The Average European
@aveuguy.bsky.social
Democracy is guarded by its citizens.💪🏻🇪🇺
Analyzing ideas and providing commentary on the path to a more self-reliant and strategically autonomous Europe.🛡
Analyzing ideas and providing commentary on the path to a more self-reliant and strategically autonomous Europe.🛡
36 Years ago, Europeans took charge of their freedom.
#BerlinWall 🧱 🙅🏻♂️
Your freedom, is your burden.
Can't bestow it on anyone else.
Take charge. ✊🏻
Democracy is guarded by its citizens. 💪🏻🇪🇺🛡️
youtu.be/TkdFuN9Pqfw
#BerlinWall 🧱 🙅🏻♂️
Your freedom, is your burden.
Can't bestow it on anyone else.
Take charge. ✊🏻
Democracy is guarded by its citizens. 💪🏻🇪🇺🛡️
youtu.be/TkdFuN9Pqfw
Berlin Wall November 9, 1989
YouTube video by The Average European
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
36 Years ago, Europeans took charge of their freedom.
#BerlinWall 🧱 🙅🏻♂️
Your freedom, is your burden.
Can't bestow it on anyone else.
Take charge. ✊🏻
Democracy is guarded by its citizens. 💪🏻🇪🇺🛡️
youtu.be/TkdFuN9Pqfw
#BerlinWall 🧱 🙅🏻♂️
Your freedom, is your burden.
Can't bestow it on anyone else.
Take charge. ✊🏻
Democracy is guarded by its citizens. 💪🏻🇪🇺🛡️
youtu.be/TkdFuN9Pqfw
#Sanctions 🥇on #Russia 🇷🇺 without secondary sanctions🥈, encourages the middle man (often ex-soviet states) to conduct business 🤝🏻💼 with the primary sanctioned party 🇷🇺 through earning a premium 🤑 from the eventual customer 🇪🇺.
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#Sanctions 🥇on #Russia 🇷🇺 without secondary sanctions🥈, encourages the middle man (often ex-soviet states) to conduct business 🤝🏻💼 with the primary sanctioned party 🇷🇺 through earning a premium 🤑 from the eventual customer 🇪🇺.
Europe is LUCKY our adversaries are not taking coordinated action but rather acting out of self-interest. ⚔️
Sometimes even directly opposing each other. ➡️💥⬅️
There's an important lesson to draw from that: Europe must unite.
💪🏻🇪🇺🛡️
Sometimes even directly opposing each other. ➡️💥⬅️
There's an important lesson to draw from that: Europe must unite.
💪🏻🇪🇺🛡️
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Europe is LUCKY our adversaries are not taking coordinated action but rather acting out of self-interest. ⚔️
Sometimes even directly opposing each other. ➡️💥⬅️
There's an important lesson to draw from that: Europe must unite.
💪🏻🇪🇺🛡️
Sometimes even directly opposing each other. ➡️💥⬅️
There's an important lesson to draw from that: Europe must unite.
💪🏻🇪🇺🛡️
The 20th 🇪🇺 sanction package on Russia 🇷🇺 must include the Druzhba pipeline.
Either the tap gets closed or Hungary 🇭🇺 and Slovakia 🇸🇰 are going to pay tariffs for the benefit of Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Either the tap gets closed or Hungary 🇭🇺 and Slovakia 🇸🇰 are going to pay tariffs for the benefit of Ukraine 🇺🇦.
October 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The 20th 🇪🇺 sanction package on Russia 🇷🇺 must include the Druzhba pipeline.
Either the tap gets closed or Hungary 🇭🇺 and Slovakia 🇸🇰 are going to pay tariffs for the benefit of Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Either the tap gets closed or Hungary 🇭🇺 and Slovakia 🇸🇰 are going to pay tariffs for the benefit of Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Mama Erasmus, thank you for what you have achieved for our continent's youth and future. 🇪🇺👨🏻🎓
May your legacy and vision continue to guide us for generations to come.
