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GhostofCain said:
On a different note, Macron's hubris seems to have no limits!

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Michel Barnier named by Macron as new French PM

The French president names the EU's former Brexit negotiator almost two months after snap elections.
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He names Prime Minister a guy from the party that came fourth at the recent elections. :facepalm:
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Absolutely shameful behavior by Macron. He'd do anything to not cooperate with the left in any meaningful way.
 
GhostofCain said:
On a different note, Macron's hubris seems to have no limits!

www.bbc.co.uk

Michel Barnier named by Macron as new French PM

The French president names the EU's former Brexit negotiator almost two months after snap elections.
www.bbc.co.uk

He names Prime Minister a guy from the party that came fourth at the recent elections. :facepalm:
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And who has voted against the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1981... And who is against unemployed people and LGBTIQA+ people...

Macron finally shows his real face ; he is the puppet of far right (nazi) party led by Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella... :facepalm:
 
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Vaenyr said:
Absolutely shameful behavior by Macron. He'd do anything to not cooperate with the left in any meaningful way.
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Because he's scared about the fact that he and all the millionaires and billionaires he's friend with could lost all their money with the left policies.

The NFP (the movement led by all left-wing parties) wanted to create 14 income tax brackets. It means that the less you earn, the less you pay. Conversely, the more you earn, the more you pay. More explicitly, the poorer you are, the less taxes you would pay. Conversely, the richer you are, the more taxes you would pay. This is the point that does not please Macron, the centrists, people on the right and the far right.

These people led by Macron (and all the right and far right parties) are stingy and greedy.
 
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I kind of feel sorry for Bruxit*: he can only spend 90 days every 180 days in the EU, he gets a Labour government in Britain, and then Macron appoints a conservative Prime Minister in France (“Yay!” screams Bruce)… who happens to be the guy who led the EU Brexit negotiations (“Fuck!” says Bruce).








* No, I don’t. I only feel sorry for my French amis who have to endure such a PM imposed by Macron!
 
Perun said:
I never would have thought a speech by Scholz of all people would feel cathartic, but there it was.
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Yeah, we needed this side of him much earlier. Now it's too little, too late.

For those unaware: Christian Lindner, Germany's finance minister and the leader of the FDP (center right liberal party, the smallest of the three parties in the ruling coalition), was dismissed yesterday night by the chancellor.

The coalition has had issues finding common ground for a long time now and Lindner spent a lot of his time vetoing or sabotaging any meaningful legislation that could effectively deal with a lot of the current problems in Germany. This led to the current government not being able to adequately deal with the various crises we are facing nationally and globally, which in turn leads to resentment and disappointment in the voting populace as well as rising shares in the CDU (conservatives and all but confirmed the next ruling party/coalition partner), the AFD (far right) and the BSW (technically spearheaded by ex-Left party folks, but ideologically mouthpieces of Putin and pretty right wing in their policies).

A vote of confidence will be held in January. The election will be held half a year earlier, in March. While I've been dreading the coming elections due to the right-ward shift, given Trump's victory yesterday it might pay off with having the elections in March. Who knows what damage Trump will have caused by September and if that could lead to even worse numbers in Germany. Furthermore, I'm curious to see if this proactive decision might defuse the polling situation a tiny bit in Germany, since many of the votes for AFD/BSW are due to being disappointed with the Ampel.
 
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BSW (technically spearheaded by ex-Left party folks, but ideologically mouthpieces of Putin and pretty right wing in their policies).
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Not to mention also more or less a cult devoted to the party leader.
 
Azas said:
Social media must be somehow regulated because it is used by enemy propaganda. It's a helluva problem for democratic world. And no it's not about constraint of free speech it's just simple common sense to counteract to enemies deeds.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864025309705539662
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Along the same lines: The Australian government passed a law the other day prohibiting the use of social media for kids younger than 16 years old. Enforcing such a law is an entirely different matter though.
 
Personally I agree that kids should have very limited access to social media. Tic toc should be absolutely banned or, at least, stupid content should be banned. Impossible task...
 
Vaenyr said:
Along the same lines: The Australian government passed a law the other day prohibiting the use of social media for kids younger than 16 years old. Enforcing such a law is an entirely different matter though.
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The enforcement is tasked to the social media companies, under penalty of gigantic fines. So it is essentially their problem, and they'll probably have to find a way to enforce it. Good, if you ask me. Social Media is poison in a multitude of ways, and especially for young people that are programmed with a constant flow of small and quick adrenaline hits from a way too early age.
 
GhostofCain said:
On a different note, Macron's hubris seems to have no limits!

www.bbc.co.uk

Michel Barnier named by Macron as new French PM

The French president names the EU's former Brexit negotiator almost two months after snap elections.
www.bbc.co.uk

He names Prime Minister a guy from the party that came fourth at the recent elections. :facepalm:
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Well, that didn't last long!

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Michel Barnier: French PM to resign after government collapse

The prime minister is likely to stay on as caretaker while President Emmanuel Macron chooses a successor.
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This is really the best possible time for the governments of the two most important EU countries to collapse simultaneously.
 
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