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*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Australian People show the way ? At the Eve of crucial European Elections, a "Miracle"-nick-named UnExpected Win of the mainstream Right, (given Defeated by the center-Left according to Polls repeated for years !), suddenly surfaced from People's Votes, thanks to a decisive Boost by emerging Rightist Parties.  

A "Labour-Green" parties' Left was seeking a larger Coalition focused mainly on Climate, and a few social measures, while a "National-Liberal" parties' Right was anchored mainly on Economy development and Mass Migration control Issues.

But almost All Establishment's Polls, during more than 2,5 Years, had been consistently Showing that such a center-Left was going to win the race, to the point that even the Mainstream Right's top Politicians believed that they were due to lose this 2019 Election, until the last minute...

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Suddenly : Patatrak ! The mainstream Conservative leader Scott Morrison, enthousiastic, cries : - "Miracle !", and most Medias immitate him : Indeed, the real Facts about Australian People's Votes, as they start to be Counted, are completely Opposite to what had been Expected by the Establishment :

=> The center-Left clearly Lost, Labour Party's leader Resigns immediately, and a long Search for his Successor kicks-off, with several others Declining such an offer...

USA's new President Don Trump congratulates Morrison, and boasts that this Australian 2019 Victory is Similar to his own, back on November 2016's US Presidential Election.

- What has really happened, and Why ? Most Medias of the Establishment are partly or even totaly Silent, about what might have been the real Causes of such an UnExpected Political Earthquake. But, Some Journalists have done, at least a part of their job honestly, and, at any case, the Real Facts start to emerge, slowly but steadily, from Official Sources, which all Converge on 1 Key Point :

>>> In Fact, Nobody among the 2 Big Mainstream Political Parties of the Establishment, neither of the Left, nor of the Right, has Not Won any More Votes than Before : On the Contrary, they have Both Lost several Votes, compared to what used to be their electoral performances of the Past...

F.ex., not only the Labor Party lost - 0,87%, at the Left side of the Political Spectrum, followed there by the "Greens" who also lost - 19%, but even the Mainstream Coalition of the Right lost - 0,62% of its previous Votes.

However, even inside that area, there are interesting Differences : F.ex., while the Establishment's traditional main Party of the Right : the big Austalian "Liberals", have Lost the most : - 0,91% of the Votes and -1 MP Less, on the Contrary, its (comparatively) more "Marginal" Partners in their Coalition, the smaller (and Further towards the Right) "National" Party, have Won +0,98% of the Votes and +2 MPs more.

+ But Facts and Numbers clearly reveal that what is Essential and New for the Australian People, moves, in Fact, Elsewhere :

- Indeed, the Rightist, Conservative Party "One Nation" wins much More : + 1,7 % of the Votes, (reaching almost 3 %), while, at the Same Time, another, New Rightist Party : "United Australia", enters the electoral arena by Winning about +3,4 % of the Votes, (and with a Logo strikingly Similar to that of Don Trump in USA : "Make Australia Great Again !")... I.e. Bringing, Together, around +6,5% More Votes to the Right !

+ If one Adds to this, Also some "Independent" MPs elected on 2019 (as several Medias advise), as well as Numerous Various Other Small Rightist Parties, old and new, (such as, f.ex., "Christian Democrats", "Conservative Nationals", "Katter's Australian Party", "Shooters, Fishers and Farmers", "Westerners", "Christians", "Australia First", "Great Australia", etc), then, the Overall Popular Move towards the Right becomes even More Evident.

=> To put it in a nutshell, the Australian People have surprisingly Bellied Establishment's Medias' prognostics and Polls, by unxpectedly Proving that an Emergence of Rightists may Help Mainstream Right to Win, at the last minute, even against all odds...  

Interesting, and Timely Fact. Isn't it ?

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*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Astonishingly, the Number 1 Concern of EU Citizens Nowadays according to Polls : Islamist Terrorism, was Droped, at the Last Minute, from the Unique EU Parliament's Debate on the crucial forthcoming EU Elections, among 6 Top Candidates of European Political Parties !

+ Moreover, UnExpectedly, even the Mainstream, Traditional Key Debate on EU Foreign Policy, Enlargement, etc., was finaly Skiped, for the 1st Time in History !!

In such overall conditions, obviously, no need to wonder if EU Citizens might, at least, discover what are the intentions of those candidates on the Most Topical, and Crucial for Humankind's survival, New BioEthical Issue on Inheritable Gene Editing technology, provoking irreversible mutations even to the GermLine, for Generations, (Abusively Tested on 2 Babies at Hong Kong from November 2018)...

Just 20 Years Earlier, back on 1997-1998, even Heads of State/Government Summits had Condemned and Urged to take Measures to outlaw "Cloning" of Human Beings, (f.ex. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Greek President Stephanopoulos, etc). Something which had started to be done, mainly at CoE's PanEuropean level).

But, on 2018, even if the Risks against Health and all Humanity's foreseable Future, are obviously much Greater, nevertheless, (perhaps partly misled by a pre-existing Interdiction of GermLine Alterations at a PanEuropean CoE's 1998 Convention on BioEthics), nevertheless, most of our EU Leaders have Lost a unique Opportunity to inform EU Citizens about their intensions for, or against a "Global Ban" of new tools for irreversible and InHeritable Genetic Manipulations, which surfaced from 2018 in some China - USA Lobbies' area, (Comp., f.ex., at : ..., etc).

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+ The Contradiction is much more Greater in the case of the Number 1 Issue Nowadays : As CoE's Press/Comm. Director and Head Spokesman, Daniel Holtgen has Recently confirmed to Journalists, including "Eurofora", in Strasbourg's Press Club, (Comp.: ..., etc), latest Polls clearly reveal that Deadly Islamist Terrorist Attacks, (which cowardly Target innocent and defenseless Civilian People), have become the Biggest Concern for European Citizens Today. (They are Followed by Mass Migration, Climate/Environment, etc).

