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Henri Vanhanen wrote that Volodymyr Zelensky was ready to hold elections in Ukraine if Vladimir Putin agreed to a 60-day ceasefire. Vanhanen noted that this was not a new concession, as Zelensky had made the same proposal in February and required sufficient security guarantees to hold the elections. Vanhanen interpreted the proposal as a message to Donald Trump, who, in his view, had repeatedly questioned Zelensky’s position and called for elections in Ukraine. According to Vanhanen, holding elections would require the United States to get Russia to stop hostilities for a sufficient period. He found it contradictory that Ukraine was being asked to hold elections in the midst of an invasion, while Russia had not agreed to a ceasefire that would allow for it. Vanhanen also pondered how strong Trump’s pressure on Zelensky had become, referring to Trump’s recent statements regarding Ukrainian leadership. He believed that the replacement of the Ukrainian president should not become a substantive goal of peace negotiations, but rather that Ukrainians should choose their own leader. According to Vanhanen, Trump should have used his influence to promote a ceasefire rather than forcing Ukraine to defend the legitimacy of its democracy. #Ukraina #Zelenskyi #Trump (translated)

The sender claimed that the media portrayed the violence in France as legitimate demands for better schools. They simultaneously referred to French authorities' report that at least 24 schools had been vandalized and argued that this stripped the riots of all legitimacy. https://t.co/2pMzblDPLj https://t.co/kpXr6gjtAH #Frankrike #skolor #våld #FR (translated)

The financial industry in Sweden is facing a necessary modernization of the regulations surrounding indebtedness, with a focus on improving support for debtors and using technology to detect and manage financial difficulties earlier, while at the same time preserving the balance and legitimacy of the credit market. #överskuldsättning #kreditgivning #skuldsanering (translated)

We are particularly pleased that Ms. Darijana Filipović has been elected as a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the territory of the Federation, from the ranks of the Croatian people, with the full political legitimacy of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who are Croats, said Plenković. “We believe that this is good, just, and right, and that in this way the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina will function more harmoniously, with greater mutual trust, respect, and, of course, give momentum to all others for reform efforts and the continuation of the European path that Croatia strongly advocates and supports, along with guaranteed full equality for all three constituent peoples,” the Prime Minister said. “I am glad that Split was, for those two days, the center of Mediterranean politics, being also the center of Adriatic Croatia,” the Prime Minister concluded. Prime Minister Andrej Plenković stated that the goal is to continue protecting the standard of living for citizens and investing in development while maintaining the stability of public finances. #rebalansproračuna #HrvatskaVlada #AndrejPlenković (translated)

In a context of growing tensions during high school protests, riot police officers who are family men express their discomfort with the violence they must contain, while acknowledging the legitimacy of the youth's demands, all while fighting against the idea of being perceived as oppressors. #CRS #Lycéens #Manifestation (translated)

S wondered if Louise, 22 years old, had really taken the upper hand over Elwan. S wrote that she had presented him as the "defender of the suburbs" and had commented on his tie, his smile, and his eloquence. S felt that she had thus called into question the legitimacy of a high school student who was simply supportive, ironically adding that solidarity would require proof of residence. The message was accompanied by the hashtag #LCI. #lci #solidarité #justice #banlieues (translated)

DrTallinger wrote that the political deadlock surrounding refugee policy forced the Center Party to choose between approaching its political opponents or cooperating with the Sweden Democrats, with whom the party, according to the author, had politically in common in practice. The latter, according to the post, would cost the Center Party its reputation among political allies with high demands for political correctness. The author described the question of how many refugees Sweden could take in as peripheral and compared it to a company's decision on charity. According to DrTallinger, the main task of politics was to drive Sweden towards profitability and to safeguard the interests of citizens. The author also claimed that Sweden had been turned into one big refugee camp, at the expense of the purpose of politics. By comparison, DrTallinger wrote that Coca-Cola would not abandon profitability and donate all its money to Pepsi or small soda producers on the grounds that they also had a right to profit. The author concluded by asserting that the country's future depended on a few women, whom he described derogatorily and accused of having lost touch with why they started engaging in politics. https://t.co/DcZ3y69mPc #politik #Sverige #flyktingfrågan (translated)

In his new book "The World after September 11," Mattias Svensson argues that the U.S. war on terrorism has led to a gigantic policy failure that has exacerbated problems rather than reduced them, and warns that this should make us question the legitimacy of restricting human rights in the name of security. #Terrorism #MänskligaRättigheter #USA (translated)

Dystocracy wrote that an organized society lost its legitimacy if it lost control and fled, unable to even perform the tasks for which it had a monopoly. He also claimed that the residents and merchants of those streets lived under a violent coup that he described as far-left and fascist. #yhteiskunta #legitimiteetti #valtapolitiikka (translated)

Daniel Schatz wrote that it had only taken a few weeks for the Centre Party to open up to the Left Party. He claimed that C thereby granted power and political legitimacy to a party characterized by romanticism of terror, anti-Semitism, extremism, and support for dictatorships. Schatz described the Centre Party's talk of maintaining distance from extremism as a bluff and wrote that the party's red lines had been abandoned when power beckoned. He accused C of sacrificing its principles and voters for a seat at the negotiating table and predicted that history would judge the party harshly. #politik #Sverige #demokrati (translated)

The House of Orange-Nassau had a strong belief in the legitimacy of colonies and slavery, but still played a 'somewhat insignificant' role in the colonial policy of the Netherlands, with limited financial gains from transatlantic slavery. #OranjeNassau #slavernij #kolonialisme (translated)