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Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn

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Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn

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Austrian economist
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The author said Europe still had around 98 million diesel passenger cars on its roads and called for a ban on new diesel car sales. They proposed retiring 10 million older diesel cars each year and phasing out diesel passenger cars in the EU by 2040. https://t.co/q66MkQBst3 #DieselBan #EcoFriendly #SustainableTransport #EU

The author called for an immediate halt to sales of new diesel passenger cars in Europe and the retirement of 10 million older diesel cars. They said Europe had around 98.3 million diesel passenger cars, representing about 38.4% of the EU-27 car fleet. https://t.co/hYhGfUwXhc #Diesel #Europa #Sustainability #EU

The author rejected the idea that Stalin had been surprised by Hitler’s preparations to attack, saying Soviet intelligence, foreign governments, military reports and defectors had repeatedly warned Moscow. The author argued that Stalin had not lacked information but had made a political calculation; the post ended before specifying what he sought to avoid. https://t.co/kr6eZYCFc9 #Stalin #History #WWII #RU #DE

The author called on the European Union to immediately ban sales of new diesel passenger cars, describing it as a wartime emergency measure. They cited around 98 million diesel cars on Europe’s roads, saying they made up about 38.4% of the EU passenger-car fleet. https://t.co/ldfEuR5o4Q #DieselBan #ClimateAction #EUPolicy #EU

The author wrote that the future of the Korean Peninsula must be based on freedom, democracy, the rule of law, a market economy, human rights, and peace, rather than dictatorship and nuclear threats. He also expressed support for the peaceful unification led by South Korea, mentioning the day when Seoul and Pyongyang, Busan and Hamhung, Jeju and Sinuiju will be connected within one free democratic country. https://t.co/VG82Od4WzH #자유 #민주주의 #통일 #KR (translated)

The publisher wrote that the future of the Korean Peninsula should be based on freedom, democracy, rule of law, market economy, human rights, and peace, rather than dictatorship and nuclear threats. He also expressed support for a free and peaceful unification led by the Republic of Korea and hopes that Seoul and Pyongyang, Busan and Hamhung, Jeju and Sinuiju will be connected within a single free democratic country. https://t.co/W3Sl2USvUC #자유통일 #민주주의 #인권 #KR (translated)

The author argued that dictators copied one another, citing the Reichstag fire on 27 February 1933 and writing that Hitler blamed his political enemies, suspended freedoms and accelerated his dictatorship. They also cited the murder of Sergei Kirov on 1 December 1934, saying Stalin immediately turned it to political ends. https://t.co/aL9gXit2ba #Dictatorship #History #Totalitarianism #DE #RU

The author said Janusz Bugajski had died but that his ideas lived on, describing him as a clear thinker on the possibility of a break-up of Putin’s imperial Russia and a future of freedom for nations and regions within the Russian Federation. The post also referred to repeated actions by Russian intelligence and included a link. https://t.co/bx2UPVSfD7 #Putin #Russia #Freedom #RU

The author accused Putin and wrote that the Smolensk catastrophe on 10 April 2010 killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński and 95 others. The author said a Polish government commission later alleged deliberate Russian interference and an assassination plot, adding that those claims remained disputed and that questions about the catastrophe persisted. https://t.co/npvuXcREBY #Putin #Smolensk #Polska #PL #EU #RU

The author called for a speed limit of 100 km/h for diesel cars in Germany. Diesel is not just any raw material given the European security and supply crisis; reliable reserves are needed for agriculture, logistics, disaster response, and defense. https://t.co/ddYJQcEbWh #Tempolimit #Diesel #Umweltschutz #DE #EU (translated)

The author said Plenković had secured his candidate and urged him to help Bosnia and Herzegovina achieve a European future. The author set out a 2029 goal of joining the EU, NATO, the euro and Schengen, as well as the WTO and OECD, and named Darijana Filipović, Denis Bećirović and Željka Cvijanović as now carrying that effort. https://t.co/LEh4QsUnys #BosnaIHercegovina #EU #NATO #BA #HR #EU

The author stated that on October 6, 2026, there was no flu vaccine available at a pediatrician in Vienna. He deemed this unacceptable and argued that if the state advises flu vaccinations and announces a free vaccination program, the vaccine must also be available at pediatricians. https://t.co/VaCDqT9UDZ #Gesundheit #Impfung #Wien #AT (translated)

The author said Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, the date of Vladimir Putin’s 71st birthday, and claimed the ensuing crisis shifted Western attention away from Ukraine. They argued that the Moscow–Hamas timeline deserved closer scrutiny, noting that Ismail Haniyeh, Saleh al-Arouri and Moussa Abu Marzouk were at a location linked in the post on September 12, 2022. https://t.co/ah8HU2L9jr #Putin #MiddleEast #Israel #RU #IL #PS #UA

The post drew a comparison between historical forms of autocratic intimidation and modern political repression, saying that rulers in parts of Ottoman history had used executions and the public display of enemies’ heads to instil fear and assert authority. https://t.co/eGW0DLIixc #Historia #Autoritarismo #Política #TR #RU

The author wrote that Germany had become a central source of political, financial and military support for Ukraine. They said Berlin’s commitment under Chancellor Friedrich Merz was crucial to Ukraine’s ability to resist Russian aggression and to Europe’s credibility. https://t.co/rtXoWu0J2x #Ukraine #Germany #EU #DE #UA #RU

The author thanked Virgilio Motori, Autoblog, another outlet mentioned in the post, alVolante, Auto Tecnica, and other media for discussing and talking about his proposal to introduce a speed limit of 100 km/h on EU highways. He added that, in his opinion, Europe was at war. https://t.co/Mmf76Q6pyZ #Italia #EU #Autostrade #IT #EU (translated)

The post said Vladimir Putin would turn 74 on 7 October 2026 and described his birthday as taking place against a backdrop of repression, war and deaths. It listed Alexei Navalny, whom it said died in a Russian prison; Boris Nemtsov, whom it said was assassinated in Moscow; and Anna Politkovskaya, whom it said was murdered for her journalism. The post also named Alexander but gave no further details. https://t.co/yUxdontuqz #Putin74 #Russia #HumanRights #RU

The author wrote that North Macedonia belonged firmly in the West and urged VMRO to end what he described as failed political dependence on Serbia and Russia. He called on the party to act as a strong NATO ally and accelerate the country’s European course. The post also included a link about North Macedonia’s security institutions. https://t.co/qOQnwSwCSi #NorthMacedonia #NATO #EuropeanUnion #MK #EU #RS #RU #NATO

The author said they had received death threats that night and asked Javier Milei to help prosecute the person they identified by a phone number. They also said they were being targeted with antisemitic threats, Nazi imagery and mass harassment on WhatsApp. https://t.co/nX58SRLCyw #Antisemitism #HateSpeech #StandAgainstHate #AT #AR #IL

The author compared NAFTA’s integration of Mexico into the US economy with the EU’s enlargement into Eastern Europe, writing that both expanded trade and investment but only the latter produced strong convergence. https://t.co/9Wp6y5daqi #IntegraciónEconómica #ComercioInternacional #NAFTA #MX #EU