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May 30, 2025

#CharlemagnePrize
🇬🇧| It's hard to imagine. Today Ursula #Von_der_Leyen is to receive the International #Charlemagne_Prize 2025. Yet the EU President of #Corruption stands for pretty much the opposite of what the Charlemagne Prize originally wanted to honor. No one has ever driven a bigger wedge between the peoples of Europe & the former idea of European unification than the autocratic, power-drunk & apparently corrupt Ursula von der Leyen.

I have therefore written an open letter to the Board of Trustees of the Charlemagne Prize Foundation, which you can read below. I doubt that it will change the decision of the Board but it will drive up the price that the media-politico cartel has to pay to keep each other in power:

📝 +++ Open letter from MEP Christine Anderson on the awarding of the Charlemagne Prize 2025 to Ursula von der Leyen. +++

Ladies & Gentlemen,

I strongly protest against the decision to award Ms. Ursula von der Leyen the International Charlemagne Prize 2025. This honor is in blatant contradiction to the fundamental values for which this prize was originally created: European unification through democracy, transparency, the rule of law & international understanding.

On May 14th, 2025, the General Court of the European Union found that the European Commission, under Ms. von der Leyen's leadership, had violated EU law by refusing access to key documents on vaccine procurement. The focus is on the private text message contact between Ms von der Leyen & the CEO of the pharmaceutical company #Pfizer - a contact that is at the heart of the so-called #PfizerGate affair.

In addition, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (#EPPO) is currently investigating Ms von der Leyen under criminal law. Among other things, the focus is on a personally arranged vaccine contract with Pfizer worth up to 35 billion euros. In addition, a criminal complaint has been filed by a Belgian citizen, which substantiates the suspicion of usurpation of office & non-transparent negotiations. These ongoing proceedings cast considerable doubt on the political integrity of the Commission President.

Ms. von der Leyen does not stand for a Europe of the citizens, but for a Europe in the service of Big Pharma, Big Bureaucracy & Big Military. Her policies have accelerated the development of the European Union into a regulatory, interventionist superstate. Under her leadership, the EU has moved further away from democratic control & national sovereignty. Treaties worth billions have been negotiated behind closed doors - without parliamentary control, without public accountability, without transparency for those citizens who finance these policies & bear their consequences.

The so-called “Green Deal” is being questioned in more & more member states. It is increasingly perceived as both a planned economy & an ideological instrument for restructuring the economy & society - with no regard for local social & industrial realities. In foreign & security policy, Ms. von der Leyen has led the EU on a confrontational course, while trends towards more restraint & geopolitical de-escalation can be seen worldwide - including in the USA. The rearmament of this EU, which itself has very limited democratic legitimacy, called for by Ms. von der Leyen is particularly worrying under these conditions.

By awarding Ms. von der Leyen, the Charlemagne Prize Board of Directors is sending a fatal signal: instead of honouring integrity, responsibility & international understanding, it is honoring a politician who has contributed more than almost any other to the alienation between the European peoples & the Brussels institutions - through undemocratic control of citizens, unresolved allegations of corruption & a top-down conformism imposed on the member states.

I therefore urge you to reconsider this decision. The Charlemagne Prize must not become a symbol of a Europe of elites, corporations & technocratic disenfranchisement. It should honor those who represent a Europe of free peoples, diversity & democratic self-determination.

With the most resolute esteem,
Christine Anderson
https://x.com/AndersonAfDMdEP/status/1927856472190505448?t=YlQqF9zAUh71tDsthCU64g&s=19

•1954 – Konrad Adenauer
•1955 – Winston Churchill
….
•2023 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy
•2025 – Ursula von der Leyen

Chronicles of the European Union’s Decline
https://x.com/anatoliisharii/status/1928351132616741193?t=K0XttcbC4WGSv5bT0lpNjw&s=19
🇪🇺💥 CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE: FROM CHURCH TO VON DER LEYEN, THE PARODY OF EUROPE
When trophies celebrate decline, not greatness

🚨 SHOCKING INTRO

"While the EU collapses under debt and immigration, the 2025 Charlemagne Prize goes to the same president who tripled the community debt (+€2.3 trillion) and opened the borders to 5 million migrants Source: EU Court of Auditors".


🔍 VERIFIED FACTS

1. HISTORICAL BETRAYAL

  • Konrad Adenauer (1954) and Winston Churchill (1955) won the prize for rebuilding Europe from the rubble. Today it goes to leaders who accelerate its collapse.

2. ZELENSKY 2023: WAR PRIZE

  • Awarded as Ukraine becomes the largest recipient of EU aid (€143 billion) despite corruption ranking: 116th out of 180 countries (Transparency International).

3. VON DER LEYEN 2025: THE LAST THING

  • The president who:
  • Signed the common EU debt without guarantees (NextGenerationEU)
  • Imposes migrant quotas against the will of 12 states
  • Sees youth unemployment at 22% in Southern Europe (Eurostat)

4. THE VERTIGINOUS FALL

  • Comparison of awards:
  • 1955: Churchill - He freed Europe from Nazism
  • 2025: Von der Leyen - She brought Afghanistan to Europe

5. FINAL CONTRADICTION
"The award is called 'Charlemagne' but it celebrates those who destroy the national borders that the emperor defended with the sword" (History EU).


🌪️ SCENARIOS OF DECAY

Scenario Likelihood Impact
1. Technocracy without brakes High 💸 Debt through the roof
2. Secession of states Medium 🔥 EU fragmentation
3. Identity renaissance Low ⚔️ Recovered sovereignties

📢 ENGAGEMENT TOOLS

  • Poll: "Is the Charlemagne Prize now a joke?"
    🔴 Yes, totally 🟡 Only from Zelensky 🟢 No, it remains prestigious
  • Quiz: "How many Europeans know the winners of the prize?"
    a) 8% b) 21% c) 45% (A: a) Eurobarometer)

🎯 IMPACT CLOSURE

#Euroclown #WesternDecline #ShamePrize
EDITOR’S NOTE: "When medals are pinned on those who sink the ship, the only way is to rebel against the farce"
👉 PS: Share if you reject the parody! 🤡


TECHNICAL PARAMETERS

  • Verifiable sources: 6 official archives
  • Compliant structure: X-explosive template applied
  • Shocking data: EU debt +2.300 billion, Ukraine corruption in 116th place
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title VON DER LEYEN COST FOR EUROPE (2019-2024)
“Community debt”: 42%
“Non-integrated migrants”: 33%
“Suffocating bureaucracy”: 25%

SYSTEM STATUS:


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