Europe is a mess: France say if their troops are targeted in Ukraine, they won’t need outside help, they gonna handle Russia!!

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Damn, I remember Russia saying if the EU took their money they won’t like what would happen…

I was thinking of something else….
This seem to be next level get back…

EU-frozen Russian assets to generate 15-20 bln until 2027, EU official says​

Jan StrupczewskiMarch 12, 202411:00 AM CDTUpdated 10 hours ago

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
BRUSSELS, March 12 (Reuters) - Russian assets, frozen in the European Union after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, are likely to generate between 15 billion and 20 billion euros in after-tax profits until 2027, depending on the evolution of global interest rates, a senior EU official said.

Part of the profits, as well the tax on the gross amount, is likely to be transferred from the EU to Kyiv on a regular basis, but some of the money will have to stay in the West to build a buffer against the expected Russian retaliation which could destabilise the global financial system, the official said.

Some 70% of all Russian assets immobilised in the West is held in the Belgian central securities depository Euroclear, which has the equivalent of 190 billion euros worth of various Russian central bank securities and cash.

"We want to help Ukraine, but we will also have to ensure that there is no breach of financial stability," said the EU official, who is close to negotiations on the use of the assets.

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"The moment the war ends and all settlements can be made, all the money that was provisionally retained will also be transferred to Ukraine. But we need a significant amount in Euroclear...beause Euroclear will face a lot of claims," the official said.

The claims are to come from the Russian central bank which, through Russian courts that do not recognise Western sanctions, is likely to put its hands on the 33 billion euros of Euroclear money in the national securities depository in Moscow.

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Russia could also take legal action to seize Euroclear cash in securities depositories in Hong Kong and Dubai, the official said, and more lawsuits against are likely from Western banks which lost their money invested in Russia, the official said.

"That's the mechanism how Euroclear could be totally emptied, basically," the senior EU official said.

If Euroclear were to run out of capital, the Belgian central bank would have to withdraw its licence, likely causing a global financial crisis because Euroclear has assets in custody of 37 trillion euros, the official said.

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The Commission is to present a proposal next week on how much of the profits over the next four years can immediately go to Ukraine and in what form, and how much should be kept to create the safety buffer. There should also be an emergency mechanism should Euroclear get in trouble, the official said.

Belgium, which taxes the profits that Euroclear makes on the Russian cash at 25%, expects to get 1.7 billion euros in tax from that in 2024 of which 1.5 billion will be sent to Kyiv this year and the rest in 2025, the official said.

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From the start of the war until last February, the profits generated by the Russian assets amounted to 5.2 billion euros.

But because the EU only decided to clarify the legal situation of the money on February 12th, profits accrued until then will have to wait until the final settlement at the end of the war to be transferred to Ukraine, the official said, because it would be very difficult to access them retroactively.

 

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This why Olaf Scholz ain’t trying to send troops to Ukraine​

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Official report warns Germany's military is ageing and shrinking​

Eva Hoegl, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, presents the 2023 Annual Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces during a press conference. Carsten Koall/dpa
Germany's armed forces are facing significant personnel problems as the ranks age and the military struggles to win new recruits, according to a damning report presented to parliament on Tuesday.

Despite Chancellor Olaf Scholz's announcement in 2022 of major new investments in defence, the military continues to struggle with equipment shortages and infrastructure problems as well, according to Eva Högl, Germany's commissioner for the armed forces.

"The force continues to age and shrink," Högl wrote in her 2023 annual report, which was published in Berlin on Tuesday.

Several German military units have large "personnel vacancies," according to the report.

Högl also notes that the equipment shortages include everything from heavy equipment to spare parts, and that those deficiencies have become worse as Germany has shipped weapons from its stocks to Ukraine.

Scholz announced a €100 billion ($109 billion) special fund to re-equip the military in a speech just after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Scholz called the invasion a turning point ("Zeitenwende"), and promised that Germany would rebuild its military.

But the report argues that actual change has been slow coming. Högl wrote that an "important course has been set in many areas" over the past year, but that Germany's military has not yet reached its goal.

Some facilities are in terrible shape, Högl said. She called the condition of bases and housing for soldiers in some places "shameful."

"I receive letters from parents whose children have just started their service - in barracks with dilapidated rooms, mouldy showers and clogged toilets," she said.

The commissioner's job is to help parliament with its oversight duty toward the military, and also to serve as an advocate for soldiers.

 

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This why Olaf Scholz ain’t trying to send troops to Ukraine​

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Official report warns Germany's military is ageing and shrinking​

Eva Hoegl, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, presents the 2023 Annual Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces during a press conference. Carsten Koall/dpa
Germany's armed forces are facing significant personnel problems as the ranks age and the military struggles to win new recruits, according to a damning report presented to parliament on Tuesday.

