Europe

The Trump administration, American conservative think tanks and Big Tech companies, helped by far-right traitors in Europe, are increasingly targeting the EU’s digital regulations and rules on content moderation. We need to oppose this and stand strong!

https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/03/inside-far-right-network-targeting-europes-digital-rules

Hungarian leader Viktor Orban's officially declared wealth is fairly modest: some savings and a jointly owned villa in Budapest. But voters in what Transparency International deems the EU's most corrupt country believe otherwise.

Note: feddit.org is hosted by an Austrian organisation.

Paywall? https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.politico.eu/article/anger-as-eu-gets-better-trade-deal-with-australia-than-brexit-britain/

It will be exhibited at the Chateau de Chantilly, north of Paris, later in the year.

Google translated There have been slow-moving queues in several places in the country due to the “Diesel Roar.” Drivers across the country have taken to the roads to protest record-high diesel prices.

The campaign is a protest against the high diesel prices.

The "Dieselbrølet" campaign, which started with a truck driver from Kvinesdal in Agder, has spread to several places in the country.

On Friday, there were campaigns with slow-moving vehicles on several major roads in the country.

The campaign is a protest against the high diesel prices.

The last reported campaign was on the E18 from Arendal to Lillesand at 4 p.m.

Seen here https://climatejustice.social/@ketan/116301064130700103

Flixtrain is on the move. The private German railway company plans to launch new routes across Europe and order 65 new trains for €2.4 billion. We travel from Hamburg to Cologne to see what its service is like.

They just don't give up

Source : https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/the-battle-over-chat-control-how-eu-governments-and-the-tech-lobby-are-trying-to-overturn-parliaments-vote-a-comprehensive-fact-check/

Timeline from the Parliament's vote to today

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has caused a storm with incendiary remarks about immigrants being responsible for online violence against women.

"We must also address the fact that a significant proportion of this violence comes from groups of immigrants to the Federal Republic of Germany,"

Belarusians in Poland and around the world marked Freedom Day on Tuesday, commemorating the declaration of an independent Belarus on March 25, 1918.

Trade concerns raised over the Prime Minister’s attempt to build closer ties with Brussels.

Ukraine imports a major portion of its gas needs through Hungary, amounting to around 45% of all gas imports last year, according to Ukrainian energy consultancy EXPRO.

I mean, as a European: have you visited the US and noticed that they don't even include tax within the price (meaning you'll pay more at checkout since that's where it only appears)? It's ridiculous, most countries include VAT within the price of their goods and services but. At least within the EU, VAT is included within the price making it final without any arithmetic.

The reason why American prisons carry a shit reputation is due to the big issue regarding their prison industrial complex, meaning it's more akin to a private firm (some contractor manages the prison monetizing every aspect) than a state owned government insitution.

In most nations: the prisons are owned and operated by the judiciary or a justice department (which both are governmental entities). But NOT in America it seems, as there are cases of prisons profiting off inmates whilst treating them like a animal confined to a cage.

The corruption in that is ridiculous from:

• Guards are overprotected (military gear) in prison
• Guards being handed military grade weaponry (in jail!)
• Guards accept bribes (cash) from some third party
• Inmates fed slop (not made for human consumption)
• No effort on rehabilitating the inmates at all
• Monetize family visitations by the hour or minute
• Officials are bribed by those contractors to stay silent

It plays a key reason as to why their recidivism rate is high: the inmates who served their time just commit crime again right after they are on the street, then return back to prison again (it's a cycle). There's zero effort on trying to make them readjust back to society.

There's a case were a guy was beaten to death in a holding cell by the GUARDS despite him begging for medical attention as he's peeing blood and vomiting due to his illness. His family sued the police as what they did to him is unforgivable.

It's bad for ex-cons: no jobs are willing to hire someone with a record, or openly display prejudice. Even for those who were in jail for minor offenses (for them, the thought of "being behind bars" makes them sick) rather than knowing their full circumstances.

Now, in terms of prisons in your (EU) country:

• How well are they funded to maintain it's upkeep?
• How does society view ex-cons in your country?
• How are inmates treated at prisons in your country?
• What is the overall recidivism rate in your country?
• Who owns & operates the prisons in your country?

Iceland, Andorra and Estonia for those who don't want to read tfa.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/61544397