#EU Parliament calls for stronger enforcement of EUropean values and decisions of the EU's Court of Justice, warning that the legitimacy of the EU legal order is at stake.
“The silence of [EUropean] democrats is the greatest boon for extremists.”
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20250616IPR28956/rule-of-law-in-the-eu-an-array-of-concerns-in-parliament-s-annual-assessment #EPlenary #DefendDemocracy
Let's make it a summer of protests against Trump and his tiny brained evil administration. Every 2 weeks????
Absolutely huge turnout for #NoKings up & down the east side of Rockville Pike in #JoyfulResistance
& 99% support honking
All ages from all backgrounds united which is what makes America truly great
Please post your pictures
#DefendDemocracy
@youranoncentral.bsky.social This poor man - a hero who fought a war to protect us from shit like this. So many Americans tonight are heartbroken, outraged, and ashamed. I’ll see you in the streets, friends. We should all rally and protest in solidarity with this veteran. #NoKings #peacefulprotest #resist #defenddemocracy #authoritarianism #fascism #humanrights
"We live in a new era. Which means that we need new #defence and #security policies. With an open eye and clear answers and actions to #hybrid warfare."
Why liberal democracies must act now.
An honour to join this powerful video by @fnfeurope Global Security Hub, a strong partner of @DefendDemocracy
Deploying the CA Guard to L.A. protests—and threatening to use #Marines against civilians—abuses power, tramples our rights, and weaponizes the military for #political gain.
Read more 
https://bit.ly/a-dangerous-escalation
Last week, #DefendDemocracy organised the 2nd 'cross-party lunches on democracy, security and tech', a new initiative under our 'Coalition for Democratic Resilience' program.
This time with a @EP_Defence & @EP_SingleMarket advisor. Thx all for joining!
https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/coalition-for-democratic-resilience-c4dr/
Interesting to be in Germany during Chancellor Merz’ first visit to the White House.
Greetings from Berlin, where tomorrow I will speak at a debate on ‘Transatlantic security and defence in the era of Trump 2.0’.
Honoured to join @EU_Commission & others for @EU_EESC expert hearing on "Enhancing EU´s ability to protect European democracies".
#DefendDemocracy message: invest in civil preparedness & societal resilience against hybrid & tech threats NOW.
“The supposed leader of the democratic world order has decided that's no longer the game to play.
The quest for [Artificial General Intelligence] is oiling the wheels for this to happen faster and faster.”
US Empire props up Big Tech autocracies and vice versa.
https://techpolicy.press/decolonizing-the-future-karen-hao-on-resisting-the-empire-of-ai
Greetings from Poland, where we discussed how the European #DemocracyShield can truly support democratic resilience.
#DefendDemocracy was honoured to join this important foresight session.
(c) Michał Kisiel; thank you Visegrad Insight
Forget Greenland, #Ireland is the European island the U.S. already owns.
And when it comes to #BigTech, Dublin is Trump’s Trojan horse.
High time for a centralised #EU agency to police all European tech laws, including the #GDPR, #DMA, #DSA.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-donald-trump-fines-white-house-washington-uk/
There is nothing wrong with a righteous rant, rant on.
I hope we will all use this and other similar outrageous fascist actions to drive massive participation in the June 14th #NoKings protests.
If you have any doubt of the import of massive protests, please listen to Chris Hayes's 05/06 podcast with Erica Chenoweth one of the authors of the 3.5% rule.
She is clear, massive protests are critical to #ProtectOurFreedoms and #DefendDemocracy.
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/why-is-this/protests-political-violence-mWCVK7oknSs/
Here is #DefendDemocracy's May newsletter!
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Go to https://www.nokings.org/ to sign up for a protest near you.
If you are in striking distance of Philadelphia and can go to the protest rally there, please do. There will be busses to Philly from many places to facilitate.
Let's fill Ben Franklin Parkway with true American patriots. Come to Philly to #ProtectOurFreedoms and #DefendDemocracy.
It is not too late for free Europe to defend democracy.
We can still avoid the worst case if we face the brutal truth together.
The #4HorsemenOfTheApocalypse
Putin - Conquest
Musk - War
RFK - Pestilence
Trump & the Republicans - Death
Can We the People & Democrats stop them before it's too late?
#Resist
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EU Commission’s most powerful department is set for shake-up this Friday.
Among other changes, the Secretariat General gets two new units: ‘External Economic Policies’ and ‘Tech Sovereignty’ 
