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Europe

Georgian Dream wins the election – opposition rejects result

Published 28 October 2024
– By Editorial Staff
Representatives of Georgian Dream during election rally.
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Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, won this weekend’s elections with over 54% of the vote.

But the pro-Western opposition refuses to accept the result, and the country’s president goes so far as to claim that they are “victims of a Russian special operation”.

According to the country’s electoral authority, Georgian Dream won a clear majority of the vote, while the four main opposition parties together received around 38% – but the election was chaotic as both the ruling party and the opposition declared themselves the winners on Saturday night.

– We do not accept stolen election results and we are not going to recognize these stolen results. The victory won by the Georgian people does not belong to any one party, but belongs to the entire country and the opposition, which was jointly given a mandate of trust by the Georgian people, said opposition leader Tina Bokuchava.

The opposition, which wants Georgia to move closer to the EU and the West, claims that the vote count was rigged and the results manipulated – allegations that are denied by the election authorities.

The country’s president, Salomé Zurabishvili, who also belongs to the opposition, claims without presenting any evidence that the election results were manipulated by Russian interference.

– We became witnesses and victims of a Russia special operation, she said, calling on opposition supporters to protest in the capital on Monday.

Risk of violence

Already on Saturday, there were reports of violence and clashes outside several polling stations as opposition and government supporters clashed, and it is considered likely that the situation will escalate further on the streets today and in the coming week.

The pro-Western opposition and its allies in the EU and the US have long criticized the Georgian Dream for refusing to impose sanctions on Russia or cease trade and other cooperation, and the party has frequently been described as “pro-Russian”.

The ruling party’s own representatives say they are on the side of the Georgian people, and that the opposition parties want to drag the country into war with its neighbor Russia.

According to observers, the Georgian Dream’s success is largely due to its focus on strengthening Georgian identity and traditions and the conservative world in general. It has also promised to invest in economic development and poverty reduction.

It should also be noted that Western organizations such as the OSCE and NATO have also publicly made allegations of irregularities linked to the elections and that the EU is calling for a thorough investigation of the electoral process.

Moldova said yes to the EU

Moldova also held an important election recently, with a referendum on 20 October on future EU membership and the inclusion of EU provisions in the country’s constitution. The referendum was very close, but according to official data, the “yes” side narrowly won with 50.2% to 49.6% of the vote.

Shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, Moldova applied for NATO membership, and although negotiations have not yet started, the country’s leaders are hopeful that membership will be granted before 2030.

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https://nordictimes.com/europe/eu-parliament-threatens-legal-action-against-von-der-leyen/

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EU Parliament threatens legal action against von der Leyen

Published yesterday 11:03
– By Editorial Staff
Parliament President Roberta Metsola and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen belong to the same group and usually agree on most things.
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The President of the European Parliament has warned the European Commission that legal action may be taken if the Commission bypasses EU lawmakers in its efforts to create a €150 billion loan program for military rearmament.

In March, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented a plan to mobilize a total of €800 billion to increase the EU’s military capabilities. The initiative was justified by claims that Russia poses a major threat to Europe, which justifies a significant and rapid military buildup.

To finance the initiative, the Commission invoked Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). This article allows for quick decisions in emergency situations without having to go through the regular legislative process, where members of the European Parliament have a say.

In a letter to von der Leyen on Monday, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola urged the Commission to use a different legal basis for the initiative. She also warned that the Parliament could take the matter to court if the request was not complied with.

Implementing the plan without the correct legal basis would end up “putting at risk democratic legitimacy by undermining Parliament’s legislative and scrutiny functions”, the letter said.

Referring to “exceptional” threat

Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told Euronews that the Commission “will always be available to explain why Article 122 has been chosen as the appropriate legal basis”.

“Europe faces an unprecedented security threat. As stated by President von der Leyen in her Political Guidelines, Article 122 will only be used in exceptional circumstances, as the ones we are currently living in”, Regnier added.

The €150 billion loan program is seen by the Commission as a central part of the broader Readiness 2030 proposal, which aims to invest over €800 billion in EU defense by 2030. The Commission has repeatedly claimed that Russia could be in a position to threaten an EU member state militarily by that date.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has consistently dismissed such claims as “nonsense” and argued that they are being used to spread fear in Western Europe and legitimize a sharp increase in military spending.

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https://nordictimes.com/europe/only-one-in-five-deported-migrants-leave-the-eu/

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Only one in five deported migrants leave the EU

Migration crisis in Europe

Published 6 May 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Migrants at Stockholm Central Station, 2015.
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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, speaking at the European People’s Party (EPP) Congress in Valencia, expressed frustration that only 20% of migrants ordered to leave the EU are actually deported.

Brussels now says it is stepping up efforts to increase deportations of migrants who do not have the right to stay in Europe, reports Germany’s Welt.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen highlighted an alarming statistic during the EPP congress in Valencia: only a fifth of those ordered to leave the Union actually travel back.

She noted that the low deportation rate damages confidence in the EU’s migration policy, but could not say why.

– We cannot explain to our citizens why only one-fifth of the people who have no right to stay in Europe actually leave, von der Leyen pointed out.

She warns that the lack of results is fueling anti-immigration sentiment across the continent and that the Union must act decisively to restore citizens’ trust in the EU project.

