Man, needed to read your comment.a few times, because of my confusion with " US" and "us". Also, the French title reads funny in English too.
But yeah, got it. Hope you can get your country back one day.
This former SG of Nato can say what our current SG Rutte cannot.
thank the good work of the few.
Some 200 + eu privacy watchdogs ( scientists, politicians & journalists) wrote an open critical letter in response to the first proposal. Others, like Patrick Breier cs. raised awareness.Then many citizens voiced their concerns to their Members of Parliament again and again. Thankfully, the EP listened and blocked the law, as it should be. It was thus the work of the many imo, and it was the voice of the people . Happy to see it worked out.
And indeed , I also don't get the Danish PM, advocating in favour of chatcontrol was such a miss and out of touch with the wishes of the people.
It's really weird how she talks about the housing crisis. I don't see how this attitude can be constructive or how relevant her experience is in the military with showertokens and the shacks she was staying in. A house isn't a shack except when camping or whatever.
Also the main problem was always that the Netherlands has a very high population density. Then combine this with strict environmental legislation and now the energy crises , causing all costs to rise
Another huge issue no-one is talking about, is how the area is being used. Iirc, 65% of the usable area is used for agriculture ONLY. Remember that it's the top 3 largest foodmanufacturer/ exporter in the world.
And since foodprices have only gone up, and there is more famine due to wars and climate change, nobody would benefit from less food entering the markets. Also I think these farmers are very efficient and can make good money. So why should they change that too much?
I do hope innovative and durable solutions can be found for this issue in Europe.
In face of this I just posted an update on the chat control issue here.
TL;DR ; Not happening for now.
" The extension of the voluntary monitoring of private communication on the internet by online platforms in the EU has failed. Negotiators from EU states and the parliament could not agree on a compromise, as a spokeswoman for the Cypriot Council Presidency announced on Monday."
Doesn't mean it won't come back on the agenda But MEPs and a couple of memberstates have never been on board. So democracy works fyi.
Lastly, chatcontrol 1.0 was the very first iniative from years ago . Then we had 2.0 and afterwards it was again ammended to chat control vs.2.5 or something. So the post by OP must be quite old.
We should all be realizing the nations are just tools for criminals to abuse. Maybe they never actually were for the people.
Not ALL countries and also there's ONLY one country that uses this many red baseball caps.
"The alcohol debate [...] is not merely about a beverage or lifestyle. It symbolizes deeper questions about governance, societal values and the balance between religious and secular ideologies," Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syrian pro-democracy activist now based in the US, previously wrote in an op-ed for the online magazine, Newlines when an alcohol ban was first discussed in 2024."
Somebody is imposing more and more restrictions.
Yeah sounds familiar.
Something.. shots.. something .. a piece of ear.. Something.. and suddenly.. nothing was missing?!
They'll probably help to reopen the strait tho.
But only after the war has ended and a diplomatic solution has been found And this context isn't provided here.
France and others are currently protecting the island of Cyprus which lies between Greece & Türkiye in the Mediterranean Sea ( it's like 2.200 km apart)
Just realised these boreal forest are becoming more accessible due to climate change. Though I also learned that net winter temperatures are actualy already dropping in Northern-Europe. So it's acually getting colder due to arctic winterwinds and the weakening of the AMOC.
Anyway, better leave these forests be please.
No problem.