✝️ Sofia Corradi 🇮🇹 1934-2025
May your legacy and vision continue to guide us for generations to come.
✝️ Sofia Corradi 🇮🇹 1934-2025
October 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Mama Erasmus, thank you for what you have achieved for our continent's youth and future. 🇪🇺👨🏻🎓
May your legacy and vision continue to guide us for generations to come.
✝️ Sofia Corradi 🇮🇹 1934-2025
May your legacy and vision continue to guide us for generations to come.
✝️ Sofia Corradi 🇮🇹 1934-2025
Russia 🇷🇺
- shot down two civilian airliners ✈️
- restricts safe civil air navigation 🛰️
- sends drones into civ. airspace
- violates civ. airspace
Now asking UN/ICAO for sanctions relief on aerospace parts because: "Otherwise aircraft will start falling out of the sky"
🖕🏻🇷🇺
- shot down two civilian airliners ✈️
- restricts safe civil air navigation 🛰️
- sends drones into civ. airspace
- violates civ. airspace
Now asking UN/ICAO for sanctions relief on aerospace parts because: "Otherwise aircraft will start falling out of the sky"
🖕🏻🇷🇺
September 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Russia 🇷🇺
- shot down two civilian airliners ✈️
- restricts safe civil air navigation 🛰️
- sends drones into civ. airspace
- violates civ. airspace
Now asking UN/ICAO for sanctions relief on aerospace parts because: "Otherwise aircraft will start falling out of the sky"
🖕🏻🇷🇺
- shot down two civilian airliners ✈️
- restricts safe civil air navigation 🛰️
- sends drones into civ. airspace
- violates civ. airspace
Now asking UN/ICAO for sanctions relief on aerospace parts because: "Otherwise aircraft will start falling out of the sky"
🖕🏻🇷🇺
Russian oil and gas 🙅♂️ sure! 🛢️⛽️
But also:
⚓️Piraeus Port 🇬🇷➡️🇨🇳
🛞Pirelli 🇮🇹➡️🇨🇳
🧪Syngenta🇨🇭➡️🇨🇳
🚗Volvo Cars 🇸🇪➡️🇨🇳
☕️Bialetti 🇮🇹➡️🇨🇳
🤖 KUKA 🇩🇪➡️🇨🇳
💻MediaMarkt 🇩🇪➡️🇨🇳
...
🇪🇺💶🚫➡️🇨🇳➡️🇷🇺
But also:
⚓️Piraeus Port 🇬🇷➡️🇨🇳
🛞Pirelli 🇮🇹➡️🇨🇳
🧪Syngenta🇨🇭➡️🇨🇳
🚗Volvo Cars 🇸🇪➡️🇨🇳
☕️Bialetti 🇮🇹➡️🇨🇳
🤖 KUKA 🇩🇪➡️🇨🇳
💻MediaMarkt 🇩🇪➡️🇨🇳
...
🇪🇺💶🚫➡️🇨🇳➡️🇷🇺
September 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Russian oil and gas 🙅♂️ sure! 🛢️⛽️
But also:
⚓️Piraeus Port 🇬🇷➡️🇨🇳
🛞Pirelli 🇮🇹➡️🇨🇳
🧪Syngenta🇨🇭➡️🇨🇳
🚗Volvo Cars 🇸🇪➡️🇨🇳
☕️Bialetti 🇮🇹➡️🇨🇳
🤖 KUKA 🇩🇪➡️🇨🇳
💻MediaMarkt 🇩🇪➡️🇨🇳
...
🇪🇺💶🚫➡️🇨🇳➡️🇷🇺
But also:
⚓️Piraeus Port 🇬🇷➡️🇨🇳
🛞Pirelli 🇮🇹➡️🇨🇳
🧪Syngenta🇨🇭➡️🇨🇳
🚗Volvo Cars 🇸🇪➡️🇨🇳
☕️Bialetti 🇮🇹➡️🇨🇳
🤖 KUKA 🇩🇪➡️🇨🇳
💻MediaMarkt 🇩🇪➡️🇨🇳
...
