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Friedrich Merz will meet Belgian prime minister to unblock reparations loan

The crisis meeting between the German chancellor and the Belgian premier is aimed at unblocking the reparations loan to Ukraine. It comes as Ursula von der Leyen offered sweeping guarantees to protect Belgium.

Friedrich Merz, the federal chancellor of Germany, will travel to Brussels on Friday to meet with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a bid to unblock the reparations loan to Ukraine.

The three will gather on Friday evening, a Commission spokesperson confirmed to Euronews. The location and format are yet to be determined.

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https://www.ft.com/content/263…42-443a-8c38-788672c08ccd

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Europe exhausts legal tricks on frozen Russian assets

Proposal marks a last-ditch attempt to keep Ukraine solvent using Moscow’s immobilised wealth

Even allies of Ursula von der Leyen said she was testing the limits of EU power by proposing to use emergency measures to ram through up to €210bn in loans to Ukraine. Critics said she was breaking the bloc’s laws.

The proposal unveiled on Wednesday, which relied on powers envisaged for natural disasters to indefinitely immobilise Russian sovereign assets, was by far the most daring of the European Commission president’s fast-evolving schemes to support Ukraine.

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Ich denke diese Von der Leyensche Ära wird unweigerlich zu einer teilweisen Rückabwicklung der EU-Intergration führen. Immer angenommen die EU als solche hält zusammen.

Also die Idee ist das Veto auszuhebeln und mit einfacher Mehrheit Bedingungen zu schaffen, die angeblich die Forderungen der Belgier erfüllen (sehen die selbst nicht so), so dass sie sich auf diese Defacto-Enteignung einlassen können (oder im Prinzip könnten die Belgier auch überstimmt werden). Es geht um Notfallgesetzgebung für Katastrophenfälle, die dazu dient Bedrohungen für den EU-Wirtschaftsraum abzuwenden. Die These ist hier der Krieg den Russland führt ist eine Bedrohung für die europäische Wirtschaft. Wenn die Russen ihre Währungsreserven und sonstigen Vermögen zurückbekommen, ist die Bedrohung um so größer, ergo kann man die Notfallgesetzgebung hier zur Anwendung bringen.

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“It is extraordinary. It is awfully difficult on a number of legal points,” said Jean-Claude Piris, former director-general of the EU Council Legal Service. “But it’s so important that I think they will push for it. They will do it, because this is a war.”

One senior EU official said: “If you ask me if we’re driving straight into a wall, then the answer is yes.”

Diplomats warned the sheer audacity was a sign that, among European capitals, the willingness to keep funding Kyiv from national coffers was waning after nearly four years of war and the alternative solutions were far from easy to identify.

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“You always have to see the possibility of the treaties, and try. When it is an emergency, a time of war, you have to do it,” said Piris, adding that “court cases [to over-rule such measures] take time. So you can take advantage of that.”

If passed, the proposal — which has divided the EU’s internal lawyers, according to officials briefed on the private discussions — is almost certain to draw legal challenges, officials said.

“This will be disputed, of course. No one is under any illusion,” said the senior EU official. “This will definitely be challenged at court and it could well be won. It doesn’t look good but there were no other options left.”

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But legal experts, EU officials and member state diplomats warned the Commission was stretching the interpretation of Article 122 when sanctions already exist to enact the immobilisation.

“It’s crazy and I don’t understand how they think they will get away with this,” said a senior member state official in response to the proposal. “It’s not clear that member states will accept it. The precedent that you set with this could have wide-ranging ramifications.”

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“It is daring. We’re staking out new legal ground,” said one EU diplomat involved in the negotiations. “But it is the only option left.”

https://www.thejournal.ie/dron…e-russia-6893104-Dec2025/

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Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin

Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.

FOUR UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY-STYLE drones breached a no-fly zone and flew towards the flight path of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plane at sea near Dublin Airport late on Monday night, The Journal has learned.

The plane landed, slightly ahead of schedule, just moments before the incident happened at about 11pm. The drones reached the location where Zelenskyy’s plane was expected to be at the exact moment it had been due to pass.

The drones then orbited above an Irish Navy vessel that had secretly been deployed in the Irish Sea for the Zelenskyy visit.

