Youtube comments of Neodym (@neodym5809).

  1. My wife (Russian) feels the same. This turned her from wanting our son to have the Russian citizenship to her wanting to get naturalised. Part of her identity got simply crushed.
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  2. Regional elections in a centralist nation like France are of rather limited interest for the population, as the regions have rather limited powers. Different in federal nations like USA, Germany.
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  3. Das ist purer Wahnsinn. Ein ungerechtfertigter, unprovozierter Angriff.
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  4. While there is a political component, it is mostly about the appeal of the performers. The public loved loved the crazy Icelanders, as well as the Italians and the French singer, while the jury preferred the Swiss singer. I personally found the Ukraine great, so did a lot of other according to the public vote. UK`s singer was just boring, his voice was rather weak.
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  5. Always about Russias security concerns, but not about Ukraine security concerns. Hypocrites.
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  6. It’s 2.7 billion, not million, by which Germany is now the second biggest supporter of Ukraine.
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  7.  @bme6949  the only weak leader is Putin hiding in his bunker while sending 18 year old conscripts to their death.
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  8. They are currently to busy looking for fuel.
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  9. The court was politicized by the PiS with kicking out judges and replacing them with their own. The court lost its independence.
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  10. Understandable
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  11. Agreed! You have three ways to get points: -Be liked by other countries -have a great song/performance -be ridiculous
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  12. No. The European Parliament election will not decide on the coalitions future. And Germany values stability, parties calling snap elections are seen negatively. The FDP would not get in next parliament if they jump ship. Fun fact: Merz, the leader of the CDU, is even more unpopular than Scholz.
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  13. Listening to Putins ethno nationalist speeches, blood and Russian soil, there is no question he is an imperialist, who took a little bit too much inspiration from 1930s Germany.
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  14. Schuldig sind Putin und Freunde, die Russland ausplündern und unterdrücken.
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  15. Ich finde das Verhalten Russlands zeigt deutlich, warum die osteuropäischen Länder unbedingt in die NATO wollten.
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  16. Calling Merz a great speaker when he failed twice with his leadership bit due to his mediocre final speeches in the leadership election is ironic.
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  17.  @cdkmonkey2699  So you say in the same sentence: there is no shortage there is a shortage (drivers) Next, time, contradict yourself at least one sentence later.
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  18.  @throughput6674  so, how about a single argument?
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  19.  @aeye9772  victim blaming never seems to go out of fashion
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  20. In recent years, with Mastercard or Visa having IT problems, one is always happy to have a little cash with them. Also, crypto is far too volatile to be a currency. If Musk tweets, the amount you could buy a nice car with either is now only worth enough for a bus ticket, or you can buy the whole car manufacturer..
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  21. Yes, the name federal republic has a reason.
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  22.  @srabonx  so why is Russia retreating from the areas it annexed?
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  23.  @survivorsurvivor8704  so? Ukrainian air defence capabilities are increasing. And Russian stockpile of guided missiles is depleting. Wasting valuable resources for no political or military gain
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  24. Nothing to gain, that is the reason why so many thought it would not happen. But listening to Putins speeches about collecting Russian soil and Ukraine not being a real country, we have no rational war. This is the war of a person believing to be on a mission, a fanatic.
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  25.  @ishaannag4545  It is disrespectful to laugh and talk while the president is giving a speech, especially if the topic is a catastrophe in his state.
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  26.  @chichixixi99  But they already knew that the issue was MCAS. So Boeing lied.
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  27.  @atha1ia454  There are not enough British people to fill the gaps. And how does a country like Switzerland accept EU freedom of movement AND pay the highest wages in the world? Maybe its not the EU causing the problem, but UK politics?
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  28. @Zakaria93 Aghzaf64 Saudi Arabia is a Islamic country and rather busy bombing. Saddam Hussein even used gas on his own population. And Erdogan himself ordered bombings on the Kurds.
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  29.  @psihozefir  out of interest, what treaty would be breached?
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  30.  @bobpadok5331  which of these countries got parts of it annexed by the USA?
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  31.  @KGI_KlikoNL not about standards, but lack of border checks. USA is checking its imports. UK is not. So you can even send stuff to the Uk which is below standard. Nobody will notice.
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  32.  @bronim7311  no, Germany has not built its economy around Russian gas. German economy is less dependent on gas than other economies. German economy is expected to shrink by 0.3%. That is not tanking.
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  33. Germany was surprisingly successful. new EU budget passed Covid recovery fonds passed Brexit deal passed The EU moved more in the last 6 months than in the last 4 years.
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  34.  @iMorands  what would Putin gain by using nukes? Nothing? What would he lose? Support by China and India, as well as most of his army in Ukraine (USA promised to wipe every Russian soldier from Ukrainian soil in case of a nuclear strike).
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  35.  @karankapoor2701  The AFD, which is currently at war with itself, and got massive illegal donations from unknown foreign sources? The AFD that made Holocaust deniers into regional MPs?
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  36.  @nrw64  So zur Info: RUSSLAND greift gerade Ukraine an. nicht die USA.
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  37. Laschet is premier minister of NRW, the biggest german province, since 2017. The comment at 3:22 that Scholz is the only one with long executive experience is therefor wrong.
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  38.  Elvia Darkgrape  You truly have no idea about the German Green party. They govern one of the most conservative states in Germany, the home of companies like Porsche and Mercedes, and their main voting block are civil servants.
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  39. There are several paths to save the EU (does it even need saving?). Volts way is one. EU, as an international organization, is in infinite reform to adapt to an ever changing environment. It is very flexible and bottom up (members decide, not a central EU body). That is why it is so successful. It is flexible and not centralized.
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  40.  @paulhk2727  Russian media is only reaching the older generations. The younger ones inform themselfs via the internet and are mostly out of reach for the state propaganda. They also have other issues like the dire economic situation Russia is in, and have no interest suffering for Putin.
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  41.  @celtspeaksgoth7251  How is Germany responsible for Austrian guards behavior? And it was Germany taking in Italian Covid patients when Italy run low on ICU capacity. Why are you lying?
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  42.  @CarpMan34  which would completely destroy his narrative of freeing Ukraine. A war is not only fought with military means, but public opinion. If Russia flattens Ukraine, they kill their brothers and sisters.
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  43.  @Enoch916  There is an interesting debate going on in the EU concerning the development of future aircraft's: for them to be allowed to carry US nukes, the USA demands full disclosure of the blueprints. So discussions arise for the German military, to keep its nuclear capabilities while not giving the US technology secrets for free, to switch to French nukes instead. There are no plans to replace NATO in the EU, just to gain more independence on military aspects from the US. This goes hand in hand with increased military budgets, as demanded by the US, but I suspect the US expectations were that the EU would spend this on US military equipment, not using it to develop its own capabilities.
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  44.  @Frolickingg  Germany does not bring in people. 2015 happened because refugees were already in Hungary. They weren’t brought in by Merkel, they were already in the EU.
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  45.  @theancientsancients1769  There are no Brits who want those jobs. So you can increase wages, doesnt result in more lorry drivers.
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  46. @curio what country did Ukraine invade?
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  47.  @blechtic  There are no laws against using it, but if you want to join the EU, this becomes an issue, because a criteria to be met is a stable currency, which you can not meet if you have no currency. And Montenegro is on the waiting list.
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  48.  Minimmalmythicist Russia could have avoided it. They were the ones attacking Ukraine unprovoked.
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  49. Im Zweifel wird halt behauptet, das die Kinder vom Teufel besessen und den armen unschuldigen Priester verführt haben (letzteres ist leider kein Witz, das war eine beliebte Verteidigungsstrategie: die Kinder sind Schuld).
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  50.  @thewingedhussar4188  Putin`s Russia is not neo communist, it is a plain oligarchy.
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  51. Germany has a massive population of Russian origin. A travel ban means families be torn apart. What will that solve?
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  52. An interesting topic. Autocratic countries are always unstable. But Russia is so big and diverse, with so many outside and inside actors, that it is impossible to predict. I naively hope for a revolution and the emergence of a democratic Russia
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  53.  @ramonpilgrim6623  And in response, Russian economy gets wrecked. NATO never promised to not expand. This is a lie.
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  54.  @Alex-pj8nz  the Russian central bank is expecting that.
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  55.  @francoislechanceux5818  German Defence ministry Homepage.
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  56.  @primegupilan1974  Its failure to take the Ukrainian capital with more than 50% of their ground troops deployed. Its failure for any significant gains in Ukraine, its inability to conduct either SEAD or combined arms warfare. And the sinking of its flagship.
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  57.  @froJoss  Turkey is an interesting case study. Its economy is currently suffering enormously (50% value loss of the Lira compared to the US Dollar), and it is dependent on membership of the EU custom`s union. So the EU has the tools to completely crush Turkey if they like (but this would be a move of last resort). Just a couple of days ago Turkey`s finance minister (and Erdogans son in law) resigned. Erdogan himself is losing support of the people. On the military front, Turkey just lost against Russia (again) in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. It is losing foreign influence, as it is seen as an aggressor by its neighbors.
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  58.  @comradeking4427  Russia has the GDP of Italy while more than double the population. 20% of its population has no indoor plumbing. Life expectancy of Russian men is one of the worst in Europe. The EU promises wealth, freedom, sovereignty. What does Russia has to offer to the population of other countries?
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  59.  @aniket5993  Look at the living standard of Russia, compared to the west. It is abysmal. You do not need to destabilize a country to make the west more attractive when 20% of Russia`s population still has no indoor plumbing.
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  60. Well, the SPD candidate is also minister for finance, visiting the places and promising money. The Greens meanwhile are busy as their candidate has used the N-word in an interview...
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  61. While Hungary can not be kicked out of the EU, and can be stripped of most of its voting rights and funding.
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  62.  @kaloyanrosenov2123  wrong. Why did Russia need to draft 300k more recruits if it only used 10% of its available force? The draft proves that Russia had run out of soldiers.
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  63.  @jeremy4791  Swiss neutrality is a myth. It is deeply rooted in the western block, so deep that its airspace is protected by NATO when Swiss airforce calls it a day (usually at 5pm).
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  64.  @Im-just-Stardust  west doesn’t need to. Russian economy is rather small, its output in manufacturing is tiny compared to countries like germany. The entire west can outspend Russia and don’t even see it in their books
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  65.  @josephkhardin4532  According to may sources: unlike almost any other country in Europe, lorry drivers in the UK have no access to toilets or showers, while truck stops take a fee for parking. How much money would you want for having to piss in a bottle for a whole week?
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  66.  @TuscanBrick  The only one on the wrong side is Russia. Ukrainians are ready to die, so at least give them a fighting chance.
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  67. Weapons have an effect on the war. Don’t need to be a military expert to know this. Furthermore, Ukraine is on the path to having a bigger army than Russia.
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  68.  @davidbrear8642  writing racist columns?
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  69. Shortage of workforce isn’t helped by drafting 300000 men, either. And using high skill medical doctors as tank drivers isn’t the best use of recruits, either.
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  70.  @ipadair7345  Ukraine was the perfect fusion of traditional folklore and crazy, which is appreciated all over the world.
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  71. Is it contradictory? What are German politicians work for? A strong economy. What do they need for it? Cheap Russian gas and access to the Chinese market. Makes sense. Furthermore, Germany trying to show leadership often results in a massive backlash (remember the whole refugee episode? Germany saves Hungary from drowning in refugees, but then gets attacked by Orban for doing so).
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  72.  @user-op8fg3ny3j  Which is not the name of the SPD, the D stands for Deutschland (Germany), not for democratic (which is included in the S, Sozialdemokratisch)
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  73. Centralized? Why? Centralization only benefits the center.
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  74. The neglect of infrastructure started with Schröder and the dream of privatization of Deutsche Bahn ruined German Railway (Medohrn is an idiot). The tides have turned a couple of years ago with increased investment in infrastructure (starting with the debt and Euro crisis as a typical Keynesian reaction). But a decade of neglect needs more than a decade of repair. As education is an area of states, and most states have financial trouble, they were cut. While the no debt policy on the federal level was, thanks to high tax revenue, ok, it was a disaster for the state and communal level.
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  75.  @OldArmin  Well, that is the equivalent of posting a poll of Wyoming to represent the US...
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  76.  @bojanm986  Russia is holding less Ukrainian territory now than it did in March. I wouldn’t call that advancing.
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  77.  @LuisRomeroLopez  Putin has miscalculated before, I would argue Crimea was one. Why annex it, if you could just turn it in yet another puppet state? Would have saved Russia from half a decade of economic decline.
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  78.  @yvasev  Russia gave Ukraine assurances about their territorial integrity in the bukarest memorandum, so yes, they are not allowed to invade.
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  79.  Elvia Darkgrape  You call the German Greens a marxist party. The Greens are capitalist to the core. No law they want to implement or actually implemented is Marxist. And it changes a lot. Look at how the Greens govern the state, together with the conservative CDU. Do you believe a marxist party can govern with a conservative party? And even if so, you have to present laws by the Greens that are Marxist. So prove me wrong: what Marxist law have the Greens passed?
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  80.  @paulcarroll6995  Of course Brexit will damage both the UK and the EU, that was the intention. But for the EU, it is a damage limitation exercise: for them, a bad deal is worse than no deal. As the German chamber of car manufacturers stated (and was not mentioned in this video): it is better to lose access to the UK market than to damage the integrity of the EU single market.
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  81. Tariffs are not the main issue that will drive costs. Take medicine: The cost to certify a new drug is significant, no matter the market size. Currently, if a drug is certified in one EU country, it can be sold in all. From next year on, a drug has both to be certified in the EU and UK, costing similar. If it is a drug for a disease only few people get, it might not be worth it to certify it for the UK market, so the drug will not become available. Take chemicals: to register a chemical, extensive testing and certification is necessary. If it is chemical the UK does not use much, it might not be worth it, so the UK gets cut of this supply as well. Aviation: every piece of equipment requires certification. UK certification's will no longer be valid in the EU next year, so every product you want to sell in the EU and UK will double in certification costs. Foods: sanitary and phytosanitary checks will become necessary. These are not tariffs, but expensive, as documentation, experts and labs are required, as well as delays in shipment. Tariffs are a minor issue compared to mutual recognition of standards.
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  82.  @VME-Brad  What place in the world has a food surplus to be suddenly able to replace the EU, and can reach the UK in 24h time? There is no farmer currently throwing away his food waiting for the UK market to open. And there is no farmer suddenly able to increase production massively to replace EU. The UK will remain dependent on EU food imports, because no other country in the world, or even combination of countries, has the necessary food surplus to take over.
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  83. Let’s be honest: us, the world, failed Ukraine in 2014. we almost failed Ukraine this time, too. Let’s make up for it by supporting their fight for freedom with all we have.
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  84. I mean, the protests which lead to the sacking of US capitol would be a normal sunday for France, or even Germany.
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  85.  @tonupharry  yes. French nukes are already enough.
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  86.  Minimmalmythicist  this old bs. What right did Russia had to invade Crimea because of Euromaiden? Furthermore, several consecutive elections in Ukraine have proven that the population is pro EU, not pro Russia.
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  87.  @Baleur  did USA annex Iraq?
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  88. The system is literally delivered right from the factory.
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  89. Ich bin geimpft. Meine Freiheit ist eingeschränkt, weil eine Minderheit sich der Impfung verweigert und mit ihrem unsolidarischen Verhalten die Krankenhäuser überlastet. Ich will meine Freiheit Zuruck, und daher will ich die Impfpflicht.
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  90.  @exarder1377  You can not make her responsible for Brexit and UK`s economic downturn.
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  91. You are deeply misinformed. The EU doesn’t need an enemy to function, and particularly with Russia, parts of the EU do not see it as an enemy (Germany/NS2)
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  92. Agreed. The cry for a strong leader is what brought us fascism.
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  93.  @Fadakartel  But Ukraine has better weapons now. Especially loitering ammunition (suicide drones) by the US. Perfect for hitting supply lines (or generals)
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  94.  @Guide4Ever  From an European point of view, it is a right party (Democrats) vs. a far right party (Republicans). The democrats stand right of most european conservative parties on many social issues.
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  95.  @aleksabenovic6046  Tell that to the Crimea tatars
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  96.  @Kabup2  of course there is. Go to Italy, where you have shitty private roads, or Switzerland, where you have excellent public roads.
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  97.  @nikolavideomaker  Ukraine is not becoming Europe`s Syria, as there is no civil war. Totally different political landscape.
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  98. Many more mistakes, like the threshold of the parliament (5%, not 7%), Scholz being the only candidate with executive experience (Laschet leads NRW since 2017)...
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  99.  @Бббб-ъ7ь  what about medicine? What about seeds? What about cars, airplanes, computers? Russia can not produce food if it can not import seeds.
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  100.  @6helloworld938  Musk is celebrated in the media as a rock star. So what are you talking about?
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  101. Red cross professional work is to control the wellbeing of PoW. Russias refusal to grant access is telling.
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  102.  @peterfireflylund  AFD MEP Storch demanded to shoot female refugees in the back. Not extremist?
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  103.  @Frolickingg  Who cares? Get over 2015 already.
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  104.  @ninpo-2103  Please, Russian average monthly income was $800 BEFORE the economic collapse. They will not be able to afford Apple products anymore, the Russian market imploded.
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  105. It isn’t falling apart? Some small shifts in the political spectrum, but the vast majority is still centrist.
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  106.  @captainvanisher988  they won all of east Germany? Didn’t get a majority in any state.
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  107.  @tanja5542  there are no family visas. To visit family, you use a tourist visa in Germany
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  108. If you really want to know, I advise to watch Perun. This video has too many factual wrong statements (as an example, German Bundeswehr spends 28% of its budget on salaries, and not as this video claims, almost all of it). And while I find the footage of the NVA somewhat funny, it does not really show good quality control of this channel. The communist symbols may have been the clue...
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  109. bureaucrats do not put regulations on the troops. Politicians do. bureaucrats just enforce them.
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  110.  Ocean Blue  in what regard is US infrastructure better than in Germany? For instance, high speed railroad network in Germany is several times bigger than US, and Germany’s power grid is much more robust.
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  111. There is the famous quote of a swiss soldier when asked by the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, what the 100000 swiss soldiers would do when he invades Switzerland with 200000 Prussians. The answer: than we should two times, your majesty.
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  112.  @fsnissen  But Boeing said no further training is necessary and the MAX handles like the older versions. They misguided their customers in full knowledge of the flaws of their product. Boeing is responsible, not the airlines.
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  113.  @slimdiddyd most popular still means a small minority in the fractured Dutch political system.
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  114. What would nuclear solve? Building a new plant takes 10-20 years and takes a fortune. Furthermore, Germany has no electricity deficit, quiet the opposite. It is suppling its surplus electricity to France, because of Frances over reliance on nuclear and many of their reactors in unplanned shut down.
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  115.  @ecksdee1637  no, GDP PPP is meaningless. Russias living standard is well below Italy’s.
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  116. @Ramesh Kumar Ukraine does not belong to Russia. Ukrainians will make pay Russia in blood for this.
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  117. Considering that Russias first guard tank army, their most elite force with the finest battle tanks Russia has, fled when Ukrainian army arrived on Pickups, full mobilisation will have no effect.
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  118.  @larsandersson5974  PzH2000 and IrisT are the Good stuff
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  119. No. Coalitions are the norm in Germany. Last time a party won a majority in German parliament was 1957. Coalition governments are what makes Germany strong: compromise.
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  120. Winter war on crack. Finland had no US support
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  121. 30% of the people. It is respected. But you need a majority to form a government, and if AfD is not able to form a coalition, this has to be respected.
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  122. Taking territory while losing your army is still a loss
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  123. Even if the Greens only come second after CDU/CSU in the elections, due to PR, they still become the party of chancellor as long as they find a coalition with more than 50% of the parliament.
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  124.  @MaZe741  Because it would make it much more expensive. The process in energy intense and the pipelines could not handle it.
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  125.  @wilhelmschneider891  Merkel is the most popular politician and would have won re-election.
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  126.  @scintillam_dei  USA secondary sanctions: do business with Russia and you are not allowed to do business with us. They are on the table. Who in their right mind would chose Russians tiny market, and not the giant markets of USA and EU?
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  127.  @julianshepherd2038  it is rather similar to rocket science. Managing highly explosive substances in unfavourable conditions, pressure control, fluid control…
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  128. You become a member of EU or nato by request, not by force. And yes, it was a good idea, as Ukraine proves. Don’t be a member of nato, be invaded by Russia.
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  129. Sending more weapons is the way to achieve peace talks. Only when Ukraine is so strong that Russia believes it can achieve more with negotiation than with fighting, peace has a chance.
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  130.  @zxcv97  this Systems did not exist at the Start of the war. Even Germany can not deliver something that hasn’t been produced yet.
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  131.  @ianodowd3069  remember: when the other side has no arguments, they attack grammar, or spelling, or, when in the real world, your clothes, your looks. In a twisted way, it is a compliment, as it proves your argumentation to be valid and hard to counter.
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  132.  @studylondon5362  Well, name those euro regulations, please.
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  133. China has huge investments in Ukraine which are now threatened. Furthermore, regions separating from their homecountry sets a precedent for Taiwan China doesnt like.
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  134. There are sanctions against Belarus, both from the USA and EU (I dont know about the UK), introduced yesterday.
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  135. France has massive problems, it depends on electricity imports from Germany, and will so for years to come. 50% of French nuclear power stations are offline French EDF is massively in debt New power stations take decades tho build and are massively over budget Rivers are to warm, so plants have to work on lower capacity. It is ironic, but looking at import/export figures, France is an electrictx importer, while Germany is an exporter
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  136.  @randomriku6774  it is not part of Russia. It is part of the Ukraine that Russia illegally conquered
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  137.  UTubeFekUrself  the Ukraine military gets support from the population and the supply lines are shorter.
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  138. There are countries which can not grow enough food, due to climate, geography…
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  139. Why? Because satellite images prove it was Russia? Because Russia has done it before, many times?
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  140.  @mlionea  taken care by the rest of Europe. Giving Ukrainian soldiers an easy mind knowing their families are safe, freeing up resources to fight. Since when are being responsible for high refugee numbers an achievement?
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  141. Russia is already decaying. Infrastructure crumbling (I only went to the Ural, but the difference to Moscow/St.P was astonishing), wages in decline, taxes go up, retirement age go up, young and qualified leaving the country...
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  142. We Tank gasoline everyday, which not only burns quiet as good, but also is cancerous and toxic. And a battery on fire is the nightmare of every fire fighter. Hydrogen is the least worst of the three.
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  143. 20% of Russian have no indoor plumbing. This number alone shows the quality of life. Go outside Moscow/St.P, you see Sowjet infrastructure crumble to dust.
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  144.  John Bull  Well, unlike the UK, Greece did not break international law.
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  145. Not even Russians stand with Russia.
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  146. Even if this Russian strategy is „successful“, I find it hard to believe that they would have enough reserves to keep gained territory against a Ukrainian counter offensive with western tanks and IFV, which will occur in April.
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  147.  @exarder1377  Your government agreed to this.
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  148. It isn`t. (I just put as many arguments in my statement as you).
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  149.  @badgermanization  I argue that the literal english translation is either SDPG (social democratic party of Germany) or SPG.
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  150.  @johnny_eth  only the Abrahams, Leo2 is not a gas guzzler.
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  151. Since when is sexual harassment ok if you are exited?
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  152.  @wrpg9955  wrong. Without mobilisation, Russia relies on its contract soldiers, their best and most well equipped.
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  153. I disagree. Unanimity is a fail save mechanism to protect small countries. Without it, they lose their right to decide and become colonies.
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  154.  @johnny_eth  also, when Ukraine is able to handle the Gepard, they can handle anything.
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  155. No, the raids are not for that. Letzte Generation entered a Factory and blocked oil pipelines, which is sabotage and a serious crime. They also entered an airport and blocked it, also a serious crime.
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  156.  Untold  The US has supplied Ukraine with far more equipment than the UK.
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  157.  @davidnoelfranks1124  Considering USA has 3000 Abrahams tanks in cold storage, sending them to Ukraine would actually reduce costs for the USA.
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  158.  Firm Buttocks  Ok, name one country that was allowed to leave the soviet union by just sending a letter.
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  159. It was Russia picking the fight by invading Ukraine 2014.
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  160.  @trieutulong4709  The EU`s combined military is bigger than Russia`s, and France brings in nuclear capabilities. Not to mention the EU economy, which dwarfs Russia`s (its size is similar to Italy). Considering that Ukraine is more than capable holding the line with Soviet tech against Russia, I am rather certain countries like Poland, with up to date western tech, would have even less problems.
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  161.  @Chuck_Hooks  Never happened. Brussels makes no decisions, but the collective governments of the members.
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  162.  @asanulsterman1025  the DUP voted against adding Irish street names. They have apparently a massive problem letting the Irish feel more Irish.
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  163.  @Memovox  Sweden and Norway, two of the richest countries in the world, highest living standards and freedoms included, attempt to join NATO. So is Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia…
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  164.  @seanmoran2743  there was no such deal.
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  165. History seems to be very short for you, starting at the middle ages?
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  166. It was the EU constantly warning about NI in the Brexit process, making it top 1 priority in the negotiations. It were the Brexiters saying there is nothing to worry about.
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  167.  @ВасяСвой-т2б  In der Tat, seit 8 Jahren besetzten russische Truppen diese ukrainischen Gebiete.
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  168. Multimillionaire Merz telling Germany that he is middle class just shows his mindset.
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  169.  @peterfireflylund  no. Using deadly force against women and children, if a warning shot was fired first. That were her words. They do not need to be violent.
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  170. France got second place this year as one of the big five, further backing your point. If you give a great performance (Italy/France), people will give you points.
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  171. Turkey is not a NATO ally, but a NATO member. Huge difference.
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  172. @G M The EU-UK deal is only favorable for the EU. UK`s most important sector, services, is not covered, UK has to follow EU regulations or it gets punished with tariffs, it lost Northern Ireland and Gibraltar, its fishery and haulier industry is badly hit, and non tariff barriers and custom declarations making UK manufactures noncompetitive against their EU competitors.
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  173.  @sebastianr1204  it almost wiped them out of the German political landscape. And the Greens are socialist? Since when?
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  174.  @ckr3167  funny enough studies show that chlorinating chicken does not get rid of the bacteria, and is therefor riskier for consumers than unchlorinated chicken raised at higher standards: Tldr: chlorination is not the problem, but what it tries to cover up.
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  175.  @krasavchik8714  not even China dares to try that.
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  176.  @Wahrheitsbringer  because Ukraine was invaded by Russia 2014, when NATO membership was not part of the constitution.
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  177.  @eddiel7635  The US, China, Japan, Brazil, all these are protectionist blocks.
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  178. He claimed she agreed. This is a lie.
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  179. The German nuclear reactors fuel rods are burned out, and they are overdue for their 10 year security check. Even if Germany decides to continue using them, there would be out of service for at least two years
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  180.  @RealMTBAddict  But it reduces it massively
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  181.  @ricardoospina5970  Name a weapons delivery that Germany currently Blocks
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  182.  @lioneddy  because Putin does not have the power to just oder a nuclear strike. Two my knowledge, he needs two generals to agree with him. Furthermore, he then needs his military to carry out the orders.
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  183.  @primegupilan1974  Well, than you are missing out. Perun is very open about his qualifications (logistics, economics) and focuses on those. He is also very good at providing sources and articulating his arguments. He is not looking at the frontline in Ukraine, the battles and tactics, but the economy fueling the armies. I recommend giving his videos a try to see for yourself.
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  184.  @KazeHorse  Nuking Kiev would alienate Russias last allies (China, India). The political costs are too high for Russia to use nukes (the nuclear taboo).
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  185. No, it does not. Count the number of prime minsters since Brexit and compare it with the number of French presidents.
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  186.  @basiltozer9078  and Russia is winning and that is the reason why they don’t say how many Russian soldiers have died?
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  187. The propaganda works with the older population, But the young don’t watch TV, but inform themselves via the internet. And they are rather pissed of having a bleak future, so most of them want to leave Russia. I otherwise fully agree with your comment
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  188. 28% of the defense budget goes into salaries in Germany. So the statement of the video is simply wrong.
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  189. The EU started a project called the hydrogen strategy to transform its industry towards this route. The political will is there, the money is going to be spend. I think hydrogen is a far more elegant technology than batteries or fossil fuels. Its use is much more diverse and it is safer than the alternatives.
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  190.  @mohsinrasul8450  Why does Russia not want to join the Ukraine? Rus was formed around Kiev, so it makes historic sense that Russia subdues to the nation where its culture originates from.
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  191.  @DGAMINGDE  Or 27 strong ones, depends on your viewpoint.
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  192.  @cdeford  There are 25 other leaders who all have veto rights and domestic agendas. There is the whole EU parliament, too.
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  193. Follow the Ukraine example and go full Scottish with bagpipes?
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  194.  @comradeking4427  i know that Putins buddies are rich, while the rest of the country is poor. That is the reason why half of the Russian population under 30 wants to leave.
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  195.  @Jennyeq  Please, if one nation know how to protest, its France. Meanwhile, protests in the UK are being made illegal if they are too loud...
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  196. It is a lack of trust in the government. If they say you should do it, it must be wrong. A heritage of the old communistic times.
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  197. To join NATO, you can not have any territorial conflicts that are ongoing. Crimea prevents Ukraine joining
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  198. Russians know how the world outside Russia is. They will not starve for the glory of their supreme leader, but look for a better one.
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  199.  @solodad7999  I am rather certain that the UK or French military could keep Russian forces at bay, not to mention they possess nukes, too.
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  200.  @brentmonkhouse6638  of course logistics is thought about. Poland has maintenance hubs for Leo2, and Ukrainians are trained on western weapons for months.
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  201.  @3800TURBO  and a drone is easily countered by an old school Gepard.
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  202.  @SK-lt1so  EU has less civil servants than London.
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  203.  @missesCarmenB  in 2022, Russian economy shrunk, while western economies grew.
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  204. Gepard was in deep storage since 2012. It takes time to refurbish them.
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  205.  @harukrentz435  Not what he said, is it? But it is proven that vaccination REDUCES the risk of spreading, as well of risk of hospitalization.
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  206. Kissing someone on the mouth without consent is sexual harassment.
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  207. No, she did not. She did not consent, it is sexual harassment by a superior, he should have resigned. She said she did not consent, period.
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  208.  @OutragedPufferfish  Well, last year Russian government said the Russian population has natural immunity against Covid due to past infections/superior genetics.
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  209.  @The_Honey_Cake  partially it did. NS2 is cancelled, the army is receiving money, and several major internal policy decisions are made.
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  210.  @jonsid6628  not really. UK pork industry is currently crashing, same for poultry. Where do you think the meat will be coming from instead? EU Uk farmers decided to plant less next year due to worker shortages. Where do you think the food will come from instead? EU List goes on.
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  211. In a small state, where the spd did not poll much higher in the previous election. And yes, the afd is the extreme party. How else would you describe the demand to deport native Germans to Africa, if they not agree with the AfD?
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  212.  John Grigg  out of interest, do you know any war were there was no shortage at the front?
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  213. How is this special? In most countries only native citizens are allowed to vote (with some exceptions in the EU in local elections)
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  214.  @davout5775  Europe already decreased its dependency by 80%. It is not 5 years, but maybe another 6 months
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  215.  Ocean Blue  so you are unable to provide an example of US infrastructure being better than German, and prefer to compare the US to third world counties. The article to posted does not compare US to Germany and therefor is nothing to proof your point.
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  216. Russias application of their tanks was already obsolete in the second world war. sending them in without infantry support?
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  217.  @lynetteedwards7008  So? She was a minor, and therefor it is illegal. Or are you really arguing that sex trafficking minors should be legal when they agree to it?
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  218.  John Bull  Dublin`s constant rhetoric? They did they over 20 years ago. It is only the Unionists threatening violence.
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  219.  @RJ-dw4jw  Ukraine has no nukes, and therefor can not threaten a nuclear strike. Ukraine gave up its nukes, and Russia promised to honor Ukrainian borders.
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  220.  @yurichtube1162  why not? Smaller countries won against Russia
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  221. EU wanted EU based companies to have the same access to the Swiss market that Swiss companies have to the EU market. Switzerland said no.
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  222.  @babitapandhare1889  Putin. He said they retreated from Cherson.
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  223. High prices are the result of high demand and low supply. Instead of wasting money with nationalization, which will not build a single additional flat, Berlin and other cities should invest the money in building new properties.
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  224. 7:10 The EU members not willing to finance the EU? Sorry, but this is just wrong.
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  225. They are center left. They are responsible for the introduction of minimum wage in Germany, the label left is adequate.
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  226. @El Dimos Karam no. Maddam is right. An US Style debt limit and shutdown is not possible. There is no hard ceiling. Or can you Name the number?
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  227. Because the UK is not able to kick back. The EU currently fully checks UK imports (including SPS checks). The UK does not check ANY EU imports. Why? Because they neither have the staff nor facilities to do so, and depend on EU imports for everything, including food and medicine. Furthermore, as UK ports are completely overwhelmed, even non EU trade is processed in EU ports and send to the UK. So if the UK would retaliate the same way, it would starve itself.
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  228. @Joscha Wexler Ukrainian forces will continue fighting. Russia sending more troops currently means simply more target practise for the Ukrainian people. The whole population is fighting, no army can beat that.
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  229.  @chrisscott6254  You cant expect your people to risk their life if you yourself are not ready to do so. Look at Putin, hiding in his bunker. Look at Zelensky, being with his people. One is a criminal, one is a leader.
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  230.  @ultron2-465  Who do you side with, the aggressor invading another country or the defender?
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  231. And if you are not healthy? Who will decide if you are healthy?
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  232. Russia does it all the time. But case in point: they fail all the time, too.
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  233.  @FEWGEE1  Germany is the third largest supplier of weapons to Ukraine and currently the only one suppling western air Defense (Gepard, Iris-T).
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  234. Well, gas is used to produce electricity, too, and it is a fundamental component for the chemical industry. It is really difficult
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  235.  @Bb13190  Well, Orban is working hard to convince Poland otherwise.
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  236.  @patrickdoyle9304  you could expect the UK government to act in the interest of all four parts of the kingdom, including Northern Ireland, and not just England. But reality shows us different: NI is thrown under the bus, again and again.
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  237.  @Memovox  the red army.
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  238.  @basiltozer9078  and Russia signed a treaty accepting Ukrainian borders and terretory.
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  239. No. It is Russia v Ukraine, with Ukraine getting nato grade weapons.
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  240. Where is the Russian goal to kick its economy into the worst recession of 30 years and killing more soldiers in weeks than in the years of the Afghanistan war? And I really dont understand your point about the Eurozone, what does the countries using the currency Euro have to do with it?
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  241.  @yurichtube1162  Russia is not self sufficient. No one will freeze in winter, there is enough gas from alternative sources to heat homes. And inflation? Russian inflation is through the roof, too, and they are already way poorer.
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  242.  @danielwebb8402  She changed her position, she has no intention of leaving either EU or Euro.
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  243.  @Dexusaz  Why did the Baltics join? Because they felt threaten by Russia. And looking at Russias behavior the last century, or even the last two weeks, rightly so.
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  244.  @리주민  Independently verified? She posted this on her Facebook page.
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  245.  @nothingtowatch3708  I sincerely hope that this will be a turning point and native languages become more common.
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  246.  @Focke42  it is the childish need of a parent figure telling you what to do/think to be released of your own responsibility.
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  247. I think the most likely is traffic light (SPD-Greens-FDP). It is not even sure if Die Linke will be represented in the Bundestag (7% with the usual 3% margin of error is rather close to below 5%). Furthermore, die Linke is pro Putin and even doubted he is involved in the attack on Nawalny, while the Greens have a strong anti Putin stance.
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  248. They are allowed to do that, the host country has to agree. Funny how most countries prefer US protection...
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  249.  @alexsilent5603  15 years of imprisonment for not repeating Russian government line. In the US, you can say what you want without going into prison. See the difference? Both USA and Europe are self sufficient on food.
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  250. Trump is one of the biggest Putin fanboys out hteee
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  251. He was sacked for lying to the board. So, no.
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  252.  @vinm300  Germany is the first sending modern western AA equipment to Ukraine, and is the third biggest overall supporter of Ukraine.
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  253.  @thephoenix756  Russia stores its money in western banks. You can use that.
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  254.  @eyup2646  so? 450 nukes are more than enough to turn Russias cities into dust.
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  255. Other? There is only one, and currently it is Scholz. This is Steinmeier, the president of Germany.
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  256. What you are saying is that Putin is actually an US asset, doing as his US masters tell him to do? Invading Ukraine for the benefit of the US?
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  257.  @booshting3520  Ok, link a source. Otherwise it gets embarrassing.
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  258.  @gdiwolverinemale2745  every tank can be destroyed when deployed without proper support.
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  259. Vaccination reduces symptoms by 80% and hospital admissions by 90%. Without them, 10 times more people would be hospitalised.
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  260. By being armed to the teeth.
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  261. Germany being the First Nation to deliver an advanced AA system (Iris T) is not getting around to doing?
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  262.  @m.muller4485  Auch für Sie: Es ist RUSSLAND, das die Ukraine angreift. nicht die USA.
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  263.  @dirk4087  Putin greift ein Brudervolk an. Familie. Das ist unverzeilich.
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  264. @Ford Prefect UK businesses will lose all EU trade agreements that cover a good part of the world, there is not a single country the EU trades on WTO terms with. And most countries, including the US, Canada and Japan, already said they are not interested in a trade deal with the UK in case of no deal Brexit. http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/Login.do?message=SessionExpired
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  265.  @luckyluke1503  no, the Red Army had the USA on their side.
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  266. Values like family or tradition are apparently despised by conservatives.
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  267.  @lynetteedwards7008  What you do sounds pretty much like victim blaming. How dare she sues someone who sexually abused her as a minor! He is a royal, doesnt she know?
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  268. The Queen has personally interfered in UK politics to block any legislation against her interest, as it is her right to do so. The Guardian had an interesting piece about it last year.
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  269.  @revolution4189  Not in Germany. Swearing, if not done excessively , is not seen as an issue.
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  270.  @JakobModus  Historically, Social democratic parties are anti immigration.
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  271.  @leonard3436  The AFDs plan to cut of foreigner`s of getting their German pension, even when they paid in for decades? Brilliant policy, really...
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  272.  @peterfireflylund  by any chance, is this recent sanity you taking about the DDR? There it was quiet common to shoot refugees, granted, it was people fleeing in the other direction.
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  273. I argue that the money by the Berlin government would be better spend building new flats than to buy existing ones. Increase supply until it meets demand and prices will go down.
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  274. And in Switzerland, binding referendums are ruled to be illegal if one side lied.
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  275.  @paul1979uk2000  The chances of getting infected when fully vaccinated are massively reduced, so is the chance of infecting others. The rise of infections is driven by unvaccinated, as are deaths.
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  276. @G M It was a success for Germany, as their exports of goods to the UK is secured.
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  277.  @Alex-ni2ir  bad luck for Russia. It has to accept Ukraine been sovereign. They are too weak to control it and currently suffer major losses
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  278.  @flyingpharoah4867  no. Just how much money is there to spend. This is always the limiting factor. Italy’s credit ratings aren’t the best, you know?
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  279.  @drizzt7dourden7  the SPD is much better. Their scandals are rather small compared to what the CDU was doing.
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  280.  @scorpio2330  Russia seems to have miscalculated. They didnt expect to get their central banks assets frozen. And Putin may not care, but his inner circle will. And they may decide they really enjoy their Italian or French villa, and prefer their wife or mother in low to be able to travel to Paris/New York/Milan so they can meet with their love affair. Or being able to send their children into elite schools.
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  281. I disagree. Considering the challenges and predictions, especially with the forced decoupling of Russian gas, the coalition has worked surprisingly well and already delivered some major reforms ( increase of minimum wage, new citizenship law, hospital reform)
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  282.  @zeno3007  indeed, I find the term winning in a PR system like Germany misleading. You won nothing but the most seats in accordance with your vote share.
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  283. Russian economy is the size of Italy. It is close to a joke.
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  284. It is also poorer
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  285.  @romeob.8369  Bombing civilians only turns civilians into combatants.
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  286. Hit Russian ammo dumps and command posts, mostly.
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  287.  Firm Buttocks  Well, its only the UK cutting social welfare and increasing taxes on the poor.
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  288. Germany is the second biggest supporter of Ukraine.