🇪🇺💶🚫➡️🇨🇳➡️🇷🇺
The most engaging content. 📈
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The most enraging content. 😡
Emotional hijacking 🔪💭 has become the norm.
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The most enraging content. 😡
Emotional hijacking 🔪💭 has become the norm.
September 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The most engaging content. 📈
=
The most enraging content. 😡
Emotional hijacking 🔪💭 has become the norm.
=
The most enraging content. 😡
Emotional hijacking 🔪💭 has become the norm.
At some point in history⏳,
maybe before the Sun🌞 swallows the Earth🌎,
beings will reflect on all the red 🔴 versus blue 🔵 conflicts and say:
"How primitive."
maybe before the Sun🌞 swallows the Earth🌎,
beings will reflect on all the red 🔴 versus blue 🔵 conflicts and say:
"How primitive."
September 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
At some point in history⏳,
maybe before the Sun🌞 swallows the Earth🌎,
beings will reflect on all the red 🔴 versus blue 🔵 conflicts and say:
"How primitive."
maybe before the Sun🌞 swallows the Earth🌎,
beings will reflect on all the red 🔴 versus blue 🔵 conflicts and say:
"How primitive."
European governments have a duty to keep their citizens safe and to enforce freedom of navigation for economic activities within our own territories. 🇪🇺🛡️
No-fly zones shouldn't be established within our own territories. 🙅🏻♂️
🎯 UAVs inbound 🇪🇺 over Ukraine.
No-fly zones shouldn't be established within our own territories. 🙅🏻♂️
🎯 UAVs inbound 🇪🇺 over Ukraine.
September 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
European governments have a duty to keep their citizens safe and to enforce freedom of navigation for economic activities within our own territories. 🇪🇺🛡️
No-fly zones shouldn't be established within our own territories. 🙅🏻♂️
🎯 UAVs inbound 🇪🇺 over Ukraine.
No-fly zones shouldn't be established within our own territories. 🙅🏻♂️
🎯 UAVs inbound 🇪🇺 over Ukraine.
Attacks on Poland, Lithuania, Romania,... are attacks on you and me.
They are not attacks on "them" and "there".
We are Europeans and together we solve our European problems.
We are team Europe. 🇪🇺🛡️
They are not attacks on "them" and "there".
We are Europeans and together we solve our European problems.
We are team Europe. 🇪🇺🛡️
September 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Attacks on Poland, Lithuania, Romania,... are attacks on you and me.
They are not attacks on "them" and "there".
We are Europeans and together we solve our European problems.
We are team Europe. 🇪🇺🛡️
They are not attacks on "them" and "there".
We are Europeans and together we solve our European problems.
We are team Europe. 🇪🇺🛡️
🇪🇺🔁
Neville Chamberlain (🇬🇧PM 1937 - 1940) pursued a policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
This policy involved making concessions to aggressive foreign powers in order to avoid war.
(Cession🫱🏻 of Sudetenland by 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹)
It failed.
Europe wasn't ready for war.
Neville Chamberlain (🇬🇧PM 1937 - 1940) pursued a policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
This policy involved making concessions to aggressive foreign powers in order to avoid war.
(Cession🫱🏻 of Sudetenland by 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹)
It failed.
Europe wasn't ready for war.
September 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🇪🇺🔁
Neville Chamberlain (🇬🇧PM 1937 - 1940) pursued a policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
This policy involved making concessions to aggressive foreign powers in order to avoid war.
(Cession🫱🏻 of Sudetenland by 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹)
It failed.
Europe wasn't ready for war.
Neville Chamberlain (🇬🇧PM 1937 - 1940) pursued a policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
This policy involved making concessions to aggressive foreign powers in order to avoid war.
(Cession🫱🏻 of Sudetenland by 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹)
It failed.
Europe wasn't ready for war.
Current 🇪🇺🇺🇦 strategy:
Demand a 🇷🇺🇺🇦 ceasefire.