Sources have said that the drones took off from the north-east of Dublin, possibly near Howth, and flew for up to two hours. Enquiries are being carried out to determine whether the drones took off from land or from an undetected ship.

It is not yet known who launched and controlled the drones or where the drones are now.

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Eine Neuauflage der sowjetischen U-Boote vor Schweden wäre sicherlich nicht verwunderlich.

Damit haben die Chinesen sich revanchiert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEScadyK5c

Wenn er auf dem Rückweg von Pokrowsk war, wohnt Sirski an der russischen Grenze?

Musk hatte auch diese Obsession mit Tunneln, muss ein Milliardärs-Ding sein:

https://twitter.com/A1Anduril/status/1996186063870591186

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Anduril Founder @PalmerLuckey’s surprising view on the Future of Warfare:

Interviewer:

“Do you believe that Space will become the defining domain for 21st century national defense?”

Palmer Luckey:

“I think space is very important, but I think the subterranean domain will define the 21st century

There’s more crust than air or sea or land... so a vehicle that moves through the crust of the earth is going to be a huge deal

I have built working prototypes of this”

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https://www.bild.de/politik/in…-69301f76285ba4a14dcf1f91

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Militärexperte im Visier:

Plagiats-Vorwürfe gegen Carlo Masala

München – Er ist anerkannter Experte für internationale Konflikte, gern gesehener Gast in Talkshows und wird auch in BILD oft um eine Einschätzung gebeten. Doch jetzt stehen Plagiats-Vorwürfe gegen Carlo Masala im Raum! Der Professor für Internationale Politik an der Bundeswehr-Universität in München soll bei seiner Doktorarbeit abgeschrieben haben.

Am Dienstag hatte der als „Plagiatsjäger“ bekannt gewordene österreichische Kommunikationswissenschaftler Stefan Weber auf „X“ scharf gegen den Militärexperten Masala geschossen. Weber bezeichnete den Universitäts-Professor darin als „weiteren Plagiator“, der in seiner Doktorarbeit auf „peinliche und stümperhafte Weise plagiiert“ habe.

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Hier:

https://twitter.com/SprachPhilo/status/1995991019754500596

https://twitter.com/SprachPhilo/status/1996294877454508352

https://twitter.com/GunterFehl…tatus/1996000348209651930

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Putin, I will defend Austria
You will get my Vienna only over my dead body If they give me no javelin to take out your tanks,
I will throw my podcast mic on your tanks fuelled with some of your dirty gasoline as my grandfather...

Was will er mit seinem Großvater sagen?

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Vielleicht wird es ja niedergeschlagen, denn ich denke das ist recht offensichtlich eine Sanktion und damit scheint mir das ein starkes Argument zu sein:

https://www.reuters.com/busine…ports-by-2027-2025-12-03/

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EU agrees to end Russian gas imports by late 2027; Hungary, Slovakia oppose

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HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA WEIGH LEGAL CHALLENGES

Hungary, which opposes the move, will challenge the legislation at the EU's Court of Justice on the grounds the measure was wrongfully disguised as a trade policy to circumvent the unanimous voting required for sanctions, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

"Accepting and implementing this Brussels order is impossible for Hungary," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on a broadcast briefing.

Slovakia is also weighing its legal options against the EU order, as the countries are both still highly reliant on gas and oil supplies from Moscow and fearful that more costly alternatives will damage their economies.

https://www.rawstory.com/maria-elvira-salazar-2674342199/

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MAGA lawmaker claims Venezuela is giving nuclear material to Hamas in bizarre rant

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) raised eyebrows on Fox Business Tuesday when she endorsed a U.S. invasion of Venezuela — but then she took it a step further, telling anchor David Asman, with no evidence, that Venezuela is "giving uranium" to hostile foreign powers and terrorist groups.

"This is going to be a very major success story, not only for [the Venezuelan people], but for us," said Salazar. "And I salute President Trump for having the fortitude, the courage, the political vision to be doing this. Because [Nicolas] Maduro is the head of a transnational criminal organization. Maduro is not the legitimate president of the country, so we're not invading a sovereign country that has a free and fair elected democratic president. No. This guy is a thug."

