When Rivals Agree: China and EU Back ICC Warrants While Washington Stands Alone
Beijing and Brussels find unlikely common ground on enforcing international law against Netanyahu, as the United States sanctions ICC judges and prosecutors.
Beijing and Brussels find unlikely common ground on enforcing international law against Netanyahu, as the United States sanctions ICC judges and prosecutors.
A Grammy Awards joke linking Trump's Greenland ambitions to Jeffrey Epstein's island has generated 7,000+ posts in four hours. Meanwhile, Greenland's PM Nielsen warns Trump still seeks control, as European and Canadian leaders reaffirm support for Danish sovereignty.
A viral video of the EU flag being removed from the Hungarian parliament has been shared by multiple high-follower accounts claiming Hungary was 'colonized' by the EU. The footage is from 2014. Hungary joined voluntarily after 83.76% voted Yes in a referendum, and has received nearly 5,000 euros per capita in EU cohesion funds since.
Debunked conspiracy theories about Judaism, sensationalised Epstein document claims, and geopolitical propaganda are reaching millions across Middle East discourse on X. The EU fined the platform 120 million euros, but viral disinformation continues largely unchecked.
Within hours of the DOJ releasing 3 million Epstein files, conspiracy theories linking Epstein to Ukraine and Zelensky flooded social media with millions of views. A Russian drone strike on a maternity hospital the same day received a fraction of the attention.
The EU designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation, sanctioned 21 individuals and entities, and passed a parliamentary resolution condemning Iran's crackdown by 562 to 9. While Washington oscillates between military threats and deal-making, Europe's coordinated diplomatic action offers a more sustainable path for Iranian freedom.
A 2018 email from the newly released Epstein documents describes Steve Bannon meeting French far-right figures to discuss refinancing the National Front's Russian debt. The revelation arrives as Marine Le Pen appeals her EU fraud conviction and nine months after Trump demanded France 'free' her.
A Miami luxury car, BlackRock conspiracy theories, and Nord Stream reparations demands are flooding European social media. But the EU already froze billions over corruption concerns last year.
The unprecedented US military deployment positions Europe at the crossroads of a potential conflict that could devastate 10% of its LNG imports. As Washington builds an armada, Brussels must confront its vulnerability to Middle East instability.
Users report the word 'Epstein' triggers automatic censorship on TikTok just days after Oracle and Trump-aligned investors took control. California launches investigation. Meanwhile, the EU continues to wrestle with Chat Control, offering a stark comparison between corporate political censorship and government surveillance.
A video from Portugal showing passengers helping restrain a violent attacker has resurfaced on X with 700,000 views, falsely framed as migrants attacking a white woman. Portuguese police confirmed the opposite story in 2020.
While the US uses military force and China uses economic coercion, the EU is reshaping the world through regulatory power, trade partnerships, democratic expansion, and values. The pro-Federation message: 450 million united people can change the world through influence, not force.
The Ukraine war exposed Europe's over-reliance on US military aid and lack of defense production capacity. But the EU is now rapidly ramping up defense manufacturing, ammunition production, and strategic autonomy. The lesson: Europe must defend itself—and unified Europe is finally doing it.
While US-China-Canada tariff chaos creates instability, the EU uses the moment to build alternative trade partnerships. The India deal shows that chaos is an opportunity for the prepared—while others fight, Europe builds.
Russia posts NATO expansion maps and calls it betrayal. Meanwhile, nine countries are negotiating EU membership. The Kremlin blames military encirclement, but countries are choosing democracy over authoritarianism. That is what keeps Putin awake at night.
The EU-India trade deal creates a unified market of 2 billion people with a combined GDP of 3.5 trillion—surpassing the United States. While Washington threatened tariffs, Brussels and New Delhi built the world's largest economic alliance.
With 43,000 killed in Iran's crackdown, protesters wave American flags and appeal to Trump while the EU issues statements from 27 fragmented capitals. The crisis exposes Europe's foreign policy visibility problem and raises urgent questions about the need for a unified European voice on human rights.
The EU-India free trade agreement creates a market of 2 billion people and 25% of global GDP. Brussels concluded the deal while Washington threatened both sides with tariffs, proving that 27 countries negotiating as one can reshape global power.
Russia's Embassy posted a NATO expansion map claiming betrayal, but replies flooded in with maps of Russian invasions spanning centuries. Meanwhile, Kremlin propagandists claiming Europe lacks free speech must use VPNs to access banned platforms. The contrast reveals why countries flee toward democracy, not away from it.
The EU is preparing plans to replace Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and other US tech giants with local alternatives. Combined with the India trade deal, Brussels is showing that only a 450-million-person bloc has the leverage to challenge Silicon Valley's dominance.