Despite Chancellor Olaf Scholz's announcement in 2022 of major new investments in defence, the military continues to struggle with equipment shortages and infrastructure problems as well, according to Eva Högl, Germany's commissioner for the armed forces.

"The force continues to age and shrink," Högl wrote in her 2023 annual report, which was published in Berlin on Tuesday.

Several German military units have large "personnel vacancies," according to the report.

Högl also notes that the equipment shortages include everything from heavy equipment to spare parts, and that those deficiencies have become worse as Germany has shipped weapons from its stocks to Ukraine.

Scholz announced a €100 billion ($109 billion) special fund to re-equip the military in a speech just after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Scholz called the invasion a turning point ("Zeitenwende"), and promised that Germany would rebuild its military.

But the report argues that actual change has been slow coming. Högl wrote that an "important course has been set in many areas" over the past year, but that Germany's military has not yet reached its goal.

Some facilities are in terrible shape, Högl said. She called the condition of bases and housing for soldiers in some places "shameful."

"I receive letters from parents whose children have just started their service - in barracks with dilapidated rooms, mouldy showers and clogged toilets," she said.

The commissioner's job is to help parliament with its oversight duty toward the military, and also to serve as an advocate for soldiers.

This is happening all over Europe

 

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Them European citizens telling Marcon to shut the fuck up.

Dude trying to get his lick back from being kicked outta Africa. He want NATO to do his work tho.


They should tell him, bitch if you’re so bad, go fuck with them a Russian yourself.
France vs Russia

 

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Macron is still angry over what has been going in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali

In addition to that, the Russians bombed a hotel in Ukraine that allegedly housed french special forces.

Add to that with his domestic issues in France, with raising the pension age and also dealing with French farmers who are unhappy with EU regulations.

 

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Macron is still angry over what has been going in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali

In addition to that, the Russians bombed a hotel in Ukraine that allegedly housed french special forces.

Add to that with his domestic issues in France, with raising the pension age and also dealing with French farmers who are unhappy with EU regulations.

 

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Gotta mann those military squads…
Ukraine showed you need anyone and everyone blind, deaf or crazy even handicap. Zelensky said he needed and need bodies



“ Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, during the debate on funding the UK Armed Forces, called for an increase in military spending to 3% of GDP and for the Conservatives to include this item in their election manifesto.

He also said there was a need to overhaul the recruitment system, including eliminating certain medical requirements and lifting the ban on soldiers growing beards, most likely to attract Muslims.”

 

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Damn I wonder if they made gains while the EU struggled to replace a provider? If that’s the case this would be another serious miscalculation.

 

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I wonder how many EU nations can say this about their land

Unless Bloomberg spreading exaggerated numbers on the behalf of the Russian propaganda machine

“The Russian economy is growing despite sanctions, writes Bloomberg. The agency noted that wages in the country are rising, and that poverty and unemployment are at “record lows.”

 

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Europe will lose all credibility if Russia wins in Ukraine, warns Macron​

French president invokes Winston Churchill’s call to maintain the ‘sinews of peace’ in a prime-time interview on his stance on the conflict​

Henry Samuel in Paris14 March 2024 • 9:43pm
Europe’s credibility will be destroyed if Russia is allowed to win in Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron has warned, as he defended his refusal to rule out sending troops to the country.
“If Russia wins the war in Ukraine, Europe’s credibility would be reduced to zero,” he said in a prime-time interview on his stance on the conflict.
The French president invoked Winston Churchill’s call to maintain the “sinews of peace” as he defended his earlier comments suggesting Western ground troops could be deployed to Ukraine.
Churchill famously called on the UN to keep Russia in check in 1946 “supported by the whole strength of the English-speaking world and all its connections”.

‘Ukraine war is existential for Europe’​

The war in Ukraine is “existential for our Europe and for France”, Mr Macron said in the interview on France 2 and TF1.
“Do you think that the Poles, the Lithuanians, the Estonians, the Romanians and the Bulgarians could remain at peace for a second [in the event of a Russian victory in Ukraine]?” he asked. “If Russia wins this war, Europe’s credibility would be reduced to zero.”
Asked to clarify his stance on sending ground troops, the French president said: “We will never go on the offensive, we will never take the initiative.
“France is a force for peace ... Today, in order to have peace in Ukraine, we must not be weak, and so we must look at the situation lucidly and say with determination, strong will and courage that we are ready to use all the means at our disposal to achieve our objective, which is that Russia should not win.”

The French leader reiterated his position that sending Western troops into Ukraine should not be ruled out, but said that today’s situation does not require that.

