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BestBouclettes , in France: prosecutors probe financing of far right leader Marine Le Pen's 2022 presidential campaign over allegations of embezzlement, forgery, and fraud

Big fucking suprise right?

A far right politician using public funds for private stuff, embezzling, corruption, fraud. That's like a requirement at this point.

homesweethomeMrL ,

The big fucking (non-)surprise is that there’s a boatload of russian money in there.

Future bonus non-shocker: what are the odds money from human trafficking is being laundered through them?

daw , in Panic rooms and private bunkers are all the rage in Germany

This seems wildly overblown to me.

source: me, a German

voodoocode , in Panic rooms and private bunkers are all the rage in Germany

Paywalld

Everyone from tycoons to typical middle-class families seeks shelter

Yeah right that's "everyone".

KasimirDD , in Brexit Backlash: Brits Now Regret Their Populist Revolt

Yes, but now the train has left the station. Great Britain had some very favorable conditions. Even if the EU and the UK were to come to terms, this special deal would certainly not happen again. It can't get any better than it was, only less bad.

sparky ,
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Found the German! The English equivalent of “der Zug ist schon abgefahren“ would be “that ship has sailed”. Which is pretty funny if you think about the geography of the UK versus the German speaking realm.

Hubi , in Europe’s most liveable cities
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Pretty insane that Moscow and St. Petersburg only rank a little higher than a the Ukrainian capital that is suffering from drone attacks and power outages on the regular.

AAA , in Lack of direct trains in Europe is pushing people to take flights, campaigners say

Campaigners say = what's almost common knowledge

Flights are too cheap, and trains too expensive.

xploit , in Orbán meeting with Zelenskyy in Kyiv right now

Did he get lost on his way to Moscow or something?

illi , in Brexit Backlash: Brits Now Regret Their Populist Revolt

If only somebody saw this coming!

CAVOK OP ,
slimarev92 , in General Election 2024: Former Prime Minister Liz Truss loses South West Norfolk seat

Lettuce rejoice.

pastermil ,

Lettuce pray.

federalreverse Mod ,

Lettuce wilt?

poVoq Mod , in Apple is working to make iPhone 16 battery removal easier to comply with EU regulations
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Will probably be again this malicious compliance of "only if you mail-order this 799€ tool for it" 😒 Oh and the battery itself costs more then the phone itself is still worth and of course no 3rd party batteries work.

Blaubarschmann ,

Yeah probably. They will find a way to effectively circumvent the legal requirements while still technically be compliant

the_fourth , in Russia launches "social rating" platform to determine a person’s comparative “social status”

“But who knows what these figures will mean for you in the future?”

The perfect sentence to read with a heavy russian accent.

bjoern_tantau , in Unhappy lives linked to recent rise of right-wing populism in Europe
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So, less left politics lead to more right politics? Checks out in Germany. 16 years of Merkel and before that 16 years of Kohl have lead to crumbling infrastructure, an erosion of social welfare and tax breaks for the rich. And even our supposedly center left party hasn't done much to change that when they were in power.

sunzu ,

Damn we got a German using critical thinking...

Online they are always frothing at the mouth at negative mention of Merkel and her shiti economic and geopolitical policy

Has the public opinion turned on her within Germany yet or we still calling her auntie?

federalreverse Mod , (Bearbeitet )

Online they are always frothing at the mouth at negative mention of Merkel and her shiti economic and geopolitical policy

You sound like you're doing wild stereotyping. But no, not every single German thinks the same way.

And you may not want to hear it, but while Merkel's policies often did a disservice to Germany and the EU, she did have strengths. Just compare her to the utter non-presence that is Olaf Scholz, who somehow snagged the chancellor's seat.

Has the public opinion turned on her within Germany yet or we still calling her auntie?

We called her "Mutti", i.e. "mommy". There isn't even a German word for "auntie" in German afaik. And I should k because growing up, I had a very motherly neighbor. We never had a special term for her.

sunzu ,

You sound like you're doing wild stereotyping.

I deff am but I am going off my shitposting experiences dealing with German topics.

she did have strengths

Nobody is all bad but her leadership put Germany in some weird spots especially in light of ukraine invasion. She and scholz like many of our dear leaders is just another neo liberal maxi pad between the elites and the people.

Useless when it comes to policy setting and driving but always around to give big business a handy.

Successful_Try543 ,

There isn't even a German word for "auntie" in German afaik.

Wouldn't auntie literally be Tantchen? However, I've never heard somebody using it except perhaps in translated US TV.

federalreverse Mod ,

Hmm. According to Collins you're right. That makes me a lot less sure about the definitions I had in my head:

  • Tantchen, either a) your favorite aunt or a b) random short and/or middle-aged woman that you're being condescending towards.

  • auntie, a woman that you may or may not be related to but who you look up to for advice etc. and who may fill the role of a parent at times.

Maybe someone wants to comment on the veracity of these. :)

bjoern_tantau ,
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I mean, generally I liked her. But I think she would have been better in the social party. She was an expert at making absolutely everything sound good and deflected any and all criticism. But under her government absolutely nothing got done. And now the new government is slowly trying to fix stuff and it's getting more and more apparent what is broken so they get the blame.

In general I think the left hate her because she's too right and the (far) right hate her because she's too left. "Danke Merkel" has become a meme similar to "thanks Obama".

misk , in Panic rooms and private bunkers are all the rage in Germany
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The article is worthless since it doesn't mention how many of those are being built. It could be an ad since it's printed in The Economist.

vorpuni , in Europe’s most liveable cities
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This ranking looks worthless and they're very vague on how they make it, you can only get a free summary.

sudo42 , 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.

So that's all it takes to move to Europe? Go on vacation and buy a house? There's no immigration/visa/etc.?

For anyone contemplating doing the same, I feel like there's some important details missing here.

fubarx ,

https://mygoldenvisa.io/blog/european-golden-visa

Malta and Cypress are on the lower end of investments.

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