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  289.  @AnhNguyen-hn9vj  other countries can. Mask mandates are working.
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  290. But Ukraine can replace its equipment thanks to western support, and its troops thanks to mobilization.
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  291.  @SilverDePuh  Genau wegen Taiwan stellt sich China eben NICHT an die Seite von Russland. Nach offizieller Leseart ist Taiwan Teil Chinas. Wenn China nun Teilen der Ukraine das Recht zugesteht, sich vom Mutterland abzutrennen, so müssen sie dieses Recht auch Taiwan gewähren.
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  292.  @tkhannibal2476  Name the treaty, please. Because otherwise, it doesn’t exist.
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  293. Which is not true. Till the end of the cold war, both West and East Germany had massive armies, I would argue west Germany had the strongest land force in Western Europe.
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  294.  @disposabull  I can hardly think of any explosive that would work as intended after 85 years, the idea that a nuke, which is much more complex, and as you rightly point out, suffers much more Inder corrosion due to radiation, is laughable.
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  295.  @chancellorpalpatine1019  Schröder being a communist from DDR? I would advice you to check his bio. Furthermore, today’s Russia has nothing to do with communism.
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  296. So how does this fit into Russia losing its most elite forces at the beginning of the war?
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  297.  @danielobrien8417  Ukrainians don`t fight for their government, they fight for defending their country.
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  298.  @rjtimmerman2861  It is in the center of attention of both the EU and USA.
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  299. No, as the old agreements have to be updated constantly to stay in force. Already Swiss market access is being reduced, no more easy access. Swiss medical equipment to the EU market
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  300.  @nydydn  already happening. Medical equipment made in Switzerland is now not covered anymore, full custom checks apply, as well as certification. Swiss stockmarket not recognised in the EU anymore. Swiss participation in EU research project will end. The second the EU introduces new regulations in one area, this area will not be covered by the bilaterals anymore. P
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  301. @Tim Well, liberals often refers to left leaning parties ( US Democrats), and therefor confusing.
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  302.  @Έκπληξηρυσός  even with lowered standards its extra costs, or do you expect no standards and checks at all? Remember, due to WTO MFN, all countries have to be treated equally.
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  303. 2014 was the start of a new financial cycle
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  304. I did not know Italian is spoken so widely...
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  305. Well, we now know Germany`s true friends in the EU: Austria and Romania! If you give points for such a performance, you are truly loyal. Russia`s appeal has also changed: Ukraine was usually a safe bet, as well as other former sowjet states. Not any more. UK did not even get points from Ireland or Australia. And Israel, while currently in a rather critical political situation, still got a good position (while I found there performance deserved one, too).
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  306. You would have quiet the angry Belarussian population, and Russia is currently short on menpower to suppress rebellions.
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  307. Norway is not even a member of the EU, but keep dreaming.
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  308.  @mark63424able  Most favored nation rules are an obstacle, with Canada already having a FTA with the EU and Australia and NZ negotiating one, they can not give the UK better terms than the EU. Furthermore, CANZUK was advertised as a replacement market for the EU, but the combined GDPs of Canada, Australia and NZ is smaller than Germany`s...
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  309. That`s why the first vaccine deployed in the US, UK and EU was developed in the EU?
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  310.  @ckr3167  Animal welfare. Chlorinating chicken allows for much lower welfare standards, as banning chlorination requires higher standards to get clean meat. Isn’t that an issue to fight for? Furthermore, chlorinating chicken to get rid of bacteria (which it is only doing partly) is worse than preventing said bacteria to be there in the first place.
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  311.  @captainvanisher988  their vote share is far below 50% in each of the mentioned states, so they have not won a majority in any of them.
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  312. It is neither. Uranium mining is the worst for the environment, and its safety record is so bad no insurance company in the world will give it an insurance
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  313.  @sircoloniser5454  that was before the age of nukes. Furthermore, Russia attacks just as often.
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  314.  martin stone  what does the average YouTuber earn compared to the average phd holder? Not even a competition. In Russia, your income after finishing your degree in STEM is around $300-500 (before 24th feb 2022). If you live in Moscow, this only pays your rent
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  315.  @Larrypint  BILD is MAINSTREAM. They are the leading newspaper in Germany, Springer is one of the biggest players in Germany. They are so big that other German media did no dare to criticize them, as Ippen forbid journalists working for him to publish this story. So please stop with the victim narrative. Is is pathetic.
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  316. Russia is rather poor and has a weak economy. 20% of its population do not have indoor plumbing.
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  317. Well, Scholz actually pushed USA to deliver tanks, too.
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  318. Self defence is the key part here. Ukraine was attacked. Israel was attacked.
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  319.  James Walton  20% inflation and -10% GDP ruin everyone’s mood.
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  320. Why do you ignore the billions the EU pumps into eastern European countries every year? Or the rise in wages and living standards they already seen because of it? You might be surprised, but the EU is actually capable of doing more than one thing at a time.
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  321. Because it stopped being authoritarian to its businesses to let them develop (Xi is currently reversing this)
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  322.  @voyd1507  France, Denmark, Sweden…
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  323.  @gordonmac3616  that’s why Boris Johnson partied with a son of a kgb agent and put him in the House of Lords?
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  324.  Firm Buttocks  all of them. Meanwhile in the EU, education is under national sovereignty and therefor not dictated by the EU.
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  325.  @eddiel7635  and the UKs agreements are with countries like Faroe. So the Eu has the most of all nations and entities? Worldwide? Doesn’t really fit the narrative that it is overprotective, if literally every one else is more protective.
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  326.  @eddiel7635  Name one entity that has more Free Trade agreements than the EU.
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  327.  @jaybelle1909  photographic evidence of Ukrainian forces proves that a good part of their initial force is still alive and in service. Meanwhile, Russias elite forces like VDV and first guard tank army are almost wiped out. The later one even donated most of its equipment to Ukraine, which now operates T90M, the finest Russian tank manufacturing has to offer.
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  328.  @balung  Germany is the third largest supplier of weapons to Ukraine.
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  329. Throwing the eastern countries in front of Russia, letting them begging for mercy? No mate, no chance.
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  330.  @John-hu9qg  Ukraine gets support from the west, so it does not rely on its economy.
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  331. @Robert Nagy Russia is very thorough, you know. They destroy every piece of Ukrainian equipment at least three times, and every Ukrainian soldier is at least killed and captured four times.
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  332.  @truthbeckons6053  But only Britain, not even Northern Ireland, suffers fuel shortages that require the army to get active, suffer food shortages, have to cull pigs and turkeys, have to ration blood tests... I wounder why. Everyone had the pandemic. But only one place has this shitshow.
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  333. Paid Lobbying is already illegal. Tories didn’t care
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  334.  @0penminds  90% reduction in car investment, based on the last 6 months, already happened, 1 trillion of assets left the UK, already happened. No predictions, factual data. Yours as well, but yours is of data from two years ago, while mine is from two weeks ago. You can decide for yourself which is more relevant.
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  335.  @elenastone6011  why become a lorry driver if so many other job offerings with better wages and working conditions are available?
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  336. No, they are simply far right. Their top politicians said: if Germany suffers, we benefit! They also defended the far right. And demanded to deport native Germans to Africa if they do not agree with the AFDs world views.
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  337. Oh, please. This out of context excuse becomes boring. What was the context of him saying Ukraine doesnt reallly exist, or that he intends to create Noworossija by taking Belarus and Ukraine?
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  338.  @DoDoENT  of course they can if they are citizens.
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  339.  Ocean Blue  I disagree. The US still uses checks, in the Eu, including Germany, money is directly transferred to bank accounts for wages, pensions, rent, electricity. And almost all shops accept Debit Cards. Air conditioning is not required due to climate and building decently isolated houses. And washing machines? Over 96% of German households have one, but only 85% of US households. Traffic signs to confusing? You said you never were in Germany, so how do you know?
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  340.  Ocean Blue  What is user friendly about US infrastructure? No power in wintertime? Collapsing bridges? No highs peed railroads? No public transportation besides big cities? EXAMPLES!
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  341.  Ocean Blue  High speed rail network in operation: Germany: 1,856.4 km USA: 301 km I am curious, which infrastructure in the US in more advanced than Germany? An example, please.
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  342.  John Bull  So why did the government agree to the protocol then? You are aware that the EU was willing to agree to an extension, the negotiations were ongoing, until the UK decided to proceed on its own? Now the negotiations are binned. The UK tries to blackmail the EU. Simple as that. The UK did not even implement the necessary infrastructure to make the protocol work, to then claim it doesnt. What is logic is that? Sabotaging and then claiming it has to be changed?
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  343.  @real-history-online  those men are not military. Best case, they were conscript ones. In most cases not even that.
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  344.  @fractalelf7760 currently it’s the Uk fragmenting (Northern Ireland, Scotland), not the EU. Countries want to join the EU, but want to leave the Uk.
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  345. What is difficult? Who leads a branch has the presidency. It is simply a job title, are we already so americafied?
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  346.  @wesleykeurntjes6571  German Greens are not really a left party in some regions, but speak to a conservative audience.
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  347. EU gas storage facilities are filled up to around 77% and still increasing. Latvia alone has double the storage capacity of the UK. In total, the EU has 840 TWh of gas stored, which is 20% of its yearly consumption.
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  348. Good joke. Russia is blank. They lost their best forces. But conscripts will suddenly turn it around? All right.
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  349. Sweden has to adopt the Euro the second they meet the criteria. For some reason, they fail every year.
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  350.  @dalecrocker3213  how so? Ukraine is receiving 200 tanks from Poland, PzH2000, M777, Patriot, Bushmaster, IrisT, Gepard, now Bradley, AMX and Marder. Doesn’t sound like depletion to me.
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  351. Germany relies on the Chinese market to sell its goods. That is the reason why they are careful. Never forget the historic guilt of Germany towards Russia.
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  352. Around 3.5-4 million people of Russian heritage live in Germany.
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  353.  @watershed8685  the commission is elected by the EU parliament. It is called representative democracy.
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  354.  @gaius100bc  they did, from nothing to something. And Ukrainian soldiers are currently trained in Germany on modern equipment
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  355. What a clickbait title. An institution of an organization sues another institution of this organization in the court of that organization. This is common in all entities.
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  356.  @111111877  which would result in even more red tape, and Northern Ireland would remain in the EU single market.
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  357.  @deehaytch8442  To safeguard the protocol. If parts of the protocol are causing serious harm, they can be suspended temporarily until it is worked out. But first, everything else has to be tried, and the protocol has to stay. Article 16 does NOT allow to rip up the protocol.
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  358.  @rogergregory5981  The Northern Ireland protocol is no trade agreement.
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  359. In Russia, every person who fulfilled his obligation as a conscript is called a reservist for 5 years. These people are neither in training, nor are their equipped or interested in fighting. Most of them actually work, so using them for the military would be another blow to the Russian economy.
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  360. Germany is the main contributor of air defence to Ukraine, what are you talking about? Gepard, IrisT and Patriot are only second to the USA.
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  361.  @81Earthangel  Germany is proving Training and ammunition
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  362. It was the pentagons assessment that shooting it down over land was too risky.
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  363.  @abmuhumuza  Russia introduced an export ban on food stuff, not the west
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  364.  @mikebetts2046  You mean like having to learn how to operate a fuel tanker before being allowed to drive it?
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  365. Tanker drivers are highly regulated. They need special certification, experience, and are not allowed to drive more than a certain amount of hours each week. They will gladly take the money, but not a liter more will be delivered.
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  366.  Firm Buttocks  so UK copied EUs homework and even got worse results (Japan trade deal without UKs own quotas, it has to use what the Eu doesn’t). What a success.
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  367. That is exactly what people should lose their Career over.
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  368.  @RUTHLESSambition5  They have not taken the entire Donbass. And considering the time and cost it took on Russia to take these minor objectives, Ukraine has a rather good chance.
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  369.  @harukrentz435  Lets compare: Double vaccination costs 30 Euros. Hospitalization costs 10000 Euros. Where do you think is more money to earn?
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  370.  @scyzorpl  so Gepard, PzH200 and MARS2 were not delivered to Ukraine?
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  371. Not really. EU is rich, Russia is poor.
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  372. No gas for Germany means no fertiliser for the world (BASF), means starvation
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  373.  @sionbarzad5371  in German, they are called Panzer (Tank)
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  374. Who attacked? Russia. Who said they will send no troops? nato. Your narrative does not fit reality.
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  375.  @chrisj2502  Russian air force can not operate freely, as Ukraine still has significant AA capabilities. And Russian missiles lack the ability to change target in flight, so they are only good against stationary targets. Artillery is mobile. And modern western self propelled artillery (Cesar, PzH2000...) can shoot 10 times in less than a minute and change position immediately after. Therefor Russia can not target those. Not to mention that western artillery has longer range and higher precision.
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  376.  @0penminds  There are a lot of tariffs and non tariff barriers, and several services can not be sold to the EU from non EU countries. There is a reason why every major international company (Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook) requires an HQ inside the EU to do business here, and this is the reason why companies like Sony or Panasonic have moved out of London due to Brexit.
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  377.  @clivevale  New trade deals with Canada, Japan, Singapore, Mercusor, and Vietnam will follow shortly. The EU is steaming ahead in terms of international trade.
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  378. Where do you get your numbers from? A NHS GP earns an average of 92k.
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  379.  Nisha chambiyal  BS. NHS staff was working. Johnson was partying, or on holidays. He even missed the first Cobra meetings on Covid because he couldn’t be bothered. Same when the Afganistan fiasco happened.
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  380. Because they are there as independent ministers, not as MPs. They are not politicians.
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  381.  @Wilhelmofdeseret  she is very popular and I am certain that she would have won another term if she would not have stepped down.
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  382.  @mmlas8683  Asia doesn’t need London, it has its own financial Centers.
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  383. Why no mention of the loss of 10% of all London based assets to the EU, a total of £1.3trn?
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  384. I would give countries like France a good chance against Russia without nukes.
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  385. No
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  386.  @polishherowitoldpilecki5521  well, German forces were rather brutal in the eastern nations during World War Two, too. Therefor the German population holds no grudge against Russia.
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  387. Or the government could just have decided to spend enough. Privatisation just means part of the investment goes to private pockets.
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  388.  @liebe6703  Der jüdische Präsident der Ukraine ist ein Nazi? Denken Sie sich bitte bessere Propaganda aus.
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  389.  @evryatis9231  the reason being Putin being an ethno nationalist imperialist gone mad, trying to collect Russian soil, as he says. In other words, a Hitler style blood and soil ideology.
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  390. in German, the Gepard is a Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer, which translated means Anti-aircraft gun tank
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  391.  @picardas1638  Depends on the problem. Health care, education, housing are areas which can be solved by governments increasing investment
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  392.  @tellyboy17  no. Baltics filled the requests last year while it was unclear if Germany would allow it.
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  393. Having a government is overrated. Canada and Belgium did not have one for years and are fine.
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  394.  @buddy1155  Parts of Germany are prepared perfectly for floods due to recent (last 30 years) experience. Cologne for example has a state of the art flood protection. Small villages and towns on the other hand, without that experience, were unprepared.
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  395. It is called single point of failure: One idiot in charge, and the whole system is screwed. Better splitting it, by that, only parts of the country are screwed, not all at once. Furthermore, if you compare Germanys federal reaction to Covid to the centralized reaction of France and England, Germany did way better.
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  396.  @paulcarroll6995  The UK is alone. Nobody is following it. Everybody is planing how to get a piece of it, no mercy, no friends.
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  397. No, they are not. While Ukraine conquers strategically important areas (P66), Russia is wasting men on strategic insignificant places like Bakhmut.
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  398. Giving criminals weapons and letting them lose doesn’t sound like the best idea to me.
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  399.  @Jennyeq  You are wrong. While there is no 100% effectiveness, both risk of infection as well as infecting others is massively reduced.
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  400.  @fashlordadrenochrome316  Because either side would use it for propaganda if there is any doubt. If both doing it, and all other nations, too, than it is clear that vaccines are both necessary and safe.
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  401. Ask again in summertime, when France has to shut down its nuclear power plants and has to import energy from Germany (also a net exporter).
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  402. Tada_WAV how can the EU be a sealed of trade bubble when it is the entity with the most FTAs? Also, Brexit is resulting in more complicated bureaucracy and every trade deal includes international courts like WTO. The newly required UK custom officers are more than the EU employs in total.
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  403.  @Ninjaananas  different topic (and a subjective one). He objectively has experience in one of the highest offices in the country. If he is good at his job is another issue.
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  404.  @stubby2024  so ITER, the next step in fusion technology is a French project?
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  405.  @priapulida  if you look at reserve currencies, the dollar is actually gaining strength. The only other currency with significant share is the Euro, which is losing ground. So please, provide data for your claim
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  406. If they surrender, there will be no other day to fight. It will again be decades of Russian oppression.
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  407. Did USA attack Cuba during the Cuba crisis? No? Your argument falls apart
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  408. It is a misconception that Germanys industrial strength is based on cheap Russian gas, considering that Germany always had the most expensive energy.
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  409.  @plovyklatyra  Only when served with fish.
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  410. A 100%. But if all he can come up with is: look at the broader context, I am rather certain China has no arguments.
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  411. Ukraine has a leader worth following and fighting side by side. Afghanistan never had that
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  412. Russia is unified. Ukraine is no part of Russia
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  413.  @Gr8putin  For Germany, peace and honoring borders is more important than cheap gas. Germany is rich, it can afford to pay more, and the return of investment trumps the extra costs.
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  414.  @antman7673  Russian soldiers fighting against their Ukrainian brothers, attacking the mother of all Russian Cities Kiev, and you expect them to blindly attack civilian buildings? Their moral is already low, they know they are on the wrong side.
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  415.  @k.k.c8670  You misspelled, it is Russia, not Ukraine.
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  416.  @mikebetts2046  Well, we can go through the UK bottlenecks step by step. 1 bottleneck: available people. The UK has more job offerings than unemployed. And not all unemployed are suitable to any job. Other jobs (hospitality, delivery driver) pay more, have better work life balance, do not require (as) expensive licenses (HGV license costs several 1000 pounds, which unemployed usually have not to spend) and do not require you to piss in a bottle for a week due to a lack of toilets. 2. training: UK has a lack of personal to train HGV drivers and test them. They also now want to strike because the government: wants to increase their workload; doesnt want to pay more
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  417. How do you know what they aimed for and destroyed? Russia only claims so.
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  418.  Firm Buttocks  Take a look at Brazil economic data and tell me again how they outperform the EU. There is a reason why they have mass protests.
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  419. They are delivered as soon as they leave the factory.
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  420. It is about numbers. More leopards available than challanger2.
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  421.  @sergeyb8  I would question the validity of polls in Russia. People tend to not tell the truth if a wrong answer means 15 years into prison
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  422. Confirmed by Russian government.
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  423.  @sadenbrick  Germany is giving Ukraine a fighting chance. Did USA add fuel to the fire when they supplied arms to UK and USSR in WW2 against Germany?
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  424. Russia is not capable of building the armata tank. They have barely enough for parades.
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  425.  @j.a.2924  BS. Who else has Send Systems like Gepard or Iris-T? Nobody.
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  426.  @crystaltatchell2576  Germany was on war Economy and used slave Labour for that. And it is almost 80 years ago.
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  427.  @Blodhelm  wrong. They delivered everything they announced.
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  428.  @HCB.S not on military support.
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  429. So why is Russia constantly threatening them and sends it warplanes into their airspace?
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  430.  @asanulsterman1025  no replacement, but addition. But your view of dual identity seems to be an empty slogan, when you argue against Irish streetnames in Ireland.
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  431. Explains a lot.
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  432. What about reading the video description? Richard Shirreff, retired senior British Army officer, talks about the future of the Ukraine Russia conflict on Times Radio.
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  433.  @macsmith6216  Now Sellner takes the floor. In his speech he details what re-migration would mean in Germany. There are three target groups of migrants, he explains, who should be extradited from the country – or, as he puts it, “foreigners” who should undergo “reversed settlement”. They are: asylum seekers, non-Germans with residency rights, and “non-assimilated” German citizens. It is the latter that, in his view, would pose the biggest “challenge”. In other words, Sellner’s plan would divide German residents into those who would be able to live peacefully in Germany and those for whom this basic human right would no longer apply. Secret plan against Germany By Correctiv Published 15-Jan2024
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  434.  @k.k356  what reserve troops? Over 70% of Russian ground forces are already deployed. Reservists can not be used as long as there is no declaration of war, and the internal police and security force is needed to keep the Russian population quiet.
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  435. EU is not responsible for its nations immigration policy.
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  436. Losing the grip would mean less money for Putin and friends. So no way.
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  437.  @dra6o0n  building a new nuclear reactor takes decades.
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  438. Freedom of movement is not out of control, but highly regulated, and only citizens of an EU country (or Island/Norway) have the right to immigrate. If they are not able to find a job in three months, you can deport them.
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  439. St. Lois is in Missouri, which is red?
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  440.  @Executioner9000  well, living in the EU, we paid 0€ when my wife gave birth. She also stayed in the hospital for two nights (Standard procedure) and her and our son got checked regularly. Now she is on her one year paid maternal leave. We really like living in a welfare state.
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  441.  @DavidHalko  this is untrue. Universal Health care covers Experimental treatment, too. And it reduces Overall Health care costs because you cut red tape massively.
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  442. Yes, they are winning. It is not about how much Land you conquered, but if you are able to keep it. And Russia is losing it fast.
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  443.  Ocean Blue  and for your information: Germany is 9th in international tourist arrivals, so more than both UK and Switzerland.
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  444.  John Bull  internal market law, containing a clause which was in breach with the withdrawal agreement, and thereby breaking the treaty as they did not act in good faith. Already the intention was a breach.
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  445.  @josephman1488  Boeing is not the only airplane manufacturer in the world, it is not even the largest. With Airbus, the world would keep flying.
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  446. Not quiet true. 35 mm ammunition can be programmed to explode in proximity to the drones, which would destroy the drones by shrapnels. No direct hit necessary.
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  447.  @sarchentt3951  Überlassen Sie diese Entscheidung den Angehörigen. Wenn diese eine öffentliche Ehrung wünschen, dann soll es so sein. Aber auch nur dann. Das ist nicht unsere Entscheidung, und auch nicht die Entscheidung von BILD etc.
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  448. @Basement-Dweller India’s GDP is equal to France. It can not replace the EU buying power, too poor.
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  449.  @AB-ys4yn  The loss of the VDV troops in the attempt to take Hostomel airport at the beginning of the war is a fact, not propaganda.
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  450.  @alexturlais8558  Well, Germany has 16 minister presidents and one federal president. They manage, without confusion.
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  451. There are two, I repeat, two NATO countries bordering Russia (excluding Kalingrad): Latvia and Estonia. Tiny countries, bordering a little of the North western border of Russia. There are 10 (or 11? Doesnt really matter) countries bordering Russia. Not even 10% of the Russian border are shared with NATO countries. How is this surrounding, if the whole southern and eastern side has no NATO countries, and only a tiny bit of the western side? If you want to see a country surrounded, look at what Russia does to Ukraine.
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  452. I prefer long negotiations every day to a minority party having dictatorship like powers…
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  453. France fears nuclear power?
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  454. Finished, but not certified. The EU also has several ports to import LNG from other sources and gets supplies from Norway. Northstream2 does not increase dependence, but options.
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  455.  @RealCherry8085  with gas storage at 99%, so what?
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  456. So no Change then. Belarus already under Russian control.
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  457. @Jack Did you watch the contest? If you can name 10 performances you prefer to the UKs, it is zero points.
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  458.  @Barwasser  It takes 10-20 years to even build a reactor, and the costs are somewhere between 10-20bn (Looking at the `progress`of Hickley Point C and Flamanville)
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  459. No. What you describe is dictatorship of the masses. Democracy is the rule of law.
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  460. No. Compensation at market value is literally the opposite of communism.
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  461. True, some people can never integrate. Especially natives who still think we live in the 1970s.
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  462.  @darrena5384  Because the UK has not joined EU`s scheme, it will not get the Moderna vaccine for months.
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  463.  @JayJay5244  what right does Russia have to decide for other countries?
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  464. Funny how according to Ukraine, German weapons (PzH2000, Gepard) are essential for their recent victories, and Germany being the First Nation to send them modern AA (Iris)
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  465.  @scintillam_dei  How does USA depend on China? It is more of a codependency-
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  466. 15%, most of it as protest vote. People don’t vote AFD because they agree with them, but because they disagree with the other parties. Not a good sign, but the AFD is still a fringe party with shaky support besides east Germany.
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  467. Why cope? The Center Block won a majority.
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  468.  @milomilo417  This might be just enough to convince every Ukrainian to kill any Russian they meet with their bare hands.
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  469. @PGH Engineer zero hour contracts do the trick.
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  470.  @judgedredd8876  it is WTO rules. I thought Brexiters like those?
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  471. Well, enjoy September when mandatory passport checks (including Bio metrics) will be introduced by the EU. Every driver will have to leave their car/lorry to conduct the check, further increasing delays on the UKs side.
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  472.  @Chris-ln6so  because of the never ending insults of UK government officials towards EU countries? Boris Johnson has insulted almost every country at least once.
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  473. Germany would close their car plants in the UK (Mini, RR, Bentley) and France would close their UK car plants (Vauxhall, Nissan).
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  474. No, lying to the board of directors is.
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  475. No. Reichelt actually admitted his misconduct. Or does his confession doesnt count as evidence?
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  476. How so? I say the opposite. Russian army defeated in Ukraine will prevent WW3, as Russia will lack the power to attack the Baltics
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  477. Because if you share it openly, you also show who your sources are, and then they will no longer be sources (but dead).
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  478. Taking a loan in Dollar and repaying it in Rubles is a technical default
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  479. Russia invaded
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  480. The food shortage is not due to sanctions (food exports by Russia are not sanctioned), but because Russia is invading Ukraine
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  481. Bad harvest for years AND one of the major exporters being bombed is the reason.
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  482.  @gerrya4818  this is wrong. Before feb 2022, Baltics have requested reexport of German equipment before Germany agreed.
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  483.  @Writeous0ne  leopard 2 are constantly updated. Tanks are not easily destroyed, as you need specialised equipment. Name a vehicle that: can move through mud and is harder to destroy than a tank.
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  484.  @SchwarzeKatter  you are misinformed. There are several measures in place, be it the 300€ per employee, higher child benefits, the government paying the gas bill in December as well as a price cap coming January, to mention just a few.
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  485. How would that solve anything? Germany has enough electricity, they even export it to France.
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  486. Actually, he can block any law if he thinks it is unconstitutional. But this power is rarely used.
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  487. Please, 10000 is a fairy tail number. Most of those aren’t even operational any more.
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  488. By cheap public transport? While Lenin traveled by train to Moscow, it was not because he got a bargain that time.
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  489. I doubt it. But the queen might have gotten one, as she is known to have driven trucks.
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  490.  @mrsmerily  There is a difference between shortages (EU) and critical shortages (UK). The former is having less than optimal, the later is having to few to deliver what is required. The electricity and gas prices in the UK risen by a bigger percentage than in the EU, due to Brexit. Or look at gas prices, 200% in the EU, 400% in the UK. This extra increase is the Brexit dividend. Furthermore, Brexit also decreased productivity of drivers due to the loss of cabotage. While pre Brexit, a lorry driver would have delivered goods from Rotterdam to London, taking new goods and driving to Manchester, while than traveling back from Manchester to Brussels, now only 2 trips instead of 3 are allowed. And due to the EU border checks (UK has postponed theirs again...), the last trip may be skipped, too, so only 1 delivery instead of three.
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  491. This is factually wrong. They have delivered everything which was promised.
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  492.  @seenivasan2011  Hypersonic missiles cost more than they destroy. So economically, forcing Russia to use those is a win for Ukraine, as Russia has only a limited supply of those.
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  493.  @megetmorsomt  So why did he increase taxes on lorry drivers? Why did he do nothing to increase working conditions (access to toilets and showers? Any other European country does it)? Why do countries like Switzerland which accept Freedom of movement pay the highest wages in the world? The UK economic model was a UK decision and had nothing to do with EU membership.
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  494.  @jesusaguilar4585  ifv’s are send to Ukraine as well, so Infantry side is covered. Airforce? Neither Ukraine nor Russia can deploy theirs, so it’s a draw. Artillery? Russia has numbers, Ukraine has range and precision. Hard to judge.
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  495. You want to see tanks invading Ukraine?
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  496.  @davidnoelfranks1124  it was Russia.
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  497.  @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER  you know that it is the middle class city population that dominates most political decisions? And Russians really like their iPhone. Not getting new wants will seriously piss them of.
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  498. voxpopuli RR already moved a good part of its operations to Germany, and the UK will continue buying German cars, because they like them.
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  499.  @sk.43821  third largest supplier to Ukraine is laughable?
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  500.  @greghughes1853  manpads? You compare Manpads to IrisT?
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  501.  @itsnotmily  no, you have to get consent BEFORE, or it is sexual harassment.
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  502.  @carlajb7353  yes, refreshing vaccinations is common. Be it the flu or others. What is there to wake up about? Vaccination reduces the risk, not eliminates it.
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  503.  @feuras  CDC report, comparing schools with mask mandates with schools without. The later ones have 10 times the number of covid cases.
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  504.  @marialee-smith6772  they work. If you take scientific sources and not YouTube commenters as a source. The CDC has published a report that Covid cases in schools without mask mandates are them times of cases in schools with a mandate.
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  505. Are they? They were just one of many anti tank weapons which were used.
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  506. They started using their new stuff, and now it gets older and older. So your guess falls apart.
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  507.  @americanidiotinchief259  Ukraine isn’t a nato member and currently combed to rubble. So your argument falls flat.
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  508.  @BIPDSHAWAII  yes. Europe is fine without Russia, economy is growing. Russia without Europe is in the worst recession since the 90s. Shows you who fed who.
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  509.  @socialbot4881  but they failed. The east of Ukraine is not under Russian control, and they lost some of their most elite forces. Care to explain how the loss of the Russian flag ship is also a brilliant tactic?
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  510.  @jeevankumar1767  By being in a military alliance with most european countries, they do.
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  511.  @chrisj2502  Ukrainian soldiers are now trained by nato on nato equipment. They will be much more experienced than their Russian counterparts, and better equipped, too.
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  512. The UK has no federal government, but a central, almost all powerful one.
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  513. 300 billion of frozen Russian assets might be used?
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  514.  @0penminds  All of them refer to data from 2017/2018, while the articles I posted refer to data from last month.
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  515.  @0penminds  "Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased 6% in 2017 (the latest available figures) over the previous year," do you even read the articles you post? This was two years ago, while the articles I post are 2 weeks old.
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  516.  @0penminds  What kind of investment are you talking about? Investment of UK industry is actually contracting: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-employers/uk-firms-cut-investment-plans-as-brexit-alarm-hits-new-high-survey-idUKKCN1U20UG UK car industry cut investment by more than 90%: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/31/brexit-causes-uk-car-industry-investment-to-crash-to-pitiful-90m Assets worth more than a trillion Dollars are moved outside of the UK: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/07/investing/brexit-banks-moving-assets/index.html
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  517. They actually reacted positively to the offer and urged the UK government to take it. They also said they do not care about the ECJ
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  518. Indeed. It may be enough that he feels another countries leader did not praise him enough.
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  519. Gain and hold are two different things. And looking at the course of the war, Russia was rather quick at losing occupied territories again.
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  520. Functioning governments are overrated. Belgium didn’t have one for years. UK didn’t had one between 2016-2024.
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  521. over 200 tanks delivered to Ukraine from the EU. 0 from USA, 0 from UK. What are you talking about?
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  522. Joining Euro means joining the EU, and Turkey is far away from that. Furthermore, to join the Euro, your currency must be stable. You could of course adopt the Euro without being a member (Montenegro style). But this would mean having no control over the currency.
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  523.  @Wilhelmofdeseret  it wasn’t a German problem, but a Hungarian problem. Germany stepped up and helped them, only to the trashtalked by Orban ever since? Where were all those refugees coming from? Hungary.
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  524.  @daniberski6783  Germany is a net exporter of electricity. It produces more than it needs.
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  525. Russia sells (sold) 80% of its gas to Europe. It has neither the pipe nor the LNG capacity to switch customers. Case in point: Russia already started to burn gas it did not sell to Europe.
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  526.  @MacDaddy8200  Germany uses gas to heat. Nuclear is for electricity. Two different subjects.
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  527.  @nathanlewis2815  No, I don`t. EY: Migration of UK assets to Europe reaches almost £1.3trn 2. March 2021
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  528. Portuguese and Spanish are languages Which developed out of Latin
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  529. Nestle mostly, ever tried Nespresso?
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  530.  @flyingpharoah4867  it is not stagnant. They currently pressure cook Russian troops in Kherson.
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  531. @Swarmpope just look up the fate of the Crimea tartars. And with Russias takeover over Crimea, they suffer again
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  532. USA was still a Country with a growing population 1920. China is shrinking.
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  533.  @wolfiewolf1468  so why were a 100 French applications accepted immediately after French threats? And how do you rebuild UK fishing industry with nowhere to sell the catch?
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  534.  @lloydnaylor6113  of course. How do you think those goods come to the Uk? They are imported via Rotterdam and than distributed all over Europe. UK ports are too small to handle trade, the Uk needs EU ports.
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  535.  @ArwedMett  you can earn a higher salary with an academic degree? The best paying sectors in Germany are: 1. Semiconductor industry 2. Biotech 3. Pharma 4. Banks 5. Aerospace 6. Car manufactures. 4 out of six are in the production, not service sector. A worker on an assembly line at VW will earn more than most in the service sector like retail, care…
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  536. Other than fruit/Vegetables, quality is similar. I would even say that Aldi cheese selection beats Rewe.
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  537. Two different segments. You would not compare Toyota to Rolls Royce.
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  538.  @bekennejesusdeinesundenund2427  Und währenddessen laufen die Intensivstationen mit Ungeimpften Covidkranken voll, die Ärzte/Pfleger werden weiter ausgebrannt und dürfen noch mehr Überstunden schieben. Der Rest des Landes (über 70%) das Geimpft ist muss weiter Einschränkungen akzeptieren, weil eine kleine, unsolidarische Minderheit meint es besser zu wissen als alle Experten auf diesem Planeten. Und dann fängt diese Minderheit noch an rumzuweinen, wenn die Mehrheit keinen Bock mehr auf sie hat.
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  539.  @sarchentt3951  Was wollen Sie mit dieser Information? Die Familien belästigen?
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  540.  Inspiring Minds  Due to stockpiling by companies to prepare for Brexit, there are more lorries on the road. So due to Brexit, the problem is bigger than it would without.
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  541. Meanwhile Russian rockets are hitting children hospitals and storage facilities for nuclear waste, as well as apartment buildings.
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  542.  @kalacaptain4818  No. In this context, Panzer means tank. Germany uses Kampfpanzer for Main battle tank, Schützenpanzer for armored personnel carrier, Radpanzer for armored transport vehicle...
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  543. I doubt Russian population is ready to accept that. To many russian soldiers would die in a war against brothers.
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  544. Russia signed the Budapest memorandum, promising to honor Ukraines borders
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  545.  @ВладАртемьев-ф3т  Yes, because of the happy memories of Russian control, like 4-7 million dying of hunger.
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  546.  @Muenni  Does his CV contains false claims? Do his books contain plagiarisms? These were unforced errors by Baerbock.
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  547.  @LemonsRage  But Merkel is ladylike and complying to men? She wants to become chancellor. So she will be heavily scrutinized. Everyone knew that. Why did she not check her CV, her finances, her book beforehand? It just shows either ignorance, arrogance or unprofessionalism.
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  548.  @filipnalewaja5609  so if tax avoidance would not be possible anymore, Germany would crumble, because…?
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  549.  @filipnalewaja5609  it is not common knowledge. And it is not for me to find arguments for your claims. I see your refusal as accepting that your claims have no factual basis.
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  550.  @filipnalewaja5609  please back this claim with either data, a source or at least an argument.
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  551.  @kosmonarrat  No, good for its members means also good for the world. Russia is not attacking the Baltics or Poland, for example. Poland and France are at ease because Germany is a NATO member, too. Turkey and Greece do not attack each other as both are members. May you give an example why NATO is bad for the world?
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  552.  @theonlylauri  the whole woke thing is massively overblown by both sides. If you aren’t on twitter and go down some weird paths on the internet, nobody really cares or is affected.
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  553.  @simonwesthoff5121  Well, baden-wuerttemberg, one of the most conservative regions in Germany, once a safe place of the CDU, has a Green lead government. Mostly due to their frontrunner, Winfried Kretschmann. They appeal to former CDU voters on the state level and got just reelected. Green politics are mainstream in Germany. All parties from the left to the center right see the importance of environmental politics, and no one denies climate change (the only party in parliament that does is the far right AFD, and they are close to irrelevant on the federal level).
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  554. Well, as history has proven time and time again, a government that cuts spending in time of economic crisis always deepens said economic crisis. That is why I prefer Keynes.
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  555. Look at the last state elections. The AFD is becoming more and more irrelevant.
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  556.  @Writeous0ne  Ukraines east is more than just Donbas
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  557.  @Enoch916  It was agreed that the members of NATO move towards the 2% by 2024. Lots of wiggle room.
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  558.  @Gudang9  PzH2000, T72, Bushmaster, Gepard, S300. Ukraine getting the big stuff. The myth that Russia is holding back is long debunked.
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  559.  @shadowpat810  The EU does not sanction Russia heavily. Most economic sanctions are from Russias side.
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  560.  @Omni_Shambles  The EU has not completed the new pipeline. Northstream2 is am German/Russian project, the EU was mostly opposing it.
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  561. The UK is a time limited party dictatorship.
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  562.  @maxxor-overworldhero6730  example?
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  563. Significant? Did they conquer the local dump again?
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  564. And? Do you believe Soledar will decide the war? Why?
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  565. Agreed. Have a good song and a good performance, and even a country as `loved` as Germany can win.
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  566. BILD is the German equivalent of the British SUN.
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  567. As Ukraine and Turkey show, EU membership is only the last step of a long staircase to economic alignment. There are several steps in between, open to Moldova as well, quickly achievable: a Free trade agreement, a custom Union, a SPS agreement…
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  568.  @FluffyMons  Such surveys can be misleading. You can say you would not vote to join EFTA again, but that doesnt mean you are for leaving it, too.
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  569.  @MuzoEph  Russia`s standard tactic is to level cities.
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  570. Well, look at Hickley PointC. Started building 2016, expected to be finished in 2026. Costs 27bn Euro. For that money, you can build the whole infrastructure to store surplus energy from renewables in hydrogen.
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  571. Name one country that does not protect their industry. Furthermore, name one trading block that has more FTAs than the EU.
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  572. Who is more efficient than the EU? As UK fishermen currently find out, being not a member is rather inefficient for trade.
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  573.  @j0hnc00  Agreed. If you try to represent both views of an argument, but one side is stupid, you have a hard time pretending they are equal. That`s why I dislike such guidelines.
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  574.  @peterfireflylund  this is not green propaganda, but simple fact: the reactors were not maintained to function passed the planned shut down, and the certifications were running out as well. Pure cooperate logic: the minimum necessary to keep the reactors running till the planned shut down was invested. To keep them running, huge investments and a new certification would have been required, not to mention the lack of personal. as the reactors were not intended to run longer, they were not maintained to run longer.
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  575.  @karankapoor2701  AFD has their core voters in the regions with the lowest rate of immigrants. So their voter concerns are often imaginary.
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  576. 100 Billion Euros, not USD. Furthermore, change of the constitution is already passed and the money is now there, so start believing
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  577.  @A-Rd  A close relative of mine finished her physics degree in Russia in 2019 and got $4007month salary, her boyfriend in IT with a couple of years of experience earned $600 (2019 exchange rates). I got similar numbers from other people I know (not Moscow/St. P.). Where do you got the 1k number from?
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  578. They started decades ago. Still the closest to replace the dollar is the Euro, and USA/EU are close allies.
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  579. The UK is not checking EU imports. The EU is checking UK imports. Why? Because the UK is not capable of doing so, it lacks both the staff and facilities. Therefor, no, the UK is not able to put tariffs on EU goods.
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  580. He has so many scandals, every time he promised to change his ways, only to get worse. Why would it be different this time?
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  581.  @deborahdean8867  getting desperate? The world sees Russia invading Ukraine and bombing civilians.
