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sucius@lemmy.worldto Europe@feddit.org•Germany, Netherlands, Sweden oppose EU common borrowingEnglish4·8 days agoThe hypocrisy of the Netherlands talking about fiscal resposability while having siphoned off the taxes from most of the continent is something else
sucius@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.world•Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USAEnglish0·14 days agoI don’t know, I enjoy using gnome much more that the steaming pile of shit that is windows 11
sucius@lemmy.worldto Linux@lemmy.world•Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USAEnglish0·14 days agoHe said linux, not gnu/linux
sucius@lemmy.worldOPto Europe@feddit.org•Trump Threatens to Double Spanish Tariffs Over NATO SpendingEnglish1·1 month agoRead the agreement. It wasn’t mandatory
sucius@lemmy.worldOPto Europe@feddit.org•Trump Threatens to Double Spanish Tariffs Over NATO SpendingEnglish2·1 month agoIncome tax is one thing, social security is another and the taxes your employer pays as business are another. You’re just conflating them all. Some countries have lower social security contributions but have no universal health insurance or you just have to pay out of pocket or it’s tied to your work, etc. It’s not apples to apples
sucius@lemmy.worldOPto Europe@feddit.org•Trump Threatens to Double Spanish Tariffs Over NATO SpendingEnglish1·1 month agoTaxes I agree. They are proportionately larger than in most of the EU, and services worse.
They are actually below average
Services, I guess that’s more a matter of opinion, but having lived in Germany, UK and the US, I think they’re OK
sucius@lemmy.worldOPto Europe@feddit.org•Trump Threatens to Double Spanish Tariffs Over NATO SpendingEnglish4·1 month agoNobody knows, the new agreement hasn’t been published yet (or at least I can’t find it on the NATO website). What’s on the NATO website is the previous one and the wording is intentionally very vague, as usual in these kinds of treaties so that everyone can keep doing their thing:
Allies whose current proportion of GDP spent on defence is below this level will:
- aim to move towards the 2% guideline within a decade with a view to meeting their NATO Capability Targets and filling NATO’s capability shortfalls. (emphasis mine)
sucius@lemmy.worldOPto Europe@feddit.org•Trump Threatens to Double Spanish Tariffs Over NATO SpendingEnglish12·1 month agomandatory to spend 2%,
It wasn’t mandatory
sucius@lemmy.worldOPto Europe@feddit.org•Trump Threatens to Double Spanish Tariffs Over NATO SpendingEnglish8·1 month agoWhat will Ratte call him now to appease him? Will master do the trick?
sucius@lemmy.worldOPto Europe@feddit.org•Trump praises Nato states as summit prepares to lift defence spending targetEnglish71·1 month agoThere’s no appeasing a bully. He’ll come back for more if you give in. And now it seems whatever moronic idea born from his late night twitter mental diarrhea festivals, Ratte is gone eat up. Still, not surprising at all, Ratte was always a rat and a hypocrite
sucius@lemmy.worldOPto Europe@feddit.org•Trump praises Nato states as summit prepares to lift defence spending targetEnglish10·1 month ago“as secretary general calls him ‘daddy’” Jesus, Ratte give it a rest
sucius@lemmy.worldto Europe@feddit.org•Spain calls on the EU to immediately suspend the trade agreement with Israel and impose an arms embargo.English1·1 month agoSpain almost had the bomb in the 80s but due to US pressure, none were manufactured(some say the CIA had a hand in killing Carrero Blanco who was pushing hard to start manufacturing it as the research was done)
It looks fucking weak and pathetic and the UE should have stood its ground, but apparently it’s the same as with the Japan deal. The investments are just smoke, no money allocated, no dates, etc. Just an empty gesture to appease MAGAts Still, pathetic and VdL should be sacked.