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It’s been revealed in the last few days that Denmark assisted the US’s NSA spy on Merkel and other German leaders. This is obviously significant and seems to be causing some sort of rift in the union, with Macron quickly siding with Germany. So in this video, we explain how and why Denmark helped US intelligence services and what this means for the European allies.
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Sources:
– https://www.politico.eu/article/press-report-merkel-and-eu-leaders-spied-on-by-nsa-via-denmark/
– https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/31/europe/denmark-us-nsa-merkel-spying-intl/index.html
– https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57302806
– https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/nsa-leaks-us-bugging-european-allies
– https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/01/nsa-spying-allegations-germany-us-france
– https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-obama-idUSBREA0G0JI20140117
– https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/24/obama-calls-hollande-nsa-no-longer-spying-french-president
– https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/01/barack-obama-eu-fallout-us-spying-claims
– https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/31/europe/denmark-us-nsa-merkel-spying-intl/index.html
– https://www.politico.eu/article/france-asks-us-denmark-to-clarify-spying-practices/
– https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1399100101436530693
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In this video, we’ll discuss the EU’s new plan to quietly tax US Big Tech – and whether it could work.
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The EU’s plan to capture US Big Tech revenue
https://www.ft.com/content/ad06ed89-f600-4694-8c95-7d53b6d3315b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brussels-looks-capture-big-tech-through-tax-large-corporations-ft-reports-2026-10-07/
EU rejects France’s calls for an EU-wide digital services tax
https://www.ft.com/content/e5a76494-71df-4ee0-a85f-b28f2c94ded6?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.vatcalc.com/global/eu-holds-back-on-digital-services-tax-as-us-raises-retaliation-threat/
EU’s proposed CORE mechanism
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/08/28/the-commissions-foray-into-corporate-taxation-a-core-problem-for-the-eu-budget/
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/eu-budget-2028-2034_en#driving-prosperity-via-competitiveness-research-and-innovation
US exempted from Pillar 2 of OECD’s global minimum corporate tax agreement
https://youtu.be/85voZ2FJhZk?si=6jVOHTB5CBTKvigd
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/us-exemption-oecd-global-tax-deal-multinational-companies
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/08/oecd-deal-imposes-global-minimum-corporate-tax-of-15
G7 statement on global minimum tax
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/g7-statement-on-global-minimum-taxes.html
https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/canada-g7-releases-statement-on-global-minimum-tax-pillar-two-and-canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax
European Digital Services Taxes (DSTs)
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/digital-services-taxes-europe/
https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/pillar-one-digital-services-taxes/
https://www.reuters.com/en/germany-seeks-levy-10-tax-online-platforms-like-google-2025-05-29/
Accusations of tax avoidance by Silicon Valley tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
https://itep.org/trump-meta-tesla-alphabet-amazon-obbba-taxes/
https://itep.org/amazon-alphabet-meta-tesla-pro-trump-tech-companies-avoided-taxes/
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In this video, we’re going to explain why the Trump-Putin diesel deal is probably illegal; whether it’ll get struck down; and why – either way – it’s a pretty rubbish deal anyway, even from Trump’s perspective.
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Diesel prices/components
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/us-diesel-sales-price-$-per-gallon-w-na-fed-data.html
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil
https://www.ft.com/content/f117f347-e1e0-457c-83fc-ba4745581bb2?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Fuel vs Dem congressional ballot
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/09/17/high-petrol-prices-could-hand-democrats-a-mighty-midterm-victory
Trump Truth Social posts
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117412435306815143
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117422699218841250
Zelenskyy comments
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/exclusive-zelensky-putin-trump-diesel-deal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/6141601-russia-strikes-ukraine-power-plant/
Laws
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6140830-fitzpatrick-bill-block-russian-oil/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6968
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-related-sanctions
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5025
Reports that Russia lacks refining capacity
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/why-is-us-turning-to-russia-for-diesel-despite-sanctions
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/ov/SPEECH_26_1868
https://sieps.se/en/publications/2026/forging-european-strategic-unity-the-case-for-a-european-security-council/
https://www.martenscentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/european-security-council-blueprint.pdf
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-greenland-crisis-revives-calls-for-european-security-council/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/future-e3/origins-and-development-e3
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/the-consultation-process-and-article-4
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/european-security-council-between-strategic-need-and-institutional
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757822/EPRS_BRI(2024)757822_EN.pdf
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@KirstineTermansen-zj8lc
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
No baby. It was all Murdoch
@thato596
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
germany has become weak. Even countries like denmark can sabotage germany. first problem was germany surrendering their power to europe and america
@bernardinnyon9142
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
If united states Can tape Europe's phone then Europe can tape African phones
@RaVNeFLoK
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
As a Dane I am absolutely disgusted by this. Spying on our closest allies and friends – that Germany invading us before is no rational excuse (i see some here make that argument). Germany is a democratic country now and a close ally. The Danish government responsible for this betrayal should provide full disclosure on everything – how it went down, what info they got and what holes in the security was found. And then summarily all get sacked pending full legal investigation on an individual level and preferably jail time.
