Duroyan Fertl ᚇᚓᚑᚏᚐᚇᚐᚅ
@dfertl.bsky.social
Political analyst. Nordic co-ord Rosalux EU.
Ex EU advisor Sinn Féin & The Left (I helped drive Brexit into the Irish Sea).
Píobaireacht. Climate alarmist. Fenian. gRBB.
Notions.👨🏻🌾
🏡 København/BÁC/Marlo Merrican (Gathang-guba Barray)/Walpy
Ex EU advisor Sinn Féin & The Left (I helped drive Brexit into the Irish Sea).
Píobaireacht. Climate alarmist. Fenian. gRBB.
Notions.👨🏻🌾
🏡 København/BÁC/Marlo Merrican (Gathang-guba Barray)/Walpy
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'This is, unmistakably, a precarious moment. For the first time in eight decades, questions once thought consigned to history are being asked, and we must be resolute in answering them.'
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Ignore these neo-Nazis at our peril: Evil left unchallenged will be normalised
They lie and hijack the ANZAC legend while defiling the memory of almost 40,000 Australians who died fighting Nazi Germany.
www.smh.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
'This is, unmistakably, a precarious moment. For the first time in eight decades, questions once thought consigned to history are being asked, and we must be resolute in answering them.'
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
" #Ecuador freezes bank accounts of #Indigenous leaders, land defenders…
The bank account freezes come at a time of protests, rising social tensions…
Sources say their accounts were frozen without warning or explanation"
#Noboa #CONAIE #TodoNO #NoALaConsulta
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/ecua...
The bank account freezes come at a time of protests, rising social tensions…
Sources say their accounts were frozen without warning or explanation"
#Noboa #CONAIE #TodoNO #NoALaConsulta
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/ecua...
Ecuador freezes bank accounts of Indigenous leaders, land defenders
Since September 2025, dozens of Indigenous leaders and organizations, land rights activists and nonprofits in Ecuador have reportedly been unable to access their funds, after a state institution block...
news.mongabay.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
" #Ecuador freezes bank accounts of #Indigenous leaders, land defenders…
The bank account freezes come at a time of protests, rising social tensions…
Sources say their accounts were frozen without warning or explanation"
#Noboa #CONAIE #TodoNO #NoALaConsulta
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/ecua...
The bank account freezes come at a time of protests, rising social tensions…
Sources say their accounts were frozen without warning or explanation"
#Noboa #CONAIE #TodoNO #NoALaConsulta
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/ecua...
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I'm told one of youse made that rapist cry is that right
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm told one of youse made that rapist cry is that right
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Header of State, is that something
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Header of State, is that something
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One sporty president and we're suddenly good at football, Catherine Connolly the representative that you are
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
One sporty president and we're suddenly good at football, Catherine Connolly the representative that you are
#Germany: #Mainz05 has lost its appeal in the unfair dismissal case of Anwar #ElGhazi.
The Bundesliga club fired El Ghazi in 2023 over social media posts about the #GazaGenocide, including the slogan “from the river to the sea, #Palestine will be free”
www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/11/2677...
The Bundesliga club fired El Ghazi in 2023 over social media posts about the #GazaGenocide, including the slogan “from the river to the sea, #Palestine will be free”
www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/11/2677...
German Club Mainz Loses Appeal in Anwar El Ghazi Wrongful Dismissal Over Gaza Posts
Rabat - German football club Mainz 05 has lost its appeal in a case brought by Dutch-Moroccan winger Anwar El Ghazi over his 2023 dismissal. The German football club Mainz 05 has lost its appeal in a ...
www.moroccoworldnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#Germany: #Mainz05 has lost its appeal in the unfair dismissal case of Anwar #ElGhazi.
The Bundesliga club fired El Ghazi in 2023 over social media posts about the #GazaGenocide, including the slogan “from the river to the sea, #Palestine will be free”
www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/11/2677...
The Bundesliga club fired El Ghazi in 2023 over social media posts about the #GazaGenocide, including the slogan “from the river to the sea, #Palestine will be free”
www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/11/2677...
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Flying is the most carbon polluting way to travel but on the eve of #COP30, the UN’s aviation body said it expected passenger flight numbers to *triple* by 2050, to 12.4 billion a year
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: calls for ‘just transition’ plan grow as report warns world on track for 2.6C of heating
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Flying is the most carbon polluting way to travel but on the eve of #COP30, the UN’s aviation body said it expected passenger flight numbers to *triple* by 2050, to 12.4 billion a year
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Post by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The co-leader of the #farright Alternative for #Germany ( #AfD) … [Tino #Chrupalla] … has suggested that #Poland is as much of a threat to his country as #Russia is"
Wait! Hold on! I've seen this one before! 👀
#NoAfD #FCKNZS
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/12/l...
