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Seems more like everyone is banking on the Dems winning the next election or Trump choking on a hamburger before then.
Yeah and it’s like EU has chosen the damage control option. Something like take your loses before it gets worse.
I’m not fully convinced that this is the way. I do hope the EU has strongly negotiated. I thought they’d first threat with the trade bazooka before settling on the 15%
This sounds like a propaganda crap statement to me.
Anyway FYI , The Guardian mentions also the following:
○ Vonder Leyen " also revealed zero tariff will apply to a range of other sectors including “all aircraft and component parts, certain chemicals, certain generics, semiconductor equipment, certain agricultural products, natural resources and critical raw materials”.
○ it means the cost of doing business with the US has jumped from the pre-Trump average tariff of 4.8% to 15%.
hacked off our own toes
Maybe, probably, perhaps…
I mean, hopefully it’s only " some toes" Problem is that the credibility is completely down the drain. I wonder whether any deal with this administration will restore both consumer’s & producer’s sentiment.
We’ll see which way it will go.
yeah, what’s with the title?!
OP don’t use your opinion as a title. Seriously
It does doesn’t it? Almost as if they worship an AI tech God with all those hard to trace gadgets, like solar energy radio transmitters & possibly drones.
According to the article the devices that were found are usually distributed by In Touch Ministeries, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Correction: In Touch Foundation, sort of their HQ is in Atlanta. the Church itself is global.
The reporter lived in fear for his life during 17 years. The mafioso was a ruthless criminal, though imprisoned he could still get his gang to do stuff, I think . And the determined reporter was free, but was fearfull, with a constant protection detail.
Crime and Punishment or “Freedom” and Imprisonment " are peculiar concepts, which sometimes in RL, can have a complete different or opposite meaning.
I hope for the reporter and the mafia victims that Justice has been done.
ed: spell.
We should live in Shroom world, everybody will be connected by the mycelium, live long and prosper together.
Tnx for your elaborate reaction.
I hope a new Gvment can (slowly) help Hungary in a more " democratic" direction.
Concerning the Jewish families in Budapest, I imagine that similar constituent pressures might be found in several countries. Doesn’t help finding a solution, nor does it attribute to take a clear stance against Bibi as a country.
Though Netanyahu should be send to the ICJ in The Hague, but ofc Israel, USA and others don’t recognise the court.
15% tariffs
…is currently just a rumor. Everything is in a state of flux. And still, an agreement with Trump is just a piece of (toilet) paper, as he has proven repeatedly. So, let’s see how and if that all plays out.
Also, if things get worse with the current pollling in mind, he’ll probably lose the Congress. Either in Nov 2026, or maybe even before if he also loses some of his Rep. backing during the next months.
the incoming govt
You got some inside knowledge on Magyar and how his Gvment is expected to be for Hungarians?
roman salute
Omg. that’s really some very dark humor here. You have surpassed my fucked up mental association spectrum. Chapeau. ^^
Namely, Pierre-Édouard Sterin, co-founder and main shareholder of the Smartbox group and founder of Otium Capital.
"The investigators have been looking into the role of the billionaire, a staunch supporter of a free-market, reactionary and xenophobic agenda, in an alleged system of illegal funding of RN election campaigns in 2020 and 2021, mainly in southeastern France. "
wiki His fortune is estimated at around 1.3 billion euros (1.5 billion dollars)
These Fascist “clubs” are spreading worldwide. reminds me of the Tate YT channel crap, but this is another level.
"According to the GPAHE research, there are now chapters in 27 countries, with new youth wings – akin to Hitler Youth-styled clubs – are surging stateside and abroad, “metastasizing” across western countries and recruiting young men into toxic, far-right ideologies encouraging race war.
Recent research published by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) has shown that since 2023, these clubs are newly sprouting in Sweden, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, the UK, Finland and for the first time, in Latin America with two chapters in Chile and Colombia appearing."
infringing on the independence of the institution.
Well for sure yes. But afaik, it’s even worse then infringing their independece. For they apprehended 15 (?) Nabu officials and today the Parliament passed a bill, with a great majority, to revoke/cancel the agency’s status.
So it’s like they abolished the whole thing. Unless I’m missing something, it’s very concerning.
I don’t know how to evaluate this info, tbh. The SBU raided the NABU, becasue allegedly there were foreign (Russian) agents involved.
Also, Ukriane has been actively cleaning the house, to curb corruption. This was seen as a necessary step by the EU for it’s membership. Allegations of Zelensky being authoritarian and a centralist, have existed ever since Russian disinformation campaigns and the Russian invasion.
Now, the FT and also The Guardian claim that observers see this move as a concerning development .
I know, it it was a joke and jab. And if you did too, you have to admit you should’ve used better example in this context. No humor?
Yeah, feels like 100 years ago.
It does seem that way. Unfortunately, the info is yet quite meager. The official EU press release was a bit of a propaganda piece imo. See also this X post
Other outlets are slowly realeasing some info, and one paper states that it’s more of a " principle deal" and that many details need to be worked out. There is a list of zero tariff goods as well.
And, FYI, we were already importing US LNG, and US defense materials. I don’t know about the amounts and specifics of existing contracts though.
Also, we ( EU) will be importing Canadian LNG and other stuff from Canada, in the coming years.