> this legislation is proposed by a bunch of european members of parliament who in no way represent any governments and much less the commission
Well, here is the guy from where that comes from, the minister of justice of Denmark. He certainly represents a good part of Denmark, even though he may be irrelevant to any other EU country.
When your scope is Europe ... The US is not the exception in the world, it's Europe which is.
The US has a dynamic job market where it's easy to lose your job, but easy to find another one. In Europe, and that's true for most EU countries, it's really hard to lose your job, but it's also really hard to get one for the very reason it's hard to get fired - and when you get a job, you will have to compromise on compensation and other benefits. It's not black and white here. While the European market is appealing to some people, the US market is preferable to others.
> It's not black and white here. While the European market is appealing to some people, the US market is preferable to others.
I agree with that, it's a very individual topic. I'd say for high paying "high performance" jobs the US model definitely has an advantage but for low-wage jobs it's quite the opposite.
Counterpoint: Denmark has something called Flexcurity: "flexible" + "security". Basically, it means you can hire and fire more easily than traditional socialist market economies. There is a good social safety net, but it is (somewhat) time constrained to pressure people to return to work quickly.
To be clear, the modern programme started in the 1990s. That makes it about 30 years old. If it had major problems, I assume they would be fixed by now.
Re-reading your comment again, I'm not sure that I understand it: "Let's see whether Denmark remains competitive." What do you mean?
Did they vote left? And that's the same left pushing over and over the Chat Control? That's an interesting twist if it turns out it's not always the right wing trying to undermine privacy rights.
She is the European Commission president, that's unrelated.
But that made me curious, and answering my own question, it's this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hummelgaard who is indeed a Social Democrat .. So much about workers rights, funny ...
Genuine question: is that Denmark reintroducing this proposal? It's not clear when it's mentioned "the EU commission's revised proposal..." - and second question, if it's "Denmark", who from Denmark has the authority to do so? Any elected Danish member from the EU council?
Denmark holds the EU Presidency. That means they chair the Council of the EU, set the agenda, organize meetings, and drive forward legislative work in that period.
EU council works like US senate worked before senators were elected. So the right answer for who is Danish PM.
Not to be confused with EU parliament which is elected by popular vote and EU comission, which is the executive branch of EU and us voted in by Parliament
Yup. The last test from Russia was in 1990. China was in 1996. China was much less advanced than now compared to the US (proportionally) and Russia/USSR was into a crisis and didn't even exist as a country (Russia) back then. The US is just doing another gift to Russia and China.
We don't need to force anyone, toyota is happy making cars in Ontario. Kia/Hyundai/Hondas are everywhere on the road, all we needed to do is splash some incentive cash and we could cut out American automakers pretty quickly.
Unfortunately, those Japanese manufacturers are located here because of the American market, because even though there's a healthy domestic market... 80% of what they produce is exported to the US through NAFTA, etc. And they're also here because of the auto-parts supply chain that moves freely back and forth across the border.
The markets are heavily intertwined and have been for decades. E.g. Ford Canada is just as old as Ford in the US.
I'm glad he pardoned CZ. The previous administration + SEC are responsible for this mess by not passing reasonable laws. Coinbase fared much better fighting them all the way.
Some pharma companies in the EU come up sometimes with good ideas (famously BioNTech), but it's the US and its money, building on that or just simply coming on top in most cases and ripping off the benefits. But let's not forget, that like for BMW or Bosch or others, the EU pharma companies that are somewhat competitive with the US companies are companies which exist for decades ...
Americans really believe in this stuff ha, comedians on TikTok weren't exaggerating when they talk about how they used to believe that US invented everything, has everything and the rest of the world live around dirt roads. Amazing.
Anyway, BMW and Bosch is also American because they make their money by selling to Americans. Don't let anybody say its not true.
The most shocking is that there are 13 banks out of 2,025 in the EU, which have so few cash, that withdrawing only 3,000EUR (per person) is enough to bankrupt them. How fragile it all is .. That's not going to end well
It was a MAGA talking point from the start, meant for MAGA ppl... The chance he got it was 0%, because:
1- The Nobel Peace Prize is chosen by a committee of 5 Norwegians. Having Russia or Israel expressing support doesn't help, it's probably even counterproductive. Random endorsements on Twitter don't matter either..
2- The committee values international cooperation, not trade wars, isolationism, or cozying up to dictators.
3- They prize the defense of democracy, not attacks on it.
4- The cherry on the cake: Machado got the prize while he's been threatening war with Venezuela itself. It almost feels like a big f*ck off
Your last comment isn't very consistent. For one thing the US recognizes Edmundo Gonzalez as the rightful president[1]. Machado helped him during the campaign last year. For another, Machado opposes Maduro's regime and she actually dedicated her prize to Trump.[2]
" She has expressed support for the use of force to depose the Maduro regime; one of her advisors told the New York Times that she has coordinated with the Trump administration and that she has a plan for the first hundred hours after his deposition"
Not sure what democratic mandate she has to be in charge post a foreign led military coup - though she is a graduate of the Yale World Fellows programme.
So rather than a big FU it would appear to be more likely to be an attempt to raise her profile to legitimise a US led coup.
Norwegians don't care about legitimizing US coups, and the current US administration is incapable of working with /anyone/ let anyone influencing Norway.
That's certainly ironic and I think the implications are concerning but don't you think Maduro is the one leading a coup? There is solid statistical evidence Gonzalez won the election.
Quite possibly - not fan of Maduro - just responding to the idea that the prize was two fingers up to Trump - when in fact Machado would appear to be very much in the US camp.
Machado is manufacturing consent for Trump's planned invasion, so point 4 is a bit weaker than you might like. Imagine looKing at Iraq and saying "yeah, that's what I want for my country".