↔️
Promise to do exactly what 🇷🇺 DOESN'T want after signing a ceasefire. 🪖🛡️⚔️
🟰 0️⃣ incentive for 🇷🇺.
-OR-
Be the dominant force and put forward your demands.
-OR-
Admit defeat and hope for an unlikely merciful compromise.
Demand a 🇷🇺🇺🇦 ceasefire.
↔️
Promise to do exactly what 🇷🇺 DOESN'T want after signing a ceasefire. 🪖🛡️⚔️
🟰 0️⃣ incentive for 🇷🇺.
-OR-
Be the dominant force and put forward your demands.
-OR-
Admit defeat and hope for an unlikely merciful compromise.
September 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Current 🇪🇺🇺🇦 strategy:
Demand a 🇷🇺🇺🇦 ceasefire.
↔️
Promise to do exactly what 🇷🇺 DOESN'T want after signing a ceasefire. 🪖🛡️⚔️
🟰 0️⃣ incentive for 🇷🇺.
-OR-
Be the dominant force and put forward your demands.
-OR-
Admit defeat and hope for an unlikely merciful compromise.
Demand a 🇷🇺🇺🇦 ceasefire.
↔️
Promise to do exactly what 🇷🇺 DOESN'T want after signing a ceasefire. 🪖🛡️⚔️
🟰 0️⃣ incentive for 🇷🇺.
-OR-
Be the dominant force and put forward your demands.
-OR-
Admit defeat and hope for an unlikely merciful compromise.
Trump Logic 💭
Violence in D.C. ➡️ Call in the cavalry 🪖
Violence in Ukraine ➡️ make a deal 🤝
Why not make a deal with the protesters in D.C.?
Why not send 🪖(🇪🇺) to Ukraine?
Weak political theater! 🎭
Violence in D.C. ➡️ Call in the cavalry 🪖
Violence in Ukraine ➡️ make a deal 🤝
Why not make a deal with the protesters in D.C.?
Why not send 🪖(🇪🇺) to Ukraine?
Weak political theater! 🎭
September 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Trump Logic 💭
Violence in D.C. ➡️ Call in the cavalry 🪖
Violence in Ukraine ➡️ make a deal 🤝
Why not make a deal with the protesters in D.C.?
Why not send 🪖(🇪🇺) to Ukraine?
Weak political theater! 🎭
Violence in D.C. ➡️ Call in the cavalry 🪖
Violence in Ukraine ➡️ make a deal 🤝
Why not make a deal with the protesters in D.C.?
Why not send 🪖(🇪🇺) to Ukraine?
Weak political theater! 🎭
There is no way out of the Ukraine conflict without European troops, pushing back Russian ones. 🇪🇺🪖
US-Russia talks, to achieve what?
Europe at the table or not, to achieve what?
If we don't stand for Ukraine, we'll eventually stand for nothing.
US-Russia talks, to achieve what?
Europe at the table or not, to achieve what?
If we don't stand for Ukraine, we'll eventually stand for nothing.
September 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
There is no way out of the Ukraine conflict without European troops, pushing back Russian ones. 🇪🇺🪖
US-Russia talks, to achieve what?
Europe at the table or not, to achieve what?
If we don't stand for Ukraine, we'll eventually stand for nothing.
US-Russia talks, to achieve what?
Europe at the table or not, to achieve what?
If we don't stand for Ukraine, we'll eventually stand for nothing.
Epstein didn't...
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Epstein didn't...
IT'S EUROVISION WEEK! 🇪🇺📺🎤🕺🏻💃🏻🪩
1️⃣First Semi-Final: TODAY Tue 13 May 2025, 21:00 CEST.
🔴📽️
youtube.com/live/0HNXVB2...
2️⃣Second Semi-Final: Thu 15 May 2025, 21:00 CEST.
🏆 Grand Final: Sat 17 May, 2025, 21:00 CEST
#ESC2025 #Basel #Switzerland #Eurovision #EurovisionSongContest
1️⃣First Semi-Final: TODAY Tue 13 May 2025, 21:00 CEST.
