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TanteRegenbogen , in Are memes allowed in here?

It is like that in Hungary. 80 to 90% of the prices here in Germany, but 10000€ annual income is middle class.

hellothere , in Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer

People who cannot see the clear and obvious reason why he's said this, the day before an election, are being willing blind and/or obtuse.

"Circumstances have changed" would be what a Starmer talking doll would say if you pulled its string.

RichieRich , in We went on a trip to Europe 3 years ago and never left. Our kid's life is way better here than it was in the US.
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An amazing story. 🫶

humbletightband , in Are memes allowed in here?

IDC, had a good laugh through dropping tears

CaptObvious , in Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer

Bold of him. Does he plan to die in office?

ashok36 ,

I was gonna say... "That can be arranged, Mr. Starter".

Gradually_Adjusting ,
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Utterly insane take from him. Based on the strength of a single referendum that was likely influenced by a foreign power and carried out by some of the most determinedly incompetent leaders we've seen in a generation, we are to lose free trade, influence abroad, freedom to roam, consumer protections, and countless other benefits, to continue for the lifetime of an as yet unelected PM who has purged his party of anyone to the left of Barack Obama.

Kidplayer_666 ,

Ok, butttttt, bold of you to assume that we’d want the UK back

Rednax , in Highest point in Europe

If you ignore the southern most province of the Netherlands (Limburg), the next highest point is only 110 meters. Beating all other numbers on the map.
And the hill in Limburg that does set the height to 322, is the hill on which the German, Belgian, and Dutch borders meet.

EherNicht , in We went on a trip to Europe 3 years ago and never left. Our kid's life is way better here than it was in the US.

Although the story might be nice thats still part of Axel Springer.
One does not read Axel Springer.

Tywele , in Are memes allowed in here?
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Please don't post memes here. Not every community needs to have memes.

lugal , in Are memes allowed in here?

But Germans famously go to Poland and Czechia for shopping

federalreverse Mod ,

That hasn't made economical sense for most products in quite a while. They still go, because taxes on gas and cigarettes are still lower, and I guess you can still get cheap haircuts.

Louisoix ,

That depends. Most of the people I know (Czechia) go to Germany almost weekly for most of the essential products. Even if some prices might be the same, the quality is on a completely different level.

poVoq Mod , in Are memes allowed in here?
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I would say no, but maybe the other mods here feel different?

trolske , in Are memes allowed in here?

I'd put the memes rather in c/YUROP

genfood OP ,
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Can’t find it ☹️

F04118F ,
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But that seems to be less a place for memes than c\europe.

F04118F ,

I see they've lately had some trends around food and architecture, but I assure you that traditionally, yurop is the meme community, where anything goes, while this one is more serious and less appreciative of memes.

federalreverse Mod , (Bearbeitet )

I'd second trolske's thought. !yurop seems like a better fit for memes, as it's a more light-hearted community.

If someone wanted to create an equivalent of c/eur_irl, that would be interesting too though.

idegenszavak ,
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Be the change you want to see.

But a meme fits better within food and random images than news about war and politics

RichardoC , in Are memes allowed in here?

https://lemm.ee/c/yurop is a good spot for this

best_username_ever , in Are memes allowed in here?

No thanks.

autotldr Bot , in UK: Welsh Government to introduce a law which will make it illegal for politicians to lie

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A ban on politicians lying will be brought in before the 2026 Senedd elections, the Welsh government has promised.Counsel General Mick Antoniw vowed to legislate on Tuesday in a move that spared the government an embarrassing defeat in the Welsh Parliament.Labour faced losing a vote as it tried to stop a Plaid Cymru attempt to pass its own version of the ban.Mr Antoniw promised that the law would disqualify Senedd politicians and candidates found guilty of deliberate deception from being a Member of the Senedd (MS).

Former Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said what had been announced was "truly historic".Discussions had taken place with opposition parties throughout the day, with Mr Antoniw even taking the unusual step of going to a meeting of the Conservative Party group on Tuesday morning.In May, Mr Waters helped the former Plaid leader amend a law on the operation of elections, currently being considered by the Senedd, to introduce a new offence of deception in politics.

That was despite opposition from the Welsh government.Mr Antoniw, who the government's chief legal adviser, criticised the lack of consultation with the police.In a letter to MSs he warned it presented "a serious risk of political debate being stifled and effective scrutiny of the government undermined".On Tuesday, he tried to have Mr Price's offences deleted from his bill, which among other items would lay the groundwork for piloting automatic voter registration, via an amendment.But he faced losing as the entire opposition - including Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and Welsh Liberal Democrat Jane Dodds - united to support Mr Price's offence.The law, had it been passed, would have given politicians and candidates 14 days to withdraw a false statement.If they were prosecuted through the courts they would be banned from being an MS for four years.It is not yet clear whether the proposed law would make lying a criminal offence or a civil sanction.

In the Senedd, Mr Antoniw said: "The Welsh government will bring forward legislation before 2026 for the disqualification of members and candidates found guilty of deliberate deception, though an independent judicial process.

"He said he would invite the standards committee of the Senedd "to make proposals to that effect".He said it was a "matter that goes to the heart of everyone".Mr Price called it a "landmark moment and is a recognition that existing mechanisms to ensure public trust and confidence in politics have failed".He said it would make Wales the first country to outlaw political lying.

In an hour-long debate, Mr Waters, MS for Llanelli, said that "no doubt, politics in this country has become darker"”.He recounted a year in his consistency where he had encountered "lying, manipulation, racist abuse, arson" and "mobs whipped up by the visiting far right descending on the homes of those who put their heads above the parapet".He added: "It's been an awful, upsetting experience seeing ugliness becoming quietly normalised.“It’s naive... to think that democratic traditions are sacred.


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0x815 , in EU governments hesitant on Chinese EV tariffs as trade spat escalates

China does not play by the same rules and includes research into a wider range of industries, beyond traditional ones such as steel, including semiconductors, telecom equipment and renewable energy.

Yeah, the petrochemicals industry is set to be among the next issues.

Europe (and other regions in the Amercas, Africa, and Asia) can't address this by tariffs alone imho. There is more to do. Not sure whether all political decision makers have understood that, but at least some appear to be heading into the right direction.

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