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Merit Wager wrote that Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen had said that Finland should not accept traditions, cultures, or customs that limited girls' freedom. According to the Swedish translation that Wager shared, Valtonen believed that girls and women should be able to decide over their own lives, and that religious or cultural norms should not be used to restrict their freedom. Wager also recounted Valtonen's statement that the National Coalition Party wanted to ban face-covering garments, such as the burqa and niqab, in schools and other educational institutions. Valtonen had said that the government led by the National Coalition Party had strengthened the rights of girls and women by more clearly criminalizing forced marriages and female genital mutilation. She had described female genital mutilation as violence and said that every girl had the right to bodily integrity. According to Wager's account, Valtonen also emphasized that equality, individual freedom, and human rights should not be overridden by references to religion, culture, or tradition. Every girl should have the right to be seen, heard, dream, and shape her future based on her own desires, she had said. #Jämställdhet #MänskligaRättigheter #KvinnorsRättigheter (translated)

The trajectory drawn for defense funding last year, when the rise was truly drastic, (...) was already with huge discounts on what is actually needed to have defense capabilities by 2030. It was a significant compromise with defense needs. The chairman of the National Alliance, member of the Seimas NSGK Vytautas Sinica states that the funding planned for next year will not be enough to develop the planned military capabilities. #gynyba #finansavimas #Lietuva (translated)

The author wrote that democracy thrives on finding majorities for what is right, convincing others, and fighting for it, not on compromise. Compromises may sometimes be possible and necessary; however, whoever declares them as the goal from the outset does not want to lead, but simply wants to have peace. #Demokratie #Politik #Gesellschaft #DE (translated)

The negotiations about the MFF will become more intense afterwards, as the President of the European Council, António Costa, hopes that the member states will reach an agreement on it still this year, while there is also no consensus among the member states regarding the content of the budget in addition to its size. #EU #költségvetés #kompromisszum (translated)

Russia would like to make an agreement... but for some reason Zelensky does not want to reach a deal, U.S. Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would like to achieve an agreement in the Ukraine war, blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for refusing to compromise. #Ukraina #Venemaa #Trump (translated)

Polish Patriot wrote that on October 11, Joanna Duda-Gwiazda celebrated her 87th birthday and extended her wishes for God's blessing. He presented her as a ship designer at the Gdańsk Shipyard, a co-author of the 21 demands of August 1980, and an activist of Solidarity. He also mentioned her activities in the Free Trade Unions of the Coast, editing underground press, imprisonment during martial law, and rejection of the Round Table Agreement. He described her as "the living conscience of our freedom." #Solidarność #Wolność #Historia (translated)

The CDU has evolved from a conflict-ridden party politics to a consensus democracy, where the secretaries general increasingly act in defensive roles and the party in government relies more on compromises than on clear positions, which could contribute to the hollowing out of the CDU. #CDU #Konsensdemokratie #Politik (translated)

Donald Trump is facing the challenge of lowering fuel prices in the USA before the Congressional elections, which may lead to controversial compromises with Russia, raising concerns about the security of allies, especially in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. #Trump #Putin #NATO (translated)

Ida Gabrielsson argued that the government formation should be based on the fact that S, V, MP, and C had campaigned for a change of power and had Magdalena Andersson as a common candidate for prime minister. She wrote that C could not count in parties that did not support Andersson and at the same time demand influence based on their mandates. According to Gabrielsson, voters had given C 7 percent and V 8.4 percent, and V would not accept C pursuing right-wing policies with the support of V's mandate. Gabrielsson stated that C could seek support from Ulf Kristersson or try to get KD and L to switch sides. If that did not happen, C needed to negotiate with S, V, and MP to get a majority behind Andersson, according to her. She wrote that V was willing to compromise, but that the parties supporting a prime minister candidate must also be able to accept each other as a government basis. She criticized C’s growth proposals, including continued privatization of the Employment Service and permanent tax subsidies to cleaning companies and large restaurant chains. Gabrielsson claimed that the Economic Institute, the Fiscal Policy Council, and others had assessed the proposals as ineffective, expensive, and ineffective in creating jobs. She also wrote that the proposals would be financed through cuts to unemployment benefits and sick pay as well as cuts in welfare. Gabrielsson asserted that the most voters preferred a red-green government, followed by the Tidö alternative, while C's centrist alternative lagged far behind. She wrote that more people had voted for S, V, and MP than for the previous Alliance if SD was excluded. Finally, she urged C to first clarify its political direction and implied that the party needed to choose a side if it could not find a centrist solution. #Regering #Sverige #Politik (translated)

The author wrote that he was afraid of a scenario in which, before winter—hard to imagine in Kyiv under current conditions—Volodymyr Zelensky would sign a compromise agreement with Russia. He added that part of the professional army might consider it a betrayal, especially the far-right nationalist circles, which he described as combative. #Ukraina #Wojsko #Polityka #UA #RU (translated)

The author wrote that he was afraid of a scenario in which, before winter, which was difficult to imagine in the conditions at that time in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky would sign a compromise agreement with Russia. According to the author, part of the army would consider it a betrayal, especially the far-right nationalist and militant circles. The entry was cut off at the moment he was describing their current position. #Ukraina #wojna #Zelenski #UA #RU (translated)