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Ireland belongs in NATO. 🇮🇪🇪🇺 I call Ireland’s permanent neutrality immoral neutrality when democratic Europe is under attack and Ukraine is fighting for freedom. Neutrality is not a virtue when aggressors threaten our security and our values. Ireland should stand clearly with the democracies of Europe and North America, strengthen its own defence and join NATO through a democratic national decision. I will campaign for Ireland into NATO — for a safer Ireland, a stronger Europe and real collective security. No isolation. No eternal neutrality. Ireland into NATO. Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M #Ireland #NATO #IrelandIntoNATO #EuropeanSecurity #Ukraine #Europe #Security #Freedom #Democracy #EndNeutrality
Hamas hat versucht, den Terror nach Österreich und mitten nach Wien zu tragen. Das ist keine abstrakte Debatte über den Nahen Osten mehr. Nach den Ermittlungen und der Anklage sollen Waffen beschafft, in Wien gelagert und Anschläge auf jüdische, israelische und pro-israelische Ziele in Deutschland oder Österreich vorbereitet worden sein. Für mich ist die Konsequenz eindeutig: Wien muss sich verteidigen. Österreich muss jüdisches Leben schützen. Hamas-Netzwerke, Waffenlager, Finanzierung und operative Unterstützung müssen konsequent aufgedeckt und zerschlagen werden. Wer Terror vorbereitet oder unterstützt, darf Österreich nicht als sicheren Rückzugsraum benutzen. Freiheit braucht Sicherheit. Sicherheit braucht Klarheit. Österreich muss seine Freunde schützen und seine Feinde erkennen. Null Toleranz für Hamas-Terror. Null Toleranz für Antisemitismus. Null Toleranz für terroristische Strukturen in Österreich. Schützt Wien. Schützt Österreich. Schützt jüdisches Leben. 🇦🇹🇮🇱🇪🇺 #Wien #Österreich #Hamas #Terrorismus #JewishLife #Israel #Antisemitismus #Sicherheit #Europa #DefendAustria #DefendVienna #GuntherFehlinger #FehlingerJahn
Hamas. Iran. Putin. Drei verschiedene Akteure – aber für Österreich und Europa drei konkrete Sicherheitsprobleme: Terrorismus, Destabilisierung und Krieg. Hamas-Netzwerke dürfen in Österreich keinen Raum für Waffenlager, Finanzierung oder operative Unterstützung finden. Das iranische Regime unterstützt bewaffnete Gruppen und destabilisiert seit Jahren den Nahen Osten. Putins Russland führt einen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine und versucht, Europas Sicherheit, Einheit und demokratische Ordnung zu schwächen. Für mich ist die Konsequenz klar: Österreich muss jüdisches Leben konsequent schützen, Terrornetzwerke zerschlagen, iranischen Einfluss und Finanzierung offenlegen und Putins Netzwerke politisch, wirtschaftlich und sicherheitspolitisch zurückdrängen. Sicherheit entsteht nicht durch Wegsehen und nicht durch Neutralitätsromantik. Österreich braucht klare Freunde, klare Gegner und eine klare europäische Sicherheitsstrategie. Freiheit. Sicherheit. Europa. Zukunft. #Österreich #Wien #Hamas #Iran #Putin #Ukraine #Israel #JewishLife #Security #Europe #NATO #StandWithUkraine #DefendEurope #GuntherFehlinger #FehlingerJahn
ATV asks why I supported Draško Stanivuković while also proposing a new federal model for Bosnia and Herzegovina. My answer is simple: there is no contradiction. I supported Stanivuković because I believed Krajina and Banja Luka needed better governance, more transparency, stronger accountability and a serious fight against corruption. Supporting a politician who promises reform does not mean supporting every element of the existing Dayton structure forever. I support Bosnian Serbs. I support a strong Krajina. I support Banja Luka as a powerful European regional capital. But I do not support permanent ethnic division, political paralysis, poverty or dependence on Moscow. My proposal is to replace BOTH Republika Srpska and the Federation of BiH with 10 democratic federal states inside one Bosnia and Herzegovina — strong regions, strong municipalities, equal rights and real local self-government. Federalism is not anti-Serb. Federalism can protect Serbian identity and regional autonomy while giving every citizen a functioning European state. I want Bosnian Serbs, Bosniaks and Croats to prosper together in the EU and under NATO security. Strong Krajina. Federal Bosnia. Federal Europe. NATO. A better future for Bosnian Serbs — and for everyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 🇧🇦🇪🇺 #Bosnia #BanjaLuka #Krajina #FederalBosnia #BosnianSerbs #EU #NATO #Federalism #Europe #WesternBalkans #FehlingerDoctrine
