The EU's parliament will vote on Wednesday on a scheme that would enable women from nations restricting abortion to terminate pregnancies in another member state free of charge. The "My Voice, My Choice" citizens' initiative proposes a fund from the EU budget to cover procedures for people from nations with near-total bans such as Malta and Poland or places where abortion is hard to access like Italy and Croatia. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/europe-vote-scheme-help-abortion-access-2025-12-17/

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Just soz u know, a blocade is an act of war. An undeclared act of war, and not even the grace of a War Powers declaration, ergo illegal AF. I watched Powell at the UN. I don't think I can stomach Trump tomorrow and will be turning the tv off. If Congress debates it, I'll watch that.

(Which of course, was the point) By giving in to Trump on defense, trade, and democratic values, Europe has effectively bolstered those far-right forces that want to see a weaker EU. Europe’s Trump strategy, in other words, is a self-defeating trap. There is only one way out of this cycle. Europe must take steps to restore agency where it still can. Rather than wait it out until January 2029, when magical thinking assumes the current transatlantic nightmare will come to an end, the EU needs to stop groveling and build greater sovereignty. Only then will it neuter the political forces that are hollowing it out from within.

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