At least 2 Initial Promisses to place that Topical Issue at the Beginning of EU Parliament's Top Debate (Comp. Supra) were Bellied, as, finally, it was almost Completely Skiped, and its Time was Allocated to Other Issues...

However, this unquestionably is the Most Important NEW Development since the last EU Elections of 2014, with a Wide and Dense "Cloud" of Deadly Islamist Terrorist Attacks to Spread, since 2015 up to 2018/2019, throughout Europe, from Paris to Berlin, London, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Graz, Nice, Stockholm, Helsinki, Munchen, Brussels, Strasbourg, etc, for the 1st Time in History.

+  And, in fact, the real Problems are much more Wide : F.ex., until these very Days of May 2019, the French Police has enlarged the Number of Suspects arrested and accused for Complicity to the bloody mass-Killer of December 2018, during EU Parliament's Plenary Session in Strasbourg, up to 5 or 6 Persons mixed in providing Deadly Weapons (twice), and/or Hidding that Islamist Terrorist, etc : I.e., a Proportion of 5 Accomplices circulating around each 1 Killer !...                     

++ Moreover, an "ISIS"' Chief Djihadist, reportedly mixed also in an Horrible Massacre of Civilian People at Homs (Syria), was recently arrested by the Hungarian Police while ...strolling around Europe with a "Refugee" Status (sic !) obtained in Greece, a kind of Passport allowing to Flight in EU Countries, Canada, etc, a Bank Credit Card regularly paid by the EU and UNO, a Family Appartment provided at a Cosy area of Athens, etc...(See : ..., etc).  This was followed also by the arrest, at the Netherlands, of an Al-Quaida Chief Djihadist, linked to Armed Terrorist Groups nowadays at Idlib (North-Western Syria, close to the Turkish Borders and backed by Turkey) : He had been Hidding in Europe already since 2014-2015... The obvious Risk for such astonishing Findings to be just the Tip of an Iceberg, canNot be excluded.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

+++ In Addition, a Dangerous "Ghettoisation" extends and deepens, Recently, around Areas where Deadly Islamist Terrorists used to live :

F.ex., aside the new Mosque (of Haute-Pierre) which is Nearest to the Home (at Hohberg) of the Islamist Terrorist who Killed 5 and wounded many more in Strasbourg, during EU Parliament's Plenary, on December 2018,  it's also Nowadays, on May 2019, that 2 persons were seriously Wounded by Rifle Shots there (Hugo Street), making it necessary to be taken into a Hospital. The Motivation of this New Attack with GunShots was not yet announced to the Public, but at least one thing is sure : Recently, that area has become a Heavily Islamized spot, full of newcomers all wearing ...Djellabas, Fez, Scarfs, Burkas, etc., and speaking Non-European Languages, while not even one normal Couple, Woman, Child or Family does Not Dare, no more, walk there at the Evening, (contrary to the Past, and to what still happens at all Other Quarters of Strasbourg)... Any visible presence of Police has Disappeared, and those Recent GunShots which Wounded 2 Victims, were Fired ...right in Front of a Useless Police Station, Hugo Street/HP, (with the Criminals still remaining totally UnPunished)...

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+++ Even in the UnPrecedented and Non-Elucidated Fire which recently Burned Down France's most Popular Historic and Religious Monument : that of World Famous "Notre Dame de Paris" Christian Cathedral, on April 2019, it's not really so necessary to Wait (even Longer than the EU Election later this May...) in order to find out whether it was a Premeditated Criminal Act, or a Strange, mere "Accident":

- Already, the mere Fact that, Each Week, several Christian Churches are Burning throughout France nowadays, with the Latest Year, 2018 having reportedly broken an Historic Record of such Violent Aggressions against Churches by various Fires, (to the point that, Nowadays, also Strasbourg's Cathedral felt the Need to Test and Boost its Fire Security mechanism !),                                                                                                                                         and even a Statute of Jesus' Mother, Mary, has just been brutally Attacked and BeHeaded,  (sic !), as also the President of French mainstream Opposition (Republican Party: Center-Right), Alain Wauquiez, former Minister, has Recently Denounced at his Twitter account, speak by itselfs for the real dimension of that problem...                   

=> In consequence, normaly, all the Politicians who Claim to Lead Europe for the period of 2019-2024, must Tell to EU Citizens how they aim to Protect them, and eradicate this unprecedented scourge, in a Democratic public Debate, allowing People to Judge and Chose their New Leaders in the May 26, 2019 Election.

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++ Concerning Foreign Policy, it's also a Fact that Europe has been Divided, for the 1st Time since the End of the Cold War, in a so seriously Damaging (Politically and Economically, etc), geopoliticaly Dangerous, and Bloody way (more than 13.000 People killed until Nowadays, Most of them Civilians), at the Ukranian conflict (2014-2019), after the Latest EU Elections of 2014. De Gaulle's, and Chirac's - Kohl's "Greater Europe", "from the Atlantic to the Urals", the Dreams and huge Potential of High-Tech/Scientific Cooperations with Russia, (Part of which was f.ex. the use of Soyuz at Kuru's Space launchings, etc), were tattered to pieces, the mechanical extension and deepening of so-called "Sanctions" Limited Growth in Europe, a Negative Mood hambered personal contacts, Tensions and MisTrust often brought the situation dangerously near to a "Hot" Conflict...

=> How will Europe overcome this awful Mess, and by which Way Ahead ? These obviously much Needed Debates, were totally Skipped in this "Ebs"' event for the Choice of the New EU Leadership, and EU Citizens were left withOut a clue about what their Politicians might do in that key area...

