There are many good reasons to travel to Switzerland. But this one is surely the best.
[#]Fasnachtschüchli
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
Swiss Chief of the Armed Forces Süssli: “The military’s equipment is currently insufficient to credibly demonstrate that we are prepared to defend Switzerland's sovereignty. That is why it is so important that we strengthen Switzerland's defense capability again.”
=> View attached media | View attached media
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
Zeitenwende is: Article on Switzerland’s lack of military capabilities on the front page of the @nzz.ch
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
German Greens election programmes
2021: “The NATO 2% target, which is not based on skills& capabilities, does not provide an answer to this and we therefore reject it”
2025: “This requires a
defense budget… that permanently invests significantly more than 2%/GDP in our security&defense capability”
=> View attached media | View attached media
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
First quick peek: Green programme includes a defence budget of “significantly more than 2% of GDP”.
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
And we’ve got the election programme from the Greens! Looking forward to reading.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5bne437cdfzskbqve3fzu3o6/post/3lgo3vb3zkk2y
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
Quite annoying how many ppl here dismiss loads of publications because of alleged biases. Don’t read Fox or Sputnik but dismissing anyone but… idk, the Guardian? as biased, corrupt & right-wing isn’t helping. Also disrespectful towards many good journalists.
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
Network of 100 fake news websites aiming to influence the upcoming German election uncovered. Report (in German):
correctiv.org/faktencheck/...
Einflussoperation enttarnt: Ru...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
“…they’re resetting the rules of the game. Their purpose is to insulate the U.S. as it embarks on a radical market-oriented recalibration, stripping away the distortive, and often corruptive, influence of other countries’ state-driven economic models.”
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Europe hasn’t grasped the real...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
“Taking the Pulse: Is Elon Musk Meddling in European Politics?” Via @carnegieeurope.bsky.social
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
I think my colleague Nacho makes a very good point here 👇
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
Latest polling for the German election has CDU/CSU leading with ~30%,
AFD second with ~ 20%,
then Greens and SPD vying for third place (SPD leading atm with ~ 16%).
FDP looks increasingly less likely to make it into parliament.
But lots of uncertainty (and look at YouGov outlier numbers
right)
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
Burden shifting is coming to NATO. Europeans are still not prepared.
Good article by @emmamashford.bsky.social & Jennifer Kavanagh
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/23/t...
Europe Isn’t Ready for Trump 2...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
“Over time, our aim is to get to …make our products as close as possible to 100% French”
Example of the European efforts to move away from Chinese dependence
mars-attaque.blogspot.com/2025/01/dron...
Drone Français - La reconquête...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
D-1 month.
In exactly one month, the Germans are voting for a new parliament and thus government and chancellor.
I worry that so far we haven’t seen enough ideas on how to act in a changed world.
Ahead of Germany’s Elections, ...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
“If you have visions, you should go see a doctor”.
In my latest @wpr.bsky.social column I argue that we urgently need to retire this bon mot of German politics.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/germany-elec...
Ahead of Germany’s Elections, ...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
China claims to have developed a drone that “can be launched by a submarine from the water, loop repeatedly between the sea and the sky, and eventually find its way back to the sub”.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s....
China’s submarine-launched dro...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
I found Zuboff’s Surveillance Capitalism massively eye-opening and insightful at the time and have been worried about privacy et al on tech.
Now with the US tech oligarchy becoming so massively political, it feels like there is a whole new element to this. Extremely worrisome.
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
This weekend, the German Greens will decide on their election programme. One of the hot topics with lots of controversy: how much money for defence. Habeck has spoken of 3,5% - but some in his party want the 2% NATO goal as maximum.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Grünenparteitag: Grünen droht ...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
We’re getting closer to operational #drone swarms.
Sweden unveils drone swarm to be paired with ground troops
www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
Sweden unveils drone swarm to ...
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
Podcast recommendation 😉
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:r4cmart76ggqit2quycislic/post/3lg5uu6r6522e
=> More informations about this toot | View the thread
=> This profile with reblog | Go to rikefranke.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy account This content has been proxied by September (3851b).Proxy Information
text/gemini
