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Weimar Triangle starts preparing for a standoff with Russia
Germany, France, and Poland are renewing the forgotten Weimar Triangle to bolster the EU's defense capabilities with plans to buy long-range missiles and hold military exercises together.

^{The so-called Weimar Triangle format is becoming more relevant again}

The regional alliance of France, Germany and Poland created in 1991 called the "Weimar Triangle" has largely been put on ice in recent years.

However, Russia's invasion of Ukraine that markedly changed the foreign policies of Germany and France toward Russia, has made the format relevant again.

Relations were strained under Poland's previously nationalist government , which recently lost power in the country to a government more open to European cooperation.

Lukasz Jasinski, an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, told DW that all these factors happening together have created a window of opportunity for the Weimar Triangle.

"This is a short moment when this cooperation is in the interest of three countries, when there is political will and there are perspectives and ideas bringing their cooperation on a very practical level," explained Jasinski, adding that the aim of the Weimar Triangle is to send a strong political message to Russia.

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Bulgarian president declines government proposal to lead delegation to NATO summit
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has turned down a government proposal to lead the country’s delegation to NATO’s July summit in Washington, D.C., saying he was not consulted while it worked out the official position of the country and its commitments regarding the war in Ukraine, his press office said Thursday.

The decision comes on the heels of heated debates between pro-Russian and pro-Western parties in Bulgaria about whether Radev, as the commander-in-chief of the military, should represent the country at the NATO summit.

Radev has often been criticized by political opponents for his Kremlin-friendly position in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and for his public remarks that sending military aid to Kyiv would extend the conflict. He has referred to those favoring military aid to Ukraine as “warmongers.”

Delyan Peevski, who leads a liberal pro-Western party and is one of Radev’s harshest critics, called the refusal “a confirmation that Radev’s positions serve foreign, not national interests and are subjected to dependencies and ties in the East, contrary to the Euro-Atlantic values and principles”.

Bulgaria, one of Moscow’s closest allies during the Cold War era, joined NATO in 2004. Although the presidential post is mostly ceremonial, it provides a strong platform to influence public opinion. Large parts of the country’s population of about 6.6 million, surveys show, share pro-Russian sympathies based on historical and cultural bonds between the two nations.

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House overwhelmingly rejects Greene, Gosar efforts to cut off aid to Ukraine
The House on Thursday rejected a flurry of amendments offered to an appropriations bill from Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to cut off aid to Ukraine, a signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine.

Gosar and Greene proposed a series of amendments to the State Department, foreign operations and related programs appropriations bill that would have cut off funding to Ukraine amid its war with Russia.

Gosar’s amendments would have prohibited funds for foreign military sales to Ukraine, the bilateral security agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine and the special representative for Ukraine’s economic recovery. Greene’s amendment would have cut off all funding for Ukraine.

Gosar’s amendments failed on a bipartisan basis, with the House voting down the foreign military sales amendment 61-350, the security agreement amendment 76-334 and the economic recovery amendment 109-303.

Greene’s amendment faced a similar fate with a 70-342 vote.

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Support for Farage's Reform UK party drops after Ukraine comments
Support for Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party has fallen ahead of a July 4 election, a poll showed on Thursday, after he said the West had provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

The BMG Research opinion poll for the i newspaper, carried out June 24-26, put support for Reform on 16%, down from a record high of 19% last week. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives were on 20%, up from 19% previously.

Keir Starmer's opposition Labour Party remained far ahead on 42%.

A separate YouGov poll conducted on June 24-25 reported a one point drop in support for Reform to 17%, with the Conservatives and Labour also down one point each on 18% and 36% respectively.

In an interview with the BBC aired last Friday, Farage said he stood by previous comments that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a consequence of the eastward expansion of the European Union and NATO.

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 07:52 schreef Raw85 het volgende:
Het topic wordt er niet echt lekker leesbaar van zo

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 09:50 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Met jouw nutteloze post posten, bedoel je?

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 07:52 schreef Raw85 het volgende:
Het topic wordt er niet echt lekker leesbaar van zo

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 09:51 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:
Idd een hoop lappen text met spam.

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 10:06 schreef zuchtje het volgende:

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Bedankt voor uw waardevolle bijdrage die ook helemaal niks bijdraagt! Laten we nu het er nu (weer) met zijn allen lekker off-topic gaan klagen over hoe waardevol een post is, en daarbij het topic nog minder leesbaar maken! Constructief, je mening geven over de vorm, en niet de inhoud!

Als er geen desinformatie voorhanden is, ga je maar op de messengers schieten?

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 10:10 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:

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Schieten op lappen text niet op de messenger, wat jij wel doet.

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 10:03 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Herhaling van zetten.

Er zijn veel mensen die deze posts waarderen, als overzicht van wat in de tussentijd is gebeurt.

Ik scan de meeste van die posts ook wel, en klik af en toe iets aan als het me interessant lijkt.

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 10:03 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Herhaling van zetten.

Er zijn veel mensen die deze posts waarderen, als overzicht van wat in de tussentijd is gebeurt.

Ik scan de meeste van die posts ook wel, en klik af en toe iets aan als het me interessant lijkt.

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 10:33 schreef Raw85 het volgende:

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Oh ik waardeer de bijdragen en gedane moeite ook wel hoor. Handig als overzicht inderdaad, maar als soms 17 van de 25 posts op een pagina bestaan uit lange stukken zonder context of iets gepost door één user dan vind ik het juist wat minder overzichtelijk worden. Maar zal aan mij liggen

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 10:35 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:

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Ligt aan jou.

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A conventionally powered Portuguese attack submarine has completed a rare voyage under the Arctic ice. As well as being a first-of-its-kind mission for the Portuguese Navy, the deployment underlines the growing importance of the Arctic theater to NATO’s submarine fleet. Although it’s nuclear-powered boats that traditionally dominate in this challenging area of operations, the Portuguese deployment demonstrates that conventionally powered submarines have a role to play here too.

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Op vrijdag 28 juni 2024 12:08 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Het is wel een beetje tekenend voor staat van de Nederlandse marine dat notabene een land Portugal dit kan doen:
Portuguese Diesel-Electric AIP Submarine Just Patrolled Under The Arctic Ice
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