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  582. How did nato push Russias hand, when Ukraine was not allowed to join nato anyway? To join NATO, your borders have to be undisputed. Due to the annexation of Crimea, Ukrainian borders are disputed and Ukraine is not allowed to join NATO
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  583. The EU is also rather self sufficient on foodstuff (actually one of its core policies, CAP). As it is tradition, it will be the poor countries (Africa, Middle East, Asia) which will suffer
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  584.  @maxeylifetv2676  India and Russia also banned exports
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  585. Explain to me how sanctions on Russia by EU/USA, which both do not rely on food imports from Russia (being self sufficient), is to blame.
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  586. ???
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  587. Women education has the most effect on numbers of children.
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  588. Germany does not support Ukraine at all costs. And Steinmeier is no bureaucrat. Furthermore, the rising energy costs are countered with a 200bn € support package.
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  589. Ships got to big for them
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  590. No. Enough with letting people say everything unchallenged. A good interviewer needs to test the arguments, scrutinise.
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  591. Russia is using 70% of its ground forces and most of its special forces. They are at their limit.
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  592. A nuclear power plant needs 10-20 years to build, as seen with Hickley Point C and Flamanville.
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  593. But long term, Russia will further decline and the power it now holds (natural resources) will further diminish due to renewables. Russian economy shrinking, Russian population shrinking, Russian infrastructure crumbling. in 10-20 years, Russia will be too weak to invade a country like Ukraine, which is one of the reasons they do it now.
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  594.  @АндрейКозлов-ю2ц  protect them by bombing civilian houses in Kiew?
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  595.  @АндрейКозлов-ю2ц  Yes, Russian soldiers are occupying DNR and LNR for 8 years.
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  596.  @rodneyagesa1851  what is foreign currency worth if you can not use it?
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  597. Considering USA has 3000 heavy tanks in deep storage, and no intention to ever use them again, what is unrealistic?
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  598. NATO never attacked Iraq
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  599.  @rubengdful  but the EU is rich, while Russia is poor.
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  600.  @jeremias-serus  neither Crimea, Belarus nor the Ukrainian coast line are Russian land.
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  601. But the sanctions aren’t hurting the EU more than Russia. This is a lie. Russian economy -4%, EU still growing.
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  602.  @camocas  why should they? They don’t support Putin. But they like to see their parents from time to time. Why do you want to prevent this?
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  603.  @nilslarson7532  this is untrue. Ukraine offered negotiations to Russia. Russia invaded.
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  604.  @gastrogubimmed8112  The chaos in Donbass was an result of Russian forces and Russian weapon deliveries. Case in point: the leaders of the separatist movement were FSB agents.
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  605.  Mác Kí Va Li  Russia wants to take over Ukraine. Rather expensive to destroy the infrastructure, because Russia would have to pay for it to repair it.
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  606.  @josephshields2922  why are you lying?
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  607.  @SavvyGG  By law, retirement is a right in many countries. And if you have to pay a significant part of your wage for retirement, as it is mandated by the state, you actually paid for the right of retirement, too.
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  608.  @ironchariotrider7474  pretty please works much better with a couple of Panzerhaubitze 2000 backing you.
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  609.  @pumalee1997  The US Dollar?
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  610. Vaccination is working, if you look at who needs intensive care.
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  611. How can you deliver a System that has not been Build yet?
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  612.  James  what air Defense Systems have UK/USA delivered?
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  613. Third largest supplier of Ukraine and only supplier of advanced AA kit is short on delivery how?
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  614. One more System Than any other nation has delivered.
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  615. Which would mean that Russia has to close down many of its gas fields due to lack of customers. And those gas fields could never be reopened.
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  616.  @donkykon2094  2021 Tesla: 936,172 and 21% share (vs 23%) SAIC (incl. SAIC-GM-Wuling): 609,730 and 13% share Volkswagen Group: 451,131 and 10% share (vs 11%) BYD: 323,143 and 7% share Hyundai Motor Group: 216,562 and 5% share 21% market share is respectable, but it is in decline. Far from being the BOSS. Considering it is only the EV market, and not the total car market, which changes the picture: Toyota Motor Corp 10,495,548 (same) +11.8% 2 Volkswagen Group 8,610,100 (same) -5.5% 3 Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance 7,680,014 (same) -1.3% 4 Hyundai Motor Group 6,667,085 +1 +5.0% 5 Stellantis 6,583,269 +1 +5.2% 6 General Motors 6,291,000 -2 -7.9% 7 Honda 4,121,000 (same) -6.5% 8 Ford Motor Company 3,942,000 (same) -5.9% 9 Suzuki 2,763,000 +1 12.9% 10 BMW 2,521,514 +1 +8.5% Not even top10.
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  617. Facts don’t become facts by typing it in capital letters. Compare US inflation with other countries inflation. Is it higher? The same? Lower?
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  618. The plan was to destroy the bridge, but Ukrainian security forces failed to deliver. It is guessed that betrayal was at play.
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  619. Whataboutism
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  620. Why would WW3 happen? Russia can’t even handle Ukraine, what interest would they have in involving nato?
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  621. The EU is treaty bound in a direct confrontation with Russia if a member is attacked.
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  622. Russia is now crushed, and its army bleeds out in Ukraine. Best case scenario: Russia becomes chinas puppet
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  623.  @americanidiotinchief259  Russia doesnt respect Ukrainians national security interest, why should anyone respect Russians?
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  624. Funny how everywhere Russia soldiers appear, people get bombed and killed.
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  625.  @genoforcycezki2411  Germany heats with gas, not electricity.
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  626.  @98091238  They are not.
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  627.  @velocecarriola9214  Perun is very open about not being from the military, and he is very open about the limits of his sources. What is he leaving out? What bias should I check?
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  628.  @alexandersuraev4026  according to the Russian central banks economic forecast, it is.
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  629. That’s why Ukraine also gets additional systems like IrisT or Namsas
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  630. Even the one nation is actually split in four. Of those, one want independence, on is close to a civil war, one is ignored, while the fourth can’t be bothered to care for the others.
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  631.  @asanulsterman1025  Come back home? The Republic of Ireland is now wealthier per capita than the UK. The UK is not the home of Ireland, but its occupier. It is just a question of time before NI will rejoin the rest of Ireland, as it is written in the GFA. London itself is uninterested in NI. All Johnson did was send a tweet, after one week!
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  632.  @asanulsterman1025  to repeat my question: why did the DUP block to add Irish street names if you have no issues with dual identity?
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  633.  @richie4561  What about the UK car industry, that exports 80% of its cars, mostly to the EU? 40% of UK exports go to the EU27, only 8% of EU27 exports go to the UK. Just a few things for the UK to think about but then the uk is maybe alredy in a recession.
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  634.  @ThePodcastLab  A FTA still requires border checks and is therefor no solution for Northern Ireland. Additionally, the UK is not asking for CETA, but CETA+++, as FTAs only give 30% of the access single market membership gives you for your service sector. And the UK is 80% services.
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  635.  @hannofranz7973  well, with all the parties and alcohol at N10, I couldnt remember, either. The whole government is either drunk or hang over.
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  636. I think we should wait for the Sue Gray report before jumping to any conclusions should be the automatic answer by now.
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  637. It is a job with no future. Why invest thousands into an HGV licence if you will be replaced by self driving lorries in less than a decade?
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  638.  @turnitaround7344  How will UK farmers be able to compete with NZ, Australia, South America or USA? Where is this market you are talking about? NZ has trade deals so it can sell. The UK has not.
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  639.  @StPiter111  what are unlimited resources worth when you can’t access them due to lack of technology? Gas/oil requires western tech. What is agriculture worth that depends on imports from the west, both in machinery and seedlings?
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  640. Some S300 systems then. Ukraine is familiar with those. Old soviet gear is everywhere. Give Ukraine a pile of money and send them on a shopping spree for whatever they desire, and help them with shipping.
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  641.  @S-North  it does. Pro Russia, lowest % of immigrants, highest support for far right group. Pretty much in all former DDR states.
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  642. So people have to pay taxes and contribute to public services, but they are not allowed to see a doctor, send their child to school or take a bus?
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  643. They are.
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  644.  @jackxams  well, 3 T14 are too little to really matter, and they are needed for parades.
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  645.  @frankrenda2519  in Food Production, it is. Ukraine is actually able to produce wheat of a quality higher than animal feed, unlike Russia
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  646.  @Wilhelmofdeseret  the refugees were in Hungary long before Germany opened its borders to them.
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  647. German gas storage already at 80%. LNG terminals already under construction. All you demand is already being done.
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  648. 4:44 is simply wrong. The budget goes not entirely into salaries. In fact, salaries make up less than 50%, or to be precise, 28% (2021 figures).
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  649. India’s economy is the size of France, while having to feed a much bigger population. It is not really relevant in the economic world.
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  650.  @RS-ls7mm  Historically, Muslims were much more tolerant than Christian conquerors.
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  651.  @mattllaves  Russian economy is much more dependent on Western technology than Iran/Cuba ever were. Even Moscow Subway requires Western spare Parts. So does Russian factories.
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  652. Texas just proved that its infrastructure is quiet bad when their grid could not handle the winter.
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  653. Because it does not detract from NATO obligations, considering that Finland and Sweden are both NATO partners?
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  654.  @lloydnaylor6113  they say its not worth the trouble. And it isn’t the EUs job to ensure the Uk is able to trade, nor is it the EUs responsibility to compensate for UKs inability to take care of itself.
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  655. NATO, WTO, UNO, all not Nations, still their agreements apply.
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  656. Why were you shocked about the payout? When she wouldnt have accepted it and lost the court case (possible, especially how twisted the US System is), she would have to pay the legal fees of both parties, which can rise into the hundred thousands. So would you have risked it? Taking 500k, or risking being in debt for the rest of your life?
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  657.  @lynetteedwards7008  What did her mummy do? Dare to speak out against someone who sexually abused her as a minor?
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  658.  @PanglossDr  queens consent. Read the guardian article about it you want to know more (published 7th feb 2021). The queen personally blocked legislation that would have forced her to publish her wealth.
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  659.  @Gambit771  Because the UK signed a treaty giving the EU the right to do exactly that?
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  660.  Heid The Ba'  so the UK has done nothing so far. All right. For your information: the law that mussels from B waters are not allowed to be sold by third countries into the EU is from 2008. no new rule. Farage was the representative for the UK in the EU Parliament when this rule passed, so blame him for not opposing it. Furthermore, the Uk can start selling them again the second they clean them, like any other third country. Brexit means Brexit, remember? A non member gets less access to the EU than a member. Simple
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  661.  @ArwedMett  wages in factories are significantly higher than in services. Furthermore, repetitive tasks in todays factories are often done by robots. People working in factories are high skilled technicians maintaining said robots.
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  662.  @josephman1488  out of interest: why would Airbus not survive without competition?
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  663. True, unlike modern airplanes, the MAX is not even fly by wire, but still has cables.
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  664. I disagree. Unlike crypto, a watch has a function: telling you the time. So it is never worthless
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  665. I don’t believe you. I request a source. What are your numbers based on? Which scientific paper?
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  666.  @joshbentley2307  compare gdp per capita or debt between UK and Germany. UK has to outperform Germany for over a decade only to catch up. Or compare German and Uk exports. Not even a competition.
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  667.  @slaganradevski6260  Ja, denn der WIlderer hatte keine Genehmigung für Schusswaffenbesitz, und das ist eine Straftat.
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  668. @Scyth Nein, ihr Kollege hat gesichert. Sie war damit beschäftigt die Papiere zu kontrollieren. Das macht sich schlecht mit einer Pistole in der Hand. Abgesehen davon, das eine Pistole in der Hand einen nicht vor einem Kopfschuss aus nächster Nähe schützt.
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  669.  @iamcleaver6854  Which I heavily disagree with. Russians may be ethnic Ukrainians, considering Rus was formed around Kiev. So Russia should subdue to Ukraine, if we follow this logic.
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  670.  @QiuSe  Yes, people in Donbas fight against Russia, as 70% of the Donbas region is not occupied by Russia.
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  671. Agreed. Unlike the UK, which sanctions three people who were already sanctioned 4 years ago, the EU and its members actually did something meaningful.
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  672.  @Muenni  you may google the article from ZDF journalist Felix W. Zimmermann the get an overview.
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  673. Agreed. Someone in the Green party did not do their homework.
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  674.  @danielbuch1301  The issue are not the book, her CV or the undeclared income, but the image the Greens put up in front about their candidate: she knows all the details, makes almost no mistakes. But if this would be the case, this could not have happened, therefor the image starts to crack. These are rookie mistakes, they are embarrassing. Everyone knew she would get attacked, so why make it so easy?
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  675.  @dohlecarnett1866  Good question. Checking your CV for inconsistencies is one of the first steps to prepare. Scrutinize your book (or better, just dont publish one..) is also important but not difficult. Were they stupid? Too arrogant? Whatever it was, if you aim for the top spot, you have to be prepared, because the gloves will come of. And the Greens werent prepared.
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  676. a con federation with a bottom up approach. I agree, this suits the EU much more (and in some way, is already practiced).
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  677.  @thorH.  Well, you are free to go of course. I would like to know why so, and where you want to go, if you might explain?
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  678.  @jottXD  FDP got their asses kicked for not participating in the last government, and they are famous for the ideological flexibility to come into power.
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  679. Le Pen said she wants France to stay both in the Euro and EU. Keep up to date.
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  680.  @fabiansaerve  no. The current agreements have to be updated constantly (with every new EU regulations) to stay in force. As this process is now stopped, Swiss will lose access to the EU market piece by piece with every new Eu regulation. Swiss stockmarket already lost access, now medical equipment does.
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  681.  @schmid1.079  Well, their election promise was to shoot the top 100 german by wealth if they get elected, which is tempting.
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  682.  @PureAlbania  All transactions that are not by cash are handled by banks.
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  683.  @AndreSomers  it is not. My port on my phone is broken. As it was on my phone before that. Lighting ports break just as easily.
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  684.  @scottriseborough4530  No country in the EU wants to leave it, even EU skeptic parties dont want to anymore.
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  685.  @Jester-Riddle  It is the very nature of a custom union on WTO terms that individual countries cant do deals. Furthermore, there is no entity with so many trade deals than the EU, so if the EU has a poor record, everyone else is still worse. The UK alone so far has only copied existing EU trade agreements on worse terms. If for you worse terms is flexible, you are right.
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  686.  steve gale  No. UK did not get its own quotas from Japan, it is only allowed to use quotas of the EU, in the event that the EU does not use them fully themselfs.
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  687. Why would Italy or France want to leave? And Montenegro has a population below a million, Germany would not even notice in its bank account. Neither Turkey nor Albania will join any time soon. Furthermore, there are a lot more nations paying into the EU: Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Belgium. Learn the facts.
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  688. No. Scotland would require its own currency to join the Euro (this is the problem Montenegro currently has). When they are a member they would have to join the Euro, after they met the necessary criteria. But as Sweden shows, you can deliberately fail to meet those criteria and therefor never join.
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  689. All the questions you are asking are already answered by the new EU`s budget agreements. What is there to guess? It is written down, and passed. It is already decided.
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  690. The EU already dealt with it. Budget is passed.
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  691. It is losing, as the stated goal was Regime change, and they failed.
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  692. Russian casualties are so high they had to draft 300k extra and sending convicts.
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  693.  @drmodestoesq  they don’t. People are already in open protest. Putin is in power because he guarantees regular pension payments and food on the table. If he fails to deliver, Russian people will get rid of him.
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  694.  @MarcHatePage  Worked perfectly well for the German Greens.
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  695. Chinese exports to Russia are down, too.
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  696. Russia has deep reserves, but its reserves are of abysmal quality.
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  697. Name one. Usual deficits run in the 1-5% range.
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  698.  @nuclearwarhead9338  how would you call yesterdays bombing of Charkiw? Watch the videos and tell me how apartments aren’t civilian targets.
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  699.  @kerrykilian9127  Berlin has massive areas that can be developed (Tempelhof). But the citizens want both free areas and low rents. Have their cake and eat it.
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  700. To the city of Berlin. So the state.
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  701.  @winelive5500  but the Uk is much more dependent on gas to heat and electricity than Germany
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  702.  @yoroshikuonegaishimasu8649  no, stagnating.
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  703.  @clnetrooper  no, Germany exports electricity in winter to France, too, as due to heating, France needs more electricity. France usually exports electricity in summer time, but this is now not possible, either.
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  704.  @Steelrat1994  are you aware that companies can increase prices and thereby keep their margins?
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  705. France would run out of power in the summertime, because they have to shut down their nuclear power plants and import electricity from Germany (also a net energy exporter). The reason they have to shut down is due to overheating of the cooling water taken from rivers.
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  706.  @OrlandMapper  a rumour. And rather void, as Russia promised Ukraine to honor its territory for giving up its nukes.
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  707. Well, on the one side, you have Russia, a small economy (GDP per capita below $10k), on the other side, the EU, one of the worlds three economic super powers. I wonder which Partner a country prefers to do business with
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  708.  @Onneukbaar  There is not only black and white, but a lot of grey. While die Linke is far left, SPD is center left.
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  709. There is a different of being center left (SPD) or being the party that ran a socialist dictatorship, imprisoning their own population and torturing anyone who dares to disagree with them (die Linke, and before they rebranded themselfs: SED).
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  710.  @oskarherbst9354  Almost a decade of executive experience is long, first as a minister, than premier minister.
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  711.  @flyingpharoah4867  if serving your debt including interest rates is too high, you fault, be it a human or a country. If your are Japan, trust in you is so high you can have a debt far above 100% of your GDP. If you are Italy or Greece, with less trust by the markets, interest rates will suffocate them far earlier.
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  712.  @sebastianr1204  VW and Daimler Benz already announced to not produce combustion engines months ago, and the Greens werent in power. So it isnt because the Greens dont allow it. To forbid something, you have to be in power.
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  713.  @fluoroantimonictippedcruis1537  how about treating chicken with a little bit of decency.
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  714.  @MelonHusk7  the nuclear reactors were out of fuel and beyond their lifetime.
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  715.  @danielk5780  the current polls put a CDU/SPD at a 45-50% vote share, which is more than enough for a majority in parliament.
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  716. The decision to close down predates Fukushima.
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  717. German population hates nuclear power. The Green party was born in the 80s because of it.
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  718. And you of course have exclusive information of the situation in Ukraine, because...?
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  719. But they did. Mariupol is without water, electricity or heating for days, while the Russian army is bombarding them.
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  720.  @Nerthos  80% destruction of a city is what to you?
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  721. Low collateral approach? They are levelling cities
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  722.  @JetfireQuasar  No, Spain already said it would welcome in Scotland, if they gain their independence in accordance to the UK constitution. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-spain-politics-scotland/spain-would-not-oppose-future-independent-scotland-rejoining-eu-minister-idUKKCN1NP25P
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  723.  @bpeper1365  what right has Russia to demand control of a foreign country. None. Don’t shift blame.
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  724.  @JustSomeTommy the consequence is to follow eu rules without any say in it.
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  725.  @kaloschke  Farage is paid by Aaron Banks.
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  726.  @ahskincare3150  Russia is a poor country, too. 20% of its population lack indoor plumbing. The GDP per capita is below China.
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  727. Wrong. If one side triggers article 16, the other side is allowed to put counter measures in place.
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  728. Work meetings were illegal at that time, too.
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  729.  @Toulkun  Yes, the brain drain is especially damaging.
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  730.  @patrickdergroenr1247  ok, so the most influential chief editor in Germany gives career favours to women in return for a sexual relationship. He does not give them his money, but the companies money. What box isn’t ticked here in regards to abuse of a powerful position? Furthermore, if you run personal hit pieces on a regular basis, don’t be surprised when the wind changes.
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  731.  @Larrypint  Talking more? BILD has always been right wing and anti immigration.
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  732. Putin has no interest in such things
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  733. No, summer time starts around now
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  734. Putin yesterday said He has no intention of following Minsk2 anymore. Russia trashed it
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  735.  @calamity-4469  not if you say you think Taiwan is a country. Than China stops trading with you.
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  736.  @jimamar  lack of food? Where do you get yours news from? Germany is self sufficient on food.
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  737.  @gullyside01  not really. No weapons from Brics, no financial support, and Putin was quiet busy to tell an annoyed Modi that he is really sorry for the mess he did.
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  738.  @kenadams5504  luckily, weapons are send. Even the EU is using its funds to buy them for Ukraine.
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  739. Bush, Obama, Biden, all said the same, nothing unique about Trump
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  740.  @michaelangelo5580  No. 70-80% of its ground forces are in Ukraine. Russian ground forces are 300k (whole army 1 million). 200k soldiers are deployed in Ukraine.
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  741.  @TheMuzikall  Ukraine was the red army.
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  742.  @Jab7onie  putin himself said he intends to be the collector of Russian soil. He is not really hiding his true motives.
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  743. Germany never promised tanks (besides the Gepard, which has been delivered).
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  744.  @xMoac  Because Ukraine wanted to become an EU member? Is a country not allowed to join alliances if it is a neighbor of Russia? And how would Ukraine be a threat with the massive Russian nuclear arsenal?
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  745. Iris T SLM already delivered. Germany does not have those in Storage, they come directly from the factory.
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  746. You are wrong. EU has paid more to Ukraine than the USA.
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  747. Human stupidity? Yes.
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  748. Ukraine, for example. Why? Better wages. Why until Christmas? It is only the UK giving short term visa, the EU nations usually give much longer visa.
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  749. Rotterdam? Antwerp?
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  750. This is incorrect. PzH2000 training is currently conducted in Germany, then the systems will be delivered. Doesn’t make much sense to send weapons to Ukraine they can not operate, does it? Same for MARS2 rocket launchers, or Gepard.
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  751. Its geographic location, mostly.
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  752. Why? It is a rather objective analysis of Putin spitting lies and saying Ukraine is not a sovereign country.
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  753. Russia is doing fine? That’s what you call the worst recession since the 90s?
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  754. India is not part of the G7: USA, Japan, Germany, France, Canada, UK and Italy.
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  755. When he talked to Macron, he said Ukraine is a beauty, but if she is unwilling he will take her by force (rape her). Today he said Ukraine is not even a real country. He is a demagogue
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  756.  @ivanYuganin  that’s why the president of Ukraine speaks Russian?
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  757.  @АндрейКозлов-ю2ц  Well, both suffer by Russia interfering and invading a country.
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  758. They support Ukraine with information about Russian troop movements and plans, too
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  759. Switzerland has freedom of movement, too. They have the highest wages in Europe and the world. Why can they do that while the UK fails? Maybe it has nothing to do with FOM, but with UK politics?
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  760. Germany is self sufficient on: potatoes, grain, milk, meat. It also has a strategic food reserve
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  761.  @ankitagoswami2258  the main villain are those invading.
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  762. they could, they were simply unwilling to pay the price in $ and blood
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  763. Does Russia want to be hit by nuclear weapons? No? Than it will not hit the EU, which has nukes of its own.
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  764.  @freddyfaulig2872  MARS should be send in 4 weeks time, training for PzH2000 is soon finished.
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  765.  @suhasrao671985  Problem for Russia is, it cut itself of from Western technology, which was essential for Chinese rise. And China is so far unwilling to provide its own to Russia, out of fear of western sanctions. So Russia would have to build a lot of things from the ground up, which is costly, takes a long time and provides lower quality. Overall, this route will lower Russian living standards compared to status quo ante feb 2022. Considering that such essential parts like aerospace, railway, gas- and oil industry, car industry, agriculture are dependent on western technology, I do believe that the Russian central bank is right to expect a decline similar to the 1990s.
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  766.  @suhasrao671985  i would argue there tends to be a limit for authoritarian regimes and the amount of wealth they are able to provide to their citizens. If you take a look at China per capita, quality of life, inequality, it is far worse than in western countries. China, per capita, is not much richer than Russia.
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  767.  @theancientsancients1769  having no fuel, food or medicine shows that Brexit is working? Don’t remember that written on a bus.
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  768.  @Floweringlotus  I will tell you what happens: certain sectors of the UK economy will just disappear. Farming will be the first. Farming is dependent on seasonal labor, hard work, long hours, low wages. You can not increase wages in this sector too much, as who will pay 50 bucks for half a kilo of UK strawberries, if you can buy EU Strawberries for 5 bucks? Furthermore, the workforce lives in the cities, the farms are on the countryside. What Brit will leave his/her job for a couple of weeks, pay extra rent, dont see the family, for such a job? So farming goes bust. Instead, food will be imported. You can see it already: UK can not, due to a lack of workforce, process its turkeys for Christmas. So UK turkeys get culled and turkeys from France and Poland will get sold to UK consumers. End of UK turkeys. Pork is next. Germany already waiting to sell its pork to UK. Are you ready to rely on other nations for UK food supply? Are you ready for UK farmers going bankrupted? A final question: why does Switzerland both have the highest wages in the world and accepts Freedom of movement?
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  769.  @minty2800  No, the reason where fuel shortages. Which resulted in panic, increasing the fuel shortage. But the shortage caused it.
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  770. Sowjet. Good part of them were Ukrainian.
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  771.  @eastern2western  so why haven’t they done so already? 6 months of fighting for Bachmut. Reason: Bachmut is entrenched. Artillery can not break heavy entrenchment.
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  772. No, it wasn’t. Till the 18th century it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Following your logic, Crimea should belong to Turkey (and Russia should give Kaliningrad to Germany). Russia accepted Ukraine territory in the Budapest memorandum, and in return, Ukraine gave away its nukes.
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  773. German was technical superior as every tank had a radio, giving them the edge in mobile warfare.
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  774.  @joeawk  funny how only his competitors are found guilty.
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  775. He got rid of all competitors by throwing them in jail or let them disappear. Not power crazy?
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  776. Well, France is currently screwed due to its over reliance on nuclear, of which 50% are in forced shut of. Additionally, Germany uses gas to heat, not for electricity. Germany is an exporter of electricity.
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  777. Indeed, but allowing western weapons to strike targets in Russia is a REACTION to Russias action, you got the the wrong way.
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  778. It does. Both PzH2000 and MARS2 have sufficient range.
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  779.  @ionnanskilliorus6877  With labor costs becoming more irrelevant due to automation (as you rightly state), bringing back factories close to customers might be beneficial, to save transport costs.
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  780. No, it is not. It is a necessity born out of no other options. If Russia hadnt invaded Ukraine and cut gas supply, this move would not have happened.
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  781.  @neverknowsbest2879  I follow the predictions of the Russian central bank, not some Russian official. Considering that Russia`s car sales dropped by 80%, and Russia is not even able anymore to build cars with airbags (not to mention modern military equipment like tanks or guided missiles), and the estimate that sanctions take 6 month to really be felt, I dispute your verdict.
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  782.  @beautifulafrica4596  Covid is known to cause heart issues and blood clots. Heart issues are the main reason young athletes who got Covid can not return to their profession.
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  783.  @RealMTBAddict  Majority of people fall it that category, so what is your point? Be under thirty and not overweight, so you do not die, but only lose your sense of smell, your lung functionality, get diabetes and become infertile?
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  784.  @lu544  How many people you want to infect to get the numbers perfectly? Covid is mutating, so yes, even if you were already infected, you should get vaccinated to further increase your immunity.
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  785.  @kentwelch8787  You of course are not just telling lies and have scientific sources, to which you can give us a DOI? Especially as the majority of people hospitalized is NOT vaccinated. And do not worry if your source is in German, French or another language: most people here speak at least 2 languages.
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  786.  @lu544  Long term effects and damages of Covid: -loss of smell (possibly permanent) -reduced mental capability (especially concerning short term memory) -lung, heart, kidney damage -loss of fertility (only male) -diabetes
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  787. German army does not operate a single A4.
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  788. An Abrams weights about the same as a Leo2.
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  789.  @zahid1909  Germany has freed itself from Russian dependency, and Chinese imports are only relevant to a single digit percentage of German manufacturing.
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  790. If you are middle class, by definition, you have no struggle to survive.
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  791.  @donkykon2094  I posted both the figures for EVs and total car sells, what more do you want. ICEs are the present, EVs might be the future.
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  792.  @paco_lord87  Yes. Ryquell Armstead Madi Wilson Many more athletes who had Covid had to end their career afterwards due to long term effects and heart damage.
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  793.  @warriorz9451  Jeffrey Sonnenfeld et alii.: „Business Retreats and Sanctions are Crippling the Russian Economy“
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  794. China exports to Russia decreased.
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  795.  @SuperVoidBoyz  No, vaccination significantly reduces the risk of infection and transmission. And the risk of hospitalization is also greatly reduced.
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  796.  @sundussajjad2215  they refuse to publish the raw data on it.
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  797.  @Writeous0ne  it is not dire. All indicators of the industry are getting better. Optimism comes back. People know that a gas shortage has been prevented. Expensive? Yes, but Germany is rich.
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  798.  @coraltown1  Germany has delivered everything as promised. People seem to forget that training takes more than a couple of hours, and equipment is delivered AFTER training is completed
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  799.  @throughput6674  Russian ground forces are 300k, more than 50% already deployed in Ukraine
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  800.  @ratatajk7187  No, it was not. Sweden and Finland are official members of NATOs partnership for peace program.
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  801. Sweden and Finland are already deeply integrated in NATO and NATO programs.
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  802. Simple. Most of Russian army is in Ukraine, there are very few troops left (none to attack Finland). So every killed Russian soldier or destroyed piece of Russian equipment in Ukraine is less worry for Finland.
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  803.  @LasseEklof  Speaking Russian does not mean being pro Putin, it is a bad metric.
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  804.  @froze1480  Well, you can of course provide evidence for that claim?
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  805.  @98091238  Soviet Union was Russia under a different name.
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  806.  @rodtukker1904  Finland was invaded by Russia.
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  807.  @98091238  why should they risk their own soldiers?
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  808. They get millions of rounds of ammunition, so what is your problem?
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  809. Forget it. The Green party was founded because of the anti nuclear power sentiment in Germany.
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  810. They also regained territories. Trading territory for time and letting the enemy pay by blood is a rather decent strategy.
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  811.  @IK_MK  it can’t. Confirmed tank losses alone are two years of Russian tank production. Russia also relies on western machinery to produce said tanks, and western microchips for its advanced sensors.
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  812.  @mrsam0496  how is time not on the Ukrainian side? Russia is unable to replace lost equipment due to sanctions.
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  813. Ukrainian training in Germany for the PzH2000 has started this week. It is moving in the right direction.
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  814. The video is in accordance with other sources (ISW...). Russia has issues and everyone expects Ukrainian counter offensive to begin in August.
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  815.  @stevenmoirey2j367  Well, instead of giving PPE contracts to friends and donors, he could have given them to companies which can actually deliver them. Also, not sending hospital patients back to care homes without Covid tests would have been a good idea. And he may should have joined the COBRA meeting about Covid instead of going on vacation. And this is just a small selection for the first 3 months of the pandemic, we can continue...
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  816. Is the media’s the governments mouthpiece, or vice versa?
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  817.  @Drifty40  you did not state reason, you speculated. Fact: Irish GDP per capita is 50% bigger than UKs. The average Irish salary is 49k €,the UKs is 33k €.Ireland’s minimum wage is 1.66k € a month, UKs is 1.6k € a Month. You claim it’s fake, but earning more is fact.
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  818.  @Drifty40  I wrote per capita. May I advice you to google GDP per capita of both the UK and ROI, and if you have some manners, you may even admit your mistake.
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  819.  @asanulsterman1025  Still under the control of the Republic of Ireland? What do you plan, invading them again?
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  820. Russian central bank predicts worst recession in 30 years, -10% GDP for Russia.
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  821.  @Ian-pm8ll  So the UK keeps 14% of its trade deals. You do not want to tell me that this is a good result, do you? As the big EU ones (Japan, Canada, Mexico, South America) are not included.
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  822. It would be also breaching WTO most favourite nation rules. If the EU does not check imports from the Uk at one part of its border, it is not allowed to conduct any checks at any border.
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  823. Johnson decides what parts of the report get published, if any. Inquiries are a joke.
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  824. So panic has caused the nhs to run out of blood tests?
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  825.  @justonecornetto80  but the specific circumstances are not met, so where is the difference?
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  826. The Russian secret services and the Russian military. Case in point: any time a part wanted to go its own way, tanks were send in and the country was brutally oppressed.
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  827. If you sort of migration reform style, who will build the nuclear reactors? Furthermore, considering the cost and time it takes for HickleyPointC, it would take 10+ years, costs 100+bn £ and would increase electricity costs.
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  828.  @Bobby-fj8mk  You prefer to be on the open, with zero armor protection?
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  829.  @TemplarX2  so what will the Russian propaganda be: nuking a country is the opposite of freeing them? If Putin dares to do that, he will be ripped apart by angry Russians.
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  830.  @Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz  i come to a different conclusion: after the war in Ukraine, Russian troops would be bound to keep order there, paying every day in blood. Russian economy is currently imploding. The war against Ukraine may break Russias back. They will be too exhausted for any major conflict. Their loss of material and troops, and there massively reduced stock of ammunition, bombs and rockets will take quiet some time to restock, if ever.
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  831.  @jaeggs Farage said if Brexit fails he would leave Britain. He also said he would rather support Trump in his election than take part in the UK election if he had to chose. Not to mention his pro Putin statements.
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  832. 4 by USA, and UK and Germany want to deliver an additional 3, each.
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  833.  @daroniussubdeviant3869  this is a lie, there was only an agreement of no nato troops in eastern Germany. Nothing more, nothing less
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  834.  @Bee.Holder  Sovereignty is no privilege, it is the right of every country. Furthermore, why are you repeating lies? The Russian language is not banned in Ukraine. The Ukrainian president is a native Russian speaker. And separatists? They are Russian proxy forces, with many Russians leading them. It is the right of any sovereign country to defend against outside forces, like the so called separatists in the Donbas.
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  835.  @legendary7957yahoo  Of course. But Merkel`s behavior proves otherwise in her case.
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  836.  @michaela5950  she has a scientific education including a PhD.
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  837.  @Wilhelmofdeseret  Hungary was not deporting them, also this would be illegal.
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  838. Nations practicing Keynes style economy is the only reasonable way out, as Germany has shown 2008. sadly Trump has already inflated US debt, adding 1% of debt to create 0.8% of growth. I have no clue how this will end.
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  839.  @bodyloverz30  50% of French nuclear reactors are in unplanned shutdown, and the only reason they keep the grid running is massive electricity imports from Germany.
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  840. They still build decent rocket engines. But what they build is based on Sowjet designed.
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  841.  Thisis Gettinboring  Germany has already enough gas in storage to cover the winter heating season. So it is available. German houses that heat with gas don’t have alternative infrastructure to heat with electricity. And considering that Germany has the most expensive electricity in the world, gas is still cheaper than electricity to heat.
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  842.  @MacDaddy8200  Germany uses 10% of its gas for electricity, which can easily be replaced by coal plants they have in reserve. Germany can produce electricity without gas, in high enough quantity. But heating and industry require gas.
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  843. But Ukraine would have an even more capable army then.
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  844.  @lovinradios6495  this old myth? It were French soldiers keeping the line so British soldiers could be evacuated in Dunkirk.
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  845. What has military spending to do with the EU? Especially if there are countries will well funded and great armies in it, like France or Finland?
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  846.  @ArwedMett  It is not difficult to evaluate, as military spending is disclosed in Germany. So you can read how much Germany spends on what. Therefor I can tell you that Germany spend 150 Million Euro on external consultants for the Bundeswehr 2016, or 31.4 million in the first half of 2020, which you might agree, is rather small for a budget of 40bn +
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  847.  @spiceyfrenchtoast9421  200 battle Tanks from Poland as an example. They have a massive impact. Not to mention the array of artillery provided. HIMARS is good, but it did not change the outcome of the war. The combined effort of all Nations did.
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  848. Ukraine has more combat troops ready than Russia, better Equipment, and don’t need to worry about the Economy. They can rotate troops unlike Russia, and they are highly motivated. Their gains are massive, and strategically significant, taking over Control over streets and railroad that were essential to Russian supply lines. Not to mention that Russias first guard tank army, their Most elite force, just ran away and left their Tanks to Ukraine. So you are wrong.
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  849.  @behindenemylines.3103  please, of NATO would give Ukraine the good stuff (Leo2/Abrahams, F35, Long range missiles) the war would be over in a month.
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  850.  @AQuietNight  I agree, but those standards require investment, and New York is an example of pure neglect.
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  851. Turkey is highly valuable to NATO and it keeps several conflicts (Greece, Cyprus) frozen. And there is hope that soon Erdogan/AKP will lose power and be replaced by a more moderate force. Hungary, yeah... Lets just hope Poland gets so annoyed they stop covering Hungary in the EU.
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  852. No, they don’t. You do not become a billionaire because you are the presidents cook.
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  853.  @John_Doe448  are you familiar with the concept of the middle income trap,
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  854. While Zelenski is the comedian, the joke is Putin.
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  855. The Chinese education system is brutal. By taking them out of a good school, you take away their chances to access a good university.
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  856. M2 Bradley is more modern and has a better weapon, not really a competition due to their time gap entering service.
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  857.  @Sam-qn4ep  the EU Never invoked article 16.
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  858. Adi Adindas you Said no Country would accept EU jurisdiction in general. Please cite the passage of your initial post referring to a Canada style deal. I gave you examples of countries which did, thereby proving you wrong. About Canada, Japan, SK: none of these countries can trade by Lorry on a huge scale with the EU, due to geographic distance, therefor loser rules are enough to protect EUs single market integrity. Furthermore, when the EU negotiated with them, their state aid rules as well as any other area of the level playing field were already well established, so the EU could adjust the agreement accordingly. The UK meanwhile is either unable or unwilling to tell the EU its plans in these areas, and as a result, the EU does not know how much UK rules will differ from EU rules, and as a consequence, has to be more careful. Last but not least: why did the UK agree to follow much stricter Japanese state aid rules, but not EU ones? Where is the logic?
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  859. If they are in good shape, and a desired model, you can still sell them for a decent price. Maybe even with a little profit compared to retail.
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  860. The Uk is not an exception in Europe as an English speaking country. Ireland, Malta? Furthermore, as even Germany is introducing English speaking courts for businesses, it is not even an advantage anymore. UK could benefit from being the financial hub of Europe due to EU membership and full access to the continents market. That is gone.
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  861.  @candyhochstmann4632  Wer ein Smartphone hat, kann das Busticket auch einfach via App kaufen.
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  862.  @martinaholzapfel5799  Die Lösung ist simpel: Alle impfen. Ich renne keiner Herde hinterher, im Gegenteil. Ich war schon Anfang des Jahres für eine Impfpflicht.
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  863.  @martinaholzapfel5799  Die Impfung funktioniert: wer geimpft ist, der hat ein sehr viel geringeres Risiko, krank zu werden. Ich gucke aus Prinzip kein Fernsehen, lese dafür allerdings wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen zu diesem Thema (ich empfehle dazu scihub). Wer nicht geimpft ist, obwohl die Imfpung sicher ist, langzeitgetestet (über ein Jahr) und wirkt, weil er/sie meint es besser zu wissen als ALLE Experten, der hat sich aus der Solidargemeinschaft verabschiedet. Die Intensivstationen laufen mit Ungeimpften voll, nicht mit Geimpften. Wären alle geimpft, hätten wir kaum Probleme.
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  864.  @smichastine  you need a visa. I applied for a Russian visa, it takes time, money and effort. Not like the EU with its open borders
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  865.  @AB-ys4yn  You name Mariopol, and than claim cities captured effortless and without damage...
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  866.  @AB-ys4yn  the fact is that it took Russia several attempts to take the airport. Funny you mention the withdrawal of Russian troops, sounds like a defeat to me.
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  867.  @Yair44  the total size of the Russian army is 1 million. As there is no war according to the Russian government, the number of 2 million reservists (which is everyone who was in military service in the last 5 years, so hardly an active or ready force) is irrelevant.
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  868.  @alexturlais8558  I am rather certain they can. If Germans can distinguish between 17 German presidencies, EU citizens can between 4 EU ones.
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  869.  @purpledevilr7463  Only for the older population. Below 30, Russians don´t watch state TV and propaganda.
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  870.  @gnrfanhad  Poland has huge coastal waters, offshore windparks are possible and produce a lot of electricity, there are also steady winds. EU will never ban nuclear, France will not allow it.
