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“Tax the Rich” EU initiative agony


The formal proposal that would have imposed EU to discuss the initiative is about to be abandoned, having obtained only ~1/3 of the necessary votes across Europe, while only some days are left now.
The complicated voting system result at this moment, at this time, is quite original (see the figure) as we discover both German and French people did strongly support (countries in black) while some neigbors generally considered poorer didn’t reach this level -maybe due to unsufficient awareness?
If you are (very) optimistic you still can go and add your vote (try recruiting followers outside France and Germany!) but really we literally have only days left now…
(even if probably useless, doing this is really interesting to learn the way it works -and there are many other proposed initiatives ongoing that may please you too)
#Europe #taxtherich #EUinitiative #politics #politique #left



#europe updated

(Apologies to the island people by including them previously.)
(Thanks to @nemobis for noticing, somehow the French always notice any problems with the Brits! 😆 )

Venn diagram of european institutions, but up to date with the crazy island and some additional categories.


Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers: why Estonia has the best schools in Europe


How did #Estonia, a small country that is relatively poor compared with most of the EU, become an educational powerhouse?

In the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) rankings, which measures 15-year-olds’ abilities in maths, reading and science, the top spots are held by a handful of Asian countries, but Estonia ranks next – the best in Europe.

Its teachers are highly educated, the focus is on social and personal skills as much as academic learning and the typical curriculum is packed with a wide range of subjects, from robotics to music and arts.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/27/free-lunches-brain-breaks-and-happy-teachers-why-estonia-has-the-best-schools-in-europe

#education #schools #teachers #Europe #EU #curriculum


Dmytro Kuleba to Telex: All problems in the relationship between Hungary and Ukraine can be traced back to the Russian aggression

We spoke with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister following his first official bilateral meeting with his Hungarian counterpart since the start of the war about the relationship of the two countries. An interview.

https://telex.hu/english/2024/01/30/dmytro-kuleba-to-telex-all-the-problems-in-the-relationship-between-hungary-and-ukraine-can-be-traced-back-to-the-russian-aggression

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #Ukraine #Russia #Hungary #RussianInvasion #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar


Uncovering the secret African mission of Viktor Orbán’s son

The son of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has tried to hide his involvement in the planned Hungarian military mission in Chad in an almost comical way.

https://telex.hu/direkt36/2024/01/29/uncovering-the-secret-african-mission-of-viktor-orbans-son

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #Hungary #France #Chad #Orban #ViktorOrban


Russia to deem Ukraine-bound ships 'potential carriers of military cargo' from Wednesday eve

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it would deem all ships travelling to Ukrainian ports to be potential carriers of military cargo and their flag countries to be parties to the conflict on the Ukrainian side.

The move follows Russia's decision this week to pull out of the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain export deal which had guaranteed the safety of Ukrainian exports for the past year.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-deem-ukraine-bound-ships-potential-carriers-military-cargo-wednesday-eve-2023-07-19/

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #Ukraine #Russia #RussianInvasion #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar


Four men sentenced over French far-right terror plot

A Paris court Friday sentenced to prison four men from a French neo-Nazi group who discussed attacks on mosques and Jewish targets in an online chat group.

https://www.thelocal.com/20230701/four-men-sentenced-over-french-far-right-terror-plot

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #France #FarRight #NeoNazism #Terrorism


Magical Italy.
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#buyintoart #italy #italia #europe #europetravel #getoutside #explore #dreambig #italytravel #inspiration #color #wallart #fineartphotography #interiordesign #mastoart


So what is #Europe's plan to deter terrorist #Russia from committing the #terrorist act of blowing up the Zaporizhzhia #nuclear power plant in #Ukraine?

What's #NATO's plan to prevent this?

Or is it just the usual "expressing our concern, are monitoring the situation, and talking to our partners" bullsh** that #Putin couldn't care less about?

First the dam blown up.
No reaction. No consequence.

What next? What's the deterrent? Anyone?

#ArrestPutin #StopRussianAggression #EU #UN #sanctions
Russian war crimes


People marching through the streets with a banner saying "degrowth needs direct action" during a demonstration in Liepzig in 2014.


This is big. No #embargoes. No #APCs.

"The #EU is ready to agree that immediate #OpenAccess to papers reporting publicly funded research should become the norm, w/o authors having to pay fees & that the bloc should support #nonprofit scholarly publishing models.

In a move that could send shockwaves through commercial scholarly #publishing, the positions are due to be adopted by the Council of the EU member state governments later this month."
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-infrastructure-2023-5-eu-ready-to-back-immediate-open-access-without-author-fees/

#Europe #RightsRetention


For those of you, like me, watching America’s rapid descent into fascism in abject horror from the sidelines in Europe, remember: where America goes, the West soon follows. If we don’t like where that is, we must do better than doing the same things and hoping for different outcomes.

What I’m saying is America is a warning, not an instruction manual.

#america #us #usa #republicans #conservatives #fascism #europe #eu