Wait! Hold on! I've seen this one before! 👀
#NoAfD #FCKNZS
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/12/l...
Leader of far-right AfD suggests Poland as great a threat to Germany as Russia
notesfrompoland.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The co-leader of the #farright Alternative for #Germany ( #AfD) … [Tino #Chrupalla] … has suggested that #Poland is as much of a threat to his country as #Russia is"
Wait! Hold on! I've seen this one before! 👀
#NoAfD #FCKNZS
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/12/l...
Wait! Hold on! I've seen this one before! 👀
#NoAfD #FCKNZS
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/12/l...
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Today the European Parliament approved its Omnibus I mandate, weakening #CSDDD.
By siding with far-right forces and corporate lobbies, MEPs signal that EU values and the rights of women and communities in the global South are negotiable when they collide with short-term corporate profit.
By siding with far-right forces and corporate lobbies, MEPs signal that EU values and the rights of women and communities in the global South are negotiable when they collide with short-term corporate profit.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today the European Parliament approved its Omnibus I mandate, weakening #CSDDD.
By siding with far-right forces and corporate lobbies, MEPs signal that EU values and the rights of women and communities in the global South are negotiable when they collide with short-term corporate profit.
By siding with far-right forces and corporate lobbies, MEPs signal that EU values and the rights of women and communities in the global South are negotiable when they collide with short-term corporate profit.
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Too right @leanahosea.bsky.social
We are in very worrying territory right now
We are in very worrying territory right now
Deregulation - the dark path to poison in your lungs, excrement in your rivers, carcinogens in your food.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Too right @leanahosea.bsky.social
We are in very worrying territory right now
We are in very worrying territory right now
Today, Ursula #vonderLeyen & the EPP established a new operational majority for the EU, as her " #Omnibus" bill for #deregulation passed with #farright support, sidelining even the centrist parties.
The EU is now in the grips of a corporate race to the bottom overseen by right-wing extremists
#CSDDD
The EU is now in the grips of a corporate race to the bottom overseen by right-wing extremists
#CSDDD
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today, Ursula #vonderLeyen & the EPP established a new operational majority for the EU, as her " #Omnibus" bill for #deregulation passed with #farright support, sidelining even the centrist parties.
The EU is now in the grips of a corporate race to the bottom overseen by right-wing extremists
#CSDDD
The EU is now in the grips of a corporate race to the bottom overseen by right-wing extremists
#CSDDD
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Disastrous votes in European Parliament this morning including on #Omnibus1 changes to #DueDiligence rules:
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Legality of Omnibus Legislation Under EU Law:
<div>
A Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order
</div>
This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the legal issues arising from the European Union's use of the Omnibus as the privileged legislative technique to '
papers.ssrn.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Disastrous votes in European Parliament this morning including on #Omnibus1 changes to #DueDiligence rules:
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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How hard is this call Manfred?
Credits : @meme_ec
Credits : @meme_ec
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
How hard is this call Manfred?
Credits : @meme_ec
Credits : @meme_ec
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Today's 🇪🇺Parliament vote has transformed the government of the EU.
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Today's 🇪🇺Parliament vote has transformed the government of the EU.
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
🇪🇺President Von der Leyen's party has abandoned the centrist governing majority. We now have a new coalition driving EU policy.
A huge victory for Meloni, Le Pen, Wilders & Orban
As @alemanno.bsky.social put it today:
“Fifty Years Ago, the US Staged a Coup in Australia
The 1975 “dismissal” of Australian Labor PM #GoughWhitlam… was a bloodless analog of other US-orchestrated coups against reforming left governments”
#auspol #Whitlam #TheDismissal #WhitlamDismissal #PineGap
jacobin.com/2025/11/whit...
The 1975 “dismissal” of Australian Labor PM #GoughWhitlam… was a bloodless analog of other US-orchestrated coups against reforming left governments”
#auspol #Whitlam #TheDismissal #WhitlamDismissal #PineGap
jacobin.com/2025/11/whit...