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  871. Russia signed an international treaty that it accepts Ukraine borders, and in return, Ukraine gave up its nukes. Great way if you want to show countries like Iran or North Korea they do not need nukes, when Ukraine is the example of a country giving them up, only to be sliced apart.
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  872.  @valentinmitterbauer4196  With the Russian economy being in a 5+ year decline, rising taxes, lowering living standards, Putin has less and less options to stay in control.
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  873.  @belonging9200  As you watch political videos and even comment on them, I assume you are invested in politics (so am I). But we are a tiny minority, we are not the people that decide elections. The majority of people looks at the headlines, and the 15 minute news at most. Therefor, as sad as it is, the characteristics and actions we see after an analysis of the candidates remain hidden, and therefor irrelevant, to most. Therefor campaigning skills is what decides elections. And Bearbocks skills seem lacking, which is a massive handicap.
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  874. No, it is the expected reaction if you make such stupid and unforced errors.
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  875.  @karankapoor2701  A party financed by foreign money of undisclosed origin. Yes, who does not want a party paid by other countries in your government...
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  876.  @filipnalewaja5609  no, it is not. By exports, Poland is 5th.
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  877.  @haydengalloway5177  Name them. Which anti EU party is already in power or soon to take over?
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  878.  @EJavierPaniaguaLaconich  They also agreed to not attack port faculties.
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  879.  @EJavierPaniaguaLaconich  they did. Not to attack port facilities. Then they attacked port facilities.
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  880.  @felixd2136  Would you prefer if there would only be one state monopolist which is responsible for the Internet (including mobile network), with no alternative to go to?
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  881.  @emanuelthecreator6164  No, that is incorrect. The president holds talks with the different parties, and if a coalition with a majority presents itself, the president will propose their candidate. It is not the president who chooses, but he/she got told by the parties in parliament who to chose.
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  882.  @wile123456  Like what? Germany`s political culture is rather centrist and build on consensus. It has a well developed social system, minimum wage that grows each year, a rather powerful health care sector as just proven, workers right that people in the US would call communist...
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  883. The German Unions are one of the most powerful of the world, and the minimum wage in Germany is the fifth highest in the world.
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  884.  @salzkasten  Highest taxes? Not even close. Sweden, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland all have higher income taxes.
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  885. Even if the Greens come only second in terms of votes, they would still be able to form a coalition, becoming the party of the chancellor. There is no rule in Germany that dictates the party with the most votes has to be in government.
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  886. Would be good if they do, as then they would learn that it is irrelevant if the Greens become the biggest party to become the party of chancellor.
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  887.  @yurichtube1162  russia is not selfsufficent of food. It relies on foreign seeds and more importantly, machinery. It also relies on foreign machinery for extraction of resources. Out of interest: what alternative source is there for micro chips? Even China hasn’t one, so they be interested, too. And we haven’t even talked about airplanes.
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  888.  @biocapsule7311  The Swiss stock market already lost access to the EU market. 26th of May the Mutual Recognition Agreement for Medical Devices ceased to apply, too. This is not a theoretical discussion, it is a process already happening. Two big ones already gone.
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  889.  @Slithermotion  60% of all Swiss exports go to the EU. Its economy is EU centric.
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  890.  @thanakonpraepanich4284  As Germany has 16 states, CDU would never really be in opposition, but governing several. Due to the German two chamber system, they always would have national power via the Bundesrat, even in in opposition in the Bundestag.
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  891. As far as I know the German warning App NINA issued flood warnings, which were ignored by the population.
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  892. Baerbock made the mistake of presenting herself as a person of detail, who does not make mistakes, only to damage this image by doing one mistake after the other. CDU is known for corruption, so it is expected by their candidates, priced in. The Greens wanted to be the opposite of this, just to do similar things (of a smaller magnitude of course, but it does not matter).
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  893. The AFD lost massively, now below 10% of the votes in both states.
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  894. It only cares if those countries want to join the EU, too.
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  895.  @michaeldunham3385  The price for German reunification was adopting the Euro, the French demanded as much. It is not a myth, but a historic fact.
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  896. Why? Almost 50% of exports go to Euro nations. Only 2.91% goes to the US. It makes more sense to peg to your most important market?
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  897. No. Look at Ireland. Turning from a net recipient to a net contributor. Leveling up, the UK could learn a thing or two how its done from the EU.
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  898.  @CB1000FP1  The EU has never tried to prevent the UK from leaving. It was the UK requesting access to EU markets, and the EU demanded that in return, the UK has to follow EU regulations. Do not confuse those two. Also, what does it has to do with democracy? UK is outside the EU, a competitor. The EU`s job is to get the best deal for the EU, nothing else.
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  899. Lets see: the EU has an elected parliament. the EU`s council is made of the governments of the member nations, all democratically elected. the commission is appointed by the council and elected by parliament. How much more democracy can you get in?
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  900. SPD got minimum wage from the CDU, an huge win.
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  901.  @maxxor-overworldhero6730  the President of Germany, who is also head of State, is Steinmeier, not Merkel. And no, you still were unable to name one party.
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  902.  @presleymeck  the city? No, not a square centimetre.
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  903.  @presleymeck  Cherson.
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  904. While Ukraine may lose villages, Russia is losing cities. Get the difference?
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  905.  @flok462  Habeck, minister and Green politician, supports labelling gas as green
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  906. I am really looking forward to this. If Orban overplays his hand, Poland may drop him. Which in turn means Hungary can be suspended from EU bodies, losing the right to vote. We are not there yet, but we will see.
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  907.  @MuzoEph  That is the reason why they now bomb civilian infrastructure?
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  908.  @pedanticchicken2117  So USA is a socialist country because the government can control everything if they want to?
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  909.  @whaahh  No. Why would the city council build luxury homes? If they build the apartments themself and keep them with affordable rent, it would decrease prices. and its 30 BILLION.
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  910.  @robertb6889  Of course. But the plan would be to compensate them at market value.
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  911. It is better than the UK or US system.
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  912. Keep up. Inflation is almost down to 2% again.
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  913. Rolls Royce is owned by BMW. And no, european countries do not want to become like the USA. We like having basics like education and health care.
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  914. EU economy is not declining. It is simply not growing much.
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  915.  @Mekesi1  where do I lie? French reactors are in shut down (50%), and it needs to import electricity from Germany
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  916. Almost every farmer in the EU is supported by CAP, as farmers in the US are supported by the US government. Being able to feed yourself is a extremely important, therefor the EU makes sure its agriculture sector is live and well. Furthermore, next to pure economic terms, other areas are important. While the giant factory like farms in the US may be more efficient, they are an environmental disaster, do not contribute much to their local community and do not protect traditions. Small French farmers on the other hand may be more expensive in production, but have higher quality and a much smaller impact on the environment. The final product speaks for itself, everyone who ever went to France can only envy their food (with exception to the Italians, I would say).
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  917.  @remco4057  Uk is among the worst in all Covid related categories (infections, deaths, negative GDP, available hospital beds...). Only category it is currently decent is vaccination, and this has its price (quiet literal, they paid much more than the EU).
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  918.  @bachelor3846  why do you change the topic? This is about Russia
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  919.  @octavianpopescu4776  becoming more like Poland, where women have to die because they have no right for abortions, even when the Fetus is terminally ill?
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  920. Scholz today announced that it will send similar missile systems like the USA (in a 4 week time frame), and its modest modern Anti Aircraft system (IRIS-T), which, to my knowledge, is the first western system of this kind send there.
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  921.  @prunabluepepper  No they werent. It was the price to pay for the coalition. I remember the political discussion well, it is not so long ago.
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  922. What is more conservative than being flexible ideologically to stay in power?
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  923.  @LePudding.  well, the AFD was born as an anti Euro (currency) party before becoming anti immigration. Their heritage is libertarian approach to economics (privatisation of pensions, health care) which currently causes conflict with the nationalistic wing of the party, which wants strong social policy which excludes foreigners. The Many corruption cases and dark money of unknown foreign origin did not help the AFD, too.
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  924.  @oskarherbst9354  Laschet was minister in the NRW cabinet 2005-2010, and is minister president since 2017. A decade a executive experience is more than none.
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  925.  @gergelybodi3728  SPD pro EU and Euro. AFD anti EU and Euro. This is only 1%?
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  926. So more or less a communist if you are used to the US system.
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  927.  @sebastianr1204  Germany is only a small market for VW/BMW/Daimler. If they would be able to continue to sell their combustion engines to other markets, they would. But they do not. It has nothing to do with the German Greens, but the world wide trend. Is the UK led by Greens? No? Why do they already passed a patrol ban?
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  928.  @sebastianr1204  Petrol/Diesel cars is a rather void discussion now. In 5-10 years time, no major car manufacturer will offer them anymore. For the simple reason that the Chinese government decided to ban them to take away the advantage of the others nations manufacturers. As China is the biggest market, they make the rules. The Exit of coal power is also already decided. 2038. The question is only if it will be done earlier or not. I guess this will not be a political, but an economic decision: Green energy are already almost as cheap as coal, so the plants will be closed earlier, as they are too expensive.
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  929.  @danielwebb8402  The menu like no border in the Irish sea or no tax increase? Works great.
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  930.  @danielwebb8402  This is not how an representative democracy works. You dont order a banana in the elections. You chose the cook you want to cook your next meals. But the cook decides on the menu.
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  931.  @danielwebb8402  public voted for parties. They get exactly what they voted for.
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  932.  @Rainonasphalt  Russias gdp is the same size of Italy, and Russias military is a dwarf compared to the combined military power of the EU.
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  933.  @scintillam_dei  Ok, I rephrase: China depends more on the US than vice versa. China can hurt USA, but USA can destroy China.
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  934.  @laurooon1777  I doubt I have to hide in a bomb shelter because of it. So no, the costs will be lower.
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  935. Is is higher or lower than the Ukraine currently has to pay?
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  936. How can Europe be energy independent with nuclear? It has to import Uranium and is therefor by definition dependent.
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  937.  @bendavid5648  Well, Turkish drones are working reasonably well.
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  938. Ukrainians were not seen as strong willed to defend their country, either. The invasion and a strong leader changed that in hours. Now grandmothers are ready to throw molotow coctails. Dont underestimate the moral boost of a population under siege.
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  939. The Ukraine with its Jewish president is run by Nazis? I would expect Russian propaganda to do better
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  940.  @wtice4632  most elite forces crushed, been pushed back on all fronts, while the economy is contracting and internal protests erupt.
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  941.  @Mediaevalist  You become President of the EU Commission by being appointed by the council and elected by the EU parliament. Both happened.
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  942.  @alexlazar4738  Yugoslavia was in the middle of a civil war and genocide, why not mention that?
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  943.  @jasenwright1178  yes, Brexit means Brexit, and this is Brexit.
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  944. Appear weak? The UK is weak. Depends on France for international trade because Uk ports are too small, depends on French electricity, and on French turkeys for Christmas.
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  945.  @norwegianboyee  I agree. Putin has fallen into the trap of believing his own lies.
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  946. WTO means the UK has to put up a border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
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  947.  @asanulsterman1025  in what market? Northern Ireland can export both to Britain and the EU without any barriers.
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  948. It is always tricky for a dictator in a crumbling empire to arm its royally pissed of citizens, as they might find the weapons more useful for getting rid of said dictator, than of the dictators enemies.
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  949. Europe is not going into recession according to predictions. It is still growing.
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  950.  @Larrypint  The affair with the female editors is NOT the problem. But that he gives them a career advantage in return is a HUGE problem. Also, he confessed that he did so. So dont try to change the narrative on what happened. Furthermore, I did not judge right wing, did I? All I said is that it was him starting this in Bild is wrong. This was always what Bild was about, anti immigration, and so on. You present it as if he started it, which is simply a lie.
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  951. How so?
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  952. What for? It is as quick as other nations, and supplied more weapons and money than others already.
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  953. Finland is an EU member, and know thinks about joining nato due to Russian aggression.
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  954.  @araara4746  cheap Russian gas was never the backbone of German industry. Compared to other nations, gas only plays a minor role in German industry.
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  955.  @Kartoffelsuppe_m_Wursteinlage  People live there, so there is a risk.
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  956. What has Biology to do with this subject, which is about politics and economy?
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  957.  @rons5319  Russia accepted Ukrainian borders unconditionally. So Ukraine could do whatever they want in their territory. Russia has no right to invade.
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  958. Ukraine is not a NATO member, how can it withdraw?
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  959.  @michaelangelo5580  I am only quoting official Russian figures: the whole armed forces have a men power of one million, while ground forces do have 300k.
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  960. Aircraft carriers? For what?
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  961. What unemployment crisis? The energy crisis is almost solved, gas storage at +90%.
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  962.  @harukrentz435  Ok, I was not certain if this remark was genuine or sarcastic.
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  963.  @iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626  their soviet stockpiles is mostly dumb bombs, rockets and shells
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  964. 30 tanks from US, takes months to deliver, too.
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  965.  @conflict_monitor  they do it with all their equipment, be it M777, PzH2000 or M117.
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  966.  @oldcremehelian3708  I`d say one comes with the other: withholding the bare necessities from workers like sanitary facilities shows you how much there are valued.
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  967.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  Not only the money, but also quality (or existence) of facilities like toilets and showers. Which is why the UK currently struggles.
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  968. Who will pay the HGV licence? And why work in a job where you have to piss in a bottle and do not see your family for the week, when you can work for Amazon in a warehouse, or at Aldi, for the same wages?
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  969.  @alqaas1948  surrounded? Please look at a map. NATO does not surround Russia, far from it.
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  970.  @xinbozhang7206  of course Russia can tolerate that. Europe tolerates Russian nukes in Kalingrad, too.
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  971. Survivability is the biggest, in my opinion. While Sowjet design tanks tend to explode after one hit due to their auto loaders configuration, western tanks are constructed for the crew to survive.
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  972. EU countries have delivered hundreds of tanks to Ukraine. USA has delivered zero. EU countries do their part.
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  973.  Sergei Alexandrovich Vladimirovich Batmitziov  Germany delivered millions of rounds of ammunition, Panzerfaust, stinger, Strella. And Germany is training Ukrainian soldiers on PzH2000, right now.
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  974.  @dmytrobondal4127  Gepards had to be taken out of deep storage, they were not operational since last week. German army stopped using them 10 years ago.
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  975. 50% of Russian ground combat forces are already in Ukraine. Russia doesn’t have that much anymore.
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  976. Germany just stopped NS2, which is one of the strongest responses it has in its books. Meanwhile, Johnson/UK just announced sanctions against 3 Russians that were already sanctioned 4 years ago.
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  977. @UCTHj8YB676xwFr4O11fWttQ No, because Germany now plans to diversify its supply and move away from Russian gas. Which mid term means less money for Russia .
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  978. No, Europe uses Dutch and Norwegian gas, both NG.
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  979.  @thatsisjustcrazy8187  regional providers are often owned by the cities, while deutsche Bahn is owned by the federal government. Politics decide how much tax payers money they want to use to reduce prices.
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  980. No cheating, but working as intended.
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  981.  @qgxii  contracts say gas is paid by dollar or euro.
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  982. But they rely on western components for jets, too.
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  983.  @inkydoug  I expect self driving trucks in 5-10 years. Which brings another question: why should anyone train and pay to become a driver today, if the job perspective is to be replaced by a computer soon? So the UK just has to wait a couple of years for fuel.
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  984.  @mikebetts2046  Yes, how dare the government interfere with demanding to be trained to drive an HDV and having a license before being allowed to drive one!
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  985. No, only Britain has this issue. Northern Ireland is fine, too.
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  986.  @Nom_AnorVSJedi  Donbas is not Russia, but Ukraine. Right for self defense does not apply for Russia.
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  987. Germany has enough gas from other sources so nobody will freeze. Russia is not the only supplier of gas.
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  988. Do you want to mention the Budapest memorandum, too?
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  989. Against Ukraine, which is not a nato member.
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  990. All the vehicles USA, Germany and France send went out of production decades ago and is planned to be decommissioned, so your thesis falls apart.
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  991. USA does not need to produce a single Abrahams, they have 3000 standing in the desert, as a emergency reserve, fully functional but never to be used again.
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  992.  @moiseshuerta3984  no, that is what Gepard is used for.
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  993.  @---------c5741  Russian central bank and IMF. Look at the 2022 growth data
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  994.  @freddyfaulig2872  Germany stopped using the Gepard over 10 years ago and therefor has no ammunition. It relies on Patriot systems and its airforce for air defense. And this is why it is taking so long: Germany has no working Gepards.
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  995.  @freddyfaulig2872  Switzerland is refusing sending ammunition for Gepard, this is hardly Germanys fault.
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  996.  @anthonymorris2276  What western country has send tanks to Ukraine?
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  997. If those components include semiconductors (most do) they are sanctioned.
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  998. This is not true. Military budget of western Germany before 1991 was rather high.
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  999. Germany will never buy abrams.
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  1000.  @minty2800  What do you mean by everybody? This is incorrect. There were reports of a small number of stations having to close down due to shortages of delivery drivers. The government said dont panic. So naturally, everyone panicked.
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  1001.  @davidgrahambrown3793  There are shortages, like it would be convenient to have more (EU), and there are critical shortages, as supply does not meet demand (UK).
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  1002.  @davidgrahambrown3793  They are now employing the drivers who worked in the UK pre Brexit.
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  1003. Copying the German world war 1 strategy doesn’t sound like a road to victory to me…
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  1004. Considering attackers have to outnumber defenders at least 3:1, this seems like a bad strategy for Russia.
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  1005.  @rodrigogoncalves6165  it isn’t. The M1 can run on any fuel available, and is easier to maintain than any Russian tank.
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  1006. Higher diversification in the energy sector: nuclear (France), renewables (Germany/Netherlands/Denmark), coal (Germany/Poland). Furthermore, in case of shortages, Norway will cut of the UK and supply the EU instead with gas.
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  1007. Russia is the aggressor, not the US or UK.
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  1008. This is objectively false. German nuclear energy was never that big, and it was used for electricity. Gas, on the other hand, is mainly used for heating and chemical processes. Two different uses.
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  1009. Steinmeier (German President) Said he was wrong about Russia.
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  1010.  @myspace1876  It actually is. Without western imports, Russian industry, be it oil and gas, or even agriculture, falls apart? Why? Because Russia is using western equipment, and they depend on western parts for maintenance. Even Russian railroad can not operate without it.
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  1011.  @Timodez  Vaccines requirement to be refreshed is nothing new.
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  1012.  @lu544  P.S. as an estimated guess: the numbers for hospitalization of under 18 years old, so the group least likely to get seriously ill, is 1%. So at least 1% of the population (it will be more, as the risk increases with age) will get serious side effects due to Covid, if you do not get vaccinated.
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  1013.  @miriam.zwrcha7256  No, the chances of a vaccinated person getting infected are massively reduced, and thereby the risk of the vaccinated person to spread the virus, too.
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  1014. Poland has already send most of its T74 to Ukraine.
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  1015.  @afcgeo882  Leo2 and Abrams weight the same.
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  1016. Germany always delivered as promised. People just did not understood that Ukrainians have to be trained on the vehicles BEFORE sending them.
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  1017. How can you deliver before it is build?
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  1018. Considering no one else produces IrisT, why remove the emblems?
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  1019. Being the third largest supplier of weapons to Ukraine and the only supplier of modern Western AA kit should be clear enough.
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  1020.  @scyzorpl  Germany is not Number one for weapons trade, but Place three. And they are Place 3 in supporting Ukraine.
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  1021.  @B.B.Digital_Forest  the Production timeline is known because the weapons were for Egypt and redirected to Ukraine. Nothing secret.
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  1022.  @crystaltatchell2576  more Systems than USA of Uk have Send so far. Germany also send Gepard.
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  1023.  @pulmo1  Germany has delivered everything they promised, be it Gepard, PzH2000 or now Iris-T.
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  1024. It takes much longer to build a car. It takes 8 hours to assemble the Parts.
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  1025. Those who complain are IN the video.
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  1026. He is not the coach, but the president, the big boss.
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  1027.  @51madmitch  it is sexual assault by the definition of the law.
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  1028. EU is self sufficient on food.
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  1029.  @donkykon2094  Hyundai has its ioniq5, Merc its EQ series, Audi its eTron series, to name a few. Renault is now in the game, too (Megane), VW (iq), Polestar…
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  1030.  @chrismidgeton5213  several studies, to quote this Forbes article: 3 New Studies End Debate Over Effectiveness Of Hybrid And Remote Work
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  1031. Reality has proven no such thing: output is similar.
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  1032. And the Russian offensive started 5 months ago. The bridge can not be used any longer for military vehicles, mission accomplished.
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  1033.  @michalkuc1719  takes 10-20 years to build
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  1034. An animal that goes berserk is put down. Even a bear.
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  1035.  @metaxas2232  please Name the experts who say Wagner is better
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  1036.  @wyodragon4325  but no single market or custom Union. Therefor, from a trade perspective, Asia are many different entities, while the EU is one.
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  1037.  @wyodragon4325  the EU is a custom Union and seen as one entity in trade matters.
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  1038. Russia can not sell its gas anywhere else due to lack of capacity. Furthermore, Russia today announced its economy shrunk by 4%, and its foreign reserves are already down 70bn
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  1039. Germany and UK have send similar systems.
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  1040. By killing children? Thanks, I pass.
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  1041. They delivered. And this is a medium range air Defence system, capable of protecting a city.
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  1042. It was not Russia feeding Europe.
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  1043.  @ratatajk7187  You can google this yourself. Just as a side note: Both Finland and Sweden participate in NATO operations (like Afghanistan). Can`t be much deeper integrated besides membership than that, can you?
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  1044.  @MrStringybark  Russia can not attack Finland because they have no troops and equipment at the border anymore. They were deployed to Ukraine.
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  1045.  @rodtukker1904  Your comment is either a lie or shows you have no historic knowledge. Russia has invaded many countries, and many of them had no Russian speaking population.
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  1046.  @sheshatheblackqueen  Russia is doing well? 20% of the population has no indoor plumbing. Worst inequality in the world. Not to mention life expectancy for men, 8 years of decline in living standards, and a youth that wants to leave the country. Russias GDP is the size of Italy, while having almost 3 times the population.
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  1047.  @sheshatheblackqueen  What will Russia win with the use of Thermobaric bombs? Its economy is in downfall, it is more and more isolated, and its military is suffering heavy casualties. You can be certain that if Russia is using thermobaric bombs on civilians, the west will supply Ukraine with the big stuff.
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  1048.  @zimtwiers9726  indeed. It is hard to find someone doing qualified in depth analysis, taking the time to explore and explain their arguments. Also his honesty and Humor are quiet refreshing.
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  1049. The state of Brandenburg is responsible for the permits, and VW has no production there. So no, VW has nothing to do with it.
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  1050.  @anthonyloveanthonylove2159  nobody knew about nukes then. Times change
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  1051.  @TheStedomi  Russias population is 145 million, not 450 million.
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  1052.  @dixonhill1108  No. While prices increase, not of the magnitude as in the UK. As both France and Germany actually have gas taverns to store gas in an significant amount, and their main source of electricity isnt gas, unlike UK, they are far less effected. Furthermore, food prices will not increase much, as both countries can supply themself, while the UK is dependent on imports. And there are NO shortages whatsoever, petrol and diesel, food, all available.
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  1053. Russia continues to produce new missiles. But their storages are almost empty.
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  1054.  @henryseidel5469  Aus einem eingefrorenen Konflikt mit kleineren Grenzscharmützlen wird nun ein richtiger Krieg. Das ist Putins Verdienst: der Einmarsch in andere Länder und deren gewaltsame Erorberung.
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  1055.  @heribertmichl6092  Waren Sie mal in der DDR kurz nach der Wende und haben gesehen, was dort mit der Natur gemacht wurde? Oder mal allgemein durch Osteuropa?
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  1056.  @hofer2317  stell dir vor es ist Krieg und keiner geht hin. Dann kommt der Krieg zu dir B. Brecht
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  1057.  @charles5449  what would it change? Nuclear is for electricity, gas is for heating and chemical companies.
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  1058.  @nikaley  simple: Scholz wanted USA to send tanks, too, and withhold leo2s until USA agreed to send abrams.
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  1059.  @irasthewarrior  but Russia never was the sole supplier, and most likely will not supply anything in a couple of years. So a net loss
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  1060.  @sirpatrick187  What the 1% make has no effect on the median wage. Definition: The wage such that half of the employees in the population under consideration earn less and the other half earn more. It is different from the mean wage which is the average of all the wages of the population considered.
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  1061. Lots of words, little to say. Russia is running out of steam, out of equipment, out of men. Ukraine is only getting stronger, as they receive more and more modern western kit.
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  1062. If it is about trade (tariffs), no, this is against WTO rules.
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  1063.  @severianmonk7394  Obviously leaked them himself? What for? His memos have nothing new in them. Everybody knows the US government is dysfunctional.
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  1064. Uk is only fourth in exports markets for Ireland. Even Belgium is more important. The EU, on the other hand, is by far the most important market for the Uk. No other market comes even close. Who will suffer more? It is not even a contest: the UK. By a lot.
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  1065. Did Varadkar change the status quo, or did the UK? Because the USA is already very clear who they see responsible and who they will not give a trade deal.
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  1066.  @Drifty40  the pound is far worse of than it was before 2016
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  1067.  @Drifty40  no, you don’t state facts. The Euro is the currency of 19 countries, not 27. furthermore, the UK is not one country, but a Union of countries, four to be precise.
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  1068.  @Drifty40  I would also like to ask you to elaborate more on your statement, that Ireland would suffer if one Eu member has problems. How would Ireland suffer if Malta, Cyprus or Latvia have problems? And why?
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  1069.  @asanulsterman1025  Following demographics, there will soon be a majority for reunification. And quality of life, job prospects are all better better in the Republic. This is the path Northern Ireland is going.
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  1070. The UK was part of the EU and therefor UK farms were EU farms. The UK government plans to pay farmers to stop farming/producing food and rather turn their land into forests/ wild lands. So nobody is paying farmers to produce food anymore, because EU CAP is gone.
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  1071.  @Ian-pm8ll  As the UK plans to drop most of its tariffs in the event of no deal to soften the fall, why should any country be interested in a Trade deal with the UK? They get tariff free access without having to give the same in return.
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  1072.  @richie4561  With the WA, the UK leaves the single market and therefor the core EU project, including the four freedoms and EU budget contributions. How can this be BINO?
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  1073. Rotterdam, the dutch port that handles a good part of UK`s international imports and exports, has more capacity than UK`s three biggest ports combined, as well as the necessary infrastructure for checks (phytosanitary). Did the UK expanded its capacities? Did they build new facilities at their ports? No? Then it is to late now, it takes years to plan, and even longer to build. You do not crash out a country of its international trade framework without the necessary plans and preparations. This is economic suicide.
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  1074. Yes, Murdoch is doing the job for Trump and Putin.
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  1075. Where are this billions coming from? Already more than a trillion worth of assets have left the UK due to Brexit, and manufacturing is leaving, too. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/07/investing/brexit-banks-moving-assets/index.html Wales sheep farmers will lose the EU market with 40% tariff barrier, which is 400 million a year market.
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  1076. What does the UK produce that China needs?
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  1077.  @davidnewell7183  There is a shortage of material for blood tests in the UK. NHS is rationing blood tests to its patients. Shortages in the UK are real. The reason is not panic buying.
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  1078.  @EVil-ob8in  you know how small the army is now? They have not enough drivers to fill the gaps.
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  1079. Because of farmers/lorry drivers blocking roads in protest. Never due to lack of drivers.
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  1080.  @theslimeylimey  why invest in a career with no future? Self driving lorries are the future.
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  1081. As shown in the video, no deal Brexit means the destruction of Northern Ireland farming. Move forward where? Insolvency?
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  1082. If you slap 40% on EU cars, you have to enforce them on ALL car imports. WTO MFN rule dictate you have to treat everybody equally. That is the reason the EU has no choice but to put 40% tariffs on lamb, because if they do not, they have to reduce tariffs for EVERYBODY. WTO forbids discrimination.
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  1083. Well, the UK government should plan and present its preparations, but it fails to do so. On the other side, no deal preparations of the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Ireland and Germany are nearly completed.
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  1084. 40% devaluation is rather harsh, and subsidies to counter tariffs are illegal under WTO.
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  1085. Do not trust the Tories then, they sided with Saudi Arabia.
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  1086. No prime minister is ever elected. Only MPs are (and sunak is an elected MP). But it is an interesting question. Does Sunak care about the Tory party? Or does he only care about himself? If it is the latter, he may stay in office as long as possible to enjoy the benefits.
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  1087. If you are a home owner, how would inheritance tax hit you differently from a non home owner? Does not make sense. Inheritance tax is applied no matter if you own a home or not.
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  1088.  @molonlave2193  but the radiation is really limited not harmful relatively quickly. Look up how many nukes were tested over the past 70 years. A couple of tacticals really make no difference
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  1089.  @StPiter111  this is no secret, and without context, this number is meaningless.
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  1090.  @StPiter111  Exactly. Russia depends on western equipment, it is already installed. So Asian equipment can not be used. What do you need for equipment? Spare parts. What cant Russia get anymore? Spare parts.
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  1091.  @sebastianwendl603  True. Also, not many places of high strategic value for Russia. Almost no major cities. And the supply lines are in reach for Ukraine long range weapons.
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  1092. No, they don’t. India’s economy has the same size as France. Chinas spending power per capita is equal to Russia, compared to Europe, they are poor.
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  1093. This is pre nuclear weapon logic. Russias nuclear capability is protection enough.
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  1094. Starmer has become president? When?
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  1095. America consist of to continents and many countries. I am not certain what Argentinas role is in all this, but you may enlighten me.
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  1096.  @Iazzaboyce  GFA says both UK and Ireland are members of the EU, which implies no borders. Therefor, Brexit is a breach of the GFA
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  1097. It is not. Armenia Aserbaidschan?
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  1098. It is a private association, everyone is free to found one. What about that is a 2-tier system?
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  1099.  @MartinPackwood  ECHR is left of centre? Why? Because it was Winston Churchills idea?
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  1100.  @lashkargah2709  indeed. 70% did not vote for them. No majority, no power.
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  1101.  @kingofracism  he masterplan even includes a destination to “move people to”, a so-called “model state” in North Africa, that would apparently provide space for up to two million people. There would even be educational and sport offers there. And anyone who lobbies on behalf of refugees could join them there, Sellner added. Another quote from the article.
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  1102.  @kingofracism  no, the CDU is Center Right. The AFD is far right.
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  1103.  @ΟρέστηςΚαραογλάνης  does she? What solutions would that be?
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  1104.  @johndean1634  why? Nobody knows if Le Pen will even get close to a majority in parliament. Her party got around 30% of the votes in the first round. And the French system demands an actual majority of 50+% per seat in the second round.
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  1105. How so?
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  1106. Less then by schemes like eat out to help out.
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  1107.  @OldCarsNewVan  ministers are in general not democratically elected. It is also common (in most countries) that you do not have to be a member of parliament to be a member of Government. What is more democratic about an MP elected in one constituency picked to be a minister?
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  1108. The cruel policy of separating parents from their children, than putting said children in cages and now being unable to find their parents, has turned away people.
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  1109. So? Ukraine is a sovereign country that can work with whosever pleases them.
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  1110. Putin lived many years in Germany and speaks German fluently.
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  1111. But they already did. 5% of German population is of Russian decent.
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  1112. Life expectancy is low for Russian males, mostly due to alcoholism. And a good part of alcoholism is rooted in the abysmal conditions of military service. I also once drove with a Russian on a Russian highway in winter. I had a couple of near death experiences, while my Russian friends were deeply relaxed (Russian highways in winter are one line only, because the others are used for snow storage. So to overtake, you have to go into the oncoming line, which was also full of trucks. After a while, you just get relaxed yourself and contemplate your life...)
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  1113.  @JA-pn4ji  80% of Russian gas goes to Europe, 3% to China. Russias Pipeline and LNG capacity are nowhere close to replace their European customers
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  1114.  @LordInquisitor701  Germanys storage is already at 80%. This is enough gas for January and February, if NO gas would come to Germany. But Germany has other sources and is starting its LNG terminals this winter.
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  1115. How could nato/USA force Russia to invade Ukraine?
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  1116.  @tkhannibal2476  Gorbachev said there was none
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  1117. Depends on what kind of war. France is the only country in Europe which can operate a aircraft carrier including the necessary armada to protect it (the UK has to borrow US ships for protection). But when it is about a defensive war, Finland is well prepared, so is Sweden. I am not sure about the current state of the Swiss army, but they have the geographic advantage.
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  1118. Owning weapons in Switzerland is highly regulated.
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  1119.  @InquisitorShepard  nuclear is actually part of the issue. Over 50% of French nuclear reactors are offline due to maintenance issues. France has to import electricity from Germany. The European electricity market is in bad shape Not because of gas, but broken nuclear reactors.
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  1120.  @titus_philemon  the reason why It’s called Latin America is because the two main languages spoken in this region are of Latin origin, Portuguese and Spanish. That is the reason why I mentioned both.
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  1121. UK and Germany also provided HIMARS like Systems to Ukraine, so they actually have More in Service than the 16 from the USA.
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  1122.  @somethinglikethat2176  Greens in Germany are not fringe, but right at the center.
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  1123.  @headcrab4090  the EU is toying around with the idea. They see northern African nations as profiteers, supplying Europe with solar generated energy and hydrogen.
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  1124. Well, he has to defend his strategy to put all his chips on one technology.
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  1125. What is the issue with thermoelectrics and hydrogen?
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  1126. Short term, yes. But if hydrogen production is established on a grand scale, it becomes competitive. And there are enough alternative uses that it has a future, mainly as a versatile use for excess energy caused by solar/wind.
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  1127.  @Aspis7  well, then we work with it on quiet the different scale. Hope you succeed!
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  1128. So most of Northern Europe, America and Asia would have sufficient water sources to satisfy their needs.
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  1129.  @AQuietNight  no, it’s the government cutting funding below what is necessary. The roof and boilers were not trashed, but too old.
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  1130. Great idea to let unqualified working on elevators and boilers...
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  1131. Germany has done exactly that. Spend like crazy in the 2008 crisis, reduce debt massively afterwards.
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  1132. The free market is pure chaos and thereby superior to central planning. Because no matter the problem, there is a solution somewhere. It still requires oversight and regulation to not go overboard, but then it is rather robust. China also suffers from the dictators trap.
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  1133. Nuclear fission is the most expensive of all. 10-20 years time to build, too. Small and modular? There are not even Prototyps yet.
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  1134.  @MigSur  what other parts of the world have the purchasing power of Europe or USA?
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  1135. I disagree. Especially Eastern Europe is very aware of the Russian threat.
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  1136.  @0penminds  for fishing.
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  1137.  @barryhill1044  Long term thinking: destroy UK fishing today and take the hit, no competition tomorrow.
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  1138. In the meantime, on fishing licence after the other is handed out to the French.
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  1139. They do? EU started two legal processes as the UK is in breach of the agreement and failed to implement controls in the Irish Sea?
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  1140.  @Gambit771  the deal is unfair? So what, almost every international treaty is. An irrelevant category. How did the EU force the Uk to accept the deal? There was neither a treat of military action, nor bribery, no hostages were taken. Pacta sunt servanda. I wrote before the election that Johnson is an idiot, too stupid to understand what he signs. So is Frost, as he is the one who negotiated this deal. Blame them for betraying the UK, do not blame the EU for doing its job: getting a deal as much in favour of their members as possible.
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  1141.  @billycaspersghost7528  article 16 was never triggered by the EU, they only considered it for a few hours.
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  1142.  @TheRedc0met  China can build quality if they want to. Furthermore, a lot of essential parts of the C919 are from western suppliers, same quality like Airbus or Boeing for those parts.
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  1143.  @josephman1488  I agree that there will be little need for innovation if Airbus would become a monopolist. But it does not require competition to exist and make money.
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  1144. Soviet Union had Ukraine as part of it.
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  1145. Airbus is sitting on it for a couple of years now.
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  1146. No single country on this earth? Well, you are mistaken, there are actually a couple: Norway, Iceland and Switzerland all accept EU jurisdiction without being EU members.
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  1147. Same mechanics at play.
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  1148. But watches are not declining. The market for mechanical watches is rather stable.
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  1149. Rolex is not obscene luxury, but affordable luxury. You do not have to be a millionaire to afford one
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  1150. Just a question: if you are ever mistreated in an Apple Store, will you never buy a smartphone or smart watch ever again? As there are many other brands besides Rolex, as there are besides Apple.
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  1151.  @ElbowShouldersen  This Union for security already exists (5 eyes). It is lead by the USA. Canada is already in an economic union with the USA. The UK is simply too small and far away for the other countries to be really relevant. Furthermore, considering the history, Canada, Australia and NZ do not WANT to be lead by the UK. And the USA is in a completely different league. CANZUK is a pipe dream. The economies are too small and too far apart to form a functional economic union. Canada and Australia both provide resources to the big players (USA/China), the UK has nothing to offer to them.
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  1152.  @joshbentley2307  Ok, I take your challange (and appretiate it): UK exports: It is less than half of Germany. According to statista: Leading export countries worldwide in 2023, Uk is not fourth, but 13th. Decacorns: UK has 3, Germany has one. In my opinion, rather meaningless in the grad scheme of economics. "And it became the 3rd country (the other two are the USA and China) to have a tech industry valued over $1 trillion, it’s the tech centre of Europe." Please elaborate what you mean by tech industry. If you go by "Medium and high-tech industry (% manufacturing value added) - Country Ranking", Germany is 6th with 60%, while UK is 16th with 48%. Considering that Germanys manufacturing base is bigger than UKs, so is its total value. "And it will outperform Germany in the foreseeable future due to there manufacturing model relying on cheap Russian energy." Germany`s economic model does only partly relied on Russian energy. Considering that russian gas supply is gone, and Germans economy only stagnated proves this point. It helped, but it was not essential. It takes some adjustment, but Germany`s economic power relies on education, infrastructure and a well developed mid sized industry base. Feel free to correct me, or clarify if I misunderstood a point of you.
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  1153.  @ElbowShouldersen  a pipe dream. The Anglo countries combined (Canada, Australia, NZ) have a significant smaller economy than Germany alone. And none are interested in UK leadership, they are closely connected to USA and intent to stay that way.
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  1154.  @gercekyldzueberwinder5984  Dann warten Sie halt. Niemand zwingt Sie sich zu impfen, ihre freie Entscheidung. Die Konsequenzen müssen Sie dann allerdings auch ohne zu Jammern akzeptieren.
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  1155.  @korneliawankum9091  Gentherapie? Es tut mir Leid, aber wenn Sie das schreiben zeigen Sie, das Sie wohl wenig naturwissenschaftliches Grundverständnis mitbringen. Nein, ich sehe kein Fernsehen, ich lese die wissenschaftlichen Veröffentlichungen (ich empfehle hierfür scihub). Und nun zu Biologie (11. oder 12. Klasse): eine Gentherapie zeichnet sich dadurch aus, das Genom des Wirtes zu verändern. Genau dies tut eine mRNA Impfung nicht. Die mRNA tritt gar nicht in den Zellkern ein, sie wird außerhalb bereits transkribiert und aus ihr wird ein Protein hergestellt. die mRNA in der Imfpung ist ein Fragment des Covidviruses. Ergo werden Sie, wenn Sie sich mit Covid infizieren (und das wird irgendwann passieren) exakt das gleiche abbekommen, wie durch eine Impfung. Nur dazu halt noch sehr viel mehr RNA, die nunmal in so einem Virus steckt. Und im Gegensatz zur Impfung wird der Virus ihre Zelle befallen und sich vervielfältigen.
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  1156. @DingMom Dann hoffe ich, dass Sie sich von vulnerablen Gruppen, die ein geschwächtes Immunsystem haben, weit fernhalten. Denn sich nicht zu impfen, egal gegen was, ist eine Gefährdung für die Schwächsten der Gesellschaft, die von der Herdenimmunität abhängig sind.
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  1157. @DingMom sind Sie per se gegen alle Impfungen? Denn alle Impfungen enthalten Gene.
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  1158.  @angiegonzales4091  Nein, die Waffenbesitzkarte wurde ihm aberkannt. Damit waren alle Waffen die er besaß illegal.
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  1159. @Scyth Wohnen Sie im ländlichen Raum? Da ist Wild im Kofferraum kein ungewöhnlicher Anblick und kein Zeichen für Gefahr im Verzug.