WHY do Putin, Trump and Musk attack or undermine Merz while Weidel gains their sympathy? Look at Ukraine. Germany is planning around €11.5 billion in military support for Ukraine in 2026, while Europe has created a €90 billion Ukraine support loan for 2026–27. Merz keeps Germany anchored in European support for Ukraine. Weidel promises the opposite: stop German payments, end support and even demand repayments from Ukraine. That would be a strategic gift to the Kremlin. Putin wants Ukraine weaker, Europe divided and Germany less committed to Kyiv. Trump has publicly praised the AfD, and Musk has repeatedly amplified and supported it. That does not prove a coordinated conspiracy—but the geopolitical interests clearly overlap. A Germany that abandons Ukraine would make Putin stronger. A Germany that stands with Ukraine makes Europe stronger. My position is clear: defend Ukraine, strengthen Germany, strengthen Europe. Europe must decide its own future—not Moscow. 🇩🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 #Ukraine #Germany #Merz #Weidel #AfD #Putin #Trump #Musk #Europe #StandWithUkraine #PaxEuropeana #Fehlinger
TRUMP FAILED US. America needs strength, credibility, constitutional government and leadership of the Free World — not chaos, personal revenge and government by loyalty test. In 2027, the new Congress must investigate the full record: interference with elections, pressure on states, politicisation of the civil service, retaliation against opponents, weaponisation of the Justice Department, personal financial conflicts, abuse of federal funds and obstruction of constitutional accountability. Where the evidence proves serious abuse of presidential power, Congress must act. IMPEACH TRUMP 2027. This is not anti-American. It is profoundly pro-American. No Republican President, no Democratic President, no President whatsoever is above the Constitution and the law. I want a strong America, a strong NATO, a strong transatlantic alliance and a Free World capable of defeating Putin, defending Ukraine and confronting our enemies. Trump had the opportunity to lead that Free World. He failed us. Now Congress must defend the Republic. Investigate. Prove it. Impeach where the evidence justifies impeachment. 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 #ImpeachTrump2027 #TrumpFailedUs #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Constitution #NATO #Ukraine #FreeWorld #TransatlanticAlliance #Fehlinger #FeelTheFehlinger
RONZHEIMER, STÜRZE MERZ NICHT! Kritik an Friedrich Merz ist legitim. Journalismus muss hart sein. Aber Deutschland steht mitten in einer sicherheitspolitischen Zeitenwende – und wer jetzt den pro-ukrainischen Kanzler politisch zerlegt, muss auch sehen, wer davon profitiert: die AfD und Putin. Ein schwächerer Merz bedeutet mehr Raum für jene Kräfte, die Sanktionen gegen Russland lockern, die Unterstützung für die Ukraine reduzieren und Deutschland aus seiner europäischen Führungsverantwortung ziehen wollen. Ich unterstelle Paul Ronzheimer keinen „Auftrag Putins“. Dafür gibt es keinen Beleg. Aber politische Wirkung zählt: Wer die demokratische Mitte schwächt, kann am Ende genau jene stärken, die Moskau politisch nützen. Deutschland braucht Streit, Kritik und freie Medien – aber auch strategische Klarheit. Mein Appell an @ronzheimer: Fordere Merz heraus, kritisiere ihn, prüfe ihn – aber hilf nicht dabei, Deutschland in eine politische Krise zu treiben, von der AfD und Kreml profitieren. Starkes Deutschland. Starke Ukraine. Starkes Europa. 🇩🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 #Merz #Ronzheimer #Ukraine #AfD #Putin #Deutschland #Europa #NATO #StandWithUkraine #Fehlinger
