This is 100% a big deal and should be dealt with accordingly. This politician has undermined the reputation of the EU.
However it's a stretch to claim this is hypocrisy on the part of progressives.
Actually even a conservative European is more progressive than everyday Qatari's or Saudi's.

This €600,000 bribe is a big deal. Now let's discuss Putins €200,000,000,000 embezzlement.

This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Dec 13 2022 10:32am

I don't think you need to mention the Qatari's or Putin. If those progressives are so righteous as they claim to be than they wouldn't have taken bags of cash from Qatar.

Wait so all progressives? Or only the ones accused of corruption.

Just trying to define the stretch here.

This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Dec 13 2022 11:11am

I said those progressives, I believe 5 were arrested.

I thinks it's clear I didn't say all progressives *squints to reread own post

I bought a sword in d2r for 25000fg the other day. for me it was a big deal, but in the grand scheme of things i am just one of many that had a "big deal" last week, which when we take a step back, is not a big deal. i trust the analogy is understood. one persons big deal is not the same as an others.

it is not world ending. its an event that occured in the past, today and will repeat itself in the future, i.e. tomorrow, somewhere, on the planet, or even as we speak. to say that it will have a profound impact on our lives or how the eu operates is a bit of a stretch. the memory of our species is pretty poor and history repeats itself. in this regard its not a big deal. its not new. I mean the EU response to Ukraine / Russia war is more a big deal then then this, as it is materially impacting most europeans (in their pockets, no pun intended).


This post was edited by ferdia on Dec 13 2022 11:10am

It's def not world ending but I never said that. And you didn't take the sentence I finished with in consideration, it's def much more painful for this particular group.

Look at that Orban tweet, that's the kind of stuff they can expect going forward, and that's painful for this particular bunch.

well, it did make me giggle. but well, if they can cover up the US bombing NS2 and can convince the world that Russia attacked Ukraine unprovoked, one should not be surprised that they accept bribes. there is an 11th commandment that they have not followed.

THOU SHALT NOT GET CAUGHT.

The European far right, as a global entity, is extremly corrupted by hostile foreign powers. Typically Russia.

citation needed

the sun rises in the west, global warming is a myth and english divers riding on dolphins did it.