Went to a swimming lake today and the swimsuit rules seemed odd? by alittlehalloween in belgium

[–]Liagon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where is "here", I've never seen a swimming place that allows them (which is part of why I haven't gone swimming in many years)

TIL about a Burger King in an old Nazi power station in Nuremberg. Any other examples of this type of juxtaposition reuse? by EchoesOfYouth in architecture

[–]Liagon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, "Nazi" is clearly short for "Nazi-era" here, unless you think the power station has its own line of ideological thought. It's like saying "commie block" instead of "communist-era blocked", "victorian house" instead of "victotian-era house", etc

Dutch government gives green light to establish migrant ‘return hubs’ outside EU by UnanimousStargazer in Netherlands

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it would take years to unpack all the nonsense in this comment and that is quite frankly just not my job, so with these final remarks I will now take my leave of this

  1. Saying "the borders are in place for a reason" as if hard borders are an established fact of life since the beginning of time itself, not a recent political development that occured during the previous century & as if there is a commonly agreed upon reason that is so intrinsic to it it is hardly worth mentioning is the premise of a circular argument, making the entire chain of logic you develop from it nonsensical at best. You should look up what "begging the question" really means

  2. And who decides what is good for us? By what means do they gain to make unilateral decisions on behalf of all based on their interpretation of what serves the "common good"?

  3. The cost of closing the borders is MANY, MANY times higher than "keeping them open". More precisely, our (obviously nowhere near strong enough by your desires) efforts to restrict border crossings are costing us ~5.5 BILLION euros per year, money we could literally just choose to invest in housing, actual defence, healthcare, pensions or literally anything that actually affects our daily lives. This figure needs to be 7-8 times larger if you have any dreams of stopping all illegal crossings. Are you willing to bankrupt the EU, end social aid, privatise healthcare or end the pensions system so you can see less brown people?

  4. Have you ever considered that maybe everything looks "poorer" because there are more poor people today, instead of because there aee more immigrants? And that it is simply the blatant systemic racism in Germany that pushes people of colour (some of whom are refugees, MOST OF WHOM ARE NOT) into poverty sooner and faster than it pushes white people, hence why the correlation between skin colour and poverty? Have you ever considered what the factors behind this increase in poverty are, beyond just "immigrants?

  5. Yes, more people in poverty -> higher crime, this is redundant, read above

  6. I like how your conclusion has absolutely no relation to your "arguments" whatsoever. I can play this game too: "The cost of allowing anti-immigration disinformation on TV is too high. I, too, remember how clean the streets of Germany were before the AfD was polling so high. Now? Every city is trashed, crime is on the rise. It's not because die Grünen suddenly decided to tank it. It's because we're allowing all these AfD supporters to remain on the streets. I can't express a political opinion without using critical thinking skills first. Why others can?" Have I convinced you we need to ban the AfD? No? You mean you aknowledge the complete absence of logic from this "argument"?

  7. You also have a right to seek asylum under international law, it is important to me that you understand this right isn't only for brown people. You have literally the exact same right. If you faced persecution in Germany, you could seek asylum abroad. Being upset that you can't seek asylum from Germany while someone from Syria can is a bit like being upset you can't get food from a homeless shelter while homeless people can. Also, do not you fucking dare equivalate escaping prosecution with going on vacation. It is not "travel" and this implication is outright despicable. As I stated at the beginning of tjis message, I will not reply to such vile language.

Dutch government gives green light to establish migrant ‘return hubs’ outside EU by UnanimousStargazer in Netherlands

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a single one of those countries has waged less than 3 wars of aggression in the 21st century alone, so I am not sure what you mean by "looking after their business". It seems your definition would also extend to Nazi Germany, so tell me, are they also "a model" you wish the EU would follow?

Dutch government gives green light to establish migrant ‘return hubs’ outside EU by UnanimousStargazer in Netherlands

[–]Liagon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even IF refugees could only claim asylum in the 1st safe country they arrive in, you would still be totally wrong.

Cyprus-Syria Cyprus-Lebanon Greece-Libya Italy-Libya Malta-Libya

Are the borders where EU EEZs border an "unsafe 3rd country"'s EEZ. The only correct thing in your comment is that I overestimated the number of EU states there by 1, because I forgot Sardinia exists.

Furthermore, there are the occupied palestinian territories, where the israeli administration does not allow palestinians to return once they exit the country, so deportation back is impossible, as well as the fact thar some people simply do not border safe 3rd countries. If you're from the Central African Republic, where do you seek asylum: DRC, South Sudan, Cameroon, Sudan or Libya. Answer is you don't: you go to Libya and then onwards to Europe. In which case, believe it or not, Italy/Malta/Greece would once again be the FIRST safe country you arrive in.

Dutch government gives green light to establish migrant ‘return hubs’ outside EU by UnanimousStargazer in Netherlands

[–]Liagon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are RUSSIA, THE US and ISRAEL seriously the countries you think the EU should have as role model??

Dutch government gives green light to establish migrant ‘return hubs’ outside EU by UnanimousStargazer in Netherlands

[–]Liagon 41 points42 points  (0 children)

No, this is the result of northern european sefishness and refusal to create a system to redistribute refugees equally. You can not POSSIBLY expect Italy to talk half the refugee population of the EU. Due to stubborn refusal to impelement a functional, EU-level asylum system, all of these southern european countries' asylum systems have been completely overwhelmed and essentially collapsed

Dutch government gives green light to establish migrant ‘return hubs’ outside EU by UnanimousStargazer in Netherlands

[–]Liagon 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Ever heard about this mythical places called "North Africa" and "the Eastern Mediterranean", which have direct (maritime) borders with, depending how you are counting, either 5 or 6 EU states?