Federal Britain in a Federal Europe. 🇬🇧🇪🇺 My proposal is clear: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should have strong democratic self-government while Britain returns to the European Union. Four nations, one federal Britain, inside a stronger Europe. I reject the idea that the future of the UK must be fragmentation and permanent separation from Europe. In my view, ExUK would serve exactly the geopolitical outcome Moscow has long benefited from: a weaker Britain and a more divided Europe. Rejoin is real. Rejoin is possible. Rejoin is the better future. Britain belongs with its European partners — economically, politically and strategically. The constitutional future of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland must of course be decided democratically, and in Northern Ireland in accordance with the Good Friday Agreement. My vision is not forced unity but democratic federalism: more autonomy, more cooperation, more security and more prosperity. 🇬🇧🤝🇪🇺 EU50 NOW — a bigger, safer and stronger Europe. #EU50 #RejoinEU #FederalBritain #UnitedKingdom #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #England #NATO #FederalEurope #GuntherFehlingerJahn
JUSTICE FOR SERBIA 🇷🇸 Serbia’s students and citizens are showing that intimidation cannot kill the demand for freedom, democracy and rule of law. According to reports from Serbia, attempts to obstruct signature collection only produced more solidarity, longer queues and renewed civic energy. My message is clear: Serbia deserves justice, democratic institutions and a European future. YES to NATO. YES to the EU. YES to the Euro. YES to recognition and peaceful normalization with Kosovo. YES to standing with Ukraine. Serbia must choose Europe over authoritarianism, cooperation over confrontation, and freedom over fear. A democratic, European Serbia can become a strong partner for the whole region. 🇷🇸🇪🇺🇽🇰🇺🇦 #JusticeForSerbia #Serbia #Students #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #EU #NATO #Euro #Kosovo #Ukraine #Europe #Belgrade #WesternBalkans #Freedom
Putin has turned energy into a weapon against Europe. My answer: ban all Russian imports and stop financing the Kremlin’s war machine. No Russian oil. No Russian gas. No Russian coal. No Russian uranium. No Russian metals, diamonds, fertiliser or other strategic imports that keep Putin’s system alive. Europe must finally choose freedom over dependency. We have the technology, the capital and the allies to replace Russian energy with nuclear power, diversified LNG, stronger European grids, renewables and real energy independence. Putin threatens Europe with higher prices and wants us to crawl back to Moscow. We must do the opposite: cut the dependency completely. Let Putin drown in his oil and gas. Let Europe invest in its own freedom. Energy independence is security. Energy independence is sovereignty. Energy independence is freedom. 🇪🇺🇦🇹🇺🇦 #Europe #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EnergySecurity #EnergyIndependence #NuclearEnergy #LNG #Sanctions #StopFinancingPutin #Austria #EU #Freedom
THAILAND: WHY ARE YOU STABBING YOUR FRIENDS IN THE BACK? 🇹🇭 Thailand has long benefited from friendship with the free world: trade, tourism, investment, technology, security cooperation and global openness. That is why I ask Bangkok so directly: why move toward BRICS and give political prestige to Putin’s Russia, Xi’s China and authoritarian bloc politics? Thailand does not need BRICS to trade with China, India or anyone else. Thailand can trade with the whole world without turning its strategic direction against its friends and partners in ASEAN, Europe, America, Japan and Korea. Your future lies in prosperity, sovereignty, innovation, jobs and a stronger international position built on openness and balance—not on helping Moscow pretend that Putin’s war and authoritarian geopolitics are normal. My message is clear: Break BRICS. Choose ASEAN. Choose prosperity. Choose the free world. Trade with everyone, but align with democracies. Build Thailand’s future with ASEAN, Europe, America, Japan and Korea. Friends choose freedom, not BRICS. 🇹🇭🤝🇪🇺🇺🇸🇯🇵🇰🇷 Günther Fehlinger-Jahn Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M #Thailand #BreakBRICS #BRICS #ASEAN #Europe #USA #Japan #Korea #FreeWorld #Putin #Russia #Trade #Tourism #Investment #Democracy #Prosperity #Bangkok #IndoPacific
