European Union – Blazingcatfur

Europe: The New Totalitarians

Germany’s governing coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD), increasingly desperate to cling to power as the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) continues to hammer them in the polls, is turning ever more totalitarian.

For a start, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has made it clear that he wants to end anonymity on the internet.

“I want to see real names on the internet. I want to know who is speaking,” Merz said back in February. “In politics, we engage in debates in our society using our real names and without visors.”

by Blazingcatfur•October 27, 2026October 27, 2026•0•"Surveillance Society", Europe, European Union

A Europe United In Infamy

As France was already burning, from October 6 to 8, a statue bearing the dual names “Orange Plague” and “King of Injustice,” supposedly representing President Trump, presided over the busy hall connecting the European Parliament’s two buildings in Strasbourg. Despite the nobility of the materials used—bronze covered with 23-carat gold leaf—no expert was needed to see that this monstrosity has nothing artistic about it, but instead stems from the irrational, indeed childish, hatred felt by the “artist,” the Dane Jens Galschiot, for the U.S. president—the man and his political positions.

by Blazingcatfur•October 27, 2026October 26, 2026•0•European Union, USA

Canada needs concrete results from EU summit this week, former envoy says

Ahead of this week’s Canada-European Union summit in Montreal, Prime Minister Mark Carney said both parties are hammering out a “new, ambitious alliance,” after pledging deeper ties with Europe last month.

“An alliance that builds resilience for what it allows us to do for our citizens, and our citizens to do for themselves,” Carney said in a written statement on Sunday. “An alliance strong enough so that no one can dictate our choices, and an alliance open enough that others can join.”

by Blazingcatfur•October 26, 2026October 25, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Europe, European Union

Collin May: Ottawa is betting on a Europe that no longer exists

On Oct. 5, Quebec voters returned the separatist Parti Québécois to power after more than a decade in the wilderness. Its leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, has promised a third referendum on sovereignty during his first mandate. On Monday, Albertans voted on whether to take the first step toward a referendum on separation.

by Blazingcatfur•October 25, 2026October 25, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Europe, European Union

Carney’s drive to make Canada a European cousin encounters a messy reality

Mark Carney’s government was perhaps an hour old when he first laid out an intimate shared narrative of Canada and Europe that he has returned to and refined, again and again.

“The ceremony we just witnessed reflects the wonder of a country built on the bedrock of three peoples: Indigenous, French and British,” he said as he began his first press conference as Prime Minister in front of Rideau Hall after the swearing-in ceremony.

by Blazingcatfur•October 24, 2026October 24, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

Canada will be ‘a living hell’ if it becomes associate member of EU, claims MEP

A Member of European Parliament (MEP) said that becoming an associate member of the EU would turn Canada “into a living hell” and asked “is Mark Carney stupid enough to fall for it?” during a debate on Thursday.

Speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, ahead of the EU-Canada summit in Montreal next week, German MEP Christine Anderson accused the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, of looking to wipe out industry, censor speech and “flood” Canada with “even more illegal migrants.”

I see no reason to doubt Ms. Anderson.

by Blazingcatfur•October 24, 2026October 23, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

BARBER: Mark Carney’s European ‘associate membership’ delusion

A year ago, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, issued a stark warning regarding the European Union’s (EU) competitiveness. She noted that internal barriers are throttling innovation, productivity, and investment. In response to France’s proposal to expand the ECB’s mandate to include growth objectives, Lagarde added that monetary policy was inadequate to address these challenges; the EU must therefore undertake structural reforms. These internal barriers limit both services and goods. In some cases, national regulations exceeding EU requirements exacerbate the problem. She recommended the creation of an EU Capital Markets Union. She also advocated for joint European bond issuance, explicitly referencing defence spending. However, such reforms face resistance within the EU. To underscore her warning, Lagarde claimed that Europe is experiencing an “existential crisis!”

by Blazingcatfur•October 23, 2026October 22, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

AfD’s Alice Weidel to unveil plan to downsize the EU

STRASBOURG — The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) wants to scrap the directly elected European Parliament, shrink the European Commission and let Berlin opt out of common EU policies. That’s according to the party’s policy program, which party leader Alice Weidel will present at the European Parliament on Wednesday.

The AfD’s push comes as far-right parties look to gain ground across Europe. The party’s recent victories in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have given it fresh momentum.

