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Sweden and Finland want to enroll, on Northern Ireland is BoJo playing the troll and to promote
wind power leaders go for a stroll.
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Wednesday was a historic day as Sweden and Finland handed in letters expressing their
interest to apply for NATO membership.
It's Finland's 32nd historic day in 2 weeks regarding Nato membership.
Santa Claus tipped for top NATO job once Finland and Lapland join Alliance, snarked Le Chou.
But wait… not so fast because, Turkey and depressingly predictably Hungary are blocking,
stalling and basically doing everything they can to disrupt the move.
Which is ironic, as Lindsey Snell points out since Turkey was more than happy to support
ISIS and al-Qaeda in Syria!
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Elsewhere as news emerged that the UK plans to basically tear up the Northern Ireland
Protocol agreed in the Brexit deal.
Maros Sefcovic didn’t mince his words, warning that if they do that, “the EU will need
to respond with all measures at its disposal.”
Trade War klaxon!
Very clear breach of international law, but as it’s a first offence, likely just a fixed
penalty notice from Europol, Boris can put it with the rest, quipped Martini Seltzermayr
But Dave Keating was incredulous!
Boris Johnson’s defence is that he “hoped and believed” that the EU wouldn’t insist
on enforcing the treaty he signed up to.
Le Chou translated the news: Boris Johnson finally gets ground to actually reading the
Northern Ireland Protocol, now realizes how much his Government has shit the bed.
And Beth Rigby reported that apparently the phone call between Truss and Sefcovic
was horrendous.
One EU source said they’d “seldom seen Sefcovic so cross and so upset.”
I have had constructive talks in Belfast, where I made it clear that I don’t give
a toss about peace in Northern Ireland, but desperately want to pick a fight with the
EU to please the rabid Brexiteer nut jobs in my party, tweeted a Boris Johnson
parody account.
Pretty much nail on the head there.
94% of Express readers say they haven't got the Brexit they voted for, which is funny
because they got exactly the Brexit the rest of us told them they would get and they didn't
listen, said a miffed Laura K parody account.
Finally this week, the European Commision unveiled it’s #REPowerEU campaign.
And of COURSE a bunch of leaders rocked up to the North Sea to promote wind power.
And take their ties off… apparently.
Laura Shields doffed a chapeau to today's trainees for their messaging!
'We are turbocharging what we were already doing' instead of:
'The green transition' is being accelerated.'
The Commission wanted to call this #NewPowerGeneration but got a cease-and-desist from Prince's estate,
snarked American EU Dude
Before adding that the real proposal to promote #helium leaked slowly out of the Berlaymont
yesterday, emitting a whistling sound and leading to a series of high-level talks.
High level, really?
REALLY?
According to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, #REPowerEU will drive the transition
to clean energy by: Setting clear – and high – targets
for renewable energy Removing bottlenecks to investments
Leveraging and de-risking private investment.
But who's going to pay for it?
Asked France24’s François Picard, alongside this … uh… thirsty image.
Ssshhhh Francois, this is Brussels.
We don’t ask that!
That's it for another week, we're off next week but do join me again soon for more snarks and larks
in the Brussels Bubble Twittersphere.