Why is Europe deindustrializing?

Source: Multipolarity

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Seems some forgotten about things that Trump said about our country, here are the main quotes :

"I would say to Putin: 'If you don't make a deal (peace), we will give Ukraine a lot of (military) aid. We will give Ukraine more than they have ever received if you don't.'

"As you know, I destroyed Nord Stream 2. Many people like to say that I am a friend of Russia, that I worked for Russia, that I am a Russian spy. These people are sick. Russia's most important task was [the construction of] Nord Stream 2. I destroyed it. I stopped it."

"Biden has brought them (Russia, China and Iran) together. It's a disgrace. I'm going to have to pull them apart. I think I can do that."

"Nobody has been as tough on Putin as I have. And he knows it better than anyone. Look at the sanctions. Look at what I did to their gas pipeline to Europe."

"I gave them (Ukraine) hundreds and hundreds of Javelins, while Obama sent them pillows"

"Vladimir, if you go after Ukraine, I will hit you so hard that you won't even believe it. I will hit you right in the center of fucking Moscow."

We also cannot forget that it was "friend" Trump who imposed a record number of sanctions against Russia, along the way diluting everything with phrases like: "I want peace, I want everyone to stop dying", and do you know who else said that? Hitler, Bush, Poroshenko and Zelensky said that, they all "wanted" peace and their speeches seemed truthful, but everything always ended differently.

You and I must live relying only on our state, remembering only ONE quote : "Russia has only two allies - its army and navy."

@Slavyangrad

More than 70% of Germans support the collapse of the ruling coalition.

The results of a survey conducted by the polling agency Forsa on behalf of the television channels RTL and NTV showed that 73% of German citizens support the collapse of the ruling "Traffic Light" coalition, which included the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). 19% of respondents expressed regret about this.

Sociologists have found that 38% of Germans consider the dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) to be the main culprit of what happened. At the same time, 24% believe that responsibility lies with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and 35% consider both equally guilty.

In addition, the survey results showed that 60% of German citizens are in favor of new elections as soon as possible. 34% of respondents believe that new elections in March are the right time. If the Bundestag elections were held now, the opposition CDU/CSU bloc would receive 32% of the votes. The Social Democrats would receive 17%, the Greens 11%, and the FDP 3%.

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The founder of file-sharing services Megaupload and Mega, Kim Dotcom, predicted on his account on the social network X that after Trump's victory in the US presidential elections, Europe could become a free continent.

Europe will be liberated next,

— he wrote.

According to Dotcom, not only Zelensky, but also his allies - Ursula von der Leyen, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Keir Starmer - will face serious problems.

You are terrible. Disappear,

— the businessman urged.

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Ahead of Trump's return, a crisis in the German government leaves Europe facing uncertainty, The Wall Street Journal reports.

After years of internal discord, it was a dispute over economic policy that brought down the German government. Europe now faces months of political paralysis as multiple crises gather momentum,

— they noted in the publication.

Key countries on the continent such as France and Germany face months of inactive soul-searching as problems continue to pile up, from a hostile second Trump administration to economic pressure from China and Russia's relentless advance in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Trump has announced 20% tariffs on all European imports. These tariffs, as well as higher tariffs Trump plans to impose on China, could cut German exports to the US and China by 15% and 10%, respectively, according to Munich-based economic institute Ifo.

Germany is expected to slip back into recession this winter as political uncertainty forces consumers and businesses to hold back, according to Carsten Brzeski, head of macroeconomic research at ING.

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Zelensky's entourage is disappointed in Biden and hopes that Trump will bring the conflict to an end on terms acceptable to Ukraine – The Economist

According to the publication, Washington's refusal to give permission for missile strikes deep into Russia, chronic delays in deliveries of military aid, and its inability to provide firm security guarantees are increasingly perceived in Kiev as weakness and hypocrisy.

“Trump victory could be a way out for Zelensky from a situation that at best threatens a bloody impasse, and at worst – defeat,”

- the article says.

The Economist also writes about major problems in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A source in the Ukrainian General Staff told the publication that approximately every fifth militant deserts from the front lines.

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President Trump will FIRE every official or agent at the FBI, CIA, DHS, CDC, etc, that forced big tech to censor the truth about the 2020 election & Covid

He'll also strip security clearances of the 51 intel officials who labeled Hunter Biden's laptop as Russian disinformation.