"And he's good friends with Hezbollah, and they're giving uranium to Hamas and to Iran and to North Korea and to Cuba and to Nicaragua," she continued. "Come on. It's time for the United States to do what we need to do. And thank god that Trump is doing it."

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Es gibt wohl unerschlossene Uranvorkommen in Venezuela und das hier:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/i…ela-supplying-iran-nukes/

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[May 26, 2009]

Israel: Venezuela Supplying Iran Nukes

Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium for its nuclear program, according to a secret Israeli government report obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

The two South American countries are known to have close ties with Iran, but this is the first allegation that they are involved in the development of Iran's nuclear program, considered a strategic threat by Israel.

"There are reports that Venezuela supplies Iran with uranium for its nuclear program," the Foreign Ministry document states, referring to previous Israeli intelligence conclusions. It added, "Bolivia also supplies uranium to Iran."

The report concludes that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is trying to undermine the United States by supporting Iran.

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Ich muss sagen die müssen seinerzeit bei CBS News auch ganz schön was geraucht haben, um aus angeblichen Uranlieferungen an Iran eine Schlagzeile mit "Supplying Iran Nukes" zu fabrizieren.

Das ist die Karte aus dem Artikel:

Nur die roten Punkte werden hier als bewiesene Sichtung einer russischen Drohne gezählt.

https://twitter.com/rochowanski/status/1996147814422770061

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https://twitter.com/ABarbashin/status/1996146130334233021

> The bottom line: Putin did not accept Trump’s peace plan.

Strange. I had it on good authority that it was a Russian plan.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1996245204005790199

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A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend. An animal control officer says the raccoon was found Saturday passed out next to the store's toilet.

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https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1995899904405741809

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Trump: "The word 'affordability' is a Democrat scam"

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Vielleicht wollten sie ihn "Secretary of Wars" nennen und das 'S' ist verrutscht?

"Exklusiv".

Diese US-Regierung ist ihre eigene Klasse an Kompetenz:

https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1995907260338319623

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cmon.

https://apnews.com/article/tru…bc901a001e98e325155224954

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Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump’s last Cabinet meeting of 2025

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[...] But the nameplate in front of Hegseth labeled him the “ssecretary of war,” including a mistaken double “S” that quickly became the source of searing online ridicule.

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Aber 100% Unterstützung und hinter ihm stehen, scheint mir unterhalb der Übernahme der vollen Verantwortung zu liegen.

Absolut richtige Entscheidung, aber ich war gar nicht mehr im Raum, habe also nichts damit zu tun:

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1995931094731104550

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Hegseth: I watch that first strike live. At the Department of War, we got a lot of things to do so I not stick around. Couple of hours later, I learned that commander had made -- which he had the complete authority to do, he made the correct decision to sink the boat and eliminated the threat. And it was the right call. We have his back.

Reporter: So you did not see the survivors after that first strike?

Hegseth: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is what is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don’t understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and you plant fake stories in The Washington Post not based in any truth at all

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Die Bemerkung über das klimatisierte Büro ist natürlich absurd, als ob er nicht selbst in so einem Büro sitzt, wenn er Knöpfchen drücken lässt.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/new…tkoff-and-1764749990.html

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Planned Zelenskyy meeting with Witkoff and Kushner in Brussels canceled, journalist says

The meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the US delegation, consisting of US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, which was supposed to take place in Brussels, has been canceled, journalist Alex Raufoglu reported.

https://twitter.com/ralakbar/status/1996040946459512919

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UPDATE! The Brussels meeting is called off, according to sources.

Zelenskyy is returning home.

Kremlin claims that Witkoff and Kushner ‘promised’ to head directly to Washington after talks with putin

Allerdings hängt der Journalist das an seinen vorherigen Twix-Beitrag ran, wo er das Treffen als "scoop" verkündet. Insofern ...

Hey, lieber rot als tot:

https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1995761040689127565

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Meanwhile in Taiwan, singing "Internationale" to protest gov purchasing US weapons.

He said "US wants to use our blood to stop the rise of mainland China. If there's war, I would rather it be for implementing socialism!"

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