Fifty Years Ago, the US Staged a Coup in Australia
The 1975 “dismissal” of Australian Labor PM Gough Whitlam is often seen as a constitutional crisis initiated by an old British-led establishment. In reality, it was a bloodless analog of other US-orch...
jacobin.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
“Fifty Years Ago, the US Staged a Coup in Australia
The 1975 “dismissal” of Australian Labor PM #GoughWhitlam… was a bloodless analog of other US-orchestrated coups against reforming left governments”
#auspol #Whitlam #TheDismissal #WhitlamDismissal #PineGap
jacobin.com/2025/11/whit...
The 1975 “dismissal” of Australian Labor PM #GoughWhitlam… was a bloodless analog of other US-orchestrated coups against reforming left governments”
#auspol #Whitlam #TheDismissal #WhitlamDismissal #PineGap
jacobin.com/2025/11/whit...
#Pork giant #DanishCrown has plans to fill #Zealand with pig factories - an extra 10 million pigs per year.
Councils & regions are helpless to stop them, despite local opposition, & damage to #environment, #climate, & health, & #Denmark 's Green Tripartite Agreement.
solidaritet.dk/danish-crown...
Councils & regions are helpless to stop them, despite local opposition, & damage to #environment, #climate, & health, & #Denmark 's Green Tripartite Agreement.
solidaritet.dk/danish-crown...
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#Pork giant #DanishCrown has plans to fill #Zealand with pig factories - an extra 10 million pigs per year.
Councils & regions are helpless to stop them, despite local opposition, & damage to #environment, #climate, & health, & #Denmark 's Green Tripartite Agreement.
solidaritet.dk/danish-crown...
Councils & regions are helpless to stop them, despite local opposition, & damage to #environment, #climate, & health, & #Denmark 's Green Tripartite Agreement.
solidaritet.dk/danish-crown...
"How #CatherineConnolly Won Ireland’s Presidential Election…Her left-wing insurgent campaign took the Irish political establishment by surprise, winning a record number of votes and proving the Left can still triumph even in a bleak political landscape"
#SpéirGorm #Áras25
jacobin.com/2025/11/conn...
#SpéirGorm #Áras25
jacobin.com/2025/11/conn...
How Catherine Connolly Won Ireland’s Presidential Election
Catherine Connolly takes office as Ireland’s president today. Her left-wing insurgent campaign took the Irish political establishment by surprise, winning a record number of votes and proving the Left...
jacobin.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"How #CatherineConnolly Won Ireland’s Presidential Election…Her left-wing insurgent campaign took the Irish political establishment by surprise, winning a record number of votes and proving the Left can still triumph even in a bleak political landscape"
#SpéirGorm #Áras25
jacobin.com/2025/11/conn...
#SpéirGorm #Áras25
jacobin.com/2025/11/conn...
At UN COP #climate summits 26-29, hundreds of #oil, #gas & #coal firms (some 5,350 #fossilfuel lobbyists) were given unprecedented access, working against urgent #climateaction.
Right now they're at #COP30 in #Bélem too, fanning & profiting off the #climatecrisis.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Right now they're at #COP30 in #Bélem too, fanning & profiting off the #climatecrisis.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
At UN COP #climate summits 26-29, hundreds of #oil, #gas & #coal firms (some 5,350 #fossilfuel lobbyists) were given unprecedented access, working against urgent #climateaction.
Right now they're at #COP30 in #Bélem too, fanning & profiting off the #climatecrisis.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Right now they're at #COP30 in #Bélem too, fanning & profiting off the #climatecrisis.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“For decades, the European Union ran on an unspoken understanding: #Germany handled the money, #France handled the military. Now, the tables are turning.
As Germany aims to become Europe’s predominant military power, the political balance is shifting”
#Aufrüstung
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
As Germany aims to become Europe’s predominant military power, the political balance is shifting”
#Aufrüstung
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Germany’s rearmament upends Europe’s power balance
As Berlin again becomes Europe’s leading military power, Paris and Warsaw face a massive political shift.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“For decades, the European Union ran on an unspoken understanding: #Germany handled the money, #France handled the military. Now, the tables are turning.
As Germany aims to become Europe’s predominant military power, the political balance is shifting”
#Aufrüstung
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
As Germany aims to become Europe’s predominant military power, the political balance is shifting”
#Aufrüstung
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
“ #Germany inches close to agreement on contentious military service…
the law is due to come into force on 1 January 2026. Compulsory #conscription of all young men is to take place from July 2027 or 2028”
The war drums beat ever louder…
#Wehrpflicht #Aufrüstung
www.euronews.com/2025/11/12/g...
the law is due to come into force on 1 January 2026. Compulsory #conscription of all young men is to take place from July 2027 or 2028”
The war drums beat ever louder…
#Wehrpflicht #Aufrüstung
www.euronews.com/2025/11/12/g...
