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The topic line broadly suggests that the EU is anti-democratic, which it is.

Hmmm...there's a lot of that about here, unfortunately. My best wishes to you. N

BS - anyone that deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan was at some risk.

You started on this "national election" tack but this single issue has limited effect on justice and law in any country where EU law has primacy.

Singapore? Great idea. There has to be a change of planes there, which means nosy dogs checking the baggage and freight, at least. Silly Billy and his gang. Relatively lucky to get nabbed here but they will have to fess up 100%. This mastermind seems to be a bit of a plank too.

I give up. Do tell.

That’s a baseless conclusion.

Here's a basic fact: the national laws of EU member states are of secondary importance to EU laws, so judicial independence is worth little.

Is Donald the father?

Sorry to hear that, Chip. Hopefully you will get an extension. Doctors can be wrong sometimes. Enjoy what you can, when you can.

His name is Gladiator, Sire.

TBF it is not formal military training by the armed forces. This academy is a private boarding school where students are are prepared for college. Cadet students may also take part in a military leadership program.

Not really. The French were busy trying to colonize central North America to the early 1700's, from Baton Rouge, up the Mississippi and way further into Canada, (including Tennessee).

So what?

So you keep saying, with no proof. You've gone straight off-topic again anyway,

If you agree that the analogy with the Japanese crash and economic crisis of 1990 is fair, then you will have to agree that the US economy now is in a similarly dangerous "bubble". That bubble has not appeared overnight, but over 15 years of mainly very low interest rates and insanely high money creation via four rounds of QE (including the last during Covid). So Trump, or no Trump, and the Covid issue aside, this bubble is long overdue to pop.

It was available on Sky before inclusion in the OP. Easy.

Cheery...not CNNery

cheery link please...

The commitment to reach the 2% level was made in 2014 because the similar one in 2006 got nowhere! But yes, without Ukraine (Russia) they'd probably still be a$sing about.

The organization was not "fractured". In fact it has become far better funded and stronger over the last 6 years. If Putin was "emboldened", it was due to the disastrous US exit from Afghanistan.

Destablished? Nice one. Trump reamed out NATO members about low national defence budgets at the NATO HQ about 6 or 7 years ago, during his first term. The contributions improved a bit but there was still significant apathy (but little money) from more than half of the NATO members until.... 2022..when Russia attacked and invaded Ukraine. Then, after that, in 2024, contributions from all NATO members had exceeded the long agreed 2% of GDP, for the first time. The fact is that Trump was right. A shame that war had to break out before he was fully believed.

Like your neighbor?

Probably just a bad dream.