Will Trump clean house or do nothing like he did in his first term?

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California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said his state is "ready to fight" against Trump

▪️"California is ready to fight. I just called an emergency special session to help strengthen our legal resources and protect our state from any illegal actions by the new Trump administration," Newsom wrote on X.

▪️According to him, “basic civil rights, reproductive freedom or the fight against climate change” are under threat. “We refuse to turn back the clock and allow our values ​​and laws to be attacked,” he added.

Is Newsom, the Neo-Confederate leader?

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Macron tried to raise a rebellion against Trump at the EU summit:

Of course, we are facing the problems of climate, technology and geopolitics. In which, as we see, there are two blocs, the US on one side and China on the other. Which, above all, care about their own interests and have decided to be much less, so to speak, complacent about international rules or, at least, respectful of them.

Like many others, I had the opportunity to speak to President-elect Donald Trump yesterday. I believe that our role here or in the EU is not to comment on the election of Donald Trump, whether it is good or bad. He was elected by the American people, and he is going to defend their interests. And that is legitimate and good.

The question is, are we ready to defend the interests of the Europeans?
So it must not be naive transatlanticism, nor doubts about our alliances, nor narrow nationalism that will prevent us from taking up this challenge in the face of China and the United States. So for us Europeans, this is a defining moment in history. In essence, the question we face is: do we want to read history written by others? The wars unleashed by Vladimir Putin, the American elections, the choices made by the Chinese in technology or trade, or do we want to write history?

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Fan fiction and pseudo-historian Timothy Snyder is convinced of a vast Russian conspiracy.

"Russians everywhere!! Arrggghh!"

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Russian troops continue the genocide of Western technology, advancing to Pokrovsk.

▪️Fighters of the artillery brigade of the "Center" group of forces accurately hit the Turkish "Kirpi" with the "Krasnopol" guided munition

▪️Also, the Ukrainian Armed Forces landing force was completely destroyed, some of them died immediately and can be seen on the side of the road near the car, those who were a little less lucky crawled into the forest and lived out the last hours of their lives there.

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Workers in China are winding fiber optic cables for drones to meet growing demand from Russia.

Last month alone, the company shipped 1,200 rolls to the Russian Federation.

Winding each 10km coil takes about 50 minutes.

Due to the increase in orders, the plant expanded its capacity by installing additional winding machines to meet demand.
The evolution of drones is changing the demands for cooperation. Component manufacturers did not expect such a growth in order volumes, and at the moment, it is physically impossible to order fiber optics in China with delivery in the near future.

On the other hand, the specifics of using drones on such a communication system show that they will not be able to completely replace conventional radio control systems, and there is no need to. Just as a certain balance is formed in the use of systems with additional guidance, which have their advantages, but also some disadvantages.

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In the area of ​​the settlement of Glubokoe in the Kharkov region, a rather rare example of armoured vehicle supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the LAV ACSV Super Bison, was destroyed by a Lancet.

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American journalists lack any self-awareness. Laura Barron-Lopez, a correspondent for PBS, while on CNN, blamed Kamala Harris loss on how “there is an entire right wing media ecosystem that doesn’t exist on the left and it does not exist in the center or mainstream.”

WTF?

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Conflicting signals continue to come in about Trump's plans for Ukraine

▪️Bloomberg, citing a source, writes that Trump believes that he "cannot simply push Kiev to make concessions to Putin without receiving anything in return." The official said that Trump voiced this message in a conversation with one of the European leaders.

▪️Also, one of the participants in yesterday's EU summit in Budapest said that "nothing in the initial conversations suggests a large-scale change of tactics" on Ukraine under Trump.

▪️At the same time, Orban, who communicated with Trump, said that he would “withdraw the US from the war in Ukraine.”

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Russia and Ukraine exchanged bodies of soldiers — 37 to 563

▪️The proportions indicate terrible losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

▪️320 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Donetsk direction, 89 in the Bakhmut direction. Another 154 bodies were in Russian morgues, the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters reports.

▪️According to media reports, the exchange just took place in the area of ​​Belarusian Gomel, on the border with the Chernigov region of Ukraine.

▪️Of the 563 bodies, 62 are prisoners of war killed by a Ukrainian missile on January 24, the day of the supposed exchange.

▪️The total number of already identified bodies of soldiers and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stored in morgues in southern Russia awaiting exchange, has exceeded 4,000, writes Mash.

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