayd?n-D?zgit
James Orbinksi - 2011 - Developed the COVID-19 Global Health Portal. [55] Also published various research about COVID-19 [56][57]
Ole Petter Ottersen - 2011 - Presented at the July 2020 International Symposium on Novel Ideas in Science and Ethics of Vaccines Against Covid-19 Pandemic,[58] published research on Addressing production gaps for vaccines in African countries
Arild Underdal - 2004 - Editing academic research about COVID-19[59][60][61]
James Vaupel - 2011 - Edited and co-authored academic research about COVID-19,[62] on topics such as the death toll in Sweden after their refusal to instigate widespread lockdowns.[63][64][65]

Big media

The non-reporting of Bilderberg by TV or newspapers reveals that the group has considerable control of big media, which was mobilised to support the official narrative.

Juan Luis Cebri?n - 2018-2001, 1993, 1990-1987, 1985, 1983- Billionaire, media mogul, one of the ten most influential Spaniards in Spain and Latin America for 44 years (from 1976 to 2019).
Andrew Coyne - 2015 - Canadian columnist and aggressive pusher of the COVID official narrative. e.g., He dismissed the Great Reset as a "conspiracy theory", and in December 2021 headlined an article Is the case for vaccine mandates like the case for seatbelt laws? No, it's much, much stronger [66]
Mathias D?pfner - 2019-2014, 2007-2005 - Billionaire, Axel Springer Publishing House/CEO
Felix Gutzwiller - 2013 - On Swiss TV in March 2020 answering public questions about COVID-19 [67]
Fran?ois Lenglet - 2017 - French editor who in March 2021 termed vaccine passports "the best recovery instrument available" [68]

#20108178 at 2023-12-21 06:47:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24677: Remove [THEM] From the Ballot Edition

>>20108174
During an interview with the Kyiv Independent, European Council President Charles Michel said that the bridgehead on the river's eastern bank was one of the two reasons why he thinks Ukraine's counteroffensive wasn't a failure.

#20100408 at 2023-12-19 20:16:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24667: Epstein's Black Book in a Fortnight Edition

The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, has appointed an emergency EU summit to agree on ?50 billion in aid to Ukraine for February 1, 2024.

#20082152 at 2023-12-16 07:10:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24646: Senate Rearing Room Edition

Hungary blocks ?50bn of EU funding for Ukraine
By Jaroslav Lukiv in London & Jessica Parker in Kyiv 15th December 2023

Hungary has blocked ?50bn ($55bn; ?43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine - just hours after an agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

"Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after Thursday's talks in Brussels.

EU leaders said Ukraine would not be left without support.

Ukraine is critically dependent on EU and US funding as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces.

Mr Orban announced his block shortly after the EU leaders decided to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia.

Hungary - which maintains close ties with Russia - has long opposed membership for Ukraine but did not veto that move.

Mr Orban left the negotiating room momentarily in what officials described as a pre-agreed and constructive manner, while the other 26 leaders went ahead with the vote.

He told Hungarian state radio on Friday that he had fought for eight hours to stop his EU partners but could not convince them. Ukraine's path to EU membership would be a long process anyway, he said, and parliament in Budapest could still stop it happening if it wanted to.

Talks on the financial package ended in the early hours of Friday. EU leaders said negotiations would resume early next year, reassuring Kyiv that support would continue.

Speaking later that day, European Council President Charles Michel said he was "confident and optimistic" the EU would fulfil its promise to support Ukraine.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo echoed him: "The message to Ukraine is: we will be there to support you, we just need to figure out a few of the details together."

Mr Michel had earlier confirmed that all but one EU leader had agreed on the aid package and wider budget proposals for the bloc - although Sweden still needed to consult its parliament. He vowed to achieve the necessary unanimity for the deal.

A long delay in financial aid for the country would cause big problems for Ukraine's budget, Kyiv-based economist Sergiy Fursa told the BBC.

"It pays for all social responsibilities of the government - wages for teachers, doctors for pensions," he said.

Ukraine is also desperately seeking the approval of a $61bn US defence aid package - but that decision is also being delayed because of major disagreements between Democrat and Republican lawmakers.

Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russia's occupying forces ground to a halt at the start of winter, and there are fears that the Russians could simply outgun Ukraine.

Olena Zelenska, Ukraine's first lady, warned in a BBC interview last week that Ukrainians were in "mortal danger" of being left to die without further Western support.

On Thursday, President Putin mocked Ukraine and claimed Western "freebies" were running out.

More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67724357

#20075200 at 2023-12-14 22:53:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24638: Carlson TROLLING Major MSM OUTLET w/Portable Billboards Edition

EU opens membership talks with Ukraine

A last-minute climbdown by Hungary's Viktor Orban opened the door for Kiev to start accession talks with Brussels

EU leaders agreed on Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban - who had threatened to veto the decision - abstained from voting. Orban and others argue that Kiev must tackle rampant corruption before joining the bloc.

The decision was announced following eight hours of debate at a summit of the European Council in Brussels. Council President Charles Michel hailed the move as "a very powerful political signal," while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described it as "a strategic decision and a day that will remain engraved in the history of our union."

Ukraine applied for EU membership last February and was granted candidate status that June. However, the decision to open accession talks less than 18 months later was a controversial one, given that some candidate countries in the Balkans have been waiting for the same moment for more than ten years.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was one of the loudest opponents of granting Ukraine accession talks. Orban stated last week that admitting Ukraine, which he called "one of the most corrupt countries in the world," would be a disaster for the bloc. Earlier this month, Orban's spokesman, Zoltan Kovacs, warned that Ukraine's total dependence on foreign aid and involvement in an active conflict should automatically preclude any talk of membership.

However, Orban did not participate in Thursday's vote, allowing the EU's remaining 26 members to make a unanimous decision on the talks. Orban opted not to veto the ruling a day after the European Commission unblocked billions of euros in funding for Hungary, which it froze last December, citing Budapest's failure to comply with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on issues including LGBTQ rights, academic freedom, and asylum.

"It is a completely senseless, irrational, and incorrect decision to start negotiations with Ukraine under these circumstances," Orban said after the vote. "On the other hand, 26 other countries insisted that this decision be made. If the 26 decide to do so, they should go their own way. Hungary does not want to share in this bad decision."

Slovakia and Austria also opposed fast-tracking of Ukraine's membership, although neither blocked Thursday's decision. Speaking in Bratislava on Wednesday, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico warned that despite the "political decision" of the European Council, "Ukraine is absolutely unprepared to open the negotiations" and will struggle to meet the bloc's criteria for membership.

https://www.rt.com/news/589093-eu-ukraine-accession-talks/

#20058404 at 2023-12-11 18:05:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24619: 9 pFLOPS? What's that in Giraffes? Edition

Polish PM loses no-confidence vote

The result spells the end of Mateusz Morawiecki's government and his six-year rule

The Polish parliament passed a motion of no confidence on Monday against Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Of the 456 MPs who voted, only 190 backed the premier.

The no-confidence vote comes after Morawiecki's right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party lost a general election in mid-October. A broad coalition of pro-EU parties, led by former Polish Prime Minister and ex-European Council President Donald Tusk, claimed a parliamentary majority in the vote.

PiS has already conceded defeat, with party president Jaroslaw Kaczynski blaming the outcome of the no-confidence vote on a broader 'smear campaign' against the group.

"The prime minister achieved great successes for our government," Kaczynski asserted after the vote. "I think there was a social misunderstanding, but that's democracy. We accept it, but we will fight. The campaign against PiS has convinced a significant part of our society that the imaginary reality is real."

He also hinted at external meddling in Morawiecki's downfall, stating that his "dream" was for Polish politicians not to act "for the benefit of foreign countries."

The Polish parliament is set to select Morawiecki's replacement later on Monday, Speaker Szymon Holownia has announced, adding that the cabinet is expected to be formed on Tuesday.

So far, no list of candidates for the post has been announced, with Holownia suggesting it may include only one person.

Tusk is widely expected to return as prime minister, a post he held between 2007 and 2014. He became head of the EU Council shortly after his tenure ended and remained in that position until 2019. He was succeeded by the current head of the bloc's executive body, Charles Michel.

https://www.rt.com/news/588901-poland-no-confidence-morawiecki/

#20040506 at 2023-12-07 19:26:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24598: Trump/Ramaswamy 2024 Edition

7 Dec, 2023
EU must talk to Russia - Beijing
China warned Brussels that sanctions and military aid would not work against Moscow, diplomat Wu Hongbo has said

The European Union must avoid driving Russia "into a corner" and sit down to talks with Moscow if it hopes to end the conflict in Ukraine, China's envoy to Europe insisted on Wednesday.

Speaking to the state broadcaster CGTN, Special Representative on European Affairs Wu Hongbo said thathe warned his EU counterparts from the outset that "military intervention or sanctions" would not deter Moscowfrom carrying out its military operation in Ukraine.

"They wouldn't believe us," Wu said, adding that "since the sanctions did not work at all and the military supplies only added fuel to the fire," EU officials have approached the Chinese Foreign Ministry, asking Chinese diplomats to "convince [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to put a stop to the conflict."

Wu added that hetold the Europeans not to "overestimate our influence on Russia," and reminded them that "Russia is an independent sovereign state."

"We also said that the issue should be handled with care," Wu continued. "If you continue to push and there is no way for the other to maneuver, it's like you drive someone into a corner and it will be very difficult for the two sides to sit down."

Wu insisted that the conflict can only be ended with a "negotiated settlement," and that whatever security framework emerges in Europe afterwards, Russia must be involved in its formation.

The day after Wu's interview, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing. While von der Leyen told Xi that "it is essential to put an end to the Russian aggression against Ukraine," a readout of the meeting from the Chinese Foreign Ministry simply said that the EU side would like to "work for the settlement of regional hotspots including Ukraine and the Middle East."

In meetings with Xi and his officials earlier this year, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz both pressed the Chinese government to convince Putin to withdraw from Ukraine. Both were unsuccessful, with Xi continuing to promote China's 12-point roadmap to settling the conflict, and thetwo EU state leaders returning to their policies of arming Ukraine while insisting that Kiev alonewill decide when to sue for peace.

(Even China is getting fed up with the EU strategy and stupidity.)

https://www.rt.com/news/588681-china-eu-ukraine-talks/

#20029612 at 2023-12-05 17:25:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24585: Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Edition

5 Dec, 2023
European Council chief cuts China trip short over Ukraine dispute - media
Charles Michel will attempt to defuse an ongoing spat with Budapest over Kiev's bid for EU membership, Politico reported

European Council President Charles Michel will return from China ahead of schedulein a bid to save Ukraine's bid for EU membership, Politico reported on Tuesday. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has urged Michel to postpone accession talks with Kiev until the bloc gets its Ukraine strategy straight.

Michel will fly back to Brussels after one day of meetings on Thursday, an EU official told Politico. "He will return to Brussels to continue his discussions with leaders on a way forward," the official stated.

Ukraine applied for EU membership last February and was granted candidate status four months later. According to Politico, a set ofdraft conclusionsfor a summit of EU leaders later this month will include a line stating that "the European Council decides to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova."

In a letter on Monday, Orban urged Michel to postpone a decision on these negotiations. "The European Council is not in a position to take key decisionsunless a consensus on our future strategy towards Ukraine is found," he explained.

Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs was more blunt. "How can [we] talk about the accession of a country that has been in the last two years at war, with public administration working only thanks to foreign money,with the level of corruption, with 20% of the country occupied... how can anyone suggest the country is ready for accession talks?" he told reporters on Monday.

Despite the EU's announcement last month that it would unlock ?900 million ($972 million) in frozen funds for Hungary, Kovacs said that Budapest's "position on Ukraine ... would stand regardless of what is going on with the funds."

Any decision on Ukraine's membership would require theunanimous consentof all 27 EU member states, meaning that Orban could use Hungary's veto to block the entire process.

Hungary is not the only country taking issue with Michel's plan to fast-track negotiations. Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said on Monday that he "can't imagine" Ukraine becoming a member state amid its ongoing conflict with Russia, while Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg warned last month that accelerating membership talks could alienate other candidate countries in the Western Balkans, wheresome states have been waiting almost two decadesfor their accession process to begin.

"I think that Ukraine's membership in the EU is terribly, terribly far away," Blanar told the Standard news portal, with Schallenberg telling the Financial Times thatUkraine would "probably never be part of" the EUif its application was assessed like those of previous candidates.

(Welcoming a corrupt welfare state to the EU will be the demise of the EU!)

https://www.rt.com/news/588561-Charles-Michel-ukraine-membership/

#20006874 at 2023-12-01 05:37:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24559: CCPCommie Vs DeSantus Edition

30 Nov, 2023
European Council chief pitches EU 'cyber force'
Charles Michel urged member countries tomove away from national defense models, framing the funding of Ukraine's military as a success

The European Defence Agency must establish a "European cyber force" with offensive capabilities in order to keep Russia at bay and take the lead in the emerging field of cyber-defense, European Council President Charles Michel told an audience at the agency's annual conference on Thursday.

Cyber-defense is the future of security, Michel argued, insisting that Europe must get in on the ground floor by creating a bloc-wide cyber-force and making it a "fundamental component" of the EDA. "It would help us to take a position of leadership in cyber response operations and information superiority, and I believe it should be equipped with offensive capabilities," Michel explained.

Michel's enthusiasm for cyber-warfare was echoed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who argued individual nations should defer responsibility for defending cyberspace - a "flagship capability" - to the EU.

Both leaders pushed formore "collaborative spending" on defense, framing bloc-wide spending on the conflict in Ukraine as a success story. However, member states are "buying alone and buying abroad" instead of pooling their resources and supporting continental businesses, von der Leyen complained, while Michel called for member states to remove regulatory red tape to streamline the purchase of weapons systems to better confront the Russian threat.

To sweeten the deal, von der Leyen suggested states that cooperated by increasing their contribution to the EU's war chest could receive fiscal incentives, such as leniency regarding debt repayment. Even previously stable nations such as Germany have experienced economic hardship after pouring billions of dollars into the conflict in Ukraine and cutting themselves off from their most affordable source of oil and gas via sanctions on Russia.

The European Commission earlier this year announced a collaboration with private companies on a ?1.1 billion pan-European "cyber-shield," to be comprised of systems for the prevention and detection of cyberattacks and an emergency mechanism capable of responding to them. While the details of the vetting process through which private-sector partners will be selected have not been agreed upon yet, legislators are expected to vote to establish and fund the cyber-shield next week.

The European Parliament reported a "sophisticated" denial-of-service attack last year coinciding with a vote to declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, blaming a "pro-Kremlin group" for the infiltration, which kept its website offline for several hours.

EU leaders have been confronted with flagging enthusiasm for continued funding to Kiev. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Thursday urged an end to weapons deliveries to Ukraine, declaring its conflict with Moscow was "not Europe's fight" and reiterating previous warnings against fast-tracking Ukrainian membership in either the EU or NATO.

(These people are insane, all the countries all but gave up on Ukraine and now EU leadership wants to give them more money to launder. EU leaders in Brussels needs to be investigated for corruption and money laundering.)

https://www.rt.com/news/588298-eu-cyber-force-Michel-ukraine/

#19982766 at 2023-11-27 01:49:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24531: Dusk And Beyond Edition

27 Nov, 2023
'Russia will not lose' - EU member state (He's right you know!)
Hungary's Viktor Orban says the West should accept the "reality" and come up with a plan B

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the US and the European Union's strategy of funding Ukraine's battle with Russia, in hope that an unlikely battlefield loss will bring about a regime change in Moscow, is futile.

Instead of trying to localize the conflict, the West decided to escalate, turning it global, Orban said last week at an event celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Swiss conservative weekly Weltwoche in Zurich.

"What was the strategy of the West in that war? I simplify it a little bit, but this is the fact.Our strategy was that the Ukrainians will fight and will win on the frontline. The Russians will lose... and that loss will create a change in Moscow," he explained, according to a video of the speech published by Zoltan Kovacs, a spokesman for the Hungarian government on Sunday.

"That was the strategy: We finance, the Ukrainians fight and die," he added. However, he said, "where we are now, it is obvious that the Ukrainians will not win on the frontline."

"There is no solution on the battleground. Russians will not lose. There will be no political change in Moscow. This is the reality,"the Hungarian leader stated.

Zoltan Kovacs
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@PM_ViktorOrban: Where we are now, it's obvious that the Ukrainians will not win on the frontline. There is no solution on the battleground. Russians will not lose. There will be no political change in Moscow. This is the reality.

"Russia will not lose, and nothing will change in its policy. Therefore, we must face reality. We must switch to Plan B," Orban reiterated, adding that the European Union currently has no such plan.

Last week Orban reportedly demanded that the EU re-examine its strategy,warning he would oppose any further aid unless the bloc's leaders make sure their objectives are "realistically attainable" without continued US support. "The European Council must have a frank and open discussion on the feasibility of the EU's strategic objectives in Ukraine,"Orban wrote in a letter to European Council President Charles Michel, according to Politico.

From the very onset of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Hungarian PM has been calling for a negotiated solution, rather than prolonging the crisis and risking further escalation. While he condemned Moscow's actions, he still repeatedly clashed with Brussels, saying that sanctions against Russia are destroying European economies.

Kiev has suffered "colossal" casualties at the front, with at least 13,700 troops and approximately 1,800 tanks and other heavy weaponry lost this month alone, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. In total, according to Russian estimates, Kiev has lost more than 100,000 troops since its failed counteroffensive began in early June.

https://www.rt.com/news/588017-orban-russia-will-not-lose/

#19973311 at 2023-11-25 06:30:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24520: The Vow to ERADICATE Child Sex Trafficking Edition

Canadian PM blames 'MAGA' for Ukraine setback

Justin Trudeau saw American thinking and "Russian propaganda" behind the Conservative vote

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada accused the Conservative opposition on Friday of being under the influence of American right-wing thinking and Russian disinformation, after it voted against a trade pact with Ukraine on grounds of a carbon tax provision.

Earlier this week, 109 Tory MPs voted against the proposal to update the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called it "cruel" and "disgusting" to demand Kiev impose a carbon tax.

Speaking at a press conference in St. John's, Newfoundland - having announced a new "green alliance" with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen - Trudeau called this explanation "absurd."

"The real story is the rise of a right-wing, American MAGA-influenced thinking that has made Canadian Conservatives - who used to be among the strongest defenders of Ukraine, I'll admit it - turn their backs on something Ukraine needs in its hour of need," the Liberal PM said.

MAGA is short for "Make America Great Again," the winning slogan of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign that has been dusted off for this 2024 comeback candidacy. In addition to blaming "MAGA-influenced thinking," Trudeau argued that the "right-wing" forces in the US and in "certain corners" of Europe were "starting to parrot Russian disinformation and misinformation and propaganda" to push for ending the Western support to Ukraine.

"All Canadians should be concerned," Trudeau insisted, when the Conservatives "turn their backs on history, turn their backs on our friends and allies, turn their backs on the international rules-based order and our support for the UN charter on territorial integrity."

He then announced that Ottawa would donate "over 11,000 assault rifles" and more than nine million rounds of small-arms ammunition to Kiev.

Some 1.4 million of the 40 million Canadians are of Ukrainian origin. Many of them are descendants of pro-Axis nationalists who fled after WWII, and reside in the Conservative stronghold of Alberta. Explaining his party's vote on Thursday, Poilievre accused Trudeau of being "pathologically obsessed" with the carbon tax to the point of wanting to impose his ideology on Kiev "while the knife is at the throat of Ukrainians."

Liberals have countered that Ukraine has had a carbon tax since 2011, as part of Kiev's push for EU membership, and that Article 13.24 of the new trade deal was just a suggestion for further discussion. Trudeau was able to advance the proposal to a parliamentary committee with the votes of Bloc Quebecois and the National-Democrats.

https://www.rt.com/news/587951-canada-trudeau-maga-ukraine/

#19952147 at 2023-11-21 10:53:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24496: Why So Blind To See? Gangsta's Paradise v. Clown World Edition

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#19948744 at 2023-11-20 19:54:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24492: As Pardons Go....Gag Order Appeal Watch Edition

French AF CTMOO1 Falcon 7xMacrondeparted Berlin after African conference back to Paris

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German Chancellor to meet with African leaders at Berlin summit

<EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will also attend the summit in Berlin.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/german-chancellor-to-meet-with-african-leaders-at-berlin-summit/ar-AA1keC0b

#19771269 at 2023-10-20 18:38:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24277: About The House Investigation Of Biden/War Funding??? Edition

OCTOBER 20, 2023
1:01 PM

Pres. Biden Meets with European Council and European Commission Presidents

President Biden welcomes European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the White House for the second U.S.-EU Summit since the president took office.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?531283-1/pres-biden-meets-european-council-european-commission-presidents

#19735620 at 2023-10-14 17:43:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24232: Big Red Clock Edition

14 Oct, 2023 09:33

Putin explains why Ukraine rejected 2013 EU agreement

The Russian president claims the Association Agreement effectively called for the destruction of all of the country's industry

The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement essentially envisaged the death of all Ukrainian industry, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed. The ratification of the accord was put on hold in late 2013 by then-President Viktor Yanukovich, which sparked the Maidan coup that led to his overthrow.

The new Ukrainian government signed the agreement in 2014.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Putin said: "If you read what the EU proposed to Ukraine, this is what is apparently being realized now - this was tantamount to the destruction of all key industries that the Soviet Ukraine once prided itself on." The president added that "we now see exactly that there's nothing left there already."

According to Putin, Yanukovich was weighing Kiev's options and simply postponed the ratification of the agreement with the EU in 2013.

In an interview with Politico late last month, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal said Kiev expects full EU membership within two years, and will not settle for anything less. He cited the "huge price" his country has paid to join the bloc.

Shmigal went on to pledge thatUkraine will "not be bringing problems" to the EU, but will be a helpful addition. (Kek, its impossible for Kiev to make that promise, many EU leaders, prior leaders and countries have opposed Ukraine joining because they are more corrupt then they were years ago; and essentially they would be a welfare state in the EU. Based on their current terrorism on other countries they could never be trusted, they have already fought with EU countries about selling their grain inside the countries. Not to mention their grain is GMO with toxic pesticides)

Speaking at a press conference following a summit of EU leaders in the Spanish city of Granada last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the process of accession for any aspiring nation should be strictly "merit-based," with certain "milestones that have to be achieved" first.

The joint declaration adopted by the member states calls on Ukraine and other hopefuls to "step up their reform efforts, notably in the area of rule of law."

European Council President Charles Michel said the EU should be ready to expand by 2030.

However, this timeframe apparently did not sit well with all member states. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte insisted that"it's not a question of when countries are ready; it's a question of whether countries are ready."(Kiev has not complied with EU demands fir them to join and have gotten worse in all areas of the government over the years.)

Joining the EU has been among the key stated objectives of pro-West Ukrainian politicians for decades. Kiev had not achieved much progress on this path prior to February 2022, when Moscow launched its military operation in the country. The conflict appears to have re-invigorated the process, with top officials repeatedly demanding membership due toUkraine's perceived role in defending the EU from an allegedly looming Russian invasion. (This is a false dichotomy, Russia has never threatened or attacked EU countries, they had one mission to stop the mass killing of Russian speaking citizens of Ukraine, to free their territories from terrorism and to demilitarize and de-nazify Ukraine. Further they have failed in their counteroffensive, so they did not succeed in the perceived threat. The promises of the EU and NATO for Ukraine to join was always a false promises, to keep Kiev motivated)




https://www.rt.com/russia/584893-putin-eu-ukraine-association-industries/

#19681319 at 2023-10-06 21:30:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24165: Kevin McCarthy Considering Resigning Before The End Of His Term? Edition

6 Oct, 2023 20:42
EU boss backtracks on Ukraine pledge
Aspiring bloc members, including Kiev, will not be given any shortcuts towards membership, Ursula von der Leyen has signaled

Countries aspiring to join the EU must follow the "merit-based" accession process and reach the milestones outlined by the bloc's rules, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.

The EU chief made the remarks during a press conference following a summit of the bloc's leaders in the Spanish city of Granada. Von der Leyen touched upon the accession process of prospective members, stating that all of them must follow due procedures.

"The process is merit-based," the EU Commission head explained. "There are clear rules, there are milestones that have to be achieved."

Such a stance was included in the joint declaration that was adopted during the summit. While the document reiterated the bloc's readiness to "continue to support Ukraine and its people for as long as it takes," it also warned that potential new members will be given no shortcuts during the accession process.

"Aspiring members need to step up their reform efforts, notably in the area of rule of law, in line with the merit-based nature of the accession process and with the assistance of the EU. In parallel, the Union needs to lay the necessary internal groundwork and reforms," the declaration reads.

While the document did not provide any timeframe for when an expansion will actually happen, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, said the bloc should be ready to expand by 2030. "What's important is to stop procrastinating," he said during the press conference.

The remarks by the top EU officials come in contrast to earlier statements about the prospects for Ukraine's accession. In mid-September, for instance, von der Leyen said Ukraine would "complete" the bloc and claimed that the move would not necessarily require an amendment to the Treaties of the European Union, the legal foundation for its existence.

Joining the EU has been a key talking point for pro-West Ukrainian politicians for decades, yet little actual progress on that path was achieved before the conflict between Kiev and Moscow broke out in February 2022. However, the hostilities have seemingly re-invigorated the process, with top Ukraine officials repeatedly demanding the country be accepted into the bloc as soon as possible due to its perceived role in defending the EU from an allegedly looming Russian invasion.

However, in recent weeks, numerous current and former EU officials have warned against fast-tracking Ukraine's admission, arguing, for various reasons, that it might do more harm than good to the bloc itself. Perhaps the most damning opinion was voiced by Jean-Claude Juncker, a former president of the European Commission, who argued that Ukraine was simply way too corrupt to join the EU anytime soon.

"Those who have dealt with Ukraine know that this is a country that is corrupt at all levels of society," Juncker said in an interview with Germany's Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper.
(They never intended to accept them in the EU, just like all the promises of NATO, they were just promising to appease the shitty ingrates in Kiev.)

https://www.rt.com/news/584193-ukraine-eu-membership-shortcuts/

#19678625 at 2023-10-06 12:14:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24161: Upgrade Your Speakers Edition

6 Oct, 2023 08:01
Key EU state opposes fast-tracking Ukrainian membership
Outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte insists Kiev still has to meet"thousands of conditions" before joining the bloc

Setting a specific date for EU expansion is unwise, warned Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as he openly opposed Brussels' plans to admit countries such as Ukraine to the bloc by the end of the decade.

"It's not a question of when countries are ready; it's a question of whether countries are ready," Rutte was quoted as saying by the NOS news outlet on Thursday on the sidelines of the European Political Community (EPC) summit.

Rutte's comments come after European Council President Charles Michel stated that he wanted Kiev to become part of the EU by 2030 as the bloc tries to prevent Russia and China from expanding their influence in Europe.

But the outgoing Dutch PM has insisted that the accession of countries into the union should be done according to the rule of law, which means that Kiev "must meet thousands of conditions to join," and no concessions could be made on these requirements.

Additionally, Rutte stressed that even if all the countries that want to join the EU, such as Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and the Balkan states, managed to meet all the requirements, the EU itself is not yet ready to accept new members.

"The EU has 27 member states, and if more countries are added, decision-making and all kinds of other matters will become even more complicated," Rutte said.

Previously, doubts about Kiev's EU membership were also raised by the former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who said in an interview with Germany's Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper on Thursday that Brussels "should not make any false promises to the people in Ukraine."

Juncker stressed that Ukraine is "a country that is corrupt at all levels of society" and cannot be allowed into the bloc unless it first conducts "massive" reforms.

Meanwhile, even Ukrainian officials have pointed out that Kiev needs to deal decisively with corruption in the country as it has also hindered Ukraine from receiving financial aid from abroad to help in its ongoing conflict with Russia.

After the US Congress failed to include any funds for Kiev in its latest government spending bill, Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak stated that "the biggest (public) complaint about [Ukraine] is corruption."

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that with the holdup in US aid for Ukraine, concerns are growing in Kiev about the possibility of the country facing afinancial shortfall, jeopardizing the payment of its civil servants. A Ukrainian official suggested that Ukraine might manage its finances through October and possibly November and December, but sustaining operations beyond that point could become increasingly challenging.

(Why is any country responsible for the leaderships mismanagement of their country? Dowd or another financial analyst said a week or so ago, they has $45 billion in a fund and keep on adding to it. If the EU and NATO allow them in, it will only be because all that make the decisions get huge kickbacks of their own country's money. Just nuke the territory and get it over with, but save the innocent first. If its nuked, the land can't be inhabited for many years.)

https://www.rt.com/news/584146-rutte-oppose-ukraine-eu/

#19530758 at 2023-09-11 17:31:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23986: Moab Monday: Remembering UNpatriotActions Edition

11 Sep, 2023 16:23
EU believes Ukraine is 'a very corrupt country' - Politico
The prevalence of graft could hold up Kiev's bid for membership in the bloc

Widespread corruption in Ukraine could hamper Kiev's bid for EU membership, a western European diplomat told Politico on Monday. He said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's efforts to tackle the problem have also alarmed Brussels.

Ukraine applied for membership in the European Union last February, and was formally granted candidate status four months later. Although European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to address the issue of enlargement during her state of the union speech on Wednesday, and EU Council President Charles Michel has vowed to admit all candidate nations by 2030, Ukraine's bid could be hamstrung by rampant corruption.

Ukraine is a "very corrupt country," an anonymous western European diplomat told Politico. "We want to give a positive signal to Ukraine but things such as this proposal to give more power to [Ukraine's] intelligence [services] over corruption can send the wrong message."

The proposal in question was raised by Zelensky last month. Following a purge of allegedly corrupt officials at the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Zelensky announced that he would task the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) with probing and prosecuting corruption cases, taking investigative power away from the country's multiple anti-graft agencies.

The SBU reports solely to Zelensky. Representatives of Ukraine's existing anti-corruption agencies told Politico last month that by making the SBU the only body allowed to investigate these cases, Zelensky is essentially giving himself the power to decide which corrupt officials to prosecute and which ones to shield.

There is precedent for these fears, the head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (ACAC), Vitaly Shabunin, said. Oleg Tatarov, the deputy head of Zelensky's office, was under investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) last year, when the case was unexpectedly transferred to the SBU. "It was buried there," Shabunin said."Now [Zelensky's] office wants to make that into practice."

Ukraine has for years been ranked as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. According to Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, as of 2022, the country ranked 116th out of 180.

Aside from corruption concerns, disputes between Ukraine and European nations over agriculture could also hold up Kiev's membership bid. Ukrainian farmers could undercut their European counterparts with cheap grain exports, meaning that the EU will likely have to reform its Common Agricultural Policy if Ukraine is to be admitted, Politico noted.

(OK EU and every other countryknows Ukraine is Very corrupt, thats why their bid to join the NATO has been held up for years. Once again, released by Politico is a threat and warning to Ukraine and Zelensky. Wait until the EU releases all the reports of murders of innocent people in Ukraine since 2014, child and human trafficking, Zelensky is making them mad now.)

https://www.rt.com/news/582782-eu-membership-ukraine-corrupt/

#19404793 at 2023-08-22 11:32:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23831: Wake up and Bake Suddenly Edition

>>19404735
>Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel

#19404735 at 2023-08-22 11:22:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23831: Wake up and Bake Suddenly Edition

WTF is this shit?!

Zelensky confirmed thatUkraine wants the Reactors from Bulgaria's "Belene" NPP

During his meeting in Athens with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed his country's interest in purchasing the two Bulgarian reactors from the unfinished "Belene" nuclear power plant and its equipment, the government press office announced today.

The interest in the reactors was announced in July, when Zelensky visited Bulgaria. The Ministry of Energy is currently assessing the assets, the Prime Minister commented.
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Yesterday, Denkov was in Athens for a meeting with his Greek colleague Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leaders of the countries of the Western Balkans. The President of the European Commission,Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, were also present at the meeting.Volodymyr Zelensky also joined the meeting.
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https://www.novinite.com/articles/221230/Zelensky+confirmed+that+Ukraine+wants+the+Reactors+from+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%9CBelene%E2%80%9D+NPP

"I thanked for Bulgaria's military and political support.

Fruitful talks with PM Nikolai Denkov yesterday at the Ukraine-Balkans summit.

We discussed further cooperation, Black Sea security, and securing alternative grain corridors.

Meeting with more Balkan colleagues today."
https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/7480

#19194533 at 2023-07-17 10:48:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23574: SOUND OF NIGHTSHIFT EDITION

17 Jul, 2023 10:13
EU snubs Zelensky over summit - Spanish daily
La Vanguardia has claimed the bloc opted not to invite the Ukrainian president to a meeting with Latin American leaders

The European Union ignored Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's requests to be invited to the bloc's summit with Latin American heads of state and government, Barcelona's La Vanguardia has reported. Last week, NATO refused to accommodate Kiev's demands for a clear NATO membership timeline, let alone immediate accession to the US-led military alliance.

In its article on Monday, the paper cited anonymous European diplomats as claiming that the European Council's President,Charles Michel, had decided it would be "better not to invite" the Ukrainian headof state to the meeting of European Union and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) leaders in Brussels.

However, "Ukraine will occupy a prominent place during the leaders' discussions," unnamed sources told the Spanish daily ahead of the event, which kicked off on Monday. The unnamed diplomats listed food security as one item that would likely be high on the agenda.

According to the outlet, the EU has been pressing for the inclusion of condemnation of Russia's military campaign against Ukraine in the summit's final document. However, it is not clear whether this will be the case as there is reportedly no consensus on the issue among Latin American nations.

La Vanguardia pointed out that the previous EU-CELAC summit took place back in 2015, with Brussels now busy doubling down on its efforts to woo the Global South.

Last week, NATO fell short of Ukraine's expectations after the US-led military bloc decided that Kiev would be granted membership at some unspecified point in the future, "when allies agree and conditions are met."

President Zelensky took to social media last Tuesday, slamming the alliance's "indecisiveness" and "weakness."

"It's unprecedented and absurd when [a] time frame is not set neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine's membership," the Ukrainian head of state insisted.

Later on, however, Zelensky softened his stance somewhat after the US delegation reportedly became "furious" at his criticisms.

https://www.rt.com/news/579822-report-eu-snubs-zelensky-summit/

#18966015 at 2023-06-07 12:21:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23285: Armenian Men versus Antifa Edition

the pieline the dam and other attempts to frame russia as terrorists is leading to make this believable

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12167563/Russia-try-blow-largest-nuclear-plant-Europe-Ukraine-warns.html

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Russia may be plotting to blow up the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, Ukraine has warned, after explosions at a major dam and hydroelectric plant caused mass flooding in the Kherson region and sparked a humanitarian disaster.

A series of blasts yesterday morning caused the critical Nova Kakhovka dam, which lies along the Dnieper river in Russian-held territory, to partially collapse and led to 'catastrophic' floods.

Some two dozen towns were overrun by the deluge with footage from the region showing entire villages submerged and houses swept away.


Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of detonating an 'environmental bomb of mass destruction', saying authorities expected up to 80 settlements to be flooded and urging the world to 'react'.

'This crime carries enormous threats and will have dire consequences for people's lives and the environment,' Mr Zelensky said, while US security officials warned there would likely be 'many deaths' as a result of the floods.

The Kremlin has blamed Ukraine for the blast, claiming it was a ploy by Kyiv to distract from the launch of a major counteroffensive Moscow says is faltering.

But Mr Zelensky's top security official Oleksiy Danilov dismissed the allegations and said that Putin's next step may be to attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which lies just up the river from Kakhovka and relies on water from the dam to cool its reactors.

Mr Danilov told The Times that since Putin has entered 'a fundamentally new stage of Russian aggression… [and] had the hydroelectric power plant blown up on his demand, he's ready to do anything'.



The destruction of the dam on the Dnieper river, which separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine, is set to displace tens of thousands of people.

Astonishing before and after pictures show how floods have left entire towns under water - SEE HERE

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The cause of the blasts is not yet clear, although Ukraine warned late last year that Russian forces had mined the dam as they retreated from Kherson and Ukraine's state hydroelectric company said the Kakhovka plant was destroyed by an explosion in the engine room - suggesting it was attacked from within rather than by external strikes.

Ukrainian authorities said 17,000 people were being evacuated and a total of 24 villages had been flooded.

'Over 40,000 people are in danger of being flooded,' prosecutor general Andriy Kostin said, adding that 25,000 more needed to be evacuated on the Russian-occupied side of the Dnieper.

'The evacuation will continue tomorrow and in the coming days - by bus and train,' presidential adviser Oleksiy Kuleba said last night.

Terrifying video shows houses being swept away and entire towns submerged by the deluge.

Village streets and fields near to the dam have been swamped by flooding as a Russia-installed local mayor warned that the water level would continue to rise for another 72 hours and claimed he expected 40ft high floods in some places.

Last October, Mr Zelensky accused Russia of planting mines at the dam, warning that its destruction would spur a fresh wave of refugees into Europe.

READ MORE: What is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, what triggered its destruction and what damage has been caused?

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Kyiv said 150 tonnes of engine oil had spilled into the river, and the agricultural ministry said about ten thousand hectares of farmland on the right bank of the river would be flooded and 'several times more' on the left bank.

Western powers blamed Russia for the damage, with EU chief Charles Michel calling it a 'war crime', while Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said the dam breach was 'outrageous'.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the country's military and intelligence agencies were probing whether Russia blew up the dam, but that it was 'too soon' to say definitively.

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres called the attack 'another devastating consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine'.

'Today's tragedy is yet another example of the horrific price of war on people,' he said.

US intelligence officials alleged to have intelligence proving Moscow was responsible for the catastrophe - though the White House said it 'cannot say conclusively' what caused the destruction.

#18962117 at 2023-06-06 19:40:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23280: Subcommittee Hearing - Cascading Impacts of ESG Compliance Edition

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1666166567485448192
https://insiderpaper.com/30-arrested-for-attempted-coup-in-kyrgyzstan-official/

NEW - More than 30 people accused of a coup plot have been arrested in Kyrgyzstan, the national security service said


June 6, 2023 7:04 am
30 arrested for 'attempted coup' in Kyrgyzstan: officialSource: Pixabay
More than 30 people accused of a coup plot have been arrested in Kyrgyzstan, the national security service said on Tuesday, June 6.

The impoverished Central Asian country with ties to Russia and China has seen three presidents resign over political crises fuelled by corruption, nepotism and disputed votes since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

The GKNB state security agency said it dismantled the preparations of a group of people planning to organize riots "in order to seize power by force," adding that more than 30 people were arrested on Monday.

The arrests come just days after a visit to Kyrgyzstan by European Council President Charles Michel, during which President Sadyr Japarov pledged his "readiness to work hand in hand with the European Union."

While this mountainous country has long enjoyed a relatively free press and political pluralism in a region where expression remains restricted, NGOs are denouncing an increase in pressure against the media and civil society.

#18961407 at 2023-06-06 16:53:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23279: National Security, The Border, And Foreign Affairs Hearing Edition

6 Jun, 2023 13:57
Ukraine blew up Kakhovka dam as revenge for failed offensive - Kremlin
The act of sabotage may lead to "very serious consequences," Dmitry Peskov has warned

Ukrainian forces sabotaged the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in Russia's Kherson Region in abid to deprive Crimea of drinking water and distract from Kiev's faltering counteroffensive, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed on Tuesday.

The dam was partially destroyed early on Tuesday morning, sending torrents of water downstream and flooding towns and villages along the path of the Dnieper River.

"We are talking about a deliberate sabotage by the Ukrainian side," Peskov told reporters. "This sabotage could potentially lead to very serious consequences for several tens of thousands of inhabitants of the region, environmental consequences and consequences of a different nature, which have yet to be established."

Peskov claimed that one of the key goals of the attack was to deprive Crimea of water. Crimea's 2 million residents largelyreceive their water from the North Crimean Canal, which is fed from the reservoir above the Kakhovka dam.

"This sabotage is also connected with the fact that, having launched large-scale offensive operations two days ago, the Ukrainian armed forces are not achieving their goals," Peskov continued. Russia's Defense Ministry has said it repelled several large-scale attacks in the southern sector of the front in recent days. These "offensive actions are choking," Peskov stated.

Ukrainian officials and their European backers have accused Russia of blowing up the dam, with European Council President Charles Michel calling the attack "a war crime."Moscow "strongly rejects" the accusation, Peskov said.

While the flooding now makes it difficult for Ukrainian forces to cross the Dnieper and attack Russia's defensive lines, thedestruction of the dam also appears to aid a number of Ukraine's key objectives. The flooding mostly threatens the eastern bank of the river, where Russian troops withdrew to last year amid concerns that the Ukrainian military would blow up the dam.

With the dam destroyed, thelevel of the Dnieper has fallen further upstream, including at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. Ukrainian troops made several attempts to cross the river to recapture the plant from Russian forces last year, andlowering the water level would remove a major obstacle to future attempts. Additionally, the Soviet-era plant depends on water from the Dnieper to cool its reactors and its spent fuel rods.

TheUkrainian military conducted a test strike on the damusing an American-supplied HIMARS launcherlast year, Ukrainian General Andrey Kovalchuk told the Washington Post in December.

Two months earlier, Russia's envoy to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, warned the UN Security Council that Kiev's forces were considering a "reckless" attack on the dam with sea mines or missiles. "The authorities in Kiev and their Western backers will bear full responsibility for all the consequences of such a devastating scenario," Nebenzia cautioned.

https://www.rt.com/russia/577573-ukraine-destroyed-kherson-dam/

#18960396 at 2023-06-06 12:27:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23278: WHEN NO OTHER PRESIDENT’S WERE CHARGED Edition

6 Jun, 2023 10:54
European Council president accuses Russia of war crime (repeating Ukraine's accusation of FF of Russia's own territory...makes sense, in the midst of war?)
(Leader of Clowns Abound) Charles Michelblames Moscow for the attack on the Novaya Kakhovka hydroelectric dam

The attack on the Novaya Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in Russia's Kherson Region qualifies as a war crime, European Council President Charles Michel has claimed. He insisted that Russia was responsible for the incident.

"Shocked by the unprecedented attack of the Nova Kakhovka dam," Michel wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. "The destruction of civilian infrastructure clearly qualifies as a war crime - we will hold Russia and its proxies accountable."

Michel said he would raise the issue at the June meeting of the European Council and would propose more assistance to the flooded areas. (This territory is not in the EU, nor is Ukraine, so they will be funding a Russia territory, great idea. Virtue signaling for attention.)

The power plant, which is located on the Dnieper River upstream from the city of Kherson, suffered significant damage on Tuesday morning. Novaya Kakhovka Mayor Vladimir Leontyev claimed that the upper part of the dam and its floodgates had been destroyed as a result of a series of overnight strikes by Ukrainian forces.

The damage has led to the release of an uncontrolled flow of water which now threatens to flood up to 80 settlements in the region, Leontyev said, adding that several areas are without electricity. He also warned of problems with water supplies to the Crimean Peninsula.

The mayor described the extent of the destruction at the power plant as"very serious" and cautioned that it could be beyond repair. Efforts to restore it may effectively involve rebuilding it from scratch, he added.

Leontyev, who branded the incident a major "terrorist act," alsonoted that the facility had repeatedly come under Ukrainian shellingthroughout the past year. Kiev's forces have allegedly targeted the dam's turbines, only one of which was working at the time of Tuesday's attack, according to the mayor.

Moscow has frequently accused Kiev of attacking the dam and has warned on numerous occasions that a breach could result in the deaths of thousands of civilians. Ukraine, however, has claimed that Russia was planning to blow up the facility in a false-flag operation aimed at framing Kiev.

Kherson Region was officially declared part of Russia in early October, together with Zaporozhye Region and the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, after the local populations overwhelmingly supported the move in referendums. Kiev and its Western backers have labeled the votes a "sham," and Ukraine has vowed to recapture the territories using any means necessary.

(This guy is being paid by Ukraine and wants his name in the news is my guess)

https://www.rt.com/russia/577561-eu-russia-kakhovka-attack/

#18686345 at 2023-04-13 02:33:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22925: Comfy Night Edition

12 Apr, 2023 22:24
France won't be US 'vassal' - Macron
The French president has doubled down on his Taiwan rhetoric after American criticism

Paris is an ally and not a "vassal" of Washington, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, defending his comments about "strategic autonomy" of the EU when it comes to the rising tensions between the US and China.

