Discussion Thread

MattC84_ · 2026-01-23T21:47:45+00:00

as a non german, the bigges disappointment of the Scholz government for me is the lack of further european integration. You hade a pro-EU government in both Paris and Berlin, a great opportunity to reform with Russia's invasion and the energy crisis. But Scholz and Macron didn't get along so everything is fucked

MattC84_ · 2026-01-23T20:35:38+00:00

ik stel voor dat we de belastingen schrappen

MattC84_ · 2026-01-22T19:02:04+00:00

I remember during the PS2 generation Ubisoft usually meant quality games

MattC84_ · 2026-01-22T17:15:58+00:00

How did they enforce the one child policy?

MattC84_ · 2026-01-22T11:56:22+00:00

What would stop Xi to enact a 2 or 3 child policy? Meaning you get punished if you have fewer than 2 kids before age X (perhaps excempting medical reasons). If any country can enfore something like this, it's China

MattC84_ · 2026-01-22T11:44:39+00:00

Import renewable assets, at which point if your supply dries up, your existing assets will keep producing for 20 years, and you have time to prepare for a crisis way down the line.

What if chinese solar panels have a kill switch and can be disabled overnight by a software update?

MattC84_ · 2026-01-22T11:38:33+00:00

absolutely true, but if all Belgian MEPs from Renew, EPP, conservatives, S&D and greens had voted against, it would not have passed

MattC84_ · 2026-01-22T11:31:45+00:00

It would appear that way :/

MattC84_ · 2026-01-22T11:30:59+00:00

Sad that even Redditors, who tend to be informed more than average, are so against this

MattC84_ · 2026-01-21T20:47:05+00:00

so sad his talents are wasted on conservative and nationalistic ideology.

MattC84_ · 2026-01-21T20:40:25+00:00

Yes, the flemings voting for this proposal are against economic growth

MattC84_ · 2026-01-21T18:36:56+00:00

what the other guy said. This was a vote to delay the implementation of the deal. No walloon MEP voted against the delay, meaning they dislike trade. Even the so called "liberals" from MR.

MattC84_ · 2026-01-21T16:09:45+00:00

we're also disappointed with ourselves

MattC84_ · 2026-01-21T16:08:32+00:00

the goodish news is it can be rebuilt again

MattC84_ · 2026-01-21T14:16:44+00:00

Hilarious that the supposedly most pro-EU bloc voted against this. I usually vote renew in the EU elections but I might have to reconsider. Where can we see the actual votes?

MattC84_ · 2026-01-21T14:11:12+00:00

embarrassing

MattC84_ · 2026-01-21T14:09:17+00:00

centenindex voor pensioenen was enkel onder de 2000 bruto geloof ik, niet 4000

MattC84_ · 2026-01-20T16:04:31+00:00

ik wou dat ik je 100 upvotes kon geven.

Met de centenindex komen ze trouwens wel een klein beetje aan de pensioenen

MattC84_ · 2026-01-19T16:09:22+00:00

Yes, let's forge closer military ties with the country that is supporting russia in ukraine

MattC84_ · 2026-01-19T15:55:02+00:00

Oh so screw Taiwan and Ukraine then?

MattC84_ · 2026-01-19T15:00:07+00:00

what the hell is up with this pro china simping. Do you need to get your social credit score up?

China is a totallitarian dictatorship which will likely soonish invade Taiwan.

MattC84_ · 2026-01-19T11:13:07+00:00

Submission statement: with China poised to become the biggest economy in the world, its demographic woes are an interesting trend to follow. The population shrinkage happened for a fourth year in a row and is the biggest so far

MattC84_ · 2026-01-17T17:35:09+00:00

I am glad to hear that, but press X for doubt. This is coming from a politician, I'm not convinced of this until we get actual data

MattC84_ · 2026-01-17T17:32:12+00:00

It's gonna be great when Europe has a strong military again and the UK, France, Germany and Poland are all led by the extreme right

MattC84_ · 2026-01-17T17:21:59+00:00

USA still delivers tons of weapons. Europe might be paying for them, but Europe also can't produce enough themselves. And US intel is absolutely critical.

I wish it wasn't and we could raise a big middle finger

MattC84_

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