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  1160.  @bwoyohnename5209  die Reservisten sind, solange Russland nicht den Krieg erklärt, irrelevant. Und in der Ukraine ist die Größe des Herres relevant. Die Marine ist sprichwörtlich ausgesperrt, und die Luftwaffe ist sehr eingeschränkt aufgrund ukrainischer Lufthoheit. Ergo sind der Großteil der russischen Bodentruppen bereits in der Ukraine. Und wenn Putin sich nicht an der Grenze zur EU und China den Hintern blank ziehen will, gibt es kaum noch Reserven.
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  1161.  @dutchdna  Germany is providing training and ammunition, so they contribute.
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  1162. As a German, one sees the historic parallels of 1930 Germany and todays Russia: the hate, the militarisation of the country (school kids in Russia are trained on weapons by the military), the total control of the media.
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  1163. So why they bomb civilians?
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  1164. Right behind him is the best position if the knife is ready.
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  1165.  @Yair44  How to use reservists, who are NOT army personal, are working in civilian jobs and have no interest in fighting?
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  1166.  @markaxworthy2508  What did Cameron demand? Look it up. Not to reform the EU, but more exceptions, more rebates for the UK. And it was not the EU which said no. It were the 27 other nations. I am really annoyed by this "The EU did" narrative. The EU consists of 27 nations, each of them with their own identity, as strong as the British one. If anything happens in the EU, than because these 27 members found an agreement. This is why the UK left: so used to centralism and London dictate, that the simple thought of nations cooperating as equals was not understood by the UK. The UK had the best deal of all EU member states: exceptions with Schengen, Euro, and many more, as well as the rebate. But like a spoiled child, it was always crying for more and that the others are unfair. How would the Dutch premier have explained to his voters why the UK deserves EVEN MORE without any benefit for the Netherlands? How would the German chancellor, the French president?
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  1167.  @markaxworthy2508  Cameron didnt want to reform the EU, he wanted even more special deals for the UK. That is the reason he failed: he had to convince the other 27 leaders that it is in their interest. He had nothing to offer.
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  1168.  @christopherstein2024  Taiwan is not recognized as a independent sovereign country.
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  1169.  @spiros1235  There is an embargo on Northern Cyprus, so you premise is simply wrong. Or do you call a Transport embargo, a cultural embargo, and a general trade embargo as nothing?
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  1170. I would say, the aggressor is the one annexing parts of another country, breaking an international treaty promising to never do so.
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  1171.  @jerrynelson5289  Why so narrow minded? Combine wind and solar with water, hydrogen and geothermal. EU plans to use solar powered plants in Spain/Northern Africa to generate electricity, which then is converted to Hydrogen. Hydrogen can be used as an energy storage, converted back to electricity, can be burned for heating or even be used in chemical industry. Additionally, batteries become more and more viable.
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  1172.  @ColinTherac117  it gives the US leverage over Europes policies, every country thinks twice before passing legislation that might piss the US of.
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  1173.  @belonging9200  You do not present yourself as a details person and someone scrutinizing everything to the public, but then fail to present an accurate CV. That is the issue: Her party presented certain qualities of her, but if she really had those qualities, these errors would not have happened. That is the reason why it sticks. People were promised better. Rookie errors that should not have happened. Which speaks for a lack of professionalism in the Green party. Campaigning is a dirty business, and the Greens know this. So why make is so easy to be attacked?
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  1174.  @andrewalther4353  so the SPD Green coalition under Schröder has not happened? And what about the state level?
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  1175. Not much due to the German system. The Greens would require a coalition to govern, either CDU, or SPD/FDP. Then, due to the German two chamber system, serious changes would have to pass the Bundesrat, where the 16 governments of the German states decide, only one of them is governed by the Greens. And finally, EU, where a German government would need to convince 26 other nations to agree. Furthermore, it is already consensus in Germany to work towards a better environment, nothing exclusive to the Greens anymore.
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  1176. She knew she got the money. She did not declare it as additional income as an MP. She also claimed achievements in her CV she did not had. Nothing too serious, but enough to counteract the description the Greens made about her.
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  1177. Political spectra are relative. While the democrats in the US are left, they would be on the right in every EU country. So I disagree with you, the mentioned parties, compared to the other parties of said countries, are center left.
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  1178. American leftists are on the right to far right in the European political spectrum.
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  1179. Agreed. If you get great value for your taxes, you are happy to pay them (Denmark)
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  1180.  @karankapoor2701  what do you think is more important, US support, which is a much smaller percentage of its GDP, or the support or Lithuania, which is one of the Highest by GDP?
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  1181. You see, you can’t reduce production with gas.
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  1182.  @doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097  reserves alone last for 3 months. Germany is also importing gas (the same amount as last years, just from different sources now). So no gas shortage. Storage + imports cover more than enough.
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  1183. Neither Spain nor Italy are failing economies.
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  1184.  @andrasadam8256  You are mistaken. For an EU law to become national law, they have to pass the national parliament. And on financial matters, they have full control. Not a Cent goes to the EU without the national parliaments agreeing.
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  1185. What do you want to decentralize?
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  1186.  @TheSlyngel  because voting behaviour does not really change with age, as studies show. It is a myth.
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  1187.  @strupp1  What do you mean by voted directly? What government in an EU member is voted for directly? Do you elect the members of cabinet in their positions?
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  1188. Not anymore. The new EU budget has rules in it to cut funding.
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  1189.  @hannahg8439  Ok, now it gets interesting. What metric do you use to label a party left? Because that can be confusing. The classic label of the workers (blue collars) party can not be it, because the Greens never were, and have no intention to become, a workers party. Another label would be that of progressive, minority rights, all that. In that area, the Greens are most likely labelled as left. Last, environmental issues. While it is the core of Greens ideology, as it has become mainstream, being a major topic for all parties except the AFD, this is nothing left anymore, at least in German politics. From a more general standpoint, the Greens have a lot of conservative aspects that appeals to voters. They are a party mostly elected by academics/civil servants, females, middle age (35+) and of high income.
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  1190.  @hannahg8439  It is about the appeal to voting groups. The Green party is appealing to (former) CDU votes. Take the BaWü state elections: the biggest gain for the Greens were former CDU voters. They also appeal more to older voters (45+).
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  1191. @B. Cé Hoffentlich nicht: hopefully not (crude translation). Ja verdammt nochmal endlich werden diese schlafenden in der bundesregierung rausgehauen und man die in die zukunft starten: yes damn it finally those sleeping in the government are kicked out and it can be started in the future.
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  1192. NRW is the center of german coal industry. As its minister president, he would not do his job if he would not represent their interests, or for the very least get compensation.
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  1193. @B. Cé What is this obsession with nuclear plants? They are the most expensive way to produce energy as Hickley Point C proofs, they are unreliable (France shuts them down in the summer time due to overheated cooling water from the rivers, to then import solar power from Germany), and inflexible (powering them up and down takes ages). Fission is just a rather crude method. Fusion on the other hand would be a game changer.
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  1194.  @hkchan1339  France is tenth in military support for Ukraine.
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  1195.  @andreylebedenko1260  Poland already send most of its T72s to Ukraine. There is not much more to deliver.
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  1196. No, they won’t. While Russia and Ukraine are major food producers and exporters, so are the EU, USA, Canada, Australia…
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  1197. I would say nato is looking for protection by Finland, not the other way around
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  1198.  @12kenbutsuri  Only 50 years more to go I believe^^
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  1199. A doomed if you do, doomed if you dont scenario
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  1200.  @Terrorrai1  Cologne, a city of a million people, which experienced a lot of floods. Furthermore, the Rhine is one of the biggest rivers in Europe, a true force of nature. A lot of people + a lot of damage/costs = political will and money to do something about it Now compare this to small villages and towns, which did not experience floods, only having small streams. No pressure from the population, no incentive for politics.
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  1201.  @123ricardo210  True. If hills direct all water to one small area, it is devastating. An issue the Netherlands do not face to that extend.
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  1202.  @LukeVilent  It was not the order of words in her CV. She claimed achievements she did not have. And the issue of her book is not missing quotations, but plagiarism: she copy and pasted whole passages, so much so that it is now debated to be a copyright infringement. If you say the accusations are blown out of proportion, fair enough. But do not try to claim they are smaller than they actually are. She screwed up. She made mistakes no professional politician at her level should have done. She made it far too easy for opponents to rip her apart. And CDU shows a route to Putin style politics? Are you for real? This is pure bs and propaganda.
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  1203. It were Baerbocks own mistakes. Nobody forced her to write a book, nobody forced her to use the N-word, she should have checked her CV and finances beforehand. She failed, which shows she is inexperienced. She made it far to easy for her opponents, which rises the question if she is the right person. Politics are brutal. If you are destroyed by dirty PR so easily, you are at the wrong place.
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  1204.  @alexsilent5603  I am talking about TODAY. What sanctions against Russia are in place?
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  1205.  @luishernandezblonde  because it is the biggest economy. But far from being above 50%
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  1206. What moral route? Forcing women to carry out while its already known the Fetus will not survive?
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  1207. No, the official numbers are already published
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  1208. Why use a nuke when you can blow up the dam?
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  1209. And after Russia has spend its force on Ukraine, it will collapse.
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  1210. A Jewish president, but Ukraine is run by Neo-Nazis. This is not even partially true.
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  1211. Nothing against TLDR, but they mostly use other journalist sources to make their videos, they rely on good journalism.
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  1212.  @VME-Brad  Fresh vegetables and fruits contradicts flash freezing, doesnt it?
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  1213.  @alanparlane5498  Tariffs are not imposed by EU law, but by WTO rules.
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  1214.  @dnbattley  the main issue is fresh vegetables and fruit
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  1215.  @octavianpopescu4776  this might be your point of view, but it isn’t in the eyes of the government, nor is it in the eyes of the millions of people married without ever getting a priest involved. Why should marriage be exclusive to religion, when it’s main purpose has nothing to do with religion, nor does it involve religion?
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  1216.  @octavianpopescu4776  Voters apparently disagree, as they reelected the SPD/Greens.
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  1217.  @karankapoor2701  according to polls, there is no majority for an CDU/AFD coalition, either.
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  1218.  @karankapoor2701  Because in neither of these two states a CDU/AFD coalition would have a majority, or what is your logic?
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  1219. Bulgaria is already an EU member.
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  1220.  @uninstaller2860  This would be incorrect, as Deutsche Bank is a private bank. It would be Deutsche Bundesbank.
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  1221.  @m.d.9277  Agreed, it would actually be illegal under EU rules to join the Euro instantly.
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  1222.  @Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.  How often does the Government of Spain has to say they welcome Scotland? Their only condition is that independence has to be in accordance with the constitution, and thereby Catalonia is a non issue. There is also EFTA as a third option for Scotland.
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  1223.  @Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.  What better victory for the EU than part of the UK rejoining? Especially as countries like Spain welcome an independent Scotland into the EU.
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  1224. Poland. Not a single battle tank from either US or UK, but 200 from Poland.
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  1225.  @davidyoung2440  Why would they? Poland is pro EU.
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  1226. Italy is a net contributor and the biggest south European country. Something is wrong in your narrative.
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  1227. Russia is an economic dwarf. Its GDP has the size of Italy, while its population is 2-3 times the size. Exports to Russia are minor and rather irrelevant to the economic well being of the EU (different picture for some smaller countries on the east border, but still).
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  1228.  @Olliebobalong  It was you starting with the english speaking world saving everyone, completely ignoring the non english speaking ones who contributed massively. Are you aware that the London agreement and the Marshal plan are two separate agreements? The UK got money from the marshal plan, not the other way around! Here are the first two sentences of wiki: The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $12 billion (equivalent to $130 billion in 2019) in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II. No mention of Uk paying, only the US? So please, before telling me to google, you should follow your own advice.
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  1229.  @Olliebobalong  Just some numbers: UK received 3442.8 million dollars France 2806.3 Italy 1515 Germany 1412.8 So the UK got more than double than Germany of US TAXPAYERS money. Makes you wounder why the UK still had 8 years of rationing, does it? Don`t claim the efforts done by other countries as UK`s contribution. But you just proven why Brexit happens: lies, lacking knowledge of historic events, and ignorance.
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  1230.  @Olliebobalong  Congratulations, you just completely ignored the country with the most deaths in the second world war, the sowjet union. You seem to ignore the efforts of Polish soldiers and French soldiers. The Marshal plan was paid by the US, and the UK got the biggest share of it, much more than Germany. It was US money, not UK money. Learn history.
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  1231.  @CB1000FP1  Simple: UK small, EU big. Ask Canada or Mexico how they are treated by the US. Ask Switzerland or Norway how they are treated by the EU (remember, Farage suggested that the UK should follow the Norway model) Its how the world functions.
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  1232.  @maxxor-overworldhero6730  the German chancellor has no power over the federal police. You can’t name a party because it hasn’t happened to any.
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  1233.  @maxxor-overworldhero6730  Name the parties.
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  1234.  @peterfireflylund  I am sorry, but what do you mean by kidnapping?
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  1235.  @ai-d3982  well put.
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  1236.  @snipergod5216  Russia more advanced than the US? What places do you visit, only Moscow/St. P., where 80% of the nations wealth is kept, or did you travel east of the Ural? 20% of Russians do not have indoor plumbing, there live expectancy is far lower than in the US (m/f 67.8 77.8 vs 76.1/81.1), same for GDP per capita.
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  1237.  @alexsilent5603  Capitalism works so great that it is adopted by ever advanced nation on earth, even China is running its own model. How is capitalism failing?
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  1238.  Pixel  Russia is not free in the digital world, at least not its population. The Russian government dreams of the Chinese great firewall, they are just too stupid to implement it. Couple of years ago they tried to ban Telegram, as a result half the Russian internet was offline, but Telegram still working. government then announced (via Telegram) to take the law back.
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  1239.  @samk2266  of course they did (and still do). That is what denazification means.
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  1240. The AMX-10RC gun is 105mm, the same as Leo1 or M60. Both are MBTs. So I argue the AMX gun is MBT grade (just not the most recent generation. How would you classify the Swedish Stridsvagn 103?
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  1241. Retreating is called losing. And Russia is retreating for months now.
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  1242. My guess: they said sorry immediately.
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  1243. Eurovision is not a democratic election.
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  1244. They had a good song and a good performance, which shows that while politics are a part, they are not the main reason.
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  1245. Well, isnt Spain a neighbor of the UK, too, with Gibraltar?
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  1246.  @arty5876  Not as quickly, as it shoots less, and requires less shells, as it is more accurate. Barrels of M777 are currently refitted by USA/Canada for Ukraine.
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  1247.  @corey2232  The origins of the Green party in Germany are the anti nuclear protests in the 70s/80s. Being against nuclear power is their most core believe, and got them into parliament the first time. The issues of global warming came much later. In the logic of the German Green party leadership, gas is a transitional technology, to bridge the time between fossil fuels and renewables. It is the least worst option. TLDR (keeping it in this channel`s spirit): The German Greens Party founding principle is to be anti nuclear, not anti fossil fuels.
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  1248. You made an error: The German greens are not against gas, they are against Nuclear.
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  1249.  @philipkoene5345  In absolute terms, you are correct. In relative terms, I stand by my description ;)
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  1250. You are really butchering German… It is not Vesta. it is Fer ste her
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  1251.  @Croz89  you can run a nuclear power plant profitable until it explodes. Running it safely on the other hand is expensive.
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  1252. Rich might be the false description (that is FDP). Green voters are higher income, higher education, female, often working in the public sector. Higher middle class.
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  1253.  @sehfisch2350  The federal government could only do that, because the state governments allowed it. As mentioned before, the 9bn for Lufthansa were not given away, but the government got shares in return. It is therefor not an either or, as the investment might even turn a profit and the money (or at least a fraction) will come back. Furthermore, it is not like Germany would have to chose, they can borrow enough money. As Lufthansa is Germany`s last big carrier, letting it go bankrupt presents a economic risk to the country, becoming 100% dependent on foreign carriers which were saved by their governments.
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  1254.  @sehfisch2350  You ignore how Germany works: Education is a state issue, not a federal one. The federal government is not responsible for school budgets.
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  1255. Ever looked what mining Uranium does to the environment?
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  1256.  @physiocrat7143  what makes you think this is EU exclusive? If you would have been in the US, UK, Australia, Switzerland, every place demands customs and fees. But with the Eu and its many FTAs, there is no other place in the world you can order from so many places custom free.
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  1257.  @alexstorm2749  good joke. EU is richer than Russia.
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  1258. Not a good move, as the belt and road imitative is already developing a really bad reputation (Sri Lanka) by putting countries into a debt trap. EU countries already distancing themselves from China. Furthermore, China has massive problems on its own (ZeroCovid strategy killing of any growth, housing bubble...), so I am uncertain how much they can and want to invest for Russia.
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  1259.  @prolarka  Germany has enough gas for heating. Its reserves are at 67.5% and growing. Alternative suppliers are there. LNG terminals are build and operational by the end of the year. Even if Russia cuts supplies to 0, Germany gets enough gas from other sources to heat.
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  1260. The gdp growth is accomplished by a massive deficit and the military industrial complex.
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  1261. So? By integration, you achieve control. Furthermore, Ukraine is invaded. In war times, one has not the luxury to discuss political views, nor to be picky for whom will fight for you
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  1262.  @Theorimlig  only small compromise such as having to copy almost all EU rules into their own laws?
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  1263. It is also illegal in Germany.
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  1264.  @nnnik3595  Of course they can. 30 billion is more than enough for the city of Berlin to build new flats and rent them out cheap.
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  1265.  @HeadsFullOfEyeballs  German constitution says no.
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  1266.  @boarfaceswinejaw4516  No. The German constitution has a part that can not be changed, ever. It contains that nobody is allowed to be discriminated against because of religion. So even if 90% of the people voted for this, it would be still illegal under the constitution and cant be implemented.
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  1267. Because of the constitution. I give you a simple example: If the majority of people decide to take away all property of people of a certain religion, this may be the will of the people, but it leads down a rather grim route.
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  1268. True.
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  1269. Switzerland even does it with binding referendums.
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  1270.  @diogocarvalho2934  No. Markets have to be regulated by the government, and when its about basic needs (housing, infrastructure, medical care, education...), the government can be a player itself. This is required to ensure social peace.
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  1271.  @kingdontrump9182  LFI in France, die Linke in Germany
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  1272.  @winelive5500  you say EU does not have necessary LNG port infrastructure, while the UK do. What is your data for that?
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  1273. Well, you guess wrong. Most of the money is spend on social welfare, infrastructure and pensions.
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  1274.  @danielwebb8402  Lets think about what would have happened if EU nations would have acted individually (which they actually did, take Hungary as an example): My guess is that countries like Germany and France would have been quicker. Big and rich. Smaller countries like Netherlands, Scandinavian countries, Austria, maybe better, but for much higher costs. But what about the poorer countries? What chance would the Baltic`s had to compete against Germany? Bulgaria? Romania? They would have been out-priced quickly. Furthermore, as it is now proven, the EU is quicker than single countries like UK and USA, therefor your delay argument has been proven to be invalid. It is a marathon, not a sprint.
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  1275.  @paul1979uk2000  Not most, but all.
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  1276. Remember when every mobile phone had their own charger?
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  1277.  @Me-yq1fl  The shut down of many reactors is due to corrosion. Which means the reactors are not safe. And as an result, due to Frances over reliance on its Nuclear reactors, it now produces less energy than it requires. It is a common occurrence, as the same issue occurred in many reactors.
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  1278.  @demoniack81  and Russia invading Ukraine and cutting of gas aren’t extraordinary circumstances?
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  1279. First, most of European nuclear power is still working (France). Second, it is a rather stupid idea to start a nuclear power plant without safety testing first (takes 2 years). Third, you need the uranium, which also takes at least a year.
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  1280.  @mankeil4468  nuclear plants are getting cooled by water from rivers. If the water temperature is too warm, it can not be used anymore.
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  1281.  @duhni4551  Not quiet. While products for the EU market have to follow EU regulations, the country where they are produced may not (USA, China...). Norway on the other hand copies EU law into its own on a regular basis due to being a member of EEA. The consequence of refusing to do so would mean loss of EU market access. Norways Prime minister ones describe this as a fax democracy, where the EU faxes laws to Norway to implement.
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  1282. Norway accepts the ECJ, pays into the EU budget and copies EU laws and regulations into its own. The EU offered this to the UK, they refused.
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  1283. ANTON RUDENHAM all the Cards is an empty phrase, already proven wrong. Or why else did Johnson agree to give Northern Ireland to the EU, as well as 5 billion extra? And since Brexit, the biggest economy the EU did a FTA with was Japan, while Switzerland for the UK. This speaks for itself.
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  1284.  @reheyesd8666  May you elaborate? How am I incorrect that the first vaccine used in the US/UK/EU was developed in the EU?
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  1285.  @darrena5384  I disagree. First, the UK paid far more for the vaccine. Second, it follows a different strategy: while countries like Germany only use half of their doses, saving the other half for the second shot, the UK is using all it has, hoping to get enough later. The UK does not have an unlimited supply, it ordered far less than the EU.
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  1286.  @RoseSiames  to my knowledge, the US senate also gets only one candidate to vote on for the Supreme Court, or similar. Is this also like the Soviet Union?
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  1287.  @ooi97  it is an election. Parliament votes. You don’t need two or more candidates to elect some one.
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  1288.  @vulcanmemes9770  I associate the cry for a strong leader with it. The strong leader is at the center of fascism.
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  1289.  @kennethbryan3738  Russian media said otherwise.
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  1290. With a Muslim population below 10%?
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  1291.  @niklas5923  So you call die Linke more opportunistic than the FDP?
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  1292.  @Ninjaananas  wrong. SED is the predecessor of die Linke, be it members or property owned. It is the official predecessor, legally. Still a lot of old SED legacy to be found. It is only 30 years ago, so many people are still alive.
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  1293. It is considered a left wing party, as is are the Greens and die Linke. The political spectrum is wide, not only one party can be leftwing or rightwing.
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  1294. AFD is currently very busy in a civil war, which is never a vote winner. The right wing fights the far right (formally called der Flügel) and are losing. Furthermore, the German Verfassungsschutz (domestic intelligence in Germany) has officially started surveillance at the AFD (or are planning to do so, it is a federal issue and therefore complex). If you are a civil servant in Germany you get huge career problems if you are also a member in such an organization. Therefor, more and more respected members of the AFD are leaving. Last but not least, the one topic that made people vote AFD (IMMIGRANTS!!!) have become a non issue in public option. So the AFD is a one trick pony, if there is no immigration crisis, they are almost irrelevant.
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  1295.  @nettcologne9186  lots of neutrals maybe?
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  1296.  @gergelybodi3728  learn how the wahlomat works. If you are 68% SPD and 58 AFD, May just mean that around a third of all positions AFD and SPD are the Same, while for 66% they disagree.
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  1297.  @sebastianr1204  Germany has no power over internal matters in the EU. And many EU nations have banned the sale of petrol and Diesel cars years ago. France decided 2017 that it will ban them by 2040. Why didnt Germany stop them? The Greens were far from power then.
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  1298.  @mweskamppp  Who was in charge of the treasury during Cum Ex high noon? Schäuble. A man who is known for his corruption under Kohl.
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  1299.  @edwardalarcon7367  No, while it has the typical British view on EU topics (often not quiet understanding them), they try to stay neutral mostly.
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  1300.  @mariclasten9901  NATO surveillance available for Ukrainian forces, so they exactly now where the Russian army is and what it is doing. Also military supplies keeping the Ukrainians armed. Russia underestimated Ukrainian willingness to fight and die. They expected a comedian to be no threat.
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  1301. Yes? East Germany was a separate socialist republic until 1991?
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  1302. Since the nuclear power have been closed, electricity prices are decline
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  1303.  @dreamingflurry2729  massively increasing minimum wage and social welfare is not social democratic, because…?
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  1304. The Greens are not far left, neither is the SPD (and they are not socialist, either). Far left parties in Germany are die Linke.
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  1305.  @zunzwak4482  She would have lost the next election if she would have tried that. Germans HATE nuclear power.
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  1306.  @Gardstyle35  CRT is not Marxist. Have you even read Das Kapital by Marx? He predicted the revolution from capitalism to communism when the workers of the world unite and take over the means of production. Reason for that revolution would be the horrid working conditions. That is why a true Marxist would never try to start a revolution, as it has to come from the workers, naturally. Please swap the words to make CRT out of that.
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  1307.  @Gardstyle35  Who in US politics is a marxist? They are mostly center social democrats, at best. No real communists there.
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  1308. Russia is good in defensive wars, but bad in offensive wars.
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  1309.  @giuseppegiovani2748  nuclear power is not the cheapest in the long term. When Hickley point C will go into service, it will significantly increase the costs for electricity in the Uk. Furthermore, check the main exporters for uranium ore. Kazakhstan has a market share of 46%. Not exactly an allied country.
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  1310. Nuclear energy is the most expensive form of energy, and you require Uran imports, so you are not independent. Take Hickleypoint C of (or the new French reactor): they need decades to build them and tens of billions, paid by public money. On the other hand, renewables are now build without public money because the have a great return on investment. Companies actually pay countries for the right to build renewables now.
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  1311.  @МихаилЧерников-п2т the majority of Ukraine is in damaged. Look at pictures from Kiev.
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  1312. And at nuclear plants.
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  1313. As we see T90 tanks and others destroyed, they are using their best hardware, and its failing.
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  1314. No, this is Russia`s Afghanistan (again).
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  1315. Ukraine was developing fast, while Russia is on an continued decline. It may be that it was predicted that in 2-4 years time, Russia would not have the capability anymore to invade Ukraine.
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  1316. Not pissing of China. They wanted to have their Olympics without distraction.
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  1317.  @melvinpervis6678  What is not true? Russia invading Ukraine? Putin himself said so. Bombing hospitals? WHO confirmed, so just one Google search away for you.
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  1318. We know that Russia is invading Ukraine. We also know that they are bombing civilian infrastructure like hospitals from neutral sources.
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  1319.  @sale3439  So they havent taken the cities. Claiming they are not wanting much bloodshed while independent sources have confirmed the bombing of hospitals is laughable.
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  1320. Because its flat land, which is the easiest. Cities are on of the most difficult environments.
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  1321. Sure about that? A hundred days of war makes 6 million rounds. So we are already in the millions.
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  1322.  @matthewgibbs6886  the Gepard is out of service in the German military for over a decade, that is the reason they did not had ammo for it any more.
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  1323. Every devolved country has a form of public health insurance and the costs are around half of what you pay in the US. Turns out that if people go to the doctor early and get treated quickly, instead of waiting till it gets really bad, costs are a fraction.
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  1324.  @David-gy6fv  since when does Germany has a prime minister?
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  1325. I am careful with Zeihan. He is rather careless with his numbers and sources, using outdated (by sometimes two decades) information
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  1326. What about Northern Ireland? There is a international peace agreement, supported by the US, that gives them the right to reunify. Furthermore, the UK government already agreed that Brexit will not apply to Northern Ireland in economic terms, as it will remain in the EU economic area, resulting in a custom border.
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  1327.  @Not-Ap  Yes, it is. Because unlike the UK, in the EU you get veto rights and a seat on both the commission and council.
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  1328.  @lesliescottw  They got a seat in both the commission and council?
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  1329.  @iancypes5911  Read the EU rules: the commission is appointed by the council (of which Merkel is a member), and elected by the parliament. Furthermore, it was Macron who wanted van der Leyen. Germany may be the biggest nation of the EU, but unlike with England in the UK, it does not hold any majority in any chamber. It always needs support of other members to get its wishes. So if Germany get its wishes time and time again, that means it is quiet skilled in convincing other nations that these are in their interest, too. Diplomacy is key in this. I would also be very interested in one example, where Germany made the EU do something against the majority of other members.
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  1330. No. In the UK, Scotland has to follow England. In the EU, Scotland would have veto rights and a seat in the council and the commission, equal to Germany and any other member.
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  1331. Irish reunification? I am certain it will happen.
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  1332. The UK will be back in the EU, piece by piece.
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  1333.  @Pvt_Badger0916  It was you who tried to change the topic, but very well: By the act of devolution, all powers that come back from the EU due to Brexit have to go to the Scottish government. But Westminster refuses to do so, which is a breach of the contract and shows how much London values Scotland and its rights. Also, Scotland has no voice in the Brexit process. Its implications have enormous consequences, but the government in London refuses to let Scotland participate. It is a pure English decision what happens. The last general election results also proof that support for the current government is abysmal. Especially Johnson, who occasionally insults Scots, is so hated there that he did not even participated in a Scottish Tory party conference. It is also a clear message to Scottish people that their MPs are harassed in parliament. And these are just the most recent points.
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  1334. We can also start where the oil revenue went (not to Scotland...), but this was not the topic of the video, was it?
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  1335.  @lesliescottw  Remember CETA, when a regional Belgium parliament blocked it? Reality proves you wrong.
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  1336.  trilary cumpton  Because in the EU, you are not governed by others (that would be the UK), but are part of the government.
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  1337. Ireland fighting for its own interest and not for that of a foreign country? How dare they!
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  1338. Well, Clinton got a couple of million more votes than Trump, so the polls were correct...
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  1339. I would advice you not to speak to the natives of those countries, as they were almost wiped out by the British colonists.
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  1340.  @maxpower1550  As the UK is highly centralized, this only applies if the central government has an interest in Scotland, and tries to find compromise between Scotland and England. Currently, Scottish wishes are completely ignored and policies harmful to the Scottish economy are implemented.
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  1341.  @maxpower1550  Ironically, due to Brexit, a good part of the UK service sector which requires access to the EU could move to Scotland if they become independent (some of them currently move to Dublin, similar scenario is possible). You already mentioned natural resources, but also tourism (ok, currently not an option...), but a quarter of Scotland`s GDP is still in construction and manufacturing, and they have a strong stance in electronics. There is no automatism, but Scotland has a lot of potential.
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  1342.  @maxpower1550  I brought you an example of another country that became independent of the UK: Ireland. Its nominal GDP did not decease, but increase, which resulted in having a higher GDP per capita than the UK. So a decrease in Scottish nominal GDP is not a given, as other examples in the past proof the opposite.
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  1343. Max Morris yes, i Know that. And this is the reason why nominal GDP does only tell you how big a nations economy is. If you want to know how rich a country is, you require the GDP per capita. And by that measure, Ireland is richer than the UK, but the UK is richer than India.
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  1344.  @maxpower1550  Yes, I was talking about GDP per capita. No, the reason why UK`s GDP per capita is smaller than Ireland`s is not due to the population size. USA and Germany for example both have higher GDP per capita than the UK with bigger populations.
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  1345. Like the Irish economy went down the drain when it left the UK? Wait, it is now wealthier than the UK...
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  1346. No. Russia will lose, with nukes or without.
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  1347. Russian speakers are not Russians. 75% of Russian speaking Ukrainians demand no concessions and the Ukraine to fight till they got their whole territory back.
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  1348.  @FOLIPE  russia is threatening the west with nukes. In Russian TV, nuking London and Berlin is brought up regularly.
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  1349.  @ac_pejk3113  I don’t just believe that, I know, as part of my family lives in Russia. The country is falling apart as we speak.
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  1350.  @ac_pejk3113  russia can’t become stronger, as it has no means to replace what they lost, both in equipment and men
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  1351.  @ac_pejk3113  Russian flock mighty? Their army is being pushed back and their most elite force (1. guard tank army) fled.
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  1352. Sending a Nuke ends russia. No country in the world would dare to do business with them anymore. We are talking a full embargo. No major country (USA, China, India) has any interest in breaking the nuclear taboo.
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  1353.  @tomricc69  your statement is incorrect. Top 10 manufacturing countries in the world: 1. China 2. USA 3. Japan 4. Germany 5. India 6. South Korea 7. Italy 8. France 9. United Kingdom 10. Indonesia Russia has even less manufacturing output than Spain (Source: Global Manufacturing Scorecard, 2018, West and Langsang)
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  1354.  @danielduncan6806  due to general mobilisation, Ukrainian man power is now greater than Russias. As long as Russia does not declare war and mobilise its reservists, it is outnumbered.
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  1355. The rest of the world (except China) is piss poor.
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  1356.  @amritanand9933  because NATO is a distraction, Putin does not care about nato. He simply wants to rule over Ukraine
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  1357.  @fotoz2363  You are aware that you can quiet easily live in Poland and work in Germany?
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  1358. There is a massive difference. You dont get 15 years into prison if you say something opposing Fox News.
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  1359.  @oisnowy5368  In Hitler`s ideology, the English are the natural rulers of the sea, while the German and French were contesting for rule in Europe. The Slavs were people to be killed to make space for German expansion.
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  1360. USSR doesn’t exist anymore.
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  1361. No, it is common in the US to call universal health care communism.
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  1362.  @oktaigangfield5575  it is not racist. Countries like India or Brazil are rather small economies (India has the GDP of France, while having 20 times the population). They do not really matter in the global economic war of sanctions, as they lack the purchase power of EU/USA and can therefor not replace them.
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  1363.  @alexlazar4738  shooting civilians en mass is Genozide.
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  1364. Both Russia and China face demographic decline. Ironically, USA is simply outbreeding them in the long term.
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  1365.  @kevt3318  they detained a ship which was not allowed to fish there according to UK official documents.
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  1366.  @kevt3318  so France followed the rules and it was the UKs fault.
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  1367.  @Noel-ji8nm so does any other western country, and anyone who doesn’t support groups going from house to house, beheading infants in front of their parents.
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  1368.  @MistaBaZ  No. Putin can`t simply bombard Ukrainian cities due to propaganda.
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  1369.  @christinemuschiato5895  Russian GDP is a joke.
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  1370. Combine the GDP of Canada, NZ and Australia, and it almost comes close to Germany...
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  1371.  @douglastodd1947  The UK gave NI to the EU. Negotiated by Frost, agreed by Johnson, voted by parliament, signed by the queen.
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  1372.  @lilbrit1019  give one example where a smaller nation pressured a bigger one to get what it wanted in a trade deal.
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  1373.  @propodkinsbro7224  nuclear power? The Uk needs to ask the US before it can use its nukes.
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  1374.  @misterlimey6408  Yes. Welcome to the real world. UK small. EU big. Big decides, small follows. Ask Canada how they are treated by the US.
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  1375.  @mikewhitby2686  WTO MFN demand every import to be treated the same. If there is no border in Ireland, EU imports are treated differently, as without checks, than imports from other countries. Breach of WTO.
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  1376. NI wants the protocol to stay, because it gives them a major economic advantage.
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  1377.  @djjazz1388  the UK was the sick man of Europe before it joined, it was literally broke.
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  1378. The UK relies on EU food, without it, it starves. It can not even import from elsewhere because its ports are too small.
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  1379. Well, they have proven right so far. USA said Russia will invade, including the date, and they were right.
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  1380. What is more establishment than Dominic Cummings?
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  1381. Can’t. UK can’t force France to take them back, due to Brexit.
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  1382. Ukraine with western weapons. Russias economy can not sustain a prolonged war against a Nato backed Ukraine.
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  1383. Lambrecht is SPD, not Greens
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  1384.  @musiksimpel  only dead Ukrainian men and raped Ukrainian children. NATO gives Ukraine a fighting chance
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  1385.  @maximusfl3926  I am not wrong. I was talking about gas, and you mix gas and oil. Go look at the numbers in detail
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  1386.  @enriquelaroche5370  80% of gas went to Europe, 3% to China. The Russian Chinese pipeline is tiny. Industry moves into Russia because of the gas? Why? They would not be able to sell to the big markets (EU, USA)
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  1387. These countries would be? Russia can’t sell its gas anywhere else
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  1388.  @araara4746  only when those manufactured goods are dependent on gas
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  1389.  @vinm300  Biden? He has done more to support Ukraine than all the others combined. USA is by far the biggest supplier of everything to Ukraine.
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  1390. Why are you disappointed by Poland and the Baltics?
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  1391. Why did China not inform the USA about the balloon? Why first try to deny it? China behaves like it’s a spy balloon.
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  1392.  @natureblank1401  the Russian central bank, actually.
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  1393. Russias own figures (Q2 2022) show -4% GDP, far worse than France (+0.5%) or Germany (0.0%)
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  1394. Russia published its figures for Q2, -4%, which is indeed worse than expected. France is at +0.5%, Germany at 0%. So it is obvious that Russia is hit far worse.
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  1395. So if all it takes to counter the might of the Russian army are a couple of civilian vehicles with guns mounted on them, what does this tell us about the Russian army?
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  1396. Putins army says it all. Not Russian army, putins army. Pure fascism .
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  1397.  @julianpetkov8320  doesn’t matter. You default if You can’t repay your debt.
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  1398.  KJER ERRT  They got some from other east european countries.
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  1399.  @rons5319  They can`t, as Ukraine has systems like S300 online.
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  1400. The whole Donbas region accounts for 8% of Ukrainian GDP, its economic value is rather limited. Also, you misrepresented Russian speaking Ukrainians: while they speak Russian, they do not want to be Russians.
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  1401. It does not. India is ripping of Russia, buying its oil with a massive discount to benefit from Russia`s isolation.
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  1402. Wrong. Russia is killing and raping Ukrainian civilians in the occupied regions. Better send Ukraine weapons so Russia can not conquer more territory to terrorize its population. TLDR: weapons to Ukraine: Ukrainian soldiers fight and die no weapons to Ukraine: Ukrainian women, children and infants get raped (Russia itself confirmed that a Russian soldier raped an infant)
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  1403. The core issue is that Putin wants to commit genocide in Ukraine and wipe out Ukraine.
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  1404. German economy growing, gas prices lower than whole of 2022, energy independence from Russia archived.
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  1405. How so? Now incirclement, no starvation? It is more world war 1
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  1406. It makes a massive difference for the Bundeswehr. Tanks by the industry are not tanks the Bundeswehr currently uses.
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  1407.  @thekaiser4333  chapter 7, article 51, collective self Defense.
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  1408. By UNO, it is legal to support a country under attack with weapons, train their soldiers and provide intelligence.
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  1409. Evil, so why does Iran support Russia?
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  1410.  @billshi6005  they did not attack, so to take this to justify Russias attack on Ukraine is not working.
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  1411.  @kukulroukul4698  depends on the language. In English, it is not. In German, it is called a Panzer (Tank).
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  1412.  @rons5319  no, it would only allow Russia to complete its genocide, eradicating Ukraine. How often does Putin has to say that this is his goal?
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  1413. Since 2014, Ukraine can not join NATO. Only countries with no disputed borders can join. So this is a straw man argument, to obscure Putins real goal: reestablishing the Russian empire
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  1414.  @CantHandleThisCanYa  I do not know where you live, but the UK, as an example, is not able to feed itself for centuries and it did not stop them.
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  1415.  @shalcker3315  It is rather simple to prove: if it is high quality grain, its Ukrainian, because Russia can only produce grade 3 or 4 grain (which is mostly used as animal feed).
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  1416.  @shalcker3315  Russia stealing grain from Ukraine is not on Russia?
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  1417. You mean the Export ban introduced by Russia?
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  1418. Russia also steals Ukrainian wheat
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  1419.  @oz9484  unlike the ruble, the USD is not backed by a simple commodity, but by the biggest economy in the world, leading in several sectors, the most powerful army and the culturally most powerful entity, too.
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  1420.  @bubblebobble9654  Poland is publicly announcing to send tanks even if Germany would deny their request. This is not breathing space. This is not letting Germany save face, but the opposite. No matter what the German government does now, it will look bad
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  1421. No. Poland has not even asked for permission yet. It is a publicity stunt.
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  1422.  @SchwarzeKatter  if you were be informed, you would know that you get the next package in December, and another one in January.
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  1423.  @ИльяКовригин-й9ы  Russian occupation means torture, rape, and stolen children. In Russian state TV it is demanded to burn or drown Ukrainian children. Nothing is worse than having to live under Putin.
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  1424.  @dirgsuite5546  russia was NOT the main trading partner for Czech, Romania or Hungary, nor was is for 2 of the 3 Baltic nations. Russia is a joke economy.
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  1425.  @dirgsuite5546  the whole of east Europe is pro sanctions and wants them to be stronger.
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  1426. Name a US President that did not warn Germany?
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  1427. Ukraine is now stronger than it was a year ago, while Russia is weaker. So why should Russia be more successful now?
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  1428.  @ronanrogers4127  Germany alone has more manufacturing than Russia.
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  1429. There is rather limited coverage how Covid effects the African countries.