"Being an ally does not mean being a vassal… doesn't mean that we don't have the right to think for ourselves," Macron said in Amsterdam, at a joint press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Asked for the French position on Taiwan, Macron said that Paris supports the status quo, meaning the "One China policy and the search for a peaceful resolution to the situation."

Returning from his trip to China on Sunday, Macron had argued that the EU can't be "just America's followers," and that it was not in the bloc's interest to stoke tensions over Taiwan. "The worse thing would be to think that we Europeans must become followers on this topic and take our cue from the US agenda and a Chinese overreaction," he had told reporters.

The remarks earned him a swift rebuke from US Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican on the foreign affairs committee, who suggested Washington might leave the EU to handle the Ukraine conflict by itself.

Taiwanese parliament speaker You Si-Kun on Tuesday argued that France had forsaken its motto of "liberty, equality, fraternity" and that advanced democracies should not "ignore the lives and deaths of people in other countries,"adding that Macron's comments left him "puzzled."

Meanwhile, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said that Macron was "perfectly right to demand European independence and sovereignty," while the President of the European Council Charles Michel noted "quite a few" leaders of EU countries thought like Macron, even though they "wouldn't say things the same way."

When asked about the French president's comments on Monday, the US State Department said that France was a long-standing ally and that occasional disagreements did not detract from a "deep partnership" with Paris. As for the EU position, a State Department spokesman cited a recent speech by the bloc's president Ursula von der Leyen, which described China as "a national and economic security threat," and said there was "immense convergence" between Washington and Brussels on the matter.

(The little imp finally betrayed the country he's been leaching off for a long time. France and the French will blame him. Mark my words! He used us to elevate himself.Believe me Trump was not deceived!The funny thing is Macron realized he's a servant under Bidan, not under Trump. One of the EU nations will expose Bidan as the one, that was the saboteur. This is getting fun!)

https://www.rt.com/news/574630-macron-us-vassals-taiwan/

#18576583 at 2023-03-25 04:29:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22785: Late Night Shift On It Edition

https://twitter.com/SpartaJustice/status/1639343241060311043

BREAKING NEWS: Covid-19 was deliberately released on the populations by entities with intent. Anthony Fauci's NIAID was paid 400 million dollars in royalties by Moderna. Covid-19 was engineered in the United States after receiving an infectious clone WIV1-CoV Spike from Wuhan.

Not only did Anthony Fauci knowingly and willfully lie in violation of federal law in Congress about not funding Gain of Function, but Anthony Fauci continued these Gain of Function studies and requested additional studies during the moratorium. Ralph S. Baric created SARS-CoV-2 and lied to the world.

The fact of the matter is. We the people are currently subject to a criminal conspiracy that is ongoing right now, the evidence is right in our face. This was all done so that the world could be injected with the experimental Covid vaccines creating billions of dollars in profits and shaping the global agenda while killing and injuring millions of people around the world.

2009-2023 Lockstep Vaccination Genocidal Pandemic Criminal Co-conspiracy, including and not limited to individually and collectively:

Bill and Melinda Gates individually and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. World Health Organization (WHO) and Officers, Directors, Employees, and Agents Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO Director General, U.S. FDA, CDC Executive Directors and Officers. NIH, NIAID Executive Directors and Officers. Anthony Stephen Fauci. Alex Azar HHS, Ralph Baric, Peter Daszak.

World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab and Officers, Directors, Employees, and Agents. Michael Bloomberg, David Rockefeller Jr, Rothschilds, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Ted Turner, Oprah Winfrey, Rockefeller Foundation, Global Business Network (GBN), Peter Schwartz, Chairman GBN.

Convicted Vaccination Genocidal Pandemic and Neural Monitoring Governmental Executive Defendants:

U.S. Department of Defense Executive Command and DARPA. Xi JinPing, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation. Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America. Joseph R. Biden 46th President of the United States of America.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the UK. Matt Hancock, UK Secretary of State for Health. The Crown Corporation and all of its Subsidiaries including and not limited to Serco.

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. Chrystia Freeland DBA Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada Chief Health Officer. Dr. Supriya Sharma, Chief medical adviser for Health Canada. OECD - Secretary General - Mathias Cormann.

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia. Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister of New Zealand. King Charles III, Prince William. Governor General Mary Simon.

Stefan L?fven Prime Minister of Sweden. Minister of Heath Lena Hallengren. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. Emmanuel Jean-Michel Fr?d?ric Macron, President of France. Edouard Phillipe, Prime Minister of France. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany.

Ant?nio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN. European Union, and President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. President of the Parliament, David Sassoli. President of the European Council, Charles Michel. Michael Ryan, WHO CEO's at GCHQ-UK, NSA-USA and Bilderberg Group, all CEOs, Monarchies, and Members.

Convicted Defendant Pandemic Vaccine Programs:

Global Alliance Vaccine Initiative (GAVI), CEPI, Pandemic Vaccine Program United States of America, Operation Warp Speed and successor Pandemic Vaccine Program. World Health Organization COVAX, Pandemic Vaccine Program. Pandemic Vaccine Program People's Republic of China, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control. Russian Federation, Rospotrebnadzor.

Convicted Genocidal Vaccination Entities:

Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson, The Pirbright Institute.

Above named criminal defendants are ordered by the International Tribunal to be immediately arrested and incarcerated.

#18423349 at 2023-02-28 13:17:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22587: E-BAKE Edition

28 Feb, 2023 09:07
Russia does not double-deal - Malian PM
Moscow respects the African nation and is a reliable partner, Choguel Kokalla Maiga said

Russia has helped to turn the tide in Mali's fight against terrorism and has proven that it does not have ulterior motives in its involvement, the African nation's acting prime minister has said.

"The terror has moved to the other camp. Terrorists no longer instill fear in Malians. On the contrary, the Malian Army scares the terrorists," Choguel Kokalla Maiga told RIA Novosti.

He credited Russian military assistance for this change in the interview published on Tuesday, and praised Moscow's approach in dealing with his government. Russia "is a reliable partner and does not double-deal," he said.

Its assistance is not limited to military hardware, Maiga stated. Russian supplies of food, fertilizers and energy to Mali are growing, and the two governments are working on boosting trade further. Moscow has also offered a 20% discount on market price for some key products, he added.

"We don't want to be hostage to other states, who would decide whether or not to deliver fuel to our nation and whether or not there would be food on Malians' tables," he said.

The prime minister also rebuked the EU for its attitude towards his country, reiterating his criticism of European Council President Charles Michel. In an interview with the French media earlier this month, Michel accused Mali's transitional authorities ofbreaking with "traditional partners, and particularly with European partners," and claimed that "the consequence is a state that is collapsing."Bamako dismissed the remarks as part of a "disinformation campaign."

Maiga noted that politicians in Europe tended to make "really laughable statements to the media," and that his government was not limited in terms of foreign partnerships.

"Those who want to cooperate with Mali should take a note from Russia and respect our principles," he suggested.

He also reiterated an assessment by his foreign minister that theEU "was to be blamed for the destruction of Libya, which was the major cause of the escalation of terrorism in Africa," particularly in the region of Sahel.

France and the UK were the primary driversbehind NATO's 2011 bombing campaign, which ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Militias and arms smugglers looted the national military's weapons depots amid the conflict. Libya remains fractured more than a decade later.

https://www.rt.com/africa/572178-mali-pm-russia-terrorism/

#18409739 at 2023-02-25 19:01:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22570: Troubles Ahead, Troubles Behind AZ to E Palestine Edition

25 Feb, 2023 16:36
EU rolls out anniversary anti-Russian sanctions package
The bloc has marked the one-year anniversary of the Russian military operation in Ukraine with a new round of sanctions

The EU has agreed onits tenth sanctions package against Russiaover the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the European Council announced on Saturday. The package was adopted a day after the one-year anniversary of the start of Moscow's special military operation against the country, following intense negotiations between the bloc's member states.

Announcing the package, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell lauded the bloc's purported unity in displaying its anti-Russia stance and squarely accused President Vladimir Putin of "escalating this illegal aggression, weaponizing winter, food and hunger."

"We are taking more measures, tackling the banking sector, access to dual-use technology and advanced technologies. We will continue to increase pressure on Russia - and we will do it for as long as needed," Borrell stated.

The new restrictions target assorted dual-use goods, with the bloc expanding its sanctions on another 96 entities allegedly involved in supplying Russia's military. The new restrictions also includenew export bans on assorted goods, namely "electronics, specialized vehicles, machine parts, spare parts for trucks and jet engines, as well as goods for the construction sector."

Apart from that, the bloc banned any Russian nationals from holding any positions in the governing bodies of EU "critical infrastructures and entities," claiming that Moscow's "influence" in such areas "could jeopardize their well-functioning and ultimately constitute and hazard for the provision of essential services to the European citizens."

The restrictions have once again targeted Russian state-affiliated media, with the EU suspending broadcasting licenses for RT Arabic and Sputnik Arabic. Other departments of the outlets, broadcasting in different languages, have been repeatedly targeted by the bloc.

The anti-Russia sanctions package, for the first time, targets seven Iranian entities, which the EU believes to have been involved in supplying suicide drones to Moscow. Neither Iran or Russia has confirmed such deliveries actually taking place, while no solid evidence to prove the Iranian origins of the drones has ever emerged either.

Having adopted numerous anti-Russia sanctions over the past year, theEU has found it increasingly difficult to find new areasof the Russian economy to target meaningfully, the issue being acknowledged by President of the European Council Charles Michel earlier this week. This week's anniversary sanctions package became the subject of heated debate between member-state diplomats, with Poland reportedly threatening to block it altogether on account of it being too "weak."

(The news in EU prove the sanctions hurt them more. Germany is buying more coal the "dirty energy" because they banned natural gas and US blew up their pipeline. Russia had eight years to plan for this.)

https://www.rt.com/news/572066-eu-sanctions-russia-ukraine/

#18396757 at 2023-02-23 00:38:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22553: TRUTH IS HOT! (YOU) ARE NOT FORGOTTEN EDITION

22 Feb, 2023 17:11
EU fails to agree new Russia sanctions - Reuters
Negotiations on the tenth round of restrictions have been postponed to later this week, sources say

Karkov/Keystone Press Agency
European Union countries failed to agree on a new batch of sanctions against Moscow on Wednesday, four diplomatic sources told Reuters. The restrictions are reportedly meant to be in place for the one-year anniversary of the Ukraine conflict, on Friday.

"There are several issues outstanding, including on rubber and reporting obligations of Russian assets in Europe," one of the anonymous sources explained.

More talks among the representatives of EU member states were due on Thursday afternoon, the sources claimed.

On Monday, the EU extended for another year an array of sanctions on Russia, imposed over the conflict in Ukraine. European Council President Charles Michel acknowledged earlier that debates on new penalties targeting Russia have become more challenging as the bloc has already imposed nearly every possible major sanction on the country and there are "not many things left" to do.

The proposed tenth package of EU sanctions on Russia will reportedly be worth ?11 billion ($11.7 billion) and focus on stopping sales of high-tech goods that can be used in weapons systems.

The export blacklist will reportedly include electronics, lasers, radio equipment, software, avionics, marine cameras and rare-earth minerals, as well as other more specific components used in nanotechnology.

Brussels has so far adopted nine sanctions packages on Russia, targeting numerous sectors of the economy, as well as businessmen, politicians, and journalists.

https://www.rt.com/business/571932-eu-fails-new-sanctions-russia/

The sanctions have only hurt the EU, they are the literal definition of insanity.

#18381675 at 2023-02-20 15:14:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22533: Presidents' Day Round 2 Edition

20 Feb, 2023 13:03
EU running out of targets for anti-Russia sanctions - top official
All major restrictions have already been imposed, according to the European Council president

European Union debates on new penalties targeting Russia have become more challenging as the bloc has already imposed every possible major sanction on the country and there are "not many things left" to do, President of the European Council Charles Michel said on Monday.

In an interview with Belgian newspaper LeSoir, he said each new package of penalties is now aimed at "tightening loopholes and preventing circumvention attempts," as all of the main sanctions are already in place.

"The main thing has already been done because we imposed sanctions on fossil fuel... Once you've taken the major steps, there aren't many additional things you can do,"Michel added.

Last month, during a trip to Kiev where he met Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Michel admitted that negotiations on further sanctions were becoming increasingly complicated with each new round, as additional targets are now scarce.

"Each debate on sanctions is much more difficult than the previous one," he said.

The tenth package of EU sanctions on Russia, which is currently under discussion, is reported to be worth ?11 billion ($11.7 billion) and will focus on stopping sales of high-tech goods that can be used in weapons systems.

The export blacklist will reportedly include electronics, lasers, radio equipment, software, avionics, marine cameras and rare-earth minerals, as well as other more specific components used in nanotechnology.

Thesanctions will reportedly target more Russian lenders, adding Alfa Bank, Rosbank, and Tinkoff Bank to the EU blacklist.

It will also ban Russian residents from holding posts in the governing bodies of critical European companies, and restrict the provision of gas storage capacity to entities established in Russia.

Brussels has so far adopted nine sanctions packages on Russia, targeting numerous sectors of the economy, as well as businessmen, politicians, and journalists.

(It's weird they keep doing based on the fact everything they do hurts the EU and Ukraine. Its an exercise of futility and faking powerful position. The EU is so fucked!)

https://www.rt.com/business/571767-eu-russia-sanctions-targets-scarce/

#18285634 at 2023-02-04 22:08:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22408: Feeling Cute, Blasting Some Chinaballs Edition

3 Feb, 2023 21:35

Brussels assesses Kiev's readiness to join EU

Ukraine is only at an "early stage of preparation" for implementing EU policies in many key areas, an EU Commission report says

Kiev still has a lot to do if it wants to join the EU, an extensive European Commission report published on Thursday has determined. Ukraine is only at the "early stage" of readiness to follow EU standards and policies in a number of key fields, including financial control and the free movement of workers and intellectual property law,the 67-page document said.

Link to document,call to dig Anons: https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-02/SWD_2023_30_Ukraine.pdf

The report noted that internal audit standards were "not yet well established" in Ukraine and this "undermines the accountability of the use of public funds."

The document was also critical of Ukraine's national legislation in the field of free movement of workers and intellectual property rights, adding that it still needs to be aligned "in a comprehensive way" with the relevant EU standards.

The EU Commission called on the Ukrainian government to "address significant shortcomings in its labor legislation," including those related to "health and safety at work."Ukraine's laws are also "not aligned with EU gender equality legislation" and need further alignment with Brussels on "non-discrimination in employment."

Ukraine is also at the "early stage" when it comes to agriculture, fisheries, rural development, as well as environmental protection and climate change, the report said.

Kiev has so far failed to reach the highest "well advanced" level of readiness in any of the sectors detailed in the report.

Ukraine has a "good level" of readiness to meet the EU standards in four policy areas: foreign, defense and energy policies, as well as energy and the potential to join the EU customs union. Yet, even here, Kiev still has work to do, the report said.

Earlier this week, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal exclaimed that Kiev could be part of the bloc within two years. Ukraine applied for EU candidate status last February, after Russia launched its military operation. Brussels granted Kiev the status in June.

Kiev and some of its most ardent supporters among EU members, including Poland, have since argued that Ukraine deserves a fast-track path to full membership. Other EU nations, like France, have argued this process could take much longer.

Last May, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the accession process"would probably take several decades."European Council President Charles Michel also said last month that the bloc had no intention of changing its rules.

(Ukraine is still part of Russia they cannot join the EU, they are not an independent country. At a 2000-2001 June summit in Moscow, the Presidents of the 12 CIS countries adopted a Declaration on Maintaining Strategic Stability. They also established a joint anti-terrorism center to be based in Moscow, which will be jointly run by Russia and Ukraine. Treaty Overview:
https://www.nti.org/education-center/treaties-and-regimes/commonwealth-indepe ndent-states-cis/. From the CIS document)
2006 In May,Ukraineand Georgia began talks discussing the possibility of seceding from the CIS. Representatives of both states said that they would analyze whether or not the benefits of CIS membership outweighed the costs.While Ukraine later promised to remain a member, Georgia stated that a slow pullout was being considered.
Weirdddd. So, why did Putin recently say he will "declare" Ukraine independent if they're already independent?== LOL
Commonwealth Independent States Treaty. https://www.nti.org/education-center/treaties-and-regimes/commonwealth-indepe ndent-states-cis/
Where is Moscow? Russia.
Ukraine is not an independent state as they've claimed. Ukraine still belongs to Russia)

https://www.rt.com/russia/570932-ukraine-readiness-join-eu-report/

#18253453 at 2023-01-30 16:05:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #22366: Third Time's A Charm Edition

30 Jan, 2023 09:02
Ukrainian PM states timeline for EU membership hopes
Skeptics argueit could take decadesfor Kiev to qualify for accession

Ukraine sees itself as part of the EU in two years, but even its most ardent supporters in the bloc believe that target to be overambitious, Politico reported on Monday. The deadline was set by Prime Minister Denis Shmigal ahead of an EU-Ukraine meeting in Kiev next Friday.

"We expect that this year, in 2023, we can already have this pre-entry stage of negotiations," Shmigal told the news outlet.

Ukraine applied for EU candidate status last February, after Russia launched its military operation. Brussels granted Kiev that status in June, though the timing for accession remains a matter of debate.

Kiev and its biggest backers, such as Poland, claim Ukraine deserves to be fast-tracked to full membership. More skeptical nations have argued that it may take considerable time before the country meets the criteria.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned in May that the accession process "would probably take several decades," unless the EU lowers its requirements "and also partially the principles that we hold."

T?rkiye has been kept waiting on the EU's doorstep since 1999, while Ankara's request to join the European Economic Community, the EU's predecessor, was filed in 1987.

European Council President Charles Michel, who traveled to Kiev earlier this month to offer reassurances that Ukraine will eventually become part of the EU, indicated that the bloc's leadership has no intention of bending the rules.

"If it means changing the rules and procedures, no, because we believe in and defend the rule of law," Michel said in an interview last week when discussing what fast-tracking Ukraine could mean.

Politico described Shmigal's deadline as "throwing down a gauntlet to the EU establishment." The head of the Ukrainian cabinet said he expects progress in specific areas, including the continued suspension of tariffs and quotas for Ukrainian goods, and inclusion into the EU's mobile roaming area.

Kiev could take certain steps to allay any criticism from the EU, such as rolling back controversial legislation which regulates how justices of the Constitutional Court are appointed, according to Politico.

The reform was passed in December, with Kiev ignoring recommendations from the Venice Commission to modify the draft to prevent political influence on a special body tasked with screening candidates.

President Vladimir Zelensky has been at loggerheads with the Constitutional Court since 2020, when he launched a campaign to remove the chief justice after the court struck down a bill that the presidential office wanted passed into law.

(Ukraine has a mandate for many years to clean up their corruption first, they've made no progress. And now taking billions from US and EU thats being laundered is not going to make the EU speed anything up for the whiners! From day one, its been said US wants Ukraine destroyed, they don't care about the people one iota)

https://www.rt.com/russia/570668-ukraine-eu-membership-shmygal/

#17872938 at 2022-12-04 01:45:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21913: Elon Musk: "If I commit suicide, it's not real" Edition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tusk
President of the European Council
In office
1 December 2014 - 30 November 2019
Preceded by Herman Van Rompuy
Succeeded by Charles Michel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_London_Bridge_stabbing
29 November 2019

#17700730 at 2022-10-21 17:57:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21674: We Anon For God and Country Edition

EU wants to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine

The bloc is looking for ways to confiscate funds to benefit Kiev

EU leaders have instructed the European Commission to prepare proposals on ways of using frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine, Russian media reported on Friday. The statement comes as EU leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in Brussels.

"We have to talk about the use of [frozen] assets that we have - Russian [frozen] assets. We have over ?300 billion ($292 billion) of [frozen] assets and how we can use them in benefit of Ukraine," Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said on Friday, as quoted by CNN.

Legally, the frozen funds still belong to Russia or its citizens. In order to spend those assets, the EU needs to find a way of confiscating them. According to media reports, EU leaders will discuss the possible confiscation of frozen Russian assets at a summit in Brussels in May.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU was looking to provide Ukraine with about ?1.5 billion each month. The bloc's finance ministers have been tasked with pulling together the money.

The EU seized property belonging to Russian businessmen and companies, along with the assets of the Russian Central Bank, as part of sanctions against Moscow. The idea of using the funds in Ukraine was first put forward several months ago and was supported by politicians such as Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, former UK prime minister Liz Truss, and president of the European Council Charles Michel.

Top US officials including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that using those funds in Ukraine could be illegal and would discourage other countries from investing in the United States.

Russia strongly criticized the seizure of its assets by the Western nations, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying the asset freeze essentially constitutes theft.

https://www.rt.com/business/565112-eu-frozen-russian-assets-ukraine/

#17598767 at 2022-09-28 22:27:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21577: Accountability for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Edition

Nicaragua Expels EU Ambassador for 'Interference With National Sovereignty'

For more than 40 years, the US has supported terrorist groups inside Nicaragua attempting to undermine the popular education, medical, and other social programs by the socialist Sandinista movement, even after the US Congress explicitly forbade the practice.
According to Nicaraguan daily paper Confidencial, the Nicaraguan government has declared the European Union (EU) ambassador to Nicaragua, Bettina Muscheidt, persona non grata, ordering her to leave the country. The report came from a tip by "sources linked to the European Parliament."
The Nicaraguan government expelled her due to "interference and disrespect for national sovereignty" on behalf of the EU, according to the source. However, it has issued no formal public statement as of yet.
The news comes two days after Charles Michel, the EU's delegate at the United Nations, used the occasion of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to condemn the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and urge him to "return the sovereignty of Nicaragua to the Nicaraguan people" and "restore democracy" in the country.

The de facto expulsion of Ambassador Muscheidt occurs after this Monday, September 26, the delegate of the European Union to the United Nations (UN), Charles Michel, urged the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo to "return the sovereignty of Nicaragua to the Nicaraguan people" and to "restore democracy" in the country, where the human rights of the population are systematically violated.

"The EU urges the Nicaraguan authorities to fulfill their own commitments, the Nicaraguan Constitution and international human rights laws and regulations," Michel added during his speech at the 77th United Nations General Assembly.

He also warned that, since the November 7, 2021 elections, widely considered illegitimate, the repression has continued and the situation has deteriorated even more.

"The Nicaraguan authorities must end all repression, including repression against political opponents, clergy, independent media, civil society and human rights defenders, and guarantee full respect for human rights, including freedom of assembly, association, expression, and religion or belief," the delegation said.

Belligerence in demands for a democratic solution

The 27-member European Union, together with the United States, Canada, and several Latin American countries, is stepping up the demand that the Ortega dictatorship restore democracy and civil liberties in Nicaragua.

A week before the EU expressed its position in the United Nations General Assembly, the deputies of European Parliament approved six proposals for a resolution on the situation in Nicaragua, "in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Alvarez. They demand the immediate release of the religious leader and all the 200+ political prisoners of the Ortega-Murillo regime.

The European parliamentarians also demanded that in the face of the constant abuses more sanctions be applied to the Nicaraguan regime.

Some even mentioned the activation of the democratic clause of the Association Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Central America, which would provoke the expulsion of Nicaragua from this free trade agreement.

Since 2018, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have approved seven resolutions on the Nicaraguan situation. One in May 2018; another in March 2019 -after the visit of a delegation of MEPs to the country-; a third in December 2019; a fourth in October 2020; the fifth in July 2021; the sixth in December of the same year; and the last one in June 2022.

Particularly in the June resolution, a large majority of the European Parliament demanded that the European Union (EU) sanction fourteen judges and three appeals magistrates. At the same time, they called for an investigation -through the International Criminal Court- of the Government and President Daniel Ortega, for crimes against humanity.

MEPs also condemned the cancellations of some 2,000 non-profits organizations by the National Assembly and Ministry of Interior, on orders from Ortega and the rubber stamp Sandinista Front legislators.

https://havanatimes.org/news/ortega-expels-european-union-ambassador-from-nicaragua/

#17511338 at 2022-09-07 20:36:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21466: Portraits From Hell Edition

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/Charles-Michel
Charles Michel
President of the Euro Peon Council

>>17511293
>Charles Michel

#17511293 at 2022-09-07 20:23:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21466: Portraits From Hell Edition

>>17511270
Charles Michel (French: [?a?l mi??l]; born 21 December 1975) is a Belgian politician serving as the president of the European Council since 2019. He previously served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019.

#17505275 at 2022-09-06 15:41:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21458: Good Morning Patriots Edition

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/european-council:-algeria-reliable-energy-supplier

European Council: Algeria 'reliable' energy supplier

Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, asserted that Algeria is a "reliable" energy supplier during a visit to Algiers as Europe struggles with an energy crisis.

"Given the international circumstances that we're all aware of, energy cooperation is obviously essential, and we see Algeria as a reliable, loyal, and committed partner in the field of energy cooperation," Michel said after meeting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Europe has been keeping an eye on Algeria, which is the African continent's biggest exporter of gas. The situation grows increasingly desperate as Russia announces the halting of gas supply to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline just weeks before Autumn.

Before the war in Ukraine, Algeria accounted for 11% of Europe's gas exports, whereas Russia accounted for 47%.

Algeria, with this reality, has been seeing a surge in European visitors for some energy.

At the end of last month, French President Emmanuel Macron made his way to Algiers to make nice, and polish France's image as a colonizer, and also to request Algerian energy to Europe.

In July, Italian energy company Eni, US' Occidental, France's Total, and Algeria's Sonatrach signed a $4 billion oil and gas production contract that would supply Italy with "significant volumes of natural gas."

In addition, Algeria also promised to boost gas deliveries to Italy through the undersea Transmed pipeline by the end of 2022.

#17501114 at 2022-09-05 18:40:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21453: Who Is Up For A Suicide? Edition

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/azerbaijan-turkey-to-conduct-joint-drills:-mod

Azerbaijan, Turkey to conduct joint drills: MoD

Azerbaijan's defense ministry announced Monday the start of joint air force exercises with Turkey, named TurAz Qartali 2022.

"The opening ceremony of the 'TurAz Qartali - 2022' Joint Flight-Tactical Exercises was held on September 5. The event was attended by Azerbaijani and Turkish servicemen, the head of the Executive Power of [Azerbaijan's] Ganja city, Niyazi Bayramov, and other guests," the ministry said in a statement.

The countries' aviation forces will be embarking on a set of tasks, including planning joint activities, studying interaction and combat interoperability. They will also be conducting search and rescue operations, according to the ministry.

The two Caucasian countries regularly hold joint military exercises.

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to further collaborate on peace treaty work

On August 31, EU Council President Charles Michel said that Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to step up efforts in advancing the conclusion of a peace treaty.

Michel held a trilateral meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels.

"Today we agree to step up substantive work to advance on the peace treaty governing inter-state relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and tasked the Foreign Ministers to meet within one month to work on draft texts," the statement said.

The EU is determined to support the establishment of long-term sustainable peace in the South Caucasus and will continue to closely work with all parties on reaching this goal, Michel added.

The leaders agreed to meet in the same format again by the end of November.

#17490254 at 2022-09-03 20:07:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21439: PreRally Panic Firin Up Edition

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/putin-aliyev-confirm-efforts-on-peace-in-south-caucasus

Putin, Aliyev confirm efforts on peace in South Caucasus

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin via phone call about his August 31 meeting in Brussels with the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.

In a statement published today, the Kremlin said that the two presidents confirmed their intention to continue implementing the basic tripartite agreements between the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed on November 9, 2020, January 11, and November 26, 2021.

"The two presidents discussed the situation in the South Caucasus," the statement added, and stressed "the importance of coordinated efforts to ensure stability and security on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and to establish economic ties and transport links in the region."

The Kremlin stated that the two leaders discussed bilateral issues between the two countries, including trade, economy, energy, and humanitarian fields.

The situation in the South Caucasus is of interest to Presidents Aliyev and Putin, who earlier, along with Pashinyan, discussed efforts to improve relations between the two neighboring countries in the South Caucasus.

Last February, Putin and Aliyev signed a broad cooperation agreement covering working together to restore all commercial and transportation linkages in the area, including passenger and freight flow between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Earlier this month, it was reported that new tensions erupted over Nagorno-Karabakh as three soldiers were killed and Azerbaijan said it had taken control of several strategic heights in the disputed region.

Russia sent 2,000 peacekeepers to monitor the truce, but tensions remain despite a ceasefire deal. This new wave of violence triggered international pleas for an urgent de-escalation.

The conflict initially began with both parties accusing each other of starting an overnight shootout at their shared border.

Pashinyan stated in mid-April that his administration planned to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan shortly, adding that the aim of the discussions for Yerevan would no longer be to agree on the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh within Azerbaijan.

The accord was viewed as a national shame in Armenia, sparking weeks of anti-government rallies and prompting Pashinyan to seek emergency parliamentary elections, which his Civil Contract party won in September.

Opposition parties have accused Pashinyan of preparing to hand up sections of Karabakh that are still under Armenian control to Baku after he told parliamentarians last month that the "international community calls on Armenia to scale down demands on Karabakh."

Michel held a trilateral meeting in May with Pashinyan and Aliyev in Brussels. During the meeting, the leaders agreed to establish the commission on delimitation and security of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

On May 24, the first meeting of Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Shahin Mustafayev, took place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani interstate border in the format of a joint commission on border delimitation and security.

On July 16, both foreign ministers met for the first time since the war erupted. The Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov "discussed a wide range of issues related to normalizing relations between the two countries."

>> I don't know when this picture was taken, but the look on Putin's face is priceless. Kek!

#16775581 at 2022-07-21 18:18:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21161: Italian parliament dissolved

EU Ambassador Says Communist China Should 'Rule The World,' Calls for 'Reunification' with Taiwan

The EU's newly appointed ambassador to Beijing has argued that it is "essential" that Communist China "rules the world," and that the bloc would support the "reunification" of the independent island of Taiwan with the mainland.

In an interview with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, Spain's former ambassador to Japan, Jorge Toledo Albi?ana set out what appears to be the most friendly position towards the Chinese Communist Party from an EU diplomat in years, critically contradicting other statements on the sovereignty of Taiwan.

"The EU does not defend the independence of Taiwan, but the peaceful reunification. We believe that there should be only one China," Albi?ana said.

Given the newly appointed EU ambassador to Beijing also said that the bloc would not accept an invasion of the island by Communist China and would impose similar sanctions to those levied against Russia following the full-scale invasion earlier this year of Ukraine, it is unclear how such a "reunification" could occur given the fact that Taiwan has never been ruled by the CCP and maintains its own democratically elected government, military, currency, written language, and culture.

Responding to the comments, Taiwanese foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said: "Taiwan has never been part of the People's Republic of China. The sovereignty of Taiwan belongs only to all the people of Taiwan, and only the people of Taiwan can decide the future of Taiwan.

"It is also a peace-loving and mature democratic country and shares values of freedom, democracy and human rights with the European Union."

The comments from the ambassador were also contradicted by EU Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer, who visited Taipei this week, one of the most senior EU figures to do so.

"Now is the moment to stand firm on the side of Taiwan," Beer said, going on to describe Taiwan as a member of the "family of democracies".

"Taiwan's bloom is also Europe's bloom. We won't have a blind eye on China's threats to Taiwan. Europe was late for Hong Kong, we won't be late for Taiwan," she said. "There is no room for Chinese aggression in democratic Taiwan. For the moment, we witness war in Europe; we do not want to witness war in Asia."

Communist China and Vladimir Putin's Russia are attempting to forge a "New World Order" in which the rules of the world are set in Beijing and Moscow instead of Washington, a Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News. https://t.co/xnAkwudUEF

- Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) March 1, 2022

While the EU put its massive trade deal with Beijing on hold following a series of tit-for-tat sanctions after European lawmakers condemned the "genocide" being committed against the Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Western Xinjiang region of China, there have been calls from top Eurocrats to continue to engage with Beijing, including European Council President Charles Michel.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/07/21/eu-ambassador-says-communist-china-should-rule-the-world-calls-for-reunification-with-taiwan/

#16774333 at 2022-07-21 14:36:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21159: DRAGHI RESIGNS AS ITALIAN P.M EYES ON ITALY EDITION

EU Ambassador Says Communist China Should 'Rule The World,' Calls for 'Reunification' with Taiwan

The EU's newly appointed ambassador to Beijing has argued that it is "essential" that Communist China "rules the world," and that the bloc would support the "reunification" of the independent island of Taiwan with the mainland.

In an interview with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, Spain's former ambassador to Japan, Jorge Toledo Albi?ana set out what appears to be the most friendly position towards the Chinese Communist Party from an EU diplomat in years, critically contradicting other statements on the sovereignty of Taiwan.

"The EU does not defend the independence of Taiwan, but the peaceful reunification. We believe that there should be only one China," Albi?ana said.

Given the newly appointed EU ambassador to Beijing also said that the bloc would not accept an invasion of the island by Communist China and would impose similar sanctions to those levied against Russia following the full-scale invasion earlier this year of Ukraine, it is unclear how such a "reunification" could occur given the fact that Taiwan has never been ruled by the CCP and maintains its own democratically elected government, military, currency, written language, and culture.

Responding to the comments, Taiwanese foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said: "Taiwan has never been part of the People's Republic of China. The sovereignty of Taiwan belongs only to all the people of Taiwan, and only the people of Taiwan can decide the future of Taiwan.

"It is also a peace-loving and mature democratic country and shares values of freedom, democracy and human rights with the European Union."

The comments from the ambassador were also contradicted by EU Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer, who visited Taipei this week, one of the most senior EU figures to do so.

"Now is the moment to stand firm on the side of Taiwan," Beer said, going on to describe Taiwan as a member of the "family of democracies".

"Taiwan's bloom is also Europe's bloom. We won't have a blind eye on China's threats to Taiwan. Europe was late for Hong Kong, we won't be late for Taiwan," she said. "There is no room for Chinese aggression in democratic Taiwan. For the moment, we witness war in Europe; we do not want to witness war in Asia."

Communist China and Vladimir Putin's Russia are attempting to forge a "New World Order" in which the rules of the world are set in Beijing and Moscow instead of Washington, a Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News. https://t.co/xnAkwudUEF

- Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) March 1, 2022

While the EU put its massive trade deal with Beijing on hold following a series of tit-for-tat sanctions after European lawmakers condemned the "genocide" being committed against the Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Western Xinjiang region of China, there have been calls from top Eurocrats to continue to engage with Beijing, including European Council President Charles Michel.

The newly appointed ambassador to Beijing appears to be in this faction, saying: "The EU and China are the world's most important trading partners... That said, we are also competitors. But we do not have to fight, but rather negotiate so that European companies that export to China have the same conditions as Chinese companies that export to Europe, something that is not happening now."

Albi?ana went further saying that it is the EU sees China as a "partner" and that it is "essential and necessary to have China to rule the world," adding that it will be important to work alongside Beijing on issues such as the Wuhan virus, the "climate crisis," and the Iranian nuclear weapons programme.

More at: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/07/21/eu-ambassador-says-communist-china-should-rule-the-world-calls-for-reunification-with-taiwan/

#16764004 at 2022-07-19 19:06:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21146: London City Burning Down Edition

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/armenia-to-withdraw-its-soldiers-from-nagorno-karabakh-by-se

Armenia to withdraw its soldiers from Nagorno-Karabakh by September

Officials have announced that Armenia will withdraw all its troops from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region by September this year, a region over which it has fought two wars with Azerbaijan.

The Secretary-General of the Armenian Security Council, Armen Grigoryan, told the official news agency Armenpress that "the units of the Armenian armed forces are gradually returning to Armenia since the ceasefire began, the operation is nearing completion and will end in September," noting that the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh "guaranteed" the security of the ethnic Armenian population there.

Last week, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev criticized what he described as the "too slow" Armenian withdrawal.

The foreign ministers of both countries met last weekend in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, in a first direct talk since the outbreak of the war. The meeting reportedly concerned an agreement reached by Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in May, mediated by the EU.

Also, in April and May, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President met to discuss a peace agreement mediated by EU Council President Charles Michel.

#16746146 at 2022-07-16 20:06:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21123: Chillin For The Hot August Edition

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/armenia-azerbaijan-fms-hold-first-bilateral-talks

Armenia, Azerbaijan FMs hold first bilateral talks

Officials said the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met for the first time since the Nagorno-Karabakh war.

The Nagorno-Karabakh war claimed the lives of 6,500 people in six weeks before a truce, mediated by Russia, was agreed upon, leading to Yerevan ceding territory to Baku.

The talks, held in Georgia's capital Tbilisi, were expected to build on an agreement reached by the Caucasus leaders in May under EU mediation to "advance discussions" on a future peace treaty.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov "discussed a wide range of issues related to normalizing relations between the two countries."

Mirzoyan "emphasized the importance of the Karabakh conflict's political resolution for building a lasting peace in the (Caucasus) region" and urged Baku to release Armenian POWs, as per the Ministry.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed optimism on Friday that "the first meeting of ministers… will bring in a result."

Prior to the meeting, both countries' defense ministries traded accusations of starting an overnight shootout at their shared border.

Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Brussels in April and May, and their next meeting is scheduled for July or August, according to European Council President Charles Michel.

#16731158 at 2022-07-14 16:31:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21103: 8Kun - Where Chaos is Comfy Edition

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/nato-eu-to-deepen-relation-ukraine-not-the-focus

NATO, EU to deepen relation, Ukraine not the focus

Since 2021, NATO and EU leaders continue to work on a joint agreement that was set to be signed, but no such signature has been reported or relevant contents have been disclosed until today. Today, July 13th, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that EU leaders and NATO have agreed to work on a new agreement to deepen their cooperation.

"Now, [European Commission President Ursula] Von der Leyen and [European Council President Charles] Michel and I have agreed that we should look into the third declaration [on NATO-EU cooperation]. I'm not able to tell you exactly when we will be able to have the third declaration, but it is something which is now supported by both two EU presidents and me, so we will start to work on that as soon as possible," Stoltenberg said during a session of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.

During the meeting, Stoltenberg also stated that while NATO remained focused on assisting Ukraine with weapons, it is not focused on its accession to the alliance.

"The main focus now on Ukraine is to provide support to help Ukraine to prevail as an independent and sovereign nation, and that's the main focus. The focus is not on membership now," he said.

Earlier on June 29th, NATO leaders in Madrid labeled Russia a threat to their security during the summit, with alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg saying that NATO will "state clearly that Russia poses a direct threat to our security," as the alliance seeks to upgrade its defense response, by strengthening its eastern flank, given the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In parallel, the EU has been enforcing sanctions on Russia since the beginning of its operation in Ukraine. Lately in this respect were the sanctions on Kaliningrad. However, earlier today July 13, the European Union and Russia reached an agreement on the transit of goods to Kaliningrad, according to the Russian newspaper Izvestia, citing high-ranking Russian sources, who added that Brussels provided a document that "completely satisfied" Moscow.

The same source said, as quoted by the newspaper, that "this document says that it is impossible to restrict the transit of goods between the subjects of the Russian Federation. That is, all goods going to the region will be withdrawn as an exception from the sanctions lists. We are talking about both railway and road transit."

The EU and Lithuania have been coordinating the final document for several weeks, according to the source.

Prior to that, on May 30th, the US-led alliance's deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana told AFP NATO is no longer bound by past commitments to hold back from deploying its forces in eastern Europe.

Speaking in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, Geoana claimed that Moscow has "voided of any content" of the NATO-Russia Founding Act, through its war with Ukraine and halting dialogue with the alliance.

>> Wot??? Where did the Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine hype go to?

#16495363 at 2022-06-23 18:57:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20869: Beware the Goat of Keev Edition

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/balkans-warn-ukraine-over-eu-illusions

Balkans warn Ukraine over EU illusions

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama praised Ukraine's probable inclusion as a candidate for European Union membership on Thursday but cautioned against unrealistic expectations of a quick process.

Arriving at an EU summit with Western Balkan countries, Rama said "North Macedonia is a candidate for 17 years if I have not lost count, Albania since eight, so welcome to Ukraine."

Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia were unanimously accepted as EU candidates by the European Parliament on Thursday.

In all, 529 votes were cast in favor of deferring the status of the three nations, while 45 votes were cast against the plan. 14 more MPs voted no.

"It's a good thing to give Ukraine the status. But I hope that Ukrainian people will not make many illusions."

The Balkan leaders are highly dissatisfied with their delayed EU ambitions, with Bulgaria preventing discussions with Albania and North Macedonia over a dispute with Skopje.

"It's a disgrace that a Nato country, Bulgaria, kidnaps two other Nato countries, namely, Albania and North Macedonia, in the midst of hot war in Europe's backyard with 26 other countries sitting still in a scary show of impotence," Rama explained.

Rama and the presidents of North Macedonia and Serbia threatened to skip the EU summit in protest of the lack of progress but ultimately chose to attend.

Bulgaria's EU rivals have been pressuring the country to accept a compromise settlement in its long-running historical and cultural conflict with North Macedonia in order to pave the way.

However, the collapse of the Bulgarian government following a no-confidence vote on Wednesday has cast more doubt on the plan.

According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, "The states and citizens of the Western Balkans have been waiting for almost 20 years for the possibility of becoming members of the European Union."

"In my view, it is of the utmost importance that this promise becomes credible."

EU chief Charles Michel said there was "a will to re-energize" the accession process for the Balkan countries.

However, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stated unequivocally that he expects "nothing" from Thursday's meeting of the EU's 27 leaders.

Brussels is concerned that the Balkans' lack of development would drive the region closer to Russia and China.

Some EU members have attempted to exploit the campaign for candidate status for Ukraine - and its neighbor Moldova - to re-energize efforts to bring the Balkans on board.

However, Serbia has expressed dissatisfaction with the EU sanctions imposed on its partner Russia in response to the war in Ukraine.

#16494440 at 2022-06-23 15:48:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20867: The Hunt Is On Edition

>>16494229
European Union leaders set to grant Ukraine candidate status

European Union leaders on Thursday are set to make Ukraine a candidate for joining the 27-nation bloc, a first step in a long and unpredictable journey toward full membership that could take many years to navigate.

Making Ukraine a contender now seems to be a done deal after national leaders were initially divided on how quickly to embrace the war-torn country's request to become an EU member, which the Ukrainian government submitted only a few days after Russia invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24.

According to several diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity before a leaders' summit in Brussels, Ukraine will receive the unanimous approval required for candidate status and the launch of eligibility negotiations.

"This is a decisive moment for the European Union," European Council President Charles Michel, the EU summit chair, said, describing the question of Ukraine's candidacy "a geopolitical choice that we will make today."

Members of the European Parliament endorsed Ukraine's bid hours before the summit started, voting to pass a resolution that calls EU heads of state and government to "move without delay" and "live up to their historical responsibility."

The EU's 27 nations have been united in backing Ukraine's resistance to Russia's invasion, adopting unprecedented economic sanctions against Moscow. However, leaders were at first split on how quickly the EU should move to accept Ukraine as a member, with the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark among the most skeptical.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-brussels-european-union-ff560e01c6b3e4f9c70777fad97be397

regarding the Soros non paper it adds up with their plan… What will be the outcome with the countermoveplan I trust?

LEAKED SOROS DOCUMENT ON UKRAINE
This is a leaked document that was actually written by George Soros personally, entitled: "Comprehensive Strategy For The New Ukraine"

In this paper, Soros identifies the institutions that need to either be set up or targeted.
https://www.hagmannreport.com/leaked-soros-document-on-ukraine/

#16390441 at 2022-06-03 12:08:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20735: Nation state powers on paper - Learn their Rules and your rights

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Virtue Sanctioning of oil doesn't work (just like Socialism doesn't work).

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https://irinaslav.substack.com/p/its-embargo-time

"It's embargo time

The European Union has done it. It has overcome opposition from Central Europe and has managed to remain united in the face of adversity, that is, Russia making money from the export of its fossil fuels.

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, tweeted proudly that "The sanctions will immediately impact 75% of Russian oil imports. And by the end of the year, 90% of the Russian oil imported in Europe will be banned." The EU rejoiced. Or did it? (Sorry, I couldn't help it.)

