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Last weekend Portugal headed to the polls for another election, following the collapse of the previous government. So in this video we explain the results of those elections, the success of Chega and why the Democratic Alliance still came out on top.

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We’ve talked a lot about European strategic autonomy but not much about a digital one, with the EU being greatly dependent on American and Chinese technology. In this video, we’re taking a look at the EU’s digital sovereignty crisis and some of the arguments for and against the EU having its own social media.

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Sources:EU versus US Big Tech
https://www.ft.com/content/a0c081a7-b230-429a-8a3c-92bcfd32ff2d
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/eu-set-to-concede-dependence-on-us-tech-as-trump-tensions-flare

EU’s Digital Markets Act
https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/index_en

Opinion Pieces
https://www.ft.com/content/30d6f79f-d1ee-49dc-bff5-719f18c1a9e5
https://euobserver.com/digital/ar813b9410
https://mediascope.group/europe-needs-its-own-social-media-platforms-to-safeguard-sovereignty/

00:00 – Introduction
01:25 – Context
03:40 – Does the EU Need its Own Social Media?
06:50 – Could It Happen?
07:46 – Sponsored Content

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With just days off the Romanian presidential election, George Simion is reaching out to Hungarian communities in Romania and Viktor Orban, leading to furious backlash from Hungarians.

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Viktor Orban ‘endorsing’ Simion
https://x.com/PM_ViktorOrban/status/1920836788798566711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1920836788798566711%7Ctwgr%5Ec97a1b47d07bec368a77017eb1e067442f876bc1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.tvp.pl%2Flisting%2F86679670

Hungarian diaspora
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_diaspora

Romanian General Election Results
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Romanian_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Romanian_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Romanian_general_election

Romanian far-right/nationalist parties post communist transition
Still on the Fringes? Far-Right Parties and Identity in Romania By Sergiu Gherghina: https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1640388/FULLTEXT01.pd#page=128

AUR’s 2019 manifesto
https://partidulaur.ro/program/
https://adevarul.ro/politica/care-este-programul-politic-al-aur-partid-2063855.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Romanian_parliamentary_election

2019 WW1 cemetery incident https://www.euronews.com/2019/06/07/romanian-crowd-break-into-austro-hungarian-world-war-i-graveyard
https://maszol.ro/belfold/Uzvolgye-Georges-Simion-a-jogtalanul-felallitott-roman-katonakeresztek-vedelmere-szolitott-fel
https://transylvanianow.com/RMDSZ-ends-support-of-romanian-govt-over-graveyard-issue/

Viktor Orban ‘revisionist’ views
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63724710

Conflict between FIDESZ and AUR https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/romanias-far-right-threatens-to-pull-out-of-ecr-group-in-new-blow-to-orban/
https://x.com/zoltanspox/status/1803516317359587429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1803516317359587429%7Ctwgr%5E7643b2ca9bef2d1787fb71ef2b336310f88afd80%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theamericanconservative.com%2Ffidesz-rules-out-joining-ecr-due-to-romanian-nationalists%2F

Simion’s praise of Orban (Euronews)
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/08/george-simion-tells-euronews-ill-follow-in-orbans-footsteps-hungarians-will-be-our-partner

Hungarian minority support for Georgescu
https://transtelex.ro/kozelet/2024/12/11/georgescut-tamogato-magyarok-korkep
https://balkaninsight.com/2025/01/09/in-romania-signs-of-far-right-values-overriding-ethnic-loyalty/

UDMR supporting Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxqYdYkO-kY

Orban retracting support for Simion https://www.intellinews.com/orban-backs-away-from-far-right-romanian-presidential-candidate-simion-380525/?source=romania

00:00 – Introduction
01:12 – Context
03:29 – Rise of Simion and AUR
04:33 – Simon’s Pivot to Orban
06:30 – Simion’s Fallout with Orban
08:01 – Sponsored Content

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The euro has seen a surge in its value after investors lost confidence in the dollar and US debt over Trump’s tariff policy, but is this actually good news for Europe’s economy? In this video, we’ll explore the recent rise and why it’s spooking exporters.

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Sources:

Is the Euro’s surge bad news for Europe?
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/unexpected-euro-surge-adds-europe-incs-tariff-misery-2025-04-28/#:~:text=%22If%20you%20have%20much%20weaker,chief%20equity%20strategist%20Dennis%20Jose.  https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-a-stronger-euro-is-bad-news-for-europe/  https://www.ft.com/content/b0d7a4f6-7fdd-4c48-b125-73b914c51d69 

Confidence in dollar waning https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/dollar-confusion-reigns-amid-strategic-uncertainty-mike-dolan-2025-05-07/ 

Unsustainable US debt https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/06/trump-tariffs-ford-carney-ftse-100-markets-latest-news-uk/ 

Germany u-turning on debt brake
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62z6gljv2yo 

US-EU trade https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=USA-EU_-_international_trade_in_goods_statistics 

EU International trade
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=International_trade_in_goods&oldid=657518#United_States_largest_partner_for_exports.2C_China_for_imports  https://tradingeconomics.com/european-union/exports-by-category

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For most of the past few years, the Romanian leu has held remarkably well against the Euro. That is, up until earlier this week, when the currency crashed, forcing the Romanian central bank to intervene. In this video, we’re taking a look at why the leu crashed, whether it can recover, and what this means for the presidential election frontrunner.

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1 – https://tradingeconomics.com/romania/inflation-cpi
2 – https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-surveillance-eu-economies/romania/economic-forecast-romania_en
3 – https://www.ft.com/content/4fce9435-c614-4204-9ea9-304661fbab26
4 – https://polymarket.com/event/romania-presidential-election-winner
5 – https://jacobin.com/2024/12/calin-georgescu-romania-ultranationalism-meloni
6 – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/romanian-far-right-trump-acolyte-plans-milei-style-spending-cuts

00:00 – Introduction
01:05 – Why Romania Doesn’t Use the Euro
02:56 – The Leu’s Collapse Explained
07:48 – Sponsored Content

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