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[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

A large company with deep pockets, with the ability to influence politics, so yes, I'd say it does matter.

 

France has struggled to kick its smoking habit. A new public health decree published Saturday aims to change that. In the coming days, smoking will be banned in all French parks and sports venues, at beaches and bus stops, in a perimeter around all schools, and anywhere children could gather in public.

 

France is considering stopping Britain-bound migrant boats in its shallow coastal waters, but the move raises both safety and legal issues. France has long been a launchpad for migrants who pay smugglers large sums of money to cross the Channel and start a better life in Britain. The UK is paying France over 500 million euros to prevent small boats from crossing the channel.

 

After the NATO meeting, the 27 leaders of the European Union arrived in Brussels for a one-day summit with a strong geopolitical focus, covering the Israel-Iran conflict, the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and financial aid for the country. During the NATO meeting, leaders called for even greater efforts to help meet Ukraine’s pressing military needs and expressed support for the country’s request to receive more tanks. However, they made little progress on introducing new sanctions against Russia.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Germany iirc. So yes, they know.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The living standard is also much higher now. More people expecting more help from the state with more complex problems. Let's for example take a premature baby that would have died 20 years ago can now be saved and can live a long life, but needing 24x7 care by medical staff. Or the fact that our parents and grandparents live longer, but care and medicine cost a lot more.

I'm not disputing that the top takes too much, but the standard of care, medicine and other things cost too.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She did give away a lot of money to charity. About 16% of her wealth when she became a billionaire iirc. Gave to help children in poverty and to fight the disease MS.

I don't know much about her stance on trans people other than she seems to believe that there is a difference between trans and biological women. Feel free to drop a good link where I can educate myself.

Anyway, reading comments here make it sound like she's a modern day Hitler that's never done anything good in her life, and that sounds both unfair and untrue.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Do they want more migration? Because this is how you get more migration.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Not surprised.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As much as I hate those silly headlines I don't change them. The editor will have to live with the shame.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So that's reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and incompetence instead.

The shooter should still be prosecuted.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 206 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

How is this not assault with a deadly weapon? She's there working, clearly not a threat.

That cop should be prosecuted.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

Archive link: https://archive.is/tiaLg

Forgot, sorry.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'd say yes and no. The strain on the planet would lessen for sure. But then we have the dependency ratio, meaning the amount of people in work related to those out of work, like children, the elderly, disabled etc.

This are getting worse in every European country. More babies won't fix it, at least not in the short term but it'll lessen the impact in about 20 years.

To fix the dependency ratio you either drasticly reduce the welfare state, increase the retirement age, raise taxes, or accept a lot of immigrants. Any of those options appealing to the general public you think?

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Which is why there's an archive link as well.

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