My presidential pledge for Austria is clear: I will stand with Israel and work for Israel’s full integration into the Euro-Atlantic family. 🇦🇹🤝🇮🇱🇪🇺 I want a future with: Israel in NATO. Israel in the European Union. Israel in the Euro. Israel in Schengen. Why? Because Israel’s long-term security and prosperity should be anchored in the democratic West. NATO means security. EU membership means political and economic integration. The Euro means deeper economic ties. Schengen means mobility, exchange and a shared European space. As President of Austria, I would use Austria’s diplomatic voice to strengthen this partnership. I will defend Israel’s right to exist and live in security, fight antisemitism in Austria, protect Jewish life and Holocaust remembrance, deepen Austrian-Israeli relations, and support peace, dignity and coexistence while clearly rejecting terrorism. Austria cannot decide these memberships alone. But Austria can be an advocate, a bridge-builder and a reliable friend. My vision is simple: Israel belongs in the democratic Euro-Atlantic community. Security. Integration. Friendship. Peace. #Gunther2028 #Austria #Israel #NATO #EuropeanUnion #Euro #Schengen #StandWithIsrael #AustriaIsrael #Europe #Security #Peace #FeelTheFehlinger
NIXON MOMENT? — 1974 / MARCH 2027 Richard Nixon’s presidency did not end simply because his opponents wanted him gone. It ended when Watergate destroyed his political support and leading Republicans concluded that his position had become untenable. Nixon resigned on 9 August 1974 before an almost certain impeachment and possible removal. Could Donald Trump ever face a comparable moment in 2027? That would depend on events that have not happened yet: the outcome of the 2026 midterms, control of Congress, any investigations and—above all—whether substantial numbers of Republicans were prepared to break with their own president. That is what makes the Nixon comparison historically interesting. A House majority can impeach a president. Removal from office requires a two-thirds majority of senators present. Nixon’s decisive moment came when support inside his own party collapsed. 1974: Nixon and the helicopter. 2027: history remains unwritten. Günther Fehlinger-Jahn Economist • Podcaster • Author Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M #Nixon #Trump #USPolitics #Watergate #History #Congress #Impeachment #America #WashingtonDC #PoliticalHistory
Health policy is not a playground for conspiracy theories. America deserves a Health Secretary who follows evidence, protects public-health institutions and tells citizens the truth. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly promoted false or misleading claims about vaccines, autism, COVID and mRNA technology while using the power of HHS to reshape institutions built over decades. His record is not merely rhetoric. Around $500 million in mRNA research and preparedness was cut. Roughly 10,000 HHS job cuts were planned. Hundreds of CDC and NIH employees later had to be rehired because essential work could not be performed properly. Long-standing vaccine advisory structures were dismantled, childhood vaccination recommendations were weakened or challenged, and thousands of experienced FDA employees left amid the turmoil. At the same time, the United States is suffering its worst measles resurgence in more than three decades, with 3,134 confirmed cases reported by early September 2026. Kennedy did not personally cause every infection, but undermining public confidence in vaccination during such an outbreak is the opposite of responsible leadership. Science is not ideology. Vaccines are not a culture-war toy. Public-health agencies must not become laboratories for personal theories. When misinformation becomes government policy, ordinary people pay the price. I call for a return to evidence-based American health policy: restore scientific independence, rebuild CDC and FDA capacity, protect vaccine research, defend childhood immunisation and make facts—not ideology—the basis of public-health decisions. False claims. Weakened institutions. Preventable risk. Sources: Reuters, CDC. Günther Fehlinger-Jahn | Economist & Author | Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M #Kennedy #RFKJr #PublicHealth #Science #Vaccines #CDC #FDA #HHS #Measles #mRNA #FactsMatter #HealthPolicy #USA