Ursula von der Leyen

Significant increase in migrants

Migration to Europe increased significantly in 2023 with more than one million asylum seekers, according to Frontex, the EU’s border and coast guard agency. Member states are struggling to manage the influx, but the deportation process is complicated by several factors.

For example, many migrants destroy their identity documents to avoid identification, making it difficult to determine their origin.

Some countries also refuse to accept their nationals, while others lack diplomatic relations or administrative capacity to manage return migration. The EU is negotiating readmission agreements with third countries, but the process is moving extremely slowly.

Von der Leyen calls for increased cooperation with countries of origin to untie the knots.

– We must show that we can protect our borders and respect the rule of law at the same time, she adds.

She declares that illegal border crossings into the EU will be reduced by 30% by 2025, mainly thanks to cooperation with neighboring countries.

The issue is divisive

Countries such as Poland and Hungary oppose the EU’s attempt to introduce uniform asylum rules. Meanwhile, frontline countries such as Italy and Greece have expressed that they feel abandoned by more northern member states in the face of migration.

The political charge surrounding migration has long hampered cooperation within the EU. National-conservative parties in Parliament are pushing for tougher border policies and large-scale deportations, while left-liberal parties are putting the brakes on such developments.

Ursula Von der Leyen stresses that progress needs to be made quickly, such as faster judicial processes for asylum applications and more effective border controls. However, she acknowledges that the solutions are not simple and says member states need to take more responsibility for implementing common decisions.

– Without concrete progress, the EU risks losing further credibility in the eyes of its citizens, she warns.

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https://nordictimes.com/europe/spain-and-portugal-paralyzed-by-massive-power-outage/

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Spain and Portugal paralyzed by massive power outage

Published 28 April 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Large parts of public transport in Portugal and Spain were without power.
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A widespread power outage hit Spain and Portugal at lunchtime on Monday, paralyzing public transport, delaying air traffic and leading to emergency meetings of the governments of both countries.

The cause of the blackout is still unclear and efforts are underway to restore the electricity grid.

The blackout was reported in several of Spain’s largest cities – including Seville, Barcelona, Pamplona and Valencia – and in parts of southern France.

Metro services in Madrid and Barcelona were suspended, forcing travelers to evacuate trains and walk along the tracks. Phone lines went down in large parts of Spain and Madrid’s main airport was left without power.

Hundreds of office workers gathered outside buildings on the streets of Madrid as they were forced to leave their offices. Police diverted traffic and patrolled central stations with flashlights, Reuters reported.

Spain’s national system operator, Red Eléctrica, announced that a “major incident” in the transmission network could be the cause of the outage. In a press briefing, CEO Eduardo Prieto said the restoration work could take “between six and ten hours”.

In Portugal, the network operator REN explained that “it is still impossible to predict when the situation will be normalized” and that all resources are mobilized.

Want to activate the military

Madrid regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso appealed to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to activate military action to maintain order.

– We ask the national government to activate Plan 3 so that the Army can maintain order, if necessary, she said in a statement.

Sánchez immediately traveled to Red Eléctrica headquarters to follow the work on the ground.

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https://nordictimes.com/europe/serbian-leader-warns-of-western-color-revolution/

Europe

Serbian leader warns of Western “color revolution”

Published 25 March 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Aleksandar Vulin says the forces behind the protests want to “destroy Serbia”.
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According to Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin, the country is threatened by an imminent “color revolution” orchestrated by Western intelligence services.

Vulin believes the ongoing unrest in Serbia is aimed at enforcing a pro-Western power shift similar to Ukraine’s Euromaidan revolution in 2014.

Student-led protests against alleged corruption and the government’s handling of a serious fatal accident have been going on for months in Serbia. The demonstrations were triggered in November 2024 after a concrete roof collapsed at a railway station in the city of Novy Sad, killing 15 people.

On March 15, thousands of protesters gathered in Belgrade, where dozens were injured in clashes between police and activists, and protests have continued to varying degrees over the past week.

– A color revolution is taking place in Belgrade, Vulin declared during a meeting in Moscow this weekend, where he met Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s Security Council.

– Western security services are behind the color revolution as they want to put a new government in power, the Serbian minister continued, adding that the country’s authorities “would not allow it”.

Wants to “destroy Serbia”

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has also accused foreign actors of fuelling the unrest in order to destabilize the country, claiming that the opposition is working with intelligence services in Croatia, Albania and the West to overthrow his government.

According to Aleksandar Vulin, the West’s goal is to “destroy Serbia” – because the government in Belgrade is considered pro-Russian and has refused to support sanctions against Russia despite pressure.

He predicts that the forces allegedly behind the protests could soon push for a “radicalization” of the demonstrations – and that violence risks escalating.

– Those who organized (the March 15 rally) would like to see a ‘Maidan’ and are working on making that happen.

Riots and war

The 2013-2014 Euromaidan protests in Kiev were initially relatively calm but soon degenerated into full-blown riots and street wars between police and protesters – with over 100 people also killed and at least 855 injured. In retrospect, it has emerged that intelligence services and other EU and US interests fueled the unrest.

In the end, pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was forced to resign and was replaced by a pro-Western interim government. The takeover was seen by many as an illegitimate coup d’état and led to the proclamation of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as independent people’s republics and Moscow’s annexation of the Russian-dominated and strategically important Crimean peninsula.

Since 2014, there has been a de facto war between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the East, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, a conflict that escalated sharply in February 2022 when Russia decided to invade Ukraine and “demilitarize” the country.

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