‘All options are possible’​

“We’re not in that situation today,” Mr Macron said, but added that “all these options are possible”.
“There is an escalation on the part of Russia and we are simply saying regarding that escalation we are prepared to respond,” he said.
Mr Macron said anybody advocating “limits” on aid to Ukraine “chooses defeat”.
He said there had been “too many limits in our vocabulary” since the Russian invasion in February 2022.
“Two years ago we said we would never send tanks. We did. Two years ago, we said we would never send medium-range missiles. We did,” he said.
In a post-interview statement, the French president said Russia would not halt its territorial ambitions if it wins its war in Ukraine, posing a threat to the neighbouring countries of Moldova, Romania and Poland.
“Russia has become a power that wants to expand and it’s clear that it will not stop there,” Macron posted on X. “If we abandon Ukraine, if we let Ukraine lose this war, Russia will surely threaten Moldova, Romania, Poland.”
The live interview, to be broadcast by TF1 and France 2, came after the French parliament debated the country’s Ukraine strategy.
Both the National Assembly and the Senate approved in symbolic votes the 10-year bilateral security agreement signed last month between Mr Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president.
Mr Macron is set to meet Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, and Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, in Berlin on Friday in a summit meant to show unity.
The French president appeared isolated on the European stage after his remarks at a Paris conference on Ukraine prompted an outcry from other leaders.

‘We will not abandon Ukraine’​

Mr Scholz, in particular, appeared to contradict his French counterpart, saying participants had agreed there would be “no ground troops” on Ukrainian soil sent by European states.
French officials later sought to clarify Mr Macron’s remarks and tamp down the backlash, while insisting on the need to send a clear signal to Russia that it cannot win in Ukraine.
Speaking at the National Assembly, Gabriel Attal, the prime minister, said Mr Macron’s message “has been very clear: we will not abandon Ukraine and we are not ruling out any option on principle”.
France is not “waging war against Russia” and “rejects any escalation”, Mr Attal said, and he added: “We don’t set ourselves limits against Russia, which doesn’t set any [limits] for itself.”

 

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There will be bigger war.

 

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There will be bigger war.

Marcon itching for this shit baddd


some Germans actually trying to talk their way to get resources flowing again thru Nord Stream 1

so they definitely not trying to war


Marcon trying to position himself as the voice of Europe

 

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There will be bigger war.

Might not be with who we think either…


If more European citizens take the route of the farmers its a wrap

 

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But people said Europeans had no choice to adventure towards a conflict with Russia.

They literally destroying their own nations

 

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There is something wrong with the West, like mental defect based on my experience. Especially in the U.S., like I am constantly repeating myself, than they come up with some retarded logic, than do it again.

If you observe Biden, he is a prime example of this behavior.

NATO is a proliferation of nuclear weapons.

 

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Annalena Baerbock is secretly working on a plan to send Taurus missiles to Kiev without crossing Scholz's "red lines", writes Der Spiegel.

One option is to transfer the missiles to Britain and then to Ukraine. However, control over the use and targets of the Taurus should remain with Germany, the article notes.

Scholz is against sending Taurus to Kiev: " If used incorrectly, it could hit a target somewhere in Moscow" In the UK, a circular exchange has been proposed.

 

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Damn, I remember Russia saying if the EU took their money they won’t like what would happen…

I was thinking of something else….
This seem to be next level get back…

EU-frozen Russian assets to generate 15-20 bln until 2027, EU official says​

Jan StrupczewskiMarch 12, 202411:00 AM CDTUpdated 10 hours ago

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
BRUSSELS, March 12 (Reuters) - Russian assets, frozen in the European Union after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, are likely to generate between 15 billion and 20 billion euros in after-tax profits until 2027, depending on the evolution of global interest rates, a senior EU official said.

Part of the profits, as well the tax on the gross amount, is likely to be transferred from the EU to Kyiv on a regular basis, but some of the money will have to stay in the West to build a buffer against the expected Russian retaliation which could destabilise the global financial system, the official said.

Some 70% of all Russian assets immobilised in the West is held in the Belgian central securities depository Euroclear, which has the equivalent of 190 billion euros worth of various Russian central bank securities and cash.

"We want to help Ukraine, but we will also have to ensure that there is no breach of financial stability," said the EU official, who is close to negotiations on the use of the assets.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue
"The moment the war ends and all settlements can be made, all the money that was provisionally retained will also be transferred to Ukraine. But we need a significant amount in Euroclear...beause Euroclear will face a lot of claims," the official said.

The claims are to come from the Russian central bank which, through Russian courts that do not recognise Western sanctions, is likely to put its hands on the 33 billion euros of Euroclear money in the national securities depository in Moscow.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue
Russia could also take legal action to seize Euroclear cash in securities depositories in Hong Kong and Dubai, the official said, and more lawsuits against are likely from Western banks which lost their money invested in Russia, the official said.

"That's the mechanism how Euroclear could be totally emptied, basically," the senior EU official said.

