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The author of the entry quoted the words of EPP/EPL Chairman Manfred Weber, who reportedly stated that the sanitary cordon against the AfD based on the principle of "them or us" should be a thing of the past. He asked whether the statement referred only to Germany or also to the EU. https://t.co/45IDiFPEfp #EPP #AFD #UE #DE #EU (translated)

Gio CR7 wrote that Marca had reassigned a goal scored by Pepe from a free kick in 2010, deflected by the defender and previously credited to Cristiano Ronaldo by the media and Real Madrid. He added that only the club continued to officially count 451 goals from Ronaldo, while other media now accounted for 450. #CristianoRonaldo #RealMadrid #Football (translated)

Yves Adriano stated that the owner of Banco Master exchanged more than 450 messages and made over 180 phone calls with an operator of Minister Alexandre Padilha connected to the funds. He added, in an ironic tone, that Lula knew nothing about it. #Corrupção #Política #Brasil (translated)

Pri stated that Júlio Cezar, whom she described as the bribe operator of Alexandre Padilha's group in the Palácio do Planalto and a consultant in Goiânia, promised Daniel Vorcaro to bring the owner of Banco Master closer to Banco do Brasil. According to her, the two exchanged more than 450 messages and made 180 calls to discuss a plan to raise R$ 10 billion from funds like Previ, Petros, and Postalis through Master papers. Pri said that the plan included R$ 1 billion in bribes for members of the PT, including Vaccari, and that Vorcaro paid R$ 30 million for a film about Lula and made advance payments for bribes. She also claimed that there was intense lobbying. #Corrupção #Política #Brasil (translated)

Leandro Ruschel stated that a reporter from Veja considered that the attention given to the recording published by the magazine would be diverting focus from more serious allegations based on messages found on Daniel Vorcaro's cell phone. According to Ruschel, the reporter said that messages from 2024 and 2025 would indicate a collusion with executives from the pension funds of Banco do Brasil, Caixa, Petrobras, and Correios to raise R$ 10 billion, of which R$ 1 billion would be destined to the PT as a bribe. The account also mentioned more than 450 messages with an operator linked to the office of Minister Alexandre Padilha. Ruschel said that, according to the report, Banco Master entered in May 2024 a government list that would allow it to receive investments from the funds, despite having low credit ratings and being under investigation for fraud. During the same period, the bank reportedly negotiated R$ 500 million in credit letters with Caixa; the operation retreated after O Globo reported, in July 2024, the removal of two managers who had issued a negative opinion. The report also claimed that Padilha had said, in a meeting at the Palácio do Planalto, that agreements made with Olavo Noleto would count as agreements with the minister himself, and that, after dinner at Vorcaro's house in October 2024, the banker received a message saying that Lula would meet him and had liked the conversation. According to Ruschel, the reporter stated that Lula received Vorcaro in December and that messages from lawyer Walfrido Warde suggested pressure on the Central Bank to save Master. He added that Vorcaro would have presented the account to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), which had refused to receive the material, and that there would be evidence involving PGR members who had contact with the defense. Ruschel said that the reporter argued that Vorcaro should be heard and warned of the risk of diverting workers' resources to save the bank. #Corrupção #Política #Justiça (translated)

The support of agricultural production is a major priority of the Government. "The support of agricultural production is a major priority of the Government," said Mr. Senekis, adding that "a key tool for achieving these goals is the Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027, with funding amounting to €454 million." #Αβοκάντο #Κύπρος #ΑγροτικήΑνάπτυξη (translated)

The Minister of Agriculture Christos Senekis stated that the contribution of the SEDIGEPP of Paphos is crucial in the marketing of avocados, as production in Cyprus reaches 3 million euros annually and the government is planning investments of 454 million euros for agricultural production. #Αβοκάντο #Κύπρος #ΑγροτικήΑνάπτυξη (translated)

