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  • Pick European Chocolate

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  • Plain false.

    Besides Lindt, which is publicly traded and has a minor share of American investors, almost all the other brands are family owned, which is rare in the modern food industry (Kinder, Nutella, Ritter, Knoppers, Toffifee and Haribo). Tony's is backed by the Belgian investment group Verlinvest.

  • Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns

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  • Europe is “dreaming” if it believes it can defend itself without US backing, Nato’s secretary-general has warned, pushing back against calls in some EU capitals to prepare for a future without Washington’s protection.

    The comments come after Donald Trump threatened to use military force to seize Greenland from Nato ally Denmark and to impose tariffs on other allies who opposed him — remarks that unsettled European governments and reignited debate over the continent’s reliance on the US. Although the US president rescinded the threats last week, they prompted renewed calls for Europe to accelerate efforts to strengthen its own defence capabilities.

    Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary-general who last week persuaded Trump to withdraw his threats, dismissed those arguments on Monday. Rutte told EU lawmakers that building a fully independent European defence would be prohibitively expensive and would benefit only the bloc’s adversaries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    “If anyone thinks here . . . that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” he said in remarks to the European parliament. “You can’t.”

    “I think there will be a lot of duplication and I wish you luck if you want to do it, because you have to find the men and women in uniform . . . on top of what is happening already,” he said. “It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”

    Independence from the US security umbrella that has shielded Europe since the second world war was once a niche idea, promoted largely by France.

    But the notion of “strategic autonomy” has moved steadily into the EU mainstream in recent years, as Donald Trump’s erratic approach to Nato allies — reinforced by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine — has sharpened debate over how Europe can strengthen its own defence capabilities.

    Last year Nato allies agreed to lift their defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2035, responding to Trump’s demand that Europe shoulder a larger share of the burden for its own defence.

    Even so, experts warn that fully replacing the US role in Europe — particularly in areas such as advanced weaponry and critical capabilities on which European forces have relied for decades — would be vastly more expensive.

    “If you really want to go it alone, forget that you can ever get there with 5 per cent [defence spending]. It will be 10 per cent,” Rutte said on Monday. “You have to build up your own nuclear capability. That costs billions and billions of euros.”

  • Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns

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  • Europe is “dreaming” if it believes it can defend itself without US backing, Nato’s secretary-general has warned, pushing back against calls in some EU capitals to prepare for a future without Washington’s protection.

    The comments come after Donald Trump threatened to use military force to seize Greenland from Nato ally Denmark and to impose tariffs on other allies who opposed him — remarks that unsettled European governments and reignited debate over the continent’s reliance on the US. Although the US president rescinded the threats last week, they prompted renewed calls for Europe to accelerate efforts to strengthen its own defence capabilities.

    Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary-general who last week persuaded Trump to withdraw his threats, dismissed those arguments on Monday. Rutte told EU lawmakers that building a fully independent European defence would be prohibitively expensive and would benefit only the bloc’s adversaries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    “If anyone thinks here . . . that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” he said in remarks to the European parliament. “You can’t.”

    “I think there will be a lot of duplication and I wish you luck if you want to do it, because you have to find the men and women in uniform . . . on top of what is happening already,” he said. “It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”

    Independence from the US security umbrella that has shielded Europe since the second world war was once a niche idea, promoted largely by France.

    But the notion of “strategic autonomy” has moved steadily into the EU mainstream in recent years, as Donald Trump’s erratic approach to Nato allies — reinforced by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine — has sharpened debate over how Europe can strengthen its own defence capabilities.

    Last year Nato allies agreed to lift their defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2035, responding to Trump’s demand that Europe shoulder a larger share of the burden for its own defence.

    Even so, experts warn that fully replacing the US role in Europe — particularly in areas such as advanced weaponry and critical capabilities on which European forces have relied for decades — would be vastly more expensive.

    “If you really want to go it alone, forget that you can ever get there with 5 per cent [defence spending]. It will be 10 per cent,” Rutte said on Monday. “You have to build up your own nuclear capability. That costs billions and billions of euros.”

  • Europe @lemmy.ml
    skepller @lemmy.world

    Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns

    www.ft.com /content/e2f6cd48-2f89-4b75-9aae-fb9e70e773fd

  • Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns

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  • Europe is “dreaming” if it believes it can defend itself without US backing, Nato’s secretary-general has warned, pushing back against calls in some EU capitals to prepare for a future without Washington’s protection.

    The comments come after Donald Trump threatened to use military force to seize Greenland from Nato ally Denmark and to impose tariffs on other allies who opposed him — remarks that unsettled European governments and reignited debate over the continent’s reliance on the US. Although the US president rescinded the threats last week, they prompted renewed calls for Europe to accelerate efforts to strengthen its own defence capabilities.

    Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary-general who last week persuaded Trump to withdraw his threats, dismissed those arguments on Monday. Rutte told EU lawmakers that building a fully independent European defence would be prohibitively expensive and would benefit only the bloc’s adversaries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    “If anyone thinks here . . . that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” he said in remarks to the European parliament. “You can’t.”

    “I think there will be a lot of duplication and I wish you luck if you want to do it, because you have to find the men and women in uniform . . . on top of what is happening already,” he said. “It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”

    Independence from the US security umbrella that has shielded Europe since the second world war was once a niche idea, promoted largely by France.

    But the notion of “strategic autonomy” has moved steadily into the EU mainstream in recent years, as Donald Trump’s erratic approach to Nato allies — reinforced by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine — has sharpened debate over how Europe can strengthen its own defence capabilities.

    Last year Nato allies agreed to lift their defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2035, responding to Trump’s demand that Europe shoulder a larger share of the burden for its own defence.