Where to begin... Let's begin with the fact that the agreement reached by EU leaders is an agreement in principle. This is suspiciously similar to memoranda of understanding that sound just like hard contracts but are, in fact, nothing of the sort. An agreement in principle is basically an indication that you will do something but the how and the what exactly remain to be determined.

Let's then continue with Michel's assertion that "The sanctions will immediately impact 75% of Russian oil imports." Really? How? The agreement appears to be on a gradual phase-out of imports to last until the end of the year. There is nothing immediate about a gradual phase-out and I apologise I had to put this blatant truism into words.

The 75% of Russian oil imports into the EU, according to Reuters, are the imports that come by tankers. In addition to suspending these imports - in principle and gradually - Germany and Poland intend to stop buying oil coming via the Druzhba pipeline by the end of the year, leaving, theoretically, only the Central European sucklings of the pipeline importing Russian oil come 2023.

All this sounds wonderful. In principle. In reality, things look a bit, shall we say, expensive. As Reuters' Clyde Russell noted in an immediate column following the news of the embargo agreement, the EU will need to source its oil elsewhere once it stops letting tankers carrying Russian crude offload at EU ports. And they can't just buy any oil because of the way many European refineries are configured, for oil with the characteristics of Urals.

"Some grades of crude from Angola and Nigeria, as well as some from the Middle East have similar qualities to Urals, which has an API gravity of 30.6 and a sulphur percentage of 1.48, making it a medium sour oil," Russell wrote. Let's have a look at prices, shall we? …

#16347486 at 2022-05-26 22:43:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20680: What is the CIA Project DeepDream? Edition

26 May, 2022 14:43

Ukraine threatens NATO member

"Something could happen" with an oil pipeline running to Hungary, a Ukrainian official has warned
Ukraine has "a wonderful lever of pressure" on Hungary via the Druzhba - which translates to 'Friendship' - oil pipeline, Ukrainian energy minister adviser Lana Zerkal claimed on Thursday.

Speaking during an online discussion at the Kiev Security Forum, Zerkal criticized the policy of the Hungarian government, which is blocking a sixth round of EU sanctions, one which would ban Russian oil. Western countries have imposed harsh restrictions since late February, when Moscow launched its military attack on Ukraine.

In Zerkal's opinion, Hungary is using the Russian military offensive as an instrument to achieve its own goals and thinks that now it "can demand anything" from the EU.

"Ukraine has a wonderful lever of pressure in its hands - it's the Druzhba oil pipeline," Zerkal said, adding that "something could happen" with Hungary's separate part of the infrastructure.

"And, in my opinion,it would be very appropriate if something happened to it. But, again, it is in the hands of the government and the president to make decisions on political issues, to decide if we really want to talk to [Hungarian President Viktor] Orban in a language that he understands and that he imposes on the EU, or if we are not ready for that yet," Zerkal stressed.

Zerkal later took to Facebook to clarify "her humble opinion" that "caused a diplomatic scandal," saying "facts are a stubborn thing."

"But, to calm the situation, it is worth specifying that the official position of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine on this matter is unchanged. Ukraine is a reliable transporter of energy carriers to Europe," she stressed.

While Zerkal's words have already started to spread through Hungarian media, official Budapest has yet to comment on the issue.

In a letter to European Council President Charles Michel, seen by the Financial Times, Orban reportedly told the EU that a bloc-wide ban on Russian oil would cause serious problems for his country's economy and thus "urgent investments" from Brussels would be needed instead.

Hungary is almost entirely dependent on Russia for its gas imports and relies on Moscow for more than half of its imported oil. The country gets 65% it through the Druzhba pipeline. Addressing possible sanctions against Russia's oil, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto previously said that Budapest would back a ban on maritime shipments, but not on deliveries through pipelines.

Despite the lack of consensus within the EU, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday that the bloc's 27 member states "will reach a breakthrough within days" on an embargo. Any decision on EU sanctions must be made unanimously.

Ukraine has consistently called on other European countries to stop buying Russian energy resources, claiming that by doing so they are financing Moscow's military offensive.

In turn, Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused European leaders of committing economic "suicide" by attempting to give up Russian energy.

https://www.rt.com/russia/556145-ukraine-threatens-eu-member/

The EU is now held hostage by Nazis, unfucking believable

#16305041 at 2022-05-19 18:09:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20626: US Marshalls have been deployed to the homes of the SCOTUS Edition

Dozens of Governments Commit to Signing WHO Pandemic Treaty for Global Health Governance

Multiple governments have committed to signing the WHO global pandemic treaty, which will cede health sovereignty to the World Health Organization.
Who is supporting the WHO's pandemic treaty?

UPDATE: India has joined the list of countries that support giving the WHO more powers.

At the second Global COVID Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "It is clear that a coordinated global response is required to combat future health emergencies. We must build a resilient global supply chain and enable equitable access to vaccines and medicines... We also call for streamlining WHO's approval process for vaccines and therapeutics to keep supply chains stable and predictable. As a responsible member of the global community, India is ready to play a key role in these efforts."

On March 30, the World Health Organization published the following list of 25 world leaders who have committed to working together "towards a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response":

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine; Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway; Ant?nio Lu?s Santos da Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal; Mario Draghi, Prime Minister of Italy; Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania; Emmanuel Macron, President of France; Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany; Charles Michel, President of the European Council; Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece; Pedro S?nchez, Prime Minister of Spain; Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Sebasti?n Pi?era, President of Chile; Aleksandar Vu?i?, President of Serbia; Andrej Plenkovi?, Prime Minister of Croatia; Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea; J. V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji; Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya; Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica; Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania; Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa; Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; Kais Saied, President of Tunisia; Macky Sall, President of Senegal; Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia; and, of course, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. [Emphasis added and order altered]

Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand can be added to this list.

On November 29, 2021, the Canadian Press confirmed that "Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World Health Assembly today."

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/dozens-of-governments-commit-to-signing-who-pandemic-treaty-for-global-health-governance/

#16217566 at 2022-05-05 22:19:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20514: State AG's vs. Unconstitutional Disinformation Board Edition

EU calls for confiscation of frozen Russian assets

Sanctioned assets should be used to rebuild Ukraine, the European Council president says

Russian assets that have been frozen in the EU as part of sanctions against Moscow over the conflict with Kiev should be seized and allocated for the reconstruction of Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday.

"I'm absolutely convinced that this is extremely important not only to freeze assets, but also to make it possible to confiscate them, to make them available for rebuilding the country. I'm personally convinced," Michel insisted in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

He revealed that he had already told the Council's legal service to come up with "some possible ideas in order to find a legal solution in line with the principles of the rule of law, that would facilitate and make possible the confiscation of the assets of the people who are sanctioned by the EU or by other countries in the world."

Acting in such a manner should be "a question of fairness, a question of justice" for Brussels, he added.

However, Michel acknowledged that implementing his plan on a "legal level is not so simple."

"There are 27 legal systems across the EU and, in many EU member states, this needs a decision taken by a court in order to make it possible. It takes time, it's a difficult and long process," he explained.

The European Council president's ideas echoed those previously voiced by Washington. In late April, the White House presented a set of "comprehensive proposals" aimed at supposedly holding Russian "oligarchs" accountable for the events in Ukraine. The proposals included "establishing a streamlined administrative authority" that would be able to confiscate sanctioned assets and transfer them to Kiev to "remediate harms of the Russian aggression."

Moscow decried those American plans as "nothing but simple expropriation of private property that [the US] seeks to falsely justify."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it would become "a very dangerous precedent," showing "just how fragile all the universally accepted foundations have become" in the field of private property rights, economics and politics.

https://www.rt.com/news/555024-eu-assets-Michel-ukraine/

#16216923 at 2022-05-05 20:37:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20513: Is the pope going to have a bad May? Edition

Mkt Fag: The Day AFTER-$1.3T……sold to you edition

This is just a representation-cap#1 of the normies expectations of the markets as this is all very orderly-even though it is down it is NOT panic-selling-see moar below. They only care when it goes down and since it went up yesterday they pretty much din't notice but they will today"wait …wut?"

And right on cue into the close it was muh spray job (painting the tape) but hilarious as look where it is and almost all (smart) shorts covered into that-why wouldn't you! Take it off the table and live for another day bank it and go outside. Tomorrow is another day. You don't really want to wait for some news to come out and they reverse this on you wiping out what would have been a great day (if you were short and took it on the close-I woulda taken it at 3pm est)
Yesterday the SP500 recorded its biggest one-day percentage gain in nearly two years-because the "UP" bottom was pushed to create the space that they needed to start selling into that close-volumes were heavy into it. >>16210031 pb Even though Jerry said NFW (75bp raise) the CME Fedwatch has 75bp backed in at next meeting " traders saw a 87.1% chance of a 75bp hike by the Fed at its June 15 meeting" https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html Since they are so impotent the bond market (the whole thing) is having kittens today because the 10 year is SOLIDLY over 3%-this is what they worked so hard to keep it under for yesterdays announcement and you see that it was basically balling up sales (for a bit) to make sure the UP button worked-then they all backed off and up it went. You must identify when shit like this habbens …you cannot fight it you will always lose when you are "right" but the results do not reflect that…just go with the flow.. VIX massively reversed - now back above 32 @ 32.45+7.03(+27.66%) calling the Head of the FRB Markets group on line 1-look for an unnatural smackage down in that as it wouldn't be the first or last time. It just got worse and worse as if it was on yer books it got offered and it din't matter at what price for a while'''-that slowed down a bit around 12pm est and it all went sideways -but the damage was done in those first few hours. Remember yesterday was the best performance for a Fed rate-hike day since 1978!
This is NOT capitulation…not even close-too orderly-the 'bots make sure of that. 11:08am 1.40B NAS trans (and another at 2:16pm est @ 2.81B) and it took 2 hours waffling along the lows everywhere to take a stab at going lower from that 12pm low in the NAS, DOW/SP500 is still slightly above those lows with the ^RUT doing a little better but his is all not pretty. The Nasdaq 100 Index fell 6% at its lows-30 minutes prior to close, the most since March 2020. fully reversing yesterday's post-FOMC gains. Within a week we've now seen two of the biggest 24-hour turn-arounds for the index since 1985. oday was the biggest drop in 'most-shorted' stocks since Feb 2021's peak after the record melt-up… The Fin MSM are hilarious "it looks like panic selling!!" kek NOT EVEN CLOSE..must be some 30-something "writers" doing that. TSLA LOD (so far) was $872.50 but made a new one at 2:39pm est and bounced off dhat-but then right at 3pm it was new LOD . TWTR it held $50 but just barely 50.45+1.39 (+2.83%) they are letting him "have it" but it also had some weakness into the last hour and THIS is all you need to know about that >>16215830 pb see below for more as there are two sides to this coin. This is also based on TWTR share price finally making some action at the offer price when everything else being dropped- but still below the recent high of $51.70. He's gonna be the CEO (temp) and Dopey is onboard now….kek!!!! As long as the margin call issue doesn't get declared (and judging by Dopey "welcoming him") they will NOT declare default on his collateral-but they could at any time if $837/sh is breached so he must do what THEY want. I've already said when it was announced that the system totally wants this . He is already stretched way too thin so how much time does he really have-even as temp CEO. Don't forget HOW he got where he is today……they can use that as leverage against him. He doesn't do what they want they drop TSLA and declare but they also can drop it and ignore-which, as long as he toes their line, they won't. Dopey is also controlled like the rest and all you have to remember is the "twitch" interview a while back-wasn't even him imo as if you've done what he has done I wouldn't ever let him see the light of day >>16216360 pb (ty anon)
Muh guess is that if they don't arrest the TSLA share drop cause that is getting MURDERED cause it is 3.34% lower than the NAS' drop today. It is $36.37/sh from the 'trigger' point with it's collateral for the TWTR purchase. Now they can just ignore it (and Wall St has a big issue with that) when consequences should be had but they don't allow them-see Evergrande-off-shore debt, MF Global, AIG, Bear Stearns..I could keep going but you get the idea.

NYFRB-Operations today
Trash for cash today-backed off a bit on the total amount but still did two $6.65B submitted and NYFRB took in $1.9B
https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/ambs
Reverse Repo was $1.84T
https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/reverse-repo

Treasury complex-see cap#3 Yields on a tear upwards-they "should" be dropping with the bomb going off in all the indices. Mortgage Rates Hit 5.27%, Highest Level Since 2009 -30Y yields are up 16bps…they cannot get rid of all that paper fastenough. 10yr high was 3.106% right after 2pm est and then backed off towards the 4pmest market close. The long-end under-performing (30Y +13bps, 2Y +6bps), massively unwinding yesterday's moves…

Mortgage applications fall as rates hit 13-year high
Mortgage applications fell 8.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis during the week ended April 22, as mortgage rates hit their highest level since 2009, the Mortgage Bankers Association said, citing its Market Composite Index. The average contract interest rate for conforming 30-year mortgages of $647,200 or less jumped to 5.37% from 5.2%, while the rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration increased to 5.29% from 5.11%.
https://houstonagentmagazine.com/2022/04/27/mortgage-applications-fall-as-rates-hit-13-year-high/

US$/Muh Yen/Ruble/FOREX-see cap#4 Muh Ruble was up again today 0.000262 1.73% @ $0.015385 and just continues to outperform (rubble muh ass-how did that work out!). The dollar index climbed starting about 6:30am EST and was @ $103.51 0.93 +0.90% on the close and that erased it's weakness from yesterday (DERP!!!) Muh ? continues it's meeting with 140 now and at same time (as Ruble) was at 130.10 +0.78% and you can hear the seppuku knives being sharpened in Tokyo-see article below on what BofA "thinks" they will do/spend….good luck
Japan May Spend $100 Billion to Slow Yen's Slide, BofA Says
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/japan-may-spend-100-billion-to-slow-yen-s-slide-bofa-says-1.1761317
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/currency/rubusd
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/currency/usdjpy
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy
Oil/Energy-not much going on in WT! as they have kept it at just below $108 but closed it +0.57(+0.53%)and looking tired there- after the big spike up to just over $111.2x and then right back down-gets sold hard on every spike up. Natty gas continues to rise and they have a huge issue here as they NEED it and will continue to purchase it but saying out of the other side of mouth 'Russia BAD'-but here is our currency to convert into Rubles but SHHHHHH..don't tell no one….kek. A little background here: at their peak, natural gas prices averaged $4.40 per thousand cubic feet in 2008 and 2014, while diving to $2.10 at its low point in 2020 . All exacerbated by the prices soaring in everything you 'need' and dropping in things you 'don't need'.
EU Not To Refuse Russian Natural Gas-and this is moar opinionated so take it fer what it's worth but has some good points-political stance notwithstanding
https://ukranews.com/en/news/855001-eu-not-to-refuse-russian-natural-gas-Charles-Michel
and this here is so Potato can sue OPEC and be 'seen' doing something.
U.S. Senate Passes NOPEC Antitrust Bill'
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/US-Senate-Passes-NOPEC-Antitrust-Bill.html

Metals-see cap#5 for Ag- At least they waited until after the NYMEX was opened to smash Ag but Au not so much-pretty indifferent today @ -2.30 -0.12% est but not the story with Ag and absolutely destroyed and that started at 12:30am EST with 11.22k and then at 2:34am est another 14.32k contracts sold invented out of thin air but the damage did not show until it peaked at 8:56am EST with it's price at $23.38 and thenfuggen BOOM. By 12:04pm est it finally found a bottom at about $22.35 and then went sideways for the rest of the session -totally organic and on display for all to see-if you want to. At 5k oz per contract that is a total of 127,700,000 ozs traded in just those two transactions-and this is before the NYMEX opened at 8:30am EST. Yesterday it did 309,740,000 ozs in paper. Won't get the final #s until later from here: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/silver.volume.options.html#optionProductId=458
Gold/Silver ratio improved $83.621 +1.770 (+2.16%)-these don't move around much after 1:30pmest (except yesterday and when big news comes out)-this is where it was @ 3:30pm EST
Ag closed with the markets at -0.48 -2.09%
https://goldprice.com/gold-silver-ratio/

Some Headlines
rotsa ruck with this….and see below as the wheels start to come off data wise-they can fix dis with a simple clicka da mouse but at some point they won't be able to. Have said this before many times-'blowing it up' doesn't mean it drops. If that habbens then 'they' buy it all back up on the cheap and we reset this bitch and takes much longer to get disconnected from all the BS.
China Bets The House On New Houses
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/china-bets-house-new-houses

China's PBOC Sets Yuan Fixing at Stronger-Than-Expected Level
The offshore and onshore yuan fell more than 4% against the dollar in April, marking their worst declines on record. The fixing limits the onshore yuan's moves by 2% on either side.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-s-pboc-sets-yuan-fixing-at-stronger-than-expected-level-1.1761311

China Caixin services PMI drops to lowest level in more than 2 years
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-caixin-services-pmi-drops-to-lowest-in-more-than-two-years-271651716763

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy

#16215601 at 2022-05-05 17:16:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20511: Fenced Off! - Whom they are supposed to serve Edition

5 May, 2022 15:01
HomeRussia & Former Soviet Union
EU calls for confiscation of frozen Russian assets
(WTF they can steal, cheat, lie and kill without any outrage from world leaders)
Sanctioned assets should be used to rebuild Ukraine, the European Council president says

Russian assets that have been frozen in the EU as part of sanctions against Moscow over the conflict with Kiev should be seized and allocated for the reconstruction of Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday.

"I'm absolutely convinced that this is extremely important not only to freeze assets, but also to make it possible to confiscate them, to make them available for rebuilding the country. I'm personally convinced," Michel insisted in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

He revealed that he had already told the Council's legal service to come up with "some possible ideas in order to find a legal solution in line with the principles of the rule of law, that would facilitate and make possible the confiscation of the assets of the people who are sanctioned by the EU or by other countries in the world."

Acting in such a manner should be "a question of fairness, a question of justice" for Brussels, he added.

However, Michel acknowledged that implementing his plan on a "legal level is not so simple."

"There are 27 legal systems across the EU and, in many EU member states, this needs a decision taken by a court in order to make it possible. It takes time, it's a difficult and long process," he explained.

The European Council president's ideas echoed those previously voiced by Washington. In late April, the White House presented a set of "comprehensive proposals" aimed at supposedly holding Russian "oligarchs" accountable for the events in Ukraine. The proposals included "establishing a streamlined administrative authority" that would be able to confiscate sanctioned assets and transfer them to Kiev to "remediate harms of the Russian aggression."

Moscow decried those American plans as "nothing but simple expropriation of private property that [the US] seeks to falsely justify."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it would become "a very dangerous precedent," showing "just how fragile all the universally accepted foundations have become" in the field of private property rights, economics and politics.

The US, EU and some other countries have slapped several rounds of unprecedented economic sanctions on Moscow over its ongoing military operation in Ukraine. Foreign assets of the Russian Central Bank and various other entities and businessmen have been frozen, Russia was effectively cut off from the dollar- and euro-dominated money markets, and a wide array of foreign businesses have stopped dealing with the country.

https://www.rt.com/news/555024-eu-assets-Michel-ukraine/

#16180937 at 2022-04-30 03:31:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20467: Frogtastic Friday Edition

High Level Belgian AF BAF84 Falcon 7x departed JBA after arriving on 0425

With the need to strike energy 'deals' and the length off time this was at JBA it's very likely there were some pretty high-level VIPs in DC 'coordinating' so that they could say-earlier today-that the Russian Oil embargo is imminent and it's departed now so look for the details for that to be released very soon imo
They gave that no target date or at least hasn't been disclosed publicly with today's announcement it is imminent.
Would look for that to be announced in the next 24-36 hours since Germany on board now.

This AC is one of two (of this spec) VIP transports for Belgian AF

Since we just had German PM Scholz leave Tokyo >>16174239 pb
no callsign Joe's announced trip to Japan >>16168632 pb
BOTUS trip has been known for a while but not the dates that begins on May 20th and includes SoKo

Now we have Ursula heading there as well
EU's Von der Leyen, Michel may visit Japan next month, Kyodo says
Arrangements are being made for a visit to Japan in May by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, Kyodo news agency said on Friday, citing multiple diplomatic sources. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may hold a summit meeting with Von der Leyen and Michel on May 12, Kyodo said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/eus-von-der-leyen-Michel-may-visit-japan-next-month-kyodo-says-2022-04-29/

Three high level leaders all with a few weeks and the Yen is at a place it's not been for almost 30 years-nuffin to see here.
They can talk about muh strategic partnerships and bilateral relations out dhey ass but muh Yen is the main reason all these trips are being stacked imo

The FRBNY has also been doing currency swaps with the E.U. Central bank and they have swapped $2,390,000,000 since March 3rd

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/central-bank-liquidity-swap-operations

#16160744 at 2022-04-27 01:28:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20441: White House Covered up Biden’s Mtgs w/Hunter’s Business Partner Edition

West turned to 'terror' against Russia - Putin

rt.com/news/554493-putin-west-plot-terror

The Russian president outlined how the priorities of Western countries have changed over the last two months

? Sputnik / Sergey Guneev

Failed attempts to "destroy Russia from within" forced Ukraine and its Western "handlers" to turn to terror measures, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

Speaking at a meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board, Putin outlined how, in his opinion, the priorities of Europe and the US in regard to Russia and its military operation in Ukraine had changed over the last few weeks.

First, he said, "high-ranking diplomats in Europe and the United States" were engaged in a "strange diplomacy," urging their "Ukrainian satellites" to do everything possible "to win on the battlefield."

Putin was apparently referring to a recent controversial statement by top EU diplomat Josep Borrell, who, following his visit to Kiev, said that "this war will be won on the battlefield." During a conversation last week with European Council President Charles Michel, Putin pointed to the "irresponsible statements of the EU representatives about the need to resolve the situation in Ukraine by military means."

READ MORE: Putin explains Russian military's plan in Ukraine
In Putin's opinion, the West has since changed its goal.

"... As they realise that this is impossible, they try to achieve a different objective instead - to split Russian society, to destroy Russia from within. But here, too, there is a hitch; this hasn't worked either," Putin said.

In his opinion, Russian society "has shown maturity, solidarity," and supports its armed forces and the efforts "to ensure Russia's ultimate security and help the people living of Donbass."

After a 'fiasco' in the media field, Putin claimed, the West has turned "to terror, to arranging the murder of our journalists."

He was referring to Monday's announcement by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) that it had detained a group of "neo-Nazis" instructed by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) to kill popular Russian TV host and journalist Vladimir Solovyov. Kiev has denied any role in organizing the assassination attempt.

READ MORE: Ukrainian plot to kill Russian journalist foiled - Moscow
"In this regard, it should be noted of course that we know the names of all the Western handlers, of all members of Western services, primarily the CIA, who are working with Ukrainian security agencies. Apparently, they are giving them such advice," the Russian leader said.

He added sarcastically that "This is their attitude towards the rights of journalists, towards the dissemination of information; this is their attitude towards human rights in general."

"All they care about is their own rights, some cherishing imperial ambitions, others holding on to their colonial past in the old-fashioned way. But this will not work in Russia," Putin claimed.

While the Kremlin has been accusing the West of attempting to divide Russian society, Western countries have been alleging that Moscow suppresses opposition, independent media, and even dissent in general. This kind of criticism has intensified following the launch of the offensive in Ukraine and subsequent measures taken by Moscow to crack down on "fake news" and so-called "foreign agents."

Russia attacked the neighboring state in late February, following Ukraine's failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow's eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German and French brokered protocols were designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.

#16160040 at 2022-04-26 23:33:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20440: Bringing on the TRUTH Edition

possible notable "destroy Russia from within"


Putin: Failed attempts to 'destroy Russia from within' forced Ukraine and its Western 'handlers' to turn to terror measures

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1519096487694594048

Failed attempts to "destroy Russia from within" forced Ukraine and its Western "handlers" to turn to terror measures, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

Speaking at a meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board, Putin outlined how, in his opinion, the priorities of Europe and the US in regard to Russia and its military operation in Ukraine had changed over the last few weeks.

First, he said, "high-ranking diplomats in Europe and the United States" were engaged in a "strange diplomacy," urging their "Ukrainian satellites" to do everything possible "to win on the battlefield."

Putin was apparently referring to a recent controversial statement by top EU diplomat Josep Borrell, who, following his visit to Kiev, said that "this war will be won on the battlefield." During a conversation last week with European Council President Charles Michel, Putin pointed to the "irresponsible statements of the EU representatives about the need to resolve the situation in Ukraine by military means."

#16151061 at 2022-04-25 17:54:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20428: Burn It To The Ground Edition

West turned to 'terror' against Russia - Putin

The Russian president outlined how the priorities of Western countries have changed over the last two months

Failed attempts to "destroy Russia from within" forced Ukraine and its Western "handlers" to turn to terror measures, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

Speaking at a meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board, Putin outlined how, in his opinion, the priorities of Europe and the US in regard to Russia and its military operation in Ukraine had changed over the last few weeks.

First, he said, "high-ranking diplomats in Europe and the United States" were engaged in a "strange diplomacy," urging their "Ukrainian satellites" to do everything possible "to win on the battlefield."

Putin was apparently referring to a recent controversial statement by top EU diplomat Josep Borrell, who, following his visit to Kiev, said that "this war will be won on the battlefield." During a conversation last week with European Council President Charles Michel, Putin pointed to the "irresponsible statements of the EU representatives about the need to resolve the situation in Ukraine by military means."

In Putin's opinion, the West has since changed its goal.

"... As they realise that this is impossible, they try to achieve a different objective instead - to split Russian society, to destroy Russia from within. But here, too, there is a hitch; this hasn't worked either," Putin said.

In his opinion, Russian society "has shown maturity, solidarity," and supports its armed forces and the efforts "to ensure Russia's ultimate security and help the people living of Donbass."

After a 'fiasco' in the media field, Putin claimed, the West has turned "to terror, to arranging the murder of our journalists."

He was referring to Monday's announcement by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) that it had detained a group of "neo-Nazis" instructed by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) to kill popular Russian TV host and journalist Vladimir Solovyov. Kiev has denied any role in organizing the assassination attempt.

https://www.rt.com/news/554493-putin-west-plot-terror/

#16144320 at 2022-04-24 16:29:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20419: There is No Mountain We Can't Climb Edition

24 Apr, 2022 14:07
Ukraine angry at Austrian comments
Austria has voiced skepticism over a full membership for Kiev in the bloc

Kiev is "disappointed" by the "short-sighted" statements of Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg who suggested that full EU membership might not be the best option for Ukraine.

On Saturday, Schallenberg, while admitting that deepening ties with Ukraine is necessary as the EU is exporting the "Western way of life," said that models other than full EU membership should be considered for Ukraine. He mentioned joining the European Economic Area or an association agreement as among the options.

Reacting to these comments, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko released a strong-worded statement on Sunday.

"We are disappointed by the remarks of the Austrian Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs about the European future of Ukraine. We consider them to be strategically short-sighted and not in the interests of a united Europe," Nikolenko said, adding that Schallenberg ignores the positive view of "the vast majority" of the populations of the EU's founding members toward Ukrainian membership.

Referring to statements by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, Nikolenko said that the Ukrainians have already paid "too high a price" for the mistakes of European countries.

"Their biased perceptions of reality have already weakened Europe politically and economically, enabled Russia to undermine EU stability and embody hybrid aggression against European countries," the ministry's spokesman argued.

Nikolenko concluded his statement by emphasizing that as Ukraine has become "an outpost for the protection of EU security," it has every reason to "demand objective recognition of its merits and strategic role for the EU."

During a recent visit to Kiev, European Council President Charles Michel said that normally it takes about eight months for the European Commission to publish an opinion on a membership bid, but in Ukraine's case it should be ready by the end of June. Michel added that he feels "a very strong support" toward Ukraine's EU membership drive.

Joining the EU has long been among the key objectives for pro-Western Ukrainian politicians, yet almost no progress had been achieved. Since Russia launched its attack in February, President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly urging Brussels to take Ukraine in.

Early in April, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered Ukraine a special questionnaire, which is the first step in a country formally becoming a candidate for EU membership. Kiev submitted the first part of the document less than a week after receiving it.

(No one wants them, but they all use them. Kek)

https://www.rt.com/russia/554432-ukraine-austria-eu-membership/

#16130435 at 2022-04-22 19:22:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20403: We Willl Not Go Quietly into the Night Edition

22 Apr, 2022 15:53

Putin asks EU to use its influence on Ukraine

Russian leader discussed the situation in Ukraine with the head of the European Council

Brussels could encourage Kiev to refrain from "massive shelling" of Donbass and from committing "other gross violations" of international law,Russian President Vladimir Putin told European Council President Charles Michel on Thursday.

During a lengthy phone call, held amid the ongoing Russian offensive in Ukraine, the two leaders discussed the latest developments on the ground, including Putin's decision to call off the assault on the Azovstal plant in Mariupol and Moscow's efforts to protect civilians, the Kremlin said in a statement.

Among other things, Putin brought Michel's attention to the "irresponsible statements of the EU representatives about the need to resolve the situation in Ukraine by military means," apparently referring to a recent controversial statement by the top EU diplomat Josep Borrel.

"It was noted that Brussels could influence the Kiev authorities in order to force them to stop the massive shelling of Donbass settlements and other gross violations of international humanitarian law," the statement reads.

The Russian president also criticized EU officials for allegedly "ignoring" the purported "numerous war crimes of the Ukrainian security forces," as well as for "openly supporting" Russophobia.

In his own readout of the call Michel said that he "strongly urged for immediate humanitarian access and safe passage from Mariupol and other besieged cities," especially ahead of the Orthodox Easter, which will be celebrated on April 24.

"Firmly reiterated the EU's position: support for Ukraine and her sovereignty, condemnation and sanctions for Russia's aggression. Our unity, principles and values are inviolable," the head of the EU Commission wrote.

Meanwhile, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow has not received any response from Kiev to its latest peace proposals. In the minister's opinion, this suggests that Ukraine isn't interested in negotiations.

https://www.rt.com/russia/554351-putin-eu-phone-ukraine/

#16121418 at 2022-04-21 17:16:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20392: We Need Our Planefags Edition

Kremlin puzzled why Zelensky is unaware of Russia's peace proposals

Ukrainian leader's remarks "raise certain questions," Putin's spokesman said

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's claims that he has not received a peace proposal from Moscow "raise certain questions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

The day before, Peskov announced that Russia had sent a draft agreement to Kiev, adding that "the ball was now with the Ukrainian side." However, later that day, Zelensky, speaking at a press conference with EU Parliament President Charles Michel, said that he "hadn't seen anything" and "didn't hear anything." "I'm sure they (Moscow) didn't give us anything," he claimed.

The Kremlin spokesman, responding to those remarks, said that they "raise certain questions why President Zelensky was not informed about our text proposals." Peskov added that, nevertheless, Moscow would expect the Ukrainian negotiators' response.

"Our latest draft was handed over to... the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, so we will continue to wait for an answer," he told the media.

Zelensky, meanwhile, on Wednesday not only said that he had not received proposals from Moscow but also commented on Peskov's remark about the ball.

"The ball is on our side? At some point I used to play football well. There is a rule - there are two teams and there is a ball. It seems to me that he (Peskov) Is playing by himself. You can't play with such serious things. We will definitely show how we hit the goal when we are given the ball," - the Ukrainian leader said.

Since the launch of Russia's military attack on Ukraine on February 24, Moscow and Kiev have held several rounds of negotiations aimed at resolving the crisis. March 29 was the last time when the two negotiating teams met in person. On April 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the talks had reached deadlock. He explained that Ukraine had refused to fulfill some of Russia's key requests - to recognize Crimea as Russian and the Donbass republics as independent.

Russia attacked the neighboring state in late February, following Ukraine's failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow's eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German and French brokered protocols were designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.

https://www.rt.com/russia/554280-kremlin-puzzled-zelensky-proposals/

#16120538 at 2022-04-21 15:25:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20391: Department Of Defense Involved In Spygate Edition

RUSSIA SANCTIONS MARK ZUCKERBERG
21 Apr, 2022 14:08

Kremlin puzzled why Zelensky is unaware of Russia's peace proposals

Ukrainian leader's remarks "raise certain questions," Putin's spokesman said

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's claims that he has not received a peace proposal from Moscow "raise certain questions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

The day before, Peskov announced that Russia had sent a draft agreement to Kiev, adding that "the ball was now with the Ukrainian side." However, later that day, Zelensky, speaking at a press conference with EU Parliament President Charles Michel, said that he "hadn't seen anything" and "didn't hear anything." "I'm sure they (Moscow) didn't give us anything," he claimed.

The Kremlin spokesman, responding to those remarks, said that they "raise certain questions why President Zelensky was not informed about our text proposals." Peskov added that, nevertheless, Moscow would expect the Ukrainian negotiators' response.

"Our latest draft was handed over to... the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, so we will continue to wait for an answer," he told the media.

Zelensky, meanwhile, on Wednesday not only said that he had not received proposals from Moscow but also commented on Peskov's remark about the ball.

"The ball is on our side? At some point I used to play football well. There is a rule - there are two teams and there is a ball. It seems to me that he (Peskov) Is playing by himself. You can't play with such serious things. We will definitely show how we hit the goal when we are given the ball," - the Ukrainian leader said.

Since the launch of Russia's military attack on Ukraine on February 24, Moscow and Kiev have held several rounds of negotiations aimed at resolving the crisis. March 29 was the last time when the two negotiating teams met in person. On April 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the talks had reached deadlock. He explained that Ukraine had refused to fulfill some of Russia's key requests - to recognize Crimea as Russian and the Donbass republics as independent.

https://www.rt.com/russia/554280-kremlin-puzzled-zelensky-proposals/

#16109637 at 2022-04-20 01:38:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20377: Dubs Confirm Durhan Brings The Pain Edition

19 Apr, 2022 22:04

Europe & US agree on more sanctions for Russia

The energy industry is anticipated to be the most likely target

The US and EU have reached "a broad consensus on the need to increase pressure on the Kremlin" through the deployment of more sanctions, the Italian government announced on Tuesday, adding that the allies had also agreed on the need to "increase the international isolation of Moscow" during a virtual meeting between the US and heads of European nations regarding the latest phase of the war in Ukraine.

"We will increase our sanctions against Russia again," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed in a tweet.

It's not clear exactly what sanctions are planned, though the energy industry is anticipated to be the most likely target. The conference participants made a point of reaffirming their "common commitment to diversify energy sources by reducing in this way the dependence on Russian supplies," according to the Italian press release.

Russia has already been cut off by most western companies, from tech platforms to fast food outlets, but oil and gas sales to Europe continue as many EU countries have been unable to source sufficient supplies to compensate for the 40% of the gas the continental alliance buys from Russia.

That hasn't stopped the US - which became energy independent under former President Donald Trump - from urging the EU to join its crusade against Moscow's energy industry, promising to fill the gap with American liquefied natural gas - a much more expensive fuel that most European countries lack the infrastructure to store in large quantities.

France's economic minister, Bruno Le Maire, revealed on Tuesday that he hoped to "convince" his country's more reluctant neighbors of the need for a total embargo on Russian oil imports, blaming unnamed nations for "still hesitating" and complaining it could take weeks to get a consensus on the subject. Germany in particular has come out hard against the idea, warning it would send the country into a major recession.

However, the EU is optimistic about its ability to wean itself off Russian gas, claiming it will be able to slash consumption of the fuel by two-thirds by the end of the year. Replacement fuel would be piped in from Norway and Azerbaijan, imported from the US, and generated locally through expanded green energy projects, according to the EU executive commission. The EU currently sends about $850 million (?650 million) to Russia per day for oil and gas, even while sanctioning most other Russian industries.

In addition to von der Leyen, the virtual conference included US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK PM Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Italian PM Mario Draghi, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and European Council President Charles Michel.

(Oh what is that saying, oh yeah: cutting off your nose to spite your face)

https://www.rt.com/news/554188-west-agrees-sanctions-russia-energy/

#16097045 at 2022-04-18 03:32:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20361: No Moar Pinatas Edition

Turkish AF TR010 Challenger 600 departed Rzesow Aiport after a ground stop of about 1 hour se
Heading to Ankara and on descent
It departed Ankara earlier and went to Sochi as was not there for very long (data incomplete) then to Istanbul for 8 hours and depart to Rzesow where it has departed from about 90 minutes ago
They taken Zelensky out to meet with Someone from Russia now???

USA, UK, Italy, Turkey show readiness to become guarantors of Ukraine's security - Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and Turkey demonstrate their readiness to become guarantors of Ukraine's security, but there is still no final answer from anyone "Today, those who demonstrate that they are ready, we do not have any signatories yet, but there is a demonstration, from [Boris] Johnson, from Great Britain, from the United States, from Italy, from Turkey. I think it will be separate from the European Union," he said in an interview with the Ukrainian online media on Saturday. "I spoke separately with Ursula [President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen], separately with Charles Michel [Head of the European Council Charles Michel], France, Germany. We will do the first circle of conversation in this format for five (Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Poland). Then other countries will join," Zelensky said. According to the publication, Zelensky believes that Ukraine will not have a problem with weapons or sanctions against the aggressor country, but there will be issues with the military component.
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/824718.html
pb
>>>/qrb/132151 Russia-Ukraine War: Turkey's Prez Erdogan Claims 'Putin Could Meet Zelenskyy In Istanbul'-republicworld

and this C-17 went in at Kyiv with a fren the day before it all went "off'''
>>>/qrb/127811, >>>/qrb/127814, Turkey's Erdo?an tells Putin that new Russian claims on Ukraine territory are illegitimate-marketwatch
>>>/qrb/133255, >>>/qrb/133256, >>>/qrb/133259 So is Krakow where they keeping Zelensky??

>>>/qrb/133273 So this is interdasting and some pretty compelling evidence that suggests Ukraine President Zelensky is not in Kyiv but in Poland as I have previously speculated
>So is Krakow, Rzesow or Warsaw where they keeping Zelensky??

#16035701 at 2022-04-08 14:03:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20282: Eez'n Into TGIF Edition

8 Apr, 2022 13:18

Serbia says it was blackmailed over UN vote
Belgrade wanted to abstain, but relented to pressure on Russia's suspension from the Human Rights Council, President Vucic said

The UN created group think and blackmail, and money laundering WW, nothing surprises me at this point

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that his country has been pressured under the threat of sanctions to back Russia's suspension from the UN Human Rights Council.

Belgrade has close historical ties with Moscow but joined other Western nations this week in a vote against Russia in response to its ongoing military campaign in Ukraine. "Our initial decision was to abstain, but then we were subjected to countless and difficult pressure," Vucic told RTS TV on Thursday.

"They said - do you know that a decision is being made whether Serbia will be exempted from the package of sanctions on [Russian] oil, and whether it will be able to import oil after May 15?" the president said. He compared the possible effect of sanctions on Serbia to "a nuclear strike."

Unlike the EU, Serbia has not imposed any sanctions on Moscow. "The Republic of Serbia believes that it's not in its vital political and economic interests to impose sanctions on any country," Vucic said, while stressing that he wants to maintain good relations with the European bloc, as well as with Russia.

Belgrade previously said that getting cut off from Russian energy would damage its economy. On Friday, Serbian media outlets quoted its sources in Brussels as saying that Serbia will be exempt from possible sanctions on Russian oil and gas.

At the same time, Blic newspaper quoted EU spokesman Peter Stano as saying that the bloc expects Belgrade to follow its restrictions on Russia or impose its own sanctions on Moscow.

On Thursday, the UN General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the organization's human rights panel. Serbia was among the 93 member states that backed the suspension.

The EU banned the imports of Russian coal, but has so far stopped short of banning the imports of oil and gas. European Council President Charles Michel, however, said on Wednesday that the bloc will need sanctions on Russian oil and gas "sooner or later."

https://www.rt.com/news/553532-serbia-blackmail-un-vote/

#16029034 at 2022-04-07 12:51:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20273: Twitter's next board meeting is gonna be lit - Elon Musk Edition

7 Apr, 2022 08:05
HomeRussia & FSU
Armenia announces Azerbaijan peace talks agreement

Work to delimit the borders will begin by the end of April, PM Nikol Pashinyan says

Armenia has said that it reached an agreement with Azerbaijan to set up a commission on border delimitation by the end of April. The countries fought a bloody war over the control of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, with the latest military escalation happening this March.

Yerevan's statement came after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels on Wednesday.

The border commission will be "authorized to deal with security and stability issues along the border," Pashinyan's office said in a statement. It added that the sides agreed to start preparations for definitive peace talks.

Michel released a statement confirming the plans for the joint commission. He welcomed "the restoration of railway lines, while encouraging Armenia and Azerbaijan to also find effective solutions for the restoration of road links."

Azerbaijan, meanwhile, has not commented on the outcome of the meeting. But Aliyev proposed to launch peace talks during his phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, according to the president's press service.

Yerevan and Baku fought a 44-day-long war in 2020, during which Azerbaijan captured parts of Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory controlled by Armenians since the early 1990s. A Moscow-brokered ceasefire saw Russian peacekeepers deployed in the area.

The situation on the ground has remained tense, however, with both sides accusing each other of hostilities.

https://www.rt.com/russia/553437-armenia-azerbaijan-border-commission/

#15991494 at 2022-04-01 19:30:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20224: Where Is Hunter? Edition

EU Calls on China to End Russian War on Ukraine

Leadership from the European Union (EU) and China met for a virtual summit April 1, amid increasing tensions over the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) tacit support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"We called on China to end the war in Ukraine," said EU President Charles Michel during a press briefing after the meeting. "China cannot turn a blind eye to Russia's violation of international law."

The EU took the opportunity to warn the CCP against assisting the Russian war effort more overtly.

"Any attempts to circumvent sanctions or provide aid to Russia would prolong the war," Michel added. "This would lead to more loss of life and greater economic impact."

"We will also remain vigilant on any attempts to aid Russia financially or militarily. However, positive steps by China to help end the war would be welcomed by all Europeans and by the global community."

Michel also said that the EU and CCP were in agreement that the war in Ukraine was a threat to global security.


According to a Chinese readout of the summit, Chinese leader Xi Jinping described the Ukraine crisis as "regrettable." It also claimed that the regime's position on the issue was "consistent and clear-cut" and that it "always stands on the side of peace."

But European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after the call that Beijing did not offer any assurances to Brussels about its stance on the war.

"China has an influence on Russia. And therefore we expect China to take its responsibility to end this war" and push Russia toward a peaceful solution, she said at a press conference.

Leyen also warned that the regime would suffer "major reputational damage" among the European business community if it stayed on the fence or sided with Russia during the war.

The EU-China summit came a few days after the regime's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Russian counterpart in China, during which Beijing said it was "more determined" to boost bilateral ties with Moscow.

On Feb. 4, Xi and Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced an agreement that China and Russia would maintain a "no limits" partnership, and it was reported by Western intelligence sources that CCP officials knew about Putin's war plans weeks in advance.

Since then, the CCP has maintained that Russia is its most important strategic partner, and U.S. intelligence leaders have warned that the partnership between China and Russia, and against the West, will only deepen in the coming years.

The CCP has also continually attempted to leverage Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an opportunity to carry out anti-American and anti-NATO propaganda. It has repeated Russian disinformation about biological weapons labs and actively censors media that refer to the war as an invasion.

Despite claims of expansion, Ukraine was not under consideration for NATO membership. If Ukraine were to have applied to the alliance for membership, it would be denied because NATO's bylaws prevent any nation from joining that does not maintain territorial integrity. Such has been the case in Ukraine since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.

https://www.ntd.com/eu-calls-on-china-to-end-russian-war-on-ukraine_760171.html

#15988185 at 2022-04-01 05:27:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20220: The Long Arm of The Prying Post Office Edition

31 Mar, 2022 17:40

Azerbaijan planning 'large-scale' attack, Armenia claims

Yerevan claims Baku is looking for a pretext for a military offensive

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused Azerbaijan of trying to create a pretext for launching "a large-scale attack on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh."

The latter is a disputed region, most of which has been under Yerevan's de-facto control since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. In the fall of 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a relatively short, but bloody, war over the territory. It ended with Baku making gains and Russia brokering a peace agreement, which saw Moscow send peacekeepers to the area.