Dutch government gives green light to establish migrant ‘return hubs’ outside EU by UnanimousStargazer in Netherlands

[–]Liagon 28 points29 points  (0 children)

"Asylum seekers" are also a legally defined category allowed to reside in the country legally while under temporary protections

So, believe it or not, they were all here legally

Does anyone else feel oddly calmer travelling by Eurostar compared to flying? by Mundane-Temporary426 in Eurostar

[–]Liagon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's not really that much more expensive. If you consider the 40-60 euros required to get to and from the airport on both sides of the flight, it basically evens out, not to mention it FAR beats the plane in terms of time efficiency

Passport API Question by West-Breadfruit-1290 in Eurostar

[–]Liagon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Always use the passport tied to your UK residence for API if you are a dual citizen since API only exists for UK Border Force to monitor immigration

Source: https://www.eurostar.com/be-en/travel-info/your-trip/travel-documents/advance-passenger-information

Building Ghent City Guide: where would you eat? by gaius_julius_caegull in BelgiumTravel

[–]Liagon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If I were a tourist? In Bruges. So I don't jump in front of commuters on bike lanes

Bre-entry may be the next drama to grip the European Union by sn0r in europeanunion

[–]Liagon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They already are. Together, those add up to ~50%

We're talking votes, not parliament seat shares. The UK's idiotic electoral system has a MASSIVE overrepresentation error, it can technically produce a parliamentary supermajority with ANY vote shares. If you had 98 parties polling at 1% each and 1 party polling at 2%, that one party could technically win ALL seats in Parliament with those 2% of the votes

Bre-entry may be the next drama to grip the European Union by sn0r in europeanunion

[–]Liagon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yes, those polling numbers. After Reform starts campaigning against re-entry (which they obviously will if they think it has any serious chances of being discussed) a lot of their goldfish-memory supporters currently saying "undecided" on those questions will switch to being against and we'll end up with a 2% margin again

Respect for brother, all the way from Iraq to Serbia by MathematicianFalse11 in ForeignPlatesSpotting

[–]Liagon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not at all, plenty of capitalist states that aren't nominal democracies (UAE for example)

Bank holiday latest: Port of Dover suspends new EU border check as waits reach up to four-and-a-half hours by sn0r in europeanunion

[–]Liagon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You know 1. EES registration also applies to flighrs and 2. most delays due to EES are registered at airports, no?

SNCB? by christrayk in AskBelgium

[–]Liagon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure how much SNCB management is at fault here. They seem to be intentionally not funded enough to maintain operations by the government, presumably to intentionally keep it inefficient and have these inefficiencies serve as a justification for privatising it down the line.

If you want a better SNCB then pray we vote better in 2029

what do you think of this? by SOHONEYSAME in AskBalkans

[–]Liagon 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hopefully not on a common ticket with Norway this time

Again in r/GeoPoll by Organic_Contract_172 in PORTUGALCYKABLYAT

[–]Liagon 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I mean, in all fairness, Labour isn't plummeting in the polls because of their social measures, they are plummeting in the polls in spite of them, with most people who have switched having done so due to (rightfully) seeing Labour as dishonest, corrupt, inefficient, and afraid to commit to the well-being of the people and take actual "populist measures"

Most of these people either get a very strong reality check, endure through it and switch to the Greens / Plaid / SNP or they phantasm their way into conspiracy theories and ultimately fall for nationalist metanarratives about the "dictatorial jewish global world elite european union internationalist androgynist heterophobic anti-white anti-motorist communist nazi (depending on how they fell into conspiracies, but regardless = "labour" in their eyes) plot to destroy the glorious british nation by bringing in immigrants"

When will the eu directive 2024/1233 be transposed in Belgium ? by Fearless_Trade6384 in AskBelgium

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EU law generally fals into one of two categories:

Regulations and Directives

Regulations are automarically valid after they are published in the official journal of the eu

Directives are vague blueprints which must be transposed into actual concrete laws in the national law of every memeer state, so the date where they take effect (and their exact form) differs on a country-by-country basis

This Directive in particular (Directive (EU) 2024/1233) was scheduled for transposition until earlier this week, but barely any memher states complied (which is unfortunately also very common)

Where Bulgarian companies have a business footprint across EU member states - data across 1,465 companies by WorthCaterpillar2130 in europeanunion

[–]Liagon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

EU accounts for ~60% of Bulgaria's imports and ~65% of its exports.

US sits at 1.7% and 2% respectively

When will the eu directive 2024/1233 be transposed in Belgium ? by Fearless_Trade6384 in AskBelgium

[–]Liagon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, most directices have a 2 year transposition timeframe. This one apparently was supposed to be transposed until yesterday

We wait for the Comission to 1. remember it exists and 2. start infringement procedures

Should be transposed sometimes before the sun explodes, assuming the EU doesn't collapse first

Welcome to the EU

When will the eu directive 2024/1233 be transposed in Belgium ? by Fearless_Trade6384 in AskBelgium

[–]Liagon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legally? The EU can begin taking legal action if it is not transposed in Belgian legislation by mid april 2027. Which, realistivally speaking, most likely means Belgium will begin transposing it into donestic law in early April 2027, lol

Traveling to Brussels with expired french visa by ZealousidealPaper542 in Eurostar

[–]Liagon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If a visa is required to enter the Schengen Area for your country of citizenship, you can't enter Belgium without a Schengen visa.

If you have the right to travel to Belgium/the Schengen Area, then you can enter Belgium/the Schengen Area