The problem of the debate on migration is that it’s always black and white, it’s difficult to have nuance, and this is a complex topic where nuance is essential to achieve a reasonable policy, one that allows needed workers from outside Europe to work in Europe, but one that also addresses the safety and demographic concerns of Europeans. The debate is clearly being won by the far-right, although they easily reverse their own policies when they see a negative impact on their businesses.

But the left own win this if their position is always and only of defense of current policies against far-right attacks. Europe needs migration, but Europeans also need assurances that that migration doesn’t put in question their social contract and their way of life. And these are indeed being put to test in several places around Europe. Easy cheap labour makes everyone’s jobs more precarious, especially among the less qualified ones. Muslim migration is indeed changing the way of life in many neighborhoods and cities around Europe, in a way that doesn’t please the locals. There are real issues with real consequences in the real world, lefty university professors praising diversity while living in gentrified areas and having the most secure jobs in the country won’t be the ones winning the debate.

She could simply boycott like many artists did, but she doesn’t want to pay that price, she prefers instead to try to profit from the situation. Quite lame actually.

Third world countries getting contaminated by woke speech and consequently screwed… the woke professors in the West are not the ones getting worse living standards out of the silly policies they inspire. Lower French investment in Algeria has real consequences for people in Algeria. The woke guys in the West will continue to afford and consume French wine.

Nobody was expecting the Spanish inquisition.

He’s being wanted by German police.

Very hard to predict, but the more the war lasts, the least people will fly via the Gulf, which will increase prices for all connections from Europe to Asia and Australia… But I would say that now is too early to buy for October… As a general rule in life.

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for…

This website for vocabulary is simple but very nice, www.babadum.com from Poland. 21 languages available but still no Dutch :(

Hungary is a terrorist state. This can’t be tolerated, with or without elections. Everyone is just waiting for the elections… but nothing is assured, and I don’t really have much hope on a transparent process there. Time to act, if this “plays into Orban’s hands” well too bad, that’s the price of decades of stupidity among Hungarian voters. But Hungary must be stopped.

Twitter always had a fraction of Facebook or Instagram users. It was/is popular with certain niches, more or less popular in certain countries, but not the network to find your family or friends.

Politicians and reporters using it should be ashamed of sharing a platform with Nazis and pedophiles.

Spain’s position is easy to explain, Sanchez depends on far-left parties to keep his government. It’s that simple. Plus, it’s just words without any relevant action. Oh right, the US army can’t use bases it was not intending to use anyway… Thoughts and prayers.

I see your point, but still, that’s no excuse for X, it was never the network of the people, it’s used by politicians, reporters and news junkies. Most people never used it. Politicians and reporters are just addicted to it and too lazy to move anywhere else…

They’re still mostly on X, including left wing ones… so… there’s that.

At request of swiss authorities, nothing they could do (companies must follow the law of the country). The guy just needed to have used the free version or a anonymous way of paying and nothing would have been given.

Hahahah never used it

Can we normalize giving a Euro banknote in an envelope and ditch gift vouchers all together? Vouchers always have strings attached, limitations… I find them always annoying. There’s an amount, just give the amount with a note “giving you this so you can buy a (intended present)” et voilà!

Vouchers suck, they really do.

Canada joining the EU would create a strong identity crisis on our fragile and ever evolving European identity. Although I do like the idea of Canada having stronger relations with the EU (could go all the way up to joining Erasmus and customs union), I don’t think full EU membership would be desirable for both parties.

I know there are some precedents, like French Guiana or those tiny islands off the coast of… Canada… but those are territories belonging to a EU member and that’s the reason for. The head of state of Canada is no longer in a EU state.

I mean… China is no threatening to invade, why would it surprise anyone that the US falls behind it?

Theocrats get theocrats.

Why so many left-wingers feel the need to defend the Iranian regime is what’s hard to understand…

Are they also extremely concerned?