+ In the Meantime, at EU's Neighborhood, "ISIS" has come and gone in Syria/Iraq; Turkey started Military Invasions and Occupations inside Syria, recently Threatening even More; EU's Historic Chance to find huge New Oil/Gas Energy Resources in and around its Member State Cyprus, Directly Transportable to Europe's Industrial core, (also in Cooperation with Israel, Egypt, etc), are Hampered and Threatened by Turkey's systematic provocations and threats ; the Situation in Libya was let to Degrade dangerously, and Islamist Terrorism Haunts Tunisia, Egypt or Algeria and others, added to Sub-Saharian Africa, while, Further on, the West is pushed to Negotiate in Afghanistan with the Taliban, as ISIS' El-Baghdadi surfaces at an Horrible Massacre of Christians by Cowards in Sri Lanka on Easter 2019 (etc)...

=> What Strategy should adopt the EU ?

Curiously, EU Citizens will know Nothing, after that Controversial, but Unique Official Debate at EU Parliament, (the Only EU body that they can influence directly by their Electoral Choices...

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+++ On further EU Enlargement prospects, Recently, a Big U-turn apparently Surfaced agaist Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid, after Ankara's regime multiplied Massive Violations of Human Rights inside the Country, at an Unprecedented level of oppressive brutality. => Several Top EU Politicians published certain very Critical Statements, mainly promissing to, at last, Free Europe from the Spectre threatening a Turkish entry. But Others were less clear, and some, apparently, didn't clarify their current positions.... In Addition, controversial Loopholes seem to remain on a Claim for a Visa-Free regime to Tens of Millions of Turcs, +3 Billions € each Year in full Grants paid by the EU, obtained by Turkey's notorious Blackmail of Europe, at a Dangerous Moment, when Deadly Islamist Terrorism had started to hit Brussels, while more than a Million of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants were suddenly Invading Europe through Turkey, (etc).

=> What do various 6 EU Top Representatives of MEPs really think about those Recent and even On-Going apparent Changes vis a vis Turkey (whose EU Report was, curiously, left for ...After the May 2019 European Elections...) ?

Somebody Hindered that Unique EU Parliament's Debate to let EU Citizens know, before voting...

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++++ At the Same Time, anOther Regrettable Ommission, in this Key Debate, was the Lack and/or No-Participation of Any Representatives from several, currently Important, Political Movements throughout Europe :

- F.ex., Nobody from the new Italian Governing Party of "5 Stars" (Center-Left), despite its MEPs' active presence in the "Freedom and Democracy" Group of EU Parliament.

- Noone, no more, from new French President Macron's "Rennaissance"/"en Marche" movement, (Centrist), even if a "Liberal" was, however, present, (withOut, however, being able to represent All the Width of Macron's outreach aims)...

- Even more regretable (from a Contradiction of Views aspect, Necessary for Pluralistic Democracy) : Nobody represented the various "Rightist" Parties, such as Germany's "AfD", Italy's Governing "Lega", France's 2nd Party of Marine Le Pen's "National Rally", Austria's co-Governing Party "OFP", Poland's Governing "PiS", etc ! Despite the Fact that, already, several among them have notoriously formed at least 1 new Group inside EU Parliament ("ENF") recently.

=> How could EU Citizens eventually "Resist" to alleged "Euro-Sceptics"' Claims, in real life, if they are Hindered even to See how Experienced, Mainstream Top Politicians from the European Establishment are more or less able to credibly Reply to them ?  

Without such a necessary Democratic Experience, to use, sharpen and develop EU Citizens' Experience and Hability to Judge in a real, fully fledged Debate, they obviously Risk to be Lost in the Wilderness...

>>> If you want to have at least the Slightest idea about what a Real, Fully-fledged Debate might look like, in practice,

 just "click", f.ex., among various others, also at this Video, from the Establishment's "Deutsche Welle", in another EU Parliament's TV Studio in Brussels, moderated by an Old, Experienced Journalist : https://www.dw.com/en/which-way-is-europe-heading/a-48663278.

It was Published just 1 Week Before Today's Official Debate, (on May 8, 2019), bringing together 4 Politicians : 2 from the already "Established" MEPs, of Mainstream Parties ("Liberals" and "Socialists"), and 2 from the Rightists of "Alternative/AfD", plus "Law and Justice/PiS" Parties.

The First two were among the Most Experienced and usualy Sympathetic, Kind MEPs of EU Parliament's Establishment : Jo Leinen (German "Socialist") and Sophie in't Veld (Dutch "Liberal"). They faced Polish MP Dominik Tarczynski, vice-President of ECR Group in CoE's Assembly, and Maximilian Krah, Number 3 in AfD's list of MEPs.

- But, what a Surprize : Even the generally Smiling and shoftly speaking Jo Leinen, suddenly Lost his Temper, and shouted ...gros Insults, (such as "Sh*t !", etc) becoming the Only one to be automaticaly Censored by the Audio-transmission, f.ex. when he faced a Criticism by Tarczynski of 2015-2016's over 1 Million Mass Irregular Migrants through Turkey as a seek for "Cheap Labour": However, this notoriously is a Usual Criticism of Mass Irregular Migration, very Often heard f.ex. in the USA by new POTUS Don Trump's fans...

