Spain: Judge who convicted Spanish PM Sanchez’s brother reports to police she has been followed while driving home with her car after court testimony, says she ‘fears for her and her daughters’ life"

… As per a report by Spanish law enforcement, Sáenz de Tejada contacted a clan of drug traffickers to propose that they ‘eliminiate’ her. After a witness was being asked about the true sense of expressions such as “eliminating” or “giving it a sieve,” the report says it was quite clear: “Eliminating means killing her. A scare wasn’t going to make it." …

In her appearance at the High Headquarters, Biedma stressed that his fears are also due to the fact that Sáenz de Tejada has continued to publish messages against her on his YouTube channel. In them, he states that “he does not withdraw any of the expressions” against the magistrate included in previous videos, which includes phrases such as “you will be more surprised” and “you follow that we will do everything we have to do,” as well as saying that he knew the school of his daughters …

And foreign malign state actors and European far-right groups trying to exploit the situation. Italy probes a possible Russian involvement in violent Milan protests that saw 200 arrests (with 80% of those arrested were minors).

I agree, just didn’t want to edit the original headline (but let’s not say ‘northern’ as there are also Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and others …).

I get your point, but I have a nitpick. This is not about China or Russia but rather about Xi and Putin. It’s about their personal power and enrichment, what’s best for their countries or the people don’t matter to them.

The link works fine here. And the article names several examples.

You’ll find numerous more across the web. A policy paper from May 2026, Borrowed mouths and laundered messages: China’s influence playbook in Europe (pdf), is another one.

From Classrooms to Newsrooms: The Conduits of Chinese FIMI in the Western Balkans is analyzing China’s foreign interference for this particular region.

I provided a link. It’s not even ‘only’ the far-right but also the far-left. Chinese interference is a well-known fact, and not only in Europe.

Alice Weidel, the head of Germany’s far-right AfD who lived in China for six years, has close ties to China. Not long ago she admitted to frequently met Wu Keng, who was China’s ambassador to Germany from 2019 to 2024. When the meeting became public, Weidel said that after Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, she wanted to get “an idea of the Chinese position”. These meetings were not included in her calendar and were supposed to remain secret. It is unclear whether or not they still take place.

Just last year ago, an aide of Germany’s far-right AfD politician Maximilian Krah was convicted of spying for China.

These are two examples. There are many more with extremist groups of both sides. As one report wrote not long ago, it is a Marriage of Convenience: How the European Far Right and Far Left Converged on China,

Both extremes of Europe’s political spectrum are finding common ground in their alignments with China, raising concerns about foreign influence.

Alice Weidel, the head of Germany’s far-right AfD who lived in China for six years, has close ties to China. Not long ago she admitted to frequently met Wu Keng, who was China’s ambassador to Germany from 2019 to 2024. When the meeting became public, Weidel said that after Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, she wanted to get “an idea of the Chinese position”. These meetings were not included in her calendar and were supposed to remain secret. It is unclear whether or not they still take place.

Just last year ago, an aide of Germany’s far-right AfD politician Maximilian Krah was convicted of spying for China.

These are two examples. There are many more with extremist groups of both sides. As one report wrote not long ago, it is a Marriage of Convenience: How the European Far Right and Far Left Converged on China,

Both extremes of Europe’s political spectrum are finding common ground in their alignments with China, raising concerns about foreign influence.

Yes, and we must again say that the European far-right is highly aligned with Trump’s US, Russia, and China.

Yes, and we must again say that the European far-right is highly aligned with Trump’s US, Russia, and China.

Yes, and we must again say that the European far-right is highly aligned with Trump’s US, Russia, and China.

A quick reminder that Orban was not only a close ally of MAGA in the U.S. but also of Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China.

“These excerpts are – word for word – approved CCP propaganda. When Beijing says ‘win-win cooperation’ they mean that Xi Jinping’s Party-State wins twice.”

They share the same view on morality and ethics. They differ, if at all, only in their political rhetoric.

This ml account (is it the same as @alcoholicorn@hexbear.net?) either hasn’t read the article or has (intentionally?) misunderstood the content. Brexit is bad, but the article puts this in a completely different context.

@alcoholicorn@hexbear.net

Ah, but China is fine? They are just using ‘its potential’. Is that right?

I don’t disagree with this view, but the report is about China’s warfare, including and particularly related to AI. What should Europe do?

So what do you suggest Europe to do?

I am not a weapon expert nor a fan of any weapon, but which weapons would hold back an invader as effective as landmines?

There’s a reason those are on the “bad guy” list.

So Russia and China, amongst others, are bad guys, right?

Please read the article before commenting.