🔴📽️
youtube.com/live/0HNXVB2...
2️⃣Second Semi-Final: Thu 15 May 2025, 21:00 CEST.
🏆 Grand Final: Sat 17 May, 2025, 21:00 CEST
#ESC2025 #Basel #Switzerland #Eurovision #EurovisionSongContest
Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - First Semi-Final - Livestream | #Eurovision2025
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
IT'S EUROVISION WEEK! 🇪🇺📺🎤🕺🏻💃🏻🪩
1️⃣First Semi-Final: TODAY Tue 13 May 2025, 21:00 CEST.
🔴📽️
youtube.com/live/0HNXVB2...
2️⃣Second Semi-Final: Thu 15 May 2025, 21:00 CEST.
🏆 Grand Final: Sat 17 May, 2025, 21:00 CEST
#ESC2025 #Basel #Switzerland #Eurovision #EurovisionSongContest
1️⃣First Semi-Final: TODAY Tue 13 May 2025, 21:00 CEST.
🔴📽️
youtube.com/live/0HNXVB2...
2️⃣Second Semi-Final: Thu 15 May 2025, 21:00 CEST.
🏆 Grand Final: Sat 17 May, 2025, 21:00 CEST
#ESC2025 #Basel #Switzerland #Eurovision #EurovisionSongContest
May 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🇪🇺⭐🇪🇺⭐🇪🇺 May 9th 🇪🇺⭐🇪🇺⭐🇪🇺
Happy #EuropeDay my fellow #Europeans !
This year marks 75 Years since the Schuman Declaration.
Happy #EuropeDay my fellow #Europeans !
This year marks 75 Years since the Schuman Declaration.
May 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🇪🇺⭐🇪🇺⭐🇪🇺 May 9th 🇪🇺⭐🇪🇺⭐🇪🇺
Happy #EuropeDay my fellow #Europeans !
This year marks 75 Years since the Schuman Declaration.
Happy #EuropeDay my fellow #Europeans !
This year marks 75 Years since the Schuman Declaration.
May 9th = Europe Day! 🥳🇪🇺
2025 marks 75 years since the Schuman Declaration of 1950.
Let's celebrate our democracy in solidarity and unity! 🥂🇪🇺🎉
Share your Postcards from Europe.
💪🏻 🇪🇺
#EuropeDay #DemocracyInAction
👀 europe-day.europa.eu
2025 marks 75 years since the Schuman Declaration of 1950.
Let's celebrate our democracy in solidarity and unity! 🥂🇪🇺🎉
Share your Postcards from Europe.
💪🏻 🇪🇺
#EuropeDay #DemocracyInAction
👀 europe-day.europa.eu
May 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
May 9th = Europe Day! 🥳🇪🇺
2025 marks 75 years since the Schuman Declaration of 1950.
Let's celebrate our democracy in solidarity and unity! 🥂🇪🇺🎉
Share your Postcards from Europe.
💪🏻 🇪🇺
#EuropeDay #DemocracyInAction
👀 europe-day.europa.eu
2025 marks 75 years since the Schuman Declaration of 1950.
Let's celebrate our democracy in solidarity and unity! 🥂🇪🇺🎉
Share your Postcards from Europe.
💪🏻 🇪🇺
#EuropeDay #DemocracyInAction
👀 europe-day.europa.eu
#Reminder 💭
Quintus Junius Rusticus (100–170AD):
Turn away from the zealous theorizing Sophists and the way in which they attemptedly outdo each other with sophistication.
Quintus Junius Rusticus (100–170AD):
Turn away from the zealous theorizing Sophists and the way in which they attemptedly outdo each other with sophistication.
May 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#Reminder 💭
Quintus Junius Rusticus (100–170AD):
Turn away from the zealous theorizing Sophists and the way in which they attemptedly outdo each other with sophistication.
Quintus Junius Rusticus (100–170AD):
Turn away from the zealous theorizing Sophists and the way in which they attemptedly outdo each other with sophistication.
