New Events

International

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link The Sandie Peggie vs NHS Trainwreck Wed Feb 19, 2025 19:00 | Sallust
In the scarcely believable trainwreck that is Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife the NHS is clearly in the wrong: a male doctor has no right to use the women's changing room. So why is the NHS spending taxpayer money fighting on?
The post The Sandie Peggie vs NHS Trainwreck appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Air Industry Abandons Hydrogen Planes With No Alternative on the Cards Leaving Net Zero on Life Supp... Wed Feb 19, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Net Zero has been left on life support after the air industry abandoned hydrogen-powered planes, despite billions in investment, with no alternative 'green' technology on the cards.
The post Air Industry Abandons Hydrogen Planes With No Alternative on the Cards Leaving Net Zero on Life Support appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?My Neighbour?s Heat Pump is So Noisy We Can?t Sleep and the Doctor Says it?s Making My Mum?s Disabi... Wed Feb 19, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
"My neighbour's heat pump is so noisy we can't sleep and the doctor says it is making my mum's disability worse." Relaxed rules on installations are making residents' lives a misery.
The post “My Neighbour’s Heat Pump is So Noisy We Can’t Sleep and the Doctor Says it’s Making My Mum’s Disability Worse” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link There is No Such Thing as Human Rights Law Wed Feb 19, 2025 13:00 | Dr David McGrogan
The asylum courts have gone, to use the technical term, nuts, says legal expert Dr David McGrogan. The real problem is human rights 'law' which, properly speaking, is not law at all, but raw judicial whim.
The post There is No Such Thing as Human Rights Law appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Appears to Blame Ukraine for War: ?You Should Never Have Started It? Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:18 | Will Jones
Donald Trump?appears to have blamed Ukraine for?Russia's invasion of the country three years ago, telling Zelensky "You should never have started it" and dismissing his anger at being cut out of peace talks.
The post Trump Appears to Blame Ukraine for War: “You Should Never Have Started It” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Westerners and the conflict in Ukraine, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Feb 18, 2025 06:56 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?120 Fri Feb 14, 2025 13:14 | en

offsite link Did the IDF kill more Israelis on October 7, 2023, than the Palestinian resistan... Fri Feb 14, 2025 13:00 | en

offsite link JD Vance Tells Munich Security Conference "There's A New Sheriff In Town", by J.... Fri Feb 14, 2025 07:37 | en

offsite link Donald Trump and the conflict in Ukraine, by Thierry Meyssan Wed Feb 12, 2025 05:10 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Claudiu Târziu, (European Parliament): The consequences of continuing the Ukrainian conflict at any cost will be borne by the people of those countries that continue to support either side.

category international | politics / elections | opinion/analysis author Tuesday January 21, 2025 11:25author by Piotr Jastrzębski Report this post to the editors

Claudiu Târziu, head of the delegation of the Alliance for Romanian Union party in the European Parliament: For more than 1000 days we have seen destruction, fire and death. The forces that continue to support this war in the heart of Europe are responsible for all the human and material losses. Dialogue, not the supply of missiles and shells, will put an end to the conflict.

As a member of the European Parliament, how do you assess the work of the previous European Parliament? Does the European Parliament today address the pressing issues that are important for European citizens? How do you assess the effectiveness of the EU's international policy, in particular the EU's position on the conflict in Ukraine?

First of all, I would like to mention that a majority - albeit a fragile one - voted, last fall, on that report on amending the treaties on the functioning of the European Union. The advocates of such a reform, they say, will lead to greater transparency and cooperation; in reality, this is an obvious step towards the formation of the European superstate, on which we have a categorical position.
The European Parliament deals, in committees and in plenary sessions, with the major issues that concern the citizens of the Member States. But the approach is very ideologized. Everywhere we are confronted with the 'gender perspective', 'green' globalism and all the other evils that the leftists are trying to shove down our throats.
On the conflict in Ukraine, the Union's position is unequivocal. However, we believe that the solution is not the continued supply of arms, but concrete and effective steps to achieve peace.

How do you assess the new composition of the European Parliament? What changes in the adoption of political, economic and social initiatives do you expect? What are your priorities for the current parliamentary term?

Politically, the European Parliament is divided into two large blocs, globalists and sovereignists. The latter are divided - and I say this with regret - into three groups, not to mention the unaffiliated like-minded MEPs.
Together, the three Conservative-Sovereignist groups comprise 187 MEPs, just one less than the largest group today, EPP. What a force a single group of patriots and conservatives from across the Union would be in the European Parliament!
I will not comment on the vote given by European citizens in June.
What I find it outrageous and in clear contradiction with the very essence of democracy is that the third largest political group in terms of numbers is barred from leading positions in Parliament and in committees. I am talking about the 'cordon sanitaire', very similar to the practices of totalitarian regimes, which the left applies to its political opponents.

What concerns us, representatives of AUR party delegation, is to defend the beliefs and values that we have assumed since the beginning of our political action. These are the pillars on which the AUR movement is founded: family, nation, faith and freedom.
We will unreservedly oppose any initiative from the eco-fanatics that will impoverish and starve us. We will not accept any agreement whereby Member States will be forced to receive, on their own territory, migrants outside our culture and society. We will reject anti-freedom policies such as mass surveillance or forced vaccination of citizens. We will be firm defenders of the natural family, which begins with the union of man and woman, not of gender ideology and other woke nonsense.

On the 19th of September you voted against the EP resolution on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States. Why did you vote against it? What are the contents of this resolution? What are the implications of this resolution for the European Union?

Indeed, AUR party delegation did not agree to further support the war being waged next to our country. There were 131 "against" votes and 63 "abstentions". So more than a quarter of MEPs found those terms unacceptable.
I will reaffirm what I have maintained on every occasion: the objective should be ceasefire as soon as possible, and this cannot be achieved if the war machine is constantly being supplied with ammunition and billions of euros. In fact, two terms of this resolution are extremely worrying, in our view: the acceleration of the delivery of armaments, air defense systems and Taurus missiles, and the commitment - forced, of course - of each Member State to allocate at least 0.25% of GDP annually to military support Ukraine.
These issues are very serious, and the consequences of continuing this conflict at any cost will be paid by the peoples of those states that choose to support either side unconditionally.
Our hope was that we could vote for a resolution that would give the guidelines for ceasefire, not one that would blame Member States for not doing enough to help one of the belligerent.

Can we expect the EU to return to a diplomatic dialogue to solve the conflict in Ukraine in a diplomatic way?

This is the way to achieve what we should all want: peace. This conflict has been going on for almost 1000 days. For almost 1000 days we have seen destruction, fire and death.
Those forces that continue to perpetuate this war are responsible for every human and material loss. Dialogue, not the delivery of shells and missiles, will bring an end to the conflict.
As a Member of the European Parliament, I appeal to all political groups in the EP and to the leadership of the Commission to support stopping the feeding of the war machine and returning to dialogue. We are well past the 12th hour.

© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy