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Any views on Modern Democracy especially in developing world being a Sectarian Kleptocracy? Isn’t it time to bring on a new model? Being a liberal, I feel liberalism is in crisis all over. submitted by /u/Ideal_State [link] [comments]
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The Ceuta fears shaping Spain’s election
As the United States looks towards Russia for diesel, European leaders are doubling down on their support for Ukraine. On the show, hosts Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart unpack all the ways the EU plans to put its money where its mouth is and help Kyiv. Expect it to be the talk of the town
Trump claims he doesn’t believe China and Russia are enabling Iran.While the US Treasury Department tells a different story, OFAC recently issued new sanctions targeting networks across China and Russia for helping facilitate military and financial transfers to Iran
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Das Bas-Beben: Neuer Groll zwischen Union und SPD
Der überraschende Rücktritt erschüttert die Koalition: SPD-Arbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas gibt ihren Rückzug von allen Ämtern bekannt. Ausgerechnet kurz vor dem wichtigen Arbeitgebertag heute. POLITICO-Chefkorrespondent Rasmus Buchsteiner ordnet zusammen mit Maximilian Stascheit ein, wie diese Personalie das zerrüttete Regierungsbündnis belastet und warum mit der eiligen Ernennung von Alexander Schweitzer die Proporzregeln der SPD über Bord geworfen
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Zelenskyy’s Trump dilemma: Fight back or fold?
Defying the U.S. president risks costing Ukraine vital military support. But giving in could prove even more dangerous.
I’m at such a low point career wise
I got my bachelors degree in political science in December of 2024 and I feel like shit because I can’t find stable work. I’ve been working in retail/ cosmetic sales for the past 5 years and I can’t get out of it. I feel trapped. I wanted to get a job as a paralegal or a legal intake specialist or even a legal assistant. Every interview I went to, I got rejected because they picked someone else.
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Why the Prime Minister wants to talk about Brexit again
For the first time since the UK left the EU, we have a prime minister who will "unflinchingly" debate Brexit, says the BBC's political editor Chris Mason.
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Attorney General approval required for serious Troubles prosecutions
It is among a series of amendments the government has tabled for its bill, which seeks to deal with the unresolved legacy of the decades-long violent conflict.
Northern Ireland secretary denies he ‘bent the knee’ to Sinn Féin
Chris Bryant tells MPs his decision to block a legal Protestant parade has kept the peace in Northern Ireland, where the dispute is splitting the cross-community government in two.
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Europe pushes tougher line on Russia in growing split with Trump
EU leaders are calling for new measures against Moscow as Washington eases off, exposing a widening divide over how to end the war in Ukraine.
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Germany, Italy request ’emergency brake’ power to stop new EU laws
EU capitals must be able to intervene to stop new legislation from Brussels if they say it’s too burdensome for governments and businesses, the leaders of Germany, Italy and Belgium wrote on Monday.
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Von der Leyen pitches AI as solution to reduce reporting for European businesses
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday pitched using artificial intelligence to streamline administrative procedures for European businesses as part of a broader push to simplify commerce and boost the EU’s competitiveness.
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Burnham to push for new post-Brexit deals at EU summit
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the prime minister was "unpicking" the deal the UK signed with the EU.
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Government expands police support to political figures who are not MPs
Shabana Mahmood says there is "insufficient protection" for those who play a role in public life.
Ben Jennings on Reform’s pledge to suspend the UK asylum system – cartoon
The party’s most hardline immigration policies to date have been condemned by refugee charities and others as ‘unworkable’
Gas prices have nothing to do with the war in Iran and the straight of Hormuz
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NATO’s top general lays out plan to fight Russia — with or without America
Gen. Alexus Grynkewich aims to send a clear signal to the Kremlin that the alliance will resist any attack.
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Glucksmann peut-il enrayer la dynamique Mélenchon?
Le paysage politique se clarifie à gauche. Une opposition claire émerge entre Raphaël Glucksmann, vainqueur dimanche de la primaire PS-Place Publique dès le premier tour, qui refuse toute alliance avec La France insoumise, et Jean-Luc Mélenchon qui veut couler définitivement la sociale démocratie. Que change la victoire de Glucksmann pour le candidat Insoumis ? Le
Burnham: Iran’s IRGC ‘highly likely’ to be behind RAF Fairford terror plot
LONDON — A suspected terror plot around the RAF Fairford airbase is “highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran,” Andy Burnham said on Monday.
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UK and EU agree to hold Brexit ‘reset’ summit on Nov. 20
The two sides want to use the meeting to sign off new agreements on agri-food trade, emissions trading, and a youth mobility scheme.
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