- As for Liberal MEP Sophie in't Veld, she was astonished to be unexpectedly Bypassed at her ...Left side, by Rightist Polish MP Tarczynski, when, replying to an NGO's Question about rising Socio-Economic InEqualities, he pointed at the Polish Government's decisions to pay 500 zlotys each Month for each Child born in a natural Family, to give to Old People a 13th Pension and even Lower the Age threshhold for all Pensioners, as well as to Exclude all Young People from any Taxes up to their 26th Year of Age, (etc), while, at the same time, Warsaw reportedly managed to have "the Lower UnEmployment Rate in Europe", as well as EU's "4rth Better Growth"  !                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

- Things became more nasty on Press Freedom, and Freedom of Expression inside the EU, when Tarczynski Denounced the fact that he used to work as Journalist at the National State's RadioTV, but had been immediately "Fired" from his Job when the Establishment's Mainstream Parties had got Government's Power, in the Past, while Maximilian Krah accused the "Socialist" Party of Jo Leinen to have imposed a Law pushing even "Private" entities, such as USA's "Facebook", "Twitter", etc., to Massively Exclude People from the Democratic Freedom to participate in "Public Debates" at the Internet, by Closing Down their Web Accounts recently by Thousands, to the point that "in Germany, now, there are much More Internet Accounts Shut Down, than in Russia !"... => -"You should be Ashamed" by what your Party has done against Freedom of Speech !", he shouted to Leinen.

- The mainstream "Socialist" MEP, did Not Deny those Facts, but Limited himself into trying to Justify such Massive Suppressions of EU Citizens' Access to Public Debates at the Internet, (even by Foreign Private American Big Corporations, even especially during Crucial Pre-Electoral Campaigns, as Nowadays in Europe, just a Few Days before People Vote, as it was Recently Announced by "Facebook", "Google", and/or "Tweeter", etc), by simply Claiming that when People crossed the lines and were Accused either for alleged "Hate Speech" or alleged "Fake News", etc., then, someone Must Stop them anyway.

Apparently, Jo Leinen did Not seem, personally, so Glad by saying that, but, when the Organizer of that Debate Obliged him to explicitly take part on that "Hot" and Topical Issue, he finally murmured, in Low tone, his approval of such unprecedented practices, (often via Procedures of Doubtful Legality, and withOut elementary Safeguards against possible Abuses, as, inter alia, it was notoriously revealed with the Sudden, UnWarned Closure, by a Turkish Immigrant Returning back Home, even of new US President Don Tump's personal "Twitter" Account, often used to inform the People about certain important Measures, Decisions or Policies)...

=> Obviously, it's not for nothing that such Open and Free Debates were, precisely, called by "Deutsche Welle": ...-"Conflict Zone Debates" (sic !), and some, apparenly, did Not Like to have a Similar kind of Sharp Debates, on so "Hot" Topical Issues, between All the "Top Candidates" inside EU Parliament, so that appears to be the Real Cause of the above-mentioned, Last-Minute UnPrecedented Ommission even of Key Topical Issues of Large Popular Concern...

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+ Such Problems became even More Nasty at the Internet Version of this Unique EU Parliament's "Top Candidates" Debate : Indeed, at the Web, the Contradiction became much More Blatant :

- From one side, the EU had Organized several Internet Areas for Citizens' Participation around that Unique pre-Electoral Debate, as  "Hashtags", (f.ex. #TellEurope) etc., had hired and paid Dozens of Agents, Equiped with Computers connected to the Web, Secretaries, Press Attachés, etc., promissing to inform the Public about a parallel, on-going, "Debate at the Social Networks".

- But, from the Other Side, when the Time came to Reveal to the People what was really going-on at that World Wide Web's "Debate" on EU Elections, what a Surprise : A "Press Correspondent" hired and paid by EU Parliament specifically in order to "Help" EU Citizens "Surf on the Debate at Social Medias", as promised, on the Contrary, did Nothing else, than ...Merely show 1 (One !) Tweet by somebody who was Angry because Individuals and NGOs, etc. were not allowed to accomodate even More Mass Irregular Migrants (as that 1,5 Millions who tresspassed into the EU via Turkish Smugglers), to arrive and stay inside Europe... Nothing Else !

=> I.e., in Fact, ...NOT ANY real "DEBATE" at all, Shown by Ebs-TV at the Internet !!! If anyone claims that such Astonishing Monologues, might resume the notoriously "Hot" Controversy, currently Spreading throughout all Europe, on the MultiFacet, Complex and delicate Issue of that UnPrecedented, Huge "Tsunami" of more than 1,5 Millions of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants, who Suddenly trespassed inside Europe mainly through Turkey, obviously has Not the slightest Idea of what is Really Going on Nowadays, or doesn't want People to Know !.... -

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- The 7 Top Candidates presesnt in that EU Parliament's Debate, (Nico Cué of the Left, Ska Keller for the Greens, Margrethe Vestager of the Liberals, Frans Timmermans for the Socialists, Manfred Weber for the ChristianDemocrats/EPP and Jab Zahadil from the Conservatives, apparently tried to do their best, despite the above-mentioned adverse circumstances, (Comp. Supra).

- F.ex., on the "Hot" Issue of Mass Asylum Seekers/Irregular Migrants, there was some "Debate",  from Nico Cué, who, apparently, forgot the Cultural Similarities between Europeans, and Historically Neighbouring Countries as France and Spain, focusing only on the fact that his Family of Spanish Refugees fleeing the Civil War had arrived in France "witOut Papers", But Ignoring the Gap vis a vis those heavily Islamized Pakistani, Afghani, Syrian or Iraqi, that Turkey chose to massively send to Europe, without any preparation, mostly Economic Irregular Migrants, often Radicalized and several times even Hidden Djihadists, former Terrorists, etc... Timmermans urged for "More Solidarity", but mainly stayed on the lines of EU Commission's controversial initial "Resettlement" Program, notoriously Failed, implying Pressure and/or Sanctions versus Recalcitrannt Member States. Weber stressed that European States should be able to Control who Arrives at their Borders, and urged to Strengthen the EU Monitoring of Europe's External Borders. But he Added also EU's "Humanitarian Responsibility" vis a vis Real Refugees, as well as the Need to Help Development in Poor Neighbouring Countries, promissing to Name "a Mr. Africa" in order to coordinate visible action. Zahradil stressed that EU Commission must "Stop the Error of Mandatory Resettlement", which recently "Divides the EU", and Better Search anOther Solution, including, f.ex., to Fight against Trafficking and Smugglers, create reception Centers Outside of the EU, etc.

