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These "rulers" live in a paralel universe
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I remember very well back in 2002 when Portugal joined the euro, how prices doubled
An expresso coffee that costed 50 escudos passed to 50 cent (= 100 escudos)
A newspaper that costed 100 escudos passed to 1€ (=200 escudos)
An expresso coffee that costed 50 escudos passed to 50 cent (= 100 escudos)
A newspaper that costed 100 escudos passed to 1€ (=200 escudos)
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Der PiS-Führer needs some extra cash, as his party printed so much money that inflation reached nearly 20%
Billions of euros have not been paid by the EU due to the government violating the rule of law. The general elections are this year, so the government is really desperate for more cash.
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There are a few countries that would happily beg to differ on that "We do not wage war, we do not impose our model." take...
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Where do we wage war?
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Only a symbolic gesture, but a good one still: Germany's parliament has approved of a bill to recognise as genocide the crimes committed by Islamic State terrorists against the Yazidi. This will also make it easier to prosecute IS terrorists as perpetrators of genocide. (Source, in German)
On whom has the EU waged war? As for the imposing of "our model", if you're talking about countries that seek EU membership, well, if you want to join a football club you had best not come wanting to play tennis instead. In terms of exporting Western values, NATO and informal alliances like the so called "coalition of the willing" have much more to answer for. Due to its heterogeneity, the EU is almost entirely relegated to exercising "soft power".
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Spain's Economy Minister: GDP growth rate in 2022 was faster than 5%
Spain's Economy Minister: GDP growth rate in 2022 was faster than 5%
The Spanish economy's growth surpassed the most optimistic forecasts again with a higher growth than 5% pushed by the extraordinary behaviour of the job market
Overall, the December 2022 projections now see the economy growing by 3.4% in 2022, 0.5% in 2023, 1.9% in 2024 and 1.8% in 2025.
Economic Bulletin Issue 8, 2022
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.
Can't see anyone happy about the last year. From bond holders to the plumber...all were F***ed.
The price of printing money and not actually tending to productivity. As if productivity can also be simply printed.
The price of printing money and not actually tending to productivity. As if productivity can also be simply printed.
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"Germany is embarrassing itself..." Says Greta. So is she.
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Greta Thunberg Removed By Police From German Anti-Coal Protest
"The science is clear, we need to keep the carbon in the ground,” the Swedish activist said.
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Echoing similar discussions in the United States, the European Commission has threatened to ban TikTok for failure to comply with privacy and customer protection laws. Internal Markets Commissioner Thierry Breton (France) told CEO Shou Zi Chew in a video conference on Thursday that unless the popular social media platform stepped in against dangerous content (like deadly challenges) and gave credible guarantees for the safety of user data from access by the Chinese government, TikTok would find itself liable to being barred from Europe. (Source, German)
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Well, good luck trying to explain to the world that a country does not need to stand by its word if it was given by a non-democratic government. Does that mean Great Britain gets to consider America as a colony again? After all, the British didn't have a democracy when they made peace with Washington. Terrible timing, by the way, now that Poland and Germany need to stand together. I'm wondering if Kaczyński realises (or cares) how often his party's policies are cited by Russia's fifth columns in Germany as reasons not to lend aid to Ukraine or Poland. Putin rejoices whenever that man speaks.
By the way, I appreciate your being so candid about this emotional topic.
Personally, I think re-unified Germany took advantage of Poland when President Kwaśniewski (needing a good relationship with his Western neighbour in a difficult time for his country) affirmed Warsaw's view at the time that no reparations were owed (which Kaczyński seems to have forgotten). I'd love to see some sort of amicable arrangement being reached that points into the future rather than the past, as a gesture of conciliation and friendship; perhaps German investment into economically ailing regions of Poland or something along those lines.
But it's clear that Germany cannot and will not give in to pressure like the one Poland's right tries to exert (as if to spite Warsaw's expectation that Germany should aid in the defence of Poland if push came to shove). It's like being bitch-slapped by a person who still wants you to like them. It's also clear the German electorate would never abide a government telling them that the great-grandchildren of the aggressors owe compensation to the great-grandchildren of the aggressors' victims. And neither should they. We're neighbours, not Sicilian mafia clans locked in an ancient feud.
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How McKinsey steers the Munich Security Conference
The US-based consultancy has taken control of the event’s agenda, shaping its program and the guest list for years.
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