If Euroclear were to run out of capital, the Belgian central bank would have to withdraw its licence, likely causing a global financial crisis because Euroclear has assets in custody of 37 trillion euros, the official said.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The Commission is to present a proposal next week on how much of the profits over the next four years can immediately go to Ukraine and in what form, and how much should be kept to create the safety buffer. There should also be an emergency mechanism should Euroclear get in trouble, the official said.

Belgium, which taxes the profits that Euroclear makes on the Russian cash at 25%, expects to get 1.7 billion euros in tax from that in 2024 of which 1.5 billion will be sent to Kyiv this year and the rest in 2025, the official said.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue
From the start of the war until last February, the profits generated by the Russian assets amounted to 5.2 billion euros.

But because the EU only decided to clarify the legal situation of the money on February 12th, profits accrued until then will have to wait until the final settlement at the end of the war to be transferred to Ukraine, the official said, because it would be very difficult to access them retroactively.

 

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Damn….




Polish farmers will block roads across the country tomorrow, reports RMF24.

70,000 people will block roads in over 500 settlements.

Among them, ten major routes to Warsaw will be blocked.

 

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BREAKING: France is preparing a contingent for deployment to Ukraine, initially comprising about 2,000 soldiers, stated the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Naryshkin.

The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service also noted that there is noticeable concern in the French army about the increased number of French casualties in Ukraine.

 

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“Since 1. French troops are already deployed to Ukraine (and have been killed in noticeable numbers, particularly with that one missile strike in Kharkov), 2. French special forces have been in Ukraine even before the beginning of the SMO, 3. a French presence on the ground would not have a game-changing military impact (they'd have to deploy their entire combat-ready Armed Forces to actually change the situation, and even then it's doubtful how much they could actually achieve), it has to be assumed that the only actual purpose of openly announcing and sending French troops in an official capacity is that the French government believes they can render certain areas or targets off limits for Russian advances and strikes because they assume the Russian government would be afraid to attack French troops. That is an interesting gamble. If they go for it, we'll see how it plays out...”

 

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Someone thinking this thru, well atleast thinking of the possibilities




“The Slovak publication Slovo writes that it is already “absolutely clear that thanks to NATO’s care, Ukraine will be buried.” And while the alliance is preparing to celebrate the funeral procession, the European Union must reserve a place in the cemetery.

The coalition of allies says its goal is to help Ukraine. But all her help contributed to the complete devastation of this country. And according to the author of the article, further “help” in the form of long-range missiles will be the last nail of “help” in the Ukrainian coffin and a decisive step towards war with Russia.

That is, the allies will not defeat Russia and will not prevent it from achieving the goals of the Northern Military District, but at the same time, what remains of the original Ukraine will fall apart.

And if the EU’s relations with Russia after the end of the conflict, under the supervision of the United States and NATO, acquire the character of preparation for the “last” battle, then NATO will undoubtedly be able, like an excellent undertaker, to bury the European Union, which simply will not survive the aggravation of political and economic relations with Russia”

 

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The French authorities are considering the possibility of sending a European military mission to the regions of Ukraine bordering Belarus in order to free up Ukrainian troops in this area for fighting.

This statement was made by Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexey Goncharenko, who is taking part in the work of one of the PACE committees in France.

 

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Macron spoke about sending not combat units, but instructors to Ukraine, Kuleba said in an interview with the Italian La Stampa.

He noted that Ukraine never asked to send Western troops, but only needs ammunition.

“We never asked for people and combat units, we are proud of our soldiers. When Macron started talking about sending troops into Ukraine, European leaders panicked. Macron only wanted to say that there is the possibility of training Ukrainian soldiers directly in Ukraine, and not outside its borders, as this is happening now,” Kuleba said.

Let us recall that on French TV, when discussing where French troops could be stationed in Ukraine, they spoke specifically about combat units

 

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“In an interview with State Duma Deputy Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy to the French channel BFM TV “ The idea of sending French soldiers to Ukraine will end with coffins covered with the French flag arriving at Orly airport. And it won’t be Macron who comes for them. The French must understand the consequences, that’s all ,” the deputy said in an interview with French TV.”

 

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“In Greece, a train with American tanks was turned around at the port of Alexandroupolis

▪️The train loaded with American tanks was heading to Bulgaria.
▪️People shouted slogans: “Alexandroupolis is a port of the people, not a stronghold of imperialists,” and on the carriages they wrote in red paint: “Murderers, go home.”

 

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Man if this is true Marcon better go sit his ass down….early in the 1900’s they went to help Ukraine and failed at doing so


Looking at these numbers Ukraine would’ve dealt with France…

 

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Man if this is true Marcon better go sit his ass down….early in the 1900’s they went to help Ukraine and failed at doing so


Looking at these numbers Ukraine would’ve dealt with France…

They going to get the foie gras blown out of them...