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2 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52712370
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9 – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hungary-and-poland-threaten-to-split-woke-eu-over-budget-t06nhh09d
10 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-45485994
11 – https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012M007
12 – https://www.politico.eu/article/graphic-what-is-article-7-the-eus-nuclear-option/
13 – https://www.ft.com/content/2dc0fe0f-6fa4-4473-adf5-e59241dc943a
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The EU’s Sneaky Plan to Tax Big Tech Explained
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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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Has Ukraine De-Russified the Internet?
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In this video, we will investigate how Russia uses bots for its influence campaigns, how the recent strikes may have affected Russian bots and what this could mean for Russia.
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Why the Trump-Putin Diesel Deal is Already Falling Apart
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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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What Would a “European Security Council” Look Like?
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Last month, Ursula von der Leyen announced the formation of a European Security Council that would help to coordinate a response and strategy against hybrid attacks. In this video, we’re taking a look at how this could look like and the hurdles standing in the way.
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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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@TiborgUnited
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
The whole World is against us,but we stick together and fight together against the craziness that is coming out of Western Europe lately.Well done Polska!
@kf9346
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Yes, it is not only the right time for this, it is overdue. 2 poor counties that depended on EU money to keep their anti-EU and anti-European governments in power, holding hostage relief monies they themselves need the most, is a farce.
@veronicalogotheti5416
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Nazis and fanstics catholics
@veronicalogotheti5416
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Historically these people are not europeans
And they cost a lot
@veronicalogotheti5416
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
They dont belong to europe
And we see it
@Raggman42
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Poland and Hungary can always leave any time they want, wouldn't like to the polish people leaving but if the polish government aren't happy because we know the polish people don't want to leave as they made it quite clear as regards Hungary it seems they are happy so they should leave now
@flamefirestorm2512
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I don't even live in the EU but these vids are so interesting.
@ooi97
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
It's a dick move. "Oh, you're in crisis? You need our money? Just agree to this incredibly vague treaty that'll allow us to remove your voting rights and representation in the Union if you don't agree with us on any matter at all."
Ironically, it's similar to the dick move of the Law&Justice party, when they passed the most controversial law of thr decade when protesting was the least safe.
@bruhbruh2290
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
i think Germany has dictated enough to Poland and Hungary in the 20th century.
@robtecau4963
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
The vile EU are trying to push the LGBTQP cult on the people of Poland and Hungary. They should resist.
@zeea320
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Translated:…. ..Hungary and Poland want all the money and benefits..but NONE of the responsibility and accountability.
@mydogky
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Disband the eu and let countries have their sovereignty back problem solved you cannot have an unelected body rule so many countries it will end in tears
@joaov.m.oliveira9903
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
To put it simply: the EU bureaucracy is finally making itself a victim of its own rules. Plans didn't go as perfect as they thought would be (or someone who commands the thing from Who-Knows-Where thought they would). Now, my prediction is that Polish and Hungarian style oppostion will gain ground from now ahead in the Wester part of the Bloc.
@kenlandon6130
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
6:17 No SHIT Orban. Rule of law is a political concept. When John Locke talked about it, he was seeking a fairer society, a just government, and firmly opposing authoritarians.
@m.goodengumman3941
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
It's abundantly clear some countries in EU is just in for grants of financial gains and refusing to tow the line of collective rules and laws, they want the cake and eat it, that said it would be better to do away with such countries out of the EU.
@carminecaruso4818
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I think both Poland and Hungary are right, this whole mechanism seems just bad
@nickstoic3758
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
The EU is offering money to those countries that are accepting to be controlled. No freedom no life!
@Rayblondie
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I go with Hungary and Poland personally. Both these countries have lived through extreme marxism where disobeying laws that were forced on you and which you didn't agree with were met with severe penalties even death and torture. These countries have a sense of what freedom is unlike the EU which continually writes stupid laws clogging up business and which don't allow freedom of conscience. I think Poland and Hungary should keep to their stand which in the long run would be much healthier for the EU and allow countries some kind of rule over their own countries.
@AnGelo-nv1hx
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
EU should have never open to the east, particularly to Poland and Hungary. I wonder why these 2 countries, which invariably oppose EU, won't leave the union? They probably are much better with Russia after the invasion, at least they already show similar dictatorial tendencies.
@darkentrepreneur134
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
KICK THEM BOTH OUT ALREADY
@user-te6ke2dv9u
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Many politicians in the European Union are probably bribed by the United States to bite China as an American dog! The United States eavesdrops on its allies, but they are still willing to be America's dogs!Why is that? Where is their dignity??To help the treacherous United States, where is their conscience?
@FennessyMusic
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Why don't the EU sanction both Hungary and Poland as a single entity if that's the way they want to behave? And while they're at it why don't they simply toss Poland and Hungary out of the EU back to Russia to rot since they don't add much to the union anyway
@MrHans-iy5lq
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I live in hungary, and Oh boi would I love finally seeing this government step down. And any actions especially financial one's are welcome to do so.