    Even so, experts warn that fully replacing the US role in Europe — particularly in areas such as advanced weaponry and critical capabilities on which European forces have relied for decades — would be vastly more expensive.

    “If you really want to go it alone, forget that you can ever get there with 5 per cent [defence spending]. It will be 10 per cent,” Rutte said on Monday. “You have to build up your own nuclear capability. That costs billions and billions of euros.”

  • Europe @feddit.org
    skepller @lemmy.world

    Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns

    www.ft.com /content/e2f6cd48-2f89-4b75-9aae-fb9e70e773fd
  • Buy European @feddit.uk
    skepller @lemmy.world

    Swedish pension giant Alecta sold ~$8-9 billion in US government bonds

    www.reuters.com /business/swedish-pension-fund-alecta-cuts-us-treasury-holdings-citing-us-politics-dagens-2026-01-21/
  • Europe @feddit.org
    skepller @lemmy.world

    Swedish pension giant Alecta sold ~$8-9 billion in US government bonds

    www.reuters.com /business/swedish-pension-fund-alecta-cuts-us-treasury-holdings-citing-us-politics-dagens-2026-01-21/

  • Stocks sell off globally as traders digest Trump message saying he wants Greenland because ‘your Country decided not to give me the Nobel’

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  • Buy European @feddit.uk
    skepller @lemmy.world

    AWS European cloud service launch raises questions over sovereignty

    www.computerworld.com /article/4118639/aws-european-cloud-service-launch-raises-questions-over-sovereignty.html
  • Europe @feddit.org
    skepller @lemmy.world

    AWS European cloud service launch raises questions over sovereignty

    www.computerworld.com /article/4118639/aws-european-cloud-service-launch-raises-questions-over-sovereignty.html
  • Europe @lemmy.ml
    skepller @lemmy.world

    Europe’s New Rocket Era Takes Shape as MaiaSpace Wins Key Eutelsat Deal - Orbital Today

    orbitaltoday.com /2026/01/17/europes-new-rocket-era-takes-shape-as-maiaspace-wins-key-eutelsat-deal/
  • Europe @feddit.org
    skepller @lemmy.world

    Europe’s New Rocket Era Takes Shape as MaiaSpace Wins Key Eutelsat Deal - Orbital Today

    orbitaltoday.com /2026/01/17/europes-new-rocket-era-takes-shape-as-maiaspace-wins-key-eutelsat-deal/
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    skepller @lemmy.world

    Italian engine manufacturer, CMD, returns under full Italian control after its original founders bought it back from the Chinese Loncin Motor

    www.ilsole24ore.com /art/cmd-torna-italiana-100percento-esce-cinese-loncin-motor-AIyDGBm

  • Björk sends a message to Greenland: 'declare independence!'

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  • Yeah, with genius geopolitical ideas like this, perhaps let's stick to singing for now 😅

  • New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI Generated Code

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  • Too many people think because something finally “works”, it’s good. Once your AI has written code that seems to work, that’s supposed to be when the human starts their work.

    Holy shit, preach!

    Once you give a shit ton of prompts and the feature finally starts working, the code is most likely complete ass, probably filled with a ton of useless leftovers from previous iterations, redundant and unoptimized code. That's when you start reading/understanding the code and polishing it, not when you ship it lol

  • What’s a graphical piece of software you wish existed or was better?

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  • Holy shit, it actually does! Wish I knew that before, ty!

  • Forgot the name but it's a famous painting. Saw it in Florence Italy

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  • Okay, I can see the poorly disguised fetish... or perhaps... not disguised fetish.

  • Canadian Court: OVHcloud from France must hand over user data

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  • Although the idea is nice, both are needed.

    It's important to have open-source alternatives, but you're not going to serve websites at the Amazon or Youtube scale by self-hosting OSS. Hyperscaler and their datacentres are also needed.

  • Day 460 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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  • Makes me want to restart another Zomboid save, but I'm waiting for B42 multiplayer :/

    Also, if you like Zomboid, keep an eye on the development of Vein, looks very promising!

  • Trump could offer refugee status to Europeans who oppose migration

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  • Being a foreigner in the US sounds like a great deal right now! lmao

  • Uncircumcised penis owners, did you ever wish you were circumcised?

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  • Yeah. "Did you ever wish you were circumcised?"

    Bro I don't even remember circumcision exists until an American brings it up lmao, hell no.

  • Are there actually any good mobile games?

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  • There are actual AAA full games, Feral Games is releasing a lot of their games on Mobile now (Android as example), like Alien: Isolation, XCOM 2, GRID Legends, Several Total War Entries and Tropico.

    Hitman Absolution launches now in October 16th.

    There are also some from other devs, like Focus' Mudrunner and Square Enix's Life Is Strange.

    If you want awesome casual ones, there's Balatro, Isle of Arrows, Keep on Mining (non-slop incremental), Dungeon Clawler, Siege Up! and All Aboard! of the top of my head.

  • FOSS App to Edit videos ?

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  • This, Kdenlive is probably the best bet for FOSS and has gone a long way these past years.

    From what I tried, Olive was good some 5 years ago, but development was abandoned, and Blender works, but it's not really made for it.

    If OP doesn't care about proprietary, DaVinci Resolve is the best on the list IMO.

  • Ford to drop up to 1,000 jobs at German plant as demand for electric cars in Europe lags forecasts

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  • Welcome to 2025

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  • Yeah, did people forget the last big Cloudflare outage already? A good chunk of all big services went down simultaneously. Discord, Amazon, Twitter and even the PS and Xbox consoles networks lmao.

  • Clock logic

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  • Holy shit, that actually looks so neat and organized, I want it 😭