Where is this quote from?

But yeah…, in retrospect the writing was in fact on the wall.

I hold the following opinion and am happy to have it challenged:

1. This is standard Orban propaganda and can be ignored.

2. The EU does not hold enough cards to ignore the threat of a 30% tarrif as it currently relies on the US for energy, with the only (immediate term) alternative being Russia.

3. It is incredibly sad to see the Americans blackmail a long-standing and key global ally. This will take generations to repair.

4. It is clear the EU was not aligned on how to proceed with these negotiations. Sometimes, aligning the interest of 27 states is difficult.

I think this just shows the lack of cards the EU has to play at this point in time.

May I ask why? I’ve never felt it was really a necessary feature.

I love scam posts. They just make me all warm and fuzzy inside!

And not because of the clearly scammy nature of it all, but mostly because it means that there are sufficient users of Lemmy to make it worthwhile to try and scam 🥰

So, thank you Matrecovery and RaymondBucks079, for letting us all know that the lemmy is infact well and truly alive.

Thanks for pointing this out. It is imperative that people understand the reality of the energy transition and move away from the spotty doomsday or otherwise reporting on the topic.

Same here. The “tabs” can sometimes become quite stiff over time due to rusting

Within an infinitely long timeline, yes. Transitions take time and few are willing to take the immediate financial (and thus political hit) to do so.

One example is pharmaceutical companies, which represent a significant portion of goods produced in Europe. There is no market similar to the US where prices and consumption are both significantly high, so I would argue they would simply take a significant hit.

Economics is rarely done in long term thought because political cycles rely on economic performance. It’s stupid, but here we are…

Don’t forget oil and gas. Europe has pretty much been living of US gas the last 3 years. lazy link

Not to defend the decision, but I wonder if the prosecution couldn’t use any sort of “treason” charge, as the act is not against the Dutch people directly?

Thanks! I would agree with your summary largely

One key thing to add from the article:

In February Case took over as the chair of the government-funded “Team Barrow”, which is described as a “partnership between the government, Westmorland and Furness council, and BAE Systems” to support the local economy, which is heavily dependent on BAE’s nuclear submarine shipyard.

I would argue that the comments can be taken lightly and not as an “unofficial” government position, given the above point and that the comments were made at a BAE systems funded event.

Can someone explain the role of this person’s titles of civil service and cabinet secretary, and how it might influence their knowledge of the situation? Because this sounds like planned warmongering and defence lobbying without more context.

They did 2 things well (from an economic perspective) in my vaguely shit memory:

• built of the success of castaway a few years earlier and survivor
• marketed the absolute hell out of it pre-release. I remember hundreds of ads showing in the months leading to to it.

It paved the way for a lot of long running, high budget tv shows like heroes, supernatural etc…

I also severely disliked it.

Jimijett obvs. What more sauce do you want?!?!?1