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Germany’s paralysis threatens European economy in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

Good. We need a steady reduction of the economic volume.

Current state of EU legislation on crop breeding (from @methylcytosine on X) in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 20 points 6 months ago (5 children)

There is a huge difference between not being allowed to do something, and deciding not to do something.

I don't have a car (like most people in my town). So not allowing car ownership would be ok?

Fitbit watches in the EU will lose third-party apps and watch faces – here's why in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 18 points 6 months ago

Maybe 2.1 billion was cheap enough to kill a competitor?

"A strong signal to China": Model of the "Pillar of Shame," a memorial to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, was unveiled outside the European Parliament in Brussels in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Germany and Italy are filled with monuments regarding their dark past (have never been to France and Spain and only very briefly to Belgium so I can't judge). I really don't know what you are talking about.

Brexit ban on EU ID cards ‘disastrous act of economic self-harm’, says tourism boss in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 37 points 6 months ago

There are other destinations in Europe. Who needs the UK? I used to go there occasionally, in the past, but if they don't want visitors anymore... so be it.

Far-right Austrian nationalist banned from Germany after neo-Nazi meeting in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 9 points 6 months ago

Proves their point! He is one of those criminal refugees himself, isn't he? First hand knowledge.

French lawmakers vote to slow down fast fashion with penalties in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 8 points 6 months ago

Free people as in free from exploitation, free from polluted environments, free from unsafe work conditions? Then I'm with you.

What if the problem with cars was not their method of propulsion? Epthinktank | European Parliament in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

Germany (city of Potsdam)

What if the problem with cars was not their method of propulsion? Epthinktank | European Parliament in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 16 points 6 months ago (8 children)

In my (over 1,000 year old) city, blocking several streets with bollards and massively reducing street parking worked just fine so far. As did curbing traffic coming in, with longer "red" phases at traffic lights for cars entering, when sensors detect too many cars in the city.

Europe faces ‘competitiveness crisis’ as US widens productivity gap [ft.com] in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

you can come to terms and settle with “good enough”

Exactly. My neighbour went shopping today. I will have to go tomorrow, but why should my goal be to bring home more groceries than her?

The economy is a tool to supply people with stuff. But it's not a competition. If I have enough food I don't need more. Enough is good enough for me, regardless if my neighbour bought more. Or less.

Italians revolt against plans for nuclear waste dump in historic rural idyll in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How far is the "forseeable" future? It has to be safe for longer than mankind has existed. Since we don't even know very much about civilisations as recent as the stone age, I don't trust today's storage people.

British university bans lecturer from China course to protect its “commercial interests” in c/europe@feddit.de
[–] ebikefolder@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's about 40 years since I left university, and I'm afraid I do have a slight idea. And I don't like it. At all.

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