Marti Pachame

PhD in EU/Economist/EMBA/MBA professor/writer. Former Deputy Parliament Catalonia

[Marti Pachame @PachameB]

@cansado “La vida solo puede ser comprendida mirando hacia atrás; pero ha de ser vivida mirando hacia adelante.” Mejor Søren Kierkegaard en tu caso.

[SPMARFOR HQ @spmarfor]

The Commander of the Spanish Maritime Forces Headquarters (COMSPMARFOR) has assumed command of #CTFAtlantic effective July 1 for a period of one year.

@JFCNorfolk @NATO_MARCOM

[Marti Pachame @PachameB]

@Simi_2210_ 11

[Antonio Banderas @antoniobanderas]

COMUNICADO
Hola amigos.
Por tercer año consecutivo una cantidad preocupante de medios de comunicación confunden la identidad de mi hermano, cuyo nombre es Francisco Javier Domínguez Bandera, con una persona que ocupa la lista de morosos, y cuyo nombre comparte una cierta (mas bien lejana) similitud con el nombre de mi hermano, que repito, ya por tres años ha tenido que aguantar el descr��dito producido por este error periodístico continuado en el tiempo.
Aparte de rectificar el error, lo cual algunas publicaciones ya han hecho y por ello mostramos nuestro agradecimiento, no estaría de más el que se apuntaran el nombre correcto de mi hermano para el año que viene.
Ea, un besito a todos.

Foto Alberto Roldán

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile���, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.”

Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

[Marti Pachame @PachameB]

@hicasamadim 2x(2+2)=8
5x(5+5)=50
6x(6+6)=72

[Jayson Geroux @JaysonGeroux]

1/4
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"Be a man of principle. Fight for what you believe in. Keep your word. Live with integrity. Be brave. Believe in something bigger than yourself. Serve your country. Teach. Mentor. Give something back to society. Lead from the front. Conquer your fears.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This Is Europe's Century. The Rest of the World Just Figured It Out.

In 2025, more Americans left the US than arrived. For the first time since 1935. Canada pivoted to Europe. India signed the largest trade deal in history with Brussels. Ten countries are lining up to join the EU.

Europe is winning on every human measure that actually matters. And the world has started moving accordingly.
This is why this will be Europe's century.

https://t.co/oTCsvxC4dy

[M A R A ⭐️⭐️ @Marajmzd]

Tres minutos. Ese es el tiempo que tarda una narcolancha en cruzar la línea de impunidad. os voy a contar la verdad que los despachos intentan maquillar con minutos de silencio. Barbate no fue un accidente . Huelva no es una estadística. Es una guerra asimétrica donde el estado ha decidido que los nuestros peleen con las manos atadas a la espalda mientras el enemigo tiene licencia para matar. Analicemos la táctica. ¿Cómo pretendemos que una embarcación de aluminio de 6 metros detenga a un monstruo de 5.000 kilos de fibra de vidrio lanzado a 60 nudos? 🤔 Es física básica. Es balística pura. No es una persecución, es un abordaje pirata del siglo XXI. Y mientras tanto, los protocolos de uso de la fuerza hablan de evitar el contacto. El contacto los busca a ellos para mandarlos al fondo del mar.
El agente tiene más miedo al juez que al narco. Lo sabemos . Y ese es el fallo de seguridad más grave que existe. Un guardia civil en Huelva sabe que si saca el arma y neutraliza un motor, empezará un calvario judicial que le puede costar la carrera. ¿Resultado? Dudas. Y en el estrecho, la duda es una sentencia de muerte. La ley actual es el mejor chaleco antibalas para el narcotraficante.
Mi propuesta siempre fue corta y radical, aunque muchos me lo critican: Cambio inmediato de las Reglas de Enganche (ROE). Una narcolancha cargada no es un vehículo, es una plataforma de agresión. Si no se detienen tras el primer aviso, el procedimiento debe ser la inutilización cinética inmediata. Y si la vida del agente corre peligro por embestida, se responde con fuego de cobertura. Sin preguntas. Sin titubeos. O vacían los cargadores, o seguiremos vaciando los CUARTELES para ir a ENTIERROS.😤
Esos que se ponen la corbata negra para el funeral son los mismos que les niegan patrulleras blindadas. Los mismos que les niegan ser zona de especial singularidad. Es una hipocresía criminal. Están dejando que la costa de Huelva y Cádiz se conviertan en un Narco-Estado ( si no lo es ya ) 😤de facto donde manda el que más motores tiene. Si el estado no tiene el monopolio de la violencia,el estado no existe. Y hoy, en nuestras costas, el estado es una sombra que pide perdón por existir.
No queremos más homenajes. Queremos seguridad jurídica y potencia de fuego. Queremos que el narco sepa que si intenta pasar por encima de un uniforme, lo último que oirá será los disparos defendiendo la ley y que los narcos no llegarán al puerto .