But the Lack of Free Dialogue, with spontaneous exchanges on each important point, (except from a meager possibiliy to raise Only ..."2 Questions" during All the PreElectoral Debate !), and, mainly, that Surprizing, UnExplained, and Damaging, last-minute Ommission of several among the Most "Hot" Topical Issues, (Comp. Supra), seriously Hampered the efficiency of that endeavor,                                                                                                                                                                                                                       and regrettably Deprived EU Citizens from a Fully-fledged, Pluralist and Democratic, Crystal-clear Debate on All Topics that matter nowadays...

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According to EU Parliament's Press Service, the heavy "Editorial Responsibility" for that Unique EU Debate had been left "to Ebs" (the EU TV Service) alone !

But, even Ebs had, initially, published Press News Announcements, where they had naturally Included most of those, above-mentioned, (finally ommitted), Top Issues :

- F.ex., they included, among the "Main Topics" due to be Discussed, also the Need to Protect EU Citizens' "Security" by a "Fight against "Terrorism"'s Deadly Attacks, (which have notoriously Erupted and Multiplied, Throughout almost all the EU, between 2015-2018), EU's "Foreign Policy", etc, (according to officially Published EU Announcements, shortly Before that Top Debate).

Somewhere, this was marked by a "t.b.c." usual reserve, (probably concerning simply the Order in which Topics would be debated, one after the other), but it isn't enough in order to explain (and even less justify) the Total Extinction of so Important Topical Issues !

In another, related, Discrepancy, on this Same Point, an Ebs Video had been announced about a so-called "Draw on the main Topics" (sic !), as it was just done merely for each Top Candidate's Sitting "Place" on the forum... But, curiously, that Link either does Not Work at all, or it Sends Back to an ...Empty web-page !

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>>> Such UnGlorious, petty Censoring Methods, obviously doN't Honor those who are really responsible for them, do Not Deserve the EU Money and other Material Resources given by the EU, (from TaxPayers' Money, including Poor Peuple, who pay VAT on All their meager Revenues), it's a Pitty for all those EU Parliament's Officials, Agents, Technicians, etc, who Worked Hard to prepare a Spectacular High-Tech Public Event, (Comp. f.ex. that Eyes-Catching aerian Video over Brussels' European area, at the Beginning, etc), and are undeniably UnWorthy of the Trust given by the People to those who betrayed them.

=> European Citizens, Parliament, and Democracy_DESERVE much BETTER !

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*Strasbourg/European area/Angelo Marcopolo/- Experienced French Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the CoE, Jean-Baptiste Mattei, replying to "Eurofora"s Questions on the issue of Russia, at the Eve of a Crucial CoE's Foreign Ministers' Summit in Finland, just before France takes over the Presidency of the 47 Member Countries-strong Strasbourg's PanEuropean Organisation of Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law, for the Period of May - November 2019, confirmed that June was a Good Timing for a Solution, but also added that it's not yet clear if Ukraine's current political changes might bring, or not, a new stance on that point, and suggested that Moscow could facilitate things by one or another positive gesture.

Meanwhile, after French President Emmanuel Macron, at a recent meeting with CoE's Secretary General Thornbjorn Jagland, spoke in favour of CoE's PanEuropean Dimension, i.e. including key Non-EU Countries, (mainly Russia, but also Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaidjan, Armenia, etc), as well as for Moscow's Membership, with due Respect to CoE's Principles, Mattei announced that Solving the Russian Issue would be the "First Priority" of the incoming French Presidency.

Not only Because of the 33 Millions € of Russia's Annual Financial Contribution to CoE's 430 Millions-strong Budget, ("Freezed" by Moscow since 2017, in Reaction to Sanctions imposed to Russian MEPs by a Controversial Vote in CoE's Parliamentary Assembly, including even DePrivation of the Right to Vote, Speak and/or Participate in leading organs, etc, on the Pretext of Crimea's "Annexion", that "many States consider illegal", as he recalled for what Moscow considers as a Peaceful Popular Referendum for Crimea's ReUnification with Russia, where it belonged for Centuries, after a Violent illegal "Putch" at Kiev topped a Democraticaly Elected Government and slamed an EU-Sponsored Peace Agreement just concluded between All Ukranian factions, including for Amnesty, National Unity Government and New Elections, etc). That could be Faced by several CoE's Economies, followed, in case of prolonged No-Solution, also by a Plan including to Reduce Staff, etc.

But much More Because of the crucial Importance that has CoE's main "Specific" Character, with a Wide, "Pan-European" Dimension (Comp. Supra), and, particularly, the Need to Protect some 140 Millions of People's Human Rights by the ECHR and other CoE's key Monitoring bodies, whose Case-Law is mostly Applied by Moscow, as also Warned several Critical NGOs, who Risk to Lose Access to EuroJudges, if Russia might be pushed to Leave the CoE, Mattei reminded.