@VERTICALWisdom
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Poland and Hungary politicians watching out for the values, culture, and traditions of THEIR citizens first. Rare to see politicians doing the right thing. EU run by morons.
@reiryghts639
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I think we know what Germany and Austria should so
@Alpha1200
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Comments about vagueness were fair and the risk of it being used as a political weapon needs to be mitigated as much as possible but the EU needs a mechanism that can actually work to enforce democracy and rule of law. If my country ever starts to backslide on democracy I would also want them put under pressure to return to a more democratic way. I don't want to live in a non-democratic country with questionable rule of law.
@BS-vm5bt
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I do not understand why western europe with us scandinavians create new Eu with harder requirments to join to make it more coherent. Then when the international agreements has been mate with other eu organisation the members could leave the eu. Its stupid to give one nation the ability block everything, it the majority instead that should have that ability.
@marcellgazdag7927
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
i hate hungary, i live here, and i just hate the government, they just steal, and dont give shit
@Kiki-en9vm
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
These 2 countries are the worst and often draw others back ,and often problematic, why can't these counties quit Europe cos they are a draw back to European progress.
@alberpajares4792
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Never rains for all.., in Spain the media was debating with the end of the helps for the inner agriculture in benefit of foreign cheap importations without controls of sanity..,
@ironfromicey8700
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I agree with hungery migration is destroying our culture.
@Duck-wc9de
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I am afraid of these funds. the last time my country received European funds on this scale, it was a disaster, a jumble of corruption cases that took years to resolve and still don't arrest these criminals today.
@cowboybeboop9420
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
EU values = Left Wing Authoritarianism
@biggiecheese6103
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
funding EU budget with debt money definitely sounds like breaking EU laws.
@PrimeMatix13
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I’m ashamed to say I’m polish coz of our current government
@ol7926
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I believe it should just stay that way. For example than will Italy or Belgium next time with an impending Veto if they don’t like it.
@djbobo4148
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Future of western countries? Civil War or divide of country like India and Pakistan! Fools if you dont know that! Greetings from Save Poland!z
@michaelgodbee1456
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Sounds like obey what we want or no money to you
@navajyotichetia3211
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
HA HA HA HA HA 😂😂😂😂😂😂 this is what happens when the foundational premise for the formation of a union gets hijacked by emotion to expand and include unknown quantities
@zawiszaczarny7876
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Considering eu accused Poland of breach in human rights for not complying to human trafficing aka forced redistribution of illegal migrants, no wonder they vetoed this ridicilously written law.
@ziaglos
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and other Eastern or Central European countries must be contributed their shares to COVID relief fund.
How selfish these countries are? 🤮
Do you know all of you were extremely poor and third world countries before EU adding you into the union, pumping trillions € in infrastructures, invest heavily in industries in your countries, bailed you out when you were rotten to the bottom. 🤬
Also, Eastern and Central Europeans are working everywhere across Western Europe to make your lives better. 🤦♂️
Are these Eastern or central European countries only for sucking honey and taking all benefits from developed European countries??? 😳
It's not only they are suffering, whole Western Europe are going through the same. EU must be hard and tough to these countries, if they don't follow or respect the rules. 👈💯✅
@nellynkaqt9467
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I feel a bit betrayed by my government (Im a Czech) that we don't stand by our Polish and Hungarian brothers. The Czech republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are the Visegrad four. Four countries of the central Europe and have quite similiar point of view on these things. Regrettably, a very pro EU liberal cow Čaputová was elected as a president of Slovakia, so there is no surprise that Slovakia goes with anything EU dictates.
@alberpajares4792
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
In moments of health crisis is about time to invest on medicines obviously..,
@johnryan9647
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
its my understanding that its not the EUs money, its taken from the people of europe and for the most part against their will, each country taxes its people on the tired old trope of funding services for the people and then gives huge amounts of it to the EU reduceing how much that can be spent on the betterment of the people that have been taxed, then the EU an unelected body that serves no one takes that money and spends it on its self for the most part aganst the best intrests of the people that it has robbed, just like a drug dealer pimping out crack whores, if european countys had not given them this money in the first place they wouldnt have to beg for it now
@g0lanu
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
There's one piece of information missing. Sure, the Council is blocked, but the EU Parliament can vote on any decision that is blocked in the Council. It just takes longer and can be delayed several times, but if there's a majority will for any decision, it can be taken in Europe. I don't think that the rules should change for the Council, it shouldn't take decisions that aren't unanimous.
@tavernburner3066
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
So basically eu bureaucracy is trying to us a stimulus package to push cultural opinions onto other countries.
@leoseven7197
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
Tell me how Poland breach the EU values?
@lamebubblesflysohigh
February 28, 2024 at 9:12 am
I am becoming allergic to term "European values". What are those? Where are them written? Who agreed on them? When? Same goes for rule of law… what does it mean?