Who would win in a fight Alice or Carney?

by Blazingcatfur•October 21, 2026October 20, 2026•0•European Union, Germany - AfD party

NEMETH: Ottawa’s leaked EU deal strangles Alberta’s resources and sovereignty with regulations

Canadians are being sold “associate membership” in the European Union without being told what it means or what Ottawa has already offered Brussels in the backrooms. A recent Nanos poll found significant support for the idea among Canadians. Were respondents shown the leaked document Ottawa drafted for discussions with Brussels, given a clear definition of associate membership, or reminded that Canada already has comprehensive trade and defence agreements with the EU? No.

h/t Canucklehead

by Blazingcatfur•October 19, 2026October 19, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union

As Americans play ‘power game,’ draft document shows Canada-EU response

MONTREAL — Canada and the European Union are laying out concrete steps to strengthen ties around digital security, critical resources and a would-be fleet of Canadian water bombers, according to a draft joint statement ahead of a major summit at month’s end.

The document, seen by The Canadian Press, states that Ottawa and Brussels aim to let Canadian companies bid on cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure contracts typically reserved for European companies in another push away from dependence on the United States.

by Blazingcatfur•October 15, 2026October 15, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union, USA

Majority of Canadians support closer formal ties with European Union: poll

Canadian support for more formal ties with the European Union appears to be growing, a new poll suggests.

Nearly eight in 10 respondents were supportive or somewhat supportive of Canada becoming an associate member of the EU so long as the agreement increased co-operation on trade and defence, but stopped short of full membership.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2026October 13, 2026•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union, WTF?

EU-Funded “Disinformation” Group Puts America on Its Threat List

EU DisinfoLab is a Brussels-based non-profit that received a substantial amount of money from the EU – and has now put the United States on its list of foreign information threats.

The organization held its annual conference, #Disinfo2026, on October 7 and 8 in Lithuania, and the first day included a panel titled, “USA as a FIMI threat: acknowledge, adapt, push back.” FIMI stands for foreign information manipulation and interference.

by Blazingcatfur•October 13, 2026October 13, 2026•0•European Union, USA

Cowardly Europe Fears Dissent

Former-banker-turned-tiny-French-President Emmanuel Macron blasted what he called “American free speech” while speaking to reporters last week. Defending the European Union’s robust censorship policies, le petit fromage insisted that Europe’s speech-policing Digital Services Act should censor information that governments consider false “much more extensively, much faster, and much more forcefully.”

by Blazingcatfur•October 6, 2026October 5, 2026•0•European Union, Freedom of speech

If you’re curious why the media is spreading so much false information about the riots, consider

If you’re curious why the media is spreading so much false information about the riots, consider:

— The French Culture Ministry paid €204.7 million in direct aid to the news media in 2023, of which Le Monde received €8.3 million, L’Humanité €6.5 million and Libération €6.3 million

— The @afpfr runs “fact-checks” in 26 languages, received €120 million from the French state in 2025, against €200.3 million in commercial revenue. @AFP is French government propaganda and disinformation

— European governments are committed through a UN agreement to spread pro-mass migration propaganda by funding it directly. The “migration compact,” which 152 governments voted for in the UN General Assembly in 2018, commits them to “stopping allocation of public funding… to media outlets that systematically promote intolerance, xenophobia, racism and other forms of discrimination towards migrants,” which is broadly interpreted to cover criticism of mass migration policies

— To maintain control over news media, the European Commission funds a network of 15 fact-checking hubs with tens of millions of euros, and its rules require platforms to give priority to notices from “trusted flaggers.”

— Governments fund think tanks to produce reports, including ones demanding censorship, that the news media cover sympathetically and editorialize in support of.

— The @ISDglobal in London — which demands censorship of people it disagrees with on climate change, gender, and migration, refuses to speak with journalists, and lists a phony address — lists among its funders the British Foreign Office, the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, the German Foreign Office and the European Commission, along with Google and Microsoft.

https://t.co/LpyxOXtFAY

— Public reported in 2024 that ISD and the German fact-checker Correctiv, both government-funded, had spread false claims about German farmers and opposition politicians.

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) October 5, 2026

Read the entire thread it helps answer why Carney is hot for the European Union.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•October 5, 2026October 5, 2026•0•European Union, France, The Media Lies

While France Burns, Driven by the Radical Left According to Intelligence, and Its Sovereign Debt Approaches Bailout Levels, Mark Carney Wants to Bind Canada to Europe

OTTAWA – On Thursday in Marseille, a woman told a group of youths to stop wrecking a bus shelter. One of them, masked, turned an aerosol can into a makeshift flamethrower and sprayed fire into her face. The video has gone around the world. A 15-year-old, identified through street cameras, is in pretrial detention, and prosecutors are pursuing a charge of “act of barbarism.”

by Blazingcatfur•October 5, 2026October 4, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, European Union