- In Addition, the Top French Diplomat Agreed with "Eurofora" that "there is also a Problem of Timing", since a Solution on June 2019 would be the Best, so that Russian MEPs might Participate, then, in the forthcoming Election of CoE's Secretary General by the Parliamentary Assembly : Otherwise, Russia might find a Pretext, Afterwards, by Claiming that it was Hindered even to participate in the Election of CoE's future Head, for the Period of 2019-2024,  as Ambassador Mattei warned. (+A supplementary Point being, also, the Fact that, in case of Non-Solution extended even AFTER June 2019, a ProLonged Blockade of the above-mentioned Financial "Freeze", might provoke Serious Problems even for Russia's Membership in the CoE : Comp. Supra).

- But, Nowadays, "it's Too Early to say" yet what exactly would be the Stance of the New President of Ukraine, Zelensky, recently Elected : He hasn't yet appointed a Government, not even named a Foreign Minister, etc., so that it's Hard to Tell now what will be his main Intentions on that Issue tomorrow. So, at least for the Time being, I guess that a "Continuity" of Ukraine's current Policy might be the most probable, Mattei estimated.

- While Zelensky's official mandate Starts from June 3, the CoE's French Presidency's Top Diplomat agrees with "Eurofora", that, in case of No Solution for June 2019, the forthcoming Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine, until now Scheduled for October 2019, could still influence the political game, particularly towards a "Continuity" too.

- But he does Not Exclude explicitly an "Eurofora"'s hypothesis that, After those Elections, just Before the CoE's French Presidency concludes on November 2019, (f.ex. on October, when French President Macron is expected to return to Strasbourg, during the CoE Assembly's, autumn Plenary Session, when the Organisation's 70th Anniversary will be celebrated), a decisive move might be really made :

- Significantly, Mattei even speculates about a possible "Anticipated" Election for Ukraine's Parliament, Earlier then initially scheduled, (which, obviously, might facilitate such an alternative scenario)... This is also considered possible by "Wikipedia", which warns that " it may be held Earlier, if a Snap election is called".

- However, he also believes that, in order to have real Chances to succeed, Russia should better make some kind of "Positive Gesture" vis a vis the CoE, beforehand, as Mattei suggested, in conclusion of his Reply to "Eurofora"s relevant Question, (Comp. Supra).

- It could be something about implementing the "Minsk Agreements" (on Ukraine), or Prisoners, "Missing" Persons, (in Donbas), perhaps on Human Rights inside Russia, on the occasion of CoE Commissioner's forthcoming Visit to Moscow, etc., he guessed, inter alia, replying also to a subsequent question.

- Indeed, the Latest move by Vladimir Putin, to Ease issuing Russian Passports for Russian Speaking People in Eastern Ukraine's pro-Autonomy Regions of Donetsk-Luhansk, didn't really help to bring a better mood between Moscow and Kiev, Mattei critically pointed out, speaking of a controversial measure, recently denounced also by CoE Assembly's President.

It was justified mainly on "Humanitarian" Grounds, Moscow replied, meanwhile. Particularly as that measure followed an even More Controversial Decision by Kiev's out-going Poroshenko Government, to Oblige all Minorities, traditionaly Speaking Russian, Polish, Hungarian, German, Bulgarian, Romanian, Greek, etc. throughout various Regional/Local areas of Ukraine since Historical Times, to suddenly switch over to the Ukranian Language only, in all deals with Public Authorities in everyday life, as never before in that country...

That last-minute Poroshenko's move was strongly Criticized, inter alia, also by MEPs from various Countries and/or Political Groups, at a special "Side-Event" Meeting organized in Strasbourg during CoE Assembly's plenary session of Spring 2019, last April, including also Austrian MEPs who Reminded the Fact that in the period of Multi-Ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Wien's Assembly more than 11 working Languages were used, (as also in Multi-Ethnic former USSR, etc).

But an immediat Surprizing Reaction by the Recently Elected new Ukranian President Zelensky, officialized in a "Press Release", went Further  :

- "The Russian Passport gives the right to be Arrested for Peaceful Demonstration, ..to Never have Free Elections, to Forget Human Rights...", he denounced. On the Contrary, "We (Kiev) will give Ukranian Citizenship to ... Victims of Authoritarian and Corrupted Regimes, in any Countries, and particularly to Russians who suffer the most", he claimed. Because "Ukranian Citizenship is Liberty... We will serve as an Exemplary Democracy", he vowed.

- "Fine. Let's just Do it !", might spontaneously react many naive readers, enthousiastic.

But, there is a Problem : Astonishingly, by an incredible Coincidence, such an officially "Pro-Freedom" message, was, in Fact, send from ...Turkey !  Notoriously the Worst Nightmare in persisting Massive Violations of Human Rights, going from Torture and Inhuman/Degrading Treatments, up to Deprivations of Freedom of Speech, Persecutions of Jounalists, Dismissal of Judges, UnFair Trials, Abusive ImPrisonments, unpunished Killings, (etc) : Indeed, Zelensky was, curiously, eating "Kebab" at Turkey's "Bodrum", where some had pushed him to spend "Holidays", during a (Tragi-?) "Comic" Festival that Week-End, as "Paris-Match" newspaper reveals... Obviously Bad for Credibility, particularly on Human Rights' issues...

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However, it seems also true that Zelensky's succesful Election was mainly due to the fact that his Promisses Focused particularly on Fighting against Corruption, and for Peace at the Donbas' Eastern Regions,. (I.e. there where Poroshenko had notoriously Failed, and even become dangerously counterproductive, deceiving many from his former allies).

+ In Addition, the Experienced and Famous former Prime Minister Julia Timoshenko, (who had also Suffered in the Prisons of Janukovich), had been Spectacularly Surfing at the Top of all Polls, during Years, as the Most Popular Political Leader of Ukraine, until Recently, with a Program (and Posters) Highlighting the Key-Word: -"Peace" !

