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They are already building one in Dresden, others are planned to follow. The CHIPS act is at last having an effect.

Luxury goods are not really hit by tariffs nor taxes the same way more basic goods might be. A $ 4000 that goes to $ 4 500 is way more manageable for the kind of people who want to and can buy it (it may even make it more desirable for those who want and can't buy it).

Because there are people getting into prison because they are political opponents. Navalny or The mayor of Istanbul are examples of such tactics.

Interesting to note that since 2022, he lost under 1% of his population to the war... Meat attacks could go on for years on end and it would barely move him.

You got to get him out of the picture to have this war end. Yes I know : there's probably worse than him coming next but I doubt there is anybody more frightening to an opposition than him coming.

This is important yet I don't think many in the US have understood it, hence the weak responses given by the democrats, and the republicans not caring much for the troubled town hall meetings (apart for their personal security)

Be aware that you will not get elections for the midterms, Trump did mention there will be no more presidential elections during his campaign trail but I think we are witnessing the last few federal votes (Fla 6th district the coming week). Then it will be set in stone.

And as his administration said: courts, including the supreme court is all talk and don't have real power over them.

Dunno, we didn't get info from his personal secretary in Washington D. C.

There is Gigaset who makes phones in a factory in Germany. But their phones are locked with Google play services, and they never attracted ROM development, they also don't attract the general public to start with.

I upvoted your previous comment because it is close to everyday France: a cauldron of contestation of anything and everything.

The French law did not pass at all, was downvoted to hell by all representatives. There was a proposal but There is no French encryption backdoor law. Period.

Democracy in action.

There is all mics in IOT can be opened to investigations law that was passed thought, but with hard limits to the conditions of the surveillance.

It's complicated for many, I cut off most of my US multimedia and product consumption a few months ago. I understand one of the major problems faced is that Mc Donalds do use French agricultural products and have French workers, same thing with coca-cola that is made and bottled in France. And it is hard to hear that there will be a temporary period during which their European equivalents will take over the jobs and products of those American brands then things will settle.

Over here, on public and private radios alike, the powers that be don't want it to happen yet because logistics, transfer of licences, purchases on the agricultural products etc hasn't taken place yet, so buying american but made in France is encouraged through appealing to the consumers morals (who want's to put factory workers out of their jobs? No one!), but I think what I've previously stated in this post will sooner or later become evident to the remaining consumers of US products.

Not really: until now it was mostly done as a joke, sometimes the far-right/ far-left were a bit more serious about their loathing. Now it's way more diffused throughout the society and it's humourless. Dead serious.

Maestro isn't a local system it's a limited debit card like electron for visa. Other comments are about national Credit cards. WERO is the only European network pushed by the ECB (and begrudgingly taken up by most major European banks). It piggy backs on the Free-of-charge instant wiring SEPA system.