Pashinyan cited Baku's claims that Yerevan had not responded to its five-point peace settlement proposal, sent via the Minsk Group - established in 1992, by the OSCE - on March 10. According to the Armenian prime minister, his government responded on March 14.

Speaking on Thursday at a government meeting, Pashinyan said that Baku "first dumps theses on a diplomatic or public platform," and "ascribes some promises to Armenia," claiming later that Yerevan is not complying with the agreements.

Pashinyan believes that "Baku is trying to legitimize a large-scale attack on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh." There is considerable concern in Yerevan that the Azeris might take advantage of the current situation where Russia is embroiled in the Ukraine conflict.

Nevertheless, the prime minister expressed hope that, despite rising tensions in bilateral relations, his upcoming meeting in Brussels with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and European Council President Charles Michel on April 6 will bear fruit.

"I once again express Armenia's readiness to sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan. Armenia is ready for the immediate start of peace negotiations," Pashinyan said.

On Thursday, Azerbaijan's leader also expressed support for a peace agreement as soon as possible.

The last few weeks have seen a significant escalation in tensions around Nagorno-Karabakh - a region populated with ethnic Armenians, but internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan - with the international community expressing concern over the developments.

Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of seizing two villages, Khramort and Parukh - which the Azerbaijanis call Farukh - located on the armistice line which was established in 2020 between Azerbaijan and the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). Armenian media claims that the ensuing firefight, which allegedly involved Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 combat drones, resulted in more than a dozen wounded and three killed on its side, as well as an unspecified number of Azerbaijani casualties.

Baku denied the accusations, saying its troops were simply "continuing the process of clarifying their locations and positions without the use of force."

However, on March 26, Russian peacekeepers, who are currently patrolling the NKR, reported that the Azerbaijani military had violated the ceasefire, launching airstrikes against forces of the breakaway region. Baku then accused Russia of taking a "one-sided" view of the events. Blaming Armenia for the escalation, Azerbaijan claimed that it was responding to a "covert attack" by the "illegal Armenian forces."

https://www.rt.com/russia/553069-azerbaijan-armenia-large-attack/

I have to say I've learned more from RT on world events and other countries affairs in the last month and a half than from the American Media is the last 7 years. Pretty sad really.

#15965304 at 2022-03-28 20:03:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20190: Hunter Biden’s Laptops Are Now An Active National Security Threat Edition

>>15965301
>>15965271
>>15965288
Douglas M. Baker, Jr. (PDF) Doug Baker is chairman of the board and CEO of Ecolab Inc., and on the board of directors of Target Corporation.
George W. Bilicic (PDF)
Jeffrey W. Bolton, Chief Administrative Officer (PDF) is Mayo Clinic's chief administrative officer
Ursula M. Burns (PDF) is a member of the board of trustees of the Ford Foundation, Obama appointed for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
Richard K. Davis (PDF) Mr. Davis is the former executive chairman and former CEO of U.S. Bancorp, a member of the board of governors of The American Red Cross & CEO of Make-A-Wish America.
Roshanak Didehban (PDF)
Samuel A. Di Piazza Jr., (PDF)
Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., President and CEO (PDF) Prior to his appointment as CEO, Dr. Farrugia served as CEO of Mayo Clinic in Florida
Rafael Fonseca, M.D. (PDF)
Richard J. Gray, M.D., CEO, Mayo Clinic in Arizona (PDF)
Eddie L. Greene, M.D. (PDF)
George C. Halvorson (PDF) chair of the Health Governors at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Charles (Michel) M. Harper, M.D. (PDF)
Claudia F. Lucchinetti, M.D. (PDF)
Sarah A. McLaughlin (PDF)
Alan R. Mulally (PDF)
Nancy B. Peretsman (PDF)
Michael K. Powell, Chair (PDF)
Charanjit S. Rihal, M.D. (PDF)
Robin Roberts (PDF) Robin Roberts is anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America."
Kenneth L. Salazar (PDF) Former U.S. Senator comprehensive immigration reform, climate change.
Eric E. Schmidt, Ph.D. (PDF)
Randolph C. Steer, M.D., Ph.D. (PDF)
Anne M. Sweeney (PDF) Ms. Sweeney is the former co-chair, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney/ABC Television Group, which included The Walt Disney Company's global entertainment and news television properties. She previously served as president of ABC Cable Networks Group and Disney Channels Worldwide. She also spent 12 years at Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite. She is a member of the board of directors of Netflix.
Kent R. Thielen, M.D., CEO, Mayo Clinic in Florida (PDF)
Charles B. Tomm (PDF)
Amy W. Williams, M.D. (PDF)
Christina K. Zorn (PDF)
Emeritus public trustees
Linda G. Alvarado
H. Brewster Atwater Jr.
James L. Barksdale
Ambassador Barbara M. Barrett
Thomas J. Brokaw (Tom Brokaw is accused of sexual harassment. Former NBC correspondent Linda Vester and 2 other women say Brokaw sexually harassed them in the 1990s. )

Armando M. Codina
Richard B. Cheney (Dick Cheney
Former Vice President of the United States) (Mysterious Heart transplant at 71)

Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D.
France A. C?rdova, Ph.D.
John H. Dasburg
Senator Thomas A. Daschle (Former senator Tom Daschle came under scrutiny over failure to pay $140,000 in taxes and interest on a car and driver provided by a wealthy Democratic fundraiser. Daschle is the second of Barack Obama's cabinet officials to withdraw in the wake of scandal.)

A. Dano Davis
Allan R. DeBoer
Michael E. Dougherty
Frances D. Fergusson, Ph.D.
William W. (Bill) George
Bert A. Getz (Bert Getz is director of Globe Corp., investment firm
Louis L. Gonda
Hanna H. Gray, Ph.D.
Roy A. Herberger Jr., Ph.D.
W. Thomas Johnson Jr.
Sister June Kaiser
Philip R. Lee, M.D.
Whitney MacMillan
Joan D. Manley
J. Willard Marriott Jr. (member of the Secure Borders Open Doors Advisory Committee (SBODAC,
Ambassador Donald F. McHenry
Newton N. Minow
Patricia E. Mitchell
Honorable Walter F. Mondale
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Luis G. Nogales (More liberal Press trustees, United Press International
Ronald L. Olson
Aulana L. Peters
Hugh B. Price (Hugh Bernard Price Democratic/radical activist. Former President of the National Urban League, New York Times Editorial Board, Vice Pres. Rockefeller Foundation, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Education Fund, keynote lecturer at National Press Club, Council on Foreign Relations,


Lee R. Raymond, Ph.D.
Frederick W. Smith
Anne M. Tatlock
Diana L. Taylor
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.

Previous trustees included Barbara Bush, Cookie Roberts…why does the Mayo Clinic have so many unscrupleless trustees that have had Sexual Scandals, connections to Communist China, Close connections with both the Bush, Obama & Clinton presidents, Globalists, non payment of taxes, mentioned in human trafficking lawsuits, liberals & Rinos, climate changers, Connections/ previously worked at only liberal controlled media (even those known as pedo havens or hired pedos knowningly-Disney Nickolodean, pedo material netflix, possible Pedophiles?



Organ Trafficking Co-Conspirators - A Worldwide Epidemic
https://organ.care/organ-trafficking-co-conspirators-a-worldwide-epidemic/

#15939937 at 2022-03-25 10:18:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #20157: Shots Hurt Around The World Edition

Biden Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: "I Came to Congratulate a Man Who Just Got Re-Elected without Opposition! I Dream About That Some Day!"

Joe Biden on Thursday met with EU Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium.
Biden said the quiet part out loud as he shook Charles Michel's hand.
"I came to congratulate a man who just got re-elected without opposition. I dream of that some day," Biden said.
Charles Michel was just reappointed as EU Council president without opposition.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/biden-says-quiet-part-loud-came-congratulate-man-just-got-re-elected-without-opposition-dream-day-video/
https://twitter.com/jackeparrock/status/1507061905973780489

#15801533 at 2022-03-07 02:43:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19981: Fight Like A Flynn Edition

#19977-B
>>15798742 One Day - One Vote - On Paper - In Person - No Machines - Small Precincts - No Mail-In Ballots - Severely Restricted Absentee Voting
>>15798762 Concerning FDA and CDC - Dr. Naomi Wolf: "This Could Be Conspiracy for Murder"
>>15798777 Pakistani premier refused to knuckle under to pressure to condemn Russia
>>15798759, >>15798761, >>15798764, >>15798770 Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
>>15798790, >>15799040, >>15799125 Cruise ship 5 times the size of the Titanic sets sail? Living on the Ocean? Waterworld?
>>15798808, >>15798816 For the kek - rejected Babylon Bee article titles
>>15798839 BIG news - The National Defense Industrial Association's chief executive is stepping down
>>15798863, >>15798877, >>15799021 Jews are Nazis? Are we learning new truths hidden from us? WWII a false flag?
>>15798833, >>15798956 Marco Rubio is the 'select RINO' for comms this week?
>>15798884 Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler back in 2014
>>15798885, >>15798898 Q The Storm Rider opines on Putin game theory - good read
>>15798889 Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet
>>15798994 From Pfizer newly released documents - You are 3.2 times more likely to die from the Covid vaccine than from Covid
>>15798983 Soros Open Society archives are literally named after Anthony Blinken's parents
>>15799056 Anti Defamation League wrap up smear on Ukraine Military Operation to de-nazify Ukraine? Dark to Light?
>>15799066 Dozens sue Santa Clara County California over vaccine mandates (San Jose, Big Tech HQ)
>>15799077 Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, Russian MoD Says
>>15799080 Pfizer documents show they paid the FDA a $2.8 Million "application fee" for priority review of their COMIRNATY BLA licensing
>>15799106 US Senate Passes Meaningless Bill To End COVID-19 National Emergency that has no hope of passing House or being signed by Biden
>>15799103 Putin decides on meeting over Ukraine's nuclear plants
>>15799120 Reclaiming The Matrix with Thomas Althouse on Sat. Night Livestream
>>15799134 Five Thousand Vets randomly test positive for HIV?
>>15799137 EU European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters
>>15799160 Moody's, who NEVER cut credit ratings for Insurance Companies that tanked the US Economy in 2007, cut Russian credit ratings because of Ukraine
>>15799165 New Zealand continues the fight for Freedom...
>>15799179 NYPD Seizes 'Arsenal of Ghost Guns' From Four Homes In Queens
>>15799193 Perhaps it's time to investigate the money laundering in Ukraine by our ruling class that Trump was impeached for asking about
>>15799194, >>15799162 Ukrainian MP: 'We are not only fighting for Ukraine, we are fighting for the New World Order'
>>15799206 Poso - Russia just shut down Tik Tok
>>15799090 Netflix shutting down in Russia
>>15799215 #19977-B

Previously Collected
>>15797342 #19974, >>15797628 #19975, >>15798456 #19976
>>15794467 #19971, >>15795289 #19972, >>15796058 #19973
>>15792202 #19968, >>15792947 #19969, >>15793704 #19970
>>15789865 #19965, >>15790640 #19966, >>15791416 #19967
>>15787542 #19962, >>15788344 #19963, >>15789100 #19964
>>15785707 #19960, >>15786656 #19961, >>15787542 #19962

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>>15406645 Notables #11: Never Back Down!

#15800817 at 2022-03-07 00:57:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19980: America, Let's Roll Edition

#19977-B
>>15798742 One Day - One Vote - On Paper - In Person - No Machines - Small Precincts - No Mail-In Ballots - Severely Restricted Absentee Voting
>>15798762 Concerning FDA and CDC - Dr. Naomi Wolf: "This Could Be Conspiracy for Murder"
>>15798777 Pakistani premier refused to knuckle under to pressure to condemn Russia
>>15798759, >>15798761, >>15798764, >>15798770 Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
>>15798790, >>15799040, >>15799125 Cruise ship 5 times the size of the Titanic sets sail? Living on the Ocean? Waterworld?
>>15798808, >>15798816 For the kek - rejected Babylon Bee article titles
>>15798839 BIG news - The National Defense Industrial Association's chief executive is stepping down
>>15798863, >>15798877, >>15799021 Jews are Nazis? Are we learning new truths hidden from us? WWII a false flag?
>>15798833, >>15798956 Marco Rubio is the 'select RINO' for comms this week?
>>15798884 Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler back in 2014
>>15798885, >>15798898 Q The Storm Rider opines on Putin game theory - good read
>>15798889 Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet
>>15798994 From Pfizer newly released documents - You are 3.2 times more likely to die from the Covid vaccine than from Covid
>>15798983 Soros Open Society archives are literally named after Anthony Blinken's parents
>>15799056 Anti Defamation League wrap up smear on Ukraine Military Operation to de-nazify Ukraine? Dark to Light?
>>15799066 Dozens sue Santa Clara County California over vaccine mandates (San Jose, Big Tech HQ)
>>15799077 Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, Russian MoD Says
>>15799080 Pfizer documents show they paid the FDA a $2.8 Million "application fee" for priority review of their COMIRNATY BLA licensing
>>15799106 US Senate Passes Meaningless Bill To End COVID-19 National Emergency that has no hope of passing House or being signed by Biden
>>15799103 Putin decides on meeting over Ukraine's nuclear plants
>>15799120 Reclaiming The Matrix with Thomas Althouse on Sat. Night Livestream
>>15799134 Five Thousand Vets randomly test positive for HIV?
>>15799137 EU European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters
>>15799160 Moody's, who NEVER cut credit ratings for Insurance Companies that tanked the US Economy in 2007, cut Russian credit ratings because of Ukraine
>>15799165 New Zealand continues the fight for Freedom...
>>15799179 NYPD Seizes 'Arsenal of Ghost Guns' From Four Homes In Queens
>>15799193 Perhaps it's time to investigate the money laundering in Ukraine by our ruling class that Trump was impeached for asking about
>>15799194, >>15799162 Ukrainian MP: 'We are not only fighting for Ukraine, we are fighting for the New World Order'
>>15799206 Poso - Russia just shut down Tik Tok
>>15799090 Netflix shutting down in Russia
>>15799215 #19977-B

Previously Collected
>>15797342 #19974, >>15797628 #19975, >>15798456 #19976
>>15794467 #19971, >>15795289 #19972, >>15796058 #19973
>>15792202 #19968, >>15792947 #19969, >>15793704 #19970
>>15789865 #19965, >>15790640 #19966, >>15791416 #19967
>>15787542 #19962, >>15788344 #19963, >>15789100 #19964
>>15785707 #19960, >>15786656 #19961, >>15787542 #19962

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>>15406645 Notables #11: Never Back Down!

#15799973 at 2022-03-06 23:09:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19979: No Fighter Jets For You ~ Poland Edition

GLOBALS
>>15487554 How get get bans lifted & do bug reports on /tech/
>>15443568 HOW TO BAKE Thread
>>15620842 Guidelines for General banners
>>15676854 Bakers: no board politics in notables pls
>>15731793 Organizing notes on Ukraine (etc) to avoid "wall-of-text buns
>>15790843 Deletions & Bans on QR Policy NEW

NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS

#19978
>>15799279 Blinken: NATO Countries Have 'Green Light' to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine
>>15799292 MP4: Russian Convoy in Support of Putin
>>15799297 Video: MSNBC Lt. Col. (Ret.) Vindman: Putin Is Taking Russia Back To The "Depths Of The Cold War"
>>15799384 Maidan: Road to War | RT Documentary
>>15799378, >>15799436, >>15799500, >>15799502 Election Wizard: Russia prepares to disconnect from global internet by March 11
>>15799372 US hints at what happens if Zelensky is killed
>>15799345 Anon Opines on Trump's Award Last Night: Silver Platter
>>15799401, >>15799591 Anon digits dig request: does 68 or 32 activate anyone's autism?
>>15799417 @ChiefNerd: "COVID-19 vaccine demand plummets across the US"
>>15799424 Russia confirms striking 'Ukrainian Air Force airfield' in country's west
>>15799441, >>15799472 Black Sun occult symbolism in Ukraine
>>15799478 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty suspends operations in Russia
>>15799484 Liddle Adam Schiff: Justice Department 'Ought to Be Investigating' Trump's Actions After the 2020 Election
>>15799489 ZH: Deutsche Bank Braces For Massive Disruptions Due To Reliance On Russian IT Workers
>>15799514 Kash Patel - Why isn't the Biden administration talking to Putin?
>>15799553 PBS Hosts Neo-Nazi Ukraine Mayor, Blurs Image of 'Hitler Accomplice' Behind Him
>>15799660 ZH: Capital Beltway Hit With Delays As People's Convoy Truck Protest Rolls In
>>15799670 GWP: CDC Director Walensky Blames Over-Optimism For Her False Claims That the Vaccine is 95% Effective
>>15799672 NBC: 'Trucker convoy' drives laps around D.C. Beltway
>>15799678 VP Harris on push for federal 'voting rights' legislation
>>15799681 Box of human heads stolen from truck in Denver
>>15799685 US Border Patrol Sees Spike In Women Smuggling Fentanyl In Vaginal Cavity
>>15799705 The Fight for a Free and Just Society Is Not Over in L?vis, Quebec, Canada
>>15799752 RT: US hints at what happens if Zelensky is killed
>>15799758 American basketball star Brittney Griner detained in Russia on drug charges, faces up to 10 years in prison
>>15799776 Breitbart: Escalation: NATO 'Green Light' to supply Jets to Ukraine
>>15799752 RT: US hints at what happens if Zelensky is killed
>>15799900 Groups support "Stand Up For Freedom 2022" in Florence, Dillon Counties SC
>>15799948 #19978

#19977-A
>>15798527, >>15798686 Dig on Chain Bridge Bank (few miles from CIA HQ in VA)
>>15798537 Gas prices top $4 a gallon nationwide, all-time record could be broken this week
>>15798542 Ukraine/Russia: Beware the False Flags Unhinged US rhetoric risks a wider war
>>15798546 Russia claims Ukraine destroying evidence of US-funded bioweapons program
>>15798565 British Child Groomed and Sexually Abused by Up to 300 Men, British Court Hears
>>15798570 Why Doesn't Barack Obama Get More Blame for the need for Putin's Ukraine Military Operation?
>>15798577 AMMO, Inc., which is based in Arizona, pledges one million rounds of ammo for Ukraine (Feds own their business operating license?)
>>15798578 Freightwaves, a trucker's industry commerce magazine finds criminal record on one of the US People's Convoy organizers
>>15798973 Pro-Putin rally in St Petersburg
>>15798586, >>15798587, >>15798593, >>15799058 Trucker convoy plans to circle DC Beltway twice, Melania congratulates Truckers
>>15798592 Utah's Republican (?) Governor Vows to Veto Trans Sports Ban
>>15798596 Secretary of State Blinken Suggests US Won't Ban Russian Oil without Permission From European Countries
>>15798610 Japan moves to accept Ukrainian refugees and rebuild its military as countries continue to respond to the Russian Military Operation in Ukraine
>>15798634, >>15798639 Over 4,000 vets potentially exposed to unsterile medical devices
>>15798643, >>15798757 Russia warns countries offering airfields to Ukraine would be entering conflict
>>15798655, >>15798687, >>15798704 2017 article from CyberBerkut-Ukraine is an Experiment Field for Pentagon's Biological Tests
>>15798671 Other Dedicated Reseaerch Threads
>>15798584, >>15798590, >>15798595, >>15798599, >>15798674, >>15798684 The Whys Behind the Ukraine Crisis
>>15798689 The Daily Beast even admitted in 2015 that the U.S. was training and funding neo-Nazis in Ukraine
>>15798698 Out of Control: Ukraine's Rogue Militias
>>15798702, >>15798720, >>15798739 Hunter Biden's pal sentenced to prison for role in fraud scheme (2/28/2022)
>>15798704, >>15798745, >>15798752, >>15799070, >>15799079 Russia publishes documents which show Ukraine was working on biological weapons near Russian borders
>>15798705 What's going on at the RNC Retreat in New Orleans? misinformation afoot?
>>15798708, >>15798718 Another 17 word Pompeo tweet?
>>15798709, >>15798860 BREAKING: Russia finds NATO equipment at the headquarters of a Ukrainian nazi group "the right sector"
>>15798710 'Sea of Trucks from above - Truckers are on the DC Beltway
>>15798714 Proceedings against Illinois politician set to begin in corruption, racketeering case (former Legislature House Speaker)
>>15798726 Mark Zuckerberg Accused of Election Bribery in Wisconsin
>>15799214 #19977-A

#19977-B
>>15798742 One Day - One Vote - On Paper - In Person - No Machines - Small Precincts - No Mail-In Ballots - Severely Restricted Absentee Voting
>>15798762 Concerning FDA and CDC - Dr. Naomi Wolf: "This Could Be Conspiracy for Murder"
>>15798777 Pakistani premier refused to knuckle under to pressure to condemn Russia
>>15798759, >>15798761, >>15798764, >>15798770 Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
>>15798790, >>15799040, >>15799125 Cruise ship 5 times the size of the Titanic sets sail? Living on the Ocean? Waterworld?
>>15798808, >>15798816 For the kek - rejected Babylon Bee article titles
>>15798839 BIG news - The National Defense Industrial Association's chief executive is stepping down
>>15798863, >>15798877, >>15799021 Jews are Nazis? Are we learning new truths hidden from us? WWII a false flag?
>>15798833, >>15798956 Marco Rubio is the 'select RINO' for comms this week?
>>15798884 Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler back in 2014
>>15798885, >>15798898 Q The Storm Rider opines on Putin game theory - good read
>>15798889 Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet
>>15798994 From Pfizer newly released documents - You are 3.2 times more likely to die from the Covid vaccine than from Covid
>>15798983 Soros Open Society archives are literally named after Anthony Blinken's parents
>>15799056 Anti Defamation League wrap up smear on Ukraine Military Operation to de-nazify Ukraine? Dark to Light?
>>15799066 Dozens sue Santa Clara County California over vaccine mandates (San Jose, Big Tech HQ)
>>15799077 Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, Russian MoD Says
>>15799080 Pfizer documents show they paid the FDA a $2.8 Million "application fee" for priority review of their COMIRNATY BLA licensing
>>15799106 US Senate Passes Meaningless Bill To End COVID-19 National Emergency that has no hope of passing House or being signed by Biden
>>15799103 Putin decides on meeting over Ukraine's nuclear plants
>>15799120 Reclaiming The Matrix with Thomas Althouse on Sat. Night Livestream
>>15799134 Five Thousand Vets randomly test positive for HIV?
>>15799137 EU European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters
>>15799160 Moody's, who NEVER cut credit ratings for Insurance Companies that tanked the US Economy in 2007, cut Russian credit ratings because of Ukraine
>>15799165 New Zealand continues the fight for Freedom...
>>15799179 NYPD Seizes 'Arsenal of Ghost Guns' From Four Homes In Queens
>>15799193 Perhaps it's time to investigate the money laundering in Ukraine by our ruling class that Trump was impeached for asking about
>>15799194, >>15799162 Ukrainian MP: 'We are not only fighting for Ukraine, we are fighting for the New World Order'
>>15799206 Poso - Russia just shut down Tik Tok
>>15799090 Netflix shutting down in Russia
>>15799215 #19977-B

Previously Collected
>>15797342 #19974, >>15797628 #19975, >>15798456 #19976
>>15794467 #19971, >>15795289 #19972, >>15796058 #19973
>>15792202 #19968, >>15792947 #19969, >>15793704 #19970
>>15789865 #19965, >>15790640 #19966, >>15791416 #19967
>>15787542 #19962, >>15788344 #19963, >>15789100 #19964
>>15785707 #19960, >>15786656 #19961, >>15787542 #19962

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>>15406645 Notables #11: Never Back Down!

#15799238 at 2022-03-06 21:05:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19978: The People's Convoy Is Confirmed On The DC Beltway Edition

#19977-B
>>15798742 One Day - One Vote - On Paper - In Person - No Machines - Small Precincts - No Mail-In Ballots - Severely Restricted Absentee Voting
>>15798762 Concerning FDA and CDC - Dr. Naomi Wolf: "This Could Be Conspiracy for Murder"
>>15798777 Pakistani premier refused to knuckle under to pressure to condemn Russia
>>15798759, >>15798761, >>15798764, >>15798770 Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
>>15798790, >>15799040, >>15799125 Cruise ship 5 times the size of the Titanic sets sail? Living on the Ocean? Waterworld?
>>15798808, >>15798816 For the kek - rejected Babylon Bee article titles
>>15798839 BIG news - The National Defense Industrial Association's chief executive is stepping down
>>15798863, >>15798877, >>15799021 Jews are Nazis? Are we learning new truths hidden from us? WWII a false flag?
>>15798833, >>15798956 Marco Rubio is the 'select RINO' for comms this week?
>>15798884 Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler back in 2014
>>15798885, >>15798898 Q The Storm Rider opines on Putin game theory - good read
>>15798889 Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet
>>15798994 From Pfizer newly released documents - You are 3.2 times more likely to die from the Covid vaccine than from Covid
>>15798983 Soros Open Society archives are literally named after Anthony Blinken's parents
>>15799056 Anti Defamation League wrap up smear on Ukraine Military Operation to de-nazify Ukraine? Dark to Light?
>>15799066 Dozens sue Santa Clara County California over vaccine mandates (San Jose, Big Tech HQ)
>>15799077 Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, Russian MoD Says
>>15799080 Pfizer documents show they paid the FDA a $2.8 Million "application fee" for priority review of their COMIRNATY BLA licensing
>>15799106 US Senate Passes Meaningless Bill To End COVID-19 National Emergency that has no hope of passing House or being signed by Biden
>>15799103 Putin decides on meeting over Ukraine's nuclear plants
>>15799120 Reclaiming The Matrix with Thomas Althouse on Sat. Night Livestream
>>15799134 Five Thousand Vets randomly test positive for HIV?
>>15799137 EU European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters
>>15799160 Moody's, who NEVER cut credit ratings for Insurance Companies that tanked the US Economy in 2007, cut Russian credit ratings because of Ukraine
>>15799165 New Zealand continues the fight for Freedom...
>>15799179 NYPD Seizes 'Arsenal of Ghost Guns' From Four Homes In Queens
>>15799193 Perhaps it's time to investigate the money laundering in Ukraine by our ruling class that Trump was impeached for asking about
>>15799194, >>15799162 Ukrainian MP: 'We are not only fighting for Ukraine, we are fighting for the New World Order'
>>15799206 Poso - Russia just shut down Tik Tok
>>15799090 Netflix shutting down in Russia
>>15799215 #19977-B

#15799215 at 2022-03-06 21:01:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19977: Dubs Dubs Confirm Kaleidoscope Eyes Edition

Dough >>15798486

#19977-B Notables FINAL
>>15798742 One Day - One Vote - On Paper - In Person - No Machines - Small Precincts - No Mail-In Ballots - Severely Restricted Absentee Voting
>>15798762 Concerning FDA and CDC - Dr. Naomi Wolf: "This Could Be Conspiracy for Murder"
>>15798777 Pakistani premier refused to knuckle under to pressure to condemn Russia
>>15798759, >>15798761, >>15798764, >>15798770 Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
>>15798790, >>15799040, >>15799125 Cruise ship 5 times the size of the Titanic sets sail? Living on the Ocean? Waterworld?
>>15798808, >>15798816 For the kek - rejected Babylon Bee article titles
>>15798839 BIG news - The National Defense Industrial Association's chief executive is stepping down
>>15798863, >>15798877, >>15799021 Jews are Nazis? Are we learning new truths hidden from us? WWII a false flag?
>>15798833, >>15798956 Marco Rubio is the 'select RINO' for comms this week?
>>15798884 Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler back in 2014
>>15798885, >>15798898 Q The Storm Rider opines on Putin game theory - good read
>>15798889 Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet
>>15798994 From Pfizer newly released documents - You are 3.2 times more likely to die from the Covid vaccine than from Covid
>>15798983 Soros Open Society archives are literally named after Anthony Blinken's parents
>>15799056 Anti Defamation League wrap up smear on Ukraine Military Operation to de-nazify Ukraine? Dark to Light?
>>15799066 Dozens sue Santa Clara County California over vaccine mandates (San Jose, Big Tech HQ)
>>15799077 Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, Russian MoD Says
>>15799080 Pfizer documents show they paid the FDA a $2.8 Million "application fee" for priority review of their COMIRNATY BLA licensing
>>15799106 US Senate Passes Meaningless Bill To End COVID-19 National Emergency that has no hope of passing House or being signed by Biden
>>15799103 Putin decides on meeting over Ukraine's nuclear plants
>>15799120 Reclaiming The Matrix with Thomas Althouse on Sat. Night Livestream
>>15799134 Five Thousand Vets randomly test positive for HIV?
>>15799137 EU European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters
>>15799160 Moody's, who NEVER cut credit ratings for Insurance Companies that tanked the US Economy in 2007, cut Russian credit ratings because of Ukraine
>>15799165 New Zealand continues the fight for Freedom...
>>15799179 NYPD Seizes 'Arsenal of Ghost Guns' From Four Homes In Queens
>>15799193 Perhaps it's time to investigate the money laundering in Ukraine by our ruling class that Trump was impeached for asking about
>>15799194, >>15799162 Ukrainian MP: 'We are not only fighting for Ukraine, we are fighting for the New World Order'
>>15799206 Poso - Russia just shut down Tik Tok
>>15799090 Netflix shutting down in Russia
#19977-B

#15799152 at 2022-03-06 20:47:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19977: Dubs Dubs Confirm Kaleidoscope Eyes Edition

Dough >>15798486

#19977-B Notables @ 625 Last Call
>>15798742 One Day - One Vote - On Paper - In Person - No Machines - Small Precincts - No Mail-In Ballots - Severely Restricted Absentee Voting
>>15798762 Concerning FDA and CDC - Dr. Naomi Wolf: "This Could Be Conspiracy for Murder"
>>15798777 Pakistani premier refused to knuckle under to pressure to condemn Russia
>>15798759, >>15798761, >>15798764, >>15798770 Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
>>15798790, >>15799040, >>15799125 Cruise ship 5 times the size of the Titanic sets sail? Living on the Ocean? Waterworld?
>>15798808, >>15798816 For the kek - rejected Babylon Bee article titles
>>15798839 BIG news - The National Defense Industrial Association's chief executive is stepping down
>>15798863, >>15798877, >>15799021 Jews are Nazis? Are we learning new truths hidden from us? WWII a false flag?
>>15798833, >>15798956 Marco Rubio is the 'select RINO' for comms this week?
>>15798884 Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Hitler back in 2014
>>15798885, >>15798898 Q The Storm Rider opines on Putin game theory - good read
>>15798889 Russia began active preparations for disconnection from the global Internet
>>15798994 From Pfizer newly released documents - You are 3.2 times more likely to die from the Covid vaccine than from Covid
>>15798983 Soros Open Society archives are literally named after Anthony Blinken's parents
>>15799056 Anti Defamation League wrap up smear on Ukraine Military Operation to de-nazify Ukraine? Dark to Light?
>>15799066 Dozens sue Santa Clara County California over vaccine mandates (San Jose, Big Tech HQ)
>>15799077 Almost All Ukrainian Aviation Fit for Combat is Destroyed, Russian MoD Says
>>15799080 Pfizer documents show they paid the FDA a $2.8 Million "application fee" for priority review of their COMIRNATY BLA licensing
>>15799106 US Senate Passes Meaningless Bill To End COVID-19 National Emergency that has no hope of passing House or being signed by Biden
>>15799103 Putin decides on meeting over Ukraine's nuclear plants
>>15799120 Reclaiming The Matrix with Thomas Althouse on Sat. Night Livestream
>>15799134 Five Thousand Vets randomly test positive for HIV?
>>15799137 EU European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters
#19977-B

#15799137 at 2022-03-06 20:44:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19977: Dubs Dubs Confirm Kaleidoscope Eyes Edition

6 Mar, 2022 11:37

EU comments on warplanes for Kiev

Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack

European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion.

"The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday.

The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU pledged ?500 million ($547 million) in military aid to Kiev, ?450 million ($492 million) of which will go to buying weapons.

"But these European funds will not be used to finance the delivery of combat aircraft to Ukraine," Michel noted. He said, however, that the funds may be used by individual EU member states to supply the Ukrainian Air Force with spare parts and other equipment.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been asking NATO countries to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine, or at least provide Kiev with jet fighters. A no-fly zone could see NATO shoot down Russian planes in Ukraine, likely leading to a direct confrontation with Moscow, and has been rejected by the military bloc

Several US news outlets reported on Saturday that the White House was working with Warsaw in order to deliver Soviet-era aircraft from Poland to Ukraine. However, Poland previously ruled out sending planes to Kiev.

Russia invaded its neighbor last week, arguing that it was defending the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, which seceded from Ukraine in 2014 and were recognized by Moscow as independent states in February.

Moscow said it sought the "demilitarization and denazification" of the country, without elaborating, but made it clear that it wants Ukraine to officially become a neutral country, renouncing its bid to join NATO.

Kiev said the attack was entirely unprovoked and appealed to the international community for help.

https://www.rt.com/news/551356-eu-chief-warplanes-ukraine/

#15728040 at 2022-02-26 14:14:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19887: Saturday Seeking and Sharing Truth Edition

Zelensky calls for URGENT Ukraine EU membership decision

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky insists "the crucial time has come" as he pushes for an urgent decision on his country's EU membership.

Zelensky said he had discussed "further effective assistance and heroic fight of the Ukrainians for their free future" with the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, who replied on Twitter that "Ukraine and its people are family. Further concrete support is on its way."

Michel made no clear commitment to Zelensky's specific request, however, despite Poland and Lithuania signing a declaration on Wednesday saying Ukraine should be granted EU membership.

https://t.me/rtnews/21220

#15351250 at 2022-01-11 18:11:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19418: Ebake Fauci You need to Resign Edition

Lucky Biden armed them before leaving Afghanistan - conspiracy

China Offers Kazakhstan Assistance As President Says Afghan Militants Infiltrated Country

On Tuesday the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a formal offer to its northwest neighbor Kazakhstan that it stands ready to give hasty assistance should it be requested, after the largest city of Almaty has been pacified by authorities after a week of severe unrest triggered by a fuel price hike, but which quickly targeted the rule of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

"China and Kazakhstan are friendly neighbors and permanent strategic partners. China maintains close cooperation with Kazakhstan and will provide assistance in accordance with the requests of the Kazakh party and within its capabilities," the ministry stated, as cited in Russian media.

"China adheres to a constructive approach regarding the measures facilitating pacification, economic development and improving the living standards of Kazakhstan's citizens," the ministry added.

While it's as yet unclear precisely what kind of assistance China is offering, it would possibly come in the form of peacekeeping troops such as the 3,000 Russian troops on the ground as of early this week, or more likely in as aid towards reconstruction efforts - given the devastation in many city centers after a week of riots in which government buildings were torched. Police advisory assistance could also be an option.

Last week as Kazakhstan was thrust into the international media spotlight, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed support for embattled President Tokayev, crucially at a moment his security forces were given "shoot to kill without warning orders" against any armed threat in the streets.

According to the latest from the Kazakh Interior Ministry, at least 17 police and national guard have been killed, while nearly 10,000 arrests have been made. At least 168 people have also died nationwide amid the chaos and rioting.

On Monday Tokayev proclaimed that "an attempted coup d'etat" had been put down by the state. He described that foreign terror elements had entered the country to fuel the violence, even blaming militants from Afghanistan at one point.

According to the AFP, "Speaking with European Council President Charles Michel later Monday, Tokayev said militants from Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Middle East were behind the unrest."

Interestingly, the allegation of Afghan militants in the country comes after Russia and China warned the West that the US-NATO longtime war and occupation in Afghanistan could further destabilization the central Asian region following US forces' chaotic retreat from the country last August. Tens of thousands of Afghans are believed to have poured into neighboring countries amid chaos, including militants in some cases.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-offers-assistance-kazakhstan-president-says-afghan-militants-infiltrated-country

#15349320 at 2022-01-11 13:49:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19415: Erection Fraud, Epstein~Ghislaine &Kazakhstan Now VeritasMil.exe? Edition

https://apnews.com/article/europe-elections-italy-european-parliament-4ed0b98428f921d6c926462d7b2d0ba3
European Parliament President David Sassoli dies at age 65
David Sassoli, an Italian journalist who worked his way up in politics while defending the downtrodden and repressed to become president of the European Union's parliament, died at a hospital in Italy early Tuesday. He was 65.
European Council President Charles Michel called Sassoli a "sincere and passionate European. We already miss his human warmth, his generosity, his friendliness and his smile."
No details were provided in a tweet by Sassoli's spokesperson, Roberto Cuillo.
Sassoli, a socialist, had been hospitalized since Dec. 26 because of abnormal functioning of his immune system, Cuillo said in a statement released the day before Sassoli's death.
Sassoli had been struggling for months with poor health after he suffered pneumonia caused by the legionella bacteria in September. His health steadily declined afterward and he was forced to miss several important legislative meetings. Yet, as much as possible, he stayed on the job, where his vigor and easy smile had always been a trademark. He was at his strongest when he took up the cause of migrants who died crossing the Mediterranean or dissidents such as Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is taking on the Kremlin from a jail cell.
"Everyone loved his smile and his kindness, yet he knew how to fight for what he believed in," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, reminiscing how a much younger Sassoli had traveled to Germany to see the infamous Berlin Wall come down well over three decades ago.
European unity was his benchmark, just as much as justice among all Europeans was.
Over the past few months, he improved enough to preside over a European Parliament session in December to give the EU's main human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, to Navalny's daughter. High in symbolism, it showed him at his best. A few weeks later, his wishes for the new year became his political testament as an optimist with great expectations.
"We can be that hope when we don't ignore those in need. When we don't build walls on our borders. When we fight all forms of injustice. Here's to us, here's to hope," he said in the address.
"In the final week of December there was a worsening of the illness, and then the final days of his battle," Cuillo told Italy's Sky TG24.
He is survived by his wife, Alessandra Vittorini, and his children, Livia and Giulio. Flags flew half-staff and the European Parliament opened a condolences register. The European Commission will hold a minute of silence when it meets on Wednesday.
A lifelong fan of Fiorentina football club, he emulated the fine style of the team where Gabriel Batistuta and Roberto Baggio thrived. But in the end, like the Florence club, he also lacked the final touch to reach the very highest level. Being head of the European Parliament doesn't compare to being prime minister or leading the European Commission or Council.

#15345626 at 2022-01-10 22:13:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19410: !!!! FREEDOM !!!!! Edition

>>15345277

Foreign Militants From Afghanistan, Mideast Countries Took Part in Kazakhstan Riots, Tokayev Says

The Kazakh President believes that aggression against his country was intended to form a "zone of controlled chaos" with subsequent seizure of power.
Foreign militants from Afghanistan and the Middle East took part in the riots in Kazakhstan, the country's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during a virtual meeting with President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
The president added that he has no doubt that the unrest in Kazakhstan was a "terrorist attack."

"A well-organised and well-prepared act of aggression against Kazakhstan with the participation of foreign fighters mainly from Central Asian countries, including Afghanistan. There were also fighters from the Middle East. The idea was to form a zone of controlled chaos on our territory with the subsequent seizure of power. Therefore, an anti-terrorist operation was launched in Kazakhstan," Tokayev said.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) peacekeepers will remain in Kazakhstan until the situation is fully stable, Tokayev said.
"The CSTO peacekeeping forces were deployed in accordance with Articles 2 and 4 of the CSTO Collective Security Treaty. They will stay in Kazakhstan until the situation is fully stabilised," Tokayev said, quoted by his press office.
The economic damage in Kazakhstan after riots may amount to $2-3 billion, according to preliminary estimates, Tokayev added.



https://sputniknews.com/20220110/foreign-militants-from-afghanistan-mideast-countries-took-part-in-kazakhstan-riots-tokayev-says-1092159620.html

#15205278 at 2021-12-17 01:25:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #19236: The Perfect Storm Edition

Leaders of EU Countries Unanimously Vote for Prolonging Russia Sanctions

The EU economic sanctions, which have been in effect for more than seven years, target the financial, energy and defense sectors in Russia. Initially, these sanctions were introduced by the EU in July 2014 for a period of one year following the political crisis in Ukraine and Crimea rejoining Russia.
Leaders of the EU countries have unanimously voted for the prolongation of sanctions against Russia during the EU summit in Brussels, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday.
"Massive consequences & severe cost will follow if Russia takes further military action against Ukraine. #EUCO leaders unanimously agreed to roll over economic sanctions against Russia. We call on Russia to keep its part of the bargain and proceed with Minsk implementation," Michel wrote on his Twitter page.

Moreover, according to the EU Summit, the existing restrictions have a significant economic impact on the Russian economy and deprive Moscow of an access to sensitive technologies.
"Sanctions limit access to EU primary and secondary capital markets for certain Russian banks and companies and prohibit forms of financial assistance and brokering towards Russian financial institutions. The measures also prohibit the direct or indirect import, export or transfer of all defence-related material and establish a ban for dual-use goods for military use or military-end users in Russia. The sanctions further curtail Russian access to certain sensitive technologies that can be used in the Russian energy sector, for instance in oil production and exploration," the council said.
Before the initial sanctions came to an end, in March 2015, the duration of the sanctions was linked to the "full implementation" of the Minsk agreements. From then on, they have been extended every six months, based on the EU's evaluation of compliance with the agreement.

https://sputniknews.com/20211217/leaders-of-eu-countries-unanimously-vote-for-prolonging-russia-sanctions-1091586180.html

#14416949 at 2021-08-21 18:36:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #18237: Fire and Fury Edition

EU Commission President: Taking Afghan Migrants Is 'Our Moral Duty'

MADRID (AP) - The President of the European Commission has urged the international community to open arms for Afghan refugees.

Ursula von der Leyen made the remarks on Saturday when she and EU Council President Charles Michel visited a reception center for evacuees established by Spain's government near Madrid.

"This resettlement of vulnerable people is of utmost importance. It is our moral duty," Von der Leyen said. Offering "legal and safe routes globally, organized by us, the international community, for those who need protection" must be a priority of next week's G7 meeting on the Afghanistan crisis, she added.

The EU's top officials toured the facility that Spain has set up at the Torrejón military airbase near Madrid along with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who said it has the capacity to hold 800 people.

Two planes sent by Spain's government have already arrived at the air base. A first plane brought back five Spaniards and 48 Afghans who had worked for Spain and their families. A second flight arrived late on Friday night with 110 more Afghans. A third flight with another 110 passengers has left Kabul for Dubai, which Spain is using as a stop-off point before the evacuees are flown on to Madrid.

The air base is also receiving flights from the European Union External Action service with other evacuees from Afghanistan airlifted out of Kabul by other EU countries.

EU officials and those of member states like Spain, however, recognize that the main hurdle to getting people out of Afghanistan is helping them reach and gain access to the airport. Spain says that its flights have had empty seats.

Von der Leyen said EU delegation members are constantly at the airport to try and help. "It is very difficult situation, it is changing by the minutes, but there is intense work being done to make the best of a very difficult situation."

The evacuees that reach Spain's air base are expected to spend up to three days there before moving to welcome centres in other parts of Spain or continuing their journeys to other European countries.

Sánchez said that the response from other EU members has been positive and that part of those who have arrived have already left for other countries in the bloc.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/21/eu-commission-president-taking-afghan-migrants-is-our-moral-duty/

#14166287 at 2021-07-21 09:27:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17921: Tip Of The SpearsBurg + Titanic Audits Edition

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/emmanuel-macron-identified-in-leaked-pegasus-project-data
Emmanuel Macron identified in leaked Pegasus project data
Political figures whose numbers appear in the list include:
The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who appears to have been selected by Rwanda in 2019.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, who appears to have been selected as a person of interest by Morocco in 2019. An Élysée official said: "If this is proven, it is clearly very serious. All light will be shed on these media revelations."
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's director general, who also appears to have been of interest to Morocco in 2019.
Saad Hariri, who resigned as prime minister of Lebanon last week and appears to have been selected by the UAE in 2018 and 2019.
Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, who appears to have been chosen as a person of interest by Morocco in 2019, when he was prime minister of Belgium.
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, who was selected as a person of interest in 2019, apparently by security forces in his own country.
Saadeddine Othmani, Morocco's prime minister, who was also selected as a person of interest in 2018 and 2019, again possibly by elements within his own country.
Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, who was selected as a person of interest by India in 2019.
Felipe Calderón of Mexico, the former president. His number was selected in 2016 and 2017 by what is believed to have been a Mexican client during a period when his wife, Margarita Zavala was running for the country's top political job.
Robert Malley, a longtime American diplomat who was chief negotiator on the US-Iran deal, and who appears to have been selected as a person of interest by Morocco in 2019. NSO has said its government clients are prevented from deploying its software against US numbers because it has been made "technically impossible".

