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  • Zombie@feddit.uktoEurope@feddit.org•Hungary says it will block a key EU loan to Ukraine until Russian oil shipments resumeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It can still be unanimous among the rest of the nations to be deemed legitimate.

    Freedom of association encompasses both an individual’s right to join or leave groups voluntarily, the right of the group to take collective action to pursue the interests of its members, and the right of an association to accept or decline membership based on certain criteria. It can be described as the right of a person coming together with other individuals to collectively express, promote, pursue and/or defend common interests.[1]

    Freedom of association is both an individual right and a collective right, guaranteed by all modern and democratic legal systems, including the United States Bill of Rights, article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and international law, including articles 20 and 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 22 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work by the International Labour Organization also ensures these rights.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association

    Hungary is undermining the EU at every turn, if the rest of the membership wish to boot them out I think it would be quite easy for them to write up a compelling case for how and why.

  • Zombie@feddit.uktoEurope@feddit.org•Norway (population: 5.7m) beats US (342m) to top Winter Olympics medal tableEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Norway (GDP: $480,000 - 550,000; PPP: $510,000 - 620,000) beats US (GDP: $28,750,000 - 31,820,000; PPP: $25,680,000 - 31,820,000)

    Norway (GDP per capita: $86,700 - 96,600; PPP per capita: $91,100 - 109,500) beats US (GDP per capita: $84,800 - 92,800; PPP per capita: $75,500 - 92,900)

    18 gold and 41 total versus 12 gold and 33 total.

    Norway (1 gold for $5,100 per capita) beats US (1 gold for $7,400 per capita).

    Is that better? Or does that make silly confusing headlines for the average person?

    Unfortunately Nazis and genocide are a reality of life today, well done you if you can insulate yourself in a bubble to ignore it but that won’t last long if they’re allowed to proliferate.

    They use propaganda to push the narrative that the US is the best at everything, since about as long as anyone alive can remember. I think we can excuse The Guardian doing the same in the opposite direction to push the narrative that they’re not the best, and that in fact a social democratic country is better.

  • Zombie@feddit.uktoEurope@feddit.org•Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study findsEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Yes and no. Prices may rise but that doesn’t necessarily mean the poorer would be unable to eat meat.

    Current western culture, outside of explicit vegan and vegetarianism, has people eating meat almost every day, for both lunch and dinner, and occasionally for breakfast and snacks too.

    Fish may be eaten once or twice a week, but generally people eat some form of chicken, beef, turkey, pork, or lamb every single day, at least twice a day.

    Instead of being an item that is eaten with almost every meal, it could instead be treated as an item to only consume occasionally. Or once a day instead of multiple times a day.

    Protein and flavour is in plentiful supply from plants.

    Note: before the “um actually, I don’t”, this is a broad generalisation of western food habits. Not necessarily indicative of specific people’s individual habits.

  • Zombie@feddit.uktoEurope@feddit.org•Petition to add Politico (and Axel Springer media in general) to the banned media listEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Is the average social media user capable of sussing out fact from fiction as rigorously though?

    This discussion is about their potential for propaganda and viewpoint manipulation on Lemmy after all, not as a citation in an encyclopaedia.

    Of their many daily articles how many would be deemed acceptable to Wikipedia and how many not? There must be a ratio where Wikipedia calls time. As Wikipedia only picks the parts that are relevant, the untrustworthy articles would be ignored. That’s not the case on social media though where some users are spamming articles as if it’s an RSS feed.

    As Lemmy/PieFed grows in users, the likelihood of bogus articles climbing up people’s feeds, legitimising the articles, also increases.

    This is an issue that needs nipped in the bud earlier rather than later IMO.

  • Zombie@feddit.uktoEurope@feddit.org•Petition to add Politico (and Axel Springer media in general) to the banned media listEnglish
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    8 days ago

    You’re so deep down the Overton Window that none of those things register as explicitly far right to you?

    US European alliance

    America is snatching people off the streets, silencing dissenting voices, threatening countries with both economic and military attack, and building concentration camps.

    support for Israel

    Israel is a genocidal ethno-state.

    The 2025 letter has been signed by over 7500 citizens, 400 academics, including 31 Nobel Prize winners.

    As in 1925, we scientists, philosophers, writers, artists and citizens of the world, have a responsibility to denounce and resist the resurgence of fascism in all its forms. We call on all those who value democracy to act:

    • Defend democratic, cultural and educational institutions. Call out abuses of democratic principles and human rights. Refuse preemptive compliance.
    • Join collective actions, locally and internationally. Boycott and strike when possible. Make resistance impossible to ignore and costly to repress.
    • Uphold facts and evidence. Foster critical thinking and engage with your communities on these grounds.

    https://stopreturnfascism.org/english/

  • Zombie@feddit.uktoEurope@feddit.org•Sinn Féin MEPs to vote against €90bn EU loan for UkraineEnglish
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    15 days ago

    From what I understood, I think they’re reasoning is that Ireland must remain neutral in international conflicts, as has been Ireland’s stance since 1922. So by providing a bat to one party they’re taking a side and breaking a century long policy of neutrality.

    They see that one side is the aggressor, so they’re still willing to aid the other with food, medicine, clothing, etc but draw a line at weaponry.

    Like I said in my other comment, I’m not sure which side I agree with, but they certainly don’t sound opposed to others providing weaponry, just they themselves would rather provide other forms of help.

    To stick with your analogy, we generally wouldn’t call out a wee nurse not getting involved in two big blokes having a punch-up if they then ran in and treated the victims wounds. Ireland is only 5 million people and has suffered at the hands of imperialism, having The Troubles as recently as the late 90s. They know bloodshed, an eye for an eye, and the escalation of violence.

    To make clear, as this can be a very emotional topic. I’m not taking a side (irony), just trying to explain their reasoning.

  • Zombie@feddit.uktoEurope@feddit.org•Poland and Italy say they will not join Trump’s Board of PeaceEnglish
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    15 days ago

    In 1992, Meloni joined the Youth Front, the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist political party founded in 1946 by followers of Italian fascism. She later became the national leader of Student Action, the student movement of the National Alliance (AN), a post-fascist party

    Some observers have described Meloni’s political positions as far right,[254][255] and have highlighted her campaign appearances with Rachele Mussolini.[256]

    In an interview to the French newscast Soir 3 when she was 19,[400] she praised Italian dictator Benito Mussolini as “a good politician, in that everything he did, he did for Italy”,[401][402][403][404] and as the best politician of the last 50 years.[405]

    After the formation of FdI in 2012, she decided to add the tricolour flame to the party flag, a neo-fascist symbol associated with the MSI, which derived its name and ideals from the RSI.[416] The tricolour flame is said to represent Mussolini’s remains, where a flame is always burning on his tomb in Predappio.[417]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgia_Meloni

    Press X to doubt.

  • Zombie@feddit.uktoMap Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz•If Paris were Los Angeles, the war in Ukraine would be near Memphis
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    16 days ago

    They’re downvoted because it’s nonsense.

    The point of that phrase is to point out the ridiculousness of relating two completely unrelated items.

    In this case, land mass on top of land mass is a relevant comparison, to help people who understand American geography to visualise European geography. To relate it to their own experience, and grasp why European powers see the invasion of Ukraine as a threat to themselves as well. So the phrase doesn’t work. It’s nonsense. Therefore, not constructive to the discussion and being downvoted.