I am gutted.
@builder_dahomey
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
US: Can I buy greenland? Denmark: Fuck no. US: Can you spy on your neighbors and give the info to me instead? Denmark: I'll do anything for money.
@denmark23
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
I promise Germany, we love you more than America any day. I'm so sorry for this you are family 🥺
@glenn07777
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
In hindsight Danes and Americans were right to spy on her.
@michaeldowd5545
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
Looks like she was a fair target , her cosy love affair with Putin has strategically put the whole of Europe at risk. Germany has been humiliated, no moral authority to dictate policy to the rest of Europe or the rest of the world. She has enabled the Russian war machine and countries like India are calling Germany hypocrisy is your name. What a fuck up. What a fuck up.
@alanbstard4
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
the chosen ones strike again
@albertburton4827
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
We have some officials and politicians with very bad judgments, they should be banned and kicked out of any European Context. Definitely, they deserve maximum exposure and public shame. There is something and someone rotten in Denmark.
@user-xh7lb4fg1i
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
The U.S. is a tyrant. the usa government wants to continue to spy on its allies as well as rivals,
to blackmail them to do what ever the usa government demands,that explain why usa politicians like Mike Pompeo ,has been going around the world,trying to get everybody not to use Huawei telecoms equipment ,so that the usa government can continue to spy on everybody ,and to blackmail politicians to do what ever the usa government demands.
@williamswilliam1511
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
The U.S. is a tyrant. the usa government wants to continue to spy on its allies as well as rivals,
to blackmail them to do what ever the usa government demands,that explain why usa politicians like Mike Pompeo ,has been going around the world,trying to get everybody not to use Huawei telecoms equipment ,so that the usa government can continue to spy on everybody ,and to blackmail politicians to do what ever the usa government demands.
@mortenc2373
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
Great stuff, EU failure in full daylight again, US spies on everybody, even their own mother they dont trust, but thats normal when you are the one going down.
@wibowopr952
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
some small countries in a region that are not united will be more easily conquered by a larger greedy power, the anglo-spheres are very happy if europe is divided 🤭
@wibowopr952
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
DEVIDE ET IMPERA, that's what Europeans have always done in different parts of the world and now they feel the same with the power of the anglo-sphere
traitors will always emerge from within (usually triggered by issues of power and ethnicity exhaled by the invaders) and eventually sell themselves and their honor for the interests of the invaders
small countries that are not united in one region will be more easily conquered by a larger greedy power, the anglo-spheres are very happy if europe is divided 🤭
@williamswilliam1511
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
"The U.S. is a tyrant. the usa government wants to continue to spy on its allies as well as rivals,
to blackmail them to do what ever the usa government demands,that explain why usa politicians like Mike Pompeo ,has been going around the world,trying to get everybody not to use Huawei telecoms equipment ,so that the usa government can continue to spy on everybody ,and to blackmail politicians to do what ever the usa government demands."
@user-ug1lw5fd4u
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
In the best interests of the EU, the United States is monitoring the EU. I don't understand why the EU is not satisfied with this. The relationship between the EU and the United States is like a father and son. Father and son have no overnight hatred.
@chimcreynolds2426
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
European Union: we ask the United States to explain this! America: it doesn't matter. Don't worry. EU: Yes, master.
@torebjarnarson8466
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
Pretty funny how this case went silent so fast 👀
@NLDKboris
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
As a Dane, I'm ashamed
@CharlieVane21
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
The Schleswig-Holstein Question. People never forget these things.
@thexdatabase
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
gotta keep the germans in checks
@editorrbr2107
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
My ex-wife is Danish, her family is originally from Schleswig Holstein. About 100 years later, they are still mad.
@manfree8700
February 28, 2024 at 11:27 pm
Why did the British quit?