#13902091 at 2021-06-14 17:59:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17598: #AZAudit [F]or [T]he [W]in Editiion

EU Blocked G7 Condemnation of China for Xinjiang Slave Labour: Report

European Union leaders reportedly blocked attempts from the United States, Britain, and Canada to call out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for the use of slave labour in Xinjiang.

EU leaders said that the West should focus on "cooperative" areas with China instead of adversarial elements.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and European Union leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel opposed efforts to publicly shame the regime in Bejing over forced labour in Xinjiang, The Times reported.

The summary of the G7 communiqué failed to mention China, Xinjiang, or Hong Kong at all and the full 25-page report of the summit's agreements reportedly had a reference to Xinjiang slavery removed despite pushes from the Americans.

The final version of the G7 communiqué read: "We are concerned by the use of all forms of forced labour in global supply chains, including state-sponsored forced labour of vulnerable groups and minorities, including in the agricultural, solar, and garment sectors."

A US administration official told the paper that reaching an agreement on China became "one of the more complicated and thorny" issues at the summit.

The 90-minute foreign policy meeting, which almost entirely consisted of discussions on China, saw the United States, the UK, Canada, Japan, and France seeking a harder line on China and the Europeans looking for a softer approach.

The unnamed official said that there was "a little bit of differentiation of opinion, not on whether the threat is there but on how strong, from an action perspective, different G7 members are willing to take this".

G7 leaders did agree to mention Xinjiang and Hong Kong once in their 25-page report, which said: "We will promote our values, including by calling on China to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially in relation to Xinjiang and those rights, freedoms and high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong enshrined in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law."

The Chinese state overtook the United States as the European Union's top trading partner in 2020, as ties between Brussels and the communist dictatorship in Beijing continue to deepen. https://t.co/RzgCixukoq

- Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) February 17, 2021

President Joe Biden, for his part, said that he was "satisfied" with the language on China, saying that the "last time the G7 met, there was no mention of China but this time there is mention of China.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/06/14/european-union-blocked-g7-condemnation-of-xinjiang-slave-labour-report/

#13880017 at 2021-06-11 18:37:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17571: Last Pallet b/w No Ballots No Win Edition

G7 leaders to pledge 1 billion COVID vaccines for world and target big tech companies with new digital tax as conference formally begins

President Joe Biden and leaders of the G7 will pledge 1 billion shots in arms of the COVID vaccine for the world, support a 15 per cent global minimum corporate tax, and target Big Tech with a new tax as the summit begins.

Of those billion shots, half will come from the United States and 100 million from the U.K.

'We're going to help lead the world out of this pandemic working alongside our global partners,' Biden said on Thursday, adding that the G7 nations would join the U.S. in outlining their vaccine donation commitments at the three-day summit. The G-7 also includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

The leaders will gather on Friday for opening greetings and a socially-distanced family photo, before pivoting to a session 'Building Back Better From COVID-19.'

The world leaders of the seven industrial nations will also second an agreement made earlier by their finance ministers on the global minimum corporate tax.

The update to international tax law is intended to end a global competition that has led some countries to cut their corporate taxes much lower than others in order to attract multinational companies to their shores.

It's a big win for Biden's administration, which has proposed the global minimum tax as a way to pay for infrastructure projects. Biden wants to hike corporate taxes in the US and a global minimum will help combat fears his move could cause jobs to move overseas.

The leaders will also announce a plan to replace Digital Services Taxes, which targeted the biggest American tech companies - such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google - with a new tax plan linked to the places where multinationals are actually doing business, rather than where they are headquartered.

Later the leaders will meet Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the Royal Family at the Eden Project, a lush, domed eco-tourism site built in a former quarry pit.

Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge will join the G7 leaders at the reception.

On Thursday, world leaders from G7 countries arrived in Britain.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived at Cornwall Airport in Newquay wearing a face mask and waved from the exit of his jet beside his country's coat of arms and maple leaf flag.

European Council President Charles Michel also arrived ahead of the G7 meeting at the airport on June 10, and was met by a selection of British soldiers, sailors and airmen.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife Mariko Suga arrived in Newquay in the early hours of this morning. A typical flight from his country to Britain takes roughly 12 hours.

Prime Minister Johnson will host leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit to be held in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, beginning today.

Britain has invited Australia, India, South Africa, and South Korea to attend the Leaders' Summit as guest countries - as well as the EU, amid trade tensions with the bloc.

http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2021/06/g7-leaders-to-pledge-1-billion-covid.html

#13842266 at 2021-06-06 13:18:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17523: Seventeen Thousand FIve Hundred And Pain Edition

>>13841925
https://www.alamy.com/back-row-left-to-right-deputy-prime-minister-of-slovakia-richard-rasi-prime-minister-of-poland-mateusz-morawiecki-prime-minister-of-canada-justin-trudeau-prime-minister-of-luxembourg-xavier-bettel-prime-minister-of-of-norway-erna-solberg-prime-minister-of-belgium-Charles-Michel-prime-minister-of-the-czech-republic-andrej-babis-prime-minister-of-australia-scott-morrison-and-danish-ambassador-to-the-uk-lars-thuesen-front-row-left-to-right-governor-general-of-new-zealand-patsy-reddy-president-of-france-emmanuel-macron-prime-minister-theresa-may-the-prince-of-wales-queen-image248421305.html

(back row left to right) Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia Richard Rasi, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of of Norway Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis, Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison and Danish Ambassador to the UK Lars Thuesen. (front row, left to right) Governor-General of New Zealand Patsy Reddy, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Theresa May, the Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, US President Donald Trump, President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte at a meeting of leaders the Allied Nations during commemorations for the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings at Southsea Common, Portsmouth.

#13746411 at 2021-05-25 01:06:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17403: Where The Is Light There Can Be No Darkness Edition

>>13746390
>A special meeting overseen by Charles Michel, president of the EU's European Council, further concluded that all EU-based carriers would be banned from flying over Belarus' airspace, as well as calling for a full investigation by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

#13746390 at 2021-05-25 01:03:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17403: Where The Is Light There Can Be No Darkness Edition

Biden Admin Condemns 'Shocking Act' After Belarus Forces Down Passenger Plane, Seizes Journalist On Board

White House press secretary Jen Psaki condemned Belarus' decision to divert a passenger flight and arrest opposition journalist Raman Protasevich, who was on the aircraft, over the weekend.

Longtime Belarus leader Aleksandr G. Lukashenko - who has a history of suppressing free speech - had a military aircraft intercept, divert and force down a Ryanair flight carrying about 170 passengers Sunday. Belarusian air traffic controllers told pilots there was a possible "security threat on board" while the plane was flying over Belarus, prompting the aircraft to be escorted by a fighter jet and land in Minsk, according to The New York Times.

Once on the ground, Protasevich was removed and arrested. The incident has caused international uproar, with European Union (EU) leaders threatening sanctions and the Greek Foreign Ministry dubbing it a "state hijacking," the NYT reported.

"We certainly ... condemn Lukashenko's regime's ongoing harassment and arbitrary detention of journalists simply for doing their job," Psaki said. "This was a shocking act. Diverting a flight between two EU member states for the apparent purpose of arresting a journalist constitutes a brazen affront of international peace and security by the regime."

https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/24/joe-biden-administration-condemns-shocking-act-belarus-ryanair-flight-journalists-seized/

EU Moves to Bar Belarusian Aircraft From Entering Bloc's Airspace Over Ryanair Landing

Earlier, a Lithuania-bound Ryanair flight was grounded in Minsk, Belarus, over a bomb threat that turned out to be fake. However, among the passengers was Roman Protasevich, a Belrusian journalist who co-founded the banned Telegram channel Nexta. Protasevich and his companion, Russian citizen Sofia Sapega, were both detained during the stopover.

European leaders condemned the forced weekend landing of a Ryanair flight on Monday and began the process of banning Belarusian airlines from flying over the European Union's airspace or landing in its airports.

A special meeting overseen by Charles Michel, president of the EU's European Council, further concluded that all EU-based carriers would be banned from flying over Belarus' airspace, as well as calling for a full investigation by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

An urgent ICAO meeting has been scheduled for Thursday; However, the New York Times has reported that it "may take months to complete" a probe into the weekend events.

Additionally, the bloc called for the "immediate release of Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega and that their freedom of movement be guaranteed." Officials are also seeking to compose a list of entities and persons that the council will target with sanctions over the indiscretion.

The measures were backed by all 27 representatives of the EU members.

"What happened yesterday is an international scandal," Michel told reporters ahead of the meeting. "The lives of civilians, including Europeans, were put in danger. It's a threat to international security and to civil aviation."

Data provided by airspace tracker Flight Radar 24 reveals that flights being operated by airliners British Airways, Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have already begun to weave their previously scheduled flights to go around the former Soviet state.

- Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) May 24, 2021

Lithuania had already shuttered its airspace to Belarus, and UK airlines were advised to avoid Belarusian airspace. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had stated earlier that Britain would also be pulling its operating permit for Belavia, Belarus' state-owned airline.

Reports previously suggested that some officials would oppose implementing airspace restrictions over concerns that the move would escalate tensions in the region further, whereas other analysts hinted that the move would create financial setbacks for flights from Europe to Asia.

The latest actions by the European Council are not the group's first against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The block previously imposed sanctions against Lukashenko and his associates in 2020 over the violent crackdown that emerged after the country's August elections.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105241082986464-eu-moves-to-bar-belarusian-aircraft-from-entering-blocs-airspace-over-ryanair-landing/

Lockstep with the EU. The attempted color revolution failed when they tried it so it looks like this is a FF to start a war on Russia doorstep

#13471171 at 2021-04-20 17:54:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17063: Absolute Proof NOW PLAYING (Also You Might Have Herpes) GrapeHaze Edition

>>13471128
Gaston Browne, Alberto Fernandez, Scott Morrison, Sheikh Hasina, Lotay Tshering,
Jair Bolsonaro, Justin Trudeau, Sebastián Piñera, Xi Jinping, Iván Duque Márquez,
Félix Tshisekedi, Mette Frederiksen, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, Emmanuel Macron,
Ali Bongo Ondimba, Angela Merkel, Narendra Modi, Joko Widodo, Benjamin Netanyahu,
Mario Draghi, Andrew Holness, Yoshihide Suga, Uhuru Kenyatta, David Kabua,
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Jacinda Ardern, Muhammadu Buhari, Erna Solberg, Andrzej Duda,
Moon Jae-in, Vladimir Putin, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa,
Pedro Sánchez, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Boris Johnson, Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng

#13471128 at 2021-04-20 17:49:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17063: Absolute Proof NOW PLAYING (Also You Might Have Herpes) GrapeHaze Edition

>>13471094
>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/26/president-biden-invites-40-world-leaders-to-leaders-summit-on-climate/
Further details on the Summit agenda, additional participants, media access, and public viewing will be provided in the coming weeks
The President invited the following leaders to participate in the Summit
Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda, President Alberto Fernandez, Argentina , Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh, Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Bhutan, President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada, President Sebastián Piñera, Chile, President Xi Jinping, People's Republic of China, President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombia, President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark , President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission, President Charles Michel, European Council, President Emmanuel Macron, France, President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India, President Joko Widodo Indonesia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan, President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya, President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand, President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway, President Andrzej Duda, Poland, President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea , President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation , King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Turkey, President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom, President Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng, Vietnam

#13400730 at 2021-04-11 02:38:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research general #16974: Love And Light Will Overcome Darkness - We Are The Light Edition

Draghi and all his globalist unelected cohorts have held the EU hostage via their dictatorial reign, and he calls Erdogan a 'Dictator', rich.

Turkey Furious After Mario Draghi Calls Erdogan "Dictator"=
April 10, 2021

In the aftermath of last week's historic snub, when the female president of the European Commission was left speechless - and chairless - during her controversial visit to Turkey's president, diplomatic relations between Europe and Turkey has once again fallen off a cliff.

As a reminder, the European Commission president, Von der Leyen was clearly taken aback when she and her male partner, European Council President Charles Michel, met Erdogan in Ankara last Tuesday, only to find just two chairs prepared, which were quickly occupied by the men. Erdogan and Michel quickly seated themselves while von der Leyen, whose diplomatic rank is the same as that of the two men, was left standing. Official images later showed her seated on a sofa opposite Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

In response, former Goldman partner, ECB head and current Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, told reporters on Thursday that "I absolutely do not agree with Erdo?an's behavior towards president Von der Leyen ... I think it was not appropriate behavior and I was very sorry for the humiliation Von der Leyen had to suffer."

He then said that "with these dictators, let's call them what they are - who however are needed - one must be honest in expressing one's diverging ideas and views about society."

We would love to know more about what Draghi meant by "dictators who are needed" and how Europe treats them compared to dictators who are unneeded… like perhaps having Europe's unelected money-printing dictators pushing their bond yields to double digits overnight? But we digress.

Predictably, Turkey was furious with the Italian Prime Minister for calling Erdogan a "dictator" and Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the Italian ambassador to Ankara to condemn the remarks. According to a foreign ministry statement, the ambassador was told that Draghi's remarks were against the spirit of the Turkey-Italy alliance.

The ministry said Draghi should "immediately" take back his "impudent and ugly remarks". Foreign Minister Cavusoglu also slammed the remarks in a tweet.

"We strongly condemn the appointed Italian Prime Minister Draghi's unacceptable, populist discourse and his ugly and unrestrained comments about our elected president," he wrote on Twitter.

Earlier on Thursday, Çavu?o?lu said that the seating at the meeting was arranged in line with the bloc's demands and international protocol and that Turkey was being subject to "unjust accusations".

Turkey has insisted that the EU's own protocol requests were applied but the EU Council head of protocol said his team did not have access, during their preparatory inspection, to the room where the incident happened.

"If the room for the tete-a-tete had been visited, we should have suggested to our hosts that, as a courtesy, they replace the sofa with two armchairs for the president of the commission," Dominique Marro wrote in a note made public by the EU Council. He added that the incident might have been prompted by the order of protocol established by the EU treaty.

Of course, Erdogan's excuse was BS: the incident came only weeks after Erdo?an pulled Turkey out of a key European convention aimed at combating violence against women. The move was a blow to Turkey's women's rights movement, which says domestic violence and murders of women are on the rise. During her visit to Ankara, Von der Leyen called for Erdo?an to reverse his decision to withdraw from the Istanbul convention - named after the Turkish city where it was signed in 2011.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but with the world so deep inside the rabbit hole, we would not be surprised if WWIII broke out over some seating arrangement.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turkey-furious-after-mario-draghi-calls-erdogan-dictator

#13345251 at 2021-04-02 07:49:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16906: Joker76 Wild Card ~ April Fool's Edition

Doctors Send Probing Open Letter To European Medicines Agency
Published on April 1, 2021
This is near the end of the the article as it was too long to post

NOTICE

For the avoidance of doubt, if your regulatory body does not immediately suspend its "emergency" recommendation of potentially dangerous inadequately tested gene-based "vaccines", while the matters which we have highlighted to you are properly investigated, we hereby put the European Medicines Agency on notice of being complicit in medical experimentation, in violation of the Nuremberg Code, which thereby constitutes the commission of crimes against humanity.

Furthermore, it is your duty as a regulatory body to ensure that all doctors worldwide are advised that they are taking part in medical experimentation via "vaccination" programmes, whether wittingly or unwittingly, with all the legal and ethical obligations that such involvement entails.

This email is copied to the lawyer Reiner Fuellmich. It is also copied to Charles Michel, President of the Council of Europe, and to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

Yours faithfully,

Doctors for Covid Ethics

https://principia-scientific.com/doctors-send-probing-open-letter-to-european-medicines-agency/

#12712788 at 2021-01-26 00:24:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16229: EBAKE IV Edition

Dutch mayor warns the country is heading for 'civil war' following violent anti-curfew protests as France and Italy admit they're facing ANOTHER Covid-19 lockdown

Europe is in the midst of Covid chaos as countries race to tighten their restrictions amid high case numbers
France due decide on a third national lockdown this week; Italy's top medic has also called for new shutdown
Meanwhile the continent's vaccine program is in disarray, with France's Pasteur Institute admitting today that its vaccine doesn't work and AstraZeneca cutting supplies of its jab due to 'EU supply chain issues'
Disorder is also growing following riots in the Netherlands, with mayor warning 'we're on the path to civil war'

Europe's battle against coronavirus entered a dangerous new phase this week as politicians pushed to tighten lockdown measures across the continent even after a weekend of rioting brought scenes of chaos to the Netherlands and Denmark amid warnings of 'civil war'.

France is due to decide whether to bring in a third national lockdown this week as Prime Minister Jean Castex warned the situation there is 'worrying', with Italy's top medic also calling for a month-long national shutdown.

That is despite John Jorritsma, mayor of Eindhoven which was hit by its worst riots in almost four decades at the weekend, warning 'we're on our way to civil war' after new nationwide curfew measures sparked public outcry.

Meanwhile hopes that vaccines might provide a quick way out of the crisis all-but faded after France's Pasteur Institute was forced to scrap a jab it had been developing with US drug-maker Merck because it doesn't work.

The news came as AstraZeneca - whose jab has yet to be approved by EU regulators - announced it was cutting vaccine supplies to the continent by up to 60 per cent because of problems with supply chains, thought to be due to under-production at a factory in Belgium.

Head of the EU executive Ursula von der Leyen had a call with the firm on Monday to 'remind them of their commitments', but EU President Charles Michel admitted that vaccinating 70 per cent of Europe's population - the figure theoretically needed to ensure herd immunity - by the end of summer as planned will now be 'difficult'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9184963/Dutch-mayor-warns-country-heading-civil-war-riots.html

They are pushing civil war worldwide

#12467832 at 2021-01-11 18:49:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15917: And Then We Were Again Without A Baker Edition

China Advances In Europe As Unipolar World Collapsing Together With United States Political System

On December 30th, the EU and China approved a comprehensive investment agreement, despite a request for talks on the issue by the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron joined EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel in a video conference to conclude negotiations over the deal, which removes a number of barriers to European companies' investment in China.

This deal was years in the making, and the US was apparently entirely left out.

Negotiations had repeatedly stalled since they began in 2013.

According to reports, Chinese negotiators had a sense of urgency after Biden was elected and attempted to close it, successfully as it seems.

The deal is a diplomatic victory for Beijing and a domestic one for President Xi Jinping.

In Washington, it will be seen as a snub to the incoming Biden administration, which urged the EU to wait.

"Before President Biden has even taken the oath of office, the well has been a bit poisoned in transatlantic relations," said Theresa Fallon, director of the Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies, a think tank in Brussels.

The deal has also been criticized by politicians in Europe because of concerns over forced labor and other human rights abuses in China, and for preempting any discussions with the Biden administration on a joint approach to Beijing.

"After four years of the Trump administration, which characterized the EU as 'worse than China,' there is a growing anti-American sentiment" among EU leadership, Fallon said, "meaning 'we don't want to do what the U.S. says.' "

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying tweeted that the agreement "demonstrates China's determination and confidence to advance toward a higher level of opening up."

https://southfront.org/china-advances-in-europe-as-unipolar-world-collapsing-together-with-united-states-political-system/

#12238941 at 2020-12-30 18:15:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15626: ARE YOU HEARING US YET!!! Edition

UK's House of Commons Approves EU Trade Deal, Bill Goes to Lords



MPs in the House of Commons passed the European Union Future Relationship bill, with the document now going to the House of Lords.

With the UK leaving the EU's institutions at the end of the transition period at 11 pm on December 31st, 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is aiming to have the whole bill - passing into law the UK-EU trade deal agreed in principle with Brussels on Christmas Eve - move through the House of Commons, House of Lords, and receive Royal Assent on Wednesday.

The third reading at 3 pm in the lower house saw the Ayes having it, at 521, the Noes with 73 - a majority of 448 - identical to the result of the second reading less than a quarter of an hour before.

The bill will now go to the House of Lords where, despite being heavily pro-Remain, it is still expected to pass. Debate and voting are still likely to take several hours, with Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II expected to take place very late tonight. With Royal Assent, the bill becomes law.

Conservative Brexiteer MPs had earlier this week expressed concern that they did not have enough time to scrutinise the 1,246-page document, but the legal team from the European Research Group, dubbed the Star Chamber, gave the deal its approval on Tuesday.

On the other side of the English Channel, the trade agreement is also going through its legal processes. While arrangements will come into force on January 1st, the deal will not be official until ratified by the European Parliament and then the European Council, which is expected to take place some time in January.

The process is on its way, with ambassadors from the EU-27 rubber-stamping it on Monday. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President Charles Michel signed the deal on Wednesday.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/12/30/uks-house-commons-approves-eu-trade-deal-bill-goes-lords/

#10988969 at 2020-10-09 01:21:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14056: Everything has meaning Q Edition

European Parliament President Sassoli self-isolating after member of his staff tests positive for Covid-19

The president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, announced on Thursday he would self-isolate after contact with a Covid-19 infected person.

"I was recently in contact with a member of my staff who today tested positive for Covid-19," Sassoli tweeted. "In accordance with the rules, I'll be self-isolating for the required period to carry out the necessary checks."

The EU Parliament head said he feels fine and has "no symptoms."

Sassoli has already put himself into quarantine once - back in March, after spending a weekend in Italy, where the government had placed the entire country under lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus infections. The parliament chief said at the time that he planned to work from his home in Brussels "as a precaution" in compliance with the health protocol.

He is not the only EU leader who had to self-isolate lately. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday she was self-isolating after attending a state council meeting in Portugal where a participant later tested positive for Covid-19.

Although Von der Leyen canceled a scheduled trip to Greece, she said she would leave quarantine on Tuesday, despite the EU recommendation of 14 days of self-isolation following suspected contact with a positive case. The commission head, who has twice tested negative for the virus, has instead followed Belgium's rules, which have been softened compared to EU guidelines.

EU Council President Charles Michel also postponed a scheduled EU summit in September, after contact with a member of his security team who later tested positive for the coronavirus.

https://www.rt.com/news/502969-european-parliament-sassoli-isolating/

#10894040 at 2020-10-03 00:55:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13943: Flying High Planefags Edition

>>10893751
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2020/10/02/putin-boris-johnson-angela-merkel-among-world-leaders-to-wish-trump-a-speedy-recovery-from-covid-19/



Early on Friday morning, Trump made the announcement that he, alongside the First Lady, had tested positive for coronavirus, joining a growing list of world leaders to contract the virus while simultaneously working to contain its spread.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was quick to wish Trump a swift recovery, offering his support during "this difficult time," according to a statement released by the Kremlin on Friday; "I am certain that your inherent vitality, good spirits and optimism will help you cope with this dangerous virus," he wrote.

Reuters reports a spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she sends Donald Trump and his wife best wishes for a quick recovery from the infection.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent his "best wishes to President Trump and the First Lady" and wished both a "speedyrecovery from coronavirus"-Johnson was admitted to a hospital ICU in April following persistent coronavirus symptoms.

Charles Michel, President of the European Council, wished Trump a "speedyrecovery" on Twitter and underscored the need to remain vigilant in ongoing efforts to tackle the outbreak: "#COVID-19 is a battle we all continue to fight. Everyday. No matter where we live."

"Like millions of Israelis, Sara and I are thinking of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump and wish our friends a full andspeedyrecovery," wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Twitter.

Polish President Andrzej Duda wished aspeedyrecovery on Twitter. "#Poland and #USA will get through the hardships and succeed in fighting #COVID19."

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took to Twitter to wish a "full andspeedyrecovery" and the news comes after Trump terminated the U.S.' relationship with the organization after accusing it of "severely mismanaging and covering up" the coronavirus outbreak.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was wishing his "friend" and the First Lady "a quick recovery and good health."

Reuters reports that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wished the President and First Lady a quick recovery at a regular government news conference.

Vice President Mike Pence wrote that he and his wife, Karen, "join millions across America praying for their full and swift recovery." Both tested negative for coronavirus following the President and First Lady's diagnosis. "God bless you President Trump & our wonderful First Lady Melania."

#10882826 at 2020-10-02 10:34:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13929: We Will Get Through This TOGETHER Edition

Messages for sick Trump split between "get well" and "told you so"
By Reuters Staff
OCTOBER 2, 2020 5:39 AM UPDATED 6 MINUTES AGO
(Reuters) - Get well messages for U.S. President Donald Trump poured in from foreign capitals on Friday after he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, but some had little sympathy for a leader whose response to the pandemic has been widely criticised.
Trump, who might be voted out of office on Nov. 3, denies accusations that he downplayed the severity of the outbreak as the world's most powerful nation also became the worst hit, accounting for around 20% of a global death toll that crossed a million this week.

Most diplomatic responses to news that Trump, 74, and his wife Melania had tested positive for COVID-19 observed the niceties, while governments everywhere assessed how it might impact the outcome of next month's U.S. election.

"COVID-19 is a battle we all continue to fight. Everyday. No matter where we live," European Council President Charles Michel said in a tweet, wishing America's First Couple a speedy recovery.

But disappointed by Washington's leadership during the global health crisis, some messages were laced with stinging barbs.

"This demonstrates that the virus spares no one, including those who have shown scepticism. I wish him a swift recovery," said Gabriel Attal, spokesman for the French government.

If one of the United States most important NATO allies sounded somewhat terse, there was no hiding the bitter satisfaction evident in China's state-controlled media following news that their country's chief antagonist had joined the COVID sick list.

"President Trump and the first lady have paid the price for his gamble to play down the COVID-19," tweeted Hu Xijin, editor in chief of China's Global Times newspaper.

"The news shows the severity of the US's pandemic situation. It will impose a negative impact on the image of Trump and the US, and may also negatively affect his reelection."
MORE AT LINK:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-messages/messages-for-sick-trump-split-between-get-well-and-told-you-so-idUSKBN26N1IN

#10877424 at 2020-10-02 01:41:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13922: UNITED_WE_STAND Edition

Leaders of EU Countries Agreed During EU Summit on Sanctions Against Belarus

EU politicians have declined to endorse Alexander Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus, despite him winning the August election with over 80 percent of the popular vote.

The leaders of the EU countries have reached an agreement on sanctions against the Belarusian government, Agence France-Presse reported on Friday, citing its diplomatic sources.

According to European Council President Charles Michel, President Lukashenko has not been included in the list of sanctions Belarusians yet, he noted.

"We have decided today to implement the sanctions [against Belarus] ... Tomorrow with a written procedure we will implement the sanctions on Belarus. You know what was on the table is the list with about 40 names", Michel said at a press conference following the summit.

The diplomat added that sanctions on Belarus may be implemented immediately.

According to French President Emanuel Macron, Lukashenko may be included in the list of sanctioned Balrusians in case of failure to establish a dialogue with the people of Belarus. If the bloc had included the Belarusian president in the list, that would have meant a rejection of the dialogue, and the EU wants to engage Lukashenko in talks, he added.

Mass opposition protests broke out across Belarus following the presidential election on 9 August that saw President Alexander Lukashenko reelected for a sixth term. While electoral authorities maintain that Lukashenko collected over 80 percent of the vote, the opposition insists that his key contender, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, won the election.

Opposition figures also accuse the security forces of resorting to excessive violence during the protests.

The two-day EU summit in Brussels started on Thursday. The EU member states are focusing on the relations with Turkey and China; the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, Belarus, Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny.

https://sputniknews.com/world/202010011080635535-leaders-of-eu-countries-agreed-during-eu-summit-on-sanctions-against-belarus–reports/

This is what happens if you reject a Rothschild IMF loan

#10632306 at 2020-09-13 18:33:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13606: ==Wakey Wakey Kevin== Edition

China's Human Rights Record Under Scrutiny As Sino-EU Summit Draws Near

Over 60 members of the European Parliament and rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are calling on top European leaders to address China's human rights issues at the upcoming virtual EU-China summit to be held on Sept. 14.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will co-host the meeting with Charles Michel, president of the European Council, which defines the European Union's general policies and priorities. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the EU's executive branch, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will also participate in the meeting. Germany currently holds the rotating EU presidency.

The meeting, originally scheduled to be held in the German city of Leipzig, will be held via video conference instead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the European Council website, the four will discuss climate change, economic and trade issues, as well as responses to the pandemic, which is caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.

The online summit on Monday is under close scrutiny as relations between China and the EU have soured recently. In March last year, the European Commission called China "a systematic rival" in a report about the bilateral relationship. Last month, EU Foreign Minister Joseph Borrell called China "a new empire" and asked EU members to "correct" their economic imbalances with China, in a commentary published in French newspaper Le Journal de Dimanche.

Meanwhile, 63 members of the European Parliament signed a joint letter addressed to Michel, Von der Leyen, and Merkel, urging them to "ensure that there will be consequences if the Chinese government continues to flaunt its human rights obligations. We call for the EU to put human rights at the top of the agenda at the EU-China Summit and in future discussions."

More
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinas-human-rights-record-under-scrutiny-as-sino-eu-summit-draws-near_3497846.html

#10534527 at 2020-09-05 07:11:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13481: Aussies Fight Back! Edition

EU Reportedly Set to 'Sideline Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier' in a Bid to End Brexit Stalemate

In late August both negotiating sides appeared to agree that a no-deal Brexit is a highly probable option, however, there is still a glimmer of hope the sides can crack the deadlock later on, potentially through a bit of administrative change.

The EU is set to sideline the bloc's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to try to end the persistent deadlock in negotiations, The Telegraph has reported citing sources. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is thereby expected to ultimately help arrange a trade deal between the bloc and the UK, with the heads of the 27 remaining member states reportedly set to take over the role of "sidelined" Barnier after von der Leyen's speech on 16 September.

As an EU diplomat shared with The Telegraph, von der Leyen is expected to "set the scene to sideline Barnier and [the UK's David] Frost to find a high level political solution".

The talks on the EU behalf are expected to be led by the European Commission president, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and President of the European Council Charles Michel.

https://sputniknews.com/uk/202009051080372158-eu-reportedly-set-to-sideline-chief-negotiator-Michel-barnier-in-a-bid-to-end-brexit-stalemate/

#10343647 at 2020-08-19 18:29:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13236: 2Q2Q MAGA Rollin, KC Fucked, Presser Edition

EU does not recognize results of Belarusian election, European Council president says

The relevant document also calls for the release of prisoners and an end of violence against protesters

BRUSSELS, August 19. /TASS/. The August 9 presidential election in Belarus was neither free no fair, according to conclusions by President of the European Council Charles Michel, published after a video conference of the members of the European Council on Wednesday.

"The EU has been following the developments in Belarus very closely and with increasing concern. The August 9 elections were neither free nor fair, therefore we do not recognize the results," the document reads.

The document also calls for the release of prisoners and an end of violence against protesters. "The people of Belarus have a right to determine their future," the document said, adding: "Only a peaceful and democratic process, underpinned by independent and free media and a strong civil society, can provide sustainable solutions. All parties, including third states, should support such a process." Besides, the European Union "will shortly impose sanctions against a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression and the falsification of election results."

Though the document does not call for a new election, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said following the meeting that the entire European Council had condemned the situation in Belarus. "We all believe that a new election should take place in Belarus," he added.

Belarus held a presidential election on August 9. According to the Central Election Commission, incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko received 80.1% of the vote, his main rival Svetlana Tikhanovskaya garnered 10.12%. Protests erupted in the country's capital of Minsk and several other cities following the presidential vote, leading to clashes between protesters and law enforcement officers.

https://tass.com/world/1191615

#10342884 at 2020-08-19 17:30:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13235: NO MAGA? REKT Edition

EU to sanction all those 'responsible for violence, repression & falsification of election results' in Belarus

The European Union has announced that it will be placing new sanctions on Belarus, following an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in the country. The move comes after ten days of protests in Minsk and other cities.

Following the video conference, European Council President Charles Michel said that the bloc would impose sanctions on Belarusian officials accused of being responsible for "shocking and unacceptable" acts perpetrated against anti-government protesters.

The penalties will be imposed on a "substantial number" of individuals. EU leaders also collectively agreed that the results of Belarus' August 9 elections were "fraudulent."

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said there was unanimous support for the sanctions, and that the economic restrictions will be implemented without "hurting the people of Belarus." A list of individuals to be included should be adopted "as soon as possible," she added.

Officials declined to say whether Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko would be targeted directly by the measures.

Von der Leyen said the EU would support a peaceful transition of power in Belarus, and would allocate 53 million euros ($63.3 million) to support civil society and the country's Covid-19 response.

The bloc also said that it wanted to see new elections in Belarus.

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the main opposition candidate in the disputed election, urged the European Council ahead of its meeting to not recognize Belarus' the results. She said that a new ballot should be held under international supervision, but stressed that the EU should respect the choice of the Belarusian people.

https://www.rt.com/russia/498428-eu-sanctions-belarus-elections/

#9611981 at 2020-06-14 17:23:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12302: Happy Bday POTUS, Happy Bday Army, Happy Flag Day Edition

EU won't ally with US against China, foreign policy chief says before Pompeo meeting
The bloc will not pick a side in the escalating US-China conflict, Josep Borrell says
Instead, the EU would go its own way, working with both Beijing and Washington on areas of mutual interest

The European Union's foreign policy chief has ruled out a transatlantic alliance against China and dismissed "systemic rivalry" with Beijing, just hours before he is due to talk to his US counterpart.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell called for a "big, positive agenda for EU-China cooperation" on Sunday, just a day before he and the 27 foreign ministers from the bloc are expected to have a videoconference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The meeting is expected to focus on China and "disinformation", and will be followed in a week's time by the first EU-China summit under European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel. The two EU chiefs will meet Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, with the discussions expected to focus on market access.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3089014/eu-wont-ally-us-against-china-foreign-policy-chief-says-pompeo

#9010242 at 2020-05-03 14:04:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11533: Attack Of The Asian Murder Hornets!!1! Edition

This sounds like a really good idea doesn't it? (sarc)
Vaxxed = Euro-Style

European Council
Council of the European Union
This is the World against Covid-19.
Signatories: Charles Michel, President of the European Council; Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy; Emmanuel Macron, President of France; Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany; Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway.

European Council Press release 2 May 2020 14:55
The global response: Working together to help the world get better

Our aim is simple: on the 4th of May we want to raise, in an online pledging conference, an initial 7.5 billion euros (8 billion dollars) to make up the global funding shortfall estimated by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) and others.

We will all put our own pledges on the table and we are glad to be joined by partners from the world over. The funds that we raise will kick-start an unprecedented global cooperation between scientists and regulators, industry and governments, international organisations, foundations and health care professionals. We support the World Health Organisation and we are delighted to join forces with experienced organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust

Every single euro or dollar that we raise together will be channelled primarily through recognised global health organisations such as CEPI, Gavi, the Vaccines Alliance, as well as the Global Fund and Unitaid into developing and deploying as quickly as possible, for as many as possible, the diagnostics, treatments and vaccines that will help the world overcome the pandemic. If we can develop a vaccine that is produced by the world, for the whole world, this will be an unique global public good of the 21st century. Together with our partners, we commit to making it available, accessible and affordable to all.
—
7.5 billion euros (8 billion dollars)
Let's send'em all that money we're not making.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/05/02/the-global-response-working-together-to-help-the-world-get-better/

#8436036 at 2020-03-16 12:45:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10799: Faithful Anons Take A Moment To Honor Admiral Rogers Edition

muh corona

"Assume Everyone Is Infected": US & Europe Wake Up To World In Lockdown As Death Toll Rises: Live Updates
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by Tyler Durden
Mon, 03/16/2020 - 08:04

Update (0800ET): The IMF just tried firing a "bazooka" of its own on Monday morning, when Director Kristalina Georgieva revealed that the NGO sees global economic conditions deteriorating "by the hour"

"The case for a coordinated and synchronized global fiscal stimulus is becoming stronger by the hour," IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva wrote in a recent blog post.

Meanwhile, Sanofi and Regeneron meanwhile are beginning a US-based trial for patients with severe coronavirus symptoms in New York, one of the epicenters of America's outbreak.

* * *

Update (0735ET): European newswires are reporting that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel have agreed on measures to potentially close or tighten the EU border. Those measures will be released in the coming hours.

So Brussels is finally throwing in the towel…

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/assume-everyone-you-meet-infected-us-europe-wake-society-lockdown-death-toll-rises

umm uncheck migration is muy malo umk

#8435339 at 2020-03-16 10:07:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10799: Can a Hair Dryer Nuke Corona? Edition

Macron, Merkel to discuss EU officials matters of coronavirus, borders

By REUTERS MARCH 16, 2020 09:41
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PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss the coronavirus and the topic of border controls on Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leading EU officials Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen, said Macron's office.
https://m.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Macron-Merkel-to-discuss-EU-officials-matters-of-coronavirus-borders-621139

#8434120 at 2020-03-16 06:05:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10798: WW Pandemic: Panic! Just in Time for Campaign Season Edition

"There is no difference between what the Nazis did and the images we are seeing from the Greek border," Erdogan said of Greek border guards using tear gas to prevent migrants storming through border barriers, according to the Greek newspaper Kathimerini.

The slur against Greece is notable, as some 300,000 people were killed during the 1941 Nazi occupation of the country, which near-wiped out Greece's Jewish population.

The comments from Mr Erdogan came in the wake of a heated summit in Brussels, in which the Islamist leader walked out of a meeting with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel after the two sides failed to come to an agreement on the terms of the 2016 deal on migration.

#8395577 at 2020-03-13 01:50:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10748: BRING ON THE NIGHTSHIFT - BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE USMC Edition

EU top dogs slam coronavirus travel bans but can't coordinate bloc's response, as member states shut borders to defend themselves

Brussels had hoped to show a 'united front' against the growing coronavirus crisis but, with panic setting in, top EU leaders are already scolding their unruly neighbors as responses vary wildly across the 27-member bloc.

In a statement on Thursday, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen lashed out at the Donald Trump administration's sudden decision to ban travel to the US from Europe, with the exception of from the UK and Ireland.

Yet, closer to home, some EU nations have implemented similar widespread restrictions in the past 24 hours - much to the disappointment of the union's top dogs.

Austria was the first, on Tuesday, to break with the principle of 'free movement' and announce restrictions on travel from Italy, prompting others to follow suit. Slovakian PM Peter Pellegrini said Thursday that all international travel to and from that country would be stopped and stringent border checks would be implemented. Similarly, Czech PM Andrej Babi? shut his country's borders to travelers from Austria and Germany, as well as foreign travelers from other high-risk countries - including the UK. Slovenia has also closed its border with neighboring Italy.

France's President Emmanuel Macron, who is never one to shy away from preaching to other countries, wasted no time in telling those closing their borders with Italy that they were making "bad decisions."

Meanwhile, France is one of the worst hit countries in Europe and Macron is expected to announce that it will move into the highest 'Phase 3' response level on Thursday. In a show of "confidence" on Tuesday, the president strolled the Champs Elysées, telling passersby: "I'm shaking hands using my heart."

On Thursday, Macron used his televised address to remind the nation of "European freedoms" that need to be defended as he insisted the borders can't be shut and the virus "has no passport" anyway.

Angela Merkel has also expressed characteristic unease with the idea of closing European borders. At a press conference on Wednesday, Merkel said border closures are "not appropriate" and that it makes more sense for people arriving from hard hit areas to simply quarantine themselves instead of stopping flights.

The same spirit of unity and solidarity was notably absent last week, however, when France and Germany, among others, refused to lift controls on the export of protective medical gear to avoid facing shortages at home - even after a desperate request to do so from Italy.

The refusal was criticized by EU crisis management commissioner Janez Lenarcic who said the ban risks "undermining" the bloc's "collective approach" to handling the crisis.

Freed from the constraints of any collective decision-making, post-Brexit UK has still been criticized for what some have regarded as a slow response to the pandemic. A former public health chief, Professor John Ashton, slammed the government's "complacent" response, saying it "wasted a month" before getting serious.

https://www.rt.com/news/482973-eu-response-coronavirus-travel-bans/

#8390271 at 2020-03-12 17:09:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10741: Shills Be Like The NBA: Got No Game Edition

EU condemns Trump travel ban from Europe as coronavirus spreads

BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union on Thursday lashed out at President Donald Trump's "unilateral" decision to restrict travel from Europe to the United States over the coronavirus, saying that the illness does not respect borders.

Trump announced that all European travel would be cut off, but U.S. officials later clarified that restrictions would apply only to most foreign citizens who have been in Europe's passport-free travel zone at any point for 14 days prior to their arrival to the United States.

"The European Union disapproves of the fact that the U.S. decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation," EU Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a joint statement.

"The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action," the two said.

They rejected Trump's suggestion that Europe is not doing enough to combat COVID-19, saying that the 27-nation bloc "is taking strong action to limit the spread of the virus."

The so-called Schengen area comprises 26 countries including EU members France, Italy, German, Greece, Austria and Belgium, where the bloc has its headquarters, but also others like Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.

The restrictions announced by Trump don't apply to the United Kingdom, where the number of confirmed cases has reached 460, or Ireland, which isn't part of Schengen.

According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's latest figures, more than 17,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed across Europe, and more than 700 people have died on the continent.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus.

With the virus now present in all 27 EU countries, the bloc's top officials have pledged to stand united in fighting the disease and are likely to adopt a common approach in their response to Trump's announcement.

This week, von der Leyen announced the launch of a "corona response investment fund" seeded with 7.5 billion euros that she said would reap billions more. It's aimed at propping up health care structures, small businesses suffering from the impact of the virus and labor markets where jobs might be hit.

Von der Leyen postponed a trip Thursday to Greece to discuss the migrant stand-off with Turkey in order to focus on combating the rapid spread of the virus.

Several EU meetings have been cancelled to slow the spread, but the bloc's interior ministers are still scheduled to gather in Brussels on Friday. EU health ministers were holding a video-conference later Thursday.

As the virus spreads, more European countries are adopting drastic measures. After Italy entered a lockdown, Denmark said all schools and day-care facilities in the country will be closed from Monday. All public servants who don't perform critical functions, have been ordered to stay home for the next two weeks.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Army decided to cut down the number of troops taking part in massive war games that have been planned across Europe over the next six months because of the virus pandemic.

The Defender-Europe 2020 exercises were set to involve around 20,000 American personnel, the biggest deployment of U.S. troops to Europe in the last 25 years.

But U.S. Army Europe said "in light of the current coronavirus outbreak, we will modify the exercise by reducing the number of U.S. participants." No details on numbers were provided.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/eu-condemns-trump-travel-ban-from-europe-as-coronavirus-spreads/

#8390131 at 2020-03-12 16:56:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10741: Shills Be Like The NBA: Got No Game Edition

EU condemns Trump's 'unilateral' Schengen area travel ban

The European Union has condemned the decision of President of the United States Donald Trump to ban all flights originating from the Schengen area as the new coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread.

"The European Union disapproves of the fact that the U.S. decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation," a joint statement by European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

President Trump on Thursday went on television to address the nation, arguing that the EU had not done enough to fight what he called a "foreign virus" and claiming the infection in the US had been "seeded" by European visitors.

https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/eu-affairs/99992/eu-condemns-trumps-unilateral-schengen-area-travel-ban/

#8387691 at 2020-03-12 11:44:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10738: Running Silent - Running Deep Edition

>>8387651

EU Leaders Slam Trump's "Unliteral" Travel Ban, Global Outbreak Death Toll Passes 4,500: Live Updates

Following last night's Oval Office unveiling of a 30-day travel ban affecting roughly two dozen European countries, though not the UK, which confirmed its 7th death from the outbreak. Notably, the ban will only affect the movement of people (and American citizens are of course exempt) but not trade in goods, as the White House hastily clarified when they saw the market's initial reaction, and will exempt the UK.

London was notably silent after the surprise announcement, but in Brussels, the bureaucrats running the EU were somewhat less than pleased. EU leaders slammed President Trump's "unilateral" travel ban and warned the coronavirus pandemic is an international problem that demands coordinated action (like what Christine Lagarde demanded yesterday?). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen European Council Leader Charles Michel issued a joint statement on Thursday that highlighted European alarm at the US move. "The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action," they said, per the FT.