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

The visibility of all pro‑Ukrainian accounts, including mine, has dropped dramatically. Please help me fight the algorithm by visiting my profile and boosting posts about today’s Russian war crimes.

Pic for attention.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

- Kaja Kallas:

"Washington is not trying to manage Europe. It is trying to dissolve it.
They do not like the European Union,..
The tactics,resemble those used by the EU's adversaries..

The answer is not bilateral deals with Trump. It is unity. Because when Europe stands together, it is an equal power. And that is exactly what Washington cannot stand."

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

STOLTENBERG: My country, Norway, borders Russia. Just on other side of our land border, we see highest concentration of nuclear weapons in the world: missiles, submarines, bombers. These weapons are not directed at Norway — they're directed at United States.

Yet Norway helps United States monitor and track those submarines, share intelligence, provide early warning, and report precisely what Russians are doing.

This is part of America’s homeland defense, delivered by a NATO ally. And there are many other similar examples.

So United States is safer with a strong NATO. That is why I expect and believe the United States will remain committed to the Alliance.

[The Daily Britain @dailybritainonx]

🚨 NEW: Giorgia Meloni hits back after Donald Trump makes explosive remarks about Iran and nuclear war.

🇺🇸 Trump: “She’s the unacceptable one; she doesn’t care if Iran gets a nuclear weapon and blows Italy to bits in two minutes.”

🇮🇹 Meloni: “As far as I know, nine nations possess nuclear weapons, and only one has ever used them. That nation is the United States.”

“Mr. Trump needs to tone it down. No one throws around nuclear threats like Washington does, and he should watch his words.”

A European leader directly calling out Trump like this - in these terms - is rare.

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

This👇is quite extraordinary, showing how much Trump is uniting Europeans on all sides 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 him

Elly Schlein, Leader of Italy's largest opposition party, (herself 50/50🇮🇹🇺🇸) furiously condemns Trump's attacks on her opponent Meloni. The whole Chamber stands up to applaud the whole time. My English s/t👇

"Italy is a free and sovereign country. Our Constitution is clear - Italy repudiates war. No foreign Head of State has the right to attack, threaten or disrespect our country or government. We are opponents in this Chamber, but we are all Italian citizens and Italian MPs. We are asking for unanimous condemnation of these attacks and threats"

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Europe’s Army Exists. It Just Hasn’t Decided to Be One Yet.

There is something almost comic about this. A civilisation that split the atom, built Chartres Cathedral, invented penicillin and gave the world the Large Hadron Collider is currently outsourcing its own survival to a country that cannot agree on a budget.

A continent of 600 million people, standing at the edge of a dangerous century, waiting for someone else to handle the difficult bits. Europe already has the army. It just hasn’t noticed.

There are 2 million Europeans under arms right now. The engineering tradition that produced the Eurofighter, the Leopard 2 and the Aster missile system is not struggling. It is arguably the finest defence industrial base.

So when a politician tells you a European army is impossible, do not argue. Ask what he means by impossible. What he will eventually reveal is that he does not mean technically impossible. He means politically inconvenient. For someone.

The Argument Designed to Exhaust You

Twenty-seven nations. Dozens of different platforms. Incompatible ammunition. Standardising all of this will take fifty years, they say. Better to do nothing. Better to keep buying American.

It assumes integration requires uniformity. Military history finds this idea baffling.

An adversary facing thirty different weapons systems cannot write a single counter-strategy. Every variation is a separate problem he must solve. Ukraine has been proving this for years, running HIMARS alongside Panzerhaubitze, AS-90 and Caesar, forcing Russian planners into permanent recalculation. The diversity is a weapon being used with considerable effect.

Europe needs shared command, shared communication and a mutual defence commitment. The variety of European engineering is not an obstacle to that. It is one of its greatest strengths.

The Cost Argument.

A modern military in 2026 is not 1985. Precision replaces mass. Drone swarms cost a fraction of the aircraft they destroy.

The EU’s collective GDP is eighteen trillion dollars. The idea that Europe cannot afford to defend itself is a failure of political will.

Start Now. Not in Ten Years.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said it plainly: we cannot wait for the perfect moment. We begin now.
He is right, and the foundation already exists.

