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1. Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:10:16 UTC Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

   The European balance of power is challenged from many sides. Putins plan to destabilise the European Union is in full force. France will vote today. Open hate against Germany and Germans is popping up everywhere. European solidarity and unity is shrinking.

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   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:10:52 UTC Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     Sure, we, Europe at large, could have invested in a true shift towards renewable energy in the past 30 years. We decided not to.

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   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:10:53 UTC Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     But simply cutting it off, as many demand, would result in negative consequences that will go far beyond German economy. That’s not defending Germany. That’s a factual assessment of a really bad situation.

   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:10:54 UTC Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     I am not sure how this will play out mid to long term. But my hope for a strong and united Europe is moving a bit farther away in the darkness. Damn.

   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:10:54 UTC Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     Germany definitely is on the wrong side of history with its dependence on Russian gas. There’s no doubt about that from my side.

   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:11:09 UTC Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     And now, after 10+ years of rampant right-wing nationalism in many EU countries, instead of working towards a unified European answer, we‘re back to fingerpointing at countries. Not helpful. It’s destructive, IMHO.

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   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:12:12 UTC Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     • FailForward

     @FailForward Yes. A point I have made over and over again. IMHO it became really clear with Brexit and moved forward into the pandemic and the first weeks of the war. But the pendulum might have reached a maximum and could swing back - that’s my fear.

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   • failforward@qoto.org's status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:12:18 UTC FailForward

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     @jwildeboer Don’t you recognise for one, that thanks to COVID-19 pandemic and now the war in Ukraine EU acts gradually more and more decisively and coherently together? I cheer for that and applaud it! That’s exactly what I wanted it to to and it responded.

   • failforward@qoto.org's status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:12:30 UTC FailForward

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     @jwildeboer Anyway, to operate from a position of fear is useless. Let me cheer you up with a recent one in a follow-up toot 🙂 .

   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:12:30 UTC Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     • FailForward

     @FailForward Please don’t confuse my dutch pragmatism with fear. I prefer to clearly point out the problems I see and offer solutions too. A fact based assessment of the current situation might look like doom and gloom, but I am an optimist. My hope is that we come out of this with a stronger Europe. But we need to do the work for that.

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   • failforward@qoto.org's status on Sunday, 10-Apr-2022 20:12:31 UTC FailForward

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     @jwildeboer Well, fears here and there, what evidence (except your own fear) do you see?