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Cyrus Razavi wrote that the parade, which he had spent several months organizing, had been conducted with good attendance and in a peaceful and festive atmosphere. He assessed that the day was a success and thanked both the participants and those who had worked behind the scenes. According to Razavi, the follow vehicle, which was supposed to have speakers mounted, had been sabotaged. He wrote that individuals from the far left had stolen banners and cut the wires to the sound system near the stage close to Christiansborg while the organizers were at Kongens Nytorv. Razavi stated that the sound technician had been shocked but not physically assaulted, and that he had repaired the damage before the parade arrived. Despite what he described as attempts to sabotage the event and limit the participants' right to assemble and express themselves, both the parade and the program had been carried out, he wrote. #dkpol #dkmedier #ytringsfrihed #forsamlingsfrihed #deltagerdemokrati (translated)

The Baron of Øresund shared what he described as better pictures of a leftist radical protester who had spat on the police. He urged people to share the images in hopes that someone could recognize the protester. https://t.co/tZN1mmmsnZ #demonstration #politik #venstreradikal (translated)

Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham are, in my opinion, heroes. They have managed to persuade 24 soldiers to talk about the dirty Gaza war. At first, Netanyahu responded by saying that it was all lies. Then it was about soldiers revealing secrets. Both cannot be true. #Buitenhof #NAZA #Buitenhof #NAZA (translated)

Sólbjørg Jakobsen criticized Venstre for going after Rosa Lund after she had made posts and given interviews during her maternity leave. Jakobsen wrote that Lund had worked in the Parliament almost until her birth, and that Ekstra Bladet had portrayed the case as an example of how the Red-Green Alliance milked the system. Jakobsen disagreed with this. She wrote that Peder Hvelplund in the article had accounted for a specific deliberation in the party that she found reasonable if one distinguished between sick leave and maternity leave. Jakobsen added that she herself was writing from her maternity leave and that women could very well be on maternity leave while also being interested in work. She wished Lund good luck upon her return and wrote that she looked forward to both fighting against her politically and supporting her as a political co-mother. #politik #barsel #kvindelighed (translated)

It is hardly bearable what the creators of the film Naza have seen and heard. Looking at those two people in #buitenhof, I realize that their lives are also not secure. What heroes. And what he is saying here illustrates that Netanyahu is just as much a totalitarian liar as Trump and Putin. (translated)

Joost Jansen wrote that he had Chat prepare a speech for Rob Jetten in response to serious riots in Amsterdam. The proposed text stated that violence against society was unacceptable, while demonstrating and expressing criticism were part of democracy. The speech proposed three measures: maintaining the rule of law, supporting victims and affected entrepreneurs, and investigating the causes of social tensions. The text also stated that researching those causes was no excuse for violence. The recovery of trust, according to the speech, would depend on consistent action and rules that applied to everyone. #Amsterdam #democratie #veiligheid (translated)

The author stated that the Dutch population had grown from just over 1.1 million since early 2016 to approximately 18.1 million. According to the author, around 173,000 people had died and 167,000 babies had been born in 2025, resulting in negative natural growth and the total growth coming entirely from migration. The author referred to Jan Latten, who estimated the group of Dutch origin at about 12.9 million, and wrote that this group was expected to shrink by 1 to 2 million over the coming decades. By 2050, according to the author, the Netherlands would have about 20 million inhabitants. The author argued that the changing population composition put pressure on social and cultural relations, social cohesion, the welfare state, and the housing market. It was written that rapid changes complicated integration and increased parallel societies and clashing norms and values. According to the author, politicians focused too much on symptom treatment and paid too little attention to population growth due to migration and low birth rates among the indigenous population. The author praised Latten for his expertise and warned that politics, media, and society needed to take demographic changes seriously. https://t.co/wVfulQlN6k #demografie #migratie #socialecohesie (translated)

Nathalie Tocci, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies’ European campus in Bologna, said that if the nationalist right held power in Spain, France, Poland and Italy at the same time, she did not consider it an exaggeration to describe the outcome as “the end of the European…” #europa #nacionalismo #política #ES #FR #PL #IT

Nadja Natalie Isaksen criticized the media's coverage of 112-year-old Kirsten Schwalbe and her deceased husband being listed in the Bovrup registry with DNSAP's membership details. Isaksen wrote that Schwalbe had set the record for the oldest Dane ever just the Wednesday before, and that she had shared anecdotes from her life through TV MIDTVEST. Isaksen emphasized that Nazism was a terrible ideology, but did not believe that justified the media confronting a 112-year-old with matters from 85 years earlier. She wrote that several media outlets had contacted Schwalbe, and that a journalist from TV MIDTVEST had mentioned that the encounter with the issue had left her in a vulnerable state. According to Isaksen, the Bovrup registry contained information about individuals who had been deceased for at least ten years. She therefore believed it should be investigated how Schwalbe's name had become publicly available and pointed out that political affiliation was a particularly sensitive piece of personal information. Isaksen wrote that Schwalbe had subsequently told TV MIDTVEST that she felt bad about having been a member of the party, did not sympathize with the Nazis, and regretted not having investigated what she was signing. According to Isaksen, Schwalbe had explained that the signature was needed to allow the couple to buy a house, and that she had let the men handle such matters back then. Isaksen praised TV MIDTVEST for taking good care of Schwalbe and for giving her the opportunity to tell her version. She wrote that she hoped the media coverage had not caused Schwalbe to withdraw from the public eye and encouraged people to instead cherish her stories. #KirstenSchwalbe #Danmark #Mediekritik (translated)

The author wrote that the Chihuahua Lucky was dead and that the police had shot him in Ludwigshafen with a 9-mm Dum-Dum bullet. At the same time, he accused the authorities of frequently turning a blind eye to rioters, clan leaders, and actual threats in German city centers, and he sarcastically referred to the actions in Ludwigshafen as heroic defense. #Tierschutz #Ludwigshafen #Polizei #DE (translated)

Steven Arrazola de Oñate described Trump's response as interesting and wrote that there was much speculation about the backgrounds of the war. He suggested that the American president might have information that was not public. As a reason to critically examine the official narrative, he referred to previous CIA involvement in regime changes and the destabilization of governments, including in Iran in 1953, Guatemala in 1954, and Chile in the 1970s. According to him, that did not prove anything about the current war in and of itself. Arrazola de Oñate found Trump's wish to end the war even more important. He wrote that thousands of soldiers were dying every month and that preventing more casualties should carry more weight than trying to prove one's own point. At the same time, he stated that a large part of the European political elite depicted Trump as a dangerous dictator, while those same politicians, according to him, insisted on continuing the fight. He wrote that negotiations were framed as weakness and continuing to fight as moral superiority. Finally, he stated that the truth would ultimately come to light. #Trump #oorlog #waarheid (translated)

Simon Betschinger wrote that climate protection activists should subsidize or at least support Elon Musk and SpaceX so that AI data centers in space could become possible. In his view, it always seemed to be sunny there. At the same time, he claimed that the Greens he knew rejected Musk, even though he was promoting electric mobility, energy storage, and fully solar-powered data centers. According to his assessment, their worldview was based on a refusal to acknowledge reality. #Klimaschutz #ElonMusk #Raumfahrt (translated)