From the The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission:

A screenshot of a post by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission viewed through the Sitter frontend Nitter. It reads: I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint.
The safety of EU citizens in the country is our top priority.**

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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    As if individual countries would be more “free”. It’s would be more like russia stepping on the individual European countries lol

    • алсааас [she/they]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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      Tell me you know nothing about the €U or don’t actually care about it being a (neo-)imperialist/colonialist block of financial capital, without telling me…

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            The current EU is neolib/colonialist for sure, but you can say the same about every european country in the meme. We need to change every single one of them or we just change the EU.

            Of course you can always be a good radical leftist calling for revolution — this way you don’t need any governmental structure you rely on. That is fine. Who doesn’t love to see the world burn?

            What I don’t understand with this approach: Every society needs structures and nobody can build everything from scratch in this day and age.

            I would like to see it from another perspective. The workers movement always was international. Rosa Luxemburg proposed a system to create a better society by implementing so called non-reformist reforms. These reforms are not your typical soc-dem reforms that please bourgeois people. They are build in a way that takes society a step further. I would love to see non-reformist reforms of the EU. Making it more social, breaking neoliberal and colonialist policies.

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            Yeah, nah, my point was about how no eu wouldn’t be better for these countries because that’s what russia wants, and there is so many benefits to working together like that. Then you “whatabout” with something that has nothing to do with what I said. Im happy to see you recognize your are a clown though! First step is admitting it

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              no eu wouldn’t be better for these countries because that’s what russia wants

              Citation needed. Also: The US would prefer it like that, as well. That’s the reason why the EU bends over backwards as to not piss off the so-called US too much.

              Then you “whatabout”

              You kinda started the whataboutism by invoking big, scary Russia.

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                Citation needed. Also: The US would prefer it like that, as well. That’s the reason why the EU bends over backwards as to not piss off the so-called US too much.

                Are you implying that there is less strength in numbers via resource pooling?

                Only under the current administration does the US overtly not want the EU, due to trumps russian ties. He is acting on their behalf.

                You kinda started the whataboutism by invoking big, scary Russia

                What? Not at all, russia doesn’t want the EU because its a power block that can effectively oppose them…

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                  Are you implying that there is less strength in numbers via resource pooling?

                  I’m implying that you’re pulling the supposed interests of Russia out of ass.

                  Only under the current administration does the US overtly not want the EU, due to trumps russian ties. He is acting on their behalf.

                  Wow. The conspiracy theories get wilder and wilder every minute with you, huh?

                  What? Not at all,

                  You started mentioning Russia. That’s whataboutism.

                  russia doesn’t want the EU

                  👏citation👏needed👏

                  because its a power block that can effectively oppose them…

                  lol. That’s why Ukraine is losing the war, right? /s

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            It’s hilarious. The people making the memes are usually top tier but the comments are filled with clowns. It’s wild.

            • алсааас [she/they]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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              It’s crazy how in terms of comments it’s actually more of a c/shitlibmemes TwT

              But I fear the backlash of removing lib comments TBH. (And I don’t want to seem petty or like those things are personal and TBH I am libbaiting with a passion)

              Also properly weighing them and so on would likely be a 24/7 effort /hj

              Like I legit don’t get why those people are here and are getting angry over and over again at just basic socialist positions

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                Yeah it’s not even something controversial in terms of inner-socialist disagreements but just complete basics of “don’t identify with the interests of the bourgeois state and its geopolitical institutions of power”

                PS

                Everytime i try to send you a DM or connect on matrix my lemmy client (jerboa) crashes for unknown reasons :/. If you want to connect you’ll have to send me a DM with your contact info

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    Maduro was just kidnapped and the US in open war with Venezuela, these countries do not give a fuck about “international law” they serve the American empire. They serve as little more than yes men, anyone who thinks a united Europe would stand against it is willfully ignorant.

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        The Republikkkans are Anti-EU because the EU is, in their eyes, the greatest threat to their hegemonic power in the western empire as the three imperial cores exploit the global south. They’ve been pushing shit like this all year. That said, it’s a little sensationalist as the EU mostly stands aside and lets corporations fuck around in the global south so long as EU citizens themselves aren’t interfered with, up to and including that when the US kidnapped a foreign leader in the global south the EU took the official position of “It’s got nothing to do with us”

        Ultimately, I think any coagulation of human power that is not held accountable by the people is ultimately a problem. The EU is an economic alliance first and foremost, to allow member states to not be bullied by the great imperial powers of our era. The problem is those imperial powers and the lack of agency and autonomy possessed by the global south. I’m not sure dissolving the EU will help anyone but America and Russia. Dissolving America, Russia, and China on the other hand? Now we’re going somewhere