Gespräch mit meinem Vater über die #Afd.
Er hat deren Programm gelesen und meint:
"Die werden innerhalb der ersten drei Wochen eine Diktatur errichten und dann alle nach und nach rausschmeißen, die ihnen nicht passen. Aus dem Land, aus Firmen, den Medien, Gerichten, überall. Die haben Listen. Das 'Die Demokratie ist in Gefahr' von unseren Politikern ist zu abgehoben. Die müssen viel einfacher erzählen, was passieren wird. Die schmeißen Dich aus der Firma, weil Dein Schwiegervater in der SPD ist"
Mein Vater und ich streiten uns viel über Politik, wir sind selten einer Meinung.
Aber er hat glasklar, was da abgeht.
"Das ganze Gerede über #Migration, #EU... alles Quatsch! Die beenden die Freiheit der Richterinnen und Richter, der Journalistinnen und Journalisten, die wissen, wer schwul ist und wer die Klappe halten wird. Wenn die sagen" Wir werden aufräumen" meinen die nicht Unordnung oder Korruption. Das denken die Leute zwar, aber:
Die sortieren Menschen aus."
If you're a European Union citizen, you should know that there's an initiative going around, to connect all EU capitals with a high-speed railway network.
The social, economical and ecological benefits of this project are absolutely massive.
Not a writer, but a supercomputer – #France has a new Jules Verne 🖥️
Joining the ranks of Europe's most powerful supercomputers, Jules Verne will perform over a billion billion calculations per second, driving scientific breakthroughs in areas such as:
This cutting-edge #technology, co-funded by the EuroHPC initiative, will rank among the world's top 3 supercomputers, reinforcing the #EU's global leadership in high-performance computing.
Folks, the reason #Facebook/ #Instagram/ #Meta/ Zuckerberg hasn’t launched #Threads in the #EU isn’t because the EU is determined to protect your privacy, it’s because the EU is determined to protect The Single Market (peace be upon it) from anticompetitive behaviour. It’s because they’re using Instagram to launch Threads and sharing data between them (and not with EU startups that might want to use that data too). It’s #antitrust, not #privacy. It’s markets, not people.
“Hungary’s largest bookseller has started wrapping books that feature LGBTQ+ characters in plastic to prevent customers from opening them in stores after it was taken over by a private foundation with close ties to Viktor Orbán.
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Two years ago, the government passed a widely criticised law banning … the promotion and display of homosexuality and gender reassignment”
The EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk over the disinformation about the Hamas attack on Israel, including fake news and “repurposed old images”, on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The letter arrives less than two months after sweeping new laws regulating content on social media came into force under the EU Digital Services Act.
If X doesn't comply it can face a fine of 6% of its global revenues or a total blackout in the EU.
EU Parliament adopts Right to Repair law with broad support
The European Parliament endorsed a beefed-up ‘right to repair’ law with a large majority on Tuesday (21 November), setting its position before negotiations with the Council representing the 27 EU countries.
It is necessary to explain to European citizens before the June parliamentary elections what it would mean to see Ukraine defeated and the Russian army move to EU borders, said Josep Borrell, the EU's chief diplomat, in an interview with EuroEFE published on Feb. 9.
In many sectors and every continent across the world.
We can never accept that people are threatened to make products that end up for sale in #Europe – business can never be done at the expense of people's dignity and freedom.
This week we welcome the political agreement to ban products made with forced labour from the Union market.
> The EDPS pilot project of EU Voice and EU Video has proved that public bodies, like EUIs, can offer social media platforms that respect individuals’ fundamental rights
> Unfortunately, despite our efforts to find a new home for EU Voice and EU Video in other EUIs, we have been unable to secure new ownership to maintain the servers and sustain operations at the high standards that EUIs and our users deserve
"And if Mr Putin and the Russian officials are worried about their troops in Ukraine getting hit with weapons from other countries, then the easiest thing to do is just take your troops and leave"
"Just like Apple, Meta is behaving as though the #DMA permits it to carry on its worst behavior, with minor cosmetic tweaks around the margins. Just like #Apple, #Meta is daring the #EU to enforce its democratically enacted laws, implicitly promising to pit its billions against #Europe’s institutions to preserve its right to spy on us."
Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.
#Russia has issued an arrest warrant for #Estonian Prime Minister Kaja #Kallas, the independent news website Mediazona reported Tuesday, marking the country's first-ever criminal case against an acting head of a foreign government.
Kallas appeared on Russia’s wanted list after she spoke in favor of dismantling a #Soviet-era monument in the Estonian city of #Narva which borders Russia.
It is time for the #EU to deal with #Orban - and I say that as a strong supporter of Hungary and Hungarians in general - he and his party cannot be allowed to undermine us from within anymore and his country deserves better too.
Today is a day when there definitely should be no silence. And we definitely need leadership.
Today the world saw that the bosses of Russia do not control anything. Nothing at all. Complete chaos. Complete absence of any predictability. And it is happening on Russian territory, which is fully loaded with weapons.
The world should not be afraid. We know what protects us. Only our unity. Ukraine will definitely be able to protect Europe from any Russian forces #Ukraine️ #Russia#Putin#EU#NATO
If you want to be asked for your permission before corporations get access to your private #medical records in the #EU, there is a big petition for you to sign that demands exactly that:
If you wanted an estimate of how much #wagetheft is involved in the #gigeconomy then the #EU has answer for you.
The EU has just agreed new regulation that will standardise & enhance #workers rights in the gig economy, to include paternity leave & healthcare as well as banning automated firing decisions & cementing other (usual) workers' rights.
The EU expects this to add around 40% to prices for firms like Uber & Deliveroo... an indication of the 'saving' gained by exploring their workers!
Borrell: We need to explain to Europeans what it means to have Russian army at the door (kyivindependent.com)
It is necessary to explain to European citizens before the June parliamentary elections what it would mean to see Ukraine defeated and the Russian army move to EU borders, said Josep Borrell, the EU's chief diplomat, in an interview with EuroEFE published on Feb. 9.
Elon Musk angers German government with post backing far-right party - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.