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  • How much more progressive are European views as compared to progressives in America?

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  • I didn't believe that specific rule to be relevant to the argument. The Democratic Party includes a wide range of opinions that, in most European countries, would be represented by several different parties. While there are some fringes on the right (Clinton's racists for example) and some fringes on the left (some Democrats even refer to themselves as democratic socialists despite being closer to social democrats in my opinion). The mainstream that has dominated all three presidencies you mentioned would likely find themselves among small c conservative or (economically) liberal parties in most European political systems that I know.

  • Launch of Wero payment solution for e-commerce delayed - RetailDetail EU

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  • All I want is for iDEAL to be available where I live. It's ok if they change the branding. It's been working smoothly in the Netherlands for years now.

  • How much more progressive are European views as compared to progressives in America?

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  • From what I understand the Democratic Party in the United States is a wide tent that includes people who consider themselves to be democratic socialists all the way to middle of the road, don't rock the boat kind of folks. While the former might feel at home in a European social democratic party or perhaps even a socialist party, the latter would likely find more common ground among the liberal (in the economic meaning of that term) or conservative/christian democratic parties.

    The main difference I feel is that most European countries have representative democracies with proportional representation in their parliament. This usually avoids the lost vote effect if you vote for smaller parties. Therefore, what are usually the wings of larger parties in the United States, would be separate parties altogether in most European countries.

    Having said that the core of the Democratic Party and the majority of people in power and office from that party over the last decade or two have been centrists at heart. Even when given the opportunity they didn't introduce any true universal healthcare. They didn't address the fact that the minimum wage doesn't reflect the rising costs most people face. They didn't address the rapidly growing inequality. They didn't move the needle on any public transport infrastructure projects. They successfully kept the country running and the economy growing while not seriously changing anything about the underlying structure of the nation. This is evidence enough for me to assert that the Democratic Party would probably be somewhere around Merkel's CDU, Rutte's VVD or perhaps Macron's party (whatever name it's currently going by) in terms of ideology.

  • chili con carne

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  • Looks delicious!

  • Trump floats dropping Spain from NATO alliance

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  • The greatest trick the United States ever pulled was convincing the countries in its sphere of influence that they were allies on equal footing.

  • Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Bank Analysis Finds

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  • Thanks for sharing this insightful information! This seems to confirm the trend we all seemed to intuitively believe in.

  • Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Bank Analysis Finds

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  • But people going to random shops might have gotten more used to shopping online. I believe looking at similar examples if only just to prove a thesis we already believe in can be worthwhile.

  • Brisantes Interview in Ungarn: Merkel gibt Polen und Baltikum Mitschuld am Ukraine-Krieg

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  • Ich weiß; bleibt trotzdem meine Meinung, dass das so sein sollte, auch wenn es nicht so ist.

  • Czech billionaire Andrej Babis vows a pro-western course after election win

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  • Deeds are worth more than words. We should wait for the new government to take action and judge it accordingly. If Babiš' last term is anything to go by his main priority will be himself.

  • Brisantes Interview in Ungarn: Merkel gibt Polen und Baltikum Mitschuld am Ukraine-Krieg

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  • Jeder Dialog mit Russland unter Putin hat etwa die Erfolgsaussichten der Münchner Konferenz seinerzeit. Das haben die Polen und Balten, die sich noch sehr gut an Russische Unterdrückung erinnern, gleich verstanden. Angela Merkel und weite Teile der deutschen Politik leider bis heute nicht.

    Meiner Meinung nach sollte ohnehin juristisch aufgearbeitet werden inwiefern die Außenpolitik unter Schröder und Merkel ein Verrat am deutschen Volk und somit ein Bruch des Amtseids war. Ganz persönlich vertrete ich die Auffassung die beiden sollten in einem verplombten Zug nach St. Petersburg geschickt werden.

  • Merz: Germany should boycott Eurovision if Israel is excluded | dpa international

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  • But that was a freak accident. Germany is the running joke of the competition for usually finishing last or thereabouts.

  • Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Bank Analysis Finds

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  • While I continue to believe that largely car free city centres will be more economically resilient, using data from before COVID is pointless. The way people shop and spend has changed a lot since 2018. It would be more interesting to see more recent data on this question to be able to shape future policies accordingly.

  • Merz: Germany should boycott Eurovision if Israel is excluded | dpa international

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  • The Germans are hoping to win one of these competitions finally. If only enough other countries don't compete, they might stand a chance.

  • Hat die Bundesrepublik Deutschland nach 1945 einen Friedensvertrag unterzeichnet?

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  • Wenn ein Reichsbürger am Tag der Deutschen Einheit nicht arbeitet, hat er automatisch die Geschäftsbedingungen der Bundesrepublik GmbH akzeptiert.

  • Daten in Microsofts Cloud bleiben mitnichten in gewünschter Region

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  • European players subjected to slurs and crude insults about their families at Ryder Cup golf tournament

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  • It's just US Americans showing their true colours. It's what they always wanted to be and do but felt unable to. It was similar in Germany back in the day.

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    Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?

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  • I'm old enough to remember buying physical media. I still do that from time to time. For daily use I have a large library of digital copies of music I bought at various stages of my life. Listening to them costs me nothing and I can listen to them as often as I like for the rest of my life. Technology permitting, even my children may continue listening to what I bought last century. Ownership is a great thing.

  • Daten in Microsofts Cloud bleiben mitnichten in gewünschter Region

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  • Ich frage mich da immer, warum große Organisationen da keine genaue Analyse vorher durchführen. Schon mein relativ kleiner Arbeitgeber in einem stark regulierten Umfeld betrachtet die Datenhaltung sehr genau und hat folgerichtig für alle sensiblen Anwendungen einen eigenen Betrieb auf eigenen Racks in lokaler colocation sowie mit direkter, redundanter Anbindung. Das erwarte ich eigentlich auch von der Obrigkeit.

  • Starmer to unveil plan for digital ID cards to crack down on illegal immigration

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  • I think the compulsory digital id is not the way to go. Having a compulsory I'd system is fine and something I've never had an issue with, but it's often more convenient to have a hard copy id card in your wallet. For one, the battery will never die on that one.