Meanwhile, Spain's entire cabinet is being tested for coronavirus, with the results due to be announced on Thursday afternoon, and countries in Scandinavia have begun shutting down schools less than a day after Sweden reported its first virus-related death.

Notably, the ban leaves out all of Asia, stymieing liberals who were ready to pounce on another "racist" Trump travel ban. Though many are still bellyaching about Trump's decision to leave out the UK, which is run by Trump's 'good friend' Boris Johnson. But as Rencap's Charlie Robertson pointed out, Trump's decision to exempt the UK was based on epidemiological evidence.

MORE https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eu-leaders-slam-trumps-unliteral-travel-ban-global-outbreak-death-toll-passes-4500

#8368851 at 2020-03-10 18:14:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10714: ES X2 Comb Your Hair Edition

Demanding More Cash, Erdogan Walks Out of EU Meeting Over Migrant Crisis

The Islamist leader of Turkey walked out of his meeting with European Union officials after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the migrant crisis at the Greek border Monday night.

In a meeting in Brussels on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded that the EU send more financial support in return for halting the flow of migration into the bloc, claiming that the cost of housing an estimated 3.5 million migrants cost Turkey ?40 billion.

The meeting between Mr Erdogan and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, was cut short after just an hour and forty-five minutes after the two sides failed to reach an agreement, according to The Times.

The Turkish leader also called on the European Union to grant visa-free travel for Turkish citizens, as well as the EU taking in more refugees from the Middle East. Mr Erdogan accused the EU of failing to meet its obligations of the 2016 agreement that halted the flow of migration into the bloc in exchange for ?6 billion in aid.

Acknowledging the failure of the meeting, Mrs von der Leyen said that the two sides could not agree on the terms of the agreement, saying: "The 2016 agreement remains valid and we need to implement missing elements. We have indicated to President Erdogan that we are willing to move forward as long as it is reciprocal."

Mr Michel said that despite the failure of the meeting on Monday, talks will continue between the two sides "to work to clarify the implementation of the deal to be certain we are on the same page"

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/10/demanding-more-cash-erdogan-walks-out-of-eu-meeting-over-migrant-crisis/

#8365313 at 2020-03-10 05:15:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10709: The 'Wisdom Of Victory In The Moonlight' Edition

Officials from Turkish regime and European Union convene amid standoff over migrants

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on Monday for talks with European Union officials amid a standoff between Ankara and Brussels over sharing of responsibility for refugees and migrants.

Thousands of migrants have massed at Turkey's land border with EU-member Greece after Erdogan's government made good on a long-standing threat and announced that Turkey - which is home to more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees - would no longer prevent migrants and refugees from crossing into EU countries.

There have been no reports of migrants massing at Turkey's border with EU-member Bulgaria, with the issue concentrated at Greek borders.

Erdogan has demanded Europe shoulder more of the burden of caring for refugees. He has accused the EU of not meeting its obligations, including failing to pay money promised to Turkey under a 2016 EU-Turkish deal to stem the flow of migrants to Europe. The EU says it is disbursing the funds.

The Turkish leader is scheduled to meet with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss the 2016 deal. Erdogan was also scheduled to meet with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, his office said.

The 2016 deal, which slashed the number of migrants arriving in Europe, called for Turkey to halt the flow of Europe-bound migrants and refugees in exchange for up to 6 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in aid for Syrian refugees on its territory, fast-track EU membership and visa-free travel to Europe for Turkish citizens.

A high-level Turkish official said the sides would discuss a possible revision of the 2016 deal. It wasn't clear if an agreement would emerge Monday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government rules.

Von der Leyen said the meeting would be the "restart of a dialogue." She repeated that the EU has the obligation to protect its borders, but also to guarantee the fundamental individual right for asylum.

Topics on the table would include regional stability, reducing tensions and pressure at the Greece-Turkey border, and Syria, she said.

Erdogan was also expected to raise concerns over alleged violence carried out by Greek authorities as they push back the migrants.

Greece has deployed riot police and border guards to repel people trying to enter the country and the Greek border area has since seen violent confrontations between them and the migrants. On Saturday, youths threw rocks at Greek police and tried to pull down a border fence.

Many migrants have alleged mistreatment in the hands of Greek police, and Turkey says two migrants were killed in violence along the border. Greece has denied the accusations.

EU foreign ministers have criticized Turkey, saying it is using the migrants' desperation "for political purposes." EU countries are still dealing with the political fallout from a wave of mass migration five years ago.

Thousands of migrants have slept in terrible conditions in makeshift camps near the Greek border since the Turkish government said they were free to go, waiting for the opportunity to enter Greece.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/officials-from-turkish-regime-and-european-union-convene-amid-standoff-over-migrants/

#8316867 at 2020-03-04 18:07:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10647: WWF Presents Biden Burnie SmackDown Edition

Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia pledge to help Greece deal with border crisis

KASTANIES, Greece (AP) - Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier after Turkey said its own border with Europe was open to whoever wanted to cross.

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia pledged to help Greece to deal with pressure along its border.

Speaking after meeting his counterparts from the other three countries, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said the situation was serious and the EU must protect its borders.

"We're ready to help," Babis said.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said his country was ready to deploy guards at the Greek-Turkish border, while his Slovak counterpart Peter Pellegrini said the growing number of migrants "poses a security threat not just for Greece."

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that there are some 130,000 migrants on the move that the EU has to stop on its borders, and that "Hungary will take an active role in doing so."

The four countries have been known for their tough stance against migrants and rejected an EU plan to redistribute refugees in member states.

Meanwhile, European Council head Charles Michel was meeting with Erdogan in Ankara Wednesday, while EU Vice President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic were holding talks with Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Erdogan, Borell said that the EU delegation asked Turkey "not to encourage the further movement of refugees and migrants toward the EU borders."

"We had the opportunity to express our understanding of the difficult situation Turkey is currently facing but also stressed that the current developments at the European borders is not leading to any solution," he said.

Borell also told reporters that Turkish officials' response was that Turkey was not encouraging people to move but that "they cannot prevent people from doing so."

Greek authorities said there were about 15,000 people along the Greek-Turkish land border on Wednesday. They said that between Saturday morning and Wednesday morning, they had blocked 27,832 attempts to cross the border, and had arrested a total of 220 people who managed to cross.

Ankara has come under harsh criticism from some European countries.

"The people are being used by President Erdogan as a political football, as weapons and as instruments of pressure on the European Union," Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Tuesday.

Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Elena Becatoros in Athens and Karel Janicek in Prague contributed to this report.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/03/hungary-poland-czech-republic-and-slovakia-pledge-to-help-greece-deal-with-border-crisis/

#8218191 at 2020-02-22 19:06:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10521: Vlad Putin Feelin' the Bern Edition

EU summit a total fail, no deal

BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders broke up a marathon budget summit without a deal Friday and their positions were still so far apart that they could not even decide when to meet again on the divisive issue.

After 28 hours of talks the leaders could not find a compromise, with a half dozen wealthy member states insisting they would not stump up more funds for the bloc's next long-term spending package, worth around one trillion euros ($1.1 trillion).

"The differences were simply too big," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "There is still a lot of work ahead of us."

What's at stake is whether leaders are ready to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to European policy ambitions. At the same time, amid poor economic growth, they cannot afford to give the impression to their home audiences that they are splashing out taxpayers' cash.

"As my grandmother said, to succeed you have to try," EU Council President Charles Michel said. It was not clear yet exactly when a new summit would be set.

"The work is going to have to continue in coming weeks and months," said French President Emmanuel Macron. "There have been some improvements but they're not good enough."

Beyond the problems of reconciling rich and poorer member states, the departure of Britain at the beginning of the month, which was a high contributor to the EU coffers, also made things tougher.

"It's a very difficult negotiation, especially after Brexit and the gap (of) between 60 and 75 billion euros," said Michel.

The so-called "Frugal Four" of Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, and a few others, believe the EU's 2021-2027 budget, which is meant to fund ambitious climate change and digital economy policies, should amount to 1% of the 27-nation trading bloc's gross national income.

On the other hand, many of the poorer member states and the European Parliament wanted to stick with a bigger budget of 1.3 percent.

"I can understand that when you're a prime minister in a country that has poor regions, infrastructures, I can understand that ... but when it comes to the percentage, I stand firm," Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters in Brussels.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said: "There is a way to get out of this. But not tonight."

The tussle over the seven-year budget is almost a tradition in the EU, with long meetings par for the course.

"In the past it was always such. We needed two or three summits. I am hopeful to get a new breakthrough next time," said Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

It is an issue though that cannot be pushed forward forever. Unlike national budgets, the EU's spending plan cannot be temporarily rolled over based on the terms of the previous seven-year package. The budget's legal basis would evaporate without an agreement.

From next year, funds to help poorer European regions would disappear and five countries that currently receive rebates - a return on their funds because they contribute more than they receive - would lose that money, and their contributions would "skyrocket," EU officials say.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2020/02/eu-summit-a-total-fail-no-deal/

#7976772 at 2020-01-31 13:42:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10209: Nigel Farage, Happy Brexit Day! Edition

We can change!' EU leaders vow to make sure it is 'better loved' with 'less red tape' to stop other countries following the UK out as the nation prepares for Brexit

Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel and David Sassoli penned a joint article to mark the moment of Brexit
They praised the UK for its 'creativity' and spoke of their 'fondness' for Britain but claimed 'size matters'
They argued that Britain will no longer wield the influence it had as a member of the bloc on the world stage
Speaking in Brussels today Ms von der Leyen told the UK that 'strength does not lie in splendid isolation'
She said she wants to have 'best possible' relationship with UK but would 'never be as good as membership'
Meanwhile, Britain's MEPs today left European Parliament in Brussels for final time ahead of Brexit deadline
Brexit Party MEPs marched out of building carrying a banner emblazoned with the words 'Brexodus Express'

'We want them to be keener about the European project and so our concern is to stop using jargon and to cut down the red tape,' he told a Brussels press conference.
In a joint newspaper article they had spoke of their 'fondness for the United Kingdom' and praised Britons for their 'creativity, ingenuity, culture, and traditions'.
But they could not resist putting the boot in as the UK prepares to leave the EU at 11pm tonight.
The trio suggested that on its own Britain will not be able to influence global affairs in the way that it has been able to as a member of the bloc.
They then used the press conference to double down on the jibe as Ms von der Leyen said 'strength does not lie in splendid isolation'.
Their hostility was in contract to an olive branch held out by Donald Tusk to his departing UK 'friends'.
Ahead of the historic moment at 11pm, the former European Commission president used an online message to say: 'We will always be a community. And no Brexit will ever change that.'
The comments came as Britain's MEPs left the European Parliament for the final time.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7951087/EU-leaders-deliver-bitter-parting-shot-Brexit-Britain-UK-MEPs-leave-European-Parliament.html

#7901858 at 2020-01-24 20:35:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10112: Peas n Carrots Over Peach Mint Edition

Boris Johnson and EU Chiefs Sign UK Withdrawal Agreement Heralding Historic Brexit Moment

The President of the European Commission, the head of the European Council, and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have signed the agreement governing the United Kingdom's withdrawal of the European Union, one of the final steps towards Brexit at the end of January.

New Commission president Ursula von der Leyen shared photographs of herself and European Council president Charles Michel signing the document - in blue ballpoint pens, an informal touch defying the normal global convention of signing treaties with real ink pens - Friday morning, overlooked in their task by a stern Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator.

The leather-bound, 600-page document was then rushed to London by diplomatic courier where it was signed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Downing Street, his official residence. The Prime Minister was photographed signing the document with a fountain pen. Noting the importance of the occasion, Mr Johnson said: "This signature heralds a new chapter in our nation's history."

Now the withdrawal agreement has been signed off by Britain's Parliament, having passed both houses and been made law by Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, by top Eurocrats von der Leyen and Michel, and by Prime Minister Johnson, the final step is for the document to be ratified by the European Parliament. While there are just seven days to go until the official Brexit date of January 31st, this is not expected to be voted on by MEPs until the last moment, as late as Thursday or Friday next week.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/01/24/eu-chiefs-boris-johnson-sign-uk-brexit-withdrawal-agreement/

#7525343 at 2019-12-16 19:27:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9626: I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN! Let'em have it!! Edition

Today Nancy Pelosi and SecDef Mark Esper were part of a contingent attending ceremony in Brussels to observe the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7797557/Nancy-Pelosi-Defense-Secretary-Mark-Esper-mark-75th-anniversary-Battle-Bulge.html

In pic related: U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, 2nd left, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, 3rd left, Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri, 4th left, Belgium's King Philippe, 5th left, Poland's President Andrej Duda, 6th left, European Council President Charles Michel, 4th right

Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde sat at the front of the rows of guests while German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier declared that 'the spirit of Europe is alive'.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda was also there, along with envoys from Britain, Canada and France.

Later, the convoy will cross the border to the Luxembourg Military Cemetery and Memorial in Hamm, Patton's final resting place.

There they will be received by Luxembourg's Grand Duke Henri and Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.

Anons, let us not forget Gen. Patton's immortal word: "NUTS"

#7513460 at 2019-12-15 13:55:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9610: When Does the B2 Bomb Drop?? Edition

>>7513458
>molten salt reactors
I ask because maybe
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50778001

However Poland, which is heavily reliant on coal, remains opposed and has been exempted for the time being.

European Council President Charles Michel admitted that it was more difficult for some countries and regions to adapt.

He said the EU would continue to work to convince Poland to support the deal.

Several eastern European countries wanted financial and other guarantees before they agreed to the EU cutting to zero its net amount of greenhouse gas emissions.

The Czech Republic and Hungary were brought on board after assurances that nuclear energy could be included in the final mix.

#6904836 at 2019-07-03 14:14:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8832: Happy Independence Day Eve! Edition

https://www.apnews.com/1de36a018ff84c698ce2748aaf2daa2d

Italian socialist Sassoli to be president of EU Parliament

Italian socialist David-Maria Sassoli was elected Wednesday to head the European parliament, completing the bloc's drawn-out and at times acrimonious appointment process for its top jobs.

In the second round of voting at the Strasbourg-based legislature, Sassoli received 345 votes, well over the absolute majority required of the 667 available.

Conservative Jan Zahradil from the Czech Republic got 160 votes, while the German Greens leader Ska Keller received 119 and the Spanish left-wing candidate Sira Rego trailed with 43.

The European Parliament has an array of powers within the EU including given its ascent to the others that EU leaders picked for its top jobs.

None are more important, perhaps, than deciding whether to back German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen as the next president of the EU's executive Commission president, replacing Jean-Claude Juncker.

On Tuesday, EU leaders also nominated Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel to lead the European Council, which brings together the leaders of the member states. And Frenchwoman Christine Lagarde was tapped to be president of the European Central Bank and Spain's Josep Borrell the bloc's foreign policy chief.

All were linked in one big compromise arrangement and voting down Sassoli would have upset the political balance of the drawn-out and complicated process.

Sassoli succeeds fellow Italian Antonio Tajani, an Italian EPP Christian Democrat who stepped down on Wednesday.

"You have a strong European Parliament standing by your side," said EPP parliamentary leader Manfred Weber, who is slated to take over in 2-1/2 years based on the leaders' top job agreement.

Sassoli, 63, is a journalist turned politician who has been in the European Parliament since 2009.

#6898801 at 2019-07-02 19:21:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8824: July 4th tanks in a row! Edition

EU EPP happenings

EU leaders pick Germany's Ursula von der Leyen to lead Commission

Belgian PM Charles Michel to lead Council, France's Lagarde to run European Central Bank.

"The Council's choice of von der Leyen may face stiff resistance in the European Parliament. To take effect, the nomination requires approval by an absolute majority of the Parliament's 751 members.

Von der Leyen is under a cloud of allegations of misspending and mismanagement of contracts back home, tied to the hiring of two consulting firms, McKinsey and Accenture."

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-european-leaders-pick-germany-defense-minister-ursula-von-der-leyen-to-lead-commission-Charles-Michel-council/

#6898246 at 2019-07-02 18:22:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8823: Something Big Is About To Happen pt 2 Edition

IMF's Lagarde Picked To Replace Mario Draghi As ECB President

Update: After three days of heated wrangling, the European Council has selected its nominees for four of the bloc's top jobs, breaking a troubling deadlock that had exposed the cracks in the status quo's facade. And the biggest surprise is that the consummate politician and connoisseur of Louis Vuitton handbags, Christine Lagarde, who is currently busy justifying the IMF's crisis fighting budget, has been picked to replace Mario Draghi whose term runs out on Oct 31.

According to the prime minister of Luxembourg, the European Council has nominated Charles Michel to stand for EU Council president, Ursula von der Leyen to lead the EU Commission, Joseph Borrell as high rep for foreign affairs and Lagarde to replace Mario Draghi at the ECB.

Though it's not a guarantee, Lagarde's nomination means it's incredibly likely that she will be confirmed to succeed Draghi. The new leaders of the some of the bloc's most important bodies will officially take over on Nov. 1.

Lagarde's nomination is a sign that the ECB is standing by its commitment to 'diversity' (though her background and views are extremely similar to Draghi's). The ECB had said it wanted a woman to lead the central bank, and now it appears extremely likely that will happen.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-02/uber-dove-lagarde-rumored-replace-mario-draghi-ecb-president

#6897770 at 2019-07-02 17:30:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8823: Something Big Is About To Happen pt 2 Edition

https://news.yahoo.com/eu-leaders-name-belgian-prime-170703107.html

EU LEADERS NAME BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER Charles Michel NEW EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT

#6806464 at 2019-06-21 14:16:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8706: Army Bringing the HEAT Edition

Belgian prime minister cited as a potential candidate to lead European Council

Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel was mentioned on Thursday in European circles as a potential successor to Poland's Donald Tusk at the helm of the European Council.

Tusk himself has reportedly mentioned the name of the Belgian liberal leader to heads of State and Government on the Council to know their feelings in that regard, according to the Politico news site,

Nominations for top European posts are on the agenda of the European leaders at a Thursday afternoon summit. The posts include the presidency of the European Commission and European Council, the management of the European Central Bank and the post of High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs.

The Liberal family, to which Charles Michel belongs, has been focusing above all on Denmark's Margrethe Vestager. She has a good chance of being elected to the presidency of the Commission, Liberal representatives say.

The possibility of the European leaders reaching an agreement on the nominations by Thursday night seemed slim, but not impossible.


https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/belgium-all-news/59078/Charles-Michel-cited-as-a-potential-successor-to-donald-tusk-at-european-council/

#6593315 at 2019-05-26 16:29:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8430: 404d Breads Edition

Belgium: far-right surge in national parliament elections

The far-right Flemish separatist party, the Vlaams Belang, looks set to make gains in Belgium's national parliament.

Belgium has also held a "Super Sunday" of European, national and regional elections. The results are expected to entrench divisions, with Dutch-speaking Flanders forecast to move right, while French-speaking Wallonia goes left.

According to partial results published by the Francophone national broadcaster, the Vlaams Belang is up 13% in the federal parliament, while the centre-right Flemish separatist party, the New Flemish Alliance, has increased its vote share by 6%.

The big loser appears to be the Francophone liberal party of prime minister Charles Michel. His Reformer Movement party is down 8.5% according to RTBF.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/may/26/european-elections-2019-results-eu-election-parliament-brexit-party-farage-tories-may-live

#6427567 at 2019-05-06 13:09:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8219: A New Day is Dawning Edition

Sign Language is Evil

Proverbs 6:12-15

God Hates The Wicked Man

A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;

(Non-verbal Communication)
Winking with his eyes,
Speaking his feet,
Teaching with his fingers;

Perversity is in his heart,
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.
Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;
He is quickly broken and there is no healing.

English Sign Language can be traced directly to Charles-Michel de l'Épée.

Charles-Michel de l'Épée was born to a wealthy family in Versailles, the seat of political power in what was then the most powerful kingdom of Europe. He studied to be a Catholic priest.

L'Épée then turned his attention toward charitable services for the poor, and, on one foray into the slums of Paris, he had a chance encounter with two young deaf sisters who communicated using a sign language. L'Épée decided to dedicate himself to the education and salvation of the deaf, and, in 1760, he founded a school. In line with emerging philosophical thought of the time, the Abbé de l'Épée came to believe that deaf people were capable of language and concluded that they should be able to receive the sacraments and thus avoid going to hell. He began to develop a system of instruction of the French language and religion. In the early 1760s, his shelter became the world's first free school for the deaf, open to the public.

Though L'Épée's original interest was in religious education, his public advocacy and development of a kind of "Signed French" enabled deaf people to legally defend themselves in court for the first time.

L'Épée died at the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789, and his tomb is in the Church of Saint Roch in Paris. Two years after his death, the National Assembly recognised him as a "Benefactor of Humanity" and declared that deaf people had rights according to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. In 1791, the Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets à Paris, which L'Épée had founded, began to receive government funding. It was later renamed the Institut St. Jacques and then renamed again to its present name: Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris. His methods of education have spread around the world, and the Abbé de l'Épée is seen today as one of the founding fathers of deaf education.

In English, the Abbé de L'Épée's system has been known as "Methodical Signs" and "Old Signed French" but is perhaps better translated by the phrase systematised signs. While L'Épée's system laid the philosophical groundwork for the later developments of Manually Coded Languages such as Signed English.

Both Charles-Michel de l'Épée and Adam Weishaupt studied to be Catholic priests.
How did the Illuminati build up their ranks sufficient enough to overthrow a country like France in less than 13 years?
Testing and training those you bring in to your NEW secret society to be subversive requires time.
Were the roots of the Illuminist system already working within France before the founding of the Iluminati in 1776?
Is the Illuminist System really the Catholic (Jesuit) System?

l'Épée ignored the Paris deaf communities existing system in order to create his Methodical Signs.
Was l'Épée designing his non-verbal communications system for the Illuminist/Catholic/Evil system to assist in their one world government anti-god goals?

Adam Weishaupt most likely copied an already existing system, working and in motion.
The English Sign Language system utilized l'Épée's work as a basis for its construction.

What forms of communication does YHYH use? Verbal and Written.
What forms of communication do YHYH's Messengers (Angels) use in order to bring God's word to people? Verbal and written.
God does not use sign language because it is Evil.
God's verbal and written word, your verbal and written word, an angels verbal and written word is contractually binding, while sign language is not contractually binding.
Sign Language is used to lead men away from YHYH.

What is Righteousness?

Deuteronomy 6:25
Then it is righteousness for us, if we are careful to OBEY ALL the commandments of YHYH our God, as He has instructed us.

Sign Language is Evil. Evil People can Go Piss Off.

#6120841 at 2019-04-10 15:13:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7827: Momentum Building... Nowhere to Hide Edition

EU to grant May a Brexit delay, with conditions

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but will argue over how long and on what terms as they struggle to end Britain's troublesome membership. French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing to withhold any commitment to extend Friday's deadline much beyond elections to the European Parliament on May 23-26 unless May binds herself, and any potentially more anti-EU successor, not to disrupt the workings of Brussels in the final months of Britain's membership.

But three weeks after Macron's impatience with France's historic cross-Channel rival dominated the last summit, when Brexit was put back by a fortnight, diplomats said he again will face a more cautious line from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said she favors an extension of "several months". Just two days before Britain will otherwise leave the bloc with no treaty to clarify legal matters and no transition to new trading arrangements, EU diplomats suggest the April 12 deadline will be pushed back. Other leaders, too, insist they will not force Britain out against its will and May has asked them to wait until June 30 as she seeks help from her Labour opponents to build an elusive majority in parliament behind her plan for leaving the EU.

Much will hang on how May handles her peers. "It is not certain there will be a delay and it is not certain what that would mean," Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said before hosting Macron and other leaders from Britain's neighbors at pre-summit talks to discuss how to cope with the disruption of a no-deal Brexit. Summit chair Donald Tusk has proposed a "flextension" of nine months to a year to give Britain time to end deadlock over parliament's refusal to ratify the treaty May agreed with the EU in November.

May has given herself an option to accept that by announcing she is ready to hold an election in Britain for EU lawmakers on May 23. If Britons do not vote, they must leave, deal or not, on June 1, according to a draft summit agreement seen by Reuters. Otherwise, Britain would leave as soon as it ratifies the deal, or without one when the extension ends.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu/eu-to-grant-may-a-brexit-delay-with-conditions-idUSKCN1RM0LX?il=0

#5424894 at 2019-02-28 01:01:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6935: Traditional America Edition

In the Netherlands, on 1 December, Yellow Vests demonstrated in Dutch cities. New demonstrations took place on 8 December, during which peaceful protesters crossed Rotterdam (Source: NL Times)

In Pakistan, hundreds of engineers organized a day of protest in Lahore with Yellow Vests (Source: Pakistan Today)

In Poland, December 12, a group of farmers blocked the A2 motorway 30 kilometers from Warsaw, claiming compensation for the pigs they were forced to slaughter (due to African swine fever) and protesting against the importation of untagged Ukrainian agricultural products from their country of origin. Agriculture Minister Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski met with protesters to explain that the government would meet all their demands (Source: New York Times)

In Portugal, on December 21, 2018, a gathering of Yellow Vests was organized under the slogan "Vamos Parar Portugal", which translates roughly as "Let's Stop Portugal" (Source: Euronews)

In Russia, on December 23, 2018, demonstrators wore yellow vests at a rally against the increase in parking fees in Moscow (Source: Kommersant)

In Serbia, a civil rights organization "Zdru?ena akcija Krov nad glavom" (translation: combined action, a roof over the head) began to use Yellow Vests as part of its demonstrations to oppose expulsion of a resident of Mirijevo district in Belgrade and to show solidarity and a common cause with the movement of French Yellow Vests (Source: N1 Info)

In Tunisia, a group derived, the Red Waistcoats, appeared on Facebook, calling for demonstrations against the economic situation of the country (Source: Independent)

The symbol was also used by protesters in the UK, Sweden and Greece (Source: BBC)

In Belgium, the "Yellow Vests" movement has been very active for one month.
Riot police in Brussels were hit by billiard balls and cobblestones on 30 November. She fought back with water cannons. 60 arrests have been made for disturbing public order (Source)

Several oil deposits were blocked in Wallonia on November 16, 2018 (Source). Some Belgian Yellow Vests have started to form a party for the Belgian federal elections planned in 2019 under the name of "Mouvement citoyen belge" (Source)

On December 8, protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Charles Michel tried to cross a riot fence, police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters. Protesters threw stones, flares and other items at police, hundreds of protesters were arrested (Source)

The media are careful not to talk about this global contagion of the "Yellow Vests" phenomenon. It should not that it motivates even more Yellow Vests French !! Charge to us to circulate this information.
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https://www.facebook.com/franceinfolibre/videos/381589062576504/

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#4842286 at 2019-01-21 04:01:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6181: Super Wolf Lousy Indian Feckless Griffin Edition

The Yellow Vest Movement Has Gone Global

The Yellow Vest anti-government movement started in France on November 17, when over 300,000 people across France protested a carbon tax on fuel that French President Emmanuel Macron touted as evidence of France's leadership when it comes to mitigating climate change. The Yellow Vest protests quickly evolved into a general anti-government movement - with hundreds of thousands of angry French citizens taking to the streets for ten straight weeks of mostly peaceful protests marked with pockets of violence, looting and mayhem.

What's more - the movement has gone worldwide - with perhaps the most notable protests outside France taking place in Belgium, where Brussels riot cops have dealt with week after week of protesters blocking oil depot and throwing hard objects at them. On December 8, Belgians attempted to breach a riot barricade while calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Charles Michel, resulting in around 100 arrests. And while most of the protests outside of France happened last month, this is a good list to note where discontent is mounting.

Bulgaria: Yellow Vests began protesting the same weekend as the French movement - coming out in force on November 16 to protest in front of parliament and demand the resignation of the government.
Canada: Yellow Vest protests have taken place in more than a dozen cities across Canada - largely campaigning against the carbon price, Canada's participation in the UN's Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the Trudeau administration and other issues.
Croatia: Croatians came out in force on December 15, gathering in Ban Jelacic Square.
Egypt: An Egyptian A lawyer was arrested and jailed for 15 days after he posted a picture of himself wearing a Yellow Vest in support of the French protests.
Finland: Finns came out in force in mid-December as well, gathering in front of Parliament in opposition to the UN's Global Migration pact.
Germany: Marching in solidarity with the French, German Yellow Vests similarly came out against the UN migration pact.
Iraq: Yellow Vests demonstrated in Basra, Iraq on December 5 to protest poor job opportunities among other things. They were reportedly fired upon with live ammunition by police.
Ireland: Hundreds of people gathered in the center of Dublin to protest the "perceived failures of the Government."
Israel: Yellow Vests held a rally at the Azrieli Centre Mall in Tel Aviv on December 14
Italy: There have been several ongoing Yellow Vest protests in Italy over the last several months, with some protesting the government's hard-line stance against illegal migrants, and other pro-government activists protesting against the EU. In January, Italy's ruling government came out in support of the Yellow Vest movement, which AFP noted was "extremely rare for European leaders to back anti-government protesters in a fellow member state."
Netherlands: The Dutch joined the party at the beginning of December, blocking roads, roundabouts and tollbooths.
Pakistan: Hundreds of engineers came out in December to protest government services and pay.
Poland: Polish Yellow Vests protested in November and December, blocking the A2 motorway outside of Warsaw, demanding compensation for pigs they were required to slaughter, as well as the import of unlabeled Ukrainian agricultural products.
Portugal: On 21 December 2018, a "Coletes Amarelos" or "Yellow Vest" rally was held under the slogan "Vamos Parar Portugal", roughly translating to "Let's Bring Portugal to a Halt".
Russia: Yellow Vests protested right before Christmas in Moscow's Hyde Park against increased parking fees. "I'm a driver with 20 years of experience, and I can understand that the authorities want to free the city and make it accessible to pedestrians," said resident Tamara Papuashvili, adding " it's just a disgrace. You can use the metro, but there are more and more people there, it just cannot cope."
Serbia: Civil rights organisation "Zdru?ena akcija Krov nad glavom" began using yellow vests in its protests to show solidarity with the French protesters, as well as opposition to high fuel prices. Serbians have protested for six weeks in a row.
Taiwan: The Tax and Legal Reform League which has been protesting against high taxes since 2016 organized a yellow vest march on December 19.
Tunisia: A derivative group, the Gilets Rouges (Red Vests), called for protests over the ailing economy.
United Kingdom: UK Yellow Vests are mostly right wing, pro-Brexit groups who have held rallies in London and other UK cities.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-20/yellow-vest-movement-has-gone-worldwide

#4808429 at 2019-01-18 20:26:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6137: Nancy and Chuck Love Bricks Edition

>>4808278
>Why did Mueller meet POTUS 1-day prior to FBI announcement if Mueller COULD NOT be offered director due to prev term limits rule?
Go over the ground rules of being SC.

>Why is Pelosi begging for a new special counsel?
Control and delay investigations.

>What is Pelosi's net worth?
$100M US +

>How was this obtained given salary as career official?
Rich husband, insider trading.

>Why is Pelosi's memory going?
Sicilian flu; when indicted, beg for medical confinement instead of prison.

>Could it protect against prosecution?
Only if she were found to be incapable of assisting in her own defense, and then she would be confined to a mental institution until such time as she could.

>How so?
See above.

>What if John M's surgery was fake?
It was.

>Why would this occur?
To provide an alternative narrative and be a carrot to force Songbird's swan song.

>What could this prevent potentially?
Continued living.

>What is the Mayo Clinic?
World renounced healthcare facility.

>Who sits on the BOD there?
Mayo Clinic trustees
Jay Alix
Linda G. Alvarado
Daniel J. Berry, M.D.
George W. Bilicic
Jeffrey W. Bolton, Vice President and CAO
Ursula M. Burns
Steven J. Buskirk, M.D.
Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D.
Richard K. Davis
Samuel A. Di Piazza Jr., Chair
Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., President and CEO
William W. (Bill) George
Bobbie S. Gostout, M.D., Vice President
Eddie L. Greene, M.D.
George C. Halvorson
Charles (Michel) M. Harper, M.D.
Lois E. Krahn, M.D., Interim Vice President, Mayo Clinic, CEO, Mayo Clinic in Florida
Paula E. Menkosky
Alan R. Mulally
Heidi Nelson, M.D.
Michael K. Powell
Cokie Roberts
Veronique L. Roger, M.D.
Kenneth L. Salazar
Eric E. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Randolph C. Steer, M.D., Ph.D.
Anne M. Sweeney
Kent R. Thielen, M.D., Vice President, Mayo Clinic, CEO, Mayo Clinic in Florida
Charles B. Tomm
Mary (Mary Jo) J. Williamson

#4791424 at 2019-01-17 16:30:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6115: No Clue for a Bread Title Almost an Ebake Edition

Davos 2019: World leaders you WON'T be seeing at WEF and WHY - Trump and May included
THE annual World Economic Forum will kick off in Davos next week with global political and business elites gathering to discuss the dangers facing the economy and environment in 2019.
By LEVI WINCHESTER
PUBLISHED: 14:49, Thu, Jan 17, 2019 | UPDATED: 14:56, Thu, Jan 17, 2019

Fears of a slowdown in economic growth linked to trade disputes, fractious international relations, and political uncertainty due to Brexit are set to dominate the January 22 to 25 Alpine meeting. As well as this, the environment will also take centerstage with concerns over climate change and man-made environmental disasters on the cards for discussion at this year's event. But a host of crises will keep several world leaders away from one of the biggest economic events in the calendar. Prime Minister Theresa May will not be attending the event as she battles to find a consensus on Brexit.

The Conservative party leader this week saw her divorce deal shot down in Parliament after being rejected in a landslide fashion of 432 votes to 202.

Mrs May then survived a subsequent vote of confidence, triggered by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in the face of the deal being rejected.

US President Donald Trump will also not be showing his face as he continues to grapple with the partial shutdown of his government with 800,000 federal employees ensnared in the drama and going without pay.

The US leader triggered the stand-off, the longest of its kind in recent history, after demanding $5.7 billion to fund a wall along the US-Mexico border, which Democrats oppose.

French President Emmanuel Macron will be staying at home as his country with the fallout from the so-called Yellow Vest protests dominating his current schedule.

The unrest was sparked in November by fuel tax reforms but it has developed into a broader movement against Mr Macron.

The sometimes-violent protests have continued despite a series of humiliating climbdowns by Mr Macron in a desperate bid to regain control.

It is currently uncertain if Russian leader Vladimir Putin will attend Davos after presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying "nothing is excluded" when asked if Putin will be heading to Switzerland.

But the WEF will not be short of political figures by any means, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz all on the guest list.

Also in attendance will be: Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

In terms of leaders outside of Europe, there will be: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Colombia Ivan Duque and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Prince William will also attend the event and is expected to interview Sir David Attenborough about "inspiring generations of people to become champions for nature".

Yesterday the WEF Global Risk Report warned of looming economic headwinds, in part due to geopolitical tensions among major powers.

The international organisation has raised concerns the world is "sleepwalking into a crisis" with global risks from political and economic tensions to climate change intensifying.

Borge Brende, president of the WEF said: "With global trade and economic growth at risk in 2019, there is a more urgent need than ever to renew the architecture of international cooperation."

He added: "What we need now is coordinated, concerted action to sustain growth and to tackle the grave threats facing our world today."

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/1073720/Davos-2019-World-Economic-Forum-Switzerland-finance-economy-Theresa-May-Donald-Trump

#4486863 at 2018-12-27 17:26:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5722: Anons Know Why Edition

Nationalists Surge After Belgian Govt Collapse Over Migrant Pact

Support for Belgium's two largest Flemish nationalist parties, who are both anti-mass migration, has exploded after the collapse of the government due to disagreements over the UN migrant pact.

When combined, the conservative New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) and the populist Vlaams Belang now account for a massive 42 percent of the vote in Flanders according to a poll released by Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad earlier this week Le Soir reports.

The poll was conducted just after the New Flemish Alliance resigned from the coalition government following their vocal opposition to the country signing the controversial UN migrant pact in Marrakech earlier this month. Shortly afterwards, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel offered his resignation to Belgian King Philippe.

While the N-VA expanded their support, Vlaams Belang, the Flemish populist party that sits in the same European Parliamentary group as Matteo Salvini's Lega and Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National (RN), doubled their support from six to twelve percent.

The UN migration pact, which led to the collapse of the Belgian coalition, has been rejected by several European Union member states including Austria, Hungary and the populist government of Italy who refused to sign the agreement saying that it would be voted on in the Italian parliament instead.

Even in countries where the government has been supportive of the agreement, such as France under President Emmanuel Macron, there have been severe criticisms of the pact. The populist Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement has made the pact one of its criticisms of the Macron government with members demanding France opt out of the agreement.

Macron has also faced opposition from current and former high ranking members of the French armed forces over the issue as well. Several French generals, along with former Defence Minister Charles Millon, signed a letter that referred to the French president as a "traitor" for signing the pact.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/27/nationalists-surge-after-belgian-govt-collapse-over-migrant-pact/

#4406201 at 2018-12-21 08:36:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5617: Pelosi Was Literally Shaking Edition

Resignations in the news today (part 1)


Resignations in the news 12/19/18

Franklin County Administrator announces resignation
https://wset.com/news/local/franklin-county-administrator-announces-resignation

Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5819496/belgian-pm-Charles-Michel-resigns/?cs=7576

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Los Angeles bishop accused of misconduct
https://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-me-ln-bishop-salazar-resignation-20181219-story.html

Southern Tompkins Town Talk: Longtime Newfield schools employee retires
https://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2018/12/20/s-tompkins-town-talk-longtime-newfield-schools-employee-retires/2356608002/

Top Cancer Doctor Resigns as Editor of Medical Journal
https://www.propublica.org/article/cancer-doctor-jos%C3%A9-baselga-resigns-as-editor-of-medical-journal

Southern Response chair resigns following spying revelations
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/378591/southern-response-chair-resigns-following-spying-revelations

Maury Co. SRO fired for allegedly using excessive force on middle school student
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/maury-co-sro-fired-for-allegedly-using-excessive-force-on-middle-school-student/1667279534

Gregory Burke Resigns as Executive Director of Remai Modern
http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/19/gregory-burke-resigns-executive-director-remai-modern/

SBPD officer faces firing; police mum on reason
https://www.wndu.com/content/news/SBPD-officer-faces-firing-police-mum-on-reason-503176211.html

Blythe Masters, Wall Street's best-known blockchain cheerleader, resigns from Digital Asset Holdings
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/19/blythe-masters-wall-streets-best-known-blockchain-cheerleader-resigns-from-digital-asset-holdings.html

Mutko resigns as president of Russian soccer federation
http://www.fox19.com/2018/12/19/mutko-resigns-president-russian-soccer-federation/

Knox County sheriff pleads guilty to sex crime, will resign
https://wgem.com/2018/12/19/charges-filed-against-knox-county-sheriff/

Former Elizabeth Borough Police Chief Resigned Over Drug Problem
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/12/19/elizabeth-borough-police-chief-drug-problem/

Castle Hills fire chief resigns after 1 year on the job
https://www.ksat.com/news/castle-hills-fire-chief-resigns-after-1-year-on-the-job

Portfolio Manager Michael Graves Resigns from Hedge Fund Unit Cubist
https://www.businessinsider.com/portfolio-manager-michael-graves-resigns-from-hedge-fund-unit-cubist-2018-12

2 GBI workers resign after taking photo with dismembered man
http://www.walb.com/2018/12/20/gbi-workers-resign-after-taking-photo-with-dismembered-man/

Goulburn MP Pru Goward reportedly retiring from politics
https://www.yasstribune.com.au/story/5820099/goulburn-mp-speaks-out-about-choice-to-retire-at-next-election/

LA bishop resigns 13 years after church learned of sex claim
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article223300585.html

Rep. Matt Manweller submits resignation letter amid sexual misconduct allegations
https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/rep-matt-manweller-submits-resignation-letter-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations/281-4448d20d-3910-41bc-b53a-b9c02b88b102

#4373763 at 2018-12-19 10:47:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5574: FREEDOM Caucus Edition

>>4373760

>>Dispute over migration brings down Belgian government

PM Charles Michel resigns after motion of no-confidence in his minority government

#4373760 at 2018-12-19 10:46:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5574: FREEDOM Caucus Edition

Belgium news

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/dispute-over-migration-brings-down-belgian-government-1.3736136?mode=amp


Dispute over migration brings down Belgian government
PM Charles Michel resigns after motion of no-confidence in his minority government

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/18/belgian-pm-Charles-Michel-resigns-no-confidence-motion

Belgium's government of four years has fallen on the issue of migration after the country's parliament rejected an appeal from prime minister, Charles Michel, for its support for a minority administration.

Michel was forced to offer his resignation to the King of the Belgians, Philippe, after the Socialist party, with support from the Greens, proposed a vote of no confidence in his administration.

The country is now braced for a snap election in January. The head of Michel's party said the opposition had rejected the government's "fair offer" in order to secure a political scalp.

"The Socialist opposition and Greens wanted a trophy and have it", said David Clarinval, chairman of the liberal Reform Movement party.

Following the departure of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the largest of the coalition government's four parties, Michel had appealed to the federal parliament to back a minority administration until the country held its general election next May.

Michel was seeking a "coalition of good will" to see him through until the poll of 26 May, warning that the country would be otherwise left rudderless for months should his government fall.

But in a dramatic day in the Belgian parliament, the Socialist party refused to countenance such a proposal.

During an evening sitting of the chamber, Michel told MPs in response that he would be offering his resignation to the King.

"My call did not convince," Michel said. "It was not heard. I have decided to resign and go to the King immediately."

In answer to calls for an early election, Michel refused, saying it would only lead to "stagnation for the whole of 2019".

As MPs applauded, the prime minister buttoned his waistcoat, picked up his briefcase, shook the hands of a number of government ministers, and left.

Michel was subsequently asked by the King to be a caretaker prime minister, with reduced powers, while parliament seeks to construct a new alliance of parties that can take the reins of power. It is expected that the talks with parties will take several days but that a election will be held in the new year.

The N-VA, a Flemish nationalist party with hardline views on immigration, walked out of the government earlier this month over Michel's signature to a UN migration pact providing for a common global approach to migrant flows.

The draft UN accord lays down 23 objectives to open up legal migration and better manage a global flow of 250 million people, 3% of the world population.

The US dropped out of talks on the pact last year and countries including Italy, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Australia have rejected it.


The deal is expected to be ratified at the UN headquarters in New York on 19 December.