NATO’s command structures, its logistics frameworks, its communication architecture, its decades of hard-won interoperability — all of it remains intact. What changes is who sits at the head of the table. Europe needs to take what works, remove the dependency, and run it itself.

Nothing in the world is built perfect on the first day. Airbus was a continental argument held together with compromise and ambition. The Eurofighter took three countries, two decades and endless disagreement to produce. It is now one of the finest combat aircraft ever made. You begin, you build, you adjust. That is how everything of consequence has ever been constructed.

What Sovereignty Actually Means

A binding commitment that an attack on any European nation is an attack on the whole continent. Rapid deployment brigades able to reach any point within days. Integrated air defence. A European cyber command. Supply chains that do not depend on the political mood of a foreign president.

That is not a grand project for the next generation. The pieces exist today.
Europe has the soldiers, the technology and the engineering tradition. What it has lacked is the collective will to say: we do this ourselves, on our terms, with our hands. That moment has arrived.

The surest path to peace has always been making the alternative too costly to contemplate.

Every argument against building this, traced back far enough, ends not at a general’s desk but at a lobbyist’s. Europe deserves better than that. And deep down, even the sceptics know it.

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[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Gen. Grynkewich: For the first long time, money is not a problem for Europe.

We have 5-6 allies who are going to exceed 5% in core defense spending. Several others are on their way through 3-3.5%.

The real challenge is the production capacity and the defense industrial base. 1/

[Very Brexit Problems @VeryBrexitProbs]

MAGA thinks Europe can't defend itself without America. Here's what they don't know.

1. France and Britain have 515 nuclear warheads and 8 nuclear missile submarines.

2. European defence spending hit €481 billion this year. That's more than Russia and China spend combined. The EU's ReArm Europe plan is mobilising another €800 billion.

3. European countries have over 1.7 million active troops. Russia has 1.3 million.

4. EU and UK air forces fly over 1,400 combat aircraft. Their navies have five aircraft carriers, over 60 submarines, more than 120 frigates and destroyers.

5. Europe has over 6,000 artillery pieces and that's before the biggest rearmament wave since the Cold War. Poland alone is adding 212 new howitzers.

6. The British SAS invented modern special forces. The US copied them to build Delta Force. From France's Foreign Legion to Poland's GROM, Europe's elite units are among the deadliest on earth.

7. Europe already has joint military commands ready to fight. The UK leads a 10-nation rapid reaction force across Northern Europe and the Arctic. Finland alone can mobilise 900,000 trained reservists all prepared to fight in arctic conditions.

8. Europe has its own satellite navigation (Galileo), its own defence programme (75 active projects) and is building its own rapid deployment force.

The "helpless Europe" story was never about defence.
It was about keeping Europe dependent and buying American weapons, relying on American intelligence, following American foreign policy.

Thanks to Trump, that now ends.

[Marti Pachame @PachameB]

@Lt_Dank @Acyn And Spain 🇪🇸

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Robert Mueller died last night.

He was 81 years old. He had a wife who loved him for sixty years. He had two daughters, one of whom he met for the first time in Hawaii, in 1969, on a few hours of military leave, before he got back on the plane and returned to Vietnam. He had grandchildren. He had a faith he practiced quietly, without performance. He had, in the way of men who have seen real things and survived them, a quality that is increasingly rare and increasingly mocked in the country he spent his life serving.

He had integrity.

And tonight the President of the United States said good!

I have been sitting with that word for hours now. Good. One syllable. The thing you say when the coffee is hot or the traffic is moving. The thing a man who has never had to bury anyone, never had to sit in the specific silence of a room where someone is newly absent, reaches for when he wants the world to know he is satisfied. Good. The daughters are crying and the wife is alone in the house and good.

I want to speak directly to the Americans reading this. Not the political Americans. Just the human ones. The ones who have lost a father. The ones who know what it is to be in that first hour, when you keep forgetting and then remembering again, when ordinary objects become unbearable, when the world outside the window seems obscene in its indifference. I want to ask you, simply, to hold that feeling for a moment, and then to understand that the man you elected looked at it and typed a single word.

Good.

This is not a country having a bad day. I need you to understand that. Countries have bad days. Elections go wrong. Leaders disappoint. Institutions bend. But there is a different thing, a rarer and more terrible thing, that happens when the moral center of a place simply gives way. Not dramatically. Not with a single catastrophic event. But quietly, in increments, until one evening a president celebrates the death of an old man whose family is still warm with grief, and enough people find it acceptable that it becomes the weather. Just the weather.

That is what is happening. That is what has happened.

