Maybe we shouldn’t buy from Ireland either. Not only that Ireland attracts Amazon, Meta, X & Co with its low tax politics at the expense of others. It also has a harmless GDPR office (which we know since the Schrems vs Meta cases) and is unwilling to fullfill EU’s Digital Service Act. Ireland is a compliant sidekick of US big business companies and data collectores.
Recently an Austrian Journalist tried to make X deleting hate speach and since nothing happened later tried to reveal the identity of a poster who violates Austrian law. Irland helped X perfectly to stay in its extralegal sphere. The original is in German Language, but the translation might be fine enough (if it wasn’t Google).
I agree. It’s not, but if I was choosing which country to boycott, it wouldn’t be the one that regulates technology, it would be the ones enabling genocide.
I think calling for compete boycotts of countries that work with non European companies is the complete opposite of the purpose of this community. It’s meant to be supporting Europeans, lifting each other up, not trying to be divisive.
Ireland is risking their economic benefits on their ideological stance, with no benefit to them personally, yet you think their economic decisions to support their economy on other ways is offensive? How about Germany not wanting to tariff the USA as they are scared of recession. I don’t think we should be boycotting Germany.
The point is that in a union, each member follows the rules to benefit themselves which on the whole is mutually beneficial. If you think data laws should be strnegthened, Europe wide, campaign for that, not seek to undermine an EU member in a buy European community.