#4369178 at 2018-12-19 02:07:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5569: Christmas Gift Exchange Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

Global
>>4308334 List of meme-friendly news sites for spreading the truth.
>>4282761 Anon's recap of Q's 12/12 Q&A

#5568
>>4368488 "Attacks will only intensify": summary of MSM faggotry for the day
>>4368531 ; >>4368591 Planefag Updates, including anti-sub P8's over northern FL
>>4368584 Clockfag Update
>>4368637 ; >>4368683 POTUS gives federal employees paid time off for Christmas Eve
>>4368867 Summary/refresher on "concrete"/Cemex digs
>>4369036 Senate passes prison reform bill
>>4369082 Incoming Democrats preparing bill intending to criminalize private gun sales
>>4369089 New WH tweet
>>4369121 #5568

#5567
>>4368300 New @DJT: Dems saying "loud and clear" don't want Concrete Wall
>>4367959, >>4368014, >>4368078 Comey's 'who cares?' contempt misjudges public's interest
>>4367931, >>4367994, >>4368036, >>4368121, >>4368155 Moar on #5564's mystery subpoena
>>4367777, >>4367880 The Righteous Spirit of Gen Flynn's God Quads BTFO's Concernfags
>>4367927 SPLC, 10 Soros-Backed Groups Join Letter Demanding Zuckerberg Resign
>>4368403 #5567

'#5566
>>4367127, >>4367185 AusAnon weighs in on lower fuel prices (and salty anon keks)
>>4367216, >>4367249, >>4367395, >>4367441 Heat up the Matzo, it's Kike vs. Kike!
>>4367011, >>4367117, >>4367011, >>4367235, >>4367268 Anons on Dersh's white flag
>>4366967, >>4366967 2nd Thot claims Pedo-Island's Epstein made her do sex on Dersh
>>4367660 #5566

#5565
>>4366552, >>4366577 US Anons remark on low gas prices in their area
>>4366749 MSM to NPC's: FUD FUD FUD! Muh Russia, Muh Missiles, Muh INF Treaty
>>4366432 Former US Archbishop Welcomes Invest'gn Of Abuse Claims Against Him
>>4366526, >>4366596, >>4366385, >>4366684 Q clock: POTUS's 12/18 twat --> DeVos Drop
>>4366205 Estonia detains eight in Danske Bank money-laundering case
>>4366187, >>4366159, >>4366239 $11B US pledged to MX (w/side of concernfaggin')
>>4366903 #5566

#5564
>>4365847, >>4365872, >>4365907 Foreign Corp. subpoena Court case ruling unsealed
>>4365417, >>4365431, >>4365764 On Ex-Sen. Intel Staffer James Wolfe's Confession
>>4365507 A Sampling of Unhinged NY Dem Sen. Kevin Parker's Doings
>>4365502 (OpEd link is unsauced): Digg on MI6 "spy-in-a-bag" Gareth Williams
>>4365493 Changing of the Guard on Intn'l Space Station -- space, bitches!
>>4365482, >>4365530, >>4365551 Anomaly in Hussein birth cert. plane death
>>4365400 Parody Song "Resist the Cult of Commies" -- Pepe the Guitarist!
>>4365397 300+ Migrants Surrender to Texas Border Patrol Agents in One Day
>>4366114 #5564

#5563
>>4365051 Bend the knee, goy! Israel boycott fight, Dems & spending debate
>>4365207, >>4365219, >>4365226 Boots-On-The-Ground Update from FrenchAnon
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365044, >>4365061, >>4365101, >>4365122, >>4365325 Moar Comey Transcripts
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038, >>4365272 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns bc Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm
>>4365367 #5563

Previously Collected Notables
>>4362987 #5560, >>4363755 #5561, >>4364521 #5562
>>4360663 #5557, >>4361533 #5558, >>4366302 #5559
>>4358410 #5554, >>4359150 #5555, >>4359945 #5556
>>4357754 #5551, >>4357029 #5552, >>4357639 #5553
>>4354508 #5548, >>4357041 #5549, >>4357036 #5550

Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536

#4368970 at 2018-12-19 01:55:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5568: Sides Approaching Escape Velocity Edition

Baker this was predicted 9 days ago but it played out as planned.

Migration row forces Belgian premier's resignation

AFP-December 18, 2018
Brussels (AFP) - Nationalist anger over migration brought down the Belgian government on Tuesday (18th of December), forcing Prime Minister Charles Michel to offer the king Philippe his resignation.

With only five months to go until planned legislative elections in May, in was not immediately clear whether King Philippe would accept Michel's sudden departure.

The palace said a decision is pending but a senior source told AFP the "most likely" outcome would be the crown asking Michel's government to handle the day-to-day business of government until the scheduled vote.

Having lost the backing of the Flemish nationalist N-VA on December 9, Michel had attempted to lead a minority government.

But on Tuesday, during a parliamentary debate, the liberal premier admitted defeat rather than face and probably lose a no confidence vote called by the left-wing and green opposition parties.

Michel, who took office in 2014, lost the backing of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) over his support for the UN migration pact, a cause celebre for European anti-immigration parties.

The resignation comes two days after demonstrations against the pact in central Brussels descended into scuffles, with police forced to use tear gas and water cannon to restore order.

After a debate in parliament where opposition parties refused to agree to vote on planned reforms on a case-by-case basis until the May 26 election, Michel announced he would quit.

"I have taken the decision to submit my resignation and it is my intention to go to see the king immediately," Michel said, jumping before lawmakers could push him with a motion of no confidence.

Afterwards, King Philippe received Michel but will hold further consultations before deciding whether to accept his resignation, the palace said in a statement.

Agriculture Minister Denis Ducarne of Michel's liberal MR party, criticised the left wing and green parties for risking "paralysis and crisis for our country" instead of cooperating.

Their support was needed because the N-VA, led by powerful Antwerp mayor Bart De Wever, had made political demands which Michel judged "unacceptable" – notably on constitutional changes.

The liberal premier has steadfastly defended the Marrakesh migration pact, saying it presented an "opportunity for better European and international cooperation."

The non-binding UN accord, which would promote a common global approach to migrant flows, was initially supported by all four parties in Belgium's coalition.

But the N-VA changed its mind in late October and pulled out of the coalition the day before Michel flew to Morocco to sign the deal, which has come under attack from populist leaders across Europe.

Michel had been holding together a delicate four-way coalition involving liberals, Flemish Christian Democrats and the N-VA, which wants a separate homeland in Flanders, and he could stumble on.

Sauce:
>https:// news.yahoo.com/migration-row-forces-belgian-premiers-resignation-220621848.html

#4368434 at 2018-12-19 01:23:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5568: Sides Approaching Escape Velocity Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

Global
>>4308334 List of meme-friendly news sites for spreading the truth.
>>4282761 Anon's recap of Q's 12/12 Q&A

#5567
>>4368300 New @DJT: Dems saying "loud and clear" don't want Concrete Wall
>>4367959, >>4368014, >>4368078 Comey's 'who cares?' contempt misjudges public's interest
>>4367931, >>4367994, >>4368036, >>4368121, >>4368155 Moar on #5564's mystery subpoena
>>4367777, >>4367880 The Righteous Spirit of Gen Flynn's God Quads BTFO's Concernfags
>>4367927 SPLC, 10 Soros-Backed Groups Join Letter Demanding Zuckerberg Resign
>>4368403 #5567

'#5566
>>4367127, >>4367185 AusAnon weighs in on lower fuel prices (and salty anon keks)
>>4367216, >>4367249, >>4367395, >>4367441 Heat up the Matzo, it's Kike vs. Kike!
>>4367011, >>4367117, >>4367011, >>4367235, >>4367268 Anons on Dersh's white flag
>>4366967, >>4366967 2nd Thot claims Pedo-Island's Epstein made her do sex on Dersh
>>4367660 #5566

#5565
>>4366552, >>4366577 US Anons remark on low gas prices in their area
>>4366749 MSM to NPC's: FUD FUD FUD! Muh Russia, Muh Missiles, Muh INF Treaty
>>4366432 Former US Archbishop Welcomes Invest'gn Of Abuse Claims Against Him
>>4366526, >>4366596, >>4366385, >>4366684 Q clock: POTUS's 12/18 twat --> DeVos Drop
>>4366205 Estonia detains eight in Danske Bank money-laundering case
>>4366187, >>4366159, >>4366239 $11B US pledged to MX (w/side of concernfaggin')
>>4366903 #5566

#5564
>>4365847, >>4365872, >>4365907 Foreign Corp. subpoena Court case ruling unsealed
>>4365417, >>4365431, >>4365764 On Ex-Sen. Intel Staffer James Wolfe's Confession
>>4365507 A Sampling of Unhinged NY Dem Sen. Kevin Parker's Doings
>>4365502 (OpEd link is unsauced): Digg on MI6 "spy-in-a-bag" Gareth Williams
>>4365493 Changing of the Guard on Intn'l Space Station -- space, bitches!
>>4365482, >>4365530, >>4365551 Anomaly in Hussein birth cert. plane death
>>4365400 Parody Song "Resist the Cult of Commies" -- Pepe the Guitarist!
>>4365397 300+ Migrants Surrender to Texas Border Patrol Agents in One Day
>>4366114 #5564

#5563
>>4365051 Bend the knee, goy! Israel boycott fight, Dems & spending debate
>>4365207, >>4365219, >>4365226 Boots-On-The-Ground Update from FrenchAnon
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365044, >>4365061, >>4365101, >>4365122, >>4365325 Moar Comey Transcripts
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038, >>4365272 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns bc Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm
>>4365367 #5563

#5562
>>4363881 rt pb >>4363796 Reports of Belgian government fallen
>>4363944 US pledges $5.8B in aid for Central America, $4.8B for southern Mexico
>>4363987 ; >>4364134 ; >>4364151 Dow Jones activity for the day: large drop after big increase throughout the day
>>4364033 Berkeley developing AI tool to combat "hate speech" on social media
>>4364047 Danish Minister for Migration: "Somalis go home and rebuild your country"
>>4364061 ; >>4364120 rt >>4364088 ; >>4364189 ; >>4364224 Planefag Posts, including CABAL31 and Q9 drone updates
>>4364264 Citibank loses $180M on loans to Asian hedge fund
>>4364293 House Oversight/Judiciary Committees release 2nd day of transcribed Comey interview
>>4364464 Reports of Macron losing support of French police owing to financial strains
>>4364521 #5562

#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (DHS drone)
>>4363233 ; >>4363467 WH Presser stream and summary
>>4363275 ; >>4363667 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
>>4363628 Wisconsin man gets 60 years for trafficking women and drugs
>>4363722 Lawfag analyzes Flynn sentencing hearing (speculation)
>>4363755 #5561


Previously Collected Notables
>>4362987 #5560
>>4360663 #5557, >>4361533 #5558, >>4366302 #5559
>>4358410 #5554, >>4359150 #5555, >>4359945 #5556
>>4357754 #5551, >>4357029 #5552, >>4357639 #5553
>>4354508 #5548, >>4357041 #5549, >>4357036 #5550
>>4351405 #5545, >>4352213 #5546, >>4352941 #5547

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#4367689 at 2018-12-19 00:46:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5567: Cryin' Like There's No Tomorrow Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

Global
>>4308334 List of meme-friendly news sites for spreading the truth.
>>4282761 Anon's recap of Q's 12/12 Q&A

'#5566
>>4367127, >>4367185 AusAnon weighs in on lower fuel prices (and salty anon keks)
>>4367216, >>4367249, >>4367395, >>4367441 Heat up the Matzo, it's Kike vs. Kike!
>>4367011, >>4367117, >>4367011, >>4367235, >>4367268 Anons on Dersh's white flag
>>4366967, >>4366967 2nd Thot claims Pedo-Island's Epstein made her do sex on Dersh
>>4367660 #5566

#5565
>>4366552, >>4366577 US Anons remark on low gas prices in their area
>>4366749 MSM to NPC's: FUD FUD FUD! Muh Russia, Muh Missiles, Muh INF Treaty
>>4366432 Former US Archbishop Welcomes Invest'gn Of Abuse Claims Against Him
>>4366526, >>4366596, >>4366385, >>4366684 Q clock: POTUS's 12/18 twat --> DeVos Drop
>>4366205 Estonia detains eight in Danske Bank money-laundering case
>>4366187, >>4366159, >>4366239 $11B US pledged to MX (w/side of concernfaggin')
>>4366903 #5566

#5564
>>4365847, >>4365872, >>4365907 Foreign Corp. subpoena Court case ruling unsealed
>>4365417, >>4365431, >>4365764 On Ex-Sen. Intel Staffer James Wolfe's Confession
>>4365507 A Sampling of Unhinged NY Dem Sen. Kevin Parker's Doings
>>4365502 (OpEd link is unsauced): Digg on MI6 "spy-in-a-bag" Gareth Williams
>>4365493 Changing of the Guard on Intn'l Space Station -- space, bitches!
>>4365482, >>4365530, >>4365551 Anomaly in Hussein birth cert. plane death
>>4365400 Parody Song "Resist the Cult of Commies" -- Pepe the Guitarist!
>>4365397 300+ Migrants Surrender to Texas Border Patrol Agents in One Day
>>4366114 #5564

#5563
>>4365051 Bend the knee, goy! Israel boycott fight, Dems & spending debate
>>4365207, >>4365219, >>4365226 Boots-On-The-Ground Update from FrenchAnon
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365044, >>4365061, >>4365101, >>4365122, >>4365325 Moar Comey Transcripts
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038, >>4365272 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns bc Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm
>>4365367 #5563

#5562
>>4363881 rt pb >>4363796 Reports of Belgian government fallen
>>4363944 US pledges $5.8B in aid for Central America, $4.8B for southern Mexico
>>4363987 ; >>4364134 ; >>4364151 Dow Jones activity for the day: large drop after big increase throughout the day
>>4364033 Berkeley developing AI tool to combat "hate speech" on social media
>>4364047 Danish Minister for Migration: "Somalis go home and rebuild your country"
>>4364061 ; >>4364120 rt >>4364088 ; >>4364189 ; >>4364224 Planefag Posts, including CABAL31 and Q9 drone updates
>>4364264 Citibank loses $180M on loans to Asian hedge fund
>>4364293 House Oversight/Judiciary Committees release 2nd day of transcribed Comey interview
>>4364464 Reports of Macron losing support of French police owing to financial strains
>>4364521 #5562

#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (DHS drone)
>>4363233 ; >>4363467 WH Presser stream and summary
>>4363275 ; >>4363667 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
>>4363628 Wisconsin man gets 60 years for trafficking women and drugs
>>4363722 Lawfag analyzes Flynn sentencing hearing (speculation)
>>4363755 #5561


Previously Collected Notables
>>4362987 #5560
>>4360663 #5557, >>4361533 #5558, >>4366302 #5559
>>4358410 #5554, >>4359150 #5555, >>4359945 #5556
>>4357754 #5551, >>4357029 #5552, >>4357639 #5553
>>4354508 #5548, >>4357041 #5549, >>4357036 #5550
>>4351405 #5545, >>4352213 #5546, >>4352941 #5547

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#4367386 at 2018-12-19 00:28:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5566: Dubbity Dubs Edition

Dec. 18 (UPI) – Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel gave his resignation to the king Tuesday after opponents called for a no-confidence vote amid a coalition shakeup over his migration policy.

King Philippe did not immediately make a decision on whether to accept Michel's resignation. If he does, the country will likely hold a snap election in January.

Michel's centrist government faced a collapse after the New Flemish Alliance withdrew from the coalition in opposition of an international migration pact. The prime minister was unable to gather enough support from other opposition groups to hold onto leadership.

Left-wing Socialist and Greens parties called for the vote of no confidence.

"The Socialist opposition and Greens wanted a trophy and have it," David Clarinval, chairman of the liberal Reform Movement Party, said, according to The Guardian.

The New Flemish Alliance holds a hardline stance on immigration and disagreed with Michel's support of a U.N. migration pact that provides an international response to handle the flow of migrants.


https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/12/18/Belgian-Prime-Minister-Michel-resigns/4201545175041/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

#4366934 at 2018-12-18 23:57:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5566: Dubbity Dubs Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

Global
>>4308334 List of meme-friendly news sites for spreading the truth.
>>4282761 Anon's recap of Q's 12/12 Q&A

#5565
>>4366552, >>4366577 US Anons remark on low gas prices in their area
>>4366749 MSM to NPC's: FUD FUD FUD! Muh Russia, Muh Missiles, Muh INF Treaty
>>4366432 Former US Archbishop Welcomes Invest'gn Of Abuse Claims Against Him
>>4366526, >>4366596, >>4366385, >>4366684 Q clock: POTUS's 12/18 twat --> DeVos Drop
>>4366205 Estonia detains eight in Danske Bank money-laundering case
>>4366187, >>4366159, >>4366239 $11B US pledged to MX (w/side of concernfaggin')
>>4366903 #5566

#5564
>>4365847, >>4365872, >>4365907 Foreign Corp. subpoena Court case ruling unsealed
>>4365417, >>4365431, >>4365764 On Ex-Sen. Intel Staffer James Wolfe's Confession
>>4365507 A Sampling of Unhinged NY Dem Sen. Kevin Parker's Doings
>>4365502 (OpEd link is unsauced): Digg on MI6 "spy-in-a-bag" Gareth Williams
>>4365493 Changing of the Guard on Intn'l Space Station -- space, bitches!
>>4365482, >>4365530, >>4365551 Anomaly in Hussein birth cert. plane death
>>4365400 Parody Song "Resist the Cult of Commies" -- Pepe the Guitarist!
>>4365397 300+ Migrants Surrender to Texas Border Patrol Agents in One Day
>>4366114 #5564

#5563
>>4365051 Bend the knee, goy! Israel boycott fight, Dems & spending debate
>>4365207, >>4365219, >>4365226 Boots-On-The-Ground Update from FrenchAnon
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365044, >>4365061, >>4365101, >>4365122, >>4365325 Moar Comey Transcripts
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038, >>4365272 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns bc Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm
>>4365367 #5563

#5562
>>4363881 rt pb >>4363796 Reports of Belgian government fallen
>>4363944 US pledges $5.8B in aid for Central America, $4.8B for southern Mexico
>>4363987 ; >>4364134 ; >>4364151 Dow Jones activity for the day: large drop after big increase throughout the day
>>4364033 Berkeley developing AI tool to combat "hate speech" on social media
>>4364047 Danish Minister for Migration: "Somalis go home and rebuild your country"
>>4364061 ; >>4364120 rt >>4364088 ; >>4364189 ; >>4364224 Planefag Posts, including CABAL31 and Q9 drone updates
>>4364264 Citibank loses $180M on loans to Asian hedge fund
>>4364293 House Oversight/Judiciary Committees release 2nd day of transcribed Comey interview
>>4364464 Reports of Macron losing support of French police owing to financial strains
>>4364521 #5562

#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (DHS drone)
>>4363233 ; >>4363467 WH Presser stream and summary
>>4363275 ; >>4363667 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
>>4363628 Wisconsin man gets 60 years for trafficking women and drugs
>>4363722 Lawfag analyzes Flynn sentencing hearing (speculation)
>>4363755 #5561

#5560 Baker Change
>>4362425 ; >>4362436 On the likely incoming "treason" narrative, including Anon speculation
>>4362657 Press briefing delay, "expect further delays"
>>4362666 MP's call for resignation of Lloyds Bank CEO
>>4362740 POTUS sends letter to Speaker of the House extending National Emergency re: Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (see >>4362811 for reference)
>>4362987 #5560


Previously Collected Notables
>>4360663 #5557, >>4361533 #5558, >>4366302 #5559
>>4358410 #5554, >>4359150 #5555, >>4359945 #5556
>>4357754 #5551, >>4357029 #5552, >>4357639 #5553
>>4354508 #5548, >>4357041 #5549, >>4357036 #5550
>>4351405 #5545, >>4352213 #5546, >>4352941 #5547

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#4366132 at 2018-12-18 22:57:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5565: Let (((Us))) Vet Your Bakers, Goy! Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

Global
>>4308334 List of meme-friendly news sites for spreading the truth.
>>4282761 Anon's recap of Q's 12/12 Q&A

#5564
>>4365847, >>4365872, >>4365907 Foreign Corp. subpoena Court case ruling unsealed
>>4365417, >>4365431, >>4365764 On Ex-Sen. Intel Staffer James Wolfe's Confession
>>4365507 A Sampling of Unhinged NY Dem Sen. Kevin Parker's Doings
>>4365502 (OpEd link is unsauced): Digg on MI6 "spy-in-a-bag" Gareth Williams
>>4365493 Changing of the Guard on Intn'l Space Station -- space, bitches!
>>4365482, >>4365530, >>4365551 Anomaly in Hussein birth cert. plane death
>>4365400 Parody Song "Resist the Cult of Commies" -- Pepe the Guitarist!
>>4365397 300+ Migrants Surrender to Texas Border Patrol Agents in One Day
>>4366114 #5564

#5563
>>4365051 Bend the knee, goy! Israel boycott fight, Dems & spending debate
>>4365207, >>4365219, >>4365226 Boots-On-The-Ground Update from FrenchAnon
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365044, >>4365061, >>4365101, >>4365122, >>4365325 Moar Comey Transcripts
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038, >>4365272 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns bc Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm
>>4365367 #5563

#5562
>>4363881 rt pb >>4363796 Reports of Belgian government fallen
>>4363944 US pledges $5.8B in aid for Central America, $4.8B for southern Mexico
>>4363987 ; >>4364134 ; >>4364151 Dow Jones activity for the day: large drop after big increase throughout the day
>>4364033 Berkeley developing AI tool to combat "hate speech" on social media
>>4364047 Danish Minister for Migration: "Somalis go home and rebuild your country"
>>4364061 ; >>4364120 rt >>4364088 ; >>4364189 ; >>4364224 Planefag Posts, including CABAL31 and Q9 drone updates
>>4364264 Citibank loses $180M on loans to Asian hedge fund
>>4364293 House Oversight/Judiciary Committees release 2nd day of transcribed Comey interview
>>4364464 Reports of Macron losing support of French police owing to financial strains
>>4364521 #5562

#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (DHS drone)
>>4363233 ; >>4363467 WH Presser stream and summary
>>4363275 ; >>4363667 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
>>4363628 Wisconsin man gets 60 years for trafficking women and drugs
>>4363722 Lawfag analyzes Flynn sentencing hearing (speculation)
>>4363755 #5561

#5560 Baker Change
>>4362425 ; >>4362436 On the likely incoming "treason" narrative, including Anon speculation
>>4362657 Press briefing delay, "expect further delays"
>>4362666 MP's call for resignation of Lloyds Bank CEO
>>4362740 POTUS sends letter to Speaker of the House extending National Emergency re: Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (see >>4362811 for reference)
>>4362987 #5560

#5559
>>4361911 Prosecutor: "The govt. has no reason to believe that Flynn 'committed treason'."
>>4361828 More attacks on our beloved memes.
>>4361863 Pentagon ready to 'admit problem' of rampant Special Forces crimes
>>4361625 More details on the closing of Trump's charity.
>>4361799 The additional information given to judge Sullivan prompts a change of heart.
>>4361658 Non State Actor releases it all?
>>4361644 What kind of info will be last minute included for the judge to see?
>>4361641 WH Tweet: Space Combatant Command.


Previously Collected Notables
>>4360663 #5557, >>4361533 #5558
>>4358410 #5554, >>4359150 #5555, >>4359945 #5556
>>4357754 #5551, >>4357029 #5552, >>4357639 #5553
>>4354508 #5548, >>4357041 #5549, >>4357036 #5550
>>4351405 #5545, >>4352213 #5546, >>4352941 #5547

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#4365369 at 2018-12-18 21:48:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5564: Strategy Requires Patience Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

Global
>>4308334 List of meme-friendly news sites for spreading the truth.
>>4282761 Anon's recap of Q's 12/12 Q&A

#5563
>>4365051 Bend the knee, goy! Israel boycott fight, Dems & spending debate
>>4365207, >>4365219, >>4365226 Boots-On-The-Ground Update from FrenchAnon
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365044, >>4365061, >>4365101, >>4365122, >>4365325 Moar Comey Transcripts
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038, >>4365272 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns bc Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm
>>4365319 #5563

#5562
>>4363881 rt pb >>4363796 Reports of Belgian government fallen
>>4363944 US pledges $5.8B in aid for Central America, $4.8B for southern Mexico
>>4363987 ; >>4364134 ; >>4364151 Dow Jones activity for the day: large drop after big increase throughout the day
>>4364033 Berkeley developing AI tool to combat "hate speech" on social media
>>4364047 Danish Minister for Migration: "Somalis go home and rebuild your country"
>>4364061 ; >>4364120 rt >>4364088 ; >>4364189 ; >>4364224 Planefag Posts, including CABAL31 and Q9 drone updates
>>4364264 Citibank loses $180M on loans to Asian hedge fund
>>4364293 House Oversight/Judiciary Committees release 2nd day of transcribed Comey interview
>>4364464 Reports of Macron losing support of French police owing to financial strains
>>4364521 #5562

#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (DHS drone)
>>4363233 ; >>4363467 WH Presser stream and summary
>>4363275 ; >>4363667 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
>>4363628 Wisconsin man gets 60 years for trafficking women and drugs
>>4363722 Lawfag analyzes Flynn sentencing hearing (speculation)
>>4363755 #5561

#5560 Baker Change
>>4362425 ; >>4362436 On the likely incoming "treason" narrative, including Anon speculation
>>4362657 Press briefing delay, "expect further delays"
>>4362666 MP's call for resignation of Lloyds Bank CEO
>>4362740 POTUS sends letter to Speaker of the House extending National Emergency re: Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (see >>4362811 for reference)
>>4362987 #5560

#5559
>>4361911 Prosecutor: "The govt. has no reason to believe that Flynn 'committed treason'."
>>4361828 More attacks on our beloved memes.
>>4361863 Pentagon ready to 'admit problem' of rampant Special Forces crimes
>>4361625 More details on the closing of Trump's charity.
>>4361799 The additional information given to judge Sullivan prompts a change of heart.
>>4361658 Non State Actor releases it all?
>>4361644 What kind of info will be last minute included for the judge to see?
>>4361641 WH Tweet: Space Combatant Command.

#5558
>>4361361 POTUS and WH both tweeted Space Force video.
>>4361173 Flynn pleading guilty to hide his cooperation?
>>4361063 Trump admin to classify bump stocks as 'machine guns'.
>>4360818 Reported updates on Flynn's sentencing from Sr. Politico reporter on the scene.
>>4361533 #5558

Previously Collected Notables
>>4360663 #5557
>>4358410 #5554, >>4359150 #5555, >>4359945 #5556
>>4357754 #5551, >>4357029 #5552, >>4357639 #5553
>>4354508 #5548, >>4357041 #5549, >>4357036 #5550
>>4351405 #5545, >>4352213 #5546, >>4352941 #5547

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#4365367 at 2018-12-18 21:48:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5563: Comey Interview: Part 2 Edition

#5563
>>4365051 Bend the knee, goy! Israel boycott fight, Dems & spending debate
>>4365207, >>4365219, >>4365226 Boots-On-The-Ground Update from FrenchAnon
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365044, >>4365061, >>4365101, >>4365122, >>4365325 Moar Comey Transcripts
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038, >>4365272 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns bc Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm

baking

#4365319 at 2018-12-18 21:44:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5563: Comey Interview: Part 2 Edition

#5563
>>4365051 Bend the knee, goy! Israel boycott fight, Dems & spending debate
>>4365207, >>4365219, >>4365226 Boots-On-The-Ground Update from FrenchAnon
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365061 Transcripts: Comey dogs Hussein,
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038, >>4365272 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns bc Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm

baking soon

#4365272 at 2018-12-18 21:41:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5563: Comey Interview: Part 2 Edition

>>4365038
NOT in notables, not THIS article.
However, it's quite brief. Try this one:

Belgian premier nixes early polls, then submits resignation

BRUSSELS
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel submitted his resignation Tuesday amid pressure on his government after the biggest party in his coalition quit over his support for a United Nations compact on international migration.

"I am taking the decision to offer my resignation. I am now going to see the king" to inform him," Michel told Belgian lawmakers.

The lawmakers had been demanding that he submit his new minority government to a confidence vote, but Michel refused and a confrontation this week seemed likely.

Michel tried to convince them of the reshaped government's plans and said he would be ready to work with the opposition, but his overtures were rejected. His 2019 budget was among the sensitive topics up for debate.

Some in the assembly pushed for an election to be held before the regularly scheduled one in May. Michel again refused, saying it would only lead to "stagnation for the whole of 2019."

As lawmakers applauded, he picked up his briefcase, shook the hands of a number of government ministers, and left. Michel made no comment to reporters upon entering and leaving Belgian King Philippe's residence, the Palace of Laeken in Brussels.

The king holds a largely symbolic role in Belgium but becomes a pivotal figure after inconclusive elections or disputes like the current one require the formation of new governments.

In a tweet, the Royal Palace said Philippe had received Michel and was "withholding his decision" about what steps to take next. It was not immediately clear whether the king had accepted the resignation the prime minister tendered on behalf of himself and his government.

Michel could be invited to lead a caretaker government until consultations with other party leaders can be held.

The right-wing N-VA party quit the government after Michel sought parliamentary approval to support the U.N. compact against its wishes, branding his minority government "the Marrakech coalition," after the city where the migration treaty was signed just over a week ago.

The accord is non-binding, but the N-VA said it still went too far and would give even migrants who were in Belgium without authorization many additional rights.

The party launched an in-your-face social media campaign against the compact, featuring pictures of Muslim women with their faces covered and claiming that the accord focused on allowing migrants to retain the cultural practices of their homelands. But it quickly withdrew the materials after the campaign received widespread criticism.

A number of governments refused to sign the U.N. Global Compact Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. They included the United States, but also a group of European Union countries, among them Austria which holds the EU's rotating presidency until Dec. 31.

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/business/article223264680.html

#4365262 at 2018-12-18 21:40:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5563: Comey Interview: Part 2 Edition

BRUSSELS OUT Belgian prime minister Charles Michel resigns over migrant crisis days after riots rocked Brussels
Earlier this week, cops fired water cannons and tear gas at protesters outside the EU headquarters

BELGIAN Prime Minister Charles Michel has resigned days after his migrant stance caused riots in the streets of Brussels.

Michel stepped down after he was pressured by the biggest party in his coalition to quit support for the UN pact.

Belgium's PM Charles Michel has resigned after his support for the UN migrant pact caused riots
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8011451/belgium-prime-minister-Charles-Michel-resigns/

#4365205 at 2018-12-18 21:36:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5563: Comey Interview: Part 2 Edition

Notes so far
lemme know what needs changed/added. ty!
#5563
>>4365075 Kavanaugh ethics complaint dismissed
>>4365001, >>4365066, >>4365074 Anons talk high strategy re: the plan/board
>>4365061 Transcripts: Comey dogs Hussein,
>>4364881 USSS guy that helped seized-out HRC into her black van is dead
>>4364978 Sweden: Now as vibrant as a "gangster movie!"
>>4364752, >>4365038 Belgium's PM Charles Michel Resigns Under Pressure
>>4364798, >>4364947 Digg/Discussion on Belgium's involvement w/CP
>>4364648 Oz: Canberra ZOG'd by ice (meth) addiction/sex-exploit'n of kids
^^^ Baker change ^^^
>>4364646 DoD retweets that it's ready for a storm


>>4365063
Gotcha, thanks baker!

#4364925 at 2018-12-18 21:13:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5563: Comey Interview: Part 2 Edition

>>4363796 prev bread

This appears to confirm the Belgian government has fallen.

A benevolent monarch is a vast improvement over unelected non-representation in the EU.

http://royalcentral.co.uk/?p=113152

On Tuesday evening, the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel offered the resignation of the government to King Philippe. His Majesty has decided to keep his decision in deliberation.

Last week King Philippe accepted the resignation of one party of the government, N-VA. The government then continued as a minority government with the remaining parties MR, Open VLD and CD&V. Coalition partner N-VA left the government after a dispute over a Migration pact.

Prime Minister Charles Michel tried to find the necessary support for his minority government in parliament. This evening it became clear that he was unable to convince the other parties to have confidence in him. The socialists (SP.A) and greens (Groen & ECOLO) filed for a motion of no confidence tonight. The Prime Minister then had 48 hours to find partners for his minority government. However Prime Minister Michel decided to hand in the resignation of the government.

After making the announcement in parliament, Prime Minister Michel drove to the Castle of Laeken where he was received by King Philippe. It was rather unusual that the monarch received the PM at his private residence, the Castle of Laeken for political talks instead of the Palace of Brussels. This was, however, because it was a very last minute decision and King Philippe was already at home, probably enjoying some family time.

According to the Constitution, the Prime Minister has to ask the King to accept the resignation of the government. At that point, King Philippe had three options. First, he could deny the resignation if the King thought the Prime Minister would be able to sort things out and find a majority government. Second, he could accept the resignation which would result in the minority government continuing until the next elections (in May) but they could not make new decisions, only finishing what they started. Or this could also result in new elections but only if the parliament votes an additional motion of no confidence. Or third, he could keep his decision in deliberation.

Only an hour after Prime Minister Michel arrived at the Castle, the King announced that he would keep his decision in deliberation. The King will keep the decision in deliberation for a couple of days. As of tomorrow, His Majesty will consult the various party leaders. After the various consultations he will make a decision of what is to come. This will be King Philippe's most important decision so far in his five years of reigning.

It is expected that the King will accept the resignation of the government and that the minority government will continue working until the next elections in May 2019. However, in politics, a lot of things can change in a short amount of time.

#4364563 at 2018-12-18 20:40:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5563: Comey Interview: Part 2 Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

Global
>>4308334 List of meme-friendly news sites for spreading the truth.
>>4282761 Anon's recap of Q's 12/12 Q&A

#5562
>>4363881 rt pb >>4363796 Reports of Belgian government fallen
>>4363944 US pledges $5.8B in aid for Central America, $4.8B for southern Mexico
>>4363987 ; >>4364134 ; >>4364151 Dow Jones activity for the day: large drop after big increase throughout the day
>>4364033 Berkeley developing AI tool to combat "hate speech" on social media
>>4364047 Danish Minister for Migration: "Somalis go home and rebuild your country"
>>4364061 ; >>4364120 rt >>4364088 ; >>4364189 ; >>4364224 Planefag Posts, including CABAL31 and Q9 drone updates
>>4364264 Citibank loses $180M on loans to Asian hedge fund
>>4364293 House Oversight/Judiciary Committees release 2nd day of transcribed Comey interview
>>4364464 Reports of Macron losing support of French police owing to financial strains
>>4364521 #5562

#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (DHS drone)
>>4363233 ; >>4363467 WH Presser stream and summary
>>4363275 ; >>4363667 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
>>4363628 Wisconsin man gets 60 years for trafficking women and drugs
>>4363722 Lawfag analyzes Flynn sentencing hearing (speculation)
>>4363755 #5561

#5560 Baker Change
>>4362425 ; >>4362436 On the likely incoming "treason" narrative, including Anon speculation
>>4362657 Press briefing delay, "expect further delays"
>>4362666 MP's call for resignation of Lloyds Bank CEO
>>4362740 POTUS sends letter to Speaker of the House extending National Emergency re: Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (see >>4362811 for reference)
>>4362987 #5560

#5559
>>4361911 Prosecutor: "The govt. has no reason to believe that Flynn 'committed treason'."
>>4361828 More attacks on our beloved memes.
>>4361863 Pentagon ready to 'admit problem' of rampant Special Forces crimes
>>4361625 More details on the closing of Trump's charity.
>>4361799 The additional information given to judge Sullivan prompts a change of heart.
>>4361658 Non State Actor releases it all?
>>4361644 What kind of info will be last minute included for the judge to see?
>>4361641 WH Tweet: Space Combatant Command.

#5558
>>4361361 POTUS and WH both tweeted Space Force video.
>>4361173 Flynn pleading guilty to hide his cooperation?
>>4361063 Trump admin to classify bump stocks as 'machine guns'.
>>4360818 Reported updates on Flynn's sentencing from Sr. Politico reporter on the scene.
>>4361533 #5558

#5557
>>4360587 Anon gives some insight into the psychological machinations of this operation.
>>4360152 Soulless sock puppet projects his own spiritual inadequacy.
>>4360128 New reports from "respected" university Oxford try to reinforce "muh Russia" as a global scapegoat.
>>4360100, >>4360639 Fresh, but not too fresh, Huber memes.
>>4360083 NY AG forces one of the few honest charities to close.
>>4360082 POTUS Schedule: WH press briefing with Sara Sanders @ 1:30 ET.
>>4360078, >>4360077 Live courthouse stakeout for Flynn's sentencing.
>>4360034, >>4360034 WH reportedly willing to compromise on budge to avert partial shutdown.
>>4360663 #5557

Previously Collected Notables
>>4358410 #5554, >>4359150 #5555, >>4359945 #5556
>>4357754 #5551, >>4357029 #5552, >>4357639 #5553
>>4354508 #5548, >>4357041 #5549, >>4357036 #5550
>>4351405 #5545, >>4352213 #5546, >>4352941 #5547

Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536

#4363802 at 2018-12-18 19:44:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5562: The 40,000 Ft. View Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

Global
>>4308334 List of meme-friendly news sites for spreading the truth.
>>4282761 Anon's recap of Q's 12/12 Q&A

#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (DHS drone)
>>4363233 ; >>4363467 WH Presser stream and summary
>>4363275 ; >>4363667 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
>>4363628 Wisconsin man gets 60 years for trafficking women and drugs
>>4363722 Lawfag analyzes Flynn sentencing hearing (speculation)
>>4363755 #5561

#5560 Baker Change
>>4362425 ; >>4362436 On the likely incoming "treason" narrative, including Anon speculation
>>4362657 Press briefing delay, "expect further delays"
>>4362666 MP's call for resignation of Lloyds Bank CEO
>>4362740 POTUS sends letter to Speaker of the House extending National Emergency re: Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (see >>4362811 for reference)
>>4362987 #5560

#5559
>>4361911 Prosecutor: "The govt. has no reason to believe that Flynn 'committed treason'."
>>4361828 More attacks on our beloved memes.
>>4361863 Pentagon ready to 'admit problem' of rampant Special Forces crimes
>>4361625 More details on the closing of Trump's charity.
>>4361799 The additional information given to judge Sullivan prompts a change of heart.
>>4361658 Non State Actor releases it all?
>>4361644 What kind of info will be last minute included for the judge to see?
>>4361641 WH Tweet: Space Combatant Command.

#5558
>>4361361 POTUS and WH both tweeted Space Force video.
>>4361173 Flynn pleading guilty to hide his cooperation?
>>4361063 Trump admin to classify bump stocks as 'machine guns'.
>>4360818 Reported updates on Flynn's sentencing from Sr. Politico reporter on the scene.
>>4361533 #5558

#5557
>>4360587 Anon gives some insight into the psychological machinations of this operation.
>>4360152 Soulless sock puppet projects his own spiritual inadequacy.
>>4360128 New reports from "respected" university Oxford try to reinforce "muh Russia" as a global scapegoat.
>>4360100, >>4360639 Fresh, but not too fresh, Huber memes.
>>4360083 NY AG forces one of the few honest charities to close.
>>4360082 POTUS Schedule: WH press briefing with Sara Sanders @ 1:30 ET.
>>4360078, >>4360077 Live courthouse stakeout for Flynn's sentencing.
>>4360034, >>4360034 WH reportedly willing to compromise on budge to avert partial shutdown.
>>4360663 #5557

#5556 Baker Change
>>4359823 Drudge: Flynn sentencing a "keystone moment."
>>4359771, >>4359770, >>4359779 Rep. Martha McSally appointed to open Arizona Senate seat.
>>4359668 Court events and Q post connections.
>>4359579 Melania Tweet: Official 2018 Christmas portrait.
>>4359438 US reportedly no longer seeking regime change in Syria: envoy.
>>4359542 White House announces a rare press briefing at 1:30pm EST.
>>4359564 White House trolling Obama. Kek.
>>4359567 More insight into Flynn's role as the Keystone.
>>4359591 President Trump issues order creating new space command.
>>4359355 National registry of exonerations.
>>4359306, >>4359496, >>4359541, >>4359807 Flynn supporters show their support outside of the US District Court in DC.
>>4359945 #5556

Previously Collected Notables
>>4358410 #5554, >>4359150 #5555,
>>4357754 #5551, >>4357029 #5552, >>4357639 #5553
>>4354508 #5548, >>4357041 #5549, >>4357036 #5550
>>4351405 #5545, >>4352213 #5546, >>4352941 #5547

Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536

#4363755 at 2018-12-18 19:41:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5561: Flynn Edition

Notables Bun
#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (not AF1)
>>4363233 ; >>4363467 WH Presser stream and summary
>>4363275 ; >>4363667 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns
>>4363628 Wisconsin man gets 60 years for trafficking women and drugs
>>4363722 Lawfag analyzes Flynn sentencing hearing (speculation)

#4363682 at 2018-12-18 19:36:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5561: Flynn Edition

>>4363667
Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced his immediate resignation after a no-confidence motion was tabled against his government.

#4363452 at 2018-12-18 19:22:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5561: Flynn Edition

Notables Dough
#5561
>>4363107 ; >>4363130 ; >>4363197 Penny Marshall (once-wife of Rob Reiner) dead at 75
>>4363120 ; >>4363133 Syria Update
>>4363178 ; >>4363279 ; >>4363414 Planefag Updates re: heightened military activity, "CABAL31" callsign @40000 ft., and Q9 (not AF1)
>>4363233 WH Presser stream
>>4363275 Belgian PM Charles Michel resigns

#4333124 at 2018-12-16 11:35:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5522: Full Speed Ahead And Damn the Shills Edition

Anti-immigration protesters take to the streets of Brussels on Sunday, December 16, to decry the UN Migration Pact and its adoption by the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel. A counter-protest is expected.

#4321122 at 2018-12-15 14:28:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5506: Titanic revisited Edition

LIVE: Anti-government protest hits Brussels

A protest against the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel takes place in Brussels on Saturday, December 15.

Hundreds were arrested last Saturday in Brussels in a protest inspired by the Yellow Vest movement, with demonstrations against the current government and the high cost of living leading to violent clashes with police.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6ea1vjz04Q

#4240852 at 2018-12-10 17:35:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5402: Melania Monday Edition

Belgian Government Collapses Over UN Migration Pact

The Belgian government has split apart after Prime Minister Charles Michel ignored the objections of his ruling coalition's biggest party and insisted he would sign the UN migration pact.

The Flemish nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party quit the government following crisis talks over the weekend, prompting Michel to announce he would travel to Marrakesh to sign the controversial compact representing a minority government.

Stepping down as interior minister on Sunday, the N-VA's Jan Jambon told local media "I think that, formally speaking, we are stepping down. We said that if the coalition goes to Marrakesh, it will be without us."

The patriotic party had previously produced a list of 30 objections to signing the so-called Global Compact on Safe and Orderly Migration including a lack of differentiation between illegal and legal flows, and questions over whether the agreement, which declares mass immigration to be "inevitable, desirable and necessary", could have a chilling effect on objective journalism.

Vice Prime Minister Alexander De Croo rebuffed the N-VA for branding the parties set to sign Belgium up to the UN document as a 'Marrakesh coalition', asserting that ministers will continue to have "firm but humane" migration policies because "no one in this government wants to pursue open [borders]".

Pro-mass migration NGOs and left-wing politicians rejoiced on Sunday, however, after it was announced N-VA immigration minister, Theo Franken, would be replaced by the liberal health minister, Maggie De Block, as she immediately announced she would seek to abolish quotas limiting the number of asylum applications to 50 per day.

Green party chairman and UN compact advocate Meyrem Almaci, who has been fiercely critical of N-VA's previous influence on Belgian immigration policy, celebrated the reshuffle on social media, tweeting that De Block's appointment was a victory for "humanity".

Kati Verstrepen, head of the left-wing NGO League for Human Rights, praised the "political courage" of Michel and the parties which backed the agreement, commenting that their support for the pact shows they "are of the opinion that human rights must be the guiding principle when devising immigration policy".

In recent weeks a growing list of countries, some of the most recent of which include Italy, Slovakia, and Latvia, have pulled out of the global compact before it is due to be formally ratified on December 10-11.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/10/belgian-government-un-migration-pact/

#4240326 at 2018-12-10 16:43:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5401: When You Have Shills, Make Sausage Edition

UN migration pact: Belgian government loses majority after agreeing to sign

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel relaunched his government on Sunday as a minority administration after the biggest party in his coalition quit in a dispute over signing the U.N. migration compact.

Michel met King Philippe to remold his government as a three-party coalition of his French-speaking liberal MR and two Flemish parties, the center-right CD&V and Open VLD, after the departure of the Flemish N-VA following four years together.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4746558/un-migration-compact-belgium-government/

#4239971 at 2018-12-10 16:10:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5401: When You Have Shills, Make Sausage Edition

The Belgian government has split apart after Prime Minister Charles Michel ignored the objections of his ruling coalition's biggest party and insisted he would sign the UN migration pact.
The Flemish nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party quit the government following crisis talks over the weekend, prompting Michel to announce he would travel to Marrakesh to sign the controversial compact representing a minority government.

Stepping down as interior minister on Sunday, the N-VA's Jan Jambon told local media "I think that, formally speaking, we are stepping down. We said that if the coalition goes to Marrakesh, it will be without us."
…
In recent weeks a growing list of countries, some of the most recent of which include Italy, Slovakia, and Latvia, have pulled out of the global compact before it is due to be formally ratified on December 10-11.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/10/belgian-government-un-migration-pact/

#4238957 at 2018-12-10 14:15:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5400: Cash On The Tarmac Edition

UN members adopt immigration pact rejected by US, official says

A majority of United Nations states voted to adopt a nonbinding global immigration pact on Monday, Morocco's foreign minister said.