The Proper Greek Analyst criticized publications from Kontra, Eleftheros Typos, Political, and Dimokratia, arguing that they presented as a Greek success an exception that would pave the way for a reduction of fuel taxes or investments amounting to 1 billion euros. He described the coverage as misleading and said it confused two different requests. According to him, the government's request for temporary reductions in the Special Consumption Tax or VAT on fuels not to be counted toward the deficit was rejected. He argued that such measures would directly support citizens and businesses and that they had been implemented without requests to the Commission from 11 EU countries. He also cited a Reuters publication regarding the rejection of requests from Greece and Italy for greater fiscal flexibility. On the contrary, he mentioned that a request for exemption from fiscal rules on spending for energy projects had been accepted. In his post, this possibility did not concern only Greece: a Commission announcement dated 18/8/26, with code C/2026/4514, stipulated an exemption of up to 0.6% of GDP cumulatively over two years for countries that would apply. He estimated that this corresponded for Greece to 1.56 billion euros, with an GDP of 260 billion euros at current prices in 2026, and not the 1 billion euros that, as he wrote, the government planned to allocate. The Proper Greek Analyst added that Italy's request, which, according to ANSA, concerned 0.6% of GDP or 14 billion euros, was expected to be approved by Monday. He contrasted this amount with the 0.38% of GDP or 1 billion euros attributed to the Greek plan. For Greek projects, he mentioned grants of 200 million euros for energy storage batteries from renewable sources, 320 million euros for railroad safety and expansion projects, 200 million euros for heat pumps and solar water heaters for 100,000 beneficiaries, 117 million euros for energy upgrades of 109 public buildings and universities, 50 million euros for photovoltaics, batteries, and heating systems for 10,000 beneficiaries, 50 million euros for carbon capture and storage in industry, and 45 million euros for 246 school units. He stated that, beyond the subsidies for households, the remaining projects would not directly benefit citizens. #Ελλάδα #ενέργεια #δημοσιονομικά (translated)

Felipe Moura Brasil shared the transcription of a reporter from Veja who defended a report amid the reactions to the publication of a recording. The journalist stated that, in addition to the audio, the article was based on messages found on Daniel Vorcaro's cell phone before he formalized a plea deal proposal. According to the reporter, Vorcaro had already presented a third proposal to the PGR, but the agency did not want to listen to him. In the transcription, the reporter claimed that messages from 2024 and 2025 indicated that Vorcaro had intermediaries at the Palácio do Planalto who were working with executives from the pension funds of Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica, Petrobras, and Correios. He asserted that the objective was to raise 10 billion reais from these funds, with 1 billion reais earmarked for bribes to the PT, as part of an agreement to save Banco Master. He also said that an operator linked to the office of Minister Alexandre Padilha sought fund executives and that meetings had been organized to facilitate the bank's operations. The reporter further stated that, in May 2024, Banco Master entered the so-called "exhaustive list," which, according to him, allowed the funds to invest in the institution. At the same time, he said, the bank was negotiating credit letters worth 500 million reais with Caixa Econômica. According to the journalist, the operation did not progress after the newspaper O Globo reported, in July 2024, that two managers from Caixa had been removed for issuing a negative opinion. He added that Vorcaro had reported, in a plea deal proposal to which the report had access, that Padilha and other PT members backed down after the case was disclosed. #Lula #Corrupção #Política (translated)

Giuseppe Sempio and his wife Daniela Ferrari recount to Quarto Grado the economic and social difficulties faced after defending their son Andrea in the murder case of Chiara Poggi, revealing that they spent 45 thousand euros on lawyers and are constantly living under surveillance and in isolation. #Garlasco #AndreaSempio #QuartoGrado (translated)

Today in the Military World stated that Donald Trump posted on his social media that, after talking on the phone with Vladimir Putin, he agreed to buy large quantities of Russian diesel. The author said that the fuel was the main source of funding for the invasion of Ukraine and that, for this reason, Ukraine had been attacking Russian oil and diesel refineries and terminals. According to the profile, Trump would pay about $450 million for the 300 thousand tons of diesel, at the current exchange rate. The author also stated that, considering the 1.5 million tons that Trump said Russia would sell by the end of the year, Putin would receive around $2.5 billion, which would be used to finance the invasion. #Trump #Putin #Ucrânia (translated)