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  1430.  @ramo2377  Germans went to markets and shops in their bombed out cities during WW2.
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  1431. Not protesters were arrested, but people sabotaging factories.
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  1432.  @mycosys  it is not inconvenience. Manipulating industrial infrastructure poses a serious security risk.
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  1433.  @michaelbest1827  Why learn truck driving when better jobs are available? Are you doing your license yet?
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  1434. If you make enough money in 5 years for the rest of your life, why not. But I doubt wages will increase to that
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  1435. USA may have a bad track record on many things, but Chinas and Russias are worse.
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  1436.  @simonj5128  What about it? Did anyone say that these countries do not really exist and should be annexed? That their culture should be destroyed?
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  1437.  @charliebarton  if Ukraine would have been a nato member, Russia would not have attacked.
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  1438.  @Chaldon-hl6yk  leopard 2 A6 is from 2001
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  1439. Germany delivered everything promised
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  1440.  @roguestorm7rooper451  of those 3500 only 1800 are still operational.
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  1441.  @oohhboy-funhouse  Leo2 is not one model. A4, A5, A6 are the types send, with different engines, guns, armour, electronics…
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  1442.  @oohhboy-funhouse  USA has a couple of thousand tanks stored. Not an additional penny has to be spend
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  1443.  @Nephlim20  not really. USA could have send abrams, of which they have thousands.
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  1444.  @GlennRA3  so far only Poland has declared it will send Leo2, no other country has come forward yet.
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  1445. How is Germany, the second biggest contributior for financial aid for Ukraine, sabotaging Ukraine?
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  1446. Russia is losing economically, according to the Russian central bank.
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  1447. English is not his native tongue. Shaming him for confusing one word tells more about you than him.
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  1448. A Russian speaking Ukrainian is currently president of Ukraine. So how are they suppressed?
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  1449. What is there to negotiate? Russia wants to destroy Ukraine. What will be the compromise? 25% of Ukraine destroyed?
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  1450.  @OleOlson  Russian ground forces have a total of 300k personal (official Russian figures). Not all of them combat forces. So when Russia has deployed 175k to Ukraine, it is almost all they have. If they don’t order all their submarines back to port and send its crews to fight in Ukraine, Russia is blank.
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  1451.  @masg9122  what has Germany to do with Iraq?
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  1452. How is it Scholz fault that Russia attacked Ukraine?
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  1453.  @videogamestutorial  No, its not. Support troops do not carry the necessary equipment for combat.
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  1454.  @videogamestutorial  A modern military has a ratio of about 1:4 (or 1:5) for combat personal to support personal. Russia has used 50% of its total land combat personal in Ukraine. Of the 200k troops, only 40-50k are actually combat personal.
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  1455.  @videogamestutorial  the total size of russian ground forces is 300k.
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  1456.  @glynnwright1699  the UKs nato commitment includes sending ground forces, including tanks, to the Baltics periodically. Ironically enough, it is currently in question if the Uk can fulfill said commitment, or if Germany will have to exceed its stay.
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  1457.  @user-pe9qg3hg3k  nato commitment says Uk needs tanks.
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  1458.  @westernhypocrisiesexposed8195  NATO never was in Iraq?
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  1459.  @81Earthangel  Germany now plans to build LNG Ports. Which is a great shift in their previous planning.
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  1460.  @cheekycheetah5490  The one that sends military to another countries territory. Russia.
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  1461.  @trojanhorse6029  India and China are both poor compared to the west.
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  1462.  @IngressHelicon  I do not lie, he said it live.
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  1463. It is never Russians fault when Russia invades other countries?
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  1464.  @voiceout001  greed and governments are a curious combination, as a reduction in train fares may result in higher tax revenue due to increased mobility
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  1465.  @voiceout001  deutsche Bahn is not privaticed.
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  1466. A tax reduction, 300€ per employer and an additional 100€ per child, reduced taxes on gasoline and electricity, increasing social benefits… I think nobody has to hunger in Germany. By the way: if you are unemployed, heating and rent is covered by the government
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  1467. Because wages and energy are expansive in Germany.
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  1468.  @Topaz2022  Quarter 2 ended June. This is the current situation: Russia is shrinking, while Germany or France are not. I can cite other figures: Russian car production down by 95% Russian imports down by 50%, including from China. But why believe me, when I can give you a scientific source, which explains it so much better and more in depth: Jeffrey Sonnenfeld et alii.: „Business Retreats and Sanctions are Crippling the Russian Economy“
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  1469. 2Q 2022 Russian GDP -4% France +0.5% Germany 0.0% Russia is hurt most.
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  1470.  @bulthaosen1169  so why is Russian tank production at 0?
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  1471. This is incorrect. China wants to produce state of the art microchips, but can’t. Why do you believe Russia would be more successful?
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  1472.  @mavenexinc.9201  you can laugh at facts, but they stay facts
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  1473. 80% of Russian gas is sold to Europe. Only 2% to China. Russia either sells its gas to Europe, or to nowhere
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  1474.  Untold  and your source for this claims is…?
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  1475.  @billgrisenthwaite3874  No, Untold especially mentions the US (weak leader) and claims it is all thanks to the UK and its NLAWs. Which is simply untrue.
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  1476.  @buriedtruth4847  Russia and USA have a similar amount of nukes, and this is irrelevant, as if nuclear war happens, we are all dead.
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  1477.  @MoonThuli  UK has no toilets at truckstops. Not even some you have to pay for.
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  1478. Not legal in the UK, and how many selfdriving trucks are available with the current microchip shortage?
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  1479.  @Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo  because every media outlet, including the pro Brexit Murdoch press, is reporting it?
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  1480.  @amutah8063  everything is expensive because Russia is blocking Ukrainian grain exports.
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  1481.  @amutah8063  no western sanctions on food stuff. So you are misinformed.
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  1482. No, Russia today said they indeed attacked the Port of Odesa. Keep up with the news.
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  1483.  @homelessjesse9453  Norway, Netherlands, Algeria, Qatar…
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  1484.  @kurousagi8155  the same, as I said
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  1485.  @kurousagi8155  they all weight 60 tons (give or take, depending on the version). You can Google it yourself
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  1486.  @kurousagi8155  What are you referring to? Google Sierra Army Depot.
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  1487.  @kirkpatrick7475  You know that an Abrahams, a Leopard 2 and a Challanger 2 all weight the same?
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  1488. Poland has send more than 200 Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine. How many did the USA send?
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  1489.  @JamesSmith-ix5jd  at least it will still be their country
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  1490. Please, if it were, Ukraine wouldn’t have to back for every single peace of equipment.
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  1491.  @nvelsen1975  well, that is one of the reasons for alcoholism and low life expectancy for the Russian male population: the army breaks them.
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  1492. Russia has deployed 50% of its combat forces
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  1493. No, they keep their plants in the EU.
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  1494. China uses its investment to put certain countries in debt traps.
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  1495.  @johnadam2885 it was Russia creating the situation. The nation invading.
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  1496.  @Ksgggg  Of course Europe can. Europe has submarines, Cruise Missiles, Stealth fighters. You do not need hypersonic missiles to do that.
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  1497.  @Ksgggg  and? What advantage do hypersonic missiles have in a nuclear war? Russia will be hit by icbms in return.
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  1498. Taiwan split itself of China. So I have no clue what you are talking about.
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  1499. Peace can only be achieved when Russia has nothing to gain my military means and Switches to diplomacy. Fasted way to accomplish that is by arming Ukraine.
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  1500. But they already did. Russian artillery fire massively reduced after HIMARS hits in Russian ammo dumps. Ukraine advances in the south, regaining territory.
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  1501.  @briant5685  Russian ground forces have a total of 300k. The rest is Air Force and navy.
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  1502.  @briant5685  no, it can’t. Russia has deployed 80% of its ground forces in Ukraine and is stuck. If the Russian army can’t even handle Ukraine, how could it handle nato?
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  1503.  @missesCarmenB  or I can just ask my mother in law in Russia how things and business are going. Her answer: terrible.
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  1504. Ukrainian soldiers currently train in Germany for PzH2000
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  1505.  @anthonymorris2276  no? Both said the vehicles first have to be refurbished.
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  1506.  @anthonymorris2276  All tanks based on sowjet tech, no western tanks. Germany is in the process of refurbishing the tanks, they dont have ready ones in storage.
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  1507.  @duncansmith7562  80% drop in car sales is not working in your mind?
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  1508. No airplanes and no trains. Both rely on western parts. Russias back will be broken.
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  1509. Fighting Russians. They take up arms and protect their home.
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  1510. Saxons are Germans. Saxony is a german state.
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  1511. High wages, pensions are keeping really old equipment functional.
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  1512.  @randomclick2826  what? Where did you get that? No government member was killed
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  1513. Well, Russia attacked Ukraine, not nato. See the difference?
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  1514. Russia is the aggressor, it attacked Ukraine.
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  1515. They are busy sending weapons to protect Ukraine from genocide.
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  1516.  @paulheydarian1281  Russia is brutally attacking a European country and committing genocide, while Russian government officials talk about attacking Poland, the Baltics and nuking UK and the Netherlands. Russia sees Europe as the enemy. Europe is only responding.
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  1517.  @networkgeekstuff9090  France, the most nuclear power plant loving country on earth, is in Europe and has massive problems. Please explain that.
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  1518. Uranium is exported by Russia, so yes
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  1519. Hey Ukraine, we send you weapons so you can defend from Russia killing your people, plundering and destroying your cities and raping your cildreb
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  1520. Because Russia is attacking European countries.
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  1521. Why are you lying? Ukraine wanted to join EU, that is the reason russia attacked 2014
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  1522. Considering that prices for coal/gas rise, while renewables stay the same, this was a rather good decision.
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  1523.  @maryreid4273  Due to a lack of workforce, next year the availability of British pork or Strawberries will be greatly reduced. Then it it is not a choice between UK or EU, but EU or none.
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  1524.  @Floweringlotus  You are deeply misinformed. Average farm size: UK: 70.9 hectares Germany: 40.5 hectares France: 45 hectares Source: ourworldindata The average farm in the UK is more than 50% bigger than France/Germany. So if the EU system favors bigger farms, UK should have benefited more than France/Germany. You know what country has no strategic food reserve (unlike Germany or France)? The UK.
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  1525.  @Floweringlotus  The EU policy on CAP is to ensure autonomy on food production, and therefor market forces are partly kept out and farmers get money. Similar policies are in place in other countries, be it by direct payments or tax reductions (US model). But the UK government has cut support for farmers. Which brings us to the following: UK farmers have no money (as their investment is either rotting on the fields or being culled, due to labor shortages, so no return). Other sources of income are cut and government denies them any support. You demand investment in high tech equipment. Such equipment is expensive, and farmers do not have the capital. So what happens? They go bankrupted and the UK will become even more reliant on foreign food supply. I find it a huge gamble to fully bet on the free market for essentials (food). What will happen if there is a global food shortage (due to weather extremes occurring more and more), so free market failure? We know that this might happen. Exports of food will be cut by other nations to ensure to feed its own, and the UK`s over reliance on food imports endangers feeding the population. How do you counter this scenario?
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  1526.  @Floweringlotus  there are simply not enough people to fill the vacancies in the UK.
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  1527.  @eddiel7635  Media worldwide is reporting on it because the crisis is so severe that the army gets involved. I am curious, what other G7 member had to get the army involved to ensure supply of its citizens, without an natural disaster or some kind of attack? There is a national breakdown happening. Food shortages, fuel shortages, shortages of blood tests. The list goes on and on.
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  1528. So why do UK media report on this, too? Why does Boris Johnson talk about the fuel shortage?
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  1529. No, it’s about using conscripts.
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  1530. So why does Ukraine just retake it?
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  1531.  @finkelsteinshitkid1299  they are called north stream.
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  1532. What are NORD pipelines?
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  1533.  @yellowtunes2756  Considering that the Russian first guard tank army donated all its tanks to Ukraine, and Ukraine has lots of nice anti tank weapons like Panzerfaust or Javelin, it is not a tank vs. 3 guys with a AK47. Its Russian convicts been blown to pieces by M777, PzH2000 and Himars.
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  1534.  @Dan-Martin  Which apparently is not enough, as Russia is retreating. What is artillery worth if you can not hit something and your munition depots are blown to the sky by HIMARS?
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  1535.  @eastern2western  Russia is also not even close to encircle Bachmut after 6 months. If this was the goal, it failed.
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  1536.  @harmless6813  liking 1 hour power point presentation? Good choice.
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  1537.  @lexluger6904  155 mm Shells are not very expensive. And they are produced in mass quantities in Europe (much more than the US produces itself). 155 mm are not US Shells, but NATO Standard. Rheinmetall (German) produces those, too. And don’t take German army as anything to go by. They are broke. German industry on the other hand is producing and selling to others. Other than that, Spain and South Korea are major producers, too.
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  1538.  @lexluger6904  of course many more can be shipped to Ukraine. They are produced worldwide in high quantities.
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  1539.  @bernardedwards8461  the question is answered: Crimea belongs to Ukraine, as agreed by Russia in the Budapest memorandum. Pacta sunt servanda. Alternatively, Russia can give Ukraine back its nukes.
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  1540.  @bernardedwards8461  you claimed Crimea ALWAYS has been Russian. This is simply false.
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  1541.  @Thea-gj2or  Russian advance? Where? They are in retreat for months now.
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  1542.  @Surfbird11  the question is: why Bachmut, why not anywhere else in the region?
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  1543. Third largest supporter of Ukraine: Germany.
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  1544. Russia dominates the skies? Since when?
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  1545. Germany can not approve something that is hasn’t been asked.
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  1546. But the UK relies much more on gas for electricity than other European nations.
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  1547.  @jonjohnson2844  so how much coal has the UK stored for such emergencies? As coal is of short supply, too, and shipping it in takes time.
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  1548.  @msxcytb  according to the head of French nuclear regulator, this problem is not yet understood and will take years to solve. It is Germany which saves France which its surplus electricity. Which brings up the question: why should Germany copy France, which is currently in deep trouble, when Germanys own strategy concerning electricity is apparently more reliable? Especially as Germanys main source for electricity is not gas (it is not even in the top3), but renewables.
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  1549. Well, Germanys gas storage is at 75% and rising, while it decreased gas consumption by 15% and halved Russian gas imports. So apparently it’s possible
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  1550.  @AlternativeBrew  the west is replacing gas faster than Russia finds new customers. No gas shortage in the west, while Russia is burning the gas it does not sell to the west.
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  1551.  @AlternativeBrew  the if I am not mistaken refers to Russian economic downturn being less than predicted, not Germanys contractions
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  1552.  @AlternativeBrew  Germany had several contractions, the dot com bubble, 2008 financial crisis, euro crisis, Covid… so you are misinformed.
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  1553.  @AlternativeBrew  -4% of Russian GDP, 16% inflation rate in imports -20%, I don’t have to tell it to the Russians, they know it already.
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  1554. The ruble is rubble. A zombi currency useless to buy stuff.
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  1555.  @zjeee  wrong. What about the Russian parents of the resident permit owner? How are they able to visit their son/daughter?
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  1556. How many tanks has the Uk of USA send Ukraine? How much have EU countries?
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  1557.  @singlendhot8628  what about 3000 shots for Panzerfaust 3? 15000 anti tank mines? 500 Stinger? 22 million of ammunition for pistoles and rifles? 100 MG3? 10500 ammunition for artillery? To name just a selection of German weapons send to Ukraine.
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  1558.  @singlendhot8628  so 2000 were operational. Sounds good to me.
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  1559.  @singlendhot8628  if German weapons are obsolete, why did Ukraine just ordered 100 more PzH2000?
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  1560.  @singlendhot8628  yes, Germany is the second biggest contributor of financial aid to Ukraine
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  1561. They acted. Massively reducing energy dependency from Russia and sending heavy weapons to Ukraine, as well as being the second biggest financial contributor to Ukraine.
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  1562.  @fajartiyarabdulmajid7807  Because of interconnections? Chinese factories need supplies from Germany, too.
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  1563.  @chrisohnezuecker  Name a job with higher wages, that do not require an university degree.
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  1564.  @fajartiyarabdulmajid7807  you never were to Germany or Switzerland, I presume. Factory workers there are one of the best paid jobs.
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  1565. Read Russian nuclear doctrine or the concept of the nuclear taboo to know that this will not happen
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  1566. You are aware that Russian government officially announced it takes Ukrainian children and gives them to Russian families?
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  1567. Russia won because of massive US backing.
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  1568.  @TuscanBrick  they can.
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  1569. Well, Germany didnt want to send weapons due to its history. But if almost all the nations you destroyed say you should change your mind, you start doing some soul searching.
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  1570. Putin benefits most. USA hates it because it distracts from China, Europe hates it because it’s bloody expensive.
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  1571. Olaf Scholz leads the government which supplies the most to Ukraine in all of Europe, and is only seconded by the USA.
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  1572. You mean they capture Russian soldiers?
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  1573.  @Sword-Shield  Russia is short of precision strike weapons. They struggle to hit the same target two times.
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  1574. You know that such damage can be repaired?
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  1575. Imagine it is war and nobody goes there, then the war will come to you. Always misquoted.
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  1576.  @The_InfantMalePollockFrancis  how so? 36% of German gas imports is used by the industry, 29% for heating homes, only 14% for electricity.
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  1577. @Jimmy renewables. 50% of German electricity is produced by renewables now.
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  1578.  @QuitRage  who did? I think Scandinavia is doing it quiet decently, and Germany is not too bad, either.
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  1579.  @skylark8828  like any other country. But some decent ones, where it counts, too
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  1580.  @dnocturn84  Poland already send 200 tanks to Ukraine, and they are not at war with Russia. Why would it be different for Germany? Furthermore, why would Russia want to expand the war to NATO, when it already struggles with Ukraine? Last point: Ukraine can win (my definition, status quo ante 24th feb 2022) this war. Its army is already on the way to be bigger than Russias. Its equipment will soon be superior to Russias. And it is highly questionable if Putin would survive a full Russian mobilisation (never a good idea as a dictator to arm one’s population)
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  1581. English is not his native language.
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  1582. Gas plays only a minor role in German electricity (~10%). 30% is used by the industry (chemical processing), another third to heat homes.
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  1583.  @jukio02  not as many and as highly qualified. Why go to China, where you risk being put into quarantine for months, your infant taken away, your dog/cat killed, when you can work anywhere else?
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  1584. Detach from Russia, problem solved.
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  1585.  @N7-WAR-HOUND  Germany currently provides France with electricity because French nuclear reactors are in shut down.
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  1586.  @pierrefraisse8610  while the law says if you disapprove you may get 10 years of prison.
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  1587.  @neverknowsbest2879  of course Russia lacks high tech components, as they fall under sanctions. Semiconductors are the main issue
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  1588.  @neverknowsbest2879  would you mind sharing your source, and more importantly, the base of your percentage? Relative values are rather misleading without context? 50% growth to what? 2021? May 2022? 1845? Is the Russian economy in a better or worse situation compared to 24th feb 2022v
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  1589.  @neverknowsbest2879  why would China open factories in Russia when it can just sell its domestically produced cars to Russia without competitors?
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  1590.  @myspace1876  Russia: predicted decline of the economy by 10% of its GDP. EU: predicted growth for its economy by 2.7% You tell me
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  1591. -10% GDP according to Russian central bank
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  1592. Well, US Congress is pissed that the UK threatens the Good Friday agreement and will not pass a trade agreement if the UK does not honor the Withdrawel Agreement.
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  1593. No, countries attacking other countries is the Source.
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  1594. Considering Germany is the third largest supplier of Weapons for Ukraine, and so far the only one sending advanced AA kit, I think they aren’t Slow (anymore)
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  1595. Germanys Gas Storage is at 94%, Nobody will freeze.
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  1596.  @Will-he-wont-he  Germany does not see itself as the leader of Europe. Furthermore, I just ask for the facts.
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  1597.  @Will-he-wont-he  Ok, how many air defense systems of similar capability of Iris-T did UK and USA deliver, and what are the names of the systems?
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  1598. Well, how many Systems has the USA delivered? 0. UK? 0. France? 0.
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  1599. By being the third largest supplier of weapons to Ukraine and the only supplier of modern AA kit?
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  1600.  @greghughes1853  you compare Apple with oranges. These two are AA missiles, while the Iris T SLM is a complete AA system, with a radar, a tactical Operation Center and multiple launchers. And it is the first Western System of that Kind delivered to Ukraine.
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  1601. No, they announced it months ago.
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  1602.  @francoislechanceux5818  well, I dived a little bit deeper into the data. Poland is ahead in military deliveries, while Germany is ahead if you combine military deliveries and Financial aid.
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  1603.  @francoislechanceux5818  Germany is the third largest supplier in the world (Source ifw Kiel)
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  1604.  @alicjakowalski3552  they were in production. They were promised to be delivered as soon as they were ready.
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  1605.  @OmmerSyssel  no, they are not. Spain never requested German agreement for delivery, and more importantly: the tanks are scrap metal. Broken. Beyond repair
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  1606.  @greghughes1853  but Germany did not just send missiles, but a whole System (Iris T SLM), something no other Western Country has done so far. Radar, launchers, a Control center, all included. And next to its advanced sensors, IrisT SLM has a 360 degree coverage, something other Systems can’t. IrisT SLM is the most modern System on the market.
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  1607.  @seanpatrick1243  in June, Germany said it will be ready in October/November. It is available in October/November. What is magic about that?
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  1608.  @seanpatrick1243  magically? Delivery of IrisT was announced months ago.
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  1609. Considering they announced delivering Iris T in June, what exactly do you mean?
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  1610. The decision was Made months ago. But the System was not Build then. It is fresh from the production line
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  1611.  @RickMentore  If investors are scared away from a doomed company, that is helpful for the investors. If consumers are scared away of a company offering bad product, that is helpful for the consumers.
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  1612. I say the opposite is true, these are very helpful to both investors and consumers, making them aware of a problem and adapting their behaviour.
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  1613.  @GoldenErae  Donbass is Ukraine.
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  1614.  @GoldenErae  Ukraine intended to attack Russia? Are you for real?
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  1615.  @sakarijukarainen2321  I do not know where you get your numbers from, but the pipeline to China only has 10% of the pipeline capacity to the EU, and the next pipeline will take years to finish.
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  1616.  @brandonheald9624  considering that France is the nation that relies most on nuklear power plants, I don’t really see that.
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  1617.  @donkykon2094  besides Norway, which country has the majority of its new sold cars being EVs?
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  1618.  @donkykon2094  No. Tesla has nothing to do with it. China is the reason: banning combustion engines in the biggest car market
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  1619. Russian military bloggers disagree.
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  1620.  @duncansmith7562  when one country invades another country, it is called war.
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  1621. Donbas is not where the war is decided.
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  1622. Winning on all fronts? How is the Kiev offensive going? EU will be fine, it has enough gas to heat for the winter. Russia is not the only supplier.
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  1623.  @moofmoof2012  trials are finished. All medicine and vaccines are under constant trial.
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  1624.  @felixmoyoedonmi  they are working quiet well. Massively reduced hospital admissions and deaths.
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  1625.  @francissalaets9721  A vaccination trains your immune system to detect the virus quickly and destroy it before it can multiply in your body. So with a strong immune system and a vaccine, there is little to no risk. The virus gets destroyed early. If you have a strong immune system but the immune system does not know the virus, the virus will stay undetected for a while. Multiplying in your body and attacking more and more organs (in the case of Covid, usually the lungs). When the immune system then detects the virus, it can go into overdrive and starts to attack the organs, too. Allergies are a different topic, again. Your body reacts aggressively to certain substances. So if you get jabbed, the immune system attacks the vaccine immediately, going into overdrive. But I would talk to other doctors. As with the selection of different vaccines (Biontech/Pfizer, Moderna, AZ) one might be right for your condition.
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  1626.  @moofmoof2012  a Natural strong immune system is a Risk. Because covid may trigger an auto immune response, resulting the immune system attacking its own
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  1627. Well, Russia is definitely walking the line of genocide. With publications in Russian state media coming out, demanding to destroy anything Ukrainian and purify it to become Russian…
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  1628. A couple? The systematic killing of men and people of interest is not a couple
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  1629. Russia started the war, not Ukraine. But Ukraine is beating the bear till it runs away.
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  1630. Russia can not even produce biometric passports anymore
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  1631. Doubt it. Putin is many things, but looking at the length of his tables, the opposite of suicidal.
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  1632.  @warlockgod66  so why did Russia attack Ukraine, then? Ukraine could not join nato and has no nuclear weapons or intention to get any. And why does Putin say he wants to conquer Ukraine and Turn it into a part of Russia? He published a document saying that.
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  1633.  @johnkeats7067  the T14s might be just empty boxes (one of the two at least). And the 10000 troops parading are hardly enough to attack Finland.
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  1634.  @nayemsun5081  if you love Russia, you have to hate Putin for abusing it.
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  1635.  @mischa1880  and why would that be?
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  1636.  @fatherstalin6688  Victor Orban agreed to all EU sanctions on Russia. Victor Orban is simply pissed that he can not use EU money for his own financial gain anymore.
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  1637.  @fatherstalin6688  The EU did not and can not forbid its members anything. The EU members agreed, all 27 of them, to impose sanctions. There is also NO sanctions on Russian gas, case in point: Germany is still buying it.
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  1638.  @fatherstalin6688  The European Union represents the combined markets of its 27 members and their economic interests. As an economic power, the EU is indeed a geopolitical player.
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  1639. Are you for real? Europe is much richer than China. The average income of a Chinese person is less than a third of a German.
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  1640. Exactly for that. USA wants to prevent any ad hoc panic reaction from Russia.
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  1641.  @gabrielaaugusto4972  well, Europe produces GMO free, too. If you can afford other protein sources, you are part of the medium income club (congratulations, I guess). But for the poorest, protein value of wheat is essential, as it establishes how much wheat they need to not starve. Russia in general has rather bad standards and relies heavily on foreign experience (they stopped investing in their own post 1990). Therefor, their quality of more or less anything is bad. They did not care, as you can just buy the good stuff from somewhere else with oil- and gas money. The classic resources trap.
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  1642.  @gabrielaaugusto4972  the quality of wheat is determined by its protein content in percent. It is a scientific value and important for its nutrition. 2017 Russian harvest figures show that 0.1% was grade 2, and 63% was grade 3 or 4 (grade 1 is the best with the highest protein, of which Russia produced nothing).
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  1643. Russias grain is of abysmal quality, qualifying as animal feed
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  1644.  @SirPatrickMackofMaplethorpe  Ukraine?
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  1645. They delivered IrisT
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  1646. Because Russia doesnt want to.
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  1647.  @ViolentCabbage-ym7ko  Germany always had one of the highest energy costs in the world. Cheap energy by Russian gas is a myth.
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  1648.  @PeterPan30000  this system has been abolished.
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  1649. No tax money is used on solar. It pays for itself.
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  1650.  @rasgeleisim  Germany does depend on the weather, as it produces its electricity by wind and sun. Furthermore, heating is dependent on the weather, too.
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  1651. Restarting a nuclear power plant takes years. So it would not solve the issue the next three winters.
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  1652.  @Writeous0ne  In Germany, compared to the rest of the world, almost everybody is rich. And if you were German, you would not have to pay energy bills this month (as it is paid by the state), and beginning next year, prices are capped.
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  1653. Storage levels are even increasing.
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  1654.  @throughput6674  no, only male.
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  1655.  @McStrokeAvision  chunks, but not the whole of Donbas
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  1656. Russia is using all its ground forces in Ukraine. The Finnish army would have no trouble fighting what is left of the Russian army on its own. And Russian doctrine says nukes are only to be used when the existence of Russia is threatened (when they are on the defense in their own territory), not for the offensive. Putin is not interested in diplomacy. Thats why. He can withdraw his troops from Ukraine and end the war today.
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  1657.  @fronabulax63  You think that the only thing to launch a nuke is pushing a button?
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  1658.  @fronabulax63  Russia is already going down, and it is Putin`s making. You also completely forget China in your equation, which has no interest in nuclear war, and on which Russia depends.
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  1659. Do you think that Putin, his inner circle AND the military are suicidal?
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  1660.  @98091238  No, because Budapest memorandum.
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  1661.  @davideddy2672  Decades (sometimes even centuries) under Russian oppression are enough, no USA needed. Maybe read a history book?
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  1662.  @rodtukker1904  Oh, that is the trick. Good to know. USA never invaded another country, but Russia did, when my historic horizon reaches only a couple of weeks back...
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  1663.  @АленаХМАО  You are aware that both Sweden and Finland have send troops to Afghanistan to support the NATO mission?
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  1664.  @sheshatheblackqueen  According to Russia, this is not a war. Therefor reservists cant be used.
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  1665.  @sheshatheblackqueen  1 million active army personal, of which 300k are ground forces. 2 million reserve can only be used when Russia is in war. As you are Russian, you know that there is not war, but a special military operation. Therefor reservists cant be used. So my point that Russia has already used 50% of its ground forces in Ukraine is correct.
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  1666.  @sheshatheblackqueen  Russias total military are one million personal. Of those, 280k are ground troops.
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  1667. @Hannibal Sulla No, Russia can not destroy Ukraine in 72 hours (unless you count in nukes). They cant use their airforce freely because the airspace is still contested, artillery lacks the range, and cruise missiles are insufficient. So my question would be: how would they destroy Ukraine? What forces havent they deployed yet? What prove do we have that they did not want to take Kiev? That they sacrificed their most elite force in the process? That they lost significant men and equipment in the process? That they gave Ukraine a massive moral boost? We are 70+ days into the war. What makes you think Russia is able to crush Ukraine eastern forces now, when they were not able to do so for more than 2 months?
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  1668.  @jont2576  the USSR was never impressive, it was so terrible they had to build a wall around it to stop people from running away. Half my family lived under USSR rule, including in Russia, nobody wants it back.
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  1669. In Germany they are called tanks (Panzer).
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  1670.  @Maallls  I am sorry, but I do not get what you want to say?
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  1671.  @Maallls  Europe are many countries. And many European countries were on the receiving end, being colonies, only a few were imperialist. So be more specific. Or do you want to tell me of the imperialist nature of Montenegro?
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  1672.  @Maallls  Russia is the imperialist here, wanting to retake its former colony Ukraine.
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  1673.  @Maallls  The world is not ruled by one country.
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  1674.  @Maallls  Where were you the last 30years? Russia is capitalistic,too.
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  1675. No. USA, EU, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Ukraine vs. Russia. It is not even a contest, Russia is outclassed in any possible metric.
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  1676. But it is build in Brandenburg?
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  1677. What about it? The mass graves were visible on satellite images before Russia left.
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  1678.  @soulscanner66  Sander has strong ties to the Democrats, he even tried to become their presidential candidate. Rather bad example.
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  1679.  @mithundevasia6964  apparently not. Russia wants to destroy Ukraine
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  1680. Russian forces die and get defeated quiet often.
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  1681. False narrative. Ceding land will only give Russia motivation to attack again in a couple of years, taking Ukraine piece by piece. Your suggestion is guaranteeing Ukrainian destruction.
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  1682. It is 25% over 4 years, so only ~6% per year. Considering the low increases in previous years and high inflation, this would only be a catch up, not an increase in real terms. TLDR: capitalism. You try to get the maximum. Why settle for 25% if you can get more?
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  1683.  @AnconiaLp  China wird die USA mitnichten wirtschaftlich überholen, die Rennen grad massiv in die Demographiefalle. Das Geld muss dann fur Renten statt fur militar ausgegeben werden
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  1684.  Kumaboomer   Bruch des Bukarester Memorandiums und Bruch vom Minsker Abkommen.
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  1685. Stell dir vor es ist Krieg und keiner geht hin. Dann kommt der Krieg zu dir. B. Brecht. Wird Russland nicht in der Ukraine aufgehalten, so wird Putin einfach weiter machen, Land für Land...
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  1686.  @detlevkrau9238  nein, das ist überhaupt kein Problem. Jedes Land soll frei in seiner Bündniswahl sein.
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  1687.  @galas.7151  Welches andere Land hat die Ukraine bombardiert?
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  1688.  @glennjanot8128  Not according to Poland, which thought about buying them before. Their verdict: beyond repair...
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  1689. The tanks Spain offered are unusable. So please don’t repeat the lie Germany is blocking it, because this is untrue.
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  1690. Yes (not to be mean, but there are just not enough challenger 2 out there)
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  1691. Germany did not U turn. They said they send tanks if USA sends, too. That is what happened.
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  1692. People fail to understand how weakened the Russian army is
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  1693.  @xiaogangdasha  because Russia attacks its neighbors
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  1694.  @SagarSTPatil  seriously? The Cuban crisis was resolved DIPLOMATICALLY. The opposite of what Russia is doing.
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  1695. Comparing your income to the median income of the UK, you earn around 60% of it and are therefor threatened by poverty. I do not mean that as an insult, but apply the definition of relative poverty.
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  1696.  @spaceshuttledoorgunner125  Considering that Russia is currently plundering Ukrainian museums and even their harvest, I doubt such concerns really matter anymore.
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  1697.  @fochiller  Thanks to Switzerland and their refusal to allow to ship Swiss ammunition to Ukraine for that. Took awhile to find an alternative supplier.
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  1698.  @fochiller  About Germany: considering it being the second largest contributor of financial aid to Ukraine, as well as sending PzH2000, Gepard and MARS2 (equal to MLRS), I would argue they are average. They also send thousands of menpads, ammunition, guns and other equipment. Finally, they are now producing 100 new PzH2000 for Ukraine.
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  1699.  @harukrentz435  no, it was a bad idea. Fertility rates naturally decline with rising living standards and more importantly, womens education. Chinas population growth would have naturally balanced out, but without the cruelty (forced abortions and sterilisation, literally ripping out womens reproductive organs against their will) and the cliff chinas demography is falling from now.
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  1700. You don’t need a modern RPG to kill a tank designed in the 60s. Afghan war (the one with Russia) proves this
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  1701.  @andriinaum1411  One country can only be in one custom Union at the same time. Furthermore, all members of one Custom Union (like the EU) have to have the same tariffs with each third party.
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  1702.  @Anarcue_Meatballs  germany does not rule the EU.
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  1703. Das hat nichts mit dem Brexit zu tun. Die Briten haben den Impfstoff bestellt, als sie noch voll unter EU Recht standen.
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  1704. No, leaving the EU is the easy part. Then the trade negotiations will come, much more complex, for 5-10 years. Brexit is here to stay.
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  1705. Not many. Brexit Party Ltd will just enable Labour and LibDems to take over Tory seats by splitting up the conservative vote.
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  1706. With his party polling 15-20%?
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  1707. Will Labour campaign for Remain or Leave? As long as they do not answer this question, why should either Remain or Brexit voters elect them?
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  1708. To keep the nations dignity and not be the poodle of the USA.
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  1709. How is doing your job indefensible? Hunt, May, almost every other MP, they all defended him. Only Johnson refused, proving that he will throw any civil servant under the bus for his personal gain.
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  1710.  @dulls8475  Boris Johnson does not support a British diplomat, doing his job for his country, when attacked by a foreign leader. And now everybody knows that when Trump says jump, all Boris Johnson will do is ask: how high?
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  1711.  @jimmyyeakel615  The job of a diplomat is to send their honest opinion back home. He did his job. Boris Johnson is a coward, as he has proven now time and time again (third runway comes to mind).
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  1712.  Mark Gable  Ireland always supported the UK in EU matters. And Germany sees the UK as a friend. Remember the letter German figures wrote to the UK? https://www.dw.com/en/brexit-german-leaders-write-emotional-letter-to-britain/a-47132376 UKs closest allies are probably Ireland, Netherlands and Sweden, followed closely by Poland and Germany.
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  1713. Ireland and Germany were the ones who convinced the others to extend article 50 after the UK asked for it. They are UK´s friends, unlike the US.
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  1714. A lot of insults directed to the current government.
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  1715.  @rivergladesgardenrailroad8834  Freedom of movement disappears, tariffs will be applied, UK certificates are invalid in the EU, UK service industry loses access to the EU market. A lot changes.
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  1716.  @rivergladesgardenrailroad8834  As the Republic or Ireland will be in the custom union of the EU, and Northern Ireland will be in a different custom union with the UK, logic as well as law dictates that there is a custom border in Ireland. How do you do customs in ports if they are produced in Northern Ireland and exported to the Republic?
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  1717. But there will, because a custom border requires checks. And Johnson has no solution to it, according to the UK government the necessary tech will be available earliest 2030.
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  1718. Brexit Party Ltd, please. There should be enough time to write the full name.
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  1719. But he is. He did not present any tech that prevents physical custom structures in his proposal, only the hope to find them in the next year. As this is impossible, checks will be required.
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  1720. WTO rules demand a border controls if two territories are in different custom unions. And no tech is available to prevent a hard border as a consequence. Furthermore, the EU has no interest in giving up control of its border to a non member, especially if this non member is known for tariff fraud.
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  1721.  @peterpan9217  As the president does not decide about trade agreements, but congress, and congress already said they veto any, it is irrelevant what Trump says. Secondly, the UK voted to be in the political union in the first referendum, yes.
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  1722.  @Drifty40  Compare the Euro with the Pound Sterling. One is the second most important reserve currency in the world, the other was crushed by one investor. About the EU: it is one of the big three in the world (USA, China, EU). If the EU has economic problems, the world has them, not just Ireland (especially the Uk, with its 40% dependence on exports)
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  1723.  @mrchoudhury6611  well, which country of similar economic specialisation has suffered economic decline since 2014?
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  1724.  @mrchoudhury6611  nothing happened? That is not true. Since 2014, Russian economy and especially the living standards of the average Russian are in constant decline.
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  1725.  @emmanuelalef8310  I have no clue what you want to say?
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  1726. Unlikely. Russian missiles can only hit stationary targets.
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  1727. Russia wants to completely destroy Ukraine. Sending them weapons prevents that from happening.
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  1728. I doubt he has the necessary land to let his pigs range free, and the issue of who would by them remains, as he is still outside the single market. Furthermore, he would require some certification to be able to sell his pigs as free range, which requires rather weeks than months, and the market for such meat is small, as it is a luxury niche, so it remains doubtful that he can sell.
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  1729.  @jpfrank4228  So what EU regulations do you want to abolish and why? I want specific examples. Furthermore, how does it increase UK´s competitiveness at the world stage if due to reduced regulations other entities start increasing tariffs to UK products to counter them? The EU, which is a market for 40% of UK´s export, and due to its market size and geographic location will remain UK´s most important market, will introduce tariffs on UK products the second they fall below EU regulation.
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  1730. Russia is poor, has a terrible infrastructure outside Moscow and 20% of the Russian population have no indoor plumbing. Furthermore, the UK can not become self sufficient, at best it would only be able to feed half its population, not to mention the lack of oil/gas/metals.
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  1731.  @mogznwaz  They do, and they take their tax revenue with them. Also most of their factories and offices.
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  1732. No experience equals high insurance premiums
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  1733. No food shortages in the EU. No fuel shortages either, not even the army has to help out. No mass culling of pigs or turkeys. No milk is thrown away. Blood tests are given to anyone who requires them. Not so much in Britain. This is Brexit.
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  1734. Sarcasm?
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  1735.  @tom-qj6uw  custom Union does not require freedom of movement. Turkey is in a custom Union with the EU. Switzerland and Norway are not in a CU with the EU.
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  1736. Not if you ask US congress. No deal for the irish border means no deal with the US.
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  1737.  @keithhiggins2237  Do you propose unchecked borders so inferior goods can flood the UK market? Remember, imports for non EU countries were often checked in Rotterdam and then send to the UK (South American food imports in particular). This will not be possible post Brexit, so the UK has to replicate Rotterdam infrastructure to be able to trade with the world. It has not done it, and it is not possible in three months time. There is still no plan or concept for UK`s economic model post Brexit. Trashing your whole trading framework without having a replacement seems like a rather bad idea. And several nations (USA, Canada, Japan...) already said that in case of no deal Brexit, they have no interest in a Free trade Agreement. Opposing the majority is not antidemocratic. It is the core value of democracy. And it is the job of the people who proposed Brexit, not of those opposing it or the EU, to make it work. And they failed.