Nearly 30 fewer governments joined the pact than had worked on crafting it, according to the minister, Nasser Bourita, Reuters reports.

There was no formal vote on the matter.

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was signed by every U.N. member except for the U.S. in July.

The agreement has come under fire by advocates of stricter immigration policy and national sovereignty.

The Trump administration said that the global approach to immigration does not work in the best interest of the United States.

At least six European Union members, most of which were at one point in the Soviet Union, have spurned the pact, according to Reuters.

On Sunday Chile also pulled out from the agreement, as Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel saw the biggest party in his coalition resign over the accord.

Austria, the government that holds the U.N. presidency, withdrew in November as well.

The Austrian delegates said the pact would blur the line between legal and illegal immigration, compromising its own immigration policies and endangering national security.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/420520-un-members-adopt-immigration-compact-official-says

#4230807 at 2018-12-09 22:14:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5389: Smells Like Victory Edition

Divided nations: UN migration pact sows discord as states turn away & face domestic tensions

An international agreement on how to deal with the global migration crisis is to be approved on Monday, but some are already calling it 'dead' as countries try to ditch the deal that prompted domestic political turmoil.

The United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, slated to be approved in Morocco, will be the first such UN agreement to be inter-governmentally negotiated to cover all areas of international migration.

The pact, drafted in response to the 2015 refugee crisis, aims to set out a "a common understanding, shared responsibilities and unity of purpose regarding migration," laying out a vision in 23 objectives.

While it might seem that such a description would perhaps bring countries together, it appears to be doing just the opposite. Some nations have directly said they won't be part of it, while participating nations have seen protests from citizens.

The most recent pushback happened in Belgium on Sunday, when Prime Minister Charles Michel announced that his government was set to continue as a minority, after the center-right New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) quit his coalition because it disapproved of the accord.

US President Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon even weighed in on the pact in Brussels, telling a gathering at the Flemish parliament that the pact was "dead even before it's been signed." He spoke at the request of the Flemish nationalist party Vlaams Belang, which has been a vocal opponent of the UN text.

Washington has been against the pact since the beginning, with US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley stating in December 2017 that her country's immigration policies should be "always made by Americans and Americans alone."

Israel and Australia weren't initially against the pact, which was negotiated and agreed by global diplomats in July 2018. However, they pulled out last month, citing sovereignty concerns as their reason for the turnaround.

"We have a duty to protect our borders against illegal infiltrators," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. "That's what we've done, and that's what we will continue to do."

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed a similar sentiment, stating that the pact could "undermine Australia's strong border protection laws and practices."

https://www.rt.com/news/446023-un-migration-pact-controversy/

#4230714 at 2018-12-09 22:06:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5389: Smells Like Victory Edition

Belgian government breaks as 'treacherous' Prime Minister announces to sign UN Migration Pact

After days of crisis over the UN Migration Pact, the Belgian government has broken up. Essence of the split is the Prime Minister's trip to the UN Migration Conference in Morocco.

For several days, Belgium's largest party, the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) said it could not agree with Belgium signing the pact.

The N-VA opposes numerous proposals of the UN's Migration Pact. Among other things, the pact does not make a distinction between legal and illegal migrant and sees migration purely as a positive phenomenon.

The party announced it would leave the coalition if the Prime Minister would go to Morocco to sign the pact.

Prime Minister Charles Michel did not change his plans and was forced to replace several N-VA minister in his government, which will now continue as a minority government.

On Facebook 1,200 people seem to agree with a comment that says the Prime Minister is a traitor [for signing the pact]. Other users are worried about the future of their children and say democracy is dead.

People also say they should start protesting and make the yellow vests movement in Belgium larger.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/12/belgian-government-breaks-as-treacherous-prime-minister-announces-to-sign-un-migration-pact/

#4226996 at 2018-12-09 16:18:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5384: Bread of Discernment Edition

December 8, 2018 / 8:28 PM / Updated 13 hours ago
Belgian PM set for minority after biggest ally quits coalition

December 8, 2018 / 8:28 PM / Updated 13 hours ago

Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel holds a news conference in Brussels, Belgium December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said his government would continue as a minority administration after the biggest party in his coalition quit on Saturday in a row over signing the U.N. migration compact.

Michel, a French-speaking liberal, said he "took note" of the departure of the Flemish N-VA from the four-party coalition formed in 2014 and would reshuffle posts - a particularly complex task in bilingual Belgium, as French- and Dutch-speakers must by law have an equal number of ministerial posts.

With a federal election due anyway in May, many observers expect no immediate change to that electoral calendar.

In a move critics have described as an opening shot in that election campaign, the right-wing N-VA, which is the biggest party in parliament, said it was pulling its ministers from the coalition after Michel refused its demand that he rescind a plan to sign the U.N. migration compact in Marrakesh on Monday.

Michel had secured a large parliamentary majority last week in favour of maintaining Belgium's support of the United Nations text, which since it was agreed by all U.N. states bar the United States in July has run into criticism from European politicians who say it could increase immigration to Europe.

The N-VA faces electoral losses in its Dutch-speaking region to the harder-right, anti-immigration Vlaams Belang. Its leader Bart De Wever, the mayor of Belgium's second city Antwerp, had issued Michel an ultimatum that it would quit the government if he signed the non-binding U.N. declaration.

A crisis cabinet meeting on Saturday night was cut short when two N-VA ministers, Interior Minister Jan Jambon and Migration Minister Theo Francken, walked out.

Michel said he would replace N-VA ministers with lower-ranked state secretaries and maintain a minority coalition involving his French-speaking liberal MR and two Flemish parties, the centre-right CD&V and Open VLD.

At least six EU states - mostly in formerly Communist eastern Europe - have already shunned the accord to regulate the treatment of migrants worldwide, a sign of how the bloc has turned increasingly restrictive on accepting refugees and migrants alike since a 2015 spike in arrivals.

https://in.reuters.com/article/belgium-politics/belgian-pm-set-for-minority-after-biggest-ally-quits-coalition-idINKBN1O802O

#4225223 at 2018-12-09 12:27:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5382: Q rising Edition

Due to three ministers of the Belgian Government resigning over their refusal to sign onto the U.N. Marrakesh migration pact.

The Belgian Prime Minister is tasked with forming a new government. He has just left a meeting with the King of Belgium, who has to accept the changes to government for it to be official. There will be a meeting of ministers at 3 o'clock local time then a press conference afterwards.

This new government needs to be legitimized today or tomorrow at the latest for Belgians to legally participate in the new United Nations immigration pact which be signed Monday or Tuesday.

Translated from Belgian news organisation L'Echo (the echo):
Update on the situation
Charles Michel arrived to see the King shortly after midday to formally act on the exit of the N-VA from his government, announced last night. He came out of the Laeken Palace less than an hour later.

In the process, a council of ministers will be held, bringing together now three parties: MR, VLD and CD & V, which intend to continue in a minority government.

According to our information, Maggie De Block would take over the skills of Theo Francken, namely Asylum and Migration.
This new Council of Ministers could approve the UN Migration Pact.

All these elements will allow Charles Michel to fly this Sunday afternoon to Marrakech supported by a legally installed government.
https://www.lecho.be/economie-politique/belgique/federal/jan-jambon-confirme-la-demission-des-ministres-n-va/10077381.html

https://twitter.com/MonarchieBe/status/1071731962904231936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1071731962904231936&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lecho.be%2Feconomie-politique%2Fbelgique%2Ffederal%2FCharles-Michel-s-est-entretenu-avec-le-roi%2F10077381.html

#4220265 at 2018-12-09 01:37:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5375: Reminder: We Are Fighting A Deeply Entrenched Enemy Edition

Tonight the Belgium Cabinet took a hit over the Marrakesh migration pact:

Belgian Cabinet collapses

Brussels - After a political soap opera is the Belgian government with N-VA at z's end. Premier Michel travels despite a threat from the Flemish nationalists to not to do that Sunday off to Marrakech to the UN-migratiepact to support.

The Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel.

With such a step, the N-VA exit forced, threatened to N-VA-president Bart De Wever fri night. But Michel did not blackmail. On a slotted press conference he made it clear that he is the N-VA ministers in his who will be replaced by the two secretaries of state. The who, who already was known as the 'kibbelkabinet', will continue as a minderheidskabinet. Next year, in may, there are, anyway, elections are planned.

The N-VA left the Belgian government expressly to dangle after a chaotic week. On a slotted cabinet meeting Saturday (hours delayed due to protest by the 'Yellow Shirts' in Brussels), it was soon clear that the N-VA and the other three coalition parties opposite each other. The Flemish nationalists, the largest party within the cooperation, are vehemently against the migratiepact.

Sauce:
>https:// www.firstorderhistorians.com/2018/12/09/belgian-kibbelkabinet-claps/

#4145162 at 2018-12-04 09:07:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5277: Well-Played DS Edition

>>4145020

Evil UN Pro-Migrant Pact needs to be publicized & opposed by the citizens of all nations!

Everyone needs to know about the disgusting pro-Globalist pro-migration Pact that the UN is trying to ram down the throats of its member states.

It would make it hate speech to criticize the right of people to migrate between countries.

A chill went down my spine when it heard Marcel de Graaff, a European Pariament Member, tell the press what would happen to anyone who dares to publicly question the pro-migrant narrative once it goes into effect:

It will become a criminal offense. And media outlets–and that also concerns you [the press]–that give rise to criticism of migration can be shut down.

Unbelievable but true. It's like listening to Josef Goebbels.

>>4143294 pb
Laura Ingraham & Nigel Farage on proposed UN ban against criticizing open migration

The US has not signed onto the Pact. Now, more and more European countries are beginning to back off:

"The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was approved in July by all 193 member UN nations except the United States, which backed out last year, and is due to be ratified formally in December. The pact was conceived after the biggest influx of migrants into Europe since World War Two, many fleeing conflicts and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and beyond.

"The list of countries pulling out from the global migration pact is getting longer by the day. At least seven EU countries said they will not sign or even send envoys. After Hungary, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Bulgaria, Slovenia too has made it plain that it will not send a representative at the intergovernmental conference in Marrakesh on 10 December. Outside the EU, Australia, Switzerland and Israel also announced they will not sign the agreement. In Belgium, a coalition partner to the government of Charles Michel, the Flemish nationalist N-VA, said the pact was "particularly problematic" for them."

https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/slovakia-becomes-8th-eu-country-opposing-the-global-migration-pact/

#4145020 at 2018-12-04 08:34:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5277: Well-Played DS Edition

>>4144303

In Belgium there is a crisis going on because not al parties want to sign The migration pact,
The Belgian goverment could fall over this.

https:// www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/belgian-government-fights-for-survival-over-un-migrants-pact/2018/12/04/6fca1aa0-f79c-11e8-8642-c9718a256cbd_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fab5aeab2322


Belgian government fights for survival over UN migrants pact
By Associated Press December 4 at 3:13 AM
BRUSSELS - Belgium's center-right government is fighting for its survival since the largest coalition party said that it will not back a global U.N.-backed migration pact.

Prime Minister Charles Michel said at United Nations headquarters in September that he would go to Marrakech, Morocco, next week to sign the document, but over the past week the right-wing N-VA party has said it will not back a government that supports the document.

The government parties said late Monday they would continue looking for a compromise but options were slimming down. Parliamentarians will be assessing comments from experts early Tuesday before negotiations continue.

#4141659 at 2018-12-04 03:43:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5273: Focus Edition

>>4141451

Crisisoverleg in Belgisch migratiepact 'Marrakesh' (translation from Flemish) Crisistalks in Belgium migrationpact.

BRUSSELS - Members of the Belgian government Monday afternoon meeting to review the UN-migratiepact to discuss. Prime minister Charles Michel hopes to find a solution for the criticism of some N-VA on the pact. The question allows for some time for a crisis. Some observers close to a fall of the government.

Jan Jambon (N-VA), fierce opponent of the migratiepact.

Several European countries have already announced the pact next week in Marrakesh, not to support, because it is too inviting for migrants and their too many rights.,,A government which is to Marrakesh, is a government that we do not support it," said N-VA leader Bart De Wever earlier in the day.

A paper insert in the pact with the Belgian point of view for him is not an option. ,,We see this pact will not sit and will not approve.' N-VA deputy prime minister Jan Jambon is the pact ,,problem".

The other three statement are positive. In parliament Tuesday, a hearing was held in which experts, their view on the non-binding pact. In the pact are agreements to migration in the world in the right direction, and illegal migration to reduce.

Sauce:
>https:// www.firstorderhistorians.com/2018/12/03/crisisoverleg-in-belgium-migratiepact-marrakesh/

This could trigger new Elections in Belgium if NV-A decides to pull out. Which could lead to more right leaning new cabinet government.

#4085139 at 2018-11-30 15:07:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5199: Merkel Can't Keep It Up Edition

Arrests, water cannon & a burning car: Yellow Vest protests spread to Brussels (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

France's 'Yellow Vest' protests have now made their way to Belgium, with demonstrators in Brussels calling on the prime minister to resign. Some threw rocks and firecrackers at officers, prompting them to deploy water cannons.

Crowds of people protesting fuel prices and living standards disrupted traffic and walked the streets for around three hours on Friday.

A total of 60 people were arrested before any violence began, mostly for blocking roads or carrying large fireworks, Reuters cited police as saying.

The violence took place after several hundred people marched to the office of Prime Minister Charles Michel, demanding that he resign. Some threw rocks, firecrackers, and road signs at police, prompting officers to deploy water cannons. One photo online showed a police vehicle set on fire.

https://www.rt.com/news/445238-protest-fuel-price-brussels/

#3994315 at 2018-11-22 13:23:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5082 Daily Ebake

This Swedish guy says that Belgium cannot sign the Pact for Global Migration, because the main coalition Partner of the Belgium Premier refuses to sign the pact (3 min video):
https://www.youtube.com/wat…


The Belgium Premier wants to sign the Global Pact for Migration.
But his main coalition partner is the "National Flemish Alliance" and
they don't want to sign it.
The speaker of the Secretary of State said that the N-VA (National Flemish Alliance) will not sign the pact.
I found this article here:
"N-VA has a problem with UN Migration Pact
Last September Belgian premier Charles Michel (Francophone liberal) promised the general assembly of the United Nations that Belgium would approve the UN Migration Pact. Even though the pact is not binding Mr Michel's commitment has become a bone of contention in the federal government.

Mon 19 Nov 15:26

On Monday morning the main Flemish coalition partner, the Flemish nationalist N-VA, indicated that the content of the pact was "particularly problematic" for the party. The pact is a global treaty enshrining the rights of migrants. In December countries meet in Marrakesh to approve the pact, but in several countries opposition to the pact is growing.

Here the N-VA is worried about the legal implications of the pact. The party believes the pact conflicts with Belgian government policy and the party's view on migration."
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/e…

#3818946 at 2018-11-09 17:50:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4854: Much Better Lawyers Edition

Motorcade carrying British, Belgian PMs involved in collision, two police officers injured

A motorcade carrying the British and Belgian Prime Ministers, Theresa May and Charles Michel, has been involved in a traffic collision which left two police officers, who accompanied it on bikes, injured.

There has been no official statement from the authorities or police, but according to media reports a car moving along the same road in front of the convoy did not follow police instructions and apparently failed to move aside.

Instead, the driver is alleged to have suddenly slammed on the brakes. As a result, two police officers riding motorcycles rammed into the vehicle and found themselves thrown to the ground. It was initially reported that a vehicle had rammed the convoy.

Michel was reportedly forced to stop the motorcade for some time. Some media reports suggested he left his vehicle and kneeled on the highway to hear from the two police officers, who sustained light injuries. The officers were taken to hospital and the motorcade was able to resume its journey.

The incident occurred as May and Michel were returning from the Saint Symphorien War Cemetery located near the south-western Belgian city of Mons, not far from the French border. The motorcade carrying the two prime ministers was moving to NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe located in Casteau, north-east of Mons.

Earlier, May and Michel visited the St. Symphorien cemetery, where they took part in a wreath-laying ceremony as part of the commemorative events marking the centenary of the end of WWI. The two prime ministers laid wreaths made of white roses and poppies on the graves of the first and last British soldiers killed in the war.

https://www.rt.com/news/443537-car-crash-may-cortege-belgium/

#3818835 at 2018-11-09 17:40:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4854: Much Better Lawyers Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

GLOBAL
>>3507228 Video: "Q - We Are The Plan"; good red-pilling explanation
>>3572123 Q: The Basics - An Introduction to Q and the Great Awakening v.1.0
>>3793687 BO: Catalog is too full and new (non-General Breads) will be deleted, not existing breads

#4853
>>3818739 (y) = (y) heads?
>>3818643, >>3818652 Mass migration proclamation in graphic form.
>>3818443, >>3818540 Saving Israel for last. Double meaning? Ties to Awans and DWS.
>>3818585 Planefag: C-130.
>>3818571 POTUS troll spree.
>>3818290, >>3818533 JAMES WOODS leading the missing persons search for the camp fire blaze.
>>3818527 White House trade advisor Navarro says China trade deal will be on Trump's terms, not Wall Street's.
>>3818485 Acosta MOS?
>>3818455 County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes' actions in the past have been.
>>3818180, >>3818224 On his way out, Sessions limits Justice's use of consent decrees.
>>3818221, >>3818223 DJT Tweet: I am sending much better lawyers to expose the FRAUD!
>>3818196 Ron Baron: Elon Musk doesn't need "adult supervision."
>>3818171, >>3818243 Data from a dead satellite reveals lost continents under Antarctica.
>>3818168 Matt Gaetz vows to 'fight ... fraudulent ballots' in recount drama.
>>3818146 Broward County Elections has OBAMA image in group photo.
>>3818811 #4853

#4852
>>3817868 Anon notices factors of 11 in the timestamps of POTUS's schedule at Joint Base Andrews.
>>3817844 Fort Sam Houston on lockdown due to security incident.
>>3817723, >>3817735, >>3817801 Stupid question came from CNN reporter.
>>3817800 Feinstein: No evidence of widespread voter fraud.
>>3817790, >>3817763 Trump limits asylum, says migrants must "have merit."
>>3817727 Rudy Giuliani: Election supervisor destroyed ballots in 2016.
>>3817703 Transport minister Jo Johnson (brother of Boris Johnson) quits UK government, calls Brexit divorce deal a terrible mistake.
>>3817459 Lloyd Blankfein was the unidentified Goldman Executive present at 2009 1MDB meeting.
>>3817522 POTUS schedule.
>>3817517 A sample of the Broward election "inconsistencies."
>>3817489, >>3817454 New DJT Tweet: "You mean they are just now finding votes in Florida and Georgia..."
>>3818055 #4852

#4851
>>3817201 Whitaker's role is meant to be temporary, cannot be made permanent
>>3817187 Embedded Trump never forgive video clip
>>3817144 Dig into Dr. Brenda Calhoun Snipes of Broward County
>>3817046 Fly Jamaica plane carrying 126 people crash lands in Guyana
>>3816664 Woman in Minnesota Receives Broward County Ballot in the Mail
>>3816872 , >>3817140 POTUS fires at Hussein during questions before leaving to Paris
>>3816844 Video: POTUS taking questions before leaving this morning
>>3816670 Most direct POTUS confirmation of Q during questions before leaving WH
>>3816670 How many FBI and DOJ are gone now?
>>3816648 New POTUS tweet regarding the new Presidential Proclamation
>>3815989 Reminder: Archive offline
>>3817259 #4851

#4850
>>3816230 POTUS announces new Proclamation: World Freedom Day
>>3816048 2 million have migrated to Russia from Ukraine
>>3816045 Shots Fired At Tekashi 6ix9ine, Kanye, Nicki Minaj Music Video Shoot
>>3816026 500 million Norwegian frigate rams oil tanker
>>3816006 Pence heading to Asia for summits and trade talks
>>3815983 Sessions considering run for old Alabama Senate seat
>>3815975 , >>3816308 US court halts construction of Keystone pipeline
>>3815969 Twitter poll update. Give it all you've got, Dayshift
>>3815886 North Korea postponed U.S. talks because 'they weren't ready': Haley
>>3815885 , >>3816050 'Brave New World': Analysis and revised graphic
>>3815873 Car crashes into motorcade carrying Theresa May and Charles Michel
>>3817429 #4850


Previously Collected Notables
>>3814974 #4848, >>3815758 #4849,
>>3812698 #4845, >>3813477 #4846, >>3814208 #4847
>>3810416 #4842, >>3811173 #4843, >>3811940 #4844
>>3808108 #4839, >>3808858 #4840, >>3809677 #4841
>>3805818 #4836, >>3806588 #4837, >>3807349 #4838

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#3818111 at 2018-11-09 16:45:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4853: Digits Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

GLOBAL
>>3507228 Video: "Q - We Are The Plan"; good red-pilling explanation
>>3572123 Q: The Basics - An Introduction to Q and the Great Awakening v.1.0
>>3793687 BO: Catalog is too full and new (non-General Breads) will be deleted, not existing breads

#4852
>>3817868 Anon notices factors of 11 in the timestamps of POTUS's schedule at Joint Base Andrews.
>>3817844 Fort Sam Houston on lockdown due to security incident.
>>3817723, >>3817735, >>3817801 Stupid question came from CNN reporter.
>>3817800 Feinstein: No evidence of widespread voter fraud.
>>3817790, >>3817763 Trump limits asylum, says migrants must "have merit."
>>3817727 Rudy Giuliani: Election supervisor destroyed ballots in 2016.
>>3817703 Transport minister Jo Johnson (brother of Boris Johnson) quits UK government, calls Brexit divorce deal a terrible mistake.
>>3817459 Lloyd Blankfein was the unidentified Goldman Executive present at 2009 1MDB meeting.
>>3817522 POTUS schedule.
>>3817517 A sample of the Broward election "inconsistencies."
>>3817489, >>3817454 New DJT Tweet: "You mean they are just now finding votes in Florida and Georgia..."
>>3818055 #4852

#4851
>>3817201 Whitaker's role is meant to be temporary, cannot be made permanent
>>3817187 Embedded Trump never forgive video clip
>>3817144 Dig into Dr. Brenda Calhoun Snipes of Broward County
>>3817046 Fly Jamaica plane carrying 126 people crash lands in Guyana
>>3816664 Woman in Minnesota Receives Broward County Ballot in the Mail
>>3816872 , >>3817140 POTUS fires at Hussein during questions before leaving to Paris
>>3816844 Video: POTUS taking questions before leaving this morning
>>3816670 Most direct POTUS confirmation of Q during questions before leaving WH
>>3816670 How many FBI and DOJ are gone now?
>>3816648 New POTUS tweet regarding the new Presidential Proclamation
>>3815989 Reminder: Archive offline
>>3817259 #4851

#4850
>>3816230 POTUS announces new Proclamation: World Freedom Day
>>3816048 2 million have migrated to Russia from Ukraine
>>3816045 Shots Fired At Tekashi 6ix9ine, Kanye, Nicki Minaj Music Video Shoot
>>3816026 500 million Norwegian frigate rams oil tanker
>>3816006 Pence heading to Asia for summits and trade talks
>>3815983 Sessions considering run for old Alabama Senate seat
>>3815975 , >>3816308 US court halts construction of Keystone pipeline
>>3815969 Twitter poll update. Give it all you've got, Dayshift
>>3815886 North Korea postponed U.S. talks because 'they weren't ready': Haley
>>3815885 , >>3816050 'Brave New World': Analysis and revised graphic
>>3815873 Car crashes into motorcade carrying Theresa May and Charles Michel
>>3817429 #4850


Previously Collected Notables
>>3814974 #4848, >>3815758 #4849,
>>3812698 #4845, >>3813477 #4846, >>3814208 #4847
>>3810416 #4842, >>3811173 #4843, >>3811940 #4844
>>3808108 #4839, >>3808858 #4840, >>3809677 #4841
>>3805818 #4836, >>3806588 #4837, >>3807349 #4838

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#3817429 at 2018-11-09 15:58:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4852: POTUS Fires At Hussein Edition

#4850
>>3816230 POTUS announces new Proclamation: World Freedom Day
>>3816048 2 million have migrated to Russia from Ukraine
>>3816045 Shots Fired At Tekashi 6ix9ine, Kanye, Nicki Minaj Music Video Shoot
>>3816026 500 million Norwegian frigate rams oil tanker
>>3816006 Pence heading to Asia for summits and trade talks
>>3815983 Sessions considering run for old Alabama Senate seat
>>3815975 , >>3816308 US court halts construction of Keystone pipeline
>>3815969 Twitter poll update. Give it all you've got, Dayshift
>>3815886 North Korea postponed U.S. talks because 'they weren't ready': Haley
>>3815885 , >>3816050 'Brave New World': Analysis and revised graphic
>>3815873 Car crashes into motorcade carrying Theresa May and Charles Michel

#3817301 at 2018-11-09 15:48:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4852: POTUS Fires At Hussein Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

GLOBAL
>>3507228 Video: "Q - We Are The Plan"; good red-pilling explanation
>>3572123 Q: The Basics - An Introduction to Q and the Great Awakening v.1.0
>>3793687 BO: Catalog is too full and new (non-General Breads) will be deleted, not existing breads

#4851
>>3817201 Whitaker's role is meant to be temporary, cannot be made permanent
>>3817187 Embedded Trump never forgive video clip
>>3817144 Dig into Dr. Brenda Calhoun Snipes of Broward County
>>3817046 Fly Jamaica plane carrying 126 people crash lands in Guyana
>>3816664 Woman in Minnesota Receives Broward County Ballot in the Mail
>>3816872 , >>3817140 POTUS fires at Hussein during questions before leaving to Paris
>>3816844 Video: POTUS taking questions before leaving this morning
>>3816670 Most direct POTUS confirmation of Q during questions before leaving WH
>>3816670 How may FBI and DOJ are gone now?
>>3816648 New POTUS tweet regarding the new Presidential Proclamation
>>3815989 Reminder: Archive offline
>>3817259 #4851

#4850
>>3816230 POTUS announces new Proclamation: World Freedom Day
>>3816048 2 million have migrated to Russia from Ukraine
>>3816045 Shots Fired At Tekashi 6ix9ine, Kanye, Nicki Minaj Music Video Shoot
>>3816026 500 million Norwegian frigate rams oil tanker
>>3816006 Pence heading to Asia for summits and trade talks
>>3815983 Sessions considering run for old Alabama Senate seat
>>3815975 , >>3816308 US court halts construction of Keystone pipeline
>>3815969 Twitter poll update. Give it all you've got, Dayshift
>>3815886 North Korea postponed U.S. talks because 'they weren't ready': Haley
>>3815885 , >>3816050 'Brave New World': Analysis and revised graphic
>>3815873 Car crashes into motorcade carrying Theresa May and Charles Michel
#4850

#4849
>>3815589 , >>3815679 Sessions signed memorandum before leaving
>>3815597 Dan Kaminsky shilling hard for the vid fakery
>>3815499 NY Post defends White House decision to ban Acosta from pressers
>>3815544 Snowden: Israeli spyware was used to track and eventually kill Khashoggi
>>3815367 Maryland District to be redrawn
>>3815315 Michelle Obama had miscarriage, used IVF to conceive girls?
>>3815303 Elizabeth Warren performs an about-face on Jeff Sessions
>>3815265 , >>3815387 Lawyer tied to Clinton Campaign & Dossier leads Dem's Florida recount
>>3815267 Report: Feinstein cancels stop at Gun Control rally due to illness
>>3815262 Gov Rick Scott seizes all ballots in Broward & Palm Beach counties
>>3815129 , >>3815155, >>3815502 Active shooter reported at North Carolina high school
>>3815195 Rubio tweets on election fraud in #BrowardCounty
>>3815133 US unified on 11.11, POTUS, Paris and Putin news
>>3815758 #4849

#4848 Baker change
>>3814892 Did JFK Jr write a letter to Joe Biden in 1994 calling him a Traitor?
>>3814447 , >>3814452 Further digging into 'Strong Cities'
>>3814338 , >>3814340 Psychopaths, Sociopaths and Narcissists explained in 12 minutes
>>3814325 Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif) drops out of race due to her husband's indictment
>>3814308 Video: Gov Rick Scott claims election fraud, orders LE investigation
>>3814297 , >>3814324 Bannon met with Sessions in 2013 when Sessions was a strategist
>>3814974 #4848


Previously Collected Notables
>>3812698 #4845, >>3813477 #4846, >>3814208 #4847
>>3810416 #4842, >>3811173 #4843, >>3811940 #4844
>>3808108 #4839, >>3808858 #4840, >>3809677 #4841
>>3805818 #4836, >>3806588 #4837, >>3807349 #4838

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#3816531 at 2018-11-09 14:47:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4851: AF1 WRWY Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

GLOBAL
>>3507228 Video: "Q - We Are The Plan"; good red-pilling explanation
>>3572123 Q: The Basics - An Introduction to Q and the Great Awakening v.1.0
>>3793687 BO: Catalog is too full and new (non-General Breads) will be deleted, not existing breads

#4850
>>3816230 POTUS announces new Proclamation: World Freedom Day
>>3816048 2 million have migrated to Russia from Ukraine
>>3816045 Shots Fired At Tekashi 6ix9ine, Kanye, Nicki Minaj Music Video Shoot
>>3816026 500 million Norwegian frigate rams oil tanker
>>3816006 Pence heading to Asia for summits and trade talks
>>3815983 Sessions considering run for old Alabama Senate seat
>>3815975 , >>3816308 US court halts construction of Keystone pipeline
>>3815969 Twitter poll update. Give it all you've got, Dayshift
>>3815886 North Korea postponed U.S. talks because 'they weren't ready': Haley
>>3815885 , >>3816050 'Brave New World': Analysis and revised graphic
>>3815873 Car crashes into motorcade carrying Theresa May and Charles Michel
#4850

#4849
>>3815589 , >>3815679 Sessions signed memorandum before leaving
>>3815597 Dan Kaminsky shilling hard for the vid fakery
>>3815499 NY Post defends White House decision to ban Acosta from pressers
>>3815544 Snowden: Israeli spyware was used to track and eventually kill Khashoggi
>>3815367 Maryland District to be redrawn
>>3815315 Michelle Obama had miscarriage, used IVF to conceive girls?
>>3815303 Elizabeth Warren performs an about-face on Jeff Sessions
>>3815265 , >>3815387 Lawyer tied to Clinton Campaign & Dossier leads Dem's Florida recount
>>3815267 Report: Feinstein cancels stop at Gun Control rally due to illness
>>3815262 Gov Rick Scott seizes all ballots in Broward & Palm Beach counties
>>3815129 , >>3815155, >>3815502 Active shooter reported at North Carolina high school
>>3815195 Rubio tweets on election fraud in #BrowardCounty
>>3815133 US unified on 11.11, POTUS, Paris and Putin news
>>3815758 #4849

#4848 Baker change
>>3814892 Did JFK Jr write a letter to Joe Biden in 1994 calling him a Traitor?
>>3814447 , >>3814452 Further digging into 'Strong Cities'
>>3814338 , >>3814340 Psychopaths, Sociopaths and Narcissists explained in 12 minutes
>>3814325 Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif) drops out of race due to her husband's indictment
>>3814308 Video: Gov Rick Scott claims election fraud, orders LE investigation
>>3814297 , >>3814324 Bannon met with Sessions in 2013 when Sessions was a strategist
>>3814974 #4848

#4847
>>3813580 Reminder: /qresearch/ search page
>>3813599 On Obama's "Cousin Pookie" argument
>>3813693 Bourke St horror: One dead, police shoot armed attacker
>>3813825 Poll update: 53-47
>>3813870 Seaworld removed a "Girl Lover" spiral heart
>>3813878 Probe reveals why a plane almost killed 48 people: "AUTOPILOT SET TO CRASH"
>>3814027 For keks: Ocasio-Cortez can't afford to move to D.C., needs Americans to pay for her to move
>>3813994 Thousand Oaks / LV Shooting "Victim" Went To Whidbey Island in 2013
>>3814203 Mueller drafting final report
>>3814208 #4847


Previously Collected Notables
>>3812698 #4845, >>3813477 #4846
>>3810416 #4842, >>3811173 #4843, >>3811940 #4844
>>3808108 #4839, >>3808858 #4840, >>3809677 #4841
>>3805818 #4836, >>3806588 #4837, >>3807349 #4838
>>3804003 #4833, >>3804316 #4834, >>3805077 #4835

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#3816326 at 2018-11-09 14:26:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4850: POTUS Departing For Paris Edition

Notes so far
Notable AF

>>3816230 POTUS announces new Proclamation: World Freedom Day
>>3816048 2 million have migrated to Russia from Ukraine
>>3816045 Shots Fired At Tekashi 6ix9ine, Kanye, Nicki Minaj Music Video Shoot
>>3816026 500 million Norwegian frigate rams oil tanker
>>3816006 Pence heading to Asia for summits and trade talks
>>3815983 Sessions considering run for old Alabama Senate seat
>>3815975 , >>3816308 US court halts construction of Keystone pipeline
>>3815969 Twitter poll update. Give it all you've got, Dayshift
>>3815886 North Korea postponed U.S. talks because 'they weren't ready': Haley
>>3815885 , >>3816050 'Brave New World': Analysis and revised graphic
>>3815873 Car crashes into motorcade carrying Theresa May and Charles Michel

#3815873 at 2018-11-09 13:40:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4850: POTUS Departing For Paris Edition

A car crashed into a motorcade carrying the British and Belgian prime ministers, Theresa May and Charles Michel, as the two were travelling to a WWI commemorative event in Belgium. Two police officers were injured in the incident.

The road accident occurred as May and Michel were going to the Saint Symphorien War Cemetery located near the south-western Belgian city of Mons not far from the French border. The convoy carrying the two prime ministers was moving along the E19/E42 highway when a car rammed into it, hitting two police officers riding motorcycles, according to Sudinfo.

The two officers were injured and taken to the hospital, according to the local media. Michel was reportedly forced to stop the motorcade for some time, but then the party continued to their destination.

The details of the incident as well as the identity of the driver, who rammed his car in the convoy, have not been revealed.
Reasons behind the road accident are also still unknown. There have been no official statements from the authorities or the law enforcement agencies concerning the incident so far.

The motorcade then resumed its journey. May and Michel visited the St. Symphorien cemetery, where they took part in a wreath-laying ceremony as part of the commemorative events marking the centenary of the end of the WWI. The two prime ministers laid the wreaths made of white roses and poppies on the graves of the first and the last British soldiers killed in the WWI.

https://www.rt.com/news/443537-car-crash-may-cortege-belgium/

#3815868 at 2018-11-09 13:40:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4850: POTUS Departing For Paris Edition

EXPRESS UK: PM Theresa May's convoy involved in car crash in Belgium, two police officers injured
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1043121/theresa-may-car-crash-news-belgium-pictures-latest-update-Charles-Michel

#3193437 at 2018-09-26 16:53:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4042: Things Are Happening Edition

Washington cannot dictate who Europeans should and shouldn't trade with - Belgian PM

The United States has no right to tell European companies who they can trade and develop economic relations with, according to the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.

"We cannot accept that the US decided the regions with which European companies can or cannot do business," Michel said in an interview with Belgian French-language broadcaster RTBF shortly after meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York.

The Belgian PM was the first among Western leaders to hold a bilateral meeting with the Iranian President on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Belgium will get a two-year non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as soon as next year.

Michel stressed that Belgium and the EU are not naive when it comes to the issue of Iran and regional significance of the Islamic Republic.

The comments come amid Washington's hard stance against Tehran. In May, US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal, signed between Iran and a broad alliance of world powers. Under the historic agreement, decades-long anti-Iranian sanctions were lifted, opening up the country's market for Western corporations.

In August, the White House reimposed unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic, putting restrictions on the country's car industry, carpets, metals trading and banning access to US banknotes.

Further penalties, scheduled for November, will reportedly hit Iran's oil and shipping sectors. Washington threatened secondary sanctions on any nations or corporations that conduct transactions with Iran.

So far, the threat of US penalties has forced out a wide range of European firms, including Daimler, Peugeot, Renault, Siemens and Total, from ventures in the Islamic Republic.

Earlier, the EU's foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said that the bloc's signatories - Britain, Germany and France - remain committed to the nuclear deal and that the EU is working on a payment system to allow trade and business with Iran to continue.

https://www.rt.com/business/439463-us-dictate-trade-belgium-minister/

PANIC, as Trump dictates to the EU! Brilliant!

#3133228 at 2018-09-22 03:15:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3965: Goat HerdinQ

British Spies Hacked Belgian Telecom Firm on UK Government Orders - Reports

Belgian prosecutors' report supported previous claims made by Edward Snowden that British GCHQ had been intercepting communications at NATO HQ and key European institutions for at least two years.

The operation had a codename "Operation Socialist" and was conducted by the British intelligence service GCHQ, the Guardian reported. Belgian Justice minister, Koen Geens, has confirmed that he received the report from the prosecutors and would discuss it with country's national security council, led by Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.

According to the federal prosecutors, the interception of Belgacom, country's biggest telecommunications operator, had been conducted since at least 2011 and was closed in a matter of minutes of being exposed in August 2013. The slides with the evidence of GCHQ operations were leaked by the CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who exposed such targets of hacking as NATO headquarters in Brussels, European Commission, European Parliament, and the European Council five years ago. Elio di Rupo, the Belgian prime minister in 2013, promised to take "the appropriate steps" if the "high-level involvement" of a foreign country was confirmed.

The British spies allegedly targeted the computers of Belgacom employees working in security and maintenance by using faked LinkedIn messages. The espionage was focused mostly on the company's subsidiary unit, Belgacom International Carrier Services, which operates phone and data traffic in Africa and the Middle East. It was also reported to seek targeted communications between roaming smartphones.

The unpublished report is said to document this matter as the first example of an EU member state into the critical infrastructure of another and the union. It also indicated that the espionage activities of this scale must have been authorized at the highest level of British government, though stating that there isn't enough evidence to prosecute any particular individual.

A spokesperson for the federal prosecutor confirmed that the report exists, yet declined to comment on the matter, saying that the situation is "too delicate right now". GCHQ has also declined to comment.

Earlier this month European court of human rights ruled that the methods used by GCHQ to bulk interceptions of online communications violated privacy, granted under the article 8 of the European convention on human rights, saying that the safeguards for such interceptions were "insufficient" with an inadequate selection of "related communications data".

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201809221068244730-british-spies-hacked-belgian-telecom-firm-uk-government-orders/

#2124923 at 2018-07-12 07:15:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2678 Honey I Shrunk the Bread Edition

Belgium - First Couple Has Summer Cocktails In Brussels Park With NATO Leaders (Video)

NATO leaders were invited by the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel for summer cocktails and dinner in the Brussels Park Cinquantenaire where it was once again FLOTUS who stole all the attention appearing in a white summer dress from Elie Saab.

The lush green park next to the European Commission buildings was reserved for the evening part of the NATO summit where world leaders gathered for drinks and dinner.

First Lady Melania Trump, who also speaks German, could be seen chatting at length with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as President Donald Trump talked to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

A jazz band played as the French first couple of President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte also arrived. Whilst waiters carried in trays with wine, neither President Trump nor First Lady Melania could be seen drinking alcohol.

More here: https://thegoldwater.com/news/31030-Belgium-First-Couple-Has-Summer-Cocktails-In-Brussels-Park-With-NATO-Leaders-Video

#1967777 at 2018-06-30 06:33:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2481: Museum of Pizza Edition

'Unimpressed': Trump Sends EU Leaders Warning Letters Ahead of NATO Summit

Washington wants its NATO allies to increase their military spending and thus reduce the burden placed on the US.

President Donald Trump has reiterated this demand in letters sent to European leaders ahead of an upcoming NATO summit in Brussels.

"Germany has to spend more money. Spain, France. It's not fair what they've done to the United States," Trump told reporters on Friday.

Berlin, for its part, believes that it was fully on track to meet its defense spending obligations.

After meeting with her US counterpart, James Mattis, last week, the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said that Washington was satisfied with the projected uptick in Germany's defense outlays.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel was equally defensive arguing that his country "has halted the systematic fall in defense spending and takes part in a lot of military operations."

"I am not very impressed by this type of letter," Michel told reporters on the fringes an EU summit in Brussels.

With the NATO summit less than two weeks away now, the personal letters sent by President Trump to the leaders of Germany, Italy, Spain,Portugal, Luxembourg, Norway and the Netherlands may exacerbate existing tensions between the United States and its European allies, already strained after the recent G7 summit in Canada.

President Trump has repeatedly criticized its NATO allies for not doing enough to meet their commitment to spend two percent of their national GDP on defense by 2024.

European allies have been ramping up their defense spending in response to Washington's demands.

In addition to their two percent spending commitment, they are also making progress on their agreement to spend at least 20 percent of annual defense expenditure on major new equipment by 2024.
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201806301065910449-trump-eu-leaders-letters/

#1279937 at 2018-05-03 02:48:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1604: Bakes Of The Future Edition

I think Trump has an anti-cabal/ Justice tie!

From top left corner to right-

1. Trump at G-20 Summit. Here, he established himself as a true Alpha-American Patriot infront of the other leaders. He was also the only leader to wear his American Flag pin on his lapel instead of the G-20 pin like everyone else. Big proverbial kick in the balls to the elite.

2. Trump visits Brussels. He met with the PM and King and Queen of Belgium- he told Charles Michel, the PM "We are fighting very hard, doing very well under our generals, making tremendous progress. But when you see something like what happened a few days ago you realize how important it is to win this fight. And we will win this fight." Trump visited after the bombing in Manchester by terrorists. Trump said he and the king pledged to cooperate "on various problems" and that "the top problem right now is terrorism." Trump also addressed NATO while there and was very clear about other nations paying for their own share of defense. Rex Tillerson had told reporters the president would make some key decisions after this foreign trip, including whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, and whether to keep the United States within the 2015 Paris climate change agreement. This trip came directly after his trip to the Vatican, where he met with the pope and a cardinal and they urged him to stay in the Paris Climate agreement. This trip was another proverbial kick in the balls to the elite.

3. Trumps joint congressional address. He talks about the importance of immigration law changes, building the wall, America no longer responsible for protecting the rest of the world, tax changes, healthcare changes and his hopes for America's future. Proverbial kick in the balls to cabal (and again to NATO)

4. Kanye visits Trump. Think of him what you wish, but Kanye seems to be proactively trying to wake people up and trying to get them off the democratic plantation. Or at least he's making people think and question things. Kick in the balls to the elite..

5. Macron visits WH. Trump refuses the $500Billion to Iran deal. Kick in the balls to elite..

6. Pompeo swearing in. Need I really say how much of a kick in the balls this is? KEK..

7. Image Politico used to announce Trump is adding Giuliani to the Trump Team. Yet another kick in the balls!

So I looked into symbolism with navy and white (his tie is verified to be navy and white not B&W) in relation to America and came upon the symbolism of the colors on our American Flag and our Great Seal. While the colors of the flag did not have any actual meaning when it was first adopted as the Colonial Flag (just the stripes and the stars had meaning), our Great Seal colors DO have meaning- "The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice."

Trump is using a tie that matches the colors on that seal that mean "innocence and purity" and "vigilance, perseverance and justice" now look at the occasions he's worn the tie, as explained above. I think this is a tie he wears when he's doing solid moves that work directly against the cabal. His Justice Tie!

Our Great Seal has 2 sides.. the side with the colors and the opposite side is the same pyramid and eye image that's in our currency. I looked into the meaning of "Annuit Coeptis" which is written above the eye and this is what is stated as the real translation: "[He/She/It] favors our undertakings". The same wording is in our dollar bills above the eye and then they added "Novus Ordo Seclorum" underneath the pyramid, which is translated to "a new order for the ages". The creator of the design, Charles Thomson explained the meaning behind the pyramid/ eye as this; "The pyramid signifies strength and duration.

The Eye over it and the motto Annuit Coeptis allude to the many signal interpositions of providence in favor of the American cause." Sure.

Trump is basically using that tie as symbolism of the GOOD side of our Great Seal. Opposite of the Cabal's Eye-Pyramid-New Order side.

Q said their symbolism will be their fall.. and we now know Trump likes using symbolism to communicate too.. be on the lookout for more anti-cabal moves with Trump's Justice Tie!