OPERATION SOVIET LAZARUS — PUTIN’S REVENGE FOR 1991 🇷🇺⚠️🇺🇸 My thesis: Putin’s rise was not simply the story of one politician taking power. It was the resurrection of Russian imperial ambition after the collapse of the Soviet Union. 1996: Yeltsin survives. 1998: the ruble collapses. 1999: Kosovo humiliates Moscow, Chechnya militarises Russian politics, and Putin rises. 2000: the security state consolidates power. Then comes 9/11. I do NOT claim as established fact that Putin organised 9/11. There is no credible public evidence proving that. But I ask a serious question: what exactly did Russian intelligence know about al-Qaeda before 11 September 2001, and did Moscow tell Washington everything it knew? Ayman al-Zawahiri had previously spent months in Russian custody. Putin understood immediately that the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud on 9 September 2001 signalled something bigger. Two days later America was attacked. The question is therefore legitimate: DID THE KREMLIN KNOW MORE THAN IT TOLD AMERICA? What is beyond dispute is what followed. America turned toward Afghanistan. Then Iraq. Trillions were spent, military attention shifted, Western unity was damaged, and Washington became consumed by the War on Terror. Putin meanwhile rebuilt Russian state power, crushed political competition, strengthened the security apparatus, recovered military capacity and prepared Russia for renewed confrontation with the West. 2007 Munich. 2008 Georgia. 2014 Crimea and Donbas. 2022 the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This is what I call OPERATION SOVIET LAZARUS: not necessarily one secret master operation, but a long strategic resurrection — turning the humiliation of 1991 into revenge, Western distraction into Russian recovery, and recovered Russian power into imperial aggression. While America fought the War on Terror, Putin rebuilt Russian power. The historical investigation must continue: what did the Kremlin know, when did it know it, and what did it choose not to share? #OperationSovietLazarus #Putin #Russia #September11 #911 #AlQaeda #Afghanistan #Iraq #Ukraine #NATO #Geopolitics #Kremlin #ColdWar #SovietUnion #History #PaxEuropeana
AUSTRALIA IN THE EU. NEW ZEALAND IN THE EU. CANADA IN THE EU. UK BACK IN THE EU. 🇦🇺🇳🇿🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 This is of course a strategic provocation—but it makes a very serious point: Brexit has made Britain look ridiculous. When even Canada, Australia and New Zealand feel politically, economically and strategically closer to Europe than post-Brexit Britain, then something has gone very wrong in London. The joke writes itself: countries on the other side of the world are moving toward Europe, while Britain, sitting just across the Channel, still pretends leaving was a great success. My answer is EU50: a bigger, stronger, safer, more democratic Europe, uniting the free world’s most compatible democracies in one wider European project. If the Anglosphere wants Europe, then Britain should stop hesitating and come home first. Canada in. Australia in. New Zealand in. Britain back. Brexit out. Europe bigger. Europe stronger. Europe safer. That is the future. #EU50 #Brexit #RejoinEU #CanadaInEU #AustraliaInEU #NewZealandInEU #BritainBack #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Anglosphere #Transatlantic #NATO #StrongerTogether #FehlingerJahn #FeelTheFehlinger @GunterFehlinger https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M
I endorse Nikola Sandulović and the Republikanska Stranka because Serbia needs courage, truth, democracy and reconciliation—not another generation trapped by nationalism and permanent conflict. Prekaz must remind all of us what happens when hatred replaces politics and violence replaces dialogue. Kneeling before victims is not weakness. Recognising suffering is not betrayal. Reconciliation is the foundation of a stronger Serbia. I want a Serbia that is democratic, governed by the rule of law, free from corruption, at peace with Kosovo and all its neighbours, firmly anchored in Europe and moving towards the Euro-Atlantic community. Serbia’s future is not isolation between Moscow and Beijing. Serbia’s future is European: EU, NATO, prosperity, security and peace. Nikola Sandulović has shown that Serbian patriotism can mean reconciliation rather than revenge and European integration rather than permanent confrontation. That is why I stand with him and the Republican Party. Remember Prekaz. Choose peace. Choose Europe. Build a new Serbia. — Günther Fehlinger-Jahn, Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement | @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M #Serbia #NikolaSandulovic #RepublikanskaStranka #Kosovo #Prekaz #Reconciliation #Europe #EU #NATO #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #Peace #Balkans