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  1738.  @keithhiggins2237  There is not a single country in the world the EU trades on WTO terms, the UK would be the only one. It is much more difficult, without bilateral MRAs the amount of required custom checks is more than the UK can handle. Most of the infrastructure to check UK imports from around the world is in Rotterdam, and the UK failed to replicate it. Coupled with WTO MFN, the UK would get in dangerous terrain if it treats imports differently from each nation without further agreements. The amount of lorries which has to be checked in Dover increases from 3% to nearly a 100%, which means infrastructure has to be increased by a factor of 30. Additionally, the customs IT was developed before anyone knew of Brexit, and can not handle the increase in requests. There were three years time. They weren`t used. Now the UK is not prepared.
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  1739.  @keithhiggins2237  How is the video not neutral? If UK customs is not ready, it isn`t, rather simple.
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  1740. So you demand to close down opposing media. A rather fascist move.
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  1741.  @Jennyeq  certainly not, as I quoted the NHS homepage.
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  1742.  @millhilljimjimmy6731  Check out what Frost said before the referendum. He was a committed remainer, too.
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  1743. How so? He already got it and was therefor protected by natural immunity. He does not care for the rest.
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  1744. Unless, of course, they are entitled idiots who were sure to get a bed in the NHS or a private hospital, unlike the rest.
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  1745. Somewhat around 33%, according to the government.
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  1746.  @rid9160  then the GP is useless.
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  1747. Antibiotics are useless against viruses ?
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  1748.  @asumazilla  You need a special permit to carry fuel, and vans are not equipped to transport fuel, lacking the necessary safety features.
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  1749. Is this an ironic comment?
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  1750. Hiev does the Uk produce electricity? Natural gas. What is there another shortage of in the Uk? Natural gas…
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  1751. Several Eu countries have higher vaccination rates than the uk
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  1752. To accomplish no border in Ireland, Johnson proposes two new borders in Ireland.
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  1753.  @thomasarthurmaj  And btw, UK, EU and Ireland all say there will be border checks in case of a no deal Brexit.
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  1754.  @thomasarthurmaj  It is in Johnson`s proposal: The EU will not check its border in Ireland, giving the UK uncontrolled access to its market.
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  1755.  @thomasarthurmaj  Why does the EU need to change its laws and give up control over its borders? Because that is what Johnson demands.
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  1756. According to polls, the majority wants a deal.
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  1757.  @colinmitchell9212  In case of no deal all of Northern Irish food exports needs certificates by vets and have to pay tariffs. This makes them more expensive than the competition, so they lose the market. This is a fact, as these are WTO and EU rules.
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  1758. I agree, Murdoch pushing his hard right views with his news media is a disgrace.
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  1759.  @fatfat1877  Because Freedom of movement disappears, working in the UK as a professional is not accounted by the EU anymore (a huge issue for Spanish nurses), and a low pound makes it rather unattractive.
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  1760. No more doctors and nurses from EU countries to work for the NHS.
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  1761.  @georgedoorley5628  Resulting in farmers going bankrupted.
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  1762. UK market is too small, meat prices will drop due to oversupply, prices will drop, farmers go out of business.
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  1763.  @nathd1748  On costs for groceries, the UK is 39th in the world, behind countries like Japan, USA, Australia, NZ and Canada. All of those countries outside the EU, but higher costs for food. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp So how are UK prices inflated if they are lower compared to other western nations?
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  1764.  @nathd1748  The UK is not able to produce enough food for its population for centuries and is dependent on imports. Best case scenario, UK can feed 50% of its population. Cheaper food means lower quality.
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  1765.  @r13hd22  Why do you want to slap tariffs on Swiss chocolates? Switzerland is not even an EU member. And as already said, this is illegal under WTO rules.
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  1766. There is no EU government, it is a Union of sovereign nations. The UK exports 40% of it total exports to the EU27, the other way around it is only 8%. Also, the EU keeps all its free trade agreements, while the UK loses them all. It hurts the EU economy, but far less.
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  1767.  @SuperParatech  Second quarter 2019: Germany: -0.1% UK: -0.2% UK economy was worse than Germany. Data provided by OECD: https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=350
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  1768.  @SuperParatech  The UK is also heading into a recession, even worse than Germany. USA said no deal for Ireland, no trade deal. Singapore has a trade deal with the EU.
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  1769. The EU is nothing more than a Union of its members. The EU is Great Britain, Italy and Greece.
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  1770.  @Shep-nf3wk  They are? Please post a source.
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  1771. Germany going bust? Because of the billions of surplus they have? Exploding because they have too much money?
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  1772. To accomplish what? Militarily, it gives no benefit to what a thermobar bomb is capable of. Politically, it means complete isolation even from friendly countries like China or India (the nuclear taboo). And it trigger a massive response from the west.
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  1773.  @margaridacosta270  No, Putin will not use nukes. It would be the end for him, and he is not suicidal.
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  1774.  @davex5424  this is BS. Ukraine would have never joined NATO. They can’t, as their borders are contested (Crimea). Russia invaded Ukraine because Putin wants to reestablish the Russian empire. He said so, his government has said so. NATO is a distraction
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  1775. The German economy is not being destroyed, far from it. It is simply growing slower. Ignoring Russian invasion into Georgia, because?
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  1776.  @zealman79  sure, not like the French army hold the line while the British waited for their pick up at Dunkirk
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  1777. Why would Ukraine accept that, when it knows that Russia will just attack again and again? Putin wants the whole Ukraine, there will be never peace as long as one Russian soldiers is on Ukrainian soil.
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  1778. Well, Putin does not accept that Ukraine is a different culture, but claims they are actually confused Russians, and Russians have to be ruled by him.
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  1779.  @MartinPackwood  it is called rule of law. It’s what differentiates a democracy from mob rule. Furthermore, of course the British population has a vote on it. And the vast majority voted for parties who want to stay in. But funny how law and order are woke now.
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  1780.  @MartinPackwood  what about the one nation Tories is left of centre? They are pretty centre right.
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  1781. What about the Tories is left of centre?
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  1782.  bruce parka  the armour does protect so well that you require highly specialised kit to break it.
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  1783.  @TemplarX2  of course Russia doesn’t liberate, but that is the narrative at home to keep the Russian population on side. This narrative will implode with mass bombing of cities, and this will corrode support in Russia. Which may result in open rebellion of attacking brothers and sisters. Wars are won at Home as well as in the battlefield. Lose public support, you lose the war.
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  1784. Both Germany and Italy had far right regimes.
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  1785. Germany did not vote right. 30% of on of the smallest states in Germany did. France did not vote right, either.
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  1786. AfD is far right. Deportations of native Germans for disagreeing with AfD is a demand of them.
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  1787.  @S-North  You know who they voted for last time? Die Linke, which is, legally, the successor of the SED, the ruling party of the DDR. So your thesis is rather debunked.
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  1788. Being a former part of the DDR? Well, it was debated a lot already.
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  1789. Le Pen as PM under president Macron?
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  1790.  @Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz  this is a misconception: Russia is running out of people. Demography is hitting them hard. Furthermore, Russias army is mostly old stuff. The have very few modern equipment (T14 is less than 30).
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  1791. The Northern Ireland protocol does not allow to be changed unilaterally. This is a lie. The NIP is also no temporal provision, but a legally binding international treaty. Breaking that means UK is a rogue nation.
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  1792. France gave the UK its military secrets about Argentinian equipment of French origin.
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  1793. UK signed a treaty to defend Ukrainian sovereignty, in return, Ukraine gave up its nukes.
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  1794.  @scorpiontail2561  everyone has given Ukraine large amount of Javelins, Panzerfaust, Strella… But we are in a different phase of the war now. Manpads are Great, but ranged weapons are what is currently in the center of action.
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  1795. Considering the German army has a total of 108 PzH2000, this might be understandable.
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  1796. Interesting posts. But I dare to say that, considering the performance of the Russian military so far, especially on maintenance, one can assume they did not.
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  1797. Riots in France? Call me shocked.
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  1798. There is no country in the world which has won as many wars as France.
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  1799. By taxes?
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  1800. If you negotiate with the government, any strike is political if the government wants it to be. Tories wanted to blame junior doctors for the failures of the nhs to cover for the real reason: 14 years of Tory government
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  1801.  @OldCarsNewVan  people who a the best to be a MP are not necessarily the best to be a minister. Two different job descriptions. And considering that the PM is not elected, but appointed by the king, I don’t really see a democratic deficit in the Government.
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  1802.  @MrBoliao98 the United Kingdom lost quiet a few pieces down the road.
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  1803.  @billgibbard9449  same Olaf Scholz who approved sending Leo2A6 from German army to Ukraine?
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  1804.  @emeidocathail7808  or Orban is just a deeply corrupt politician who enjoys playing both sides for his own benefit.
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  1805.  @ucmenteith  No annexation. Neither did the USA say that a country doesnt really exist and are just confused USAmericans who have to be brought back home. What Russia practices in Ukraine is genocide (the attempt to destroy a culture)
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  1806. Supporting someone invading is different from invading. So the USA did not invade.
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  1807.  @danurkresnamurti3598  why can Finnland join nato?
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  1808. Russia is not interested in winning the argument, but spreading so much confusion till people can not differentiate between right and wrong anymore.
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  1809.  @Bee.Holder  there is no law in Ukraine forbidding Russian language.
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  1810.  @TheDeanHaemel  Name a Country that has won so many wars as France.
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  1811.  @NameRiioz  You cant laugh in my face, as we have not met in person, and I doubt we ever will.
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  1812. Considering that the Baltics and Poland were suffering under Russian aggression for centuries, USSR was just another chapter in a long book. And looking at current Russian behavior, who is surprised? Russia is an aggressive imperialistic country.
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  1813.  @jasonbourne9819  The value of gold is artificial, too. What problem would a gold standard solve? Inflation is mostly a non issue in most regions.
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  1814. Wrong. Nations reacting slowly to the virus need longer to regrow. No one goes out and spends money when a pandemic is around, furthermore, one that destroys your vital organs. so you May not die, but be sick for the rest of your life.
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  1815. But Germany did replace nuclear by renewables. Both nuclear and coal produced electricity went down, while renewables went up to 50%.
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  1816. First, winters in Germany are relatively mild, most of the time temperature stays above freezing point. Second, gas stored in Germany is already sufficient for winter.
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  1817. Germany can exist without Russian gas. Germanys stored gas reserves are already sufficient to supply the country for the coming winter (80%). LNG terminals will come online by the end of the year. It will be expensive, but Germany can afford it.
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  1818.  @daniberski6783  you said other countries run their oil plants due to german energy (instead of electricity) needs. What kind of energy are those oil plants producing for Germany?
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  1819. Meanwhile, france desperately imports German electricity because of unreliable nuclear
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  1820.  @bodyloverz30  what are you talking about?
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  1821. The neutral position in this conflict is to be against Russia.
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  1822. Germany is the third biggest supplier of arms to Ukraine. Ask France why they are barely in the top 10.
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  1823.  @ingamgoduka57  China can not import the same amount of gas as Europe due to a lack in pipeline and LNG capacity by Russia. Russia itself says so. Revenue of gas and oil has halved.
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  1824.  @ingamgoduka57  Europe isn’t in big trouble. Russia has almost reached its planned yearly deficit in February. They lost the European gas market, and have to sell their oil with huge discounts. On the other hand, they have to finance an expensive war. They feel the pinch now.
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  1825. It isnt, inflation is normal, we are just not used to it anymore.
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  1826.  @markodmytriyev4215 May you elaborate?
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  1827. Russia is simply run like an capitalistic Oligarchy.
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  1828. Misquoting much? Neither did the governor say it’s the only way, nor did he say no to pay rises, simply to be modest (which can of course be debated).
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  1829.  @JA-pn4ji  yes, it would. Because Russia depends more on gas revenue than Europe depends on Russian gas. The Russian economy is tiny, people are already living at a minimum. You can’t take away much more before they are starving. On the other hand, Europe is rich and has reserves.
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  1830. Why? Germany can live without Russian gas. It would be expensive, but there are other suppliers, and Germany is rich. It can simply outpay other customers
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  1831.  Thisis Gettinboring  russia is not the only supplier of gas to Germany. Reserves are enough for 2 months WHEN no one sells gas to Germany. But there are many countries that do, so it is more than enough
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  1832. What are you talking about? There are no nato troops in the Ukraine, nor are there any plans to station any there
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  1833.  @bellingdog  according to Gorbashow, it wasn’t part of the final agreement.
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  1834.  @bellingdog  Recent history? Russia controlled most eastern countries till 1991. That is rather recent. Putin told Macron that Ukraine is an unwilling beauty which he will take by force. Rape references in a diplomatic exchange are rather unusual.
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  1835.  @bellingdog  because Russians neighbours require protection, and nato offers protection. After decades under Russian control, you don’t want to lose your freedom again because Putin wants to bring back Russias former glory.
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  1836. Conquering a country is one thing, occupation is another. Guerilla war fare is bloody, Ukraine or Georgia Would be rather brutal for the Russian occupation forces.
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  1837.  @tresphorempundu3185  There is also an agreement with the Ukraine that Russia will never question Ukrainian borders (Bucharest Memorandum), which Russia broke by annexing Crimea.
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  1838.  @tresphorempundu3185  i ask because Russia already invaded parts of the Ukraine and annexed Crimea.
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  1839.  @le_draffar5370  Wow. It is deserved to be invaded and annexed.
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  1840. West wants to destroy Russia
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  1841. The video is also factually wrong, too (and by that, I do not mean showing footage of the NVA when talking about the founding of the Bundeswehr 0:58 )
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  1842.  @Rjsjrjsjrjsj  1955-1990. Both the Bundeswehr and NVA were well equipped and staffed. Bundeswehr had the most impressive land force of all western european nations.
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  1843.  @Rjsjrjsjrjsj  You may misunderstood me: I was talking about the German armies (west and east) during the cold war period.
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  1844.  @Crashed131963  That is what I was differentiating: France (and to some extend, UK) are the military powers of Europe that have good to decent offensive capabilities, next to defensive ones. Countries like Finland have great defensive capabilities.
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  1845.  @gingernutpreacher  perseption, not reality. Considering that UK and France work closely together to keep their nuclear capabilities (France is building Hickley Point C so the Uk has access to material for nukes, and provides steel for UK nuclear submarines) I say this is mostly BS
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  1846. Greece? Baltics?
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  1847.  @christophersalazarbonilla6362  because he is an idiot? NATO standardisation is the greatest advertisement to US military industry. Everyone buys F35 thanks to that. Not to mention the massive influence USA gains in Europe in everything concerning security.
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  1848.  @Rjsjrjsjrjsj  Today it was announced that Germany will produce and send 100 PzH2000 to Ukraine. Does this sound like caving in to you?
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  1849.  @Rjsjrjsjrjsj  Reality proves otherwise.
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  1850. Cave in like announcing 100 more PzH2000 to Ukraine?
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  1851. A fellow Perun watcher?
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  1852. Please, this is a power grab and abolishing the rule of law.
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  1853.  @hpsauce1078  Which is a main source for the bad state of the UK economy: its unhealthy focus on London and its unequal wealth distribution.
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  1854.  @mmlas8683  Germanys ruling economic class resides in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and Munich, Leverkusen and Ludwigshafen, not in Berlin. Germany is highly federalised, and has several economic power Centers, non of them is Berlin.
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  1855.  @mmlas8683  Berlin an economic engine? Are you serious? If you cut out Berlin, the GDP per capita in Germany actually increases! Berlin is poor.
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  1856.  @paulhank7967  Financial assets, stocks, derivatives and the likes of that.
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  1857.  @paulhank7967  Assets that were managed in the UK have been moved to the EU.
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  1858.  @titus_philemon  English is actually a franco Germanic language. I am only the messenger, Latin America is a common term, defined as I described above. You may disagree, but dont get angry with the people using it.
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  1859.  @titus_philemon  that’s why I wrote Portuguese
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  1860.  @G4r0s  and Iris T SLM, the First modern Western AA delivered to Ukraine.
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  1861. Russia is losing the economy to support its military. It will only get worse.
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  1862. Absolutely.
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  1863. PzH2000 is worth a mention, too. But yes, HIMARS is just one Tool of many required. So are the hundreds of Tanks Eastern European countries provide (or Russia 😂)
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  1864.  @dontknowdontcare2531  considering German Gas Storage is above 95%, German Winter will be warm and cosy.
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  1865.  @dontknowdontcare2531  so you ran out of arguments, as Russia is running out of Professional troops. Good to know.
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  1866.  @dontknowdontcare2531  you follow Russian propaganda too closely. Ukraine still has much of its initial Equipment. And Western Equipment is superior. Show me a Russian artillery with the same precision as PzH2000. Furthermore, Ukraine took over hundreds of Russian tanks when Russian First tank guard fled
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  1867. Which would mean Russia nuking itself in their eyes, which is a massive Propaganda headache.
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  1868. Nobody sells nukes
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  1869.  @SergioK111  so? That was before Ukraine got decent military equipment. Russia is now the biggest supplier of battle tanks to Ukraine. Ukraines tank force now operates more modern Russian tanks than Russia. All thanks to Russian soldiers rather Running away and leaving their tanks behind.
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  1870.  @RS-ls7mm  it was You referring to the Eu as the country.
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  1871.  @RS-ls7mm  EU a country? Just a little information: the country that most relies on nuclear energy, France, is a member of the EU. You could not be more wrong
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  1872. Already happening. EU started a giant project last year.
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  1873.  @turningpoint4238  hydrogen can be fed in pipelines, even today’s pipelines for natural gas are sufficient. And hydrogen is extremely diverse in its use. It can not only used for energy storage, but there are already plants in operation that produce methanol out of hydrogen and CO2. The idea behind is that this not only replaces oil as a energy source, but also as a source for the chemical industry. The initial costs to build up the infrastructure are high, but the moment they exist hydrogen becomes omnipresent due to its versatility.
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  1874.  @turningpoint4238  true, but not an exclusive issue of hydrogen. Fuel cells in particular have a great energy efficiency. And if you see excess energy from renewables as the main source, the issue disappears. An battery is fully charged at one point, an electrolysis plant is never fully charged.
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  1875. As we drive cars with efficiencies below 20%, it wasn’t an issue so far, was it?
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  1876.  @Ovidiu_I.  platinum is used in every combustion car in the catalyst. And fuel cells are expensive because unlike batteries, they are not mass produced.
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  1877. The building for Hickley Point C in the UK will increase energy costs significantly for the next decades. It is already more expensive than renewables.
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  1878.  @Aspis7  one question: what materials do you test? (Curiosity on my part). We use valves/tubes/torches certified for hydrogen use (I know this molecule quiet easily diffuses into metal), but with the right equipment we never had any issues.
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  1879.  @Aspis7  the Hydrogen torch is my main use of hydrogen to melt quartz. I have a question for you, what is more dangerous: gasoline or hydrogen?
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  1880.  @Aspis7  what is so difficult about it? I work with it on a regular basis. It is non toxic, as long as you have decent ventilation there is no risk of an explosion. I have a lot of chemicals I highly dislike to work with, but hydrogen is none of them.
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  1881.  @PikaPilot  but gasoline is?
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  1882. Another application is to add hydrogen in natural gas pipelines. The European ones can accept around 10% hydrogen.
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  1883. It is rather simple: electrocute water.
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  1884. So is gasoline, which is also toxic and causes cancer.
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  1885. But the much more dangerous gasoline is ok?
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  1886.  @colbyross8365  all your jobs require good Health. So for people with chronic health problems they are not an option. And there are enough young people who have chronic issues, telling a twenty something why they haven’t saved money is rather stupid. Army not an option either, then.
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  1887.  @colbyross8365  calculate for yourself how much money is left after rent when you are on minimum wage
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  1888.  @colbyross8365  even when you are too sick to work?
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  1889.  @JAN0L  they can, as proven time and time again. But there has to be interest to do so, and funding. It was possible as long as people in which politicians were interested lived there.
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  1890.  @tavernburner3066  do you wish that the money goes to public services or private investors? That is the difference between (sufficiently funded) public housing and private housing.
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  1891.  @sabrinarodrigues629  furthermore, it is not their property, so it is simply illegal.
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  1892.  @sabrinarodrigues629  hire someone? Do you have any idea how expensive repairs are? If you live there, you don’t do that because you have money.
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  1893. And where to find affordable housing for the next generation?
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  1894. Yes, I find the fact that UK railroad is now owned by other national railroad companies (Germany, France...) rather funny.
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  1895.  Vinay Paul  German Infrastructure score 90.2 US Infrastructure score 87.9 If the German infrastructure is as bad as you say, the US is even worse. (source: Global country ranking by quality of infrastructure 2019 by by M. Szmigiera, May 14, 2021) What is your obsession with skyscrapers? They are only necessary if the land value is high, otherwise they are just rather expensive (square meter per $ investment is bad). German infrastructure is actually younger than US, as most was destroyed in the 2. WW and had to be rebuild.
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  1896.  @wgameplay2719  VAT does exist in the US, but not as a federal tax like in Germany, but as a state tax. I am aware of the size and population difference. Still, US lacks investment in key infrastructure. Politically, if there was the choice between investment and tax cuts, the later was always chosen, and the US now suffers.
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  1897.  @wgameplay2719  The size difference between USA and Germany is a factor of 30. Please elaborate what you mean by aid for many years. The size difference does not explain the lack of high speed rail network in the USA, does it?
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  1898. USA in NATO prevent wars. Why do you think Russia is not attacking the Baltics? They are afraid of USA backed NATO.
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  1899. Considering the state of Sri Lanka, I doubt the belt and road initiative has much of a future
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  1900.  @johnschmidt1262  I do know a bit about AI and Maschine learning, especially its Limitations. But they are great buzz works for marketing.
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  1901.  @johnschmidt1262  computers are based and logic. The market isn’t, as it is driven by irrational human behaviour.
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  1902.  @J_X999  Pettis may state what he wants, history still proves him wrong.
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  1903. No. USA is simply protected by 2 oceans and has a massive landmass. It is a nightmare to invade. Gun ownership does not play any role in this.
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  1904.  @harrycharlton1459  you know who will be ruling if triggering article 16 was justified? The ECJ. And the UK will be bound by it due to international law.
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  1905.  Leroy Jenkins v3.0  in the United Kingdom of Great Britain AND Northern Ireland. Guess why there is an AND. Because Ireland is not Britain
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  1906.  Leroy Jenkins v3.0  ECJ is ruling about Northern Irish, not British, affairs. So no worries.
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  1907. UK is too weak. Can’t even trade with the word without EU ports.
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  1908. I would go further. Putin is holding blood and soil speeches, copying Germanys excuse for taking Sudetenland, and talks about spitting out anyone who dares to oppose him (in Russia) like a fly. Complement that with the total destruction of any opposition media or voice, the military training in schools by the Russian equivalent of the Hitler Youth (Junarmija) and the pure indoctrination on any level, there is no question that Russia is now fascist. Just apply Umberto Eco`s 14 questions: The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.” The rejection of modernism. “The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.” The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.” Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.” Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.” Appeal to social frustration. “One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.” The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.” The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.” Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.” Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.” Everybody is educated to become a hero. “In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death.” Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality.” Selective populism. “There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People.” Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak. “All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.”
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  1909.  @RaptorJesus  Indeed. Even the reasoning for recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk looks like it was just copied and pasted from Nazi Germanys reasoning for Sudetenland.
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  1910. Listening to Putins speeches about collecting Russian soil, saying Ukraine doesn’t really exist and he is the great uniter, I fear his motives are much more sinister, driven by an ethno nationalist imperialist mindset.
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  1911.  @adrianrouse5148  Brussels isn’t silent. Eu commissioner for fishing has stated support for France.
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  1912. Even saying that its illegal, but still wanting to do it.
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  1913. Sad that people like Epstein and his friends now have a harder time?
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  1914.  @jhanes3791  of course you can pick and chose who you sue.
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  1915.  @PanglossDr  What do you mean, by what authority? It is the law. In the UK. Any legislation that interferes with the Queens business has to be put in front of her before being put in front of parliament. It is called Queens consent.
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  1916.  @wildbull5722  I did my own research. No bank of the name Germany bank exists.
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  1917.  @wildbull5722  What is Germany bank? It cant be one of the top 5 german banks, as I know them. Why is this bank relevant?
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  1918.  @wildbull5722  there is no Germany Bank?
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  1919.  @gavinhill3164  the EU was never about to implement checks. The second the idea came up it was already rejected.
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  1920.  Heid The Ba'  what kind of barriers. I have read nothing of that sorts. What has the Uk done?
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  1921.  John Bull  if the EU would have breached anything, the UK would have Süd- them.
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  1922.  Heid The Ba'  how?
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  1923. German industry is less dependent on gas than others. Russian gas be cheaper is also a misconception. Don’t worry, German industry is quickly adapting to the changing environment.
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  1924. The UK is not part of the EU (anymore)
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  1925.  @ericsaxon5736  considering that Russia is using Italian machine tools to build their tanks, which are now under sanctions and they don’t get spares anymore: no, they can’t.
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  1926. Zeihan has no clue. He claimed German electricity production is only 7% renewable, it is at 50%. He also claimed nuclear was replaced by coal, which is false. Nuclear and coal were replaced by renewables. Germany exports electricity.
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  1927.  @josephman1488  that is not a reason. Companies without competition existed through time. Why would Airbus fail without competition? Why would it disappear?
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  1928. Poland said they give 14 Leopard2 to Ukraine.
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  1929.  @Paul2.4T  cables were an issue, as the pilot had not enough body strength to pull the levers without hydraulic support (which had to be turned of to deactivate MCAS).
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  1930.  @dannyvalentino328 it is a simple fact that the financial departments of many companies know the flow of money, but not what it is moving. Knowing where the parts come for what is not their job.
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  1931.  @adiadindas  I make it simple: EU big, UK small. Same with NAFTA: USA big, Canada/Mexico small. The big one dictates the terms. Welcome to the world outside the largest trading block: it is unfair, unforgiving and nobody gives a damn about you crying. Does not change the fact that your initial sentence, no country in the world, is still false.
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  1932. For authenticity, there are papers. Regarding smart watches: they cater to a different market segment. Automatic watches are technical obsolete since the quartz movement (so some 50 years), but stuck around as there are people valuing them. Not only as a signal of wealth (there are many automatic watches far below the $1000 price tag), but for other reasons (valuing the mechanic elegance, a fashion statement…). They will stick around, as they have a market. They will coexist with smart watches.
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  1933.  @johnmcalester5165 more like paying Tory donors a lot of money for inferior medical equipment and track and trace.
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  1934.  @korneliawankum9091  dann erklären Sie mir bitte, warum die große Mehrheit der COVID Patienten auf Normalstation liegt
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  1935.  @renatecornely1200  70% der durch COVID auf der Intensiv liegenden Patienten sind nicht geimpft. Ich beziehe meine Daten vom RKI, aber es steht Ihnen frei, mich mit einer Quelle zu Wiederlegen.
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  1936.  @Havamal3  Deutschland ist neben Südkorea das Land mit den höchsten Krankenhauskapazitäten weltweit. Wer mal über den nationalen Tellerrand blickt und sieht, wie andere Länder handeln und was funktioniert, der findet die selbe Antwort: Impfpflicht. Und Massenkontrolle? Wir posten hier beide auf Youtube, der Zug ist lange abgefahren.
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  1937.  @saymyname2417  Ein Impfstoff zeigt seine Nebenwirkungen entweder Wochen nach dem Spritzen, oder es gibt keine. Das liegt in der Natur der Sache, da der Impfstoff innerhalb von Tagen im Körper abgebaut wird. Entweder er hat bis dahin einen Schaden angerichtet, oder wird es nie tun. 70% der Patienten auf der Intensiv sind ungeimpft, obwohl sie nur 30% der Bevölkerung ausmachen. Wie viel mehr Beweise für die Wirksamkeit des Impfstoffes brauchen Sie noch?
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  1938.  @Havamal3  Die Verursacher des Leidens, der überlasteten Krankenhäuser, sind nun mal die Ungeimpften.
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  1939.  @martinaholzapfel5799  Das Immunsystem wird mittels Impfung trainiert. Das ist ja genau eine Impfung: Training des Immunssystems.
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  1940.  @jupaul4057  Ich bin eingeschränkt, weil Ungeimpfte die Intensivstationen verstopfen und die medizinische Versorgung in Deutschland gefährden.
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  1941.  @angiegonzales4091  Er hatte eine Waffenbesitzkarte aufgrund eines Jagdscheins, und dieser wurde ihm aberkannt. Warum ist (bisher) nicht öffentlich, aber da reichen schon kleinere Vergehen für aus.
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  1942. @Scyth manchmal ist dem so. Manchmal wurde alles richtig gemacht und trotzdem kommt es zu einer Tragödie.
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  1943. Zur Reserve zählt jeder, der in den letzten 5 Jahren bei der Armee war. Und Reservisten dürfen nur im Kriegsfall verwendet werden. Russlands Herr hat 300 Tausend Mann. Über die Hälfte davon ist bereits in der Ukraine. Die Aussage von Bild stimmt.
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  1944.  @frantsuzov  Wie wir sehen, taugt weder die russische Armee noch die russische Propaganda was.
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  1945.  @frantsuzov  die Existenz von Nord Stream 2 beweist, das wir nicht von den USA besetzt sind. Wären wir besetzt, wäre sie nie gebaut worden.
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  1946.  @ula-laszka  Alle Gebiete, welche Russland im Budapester Memorandum als Ukrainisch anerkannt hat.
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  1947. A tank should never be used alone, but in combined arms warfare: infantry and drones covering tanks, while the tanks bring the firepower. This is were Russia went wrong. They literally send their tanks down routes unaccompanied, a death sentence since WW2
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  1948.  @teargass1849  the Forbes article I cited in my previous comment puts the hourly cost of a F16C at $8,278, less than a third of the costs of a F35. May I ask where your number comes from?
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  1949.  @teargass1849  the Video Said the Military is looking for a F35 replacement because it’s a failure, you say it is just the next generation. Alright, I am not deep enough in the topic to say who is right. BUT: You claim the F35 will be cheaper as it will replace lots of different aircrafts, resulting in simpler procedures and less complexity. At first, sounds good. I took the time to check the costs per flight hour, and this argument crumbles. A flight hour of the F35 costs more than three times of an F16, and still 20-30% more than a F15. It costs 4 times more than an A10. How can it be cheaper when it costs several times more to operate than multiple types of aircrafts (my source is Forbes, Aug 16, 2016, by Niall McCarthy). If you have a source explaining while cost per flight hour do not matter, I’m interested.
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  1950.  @teargass1849  if the program is as successful as you claim, why does the military want a new jet?
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  1951.  @teargass1849  if the F35 was meant to cut costs, resulting in the most expensive program ever, I would say mission failed.
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  1952.  @timminh468  so why aren’t their in donbass?
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  1953.  @evryatis9231  That is what Putin said in his speech and his publications of last year: he wants to reunite historic Russia and collect Russian soil
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  1954.  @hamletksquid2702  Quote: "during the shelling of Kyiv, Russian shells hit the radioactive waste storage facility of the Kyiv branch of the Radon Association - the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine"
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  1955. Far far away? No. NATO is in nato member states. No NATO inside Russian borders. Russia is close to its borders, but not always inside its border, and that is the problem. NATO never agreed to not expand eastwards.
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  1956. NATO has nukes, too. And how can Russia be cornered? Its not Russia being attacked.
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  1957.  @JOEL00111  how do you know? And may I ask what you see as a victory? Because following Putins speeches and what Russian media published, his goal was the complete control over Ukraine and its annexation. This is now not achievable and therefor Russia can not win. If you believe Russia had a different objective, would you mind to share? Because I can only assess if Russia is winning when I know what you think.
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  1958.  @raycroal  Is this the professor who says it’s all natos fault? Thank you, no, I had my fair share with academics with fancy titles who had no clue what they are talking about.
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  1959.  @JOEL00111  the VDV are not rookies, but one of Russias most elite troops. They died in the beginning. WW2 tanks? Are you serious? What WW2 tank has been operated in Ukraine? What I see are T64, T72, T80 and T90 tanks, some of which are the most up to date tanks Russia has to offer (not counting the T14, but this one is still not there in sufficient numbers)
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  1960.  @raycroal  Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 and annexed it, following the support of separatist movements in the east. That started the war.
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  1961.  @raycroal  Taking an airport and losing it again is a defeat. How would you describe the loss of the Russian flag ship? What brilliant Russian strategy is behind that?
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  1962.  @amateur9626  you don’t get out much, do you?
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  1963.  @amateur9626  the size of the Russian army is now smaller than Ukrainians. I repeat: reservists is anyone who was in military service in the last 5 years. No active force. No interest in fighting. Only be able to be used in war times. And according to Russia, there is no war. Ground forces are 300000. most of them are in Ukraine.
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  1964.  @purpledevilr7463  Out of interest, how many Russians do you know? For my part, I married into a Russian family, who thinks Putin is the devil. I also follow the news of numerous protests in Russia against Putin.
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  1965.  @christopherstein2024  well, that is the issue China has: Russia recognised the separatist regions as sovereign nations
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  1966. Bucharest memorandum. A binding international treaty.
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  1967. what right has Russia to decide about other countries future? If Ukraine wants to join NATO, it is their decision, not Russia. My family is partly Russian. They are pissed because they see Ukraine as brothers/sisters. You dont attack your family. Putin did.
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  1968. 35% of gas used in Europe comes from Russia.
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  1969. Please, ugly campaigns are nothing exclusively right wing, every party does that. It is part of the game, and the Greens were attacked even more in the past. And the problem for the Greens is: their candidate made errors. Her CV was false. She forgot to declare income. Parts of her book were copied. If you want to win an election, you are not allowed to make such stupid mistakes.
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  1970.  @matthewbaynham6286  i did google, I found no law. So please provide details.
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  1971. Not really. There were times when the CDU said the SPD is a communist party. The conversation actually got more civilized.
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  1972.  @andrewalther4353  Is it? And one question: the Greens are an established party, are they not?
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  1973.  @Twocat5side  No. I just question why to use the most expensive method, which is also one of the worst for the environment (mining uranium is terrible), if you can supply a country with cheap, clean energy by a mixture of other techs (solar, water, wind, gas, and if you have excess power, turn it into hydrogen to store or for usage in chemical processes). Nuclear power plants are outdated, expensive and have no advantage compared to other technologies available.
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  1974.  @ihavenojawandimustscream4681  Good joke. Take a look at Hickley Point C. There is no source of Energy as expensive as nuclear.
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  1975.  @ihavenojawandimustscream4681  wind energy, and more gas turbines.
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  1976.  @VienPeaaace  I wish I were, I could need the money.
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  1977. They werent, only those who are paid by Russia.
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  1978. The republics of Donzek are not recognised by UNO, therefor article 51 can not be applied. Stop repeating Russian lies without rebuking them!
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  1979.  @Henry-xu5jg  Yes? Labour party is a social democratic party. Starmer is their leader. Ergo he is a social democrat.
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  1980. Why is Starmer not a social democrat?
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  1981.  @Debre.  How so? The US Democrats (as their version of a left wing party) are mostly against universal health care. This alone puts them on the far right on economic terms in the EU political spectrum.
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  1982.  @hs5312  who does give support to Ukraine? USA. Who is the main member of NATO? USA
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  1983.  @kosmonarrat  good for its members.
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  1984. Nothing made by humans is perfect. But Nato brings more good than harm to the world.
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  1985.  @theonlylauri  being the biggest news network is not a niche.
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  1986.  @theonlylauri  Fox News is not woke, is it? Elite universities are busy educating the children of Arab and Chinese rich, these are hardly woke, too.
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  1987.  @theonlylauri  Media is such an artificial construct. And education is so underfunded that they would not be able to indoctrinate anyone with any ideology, even if they wanted to.
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  1988.  @TheSlyngel  Common market means same regulations for everyone in industries. If you sell the wood to other EU countries, rules have to be the same for everyone.
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  1989.  @carl6589  Forestry is an industry, and if you want a single market, harmonized standards in industries are necessary. Therefor this is not a local issue, or did the EU parliament pass a law exclusively on Swedish forests?
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  1990.  @carl6589  Ok, I am certain you can give examples of the EU parliament focusing on local politics?
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  1991.  @Xsomono  in Germany, MPs are only partly voted for directly, the others are appointed via party lists.
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  1992.  @strupp1  but you did, you voted for the German government, which takes one council seat.
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  1993.  @Xsomono  I have misread your comment, but you have apparently misread mine. I was talking about cabinet members.
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  1994.  @Xsomono  Head of State and Head of government are two different things. And neither Germany nor Austria vote for their cabinet. It is in fact a main negotiation point in coalition talks: who gets what post. So you are misinformed.
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  1995. But they want to stay in the EU.
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  1996.  @oinamthoujal8196  Yes, US is moving military away from Europe and focus on the pacific.
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  1997. Still stuck in the cold war? Russia is of minor concern to the US, their focus in on China.
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  1998.  @squirrel9999  so they say. Russia has lied almost all the time, and even if they aimed for it, Russia is infamous for their lack of accuracy. Furthermore, why did they first denied it? The message Russia send is clear: they don’t give a f*** about treaties.
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  1999. Russia has attacked port facilities. You don’t go with your ship where Russia is shooting.
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  2000.  @rehsus6705  The most expensive way to produce power is nuclear, as Hickley Point C in the UK proofs.
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  2001.  @0xCAFEF00D  German population hates nuclear energy. With passion.
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  2002. Söder played it well, but last chance? As one of his close allies is now under criminal investigation due to corruption with buying masks, he has baggage.
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  2003. The Greens get their votes from a similar spectrum than CDU (see BaWü), I would be surprised if their voters would vote for die Linke, which is usually more dependent on protest votes (similar to the AFD).
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  2004. If the poll was on Sunday, but Laschet was only officially announced this week, I see a problem with your argument.
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  2005. Well, German population dislike a disunited party, and with the whole Latschet/Söder discussion, they got bad press. If they now unite again and start a decent campaign, they might regain their first place in the polls. But even if they will win the election, they might not become the party of chancellor, if the Greens build a coalition with the SPD and Linke or FDP.
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  2006. Because baden-wuerttemberg is looking so bad?
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  2007. baden-wuerttemberg, Germany`s industrial powerhouse, has a Green Minister president (governor) since 2011, they reelected them twice now. Why would it be a disaster?
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  2008.  @salzkasten  Than post a link to that study. Point remains that health care costs are deductible from taxes.
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  2009.  @salzkasten  P.S. as part of the German tax system, you can also deduct most of the insurances from your tax, so in effect, your income tax is reduced by social insurances.
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  2010.  @salzkasten  I would like a citation to prove that please. Furthermore, what about the countries that doesnt? You have to include the costs of private healthcare then for a fair comparison. And what about unemployment and pension insurance? Have to included, too, private as well, or you can not compare. You wrote taxes. Germany DOES NOT have the highest income tax in the world, it is a simple fact. Furthermore, if you are in the bracket of income that you pay the highest taxes in Germany, you are free to leave for a private insurance. And your whole argument falls apart.
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  2011.  @salzkasten  You mean areas like health insurance, pension insurance, unemployment insurance. These are NOT TAXES, but as the name suggest, INSURANCES.
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  2012.  @Anakianaj  Issue is, Ruhrgebiet has the same problems as all the former heavy industry areas (rust belt...) of other countries: the lack of decently paid jobs for blue collar workers. The coal industry is one of the few left. Taking away this last resort for already deprived areas would result in a aggressive reaction from the voters, most likely turning to far right parties like the AFD. And it is incredibly difficult to transform those regions in a way that said workers would get a alternative job at similar wage. So while the majority might welcome the structural change, you have to be careful to not cruelly take away the livelihoods of a minority.
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  2013.  @karankapoor2701  New years eve in Cologne were 2 cases of rape, while this is too much, the description of mass rape is just wrong.
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  2014.  @ewoudalliet1734  please Proof that scientists favour nuclear.
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  2015.  ger du  we can dive deep in the cultural division in Belgium and its resulting consequences of lack of cooperation if the regions. Still, Belgium is doing alright.
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  2016.  @anteeko  still, Russia will not OWN the global food supply, just a part of it.
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  2017. Transnistia Does not want to become part of Russia. This is false.
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  2018.  @yurichtube1162  so when western support prevented Ukrainian defeat, why wouldn’t the same apply to the future? Your argument is actually proving while Russia will lose: Ukraine gets supplied by the west, so as long as this flows, it will never run out. Russia has to supply itself and already relies on old Sowjet stockpiles. They eventually run out as they can not produce what they require. Ergo: Russia is on borrowed time
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  2019.  @189Blake  NATO is suppling Ukraine with satellite and awacs data. Why do you think Ukrainian army knows exactly where Russia is storing its ammo and has its command posts?