Germany close to reaching agreement on new military service law
In ten years, Germany wants to increase the number of service members in the Bundeswehr; the question of how to do this is another, with the SPD and CDU/CSU divided about the details.
www.euronews.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
“ #Germany inches close to agreement on contentious military service…
the law is due to come into force on 1 January 2026. Compulsory #conscription of all young men is to take place from July 2027 or 2028”
The war drums beat ever louder…
#Wehrpflicht #Aufrüstung
www.euronews.com/2025/11/12/g...
the law is due to come into force on 1 January 2026. Compulsory #conscription of all young men is to take place from July 2027 or 2028”
The war drums beat ever louder…
#Wehrpflicht #Aufrüstung
www.euronews.com/2025/11/12/g...
“ #OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.”… will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people, and is likely to emit nearly twice as much carbon dioxide as #ExxonMobil”
#AI #ClimateCrisis #pollution
www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
#AI #ClimateCrisis #pollution
www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“ #OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.”… will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people, and is likely to emit nearly twice as much carbon dioxide as #ExxonMobil”
#AI #ClimateCrisis #pollution
www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
#AI #ClimateCrisis #pollution
www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
“ #Ukraine is facing a worsening shortage of soldiers as record numbers of men flee to Europe, #Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned in an interview.”
Are we really shocked that Ukrainian youth don’t want to die in the mud?
#RussiaUkraineWar
www.politico.eu/article/war-...
Are we really shocked that Ukrainian youth don’t want to die in the mud?
#RussiaUkraineWar
www.politico.eu/article/war-...
Ukraine faces ‘huge problems’ finding soldiers as men flee abroad, says Kyiv mayor
In an interview, Vitali Klitschko describes Russian troops attacking in relentless waves “like a video game” as he calls for the draft age to be lowered.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
“ #Ukraine is facing a worsening shortage of soldiers as record numbers of men flee to Europe, #Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned in an interview.”
Are we really shocked that Ukrainian youth don’t want to die in the mud?
#RussiaUkraineWar
www.politico.eu/article/war-...
Are we really shocked that Ukrainian youth don’t want to die in the mud?
#RussiaUkraineWar
www.politico.eu/article/war-...
“When Alison O’Connor warned that the rise of the Irish language might be “creating a them-and-us situation,” she revealed less about the language than about the anxieties of Ireland’s establishment commentariat”
#gaeilge #spéirgorm #CatherineConnolly
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#gaeilge #spéirgorm #CatherineConnolly
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Future Speaks Irish!
Why Ireland’s new confidence in its own language has unsettled the establishment
substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“When Alison O’Connor warned that the rise of the Irish language might be “creating a them-and-us situation,” she revealed less about the language than about the anxieties of Ireland’s establishment commentariat”
#gaeilge #spéirgorm #CatherineConnolly
substack.com/home/post/p-...
#gaeilge #spéirgorm #CatherineConnolly
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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As #COP30 begins in Belém @DeSmog can reveal over 140 ways food & agriculture firms to sway the summit. Meet the main players in Brazil's powerful agro lobby, along w/ US meat, dairy & grain industries -- and where they will target messages #AgroLobby. By @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
As #COP30 begins in Belém @DeSmog can reveal over 140 ways food & agriculture firms to sway the summit. Meet the main players in Brazil's powerful agro lobby, along w/ US meat, dairy & grain industries -- and where they will target messages #AgroLobby. By @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the EU’s #MinimumWage Directive, rejecting a challenge brought against it by #Denmark (& #Sweden).
But the #ECJ also ruled the EU overstepped its powers by directly interfering in how those minimal wages are determined.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
But the #ECJ also ruled the EU overstepped its powers by directly interfering in how those minimal wages are determined.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Top court rejects Denmark's bid to annul EU rules for minimum wage
Denmark sought to overturn a directive adopted in 2022 that would force member states to set a minimum wage. EU's top court has ruled against it.
www.euronews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the EU’s #MinimumWage Directive, rejecting a challenge brought against it by #Denmark (& #Sweden).
But the #ECJ also ruled the EU overstepped its powers by directly interfering in how those minimal wages are determined.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
But the #ECJ also ruled the EU overstepped its powers by directly interfering in how those minimal wages are determined.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...