Exactly. I would sharpen the Kazakhstan line this way: KAZAKHSTAN: BREAK BRICS. CHOOSE A EUROPEAN OPTION. 🇰🇿🇪🇺 President Tokayev, I am not promising Kazakhstan EU membership. But I want Kazakhstan to have a serious European perspective and a political relationship with Europe comparable to Türkiye’s status toward the EU: close economic integration, structured political dialogue, progressive alignment with European standards and the possibility of deeper integration if both sides want it. My proposal is: Leave the BRICS partnership. Build a CEFTA-style economic bridge. Seek a formal European candidate-style relationship. Deepen integration with the EU Single Market. Keep NATO membership as a sovereign future option. Kazakhstan should not have to choose permanent dependence on Moscow or Beijing. It should be able to trade east and west while anchoring its sovereignty in a wider European security and economic architecture. No automatic EU membership promise. No artificial deadlines. But Europe’s door should be open. And yes: NATO membership should remain an option for a democratic, sovereign Kazakhstan if Kazakhstan itself chooses that course and NATO allies agree. That is the model: Türkiye today — Kazakhstan tomorrow: European orientation without pretending accession is automatic. TOKAYEV: STAY OUT OF FULL BRICS MEMBERSHIP. CHOOSE SOVEREIGNTY. CHOOSE EUROPE. KEEP NATO OPEN. Günther Fehlinger-Jahn @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M
UZBEKISTAN: BREAK BRICS. CHOOSE REFORM. CHOOSE EUROPE. 🇺🇿🇪🇺 President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan has spent years opening its economy, modernising the state and trying to attract investment, technology and international business. That is exactly why I ask: why move deeper into the BRICS orbit of Putin and Xi? Uzbekistan should trade with everyone—Russia, China, India, Europe, America and the whole world—but trade does not require geopolitical dependence. Uzbekistan needs sovereignty, diversified partnerships, functioning institutions, investment, education, connectivity and opportunities for its young generation. My proposal is a clear European option: stronger EU trade and investment, much deeper Trans-Caspian connectivity, integration into European supply chains and eventually a CEFTA-style economic bridge toward the European market. I am not promising automatic EU membership. I am arguing that Uzbekistan should have a serious European perspective if it chooses reform, rule of law and economic opening. And in the long term, security cooperation with the democratic world—including NATO partnership and potentially membership if Uzbekistan itself ever chooses that path and NATO allies agree—should remain an option rather than a taboo. Central Asia must not become the backyard of Moscow or Beijing. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan can become the anchors of a sovereign, prosperous and connected Central Asia linking Europe and Asia. Trade with everyone. Align with democracies. Stay out of the BRICS trap. Build Uzbekistan’s European future. From Tashkent to a stronger Europe–Central Asia partnership. 🇺🇿🤝🇪🇺 Günther Fehlinger-Jahn Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M #Uzbekistan #Mirziyoyev #BreakBRICS #BRICS #Europe #EuropeanUnion #CEFTA #CentralAsia #Tashkent #TransCaspian #MiddleCorridor #Investment #Trade #Reform #Sovereignty #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #NATO #FreeWorld
Deutschland braucht endlich eine große Steuerreform: 15 % Flat Tax auf Einkommen – einfach, transparent, leistungsfreundlich. Deutschlands Problem ist nicht, dass die Menschen zu wenig arbeiten. Das Problem ist, dass Arbeit, Leistung, Unternehmertum und Aufstieg viel zu stark belastet werden. Wer mehr arbeitet, soll mehr haben – und nicht einen immer größeren Teil seines zusätzlichen Einkommens an den Staat verlieren. Osteuropa zeigt seit Jahrzehnten, dass einfachere und niedrigere Steuersysteme ein wichtiger Baustein für Wachstum und Investitionen sein können. Die Slowakei führte 2004 eine einheitliche 19-%-Steuer ein und wurde damals zu einem vielbeachteten Reformmodell Mittel- und Osteuropas. Später wurde die persönliche Einkommensteuer wieder progressiver gestaltet – aber die Reformphase zeigte, wie stark ein klares, investitionsfreundliches Steuersystem ein Land international positionieren