People like to bash on Israel here, but you’re totally correct. It’s actually kind of sad to see that people do not understand the concept that an organisation with “European” in its name might also be open to countries from outside of continental Europe.

If you want to know how that looks like, here they are asking about military transports to Ukraine and their security measures:

https://parldok.thueringer-landtag.de/ParlDok/dokument/103629/transit_militaerischer_gueter_durch_thueringen.pdf

It still is quite strange for him to focus on Nord Stream. Yeah, it was important infrastructure. But it was switched off for quite a while due to sanctions against russia before the attack. So not great, but there was no immediate impact for people.

I could understand if he was focussing on silence in regard of the Ukraine war or even Gaza, but Nord Stream is strange

When public events of great consequence — such as the Nord Stream Pipeline bombing — are met with silence from both government and media, the silence itself becomes more terrifying than any atomic bomb.

It is interesting how people remember things differently - I really do not think that there was silence from the public or government in regards of the Nord Stream bombings. Yes, there weren’t any demonstrations or riots on the street, but silence?

The European common market really doesn’t work if countries are using it to enrich themselves at the expense of others. I really do not want big tech to be in Ireland, because Ireland doesn’t enforce any data protection rules. I also do not want gambling sites from Malta preying on users in my country with nobody to enforce the rules. And I also do not want companies moving their HQs to Luxembourg for lower taxes. The EU really is broken here.