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The next time any EU politician visits the US they should bring up human rights, like we expect(ed) them to do when they visit China.

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Last time our (Finland) president visited US he was playing golf and shaking hands. Supposedly signed some nice deals...

I am confused, who in the Finnish government wrote the book that PM of Canada quoted at Davos?

Stubb is a realist. He says the rules based world order is gone. We have to hurry and learn how to deal with dictators, because the US is becoming a dictatorship real quick. And that EU countries will have to unite in order to be able to negotiate from a position of strength. It's the only way to survive while staying true to our values (internally).

Also election integrity. It’s past the point where the US needs international observers for its elections.

As member of OSCE, they have observers although it’s fairly light.

https://odihr.osce.org/odihr/elections/usa/580111

Would that be the politicians that organized these things?

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-0014...

I'm not clear on who owns them, but they USED to be owned by private parties and I can't find anything on a purchase ... so ...

Oh and a recent addition: asylum proceedings DO NOT stop the deportation process in Europe anymore. Court proceedings "can proceed", but potentially after actual deportation. Oh and winning the court case gets you the right to stay ... NOT the right to enter. So if governments now just defund immigration courts ... oh they did that long before this new law came into being. Welcome to the new Europe!

Do not worry. I am a European, and I'm 100% positive such details will not stop any Europeans from criticizing everyone else. In fact they're very unlikely to even know about their own laws, especially recent changes.

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