kann. Bulgarien erhebt seit Jahren 10 % Einkommensteuer und 10 % Körperschaftsteuer. Auch in Bosnien und Herzegowina liegen Einkommen- und Unternehmenssteuern in weiten Teilen bei rund 10 %. Dazu kommen weitere Beispiele aus Mittel- und Osteuropa, die bewusst mit niedrigen Unternehmenssteuern und relativ einfachen Systemen um Investitionen, Unternehmen und qualifizierte Arbeitskräfte konkurrieren. Natürlich entsteht Wachstum nicht allein durch einen Steuersatz. Man braucht Rechtsstaat, Infrastruktur, gute Bildung, offene Märkte, Investitionen und eine leistungsfähige Verwaltung. Aber Steuern entscheiden mit darüber, wo Unternehmen investieren, wo Menschen arbeiten und ob sich zusätzliche Leistung lohnt. Deutschland macht es heute viel zu kompliziert: hohe Abgaben, ein unübersichtliches Steuerrecht, Bürokratie und immer neue Belastungen. Das frustriert Arbeitnehmer, Selbständige und Unternehmer gleichermaßen. Wenn Menschen das Gefühl bekommen, dass sich Leistung nicht mehr lohnt und der Staat gleichzeitig bei Infrastruktur, Bahn, Digitalisierung und Verwaltung nicht ausreichend funktioniert, wächst die politische Frustration. Davon profitieren am Ende die politischen Ränder – einschließlich der AfD. Darum meine Forderung an Friedrich Merz: Machen Sie Deutschland wieder zum Reformland Europas. 15 % Einkommensteuer. 15 % Körperschaftsteuer. Weniger Ausnahmen. Weniger Bürokratie. Breitere Bemessungsgrundlage. Leistung belohnen. Investitionen ermöglichen. Eine Flat Tax bedeutet nicht „keinen Sozialstaat“. Ein Grundfreibetrag kann kleine Einkommen schützen. Danach gilt ein klarer Satz: 15 Prozent. Jeder versteht ihn. Jeder kann rechnen. Jeder zusätzliche Euro Arbeit lohnt sich. Deutschland braucht wieder Mut zu Wachstum. Nicht immer neue Steuern. Nicht immer neue Regeln. Nicht immer mehr Staat. Mehr Netto. Mehr Investitionen. Mehr Unternehmen. Mehr Jobs. Mehr Wachstum. 🇩🇪 MERZ, MACHEN SIE DEUTSCHLAND ZUM FLAT-TAX-LAND! 15 % – einfach. fair. modern. Günther Fehlinger-Jahn Ökonom · Autor · Chairman Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M · @GunterFehlinger #FlatTax15 #Deutschland #Merz #Steuerreform #Wachstum #MehrNetto #Mittelstand #Investitionen #Wettbewerbsfähigkeit #SozialeMarktwirtschaft #Europa
Die kaputte Deutsche Bahn ist längst mehr als ein Verkehrsproblem. Sie ist zum täglichen Symbol dafür geworden, dass Deutschland unter seinen Möglichkeiten bleibt. Verspätungen, Ausfälle, Baustellenchaos, fehlende Verlässlichkeit und immer neue Milliardenkosten zerstören Vertrauen in den Staat und in die politische Handlungsfähigkeit. Genau dieser Frust hilft am Ende den Protestparteien – und damit auch der AfD. Die Bahn ist natürlich nicht die einzige Ursache für den Aufstieg der AfD, aber sie liefert jeden Tag neue Bilder für das Gefühl: „Deutschland funktioniert nicht mehr.“ Das muss ein Ende haben. Ich fordere Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz auf: Bringen Sie die Deutsche Bahn 2027 zu 100 % an die Börse. Keine halbe Privatisierung. Keine dauerhafte Staatsbeteiligung. Keine neuen Ausreden. Die Deutsche Bahn soll komplett so, wie sie ist, an den Kapitalmarkt. Mehr privates Kapital. Mehr Investitionen. Mehr Wettbewerb. Besserer Service. Klare Verantwortung. Und wichtige Einnahmen für den Bundeshaushalt. Margaret Thatcher hat gezeigt, dass politische Führung bedeutet, auch große und unbequeme Strukturreformen durchzusetzen. Deutschland braucht wieder diesen Mut zur Reform. Eine starke Bahn braucht nicht mehr Staat, sondern bessere Eigentümerstrukturen, professionelles Management und echten Leistungsdruck. Wenn der Staat versagt, wächst der Frust. Wenn Infrastruktur funktioniert, wächst Vertrauen. Merz muss zeigen, dass Deutschland reformfähig ist. Die Alternative darf nicht sein: kaputte Bahn und stärkere AfD. Die Alternative muss sein: Reform, Investitionen, Wettbewerb und ein Deutschland, das wieder nach oben fährt. Deutsche Bahn 100 % an die Börse 2027. Privatisieren. Modernisieren. Investieren. Günther Fehlinger-Jahn | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M | @GunterFehlinger #DeutscheBahn #Merz #Privatisierung #Deutschland #Wettbewerb #Investitionen #Infrastruktur #Bahnreform #Marktwirtschaft #AfD #Thatcher #FehlingerJahn
