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The money that flows into the USA because of the internet giants all being US companies, is much more than that. How much more resources will you take from us?
We do increase or spending. In percentage of GDP, Germany now spends more than the US.
I read news. For almost 20 years, I hoped Europe would wake up and react to the Russian arms buildup.
There are only two EU countries left that get gas from Russia: Hungary and Slovakia. Germany made a 18ß0° turn and stopped buying Russian gas within one year.
Yes especially when it comes to stuff like 'Neighbourhood Watch". No sense some people in the next twon keeping an eye on the neighbours when you live next door. Must more trustworthy and safer option.
Yes, they are in the drivers seat. Though it seems a coalition is backing Denmark. France being quite vocal, Though Macron did offer a dinner to talk things over with Trump.
Found a second link I remembered. The UK has imposed daily fines on a US company operating in the US for "violating" the UK's Online Safety Act. The US company has told the UK to pound sand.
I am not sure I favor majority voting in the EU but maybe a 90% rule with a great power veto for trillion euro economies like Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Poland or alternatively net contributors over a certain amount. Hungary and Slovakia should not have the veto as they do with the current system, being small ungrateful net recipients. The EU is made weak and can be more easily be manipulated by Russia in the current system.
Sure took a long time to get yourself whened off Russian energy. West was funding both sides in the war with Ukraine, where the rationale for that?
I feel the UN is an old, outdated organization, and the reason for Trump's Board of Peace. I see hypocrisy in the UN, especially as it relates to Israel.
The USA feels the same about you all. What is wrong with a sovereign country protecting its own people's way of life? Have you seen what the Ukrainian war done to your country? Whether you like it or not, energy, not liberal ideology, makes the world go around. Without it, you are poor.
It took a long time to decide against Russian gas, but when this was decided, it was done rather quickly.
It's the same rationale that Trump shows when dealing with Putin.
I suppose that depends on whether the content is available in the UK. If it is, then the company should abide by our laws. The same for any other country, of course.
It's like this:
They act in the UK, via internet.
I remember the pirate radio ships, but I wasn't quite sure what the issue was. I take your point about territory though. Obviously, it's harder to "police" the internet. However any country should be able to enforce their laws about internet content being broadcast there, surely.
The issue here isn't what restrictions a country puts on content made within that country; it's when it insists on its laws extending to other countries. The UK can require all women wear burkas for all I care, but the moment they say that women in the US must follow the same law, they can take a long walk off a short pier.
