Miguel Poppe Figueiredo

Primeiro a Greta agora o Louçã… O ambientalismo durou enquanto coincidiu com o anti-ocidentalismo. Quando toca aos amigos dos BRICS a música já é outra…

German Chancellor Merz on MAGA: The MAGA movement is not our movement. What they are doing with culture and media, how they deal with each other, is not our understanding of democracy. We have a different understanding.

Indiana Jones in 1930s Venice was peak aesthetics.

The regime is collapsing in Iran but thriving in Western media and academia

Thousands of Patriot missiles cannot stop tens of thousands of Iranian “shaheds.” One such drone is forty times cheaper than a single Patriot missile. Therefore, in terms of production time and the cost of missiles, it is impossible to compete with drones. There simply will not be enough capacity. Ukraine has the entire air defense system, except for anti-ballistic capabilities. The United States has excellent anti-ballistic systems. By combining these two strengths, it is possible to close the sky over any state facing a massive attack and protect not only civilians and the military, but also critical facilities. In the long run, drones will have no range limits. Today they fly 100 kilometers; tomorrow it will be a thousand, and the day after tomorrow 10 thousand. That is why modern defenses must be built. Today Ukraine is number one in these technologies, and the United States has the most effective and strongest army in the world. If we are talking about an exchange – a real exchange of security, security guarantees, and experience – we are open to it. The United States has helped us since the beginning of the war, Europe has also supported us, and we have been able to hold our ground. It is precisely because we held our ground that we were able to develop. This is a real partnership proposal. From an interview with New York Post (1/5).

Ukrainian forces defeated NATO naval units during a NATO exercise off the coast of Portugal. The alliance now intends to study and learn from this experience. 1/9

joe kent, director of national counterterrorism center (and strong maga supporter), resigns over iran war.

Why isn’t Trump asking his Board of Peace members to help him open up the strait of hormuz? Why is he begging all the Western democracies who he has been insulting the last year to help him?

I propose we return control of the strait of Hormuz to Portugal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugues…

Miguel Morgado a limpar o chão com o Chega depois do Ventura ter sugerido ao Governo ouvir os sindicatos afectos ao PS.

At this point the entire Iranian leadership is just three Mossad agents who don’t know about each other, so they keep on playing the game. (Joke from Israel just now)

This is a huge opportunity for Europe. Welcome Anthropic with open arms. Roll out the red carpet. Visa for all employees. Europe already controls the AI hardware bottleneck through ASML. Add the world's leading AI safety lab and you have the foundations of an AI superpower.

The West is rich because it permitted failure. Limited liability, bankruptcy, free elections, peaceful transfer of power, these mechanisms allow a society to absorb failure without collapse. If you don't allow yourself to fail you'll never succeed.

Workers in Portugal or Spain have far more legal protections than workers in Switzerland. But Swiss workers have more money. it's hard to imagine how Switzerland would benefit from adopting Portuguese labor laws, yet the reverse would be considered an attack on workers.

EXCLUSIVE: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances, multiple people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO. Canada's Mark Carney is spearheading the discussions. 🔗 politico.eu/article/eu-and…

Europe has just launched the first heavy rocket, the Ariane 64. The most powerful rocket ever build by a European company. 🇪🇺

Germany's Merz: We must deregulate every sector. I call for a “regulatory clean slate.” Minor corrections to laws are not sufficient. We need to systematically review the whole set of existing EU legislation.

A Esquerda mais pequena de sempre elegeu um Presidente da República. Foi esta a “utilidade” de Ventura. Ventura não é líder da Direita. Ventura não é líder de coisa nenhuma a não ser do Chega.

Spain is not an economic miracle. It is a statistical mirage. Spain's "superior" GDP growth comes from increasing immigrant population and bloating GDP with public spending and EU one-off funds. Growth is not due to each person producing more (down, -1.7% 4Q2019-4Q2025, as working population grew by 12,5%, but GDP by only 10.6%) Also, Spain's unemployment reduction is distorted by the record number of inactive workers not considered unemployed even if they get an unemployment subsidy. The number has tripled since 2019. In Spain there are 9 provinces where the number of people receiving unemployment benefits is larger than the official number of unemployed. via @elEconomistaes @IMFNews @danieljmitchell