BOLIVIA: DON’T FOLLOW PUTIN INTO BRICS. 🇧🇴 Bolivia has enormous potential: lithium, energy, agriculture, young people, a strategic location in South America and the chance to become a major investment destination. That is why I ask: why tie Bolivia’s future to BRICS and to the geopolitical agenda of Putin’s Russia? Bolivia does not need BRICS to trade with China, India or Brazil. Trade with everyone — but choose democracy, investment, rule of law and a stronger partnership with Europe and the Americas. Bolivia needs jobs, infrastructure, technology, transparent institutions and serious investment in lithium and clean energy. It does not need more political dependency on authoritarian powers. Break BRICS. Build a prosperous Bolivia. Strengthen ties with Europe. Expand trade across the Americas. Attract investment. Create opportunities for young people. Protect democracy and the rule of law. Bolivia belongs to a brighter future — not to another geopolitical bloc built around Moscow and Beijing. La Paz should look to prosperity, not Putin. 🇧🇴🤝🇪🇺🌎 Günther Fehlinger-Jahn Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M #Bolivia #BreakBRICS #BRICS #Democracy #Lithium #Investment #Prosperity #Europe #Americas #FreeTrade #RuleOfLaw #LaPaz #SouthAmerica #Putin #Russia #China
Trump talks peace while Putin’s war brings Russian drones into Moldovan airspace and dangerously close to President Zelenskyy’s aircraft. That is the reality Europe and America must confront. While Washington speaks about a “deal,” Moscow continues attacking Ukraine, violating the airspace of its neighbors and creating lethal risks even for Ukraine’s president. Whether this particular drone was deliberately sent to assassinate Zelenskyy has not yet been publicly proven — but the security threat was real, Moldova closed its airspace, Zelenskyy’s flight was delayed, and Norway’s prime minister confirmed that his aircraft came dangerously close to a drone. Putin does not deserve another round of wishful thinking. Peace does not come from pretending the aggressor has suddenly become a peacemaker. Peace comes when aggression becomes too costly to continue. Arm Ukraine. Strengthen Moldova. Enforce sanctions. Protect European airspace. Bring Ukraine into NATO. Trump should judge Putin by what Russia DOES, not by what Putin says on the telephone. This is not the moment for appeasement. It is the moment for deterrence, strength and Ukrainian victory. 🇺🇦🇲🇩🇪🇺🇺🇸 #Ukraine #Zelenskyy #Moldova #Putin #Trump #NATO #StandWithUkraine #EuropeanSecurity #UkraineVictory #PeaceThroughStrength — Günther Fehlinger-Jahn | @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M
BREAK BRICS. BREAK CHINA — PEACEFULLY. 🇨🇳🌏 China is not simply one uniform nation. It is a vast state containing very different peoples, regions, languages, histories and political identities. My ExChina proposal is not a call for war. It is a call for self-determination, democratic choice and a peaceful post-imperial order in Asia. Tibetans, Uyghurs in East Turkistan, Mongols in Inner Mongolia, the people of Hong Kong, Taiwan and other regions should never be forced into one political future against their will. Their rights, languages, cultures and political choices must be protected. China’s future should not be decided forever by one centralized Communist Party system in Beijing. Break BRICS. Break imperial centralism. Build freedom. That means: Referendums, not repression. Human rights, not forced assimilation. Free trade, not geopolitical intimidation. Regional prosperity, not permanent centralized domination. A peaceful transformation would require negotiated borders, minority protection, debt and asset agreements, water and energy cooperation, open trade routes and strong international security guarantees. Taiwan must remain free. Hong Kong must regain genuine political freedom. Tibet and East Turkistan must have the right to determine their own future peacefully. A freer Asia would be a safer Asia. BREAK CHINA — NOT THROUGH WAR, BUT THROUGH DEMOCRATIC SELF-DETERMINATION. BREAK BRICS. BUILD FREE NATIONS. BUILD PEACE. Günther Fehlinger-Jahn Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement @GunterFehlinger | https://t.co/4HINhwoD2M #BreakBRICS #ExChina #China #XiJinping #Taiwan #Tibet #EastTurkistan #HongKong #InnerMongolia #SelfDetermination #HumanRights #Democracy #FreeAsia #IndoPacific #Peace #BRICS #FreeWorld
Merkels appeasement led us into war and disaster She does not regret or repent