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@MVDteL @chrisklomp Ze gingen van 17 samen naar 25. Is dat verlies?

@chrisklomp GL en PvdA is n coalitie voor de verkiezing en geen legitieme partij. Dus bij 50 50 verdeling hadden ze niet genoeg stemmen om tweede partij enig recht als dusdanig mogen claimen. Bewijs maar dat zij als een partij formeel zijn geregisteerd.

@Reactantionist In de volksvertegenwoordiging gelden geen partijen maar individuele kamerleden en fracties of groepen. Zoals bekend heeft de PVV maar één lid in de Tweede Kamer, maar voor spreekrecht, stemmingen en coalitievorming gaat het om de fractie, niet om partijlidmaatschap.

,,Poetin en Trump hebben een ‘Nein’ gekregen van de Duitse kiezers”, aldus D66-Kamerlid Bas Paternotte. Gut gesagt, Bas!

Trump is voor Putin de nuttige idioot zegt @F__Timmermans EU heeft een paar weken de kans om te laten zien dat we wel eenheid tot stand kunnen brengen. Lukt dat niet dan staan we op het menu. Dan gaan Putin en Trump Europa verdelen. Want zij denken in 19e eeuwse verdeel en heers.

#Zelensky is misschien wel de krachtigste leider in #Europa van dit moment. #Trump kan nu al helemaal niet meer volhouden dat Zelensky een #dictator is. Hij laat zien dat het niet om hem gaat, maar om het belang van #Oekraïne. https://t.co/nvGdyhV5N1

“the absolute priority will be to strengthen europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the usa.” - next german chancellor friedrich merz, unthinkable words even two months ago

merz: “absolutely no illusions” about president trump. united states “no longer cares among the fate of the european union. unclear whether we will still speak of nato in present shape” by june nato summit.”

merz: interference in german elections by musk and united states “no less radical and outrageous than that of moscow.”

@ianbremmer Meaningless drivel. The Germans aren’t going to increase military spending. Even if they did, (and they won’t, not meaningfully), it wouldn’t enable them to act independently of the U.S.. The Germans are in their current predicament as a result of bad decisions in the past.

@ianbremmer Great! Let's close down all U.S. military bases and bring all the 50,000 troops and personnel home! But I wonder how Germany is going to make up the 2.3 billion dollars of economic activity they provide.

@ianbremmer Germany outsourced their electricity price to a country called Russia. Germany outsourced their national defense to the USA. Neither was a particularly good idea. What they need to do is develop cheap sources of energy (that don’t rely on Russia). And build a strong military.

@ianbremmer But it was never normal for the US to unconditionally guarantee Europe’s security. Germany—and the entire EU—should have invested much more, much earlier, to function as an equal partner to the US. Why should only American soldiers die for Europe’s security? That never made sense

@ianbremmer Keynes wrote in 1919 that destroying the econ of Germany the engine of Europe would lead to another war. What Trump has done with Germany is analogous. Instead of nurturing an 80 year old partnership he decided to antagonize the engine of Europe. What a historical mistake.

@raitzin @ianbremmer I am not sure how happy Trump will be when Europe stops buying US weapons because they now want to spend their 500 Billion annual defense budget inside Europe. They don’t trust the US anymore and you can’t blame them.

@ianbremmer Germany can start by generating enough affordable electricity for their people and companies.

@ianbremmer This is the new reality. I grew up in the western part of Germany, close to France and the Netherlands. Since my childhood, the US has always been our natural point of reference—for culture, food, politics, and our entire way of life. Not anymore.

@ianbremmer I'm just so ashamed of my country now. Never ever did I think we'd be the enemy in this world. How anyone else can see this as a good thing is not patriotic no matter what their bios say on this app.

@ianbremmer Unintentionally, Trump pushed Germany to become the next great European and global power. The German defense industry has a chance to grow the German economy. Center of power gravity in Europe will probably shift to Germany, Poland and the Baltic states.

@ianbremmer It would be incredible if Europe could actually stand on its own feet again but I have very little confidence that the Europeans have the capability of doing that anymore. They seem very comfortable and accustomed to having their independence ceded to America.

@ianbremmer Europe is going to take leadership roles in the world in collaboration with Canada, Australia and Mexico etc. Eurocentric world again.

@beingagrandma Thanks. Let's hope friendship across the ocean will survive the Trump era. First of all, let's hope we survive. Love and enjoy your grandchildren.

@ianbremmer Absolutely! What’s unthinkable is the USA paying for the defense of rich nations like Germany.