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  2020.  @biocapsule7311  You misunderstood. The agreements have to be constantly renegotiated to stay in force, by every piece of new EU legislation, the corresponding Swiss-EU treaty ceases to apply, reducing Swiss market access to the EU.
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  2021.  @Slithermotion  Africa’s GDP is equal to France. How long do they have to grow to even become equal to Germany? And trade is always a function of market size divided by distance. Asia and Africa will not grow so fast too compensate for loss of EU trade.
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  2022. If even the UK government says that in parliament, I do not understand why not just call the international treaty breaking internal market bill...
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  2023.  @JamesC785  looking at the length of Putins tables, he has an almost paranoid fear of death. And nuclear war is suicidal, so I am not afraid
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  2024.  @4vesta255  Milking the UK government of all the money is incompetence? All Tory donors beg to differ. Only reason is politics? Well, you failed. Because politics is the most import issue you have to solve to achieve anything. But out of curiosity, what is the the simple solution of nuclear waste storage?
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  2025.  @12kenbutsuri  See, that is were I disagree again. I am a dreamer and still hope for Fusion.
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  2026.  @12kenbutsuri  You can debate if it was a good idea to close Nuclear plants before their time, but blame that on CDU/Merkel, not the Greens. I give you the costs for each method of energy production, current costs, not estimations: Nuclear power (Hickley point C, as it is the most recent Western European project of that kind): 10 million Euro/MW Offshore wind energy : 2.5-4.2 million Euro/MW Onshore wind energy: 3.2 million Euro/MW Solar power: 170k Euro/MW Nuclear energy is just a waste of money at this point.
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  2027.  @12kenbutsuri  Gas, solar, wind, and hydrogen/batteries as storage. Building a new nuclear powerplant takes decades and costs 30bn (Hickley point C). in the same time for the same money, you can completely revolutionize a countries energy grid.
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  2028.  @12kenbutsuri  If you explain to me how you ensure that the area is controlled for millennia to come, go for it. Nuclear power (fission) is noncompetitive. We have better technologies available. It is the most expensive, takes forever to build, is high risk, the majority of the population is against it. So why use it? Look at Hickley PointC in the UK.
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  2029. Well, it was the CDU banning nuclear power in the aftermath of Fukushima, and it is the will of the majority of the German population (+75% against). Furthermore, nuclear power is a rather bad example: -it is more expensive than any other technology (Hickely PointC will increase energy prices for the next decades in the UK) -problems of waste storage and uranium mining are massive
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  2030. @Tom R not completely, but rather close.
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  2031.  @theral056  But this is what has happened, but the notifications were ignored.
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  2032. There were several warnings, also send to the population. they were ignored.
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  2033.  @Terrorrai1  It was the state and federal government investing into the city of Cologne. It is, as always, a question of the most bang for the buck.
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  2034.  @Schmidtelpunkt  She presented herself as the counter offer to the CDU: scandal free, honest, caring of details. This image was crushed immediately. The error was the core message of her political campaign.
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  2035.  @JC-to5by  BS. German system gives very limited power the the federal government, it is controlled by parliament (Greens would require a coalition) and the states.
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  2036. I doubt it. The CDU did not had a majority for how long now?
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  2037. Sirens might have helped as to put the population on alert. People would than check what it is about and not get surprised while in bed
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  2038.  @Janoip  Wasnt Fukushima during the CDU/FDP coalition?
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  2039. Did he? I am no fan of Laschet, but the performance of NRW during Covid is on average of other states, and rather good for vaccination.
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  2040.  @moisuomi  That is the reason why I think the SPD might have a (small) chance.
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  2041.  @moisuomi  German voters dislike instability. Changing candidate months before election is a sign of instability. It would be a high risk gamble.
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  2042.  @fabiansaerve  I question that Bavaria has the best system in general. It is just decently financed.
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  2043.  @jonasklapper2875  I can argue why South Korea, being effectively a island nation, is in a different situation, but I take that point. What do you want to decrease, and why do you believe this would improve anything? Remember, my question always is: will there be a single point of failure? What safeguards do you plan?
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  2044.  @jonasklapper2875  Name a centralized country of similar size that does it better.
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  2045.  @jonasklapper2875  Now imagine a person like Johnson being Chancellor and in charge of Germanys covid response. Full disaster. Only because we had Merkel, who has a scientific mindset, the federal government was in favor of restrictions. Single point of failure: if you have an idiot in charge in a centralized system, you are doomed.
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  2046. It is by far the best part. Centralized systems ruin everything at once. A federal system has safeguards. Just compare Germany`s reaction to Covid to the centralized approach of England.
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  2047.  @fabiansaerve  The CSU usually gets the ministry of transportation in government. An over proportional percentage of spending is then detected in Bavaria on transportation.
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  2048. I talked to some german women about her. They see her as back to the 50s, with the mindset that a woman has three priorities: Kitchen, church, children (a little more elegant in German, the three Ks, Küche, Kinder, Kirche). on top of that, her position on homosexuality and same sex marriage, areas that are not controversial in the majority of german population, disqualifies her to lead a center party.
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  2049. Merz himself worked hard to be seen as the pro rich candidate.
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  2050.  @ryanvanderveer4263  don’t ask me, but those are the official Russian Numbers
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  2051.  @ryanvanderveer4263  no, they do not have two million men, but one million. And only 300k are ground forces, of which 70% are deployed in Ukraine.
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  2052. @Юрий & Ко Ukraine has the most fertile land on this planet. It is a massive geopolitical asset. As one of EU major policies is food security, having Ukraine closely aligned or even a member is in the interest of the EU and its members.
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  2053. @Юрий & Ко May you explain why?
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  2054. What did Putin gain? He further pushes Ukraine towards the EU and accelerates EU´s move to decrease energy dependence. Russia needs EU money, they are rather poor.
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  2055. Latvia has double the gas storage capacity of the UK. The EU currently has 20% of its yearly gas consumption in storage.
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  2056.  @liverii6540  China pressured Russia into selling gas below costs. So, no.
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  2057.  @Michael-mh2tw  So do you support abortions under certain terms, and are therefor against the court ruling?
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  2058. Nuking another country unprovoked is in Putins rights? Sure buddy
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  2059. Why should Ukraine sacrifice its population to Russian rape and torture?
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  2060.  @teok8855  simple logic: what will Putin gain by the use of tactical nukes? Almost nothing. Ukraine may just continue its counter offensive. What will he lose? Support from China and India, and therefor what is left of Russias pathetic economy. Furthermore, if Russia uses nukes, the west can send long range weapons to Ukraine, so Ukraine can strike Moscow.
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  2061. Will he? Because if he does, he will lose support of china and India. And the west may stop fooling around and start full economic war: trade embargo with russia, any country that trades with russia, and any country that trades with a Russian trading country. No more games.
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  2062. @The Australian Deplorable Why would the US blow NS up in a way everybody notices? If the US would have done it, we would not know that it was sabotage.
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  2063.  @shgalagalaa  they do. There are enough confirmed reports out there.
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  2064. How is socialist defined? I have learned it is an ideology opposing private property and ownership. By that definition, most parties mentioned here are not socialist.
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  2065.  @snakebite1033  just google German election results and check that they are published by the Wahlleiter.
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  2066.  @snakebite1033  they are counted.
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  2067. No, Putin is failing. Even if he wins the war in Ukraine, the price will be Russia`s independence. With Europe cutting ties and finding new supplier for gas/oil, Russia becomes the gas station of China.
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  2068. "As of 2019, as many as 2 million people had left Russia since Vladimir Putin became president, and many are entrepreneurs, creatives, and academics, the Atlantic Council, an international-affairs think tank, found." Russian 'brain drain' of academic, finance, and tech workers 'might be the most important problem' for its economy, experts say March 6, 2022 Business Insider
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  2069.  @danielreborn4707  They were integrated into the Ukrainian defense force and thereby ridden of their fanatics. But if you want to talk about Nazis, why not mention Putins Russian blood and soil speeches, or him coping Hitlers excuses to take over another country?
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  2070.  @Positronic20136  you do not understand the Problem: it’s not the EU that will stop selling its stuff to the UK, it is the UKs lack of border infrastructure that will delay shipments so the food arrives spoiled.
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  2071.  @VME-Brad  so certain products will be more expensive in the UK due to Brexit, like fresh fruits and vegetables, no matter what.
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  2072.  @dnbattley  one problem: UK food imports from places like South America are entering via Rotterdam. The UK does not have the necessary port facilities to import them on their own.
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  2073. No warplanes involved and no forced landing.
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  2074.  @callum1131  one of many official languages of the EU.
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  2075.  @callum1131  Nobody, as there is no need to. The EU just passed its budget for the next 7 years taking into account that UK has left.
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  2076.  @octavianpopescu4776  marriage is not a religious institution. It is a legal framework, deciding to merge to entities into one, economically, on rights to decide matters for each other, on responsibilities for each other. Nothing religious about it, you can marry without being part of any religion.
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  2077. The CDU could win the federal elections (getting most of the votes), but still be opposition. As unlike the UK with FPTP, Germany uses PR, which usually results in coalition governments. And if the other parties decide to govern without the CDU and have 50% of the parliamentarian seats, the term winning is quiet meaningless. For example, the CDU was junior partner in the Baden Würtenberg government.
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  2078.  @Emanuel-E  Every country has special deals with the EU. By your logic, all members have to leave.
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  2079.  @Emanuel-E  You are wrong. Denmark has an official opt out of the Euro. Nobody wants to kick them out.
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  2080.  @mweskamppp  no. The rules for joining the EU are that the country needs to have its own, stable currency to proof that they are economical healthy. If a country does not have its own currency, it effectively can not join.
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  2081.  @ommsterlitz1805  Swiss airspace is protected by NATO. Is this neutral?
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  2082. Iris T is the most advanced system (2014). But as only one system is delivered so far, its relevance is limited.
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  2083. The west is not even using its big systems (fighter jets, main battle tanks, the navy). Click bait title.
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  2084. Yes, but it was pure propaganda. the additional red tape, the replacement of the EU agencies with UK ones and the economic loss far outweighs the contributions to the EU.
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  2085. The contribution to the EU is not calculated on taxes, but percentage of the nations GNI.
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  2086.  @geisterfahreruberholer2171  Did you listen by any chance to the Opposition, like Lega? They sit in the parliament, but not in the government. You are aware of the difference? And what do you mean by crap? Politicians mostly talk crap, but it is mostly irrelevant, too. Be more specific.
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  2087.  @geisterfahreruberholer2171  Italy`s government is anti EU? Since when? Apparently you aren`t really informed about politics.
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  2088. EU budget is passed, too.
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  2089.  @vod96  I would say a bit of both, but mostly the first.
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  2090. Now imagine if Netanyahu would not need a coalition but could pass any law he wishes….
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  2091.  @DeutschlandMapping  unfortunately, you will be correct. I had very few examples of people from the opposite side engaging in a conversation, and at least agree on the facts, while they led us to different conclusions. But those are rare. I really dis like this post truth reality created by Trump et al. It is rather boring and predictable. Discussions are no mental exercise, but a shouting match.
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  2092.  @DeutschlandMapping  yes, but if one make such comments, I want facts, not ultra right wing fairytales. Usually the only reply is silence.
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  2093.  @karankapoor2701  name one.
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  2094.  @maxxor-overworldhero6730  no, the chancellor is not the head of the federation, but the president. Still not found a single name of the many parties? Wonder why…
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  2095.  @Alexander-zt9kz  will his generals agree? Putin can not use nukes without their consent.
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  2096.  @KatariaGujjar  it didn’t work, because they haven’t taken the east.
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  2097.  @Malusdarkblades11  well, in Germany, it is called a Schützenpanzer. A tank. This is the official classification by the Bundeswehr.
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  2098. Depends on the language used. In German, even the Gepard is considered a tank, so is the Marder.
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  2099.  @ArkBlanc  no. Use google translate, deepL or whatever. Look how tank is translated into German. It is Panzer.
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  2100.  @ArkBlanc  please don’t explain my own language to me. The German translation for tank is Panzer.
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  2101.  @SHN0o1  you know what the classification of Marder is in Germany? Panzer (Tank), or to be precise, Schützenpanzer. An MBT is called Kampfpanzer. But they are all called Panzer (tank)
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  2102.  @ArkBlanc  I know. But in German, an IFV is called a tank (Schützenpanzer) an MBT is called a tank (Kampfpanzer), a APC (in case of the Boxer) is called a tank (Radpanzer). What I want to say is that this discussion is about language, not technicalities. What you name a tank follows no law or rules.
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  2103. Well, in German, an MBT is called a Panzer (Tank), and a IFV is called a Panzer (Tank). It is more about language what is called a tank.
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  2104.  @matteuz7384  10000 of what? T52, half rusted away with no stabilised gun or night vision? Hardly a threat. Russia lost its best tanks, and now has to replace them with old equipment. The evidence is clear: Russia massively reduced its consumption of artillery shells and guided missiles. Reason? They burned through most of their stock and now have to be careful.
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  2105.  @matteuz7384  Russian first guard tank army was so kind to donate its tanks to Ukraine when they run away. Furthermore, what is artillery superiority worth when you: A: miss most of the time B: run low on shells Finally, how come in the last six months it was Ukraine regaining territory, while Russia was in retreat?
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  2106.  @EdgelordOfEdginess  You are correct, thanks, I edit my post.
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  2107.  @BernasLL  Germans HATE nuclear power. If you want to be kicked out of office, be pro nuclear. A simple democratic principle: dont implement policies the vast majority furiously hates.
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  2108.  @Croz89  The anti nuclear movement is rather old in Germany (70s/80s), it is the origin of the German Green party. It was an anti establishment movement, the pressure came from the other side (politics, industry, economy). German energy prices are 52.5 % taxes, only 22.9% are energy production.
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  2109.  @Croz89  There is a rather simple logic: the people want it. Democracy and all that. You can not keep a policy the vast majority of a population hatefully opposes.
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  2110.  @Croz89  With any other technology, you get more electricity for the money. Nuclear is the most expensive one of them all. It takes literal decades to build them, they cost tens of billions, and they arent even that reliable (France hat currently 25% of its reactors in an unplanned shutdown)
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  2111.  @valentinmitterbauer4196  the EU never was only a economic Union, but a political one. The ever closer Union predates Austrias membership by decades.
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  2112. If you are only really familiar with the US/UK election system, you only consider the 2/3 biggest parties. If you live in a PR democracy, you are used to a spectra of parties of of sizes and shapes, being successful by implementing their policies without ever getting even close to a majority.
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  2113. Anti nuclear is deeply rooted in Germany and the founding myth of the German Greens, their creation partly the anti nuclear movement of Germany in the 80s. This issue is also already solved in Germany, the end of nuclear plants was decided two decades ago. If you want to lose an election in Germany, say you want to build new nuclear plants.
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  2114.  @prkp7248  How can the reason be nonmodernization for higher prices, if Hickley Point C is not yet finished building? Furthermore, only 2.9% of electricity produced in the UK is done so with oil, but it is the oil companies fault? Oil is not a primary source of electricity in most countries... You claim to be of this profession, but do not know this? I specifically ask why GERMANY has not solved this issue. You gave no answer.
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  2115.  @prkp7248  Ok, I am interested: why does Germany still has no solution for its nuclear waste then? Why will Hickley Point C increase the prices for UK consumers for the next decades, being the most expensive of all ways to produce electricity? I am curious.
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  2116.  @prkp7248  If you ever look at Uranium mines and what they do to the environment, you would scrap the environmental friendly bit immediately. Not to mention the issues of how and where to put the nuclear waste. Germany still has huge issues in the regions where Uranium was mined. Furthermore, nuclear power is the most expensive of all. Look at Hickley Point C, which will increase costs for UK consumers for the next decades. Nuclear power is just outdated until fusion (if ever) is figured out. Alternatives are cheaper, safer, quicker, better.
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  2117. What economic collapse? Unlike Russian economy, western economics are growing.
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  2118.  @namenamename390  if an army is not capable to keep the logistics running, it is incompetent. The tooth might be great, but it is the tail that wins wars.
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  2119.  @physiocrat7143  I don’t see your last post here?
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  2120.  @physiocrat7143  What market access has the EU deprived its citizens of, as the EU is the entity with the most free trade agreements, and therefor, most access to other markets, in the world?
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  2121.  @physiocrat7143  So why does Turkey fear to be kicked out then? Why do they stay in the CU?
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  2122. Russian economy -4% in second quarter, tank production at 0 due to sanctions, car production at -95%. (To compare: France +0.5%, Germany 0.0%). They soon lose their best customer (EU) and have nobody to replace it (no spare pipeline capacity to China/India). Furthermore, Finland and Sweden are joining NATO, which increases protection of the Baltics and makes St. P easy prey. Massive Brain drain (I know a good dozen of Russians who left the country, all in their 30s with academic degrees), crippled aviation sector (no spare parts for their Boeing/Airbus fleet). Russia is truly f*****.
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  2123. Considering Orbans land claims for Ukrainian territory, it is even more complicated.
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  2124.  @zoom777  no, it would not, as both USA and UK can retaliate with nukes, and Putin really likes Moscow.
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  2125.  WAR  I suppose the 97% refers to active combat ground forces, of which Russia has 200-300k.
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  2126.  @roberto8650  the war started 2014
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  2127.  @Theorimlig  Every EU country has exactly the same autonomy over immigration! EU citizens are covered by freedom of movement, anyone else is a matter for each individual country. If the EU has no influence over agriculture, there would be no single market for foodstuff, and borders including inspections would be required. Single market means same rules and regulations. Furthermore, it is not the EU deciding on CAP, but the EU members inside the EU framework, telling EU bodies what to do. It is a huge misconception that the EU decides anything on its own. It is only a tool of its member nations, and only if it is in the will of said members, the EU does anything.
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  2128.  @Theorimlig  There are two areas Norway can decide on its own: fisheries and agriculture. Everything else they are as aligned as any EU member. Are fisheries and agriculture the most important aspects in a countries policy to justify having no say in any other area?
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  2129. There are no plans for an EU army.
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  2130.  @XMysticHerox  Berlin is close to being broke. Nationalizing costs 30 billion, and the plan would be to decrease rent. Furthermore, maintenance is expensive, too. Rents would not be enough to finance.
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  2131.  @JC-to5by  Well, they lied.
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  2132.  @JC-to5by  What are talking about? Berlin would have to pay market prices for the flats.
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  2133.  @kerrykilian9127  If the city of Berlin owns Tempelhof and builds flats there, why would they build expensive flats?
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  2134. No its not. Paying market value is the opposite of socialism
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  2135.  @ubrot7995  And Bundesrat. Both chambers need to agree.
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  2136. Is less than 20% in one market segment in Berlin a huge amount?
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  2137.  @nnnik3595  what about Tempelhof?
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  2138.  @carlosandleon  Never go to Munich then. Prices are 50% higher on average than in Berlin.
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  2139.  @idcgaming518  What did the media report? The government saying not to panic. So go to the cause of the panic, dont shoot the messenger.
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  2140.  @wakey87  Urbanization is the problem. People moving from the countryside to cities. You get a giant house in the countryside with acres of land, or a small flat in Munich.
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  2141.  @XMysticHerox  Lawyers tell you what the person who pays them want to hear. The only thing that matters are court rulings, and they are rather one way: Market prices.
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  2142.  @whaahh  I am talking about the city of Berlin, the GOVERNMENT, building social housing at Tempelhof. They own the property, they can build whatever they want there, with no regards to profit.
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  2143.  @him_That_is_me  To your information: the city of Berlin owns 300k flats. Deutsche Wohnen, the biggest company, owns 110k flats in Berlin. The way German cities work is that the cities own the flat themselfs and rent them out.
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  2144. Is it in the public interest of the whole population of Berlin that the city spends 30 billion and therefor has no more money to spend on infrastructure, education or new flats, so 200k flats have cheaper rent?
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  2145.  @Maric18  the biggest owner of flats it Berlin is the city. 300k flats in public ownership. The biggest private operator is Deutsche Wohnen (110k, 5% market share). Most flats in Berlin are either owned by individuals owning just a couple of flats. Artificial price increases by artificial decrease of supply can therefor no be the reason, as no operator as a high enough market share to force this.
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  2146.  @ChristianIce  No, not 20% of the city. Less than 20% in one market segment (2 room flats for rent). Deutsche Wohnen owns 110k flats in Berlin. The city has a total 2 million flats, so they own 5%.
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  2147.  @ChristianIce  Less than 20% of a local market in one segment ok?
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  2148.  @ggoddkkiller1342  owning 5% of Berlins flats is not a monopoly, not even close.
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  2149.  @faultier1158  State is actually the biggest owner of flats in Berlin, 300k, much more than private deutsche Wohnen with 110k flats.
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  2150. @P Pierre Nobody is in monopolistic control of the Berlin housing market. The biggest owner of properties there is actually the city of Berlin with 300k. Deutsche Wohne has 110k. So I really dont get what your example has to do with the Berlin housing market.
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  2151. @P Pierre Diamonds are of artificial low supply, but still of low supply. That is what a monopoly does.
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  2152.  @miloPRcohen  He is about civil matters.
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  2153.  @kingdontrump9182  so why are communists and socialists against globalism?
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  2154.  @kingdontrump9182  Educate yourself. Leftwing is anti globalization, as they are anti capitalism.
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  2155. France political culture is one of kings and revolutions.
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  2156.  @TheBikeOnTheMoon  but Russia can not export its gas, it neither has the pipeline nor LNG capacity available. Pre Feb 2022, Russia exported 80% of its gas to Europe and 3% to China. Now it just burns it.
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  2157.  @TheBikeOnTheMoon  LNG is no entity, buts stands for liquified natural gas
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  2158.  @PabloTBrave  There are no long term effects of the vaccine that are not visible after weeks. There is not a single case of a vaccine resulting in long term health issues appearing months or years later. For a simple reason: the vaccine leaves the body in days. After that, it can not change anything anymore. There is a 1% hospitalization rate for children tested positive for Covid. Death is only the worst outcome.
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  2159. Not any more. There are now millions of 12-17 year olds who got vaccinated, and following the data, the risk of the vaccine is much lower than Covid, especially the Delta variant which also has known and unknown long term health effects (lungs/heart/kidney failure, long covid...).
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  2160.  @danielwebb8402  my car was searched for cherries when I crossed the US-Canadian border a couple of years ago. So how is this border different to the Eu?
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  2161.  @danielwebb8402  For countries with such integrated economies like The EU, having your own population vaccinated at the cost of your neighbouring countries is at best a zero sum game. It is not charity as it results in hard benefits: economically, as all nations can open up similarly and complex border controls can be prevented, as well as diplomatically, as it further increases unity among the members. The price for a nationalistic approach is high and long term.
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  2162.  @danielwebb8402  It is called solidarity between partners. The rich ones use their purchasing power for the benefit of all, not only themself. It is also not an act of charity, but geopolitical implication: EU members can trust each other, and do not compete for life saving drugs. The big ones do not eat the small ones, but the catch of the big ones is shared. If you want the EU to function in the future, such acts are important to prove that solidarity is practiced, and no nationalist politics like UK or USA. So there is your EU benefit: if you are a small or poor nation, EU has your back.
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  2163.  @danielwebb8402  Completely ignoring my main argument (support for poorer EU member nations) for the EU wide scheme. May I ask why? Hungary sourced vaccines from Russia or China, not AZ.
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  2164.  @alberto1481  Overall around 88 percent of Covid patients admitted to hospital in Germany’s most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia have not had the Covid vaccine. Karagiannidis said this was likely the case across the country. Source: Most Covid hospital patients in Germany are unvaccinated, says doctor, DPA/the Local, 19 August 2021 As Germany has a vaccination rate of 60%+, but 90% of people in hospitals are unvaccinated, vaccination proves to be successful.
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  2165.  @AlexChama  CDU-Greens-FDP, or SPD-Greens-FDP would be my guess. AFD and Linke are both not capable.
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  2166.  @paul1979uk2000  P.S. the chances of getting infected by the virus are reduced by 90% due to the vaccine. The virus is also quicker dealt with by the immune system, giving it less chance to mutate. Therefor, vaccination both reduces the risk of mutation as well as infection drastically.
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  2167.  @paul1979uk2000  The risk for hospitalization due to the virus is 1% (for under 18 year olds) up to almost 10% for above 70 year olds, in the unvaccinated population. This is not pretty small, it is not even small.
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  2168.  @TheLukass71  There is nothing normal about a global pandemic. And a lot of nations have mandatory vaccines. So it is quiet normal: you are only allowed to participate if you do not endanger yourself or others. Every certificate does that, be it a driver license or a vaccine passport.
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  2169.  @dumpsterplayer2700  Total number of administered vaccines.
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  2170.  @dumpsterplayer2700  If you want to know how many jabs in total were administered. Why are you so upset? It is a common number used everywhere, I was not the person who decided that. Even this video used it. And what is wrong with more information? The two numbers give you different information.
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  2171.  @dumpsterplayer2700  No, I am not wrong. That is why you differentiate between jabs per population and percentage of fully vaccinated population. Both numbers are available freely and used to show different facts.
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  2172. Doses per 100k takes all into account. If you have your population fully vaccinated with two shots, it would be 200k jabs per 100k population.
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  2173. Do that. It is great to live in a country where 20% of the population do not even have plumbing, and men die before reaching retirement age, trust me.
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  2174. How do decommissioned reactors without uranium can be fired up?
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  2175. The only Nazis are Russian Wagner group
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  2176.  @Mekesi1  According to the head of ASN, the french nuclear regulator, fixing the issues will probably take years (Reuters, May 17, 2022, Fixing EDF's reactors corrosion mystery to take several years, French regulator warns). So how is this not a long term issue?
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  2177.  @demoniack81  and everyone with single digit brain cells could predict that Frances nuclear plants with an average age of over 37 years is too old to reliably supply electricity to the country.
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  2178. Of course it can. And nobody will freeze to death. EU is pumping gas in its storage, Germany alone has already 70% full. That is enough for a winter
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  2179.  @gordonprice695  this is incorrect. Germany produces 50% of its electricity by renewables. Both gas and nuclear account for less than 20%.
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  2180.  @factnotfiction5915  well, Asia (I suppose you mean China). You want to employ similar tactics here? Easy: Cut wages by 75-80% Workers protection laws and its enforcement are optional No regards for the environment If your house is in the way, well, bad for you. Compensation is also optional
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  2181.  @johanwittens7712  why would there being any CO2 involved if the energy source are renewables? And hydrogen can not only be used for electricity, but heating, chemical reactions. The issue of nuclear power (political problems aside): 1. it is by far the most expensive source of energy (comparing costs of Hickley Point C to the cost of wind/solar…) 2. it literally takes decades to build 3. it is a very slow energy source in terms of adjusting output 4. no insurance in the world covers you 5. mining uranium is the worst of all 6. long term storage of waste still not solved.
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  2182.  @johanwittens7712  and why would hydrogen storage age?
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  2183.  @notliquid1448  it is still more efficient to use it than to let excess electricity go to waste
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  2184.  @duhni4551  Ok, let me rephrase this: if Norway would not implement EU regulations, a non tariff barrier would be implemented, which would increase costs of exports significantly. Furthermore, Norway has access to the EU service market no FTA provides.
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  2185. Which one of the three? ^^
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  2186.  @strofikornego9408  Tell that to the US senate, which are pro Ireland and told the UK to honor the GFA, or they would block any US UK trade talks.
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  2187.  @antonrudenham3259  My bad, it were 7bn: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-gives-up-7bn-windfall-from-european-investment-bank-tq0qskgfc There will be a custom border in the Irish sea, and Northern Ireland will follow EU regulations, not UK regulations. And regulations are far more important than customs (which is also ironic, as it will be less paperwork to trade from ROI to NI than from NI to rUK). A worthwhile FTA? Japan, Canada, Singapore, South Korea, Mercusor, Vietnam, more than one. And good luck to the UK to have more FTAs than the EU, because they cover most of the globe already: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/eu-trade-map/ What cards does the UK hold? Why would it be, as a smaller entity, be a more interesting trading partner than the EU? As the UK is a service economy, that can not sell its services under WTO or FTA terms.
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  2188.  @Th3_Gael  CETA contains most favored nation rules, too, independent of WTO rules. Furthermore, every FTA is done under the WTO framework. I advice you to take your advice seriously, maybe start with this: https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/uktpo/publications/most-favoured-nation-clauses-in-eu-trade-agreements-one-more-hurdle-for-uk-negotiators/
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  2189.  @rag2031  The Swiss contributions to the EU budget have nothing to do with Free movement.
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  2190.  @GromDarkwater  but both Denmark and Netherlands were willing to finance the EU.
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  2191. South America already has Mercusor and the Andean community.
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  2192. To be clear, it would be worse than a temporary recession. A good part of German industry would literally be destroyed (take the glass industry. When they have no access to gas, their molten glass pools will cool down, destroying them). Furthermore, German chemical industry is dependent on gas. No gas, no fertilizer, no medicine for the world...
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  2193. Putin uses NATO simply as a bait to distract and confuse the west. His real goals, as he has now said and written, is to become one of the great collectors of Russian soil .
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  2194.  @jacekkubiak3551  Russias economy is the size of Italy. They are poor, France alone can outspend them with ease.
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  2195.  @ooi97  first, the council is not made up by the head of states (usually). I can not remember Queen Elisabeth II going to meetings before Brexit. More often, it is the head of government. Second, the council appoints a candidate for commission, which is then voted on by EU parliament. So the commission is elected by the parliament, while the council presents candidates.
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  2196.  @Jay...777  18% inflation next year? Where did you get this number? And it isnt sanctions hitting the UK, but homegrown problems (neglect of the public sector, Brexit...).
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  2197.  @Jay...777  so no sanctions on food.
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  2198. What sanction effects feeding the south? Food exports from Russia are not sanctioned.
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  2199.  @miguelpadeiro762  the EU is a net benefit to all members. But participation and the ability to shape and control its development are essential. A Union of 26 nations can only work if all have a voice that is heard. Compromise is key, so all feel respected.
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  2200.  @scar4361  because it benefits Germany when Czechs are aligned to their interests, and it is much easier with cooperation than force
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  2201.  @hinkelstein1494  I understand the intend and the reason behind it, but I also see massive risks for smaller nations to feel ignored. How does a nation like Malta protect its interests?
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  2202. Netherlands left wing? When did this happen?
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  2203.  @gingernutpreacher  Brexit is the fault of Murdoch as well as Aaron Banks, who financed Farage with Russian money. What control has Germany in the EU, that the UK had not? Germany has a total of 22 MARS2, of which 4 are send to Ukraine. Name one western country that has send Main battle tanks to Ukraine. The Baltics send their equipment to Ukraine because Germany is replacing it with western tech.
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  2204.  @Puma-ph5ep  Russia using tactical nukes means it will even lose support from China/India (the nuclear taboo). Furthermore, as Russia is not officially at war with Ukraine, Russias nuclear doctrine prevents the use of nukes.
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  2205. No. It is a case of balance of power and institutions of an organization keeping each other in check.
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  2206. The people get what they are voting for.
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  2207.  @niklas5923  which would be the natural thing to do for the FDP. Remember last time, when the FDP left coalition negotiations? They got hammered by the electorate. They will take any chance to govern, as this is expected by their voters. How can the FDP explain it to their voters if Die Linke gets in government, when the FDP could prevent it? We did want to stay pure ideologically, so we let the communists take over?
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  2208.  @Ninjaananas  and here is your victim narrative: they had to join the SED, they only wanted to do good, there was no choice. Of course there was a choice! If you join a party that runs a brutal dictatorship, you are part of them, you support them. Or do you excuse people who joined the NSDAP, too? Did die Linke once Said: we as the SED committed crimes against humanity? No? Well, here is the problem.
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  2209.  @Ninjaananas  you are aware that to this date die Linke does not disclose the whereabouts about billions stolen from the people? And that one person responsible is Gysi, very active politically? Don’t say die Linke has nothing to do with the SED when they, to this date, cover for its crimes (the DDR was a good idea! As a direct quote from the party), do not disclose the location of billions and have old SED members active in their ranks.
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  2210.  @Ninjaananas  of course it is a fair argument, as it is factual correct. I have simple rule: never vote for a party that was in charge of a brutal dictatorship before. I do not want to bore you with my families history, but I have a strong opinion about die Linke/former SED and DDR, based on facts and experience. And I find it concerning that you try a victim narrative for die Linke, as the SED was never victim, always perpetrator.
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  2211.  @איתןשי  I call a party far right that puts Holocaust deniers onto its list so they become parliamentarians (google Gedeon). The AFD was flirting with far right figures under Petry (which costed her the leadership). They have turned worse ever since. If you really want to go back to the conservative libertarian age of AFD, it is at the beginning with Lucke`s party of the professors. But that is a rather brief period. Of course the political spectra is a relative one. You might be conservative in one place, a communist in another, and a Nazi in a third (sometimes even at the same place, just depending on the person you ask). But for me, there are certain attributes that make a party far right: if their central message is hatred towards another group, be it ethnically, religiously or nationally while claiming that they themselfs are are superior, they are usually far right. Israel politics is a mess I must say. I see a certain lack of common ground between the parties, fringe parties having too much power, overall corruption and mistrust. Which is to be expected in a part of the world under constant threat of violence and war. But I hope with Netanjahu gone, there is now a time to find peace and common ground.
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  2212.  @איתןשי  I would not label the German Greens left. They are center as well on most issues. Die Linke is far left, no question about it. AFD has been taken over by far rights and conspiracy theorists and is therefor not electable for a classic conservative. You may want to take a look into Freie Wähler, they are Part of the Baviarian government. Maybe they represent what you are looking for in German right parties.
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  2213.  @alessiorappa2081  you are correct. I thought he was referring to the actual answers of the party, SPD and AFD answering 99% of all questions the same (which is difficult with 38 questions).
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  2214.  @ciseaux  It was Merkel boosting the right (CDU). Without her, they lost heavily.
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  2215.  @the0ne809  About the filibuster: the idea is that it forces both parties to compromise and work together. But the assumption was that both parties would want the best for the country, and not one party ready to crash the country to gain votes...
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  2216. @El Dimos Karam No. It grows each year, it is a relative value, not an absolute one. The US has a hard limit on total debt. Germany has a maximum of new debt each year, depending on the GDP. And the 0.35% will be increased in case of an emergency.
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  2217.  @adnan37h  Than nothing happens. Lots of nations get along well with a care taker government.
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  2218. @El Dimos Karam No. The limit for the federal government is 0.35% of GDP each year. With exceptions in case of an emergency or economic hardship. There is no hard limit. I do not know where you get this number, but as long as you can not present a source, I assume it is wrong. My source: German Constitution, article 109 and 115
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  2219. He isn`t. He is not that clever. He is good at spotting opportunities and taking them, but bad at planing ahead. The state of the Russian economy is worsening, the Russian people are dissatisfied and dont want another war. 7 years of falling living standards and rising taxes.
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  2220.  @randomguy9515  compare the economies of California and Mississippi, the difference is bigger than between Germany and Italy. Still, same currency.
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  2221. Todor Todorov even if the UK copies EU regulations and write their law in French, the EU won’t necessarily see it as equal to theirs and still apply checks.
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  2222.  @berkensayilir6467  Well, to have tariff free access is a minor issue compared to non tariff barriers. Agreements of mutual recognition of standards are far more important, as well as access to tenders for government projects.
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  2223.  @ninpo-2103  Samsung has to be imported, too. If the exchange rate worsens, Samsung gets more expensive, too. Simple. Next year Russia will start to starve. Why? While Russia produces a lot of food, it depends on imports on seeds and young animals. Bad exchange rate equals less money to import, equals less food production. Same goes for all high tech products (all imported), machinery, medical equipment...
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  2224.  @ArawnOfAnnwn  Russia published its victory in Ukraine on Sunday, which I see as prove that they planned differently.
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  2225.  @supergamergrill7734  Electric engines already have efficiencies of +80%. Combustion engines will never reach that due to thermodynamics
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  2226.  @supergamergrill7734  I am also aware of algae farms as a great source for biomass. Still, mostly in an early stage of development. But even if we ignore the problem of producing biomass for fuel, the issue of abysmal efficiency of combustion engines vs. electric ones remain.
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  2227. Look at energy efficiency. A combustion engine has an efficiency of below 40%, usually even below 20%. This does not count in the losses when you try to turn electricity into bio fuel. Furthermore, fertile land is limited, and growing fuel on it directly competes with food. Bio fuels only make sense when energy density is important (aviation), for anything else, batteries (and maybe hydrogen) are better.
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  2228. Winter is coming to an end, so there still is a chance once the pressure on demand goes down.
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  2229. Nobody sane wants to cooperate with the AFD, a party that wants to deport native Germans opposing their views to Africa.
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  2230. Since Germany shut down its last nuclear reactors (which ran out of fuel and were at the end of their lifetime), electricity prices decreased.
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  2231. Why? How?
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  2232. Don’t know much about Germany? Die Linke, a party that is the official successor of the SED (the party which ruled east Germany), calling themselves socialist, has its power base in east Germany.
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  2233. How? How do you change the continent you belong to?
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  2234. Germans do not like snap elections.
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  2235. Look at the results. In the EU elections, 65%+ voted for centrist parties. Only 16% for the far right. Germany is, and remains, a centrist country.
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  2236. The most powerful political block in the EU parliament is center right. The Tories are right wing. European politics are dominated by center right politicians.
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  2237. The AFD is far right. There is no discussion about it.
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  2238.  @mimamo  a cdu lead coalition can not revoke them immediately. They will be either in a coalition with the spd or greens.
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  2239.  @DontKnow-hr5my  I have news for you: pensions are taxed in most countries.
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  2240.  @DontKnow-hr5my rent is not taxed? What are talking about? And what has this to do with your fathers job?
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  2241. The AFD is mostly protest vote. Not even necessarily on immigration, just to shock the other parties.
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  2242.  @manueldi2990  public media campaign? If the top candidate of the AFD gives interviews talking about the good guys in the SS, you claim it’s a media campaign?
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  2243. I doubt that. Either the SPD turns the polls around like last time (Merz is rather unpopular), or we will end up with another CDU/SPD coalition. Die Linke will be replaced by Sarah Wagenknechts party, the greens will suffer, the FDP may be out of parliament altogether. AFD will be somewhere in the 10-20%, unpleasant, but not unmanageable.
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  2244.  @sylviamontaez3889  of course it makes sense. They signed an agreement stating just that. Do you think the US would allow another country selling its F35 without asking US first?
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  2245. Putting Nazi Germany as part of the west is rather a stretch..
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  2246.  @Gardstyle35  no. Reason for that is that rich people become richer because they can live of their wealths interest and also gain from productivity increases, while workers don’t. Seriously, have you even read Marx?
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  2247.  @BasicLib  there was never a Marxist revolution, or better, never a revolution of the kind Marx predicted. But you come to the core flaw of Marx theories: they are simply wrong. At least his predictions of the workers class uprising and the transformation to a class less society via socialism.
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  2248.  @karstenschuhmann8334  If Russia would act rational, they would have not taken Crimea. They would have turned it in a puppet state, like they did before with parts of Georgia. They would have the same control over it without the international sanctions. Same goes for China. Its wolf diplomacy is not rational. Its sanctions on Australian coal while Chinese regions have to cut of power is not rational. Its sanctions on Lithuania because it dared to talk to Taiwan is not rational.
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  2249. Nuclear energy is by far the most expensive form of power creation.
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  2250. The conflict ends when Russia withdraws its troops, not a second earlier. If Russia wins, it plans to put Ukrainians into the same treatment China is giving the Uigurs: extinct their culture and language
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  2251.  @giuseppegiovani2748  yes. But this was not planned maintenance. It was an emergency shutdown as the structural integrity of the reactors was in question.
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  2252.  @giuseppegiovani2748  France is a perfect example of the opposite. They had massive electricity problems due to faulty reactors, they had to turn of most of their plants and relied on German renewables and coal. Furthermore, it is now tradition that French reactors have to be turned of in summer, as the rivers become to hot. Last but not least (to stay with France), electricity is cheap because the company is running at a deficit.
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  2253.  @georgesdelatour support the deportation of native citizens to Africa if they disagree with you (AFD) Defending Germanys history 33-45 (AFD as well)
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  2254. Russia has already invaded Europe (Ukraine is part of Europe).
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