I disagree, especially if it is news about an ongoing event with new information coming out. There actually is a rule about posting about ongoing events, but that aside; consolidating comments is valuable when new information is coming out so that the conversation going on can include the new information. Also, a mod cannot look into the future and know how many comments there will be made later.

Why do you think that’s pointless?

Spain wouldn’t be a primary target and if they would be in their national grid they would most likely hide there until they have a reason for using it (like put pressure or take revenge). Russia on the other hand has already been proven to sabotage stuff in the EU, their main goal being creating chaos and unrest. If it would be either of them, I think Russia is by far a more likely culprit. But let’s not jump to conclusions too fast either. You are right China is capable of causing something like this.

It is really crazy to me that if you’re from Hongkong, Tibet, Xinjiang Taiwan but you speak out about the situation there from Europe, you are most likely watched by secret service. EU should really put effort in protecting the freedom of speech of these people, and not let them be silenced by a nation.

But this, not only trying to silence them but also instigate personal dislike of them from people that have anti-immigration views, is really another level of oppression.

The contents show how this is an actual problem in almost every European country:

Collapsing sewage drains in Brussels’ landmark Palais de Justice, judicial clerks striking in Lisbon, years-long waits for hearings in London. After years of underfunding in justice systems across Europe, the continent is grappling with a crisis in its courts.

Over the past decade, as Europe has faced stuttering economies, a wrenching pandemic and the impact of war, justice has routinely been targeted for spending cuts by governments that have prioritised other parts of the public realm such as healthcare and education.

The result has been crumbling courts and shortages of publicly funded lawyers, creating record case backlogs and eroding trust in the justice system in a host of countries. The problems have become so severe that leading lawyers warn they threaten to undermine the rule of law, which underpins European institutions and cross-border trade.

Europe’s slow-burning malaise has taken a different form from the sudden, convulsive crisis Donald Trump has brought upon the US legal establishment, pushing executive power to the point of outright defiance of the judiciary.

I haven’t seen the EU inspired by Hungary’s policies, so let’s hope that will be the same here as well.

No true, luckily we have much stronger forces controlling the government. Also because they don’t have a majority.

Well, might be because eastern-european countries have much more discriminating laws on gays compared to north- and western European countries. So even though it’s getting worse, the rethoric isn’t anything new. Hungary has a law forbidding queer ‘propaganda’ that is said to be an almost exact copy of the russian law. Facial recognition on the other hand is very new, and as far as I know hasn’t been used on any other protest/celebration/public gathering anywhere in Europe so perhaps a part of the noise isn’t from people particularly concerned about LGBTQ+ rights, but about their civil liberties and see this as a first step of using digital tech as a mechanism of suppression. But I don’t really know tbh.

PVV has been kept out of the government for over a decade because of their ideology, ultimately becoming the biggest party and indeed they are now part of the government. Turns out, they can’t get anything done because they don’t really have anyone in their ranks who is actually capable of doing the actual work. Let’s hope the same will be true for Reform, AfD and FN.

Labour is very good at ignoring progressive or environmentally minded voices from within their own ranks.

Is a lot closer to what is said in the article than “some young women are being “radicalised” into voting Green”

You have not read it.

Just read the article

I’m not against that, but there might not be any diplomatic bullets left in the metaphorical chamber. Not saying Russia should get away with this, but an eye for an eye isn’t always the best reaction. I think they should take note (which they seem to do) and fix as many holes in the system as possible, rather than just revange and hope that will make Russia think twice next time.

Then why did they use the phrase “why isn’t this ringing alarm bells?” to describe the only leftist political party remaining in the UK?

“This” refers to young woman voting different, on average more left then before. Read the article first, then comment.

What consequences would you suggest then?

I agree, I don’t see the writer arguing how radical or not the greens are. Her point is about these women, who are (just like young men) no longer voting for the parties in the middle. I think this is a trend also happening outside of the UK and here in The Netherlands nobody considers this a radical thing but we also have an ever increasing gap between the parties on the right (who attract more young men) and those on the left (who attract more young women).

I myself believe mysogonists in the far right behave much more problematic than the most radical climate protesters, and I understand why the attention goes to the increase of mysogony and racism. But I appreciate this article because it points out and explains quite well how young men voting right isn’t the only thing happening in the political landscape.

My point is exactly that her reason for saying this is because the fact she is negotiating, what I meant with calling bullshit is that I don’t think this person is saying this from a genuine belief. Might be true that she thinks this, I just don’t think she would have said it if she wasn’t in a negotiation.

At the time of righting the upvote/downvote ratio is 30%, with a score of -4 so I feel it would be good if I make a comment here to say that this is written by a woman from England, so she is talking about people like herself.

I’ll also share the following from the article to provide extra context:

Why isn’t this quiet form of female political alienation ringing more alarm bells?

But the failure even to be curious about what it is young women are trying to say, just because their chosen revolt against the mainstream takes a less aggressive or destructive form than young Reformers’, feels profoundly unfair. Sometimes it pays to listen to people sitting quietly at the back, not just the ones screaming in your face.

I’ll refrain from expressing an opinion about the people who downvoted this article, since I don’t know them.

Because of national laws about gay marriage differencing greatly and there being a lot of countries where religion plays a serious role in politics i wanted to share with you the actual legal articles, since these are quite easy to understand and the eu has these laws in all languages as well.

This is from the English version of the CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Article 11
Freedom of expression and information

1 Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.

Article 12
Freedom of assembly and of association

1 Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association at all levels, in particular in political, trade union and civic matters, which implies the right of everyone to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his or her interests.

Article 21
Non-discrimination

1 Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.

tl;dr No, it is not legal.

“Obviously I’ve been meeting Scott Bessent this week whilst I’m in Washington, but I’ve also this week met the French, the German, the Spanish, the Polish, the Swedish, the Finnish finance ministers - because it is so important that we rebuild those trading relationships with our nearest neighbours in Europe, and we’re going to do that in a way that is good for British jobs and British consumers.”

I do agree with her but I’m also calling bullshit because this is exactly what you’d say to improve your negotiation position. Note that she is already in Washington. She is trying to get a deal done. I mean good for her and I wish her and everyone in the UK all the best, but the UK tries to be the link between EU and US just like Meloni. They want best of both worlds (who doesn’t).

The result of these talks will be the real news, this is just a cookie for the hungry journalists. A kind of fortune cookie that is meant as a message to the other guy at the negotiation table.

Next week’s headlines;
BREAKING: Yesterday’s deal broken.
BREAKING: Broken deal repaired.
BREAKING: Repaired deal “never existed”.
BREAKING: Broken deal still in place, government blames scapegoat.
BREAKING: A ‘better deal’, should we take it?