++ The First Polls, published After the Presidential Elections, clearly show a Big Boost for the New President's Party, and an even Bigger Growth for the "Opposition Platform - For Life", who Both claim to Focus on Peace too.

+++ Meanwhile, Between the 1st and the 2nd Round of the Presidential Election, and After a Press Campaign of several Months by "Eurofora", (including neglected key Facts on Important Issues, Questions/Replies with ECHR President and CoE's Human Rights Director, etc), the former MEP and National Hero of Ukraine, later fallen in disgrace and imPrisoned also to Kiev's Jails, after those of Moscow, when she started to speak louder about the Need for Dialogue with the pro-Autonomist Regions of Donetsk/Luhansk in order to make Peace, and suddenly Accused to plot ...brutal Mass Killings and a violent Putch, when she Denounced an Ukranian Establishment's Politician for having launched those Mysterious Deadly "Snipers" who notoriously Killed Both Demonstrators and Policemen, provoking Violent Clashes at Kiev back on February 2014, which topped the Elected Government and Cancelled an EU-sponsored Peace Agreement signed by All Sides, (See : ... + ..., etc), i.e. Nadeza Savchenko, was Liberated, on April 15.

Even if Poroshenko's Jails scandalously Hindered her to Participate in the Political Debates of the Presidential Election, (for which Savchenko had even made Hunger Strikes in Prison), nevertheless, she should, now, at least, participate into the forthcoming Parliamentary Elections, hopefully Adding also another Voice for Peace.

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In such a Context, obviously, the alleged Threats that Out-Going Poroshenko's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkine has reportedly launched recently, for Ukraine to Drop the Minsk Agreements if Russia is fully re-integrated into the CoE, as a collegue asked Yesterday in Paris the French Foreign Ministry's Spokesman during the Daily Press Point, were soberly Dismissed by the incoming CoE's Presidency's diplomacy :

- "The Commitments undertaken by the Parties for the Implementation of Minsk's Agreements, Must be Respected", as such, reads the Official Reply.

- Inter alia, also because "they should Not be linked to the (current and future) Situation inside the CoE", the French Foreign Ministry replied, clearly dismissing a useless and tricky, last-minute provocation.

+ It simply reminded French President Macron's recent Statement that "it's Important to Find a Solution allowing for Russia to stay inside the CoE, with all the Rights and Obligations attached to that", and, therefore, France calls all CoE's Members to support the current efforts made in this regard by the (outgoing) Presidency of Finland", (on 15-17 May 2019, at the Helsinki CoE's Summit, with the participation of New French State Secretary for European affairs, Amelie de Montchalin.

I.e. just before Paris takes over the PanEuropean Organisation's rotating Presidency, 22 Years after the Historic CoE's 1997 Summit of Heads of State/Government in Strasbourg, which had been Marked also by the Creation of "Trilateral" semestrial Summits between France, Germany and Russia : then = Chirac, Kohl and Yeltsin, of obvious Gaullist inspiration concerning a "Great Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals", (Comp. "Eurofora" co-Founder's relevant Publications from the spot, then, to "TCWeekly"),which remained United, until the Deadly, Damaging and Dangerous Division of Europe, provoked by the Ukranian Conflict on 2014.

=> Time for Change ? 

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*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- While alleged Russian "Interference" in US Presidential Elections of 2016, and particularly "Collusion" with it, has reportedly Not been proven, even After more than 2 Years of Expensive Controvesial Investigations, which send several People to Jail for various other claims against them, on the Contrary,

in Europe, powerful US Left's Establishment Top Figures are more or less openly and largely interfering in the forthcoming, Crucial EU Parliament's Elections of May 2019, and, in most cases, even "Collusion" has become obvious...

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- Among various other cases, recently, Question-marks were raised when an Important EU Parliament's Rapporteur on WhistleBlowers, member of the Socialist Group, (2nd Biggest), but also President of the "Radical" Left Party (Centrist), graduate of France's prestigious "Ecole Polytechnique", and former Long-Time Senior Officer at various Key Ministries (Defense, Prime Minister, Trade, etc) during former Presidents Chirac and Sarkozy, of the Right (2002 - 2009), as well as Hollande, of the Left (2012-2014), MEP Virginie Roziere, was, suddenly, placed in a Non-Eligible position  at the Party's list for the May 2019 Election, and, afterwards, even Ousted from that Party, withOut any known Official Explication...

- Doubts were stimulated also by the Fact that MEP Roziere had just clearly Declared her Support to "Wikileaks" co-Founder Assange for a Political Asylum (f.ex. in France, etc), as Whistleblower, shortly after he was notoriously abandoned by the new Government of Ecuador (in the Embassy of which he had been obliged to find Refuge from Persecutions in London, UK, during many years), and immediately Arrested, Condemned and Imprisoned by the British Authorities, in view also of Long-Standing Extradition Demands by the Swedish and USA Governments since a remote Past.

- EU Rapporteur on WhistleBlowers made that Declaration Twice, in favour of Protecting Assange with Asylum, in Reply to a relevant "Eurofora'"s Question, that we Published here (See : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/eurapporteurforwhistleblowersonassange.html), during her Press Conference in EU Parliament in Strasbourg, on the 16th of April 2019.

=> Soon After that event, Suddenly emerged those 2, UnExpected, Negative Incidents against her, which were mentioned above (Comp. Supra), for which she was Surprised, and did not yet know their real reasons, being obliged to Suppose that they were due to some kind of "Pressure", probably exerted on the current leadership of the French Socialist Party by someone. (A mere Hypothesis being that it might, perhaps, eventually concern an obscure affair related to possible future relations of her small party to the Socialists, but withOut any certainty, neither clarity about that)...

