Europe Unscripted

🌍 Decoding EU politics
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The EU-wide unemployment rate sits at 5.9%, unchanged from May—but down from 6.0% in June 2024.

Not huge moves, but solid stability in uncertain times.

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Eurozone unemployment held steady in June at 6.2%.

No change from May, but a drop from 6.4% a year ago—a sign of continued resilience in Europe’s labor market.

Here’s what the latest numbers reveal 👇

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Compared to June 2024:
📉 Unemployment fell by:
→ 125,000 in the EU
→ 293,000 in the eurozone

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This isn’t his first legal trouble.

Paluckas was previously convicted of abuse of power during his time leading Vilnius’s municipal government—and fined.

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Lithuania’s Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has resigned.

The reason? A corruption probe involving EU funds, battery companies, and a family connection. Here's the story 👇

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Paluckas says he’s innocent and resigned “to defend his dignity” while the investigation unfolds:

“I trust that facts will be separated from innuendo.”

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What is happening on the 🇫🇮#Finland 🇷🇺#Russia border?
🇫🇮: Increasing its reservist force & strengthening the #IronCurtain border wall 🧱
🇷🇺: Reopening proximal #military bases, continued grey-zone activities such as mobile interference & conducting #JulyStorm 🚢

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Right now, moving troops from Western to Eastern Europe can take weeks or even months.

In a crisis, that’s too late.

The EU is racing against time to fix it.

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EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas warns:
Europe’s infrastructure is unprepared for war.
Old bridges, narrow tunnels, and outdated railways would delay or block military movement across the continent.

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Tzitzikostas is pushing a €17 billion plan to upgrade key infrastructure—making it ready for heavy military equipment.

That means:
🔹 Widening tunnels
🔹 Strengthening bridges
🔹 Building new transport routes

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These incidents point to a wider pattern:
➡️ Russia isn’t just fighting in Ukraine
➡️ It's testing NATO’s borders, airspace, and digital infrastructure
The war is growing more complex—and more dangerous.

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Tensions are heating up—not just in Ukraine, but across Eastern Europe.

From drone crashes in Lithuania to naval provocations in Estonia, the war is spilling past borders.

Here's what you need to know about the new flashpoints in the conflict. 👇

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And then, there’s the cyberfront.

Russian airline Aeroflot canceled dozens of flights after its IT systems went down.

A Belarusian-linked hacker group, “Cyberpartisans BY,” claimed responsibility—calling it a cyberattack tied to the war in Ukraine.