The world knows. From Tokyo to Oslo, from London to Buenos Aires, people are not angry at America tonight. Anger would mean there was still something to fight for, some remaining faith to be betrayed. What I see, in the reactions from everywhere that is not here, is something older and sadder than anger. It is the look people get when they have waited a long time for someone they love to find their way back, and have finally understood that they are not coming.

America is being grieved. Past tense, almost. The idea of it. The thing it represented to people who had nothing else to believe in, who came here with everything they owned in a single bag because they had heard, somehow, across an ocean, that this was the place where decency was written into the walls. That idea is not resting. It is not suspended. It is being buried, in real time, with 7,450 likes before dinner.

And the church said nothing.

Seventy million people have decided that this man, this specific man who has cheated everyone he has ever made a promise to, who has mocked the disabled and the dead and the grieving, who celebrated tonight while a family wept, is an instrument of God. The pastors who made that bargain did not just trade away their credibility. They traded away the thing that made them worth listening to in the first place. The cross they carry now is a costume. The faith they preach is a loyalty oath with scripture attached. When the history of American Christianity is written, this will be the chapter they skip at seminary.

Now I want to talk about the men who stand next to him.

Because this is the part that actually breaks my heart.

JD Vance is not a bad man. I have to say that, because it is true, and because the truth matters even now, especially now. Marco Rubio is not a bad man. Lindsey Graham is not a bad man. They are idiots, but not bad, as in BAD! These are men with mothers who raised them and children who love them and friends who remember who they were before all of this. They are not monsters. Monsters are simple. Monsters do not cost you anything emotionally because there is nothing in them to mourn.

These men are something more painful than monsters.

They are men who knew better, and know better still, and will get up tomorrow and do it again.

Every small compromise they made had a reason. Every moment they looked the other way had a justification that sounded, at the time, almost reasonable. And now they have arrived here, at a place where a president celebrates the death of an old man and they will find a way, on television, to say nothing that means anything, and they will go home to houses where children who carry their name are waiting, and they will say goodnight, and they will say nothing.

Their oldest friends are watching. The ones who knew Rubio when he still believed in something. Who knew Graham when he said, out loud, on the record, that this exact man would destroy the Republican Party and deserve it. Who sat next to Vance and thought here is someone worth knowing. Those friends are not angry tonight. They moved through anger a long time ago. What they feel now is the quiet, irrecoverable sadness of watching someone disappear while still being present. Of watching a person they loved choose, again and again, to become less.

That is what cowardice costs. Not the coward. The people who loved him.

And in the comments tonight, the followers celebrate. People who ten years ago brought casseroles to grieving neighbours. Who stood in the rain at gravesides and meant the words they said. Who told their children that we do not speak ill of the dead because the dead were someone's beloved. Those people are tonight typing gleeful things about a man whose daughters are not yet done crying. And they feel clean doing it. Righteous. Because somewhere along the way the thing they were given in exchange for their decency was the feeling of belonging to something, and that feeling is very hard to give up even when you can no longer remember what you gave for it.

When Trump is gone, they will still be here.

Standing in the silence where the noise used to be. Without the permission the crowd gave them. Without the pastor who told them their cruelty was holy. They will be alone with what they said and what they cheered and what they chose to become, and there will be no one left to tell them it was righteous.

That morning is coming.

Robert Mueller flew across the Pacific on military leave to hold his newborn daughter for a few hours before returning to the war. He came home. He buried his dead with honour. He served presidents of both parties because he understood that the institution was larger than any one man. He told his grandchildren that a lie is the worst thing a person can do, that a reputation once lost cannot be recovered, and he lived that, every day, in the quiet and unglamorous way of people who actually believe what they say.

He was the kind of American the world used to point to when it needed to believe the story was true.

He died last night. His wife is alone in their house in Georgetown. His daughters are learning what the world is without him in it. And somewhere in the particular hush that falls over a family in the first hours of loss, the most powerful man and the biggest loser on earth sent a message to say he was glad.

The world that loved what America was supposed to be is grieving tonight. Not for Robert Mueller only. For the country that produced him and then became this. For the distance between what was promised and what was delivered. For the suspicion, growing quieter and more certain with each passing month, that the America people believed in was always partly a story, and the story is over now, and there is nothing yet to replace it.

That is all it needed to be.

A man died. His family is broken open with grief.

That is all it needed to be.

Instead the President said good.

And the country that once stood for something looked away 🇺🇸

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Jordi Cañas @jordi_canyas]

@mjfree @MiguelUrra The first European language spoken in the USA was Spanish. The oldest city in the current USA was founded by the Spaniards. And most of the US territory belonged to Spain at some point. Hispanics are also true heritage Americans.