  - But it's a Crystal-clear and Notorious Fact that "Assange’s real Sin was preventing Hillary CLINTON from becoming President !" (on 2016), as it was stressed Nowadays, at the Headlines of a key Article written by the Famous Conservative American Journalist Tucker Carlson, (a favorite also of New US President Don Trump), and published at "Fox News", just after the recent Arrest in London...

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton had, indeed, largely Commented, in Press Statements (where she appeared very Satisfied), the Arrest of Assange, that she strived to Justify with Legal Pretexts similar to those indeed used in real practice, as it was made known also in Public Afterwards.

=> So, indeed, obviously, Many Converging Facts, (including that "Insider"'s prior knowledge by Hillary : Comp. Supra), plead in favour of the most Probable Hypothesis : I.e. that Hillary (and/or someone around her entourage) would have, effectively, Intervened to exert "Pressure" over the French Socialist Party, in order to Exclude EU Parliament's Rapporteur on the "WhistleBlowers", Virginie Roziere, from her MEP's job, at the Last Minute before the forthcoming, May 26, 2019 EU Elections, Because of her Positive stance in Favour of giving him a Political Asylum.

- Indeed, the French Press which announced the above-mentioned Incident of unexpected (and otherwise unexplained), sudden Exclusion of the EU Parliament's Rapporteur, from the Socialist Party's eligible List, significantly Pictures as only Photo, that of Roziere's Replies to the above-mentioned "Eurofora"'s Questions on Assange, during that crucial Press Conference, (Comp. Supra) !

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+ But the most Obvious US Left's "Interference" in the 2019 EU Elections, mostly with a blatant "Collusion" of some key political Accomplices in Europe, are Massive American Left, GAFA's Censorship and/or Bans of many European Citizens expressing Various Dissident or Critical Views, of Social and/or Political character, in Direct Relevance to these crucial May 2019 EU Votes, which has reached UnPrecedented Levels, and goes on Multiplying such incidents more and more Rapidly and Wider, affecting a growing lot of People :

- This often Oppressive, New Phenomenon of Foreign Interference in 2019 EU Elections, goes much Further than the alleged "Russian Interference" in US 2016 Election, since it's Not Limited Just to Find and Publish certain relevant Informations, for Public Debate, (as Critics had Accused various Russian circles), But, on the Contrary, seriously Affects the very Liberties and Human Rights of the Victims, Hindering also or Suppressing Democratic Public Debate.

++ To the point that GAFAs, (i.e. notoriously US "Liberals", that is Left-leaning, or "Socialists" in the European terminology, mainly based at the East Coast, nowadays Pelosi's California), such as Facebook, Tweeter, Google, etc, have reportedly Started to Attack not only the Opposition, but Even pro-Government Fans, particularly in Countries with Elected Government of the Right, of Unity of the Right, or of Rightsists :

=> Thus, f.ex., in Poland, the competent Minister for Digital affairs, Dorota Głowacka, of the Rightist Government by the PiS Party ("Law and Order"), was obliged on 2018 to seek an Agreement with "Facebook" to at least Inform the Internet Users and Explain them for which Reasons it would intend to Censor, Suspend, or even Ban them for their sayings. However, she reportedly regrets that the Private entity of Facebook did not yet accept to  entrust a Judge with the Duty to Finally Decide whether to Censor and/or Ban someone, or not....

+ Moreover, in Italy, USA's GAFAs reportedly attacked Recently with Series of Massive "Freeze" or Bans of Accounts generally from People like-minded with various Supporters of the Elected Coalition Government of "5 Stars" and "Lega" !...

++ In Addition, such American "Social Networks" were strongly Accused, at a Debate organized in EU Parliament in Brussels, to have already "Shut Down More Internet Accounts in Germany, than in Russia !", as AfD's MEP Maximilian Krah denounced, (See : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/euparliamentelectoraldebatemaimed.html, + https://www.dw.com/en/which-way-is-europe-heading/a-48663278).

>>> The most Important, perhaps is the Fact that a "Collusion" of several Accomplices inside Europe appears Blatant, and, even, it's often openly and shamlessly Revendicated by certain EU Politicians and/or EU Officers, against political opponents, whose fans they Accuse for "Fake News" or "Exagerations", etc, excusing, in their eyes, the appeal to American Left's GAFAs to intervene oppressively, (and withOut any clear Legal Guarantee to Prevent Abuse by Globalized Foreign Private Entities)...

- Thus, f.ex., inter alia, it was also Surprizing to watch even the usually Softly speaking, Kind and Smiling German Socialist MEP Jon Leinen, during a recent debate in EU Parliament, to Not Deny the accusation of AfD's MEP Maximilian Krah that his Socialist Party had passed Laws pushing the American Left's GAFAs to "Hinder People's Access to Public Debates at the Internet", for which he "should be Ashamed", as he argued.

- Indeed, Leinen simply limited himself to reply that he was "Not Ashamed", because several People published "Fake News" and/or Other things which "Cross the Line", as he vaguely said.

>>> In such Exceptional Conditions, withOut any Precedent in Modern History, some Mainstream Medias went as far as to even observe that GAFA's European Headquarters, like Facebook a.o., located in Ireland, had been Recently set up in a Mode of ..."War-like preparations" (sic !), as these EU Elections approach !

- That really sounds Spooky...

=> In these circumstances, when we even found that, suddenly, a Popular French-speaking Political Forum, working fine for Decades, had been curiously Blocked during More than 2 Weeks' Time, at the Eve of such Crucial EU Elections, who could really Believe that it was only for strictly "Technical" reasons, and a pure "Coincidence", instead of ...another "Complot" ?

That's precisely the People's Mood that a Well Organized, and really Democratic Election must Prevent, by succeeding to SafeGuard EU Citizens' Fair share of Free Speech.

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