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Alessandro Orsini stated that Europe depended on Russia for energy supplies and described as humiliating the announcement, attributed to Donald Trump, of an agreement with Vladimir Putin for the supply of over 300,000 tons of diesel, which would lower prices. Citing the Corriere della Sera, he reported that Europe was facing winter with the lowest gas reserves in the last fifteen years and was purchasing more gas by ship from Russia than ever before. According to the data he provided, European storage was 72% full, compared to 83% a year earlier, while in Germany and the Netherlands it was below 60%. Orsini claimed that the agreement would give Putin more resources to strike Ukraine. Orsini recalled predicting that an attempt by NATO to defeat Russia on the battlefield would provoke a more intense Russian response against Ukraine and a severe economic crisis for Europe and Italy. He said that the prediction, made on February 24, 2022, had not been believed and that subsequent events had confirmed it. He also announced his participation that evening in the program *Accordi e Disaccordi* and the presentation, on October 17, at the Feltrinelli in Largo Argentina in Rome with Luca Sommi, of his book *Nato, l’espansione verso la Russia*. He described the volume as a historical reconstruction of NATO's enlargement towards Russia, from the promises to Gorbachev during the negotiations for German reunification to the war in Ukraine. The thesis of the book, he explained, connected the documentary origins of tensions between NATO and Russia to the contradiction between Article 5 and the minutes attached to the Treaty on the Final Settlement of Germany of September 12, 1990. https://t.co/2KWZ8kSEG9 #Russia #Europa #Gas (translated)

Joan Larroumec presented the tensions between France and Germany as a result of increasing competition, particularly in the defense industry. He indicated that Berlin planned military spending of €108 billion in 2026, compared to €57 billion for Paris, and nearly €140 billion in 2027. According to him, Germany was seeking to use these expenditures as a lever for economic transformation, while its historical industrial model was weakened. Larroumec notably cited the decline in German exports to China, which he claimed fell from €106 billion in 2022 to €81 billion in 2025, as well as a reduction of 142,400 jobs in the German automotive industry since 2019. He also wrote that German defense start-ups had received $3.5 billion in investments in 2026, compared to $375 million in France, and that Berlin had concluded a framework agreement with Helsing and Stark that could reach €4.3 billion. He estimated that this strategy heightened rivalries between the two countries and jeopardized their joint programs. He reported that Paris and Berlin acknowledged on June 8 that the SCAF could not be successfully executed, and that the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces announced Germany's abandonment of the MGCS tank program. He also mentioned competition in drones, artificial intelligence, and space, where, according to him, Germany was seeking to reduce France's position. Finally, Larroumec argued that France's financial difficulties limited its ability to invest in defense and risked weakening its industry. He stated that French and German interests were becoming increasingly misaligned and that this situation could lead to chaotic episodes in Europe. #France #Allemagne #Défense (translated)

The Germans have decided to withdraw from the project. Mandon specified that the industrial offer presented at the beginning of 2026 did not meet the necessary timelines to replace the current tanks; Berlin has also chosen to initiate a national study for the successor to the Leopard 2. #DifesaComune #CooperazioneMilitare #CarroArmato (translated)

Matteo Villa wrote that there had been a "nearly total" change in the German paradigm. He reported that, in a letter co-signed by Macron and Merz, France and Germany had asked to protect the European industry from Chinese economic pressure. Villa recalled that, two years earlier, Berlin had voted against the EU tariffs on Chinese electric cars. https://t.co/L8xx7y55kL #Francia #Germania #IndustriaEuropea (translated)

"Europe has agreed to release a significant amount of its diesel reserves," claimed Donald Trump after exerting strong pressure on European capitals, led by Paris and Berlin, to draw on their strategic oil reserves to address the surge in fuel prices driven by the war in the Middle East. #Energia #PrezziCarburante #G7 (translated)

La Procura di Larino indaga per omicidio volontario sulla morte di Antonella Di Ielsi e della figlia Sara Di Vita, avvenuta a causa di una intossicazione da ricina, mentre gli investigatori esaminano dispositivi elettronici sequestrati al marito e padre delle vittime e attendono i risultati di test cruciali da Berlino. #Omicidio #Ricina #Campobasso

Va sottolineato che Lavrov, sempre di casa all'Onu (dove si indignano per Netanyahu ma non per Putin) ha consegnato a Guterres il rapporto "Eredi di Goebbels: falsificazione degli eventi a Bucha e finte esibizioni sanguinose del regime di Kiev". E da Berlino 1945 è tutto https://t.co/AoqrMXWSUU #Onu #Lavrov #Putin

Dans une Allemagne où une réfugiée kurde exploitée sexuellement par Daesh croise son tortionnaire ; où la police berlinoise dit aux Juifs et aux gays d'éviter des quartiers arabes ; où 2000 manifestants réclament le califat à Hambourg, on se demande pourquoi l'AfD l'emporte. https://t.co/tgEBcQh55c #Allemagne #Réfugiés #Liberté

„Ein solches Statement zu machen, ist einfach unterirdisch. Wenn du sagst, du willst eine Gesellschaft vereinen und ein Kuratorium aus Berlins Mitte dich um ein Gespräch bittet und du den Menschen, die sich für Olympia eingesetzt haben, so einen Schlag ins Gesicht entgegenspielst, dann ist das undemokratisch. Und unseriös. Und durch nichts zu rechtfertigen.“ #BerlinOlympia #Olympiabewerbung #Rückzug