Comments by "Paul Gerlach" (@pjhgerlach) on "TLDR News EU" channel.

  1. In the Netherlands there are still people who think leaving the EU is a good idea. These people still don't understand the dependency on trade our country has. The UK should be seen as a warning to other members. Together we are strong, alone we fall.
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  2. Just one correction. The Ukrainian strikes on Crimea were on Ukrainian territory. Not Russian. It still is and will be Ukrainian.
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  3. "Could Trump force elections on Ukraine?" Short answer: No Long answer: Hell no!
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  4. Gaining territory is one thing. Holding on to it is a whole other matter for Russia. Especially when your economy is hit really badly and Ukrainians will use more guerilla tactics. An other option the West could use is to supply Chechens and Georgians with the means to liberate their country. That would force Russia to distribute their troops.
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  5. If Putin can slap a Russian label onto these parts of Ukraine than NATO can slap a member label onto Ukraine.
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  6. This will save the EU to make the same mistake it did with Hungary.
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  7. Mussolini-style.
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  8. Let me put it this way: Ukraine will join NATO and the EU faster than Turkiye the EU.
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  9. The fact that Wilders had to say that he will do nothing that would be against the constitution worries me the most.
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  10. Considering how much Russia spends on it's army and how modest it's economy is, this will probably be reflected in it's standard of living.
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  11. Calling extortion a 'deal' is new to me.
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  12.  @ammanus356  They tolerated him as long as he left them alone. He broke that agreement so anything's possible.
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  13. What if Trump will bill South-Korea for 70 years of military support just like it did with Ukraine and North-Korea invades?
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  14.  @kevin___  Why? Because every member of parliament pledged to be faithful to the constitution. So there is no need to mention it unless he had other intentions.
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  15. Russia is losing more than only the war in Ukraine.
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  16. ​ @rhea7756  Yes, another thing he can and Putin not.
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  17.  @hosszu2010  It has more to do with the fact that people looking for a scapegoat for all their problems and migration is an easy one. They will find out soon that the 'cure' will be worse than the 'disease'.
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  18. if you wonder why the EU is not eager to let these countries join one only has to look at Hungary.
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  19.  @andreasstrauss5194  With one big difference. This time Russia's opponents aren't simple peasants on sandals with Kalashnikov's but well equipped soldiers.
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  20. In the Netherlands we shower with drinking water...
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  21. "Will Poland swing into Ukraine if Wagener invades?"
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  22. Hungary is doing nothing else than blackmailing and living of EU subsidies.
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  23. As by the Russian playbook.
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  24.  @Saila36  Some still don't get it. Russia cannot win in the long run. And if it would foolishly try to attack a NATO country, Belarus would be the first to be liberated together with Kaliningrad. Russia seems to be the only country that still has this nineteenth century idea of the world.
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  25. Yes, we should stop financing the US defense industry.
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  26.  @arielbatista7ify  No my Russian cheerleader.
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  27. As a Dutchmen that followed the MH-17 developments I wouldn't hold my breath.
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  28.  @bendikkirkbakk1833  ... Russia started the war.
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  29. Well the VVD has just announced it will go into the opposition. So this will get interesting.
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  30.  @PerspectiveNarrative  No double standards. Ukraine will meet the demands quicker than Turkiye. As simple as that.
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  31.  @bololollek9245  Russia has always tried to russify they area. First by deporting the Tartars in 1944 and more recently in 2014. Crimea had self control but Russia decided to just take it although it's Ukrainian territory. Forcing Ukrainians to take Russians passports does not make them Russians. Russia is going to find out the hard way.
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  32. The thing if that livestock farmers consider themselves more important to Dutch food security than the really are.
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  33. Short answer: Because they use their brain.
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  34. Making you enemy guess is strategy.
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  35.  @MrMakavelli007  The infrastructure has been in place for years. The tap has been set low due to earth quakes but could be turned open full if needed when citizens get compensation.
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  36. No, because Kosovo is a sovereign state. You cannot go your own way just because you feel like it.
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  37. ​ @trickybarrel444  Lithuania: NATO article 5......... good luck
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  38.  @Hikoplouyr  The difference is that Ukraine evacuates cities and Russia prefers to level it when still occupied.
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  39.  @Red-Check-Mark  Easily. Germany alone has a GDP 4 times that of Russia. You obviously have no clue.
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  40.  @joeb1den363  The dam is under Russian control and they mind it last year. They just flipped the switch.
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  41.  @cmoneill  We'll just have to cope with this. Security in Europe is worth the economic pain.
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  42. Using those frozen Russian assets all over the world would make a good first start in financing the rebuild.
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  43.  @gnrseanra9070  No, the EU is China's biggest market and customer is king.
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  44. Not, that's why Zelensky didn't signed this 'deal'.
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  45.  @HyperScorpio8688  France, Sweden, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands,....
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  46.  @bendikkirkbakk1833  Well it's up to Ukraine to decide to join NATO. Just Finland and Sweden. Russia has no say about that. Russia started that war in 2014 and after ten years they still are trying to erase Ukraine.
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  47. NATO build-up is just a legitimate exercise within it's border. Just as Russia did three month ago and called western concerns 'hysteria'....
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  48.  @Robert-xy4xi  Of course he can speak German. He was an KGB officer stationed in Dresden, then East Germany. As for his English, I've never heard him speak in English to an American president in public.
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  49. The real question is: will Russia survive winter economically? Revenues of exports are already down 50% according Russia's latest economical figures. That it is worse is being confirmed by the fact that Russia will not supply these figures anymore.
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  50.  @Richard1A2B  From the site of the UK government: "Although the UK’s nuclear deterrent is assigned to the defence of NATO, we retain full operational control over its use. Only the UK Prime Minister can authorise the use of our nuclear weapons, even if used as part of a wider NATO response."
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