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The current political climate has made the relationship between the US and its European partners very tense and challenging. In an attempt to prevent misunderstandings from festering, Reddit user SprinklesNo164 asked people from the Old Continent to share the news they wish every American would know. Responses quickly poured in, highlighting a range of issues from travel to civil unrest and beyond.
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#1
We are currently issuing travel warnings to the US. Secretly, a lot of Europeans hope we can have less dependencies and relationships with you - and hopefully not get nuked in the process.
StrangeOne 8 months ago
Canadians are heeding caution, too. Many are cancelling their trips. Some people think as long as they have their paperwork and passports in order they're guaranteed to be okay. But from the USA's repeated refusal of due process and just making those denied entry to go back home, and some of those denials are based on errors or minor thing, there is no guarantee and if you're kidnapped and sent to the concentration camps, you may not get out for weeks or months. It's not worth the risk.
BeesEelsAndPups 8 months ago
Latino immigrant in the USA here. Don't come here now. People are getting disappeared.
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Tamra 8 months ago
I'm American and I'd absolutely urge people to not visit during the Trump administration. Just don't. People have been detained and removed with NO due process, and without loved ones being able to contact them or find out where they are. People with valid green cards and legal reasons to be here, are being detained and removed. It's egregious, immoral and unacceptable!
Bored Trash Panda 8 months ago
And people are dying in the detention centers because of EXTREME inhumane conditions.
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Thomas Francis 8 months ago
Canada is a great alternative vacation destination to the US. Just saying.
Nils Skirnir 8 months ago
There’s a boycott all things USA movement that’s picking up steam. Especially among younger people. Includes travel, tech, and media
StrangeOne 8 months ago
I go to Safeway nearly everyday. Been seeing oranges from USA and Israel piled up and starting to rot.
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🇺🇦 PrincessPatton 🇺🇦 8 months ago (edited)
My country has not yet issued an official warning, but travel agencies and airlines have seen an increase in cancelled trips to the US. My boyfriend and I have also decided to cancel our September trip to NY. We planned it as a celebration of my birthday, but we don't trust the US.
Rosecrucian Roeth 8 months ago
Murica is becoming the Russia of our continent, and it is happening with blazing speed!
K Barnes 8 months ago
Trump idolizes Putin and is actively working to make the USA more like Russia.
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Rick Murray 8 months ago
It's sad - I had hoped one day to go and visit Baltimore and Catonsville (where my mother is from) but I think, even after the Trump years are over, foreign relations are going to look very different.
Betsy S 8 months ago
IF they ever are over before his death. He has assured them that they won't have to vote anymore, meaning that he's their king for life now.
Load More Replies... Sarah Belt 8 months ago
Not to mention that Muskrat is decimating our air traffic controllers, so you probably don't want to fly here anyway.
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#2
Lots of discussions about how the US now seems more aligned with Russia than NATO.
Verena 8 months ago
They are. And adding to that, the English to Russian translators suck. A "-" can be crucial during political or economic discussions. When they were negotiating with the Russians, the US guys did not pay attention to the "-", so the Russians are of the opinion that not all civilian areas are banned from being bombed. On top of that, Russia and US have a different understanding of what an agreement or a deal is. For Russia it is not binding at all.
Rick Murray 8 months ago
Neither, apparently, is it for Trump. If he wants some of those tariffs he is enamoured with, a stroke of a pen and instant economic harm with no regard for existing trade agreements, including those he himself set up during his first presidency.
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Son of Philosoraptor 8 months ago
We have a straight up Russian agent in the white house and everyone knows it.
Christos Arvanitis 8 months ago
American here. I'm sad for our country. And I want to apologize to the world. tRump is either a purposeful Russian asset or just a useful idiot. My life, and that of many others, will never be the same. Pray for us if that's your thing. It sucks.
antoinette maldari 8 months ago
I'd go with useful idiot. If Putin compliments his shoes, he'll give him Wisconsin.
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arripo 8 months ago
More and more people in Europe are think that US is not aligned with Rusia nowadays, but is under Rusia commandment. Bold soviet leaders did it with many countries in the past. A clever guy as the former KGB agent now ruling Russia is showing that he commands America in his interest. Day after day. Poor America
dollh h 8 months ago
Yep. Lawfully present people are being disappeared. It's frightening.
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The Scout 8 months ago
Accompanying the Greenland discussion, there were actually discussions which side a NATO obligation to provide military assistance would be on if a NATO country actively invaded another...
arripo 8 months ago
That discussion is really long in Europe. The possibility of a Greek-Turkey conflict has been present since both countries were in NATO. So, do not think that US is the first one to face this question either
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MoMcB 8 months ago
Asking the US people here- it wasn’t so long ago that it was hatred of anything seen as “commie”. What has changed? And why do Trumpers think Europe is dependent on them?
Tamra 8 months ago
We enjoyed a peaceful relationship with Russia after the Cold War, but then Putin invaded Ukraine and the outpouring of support for Ukraine was overwhelming and massive. But Trump's love of Putin, and his disrespect of President Zelenskyy has seemed to capture the attention of some of his supporters. Constant right wing propaganda is being used to try and convince conservatives that Europe is too reliant on US money and military support. I'd like to stress that a great many of us aren't falling for it, and see it for what it really is.
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#3
The UK has emerged from the grey damp winter and it’s now sunny! Spring is here! Daffs are out in force! People are smiling.
David Jeffery 8 months ago
While here in Australia, we're well into Autumn and soon into Winter - my favourite season. Sorry everyone, I know it's unAustralian but I just can't stand the heat
Huddo's sister 8 months ago
Not feeling like autumn yet though, or not consistently in Victoria! 30c today!
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embi miller 8 months ago
In the American Great Lakes area (think Chicago on Lake Michigan) we are having False Spring. That happens when the warmer weather shows up for a day or two, tricking you into thinking spring has arrived, only to be followed by snow and ice and single digit temps two days later. Keeps us on our toes.
Serena Myers 8 months ago
Not just that, bluebells are flowering, tulips in bud, buds on the lilac, apple, plum, quince trees. Pigeons fighting over nesting places. The first warm day of the year a couple of days ago when the sun felt warm on your face. People are more cheerful.
Glix Drap 8 months ago
And we are all planning to make Rachael from Accounts a saint for her good work.
#4
Serbia, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Georgia, and Turkey are all having protests against government corruption and have Anti-Russia sentiments, a "Balkan Spring" as you could call it.
Sarah 8 months ago
Probably still looking those places up on a map. Of the US…
Load More Replies... Peeka_Mimi 8 months ago
Every weekend since 1/20 people have been protesting at the Capitol of Denver and DC. Every weekend. Our Trump run news won't cover it.
Rich Black 8 months ago
turkey is the number one customer of Russian made military gear. A hundred thousand people in Turkey demonstrated against their president last week for jailing his opponent in the upcoming election.
UpupaEpops 8 months ago
The problem in Hungary is imagine New York thrown into Maine and then make it work as a country. In Hungary, there are approximately 2,900 villages, 2,000 small towns, and 23 cities. This gives a rough ratio of about 1.45 villages per small town and about 0.09 small towns per city. Most university educated people live in the Capital. Barely any independent media left and since only about 34% of the population speaks a second language, it's not possible for them to fact check.
Cuppa tea? 8 months ago
Slovakian prime minister attended right wing ultra conservative conference in USA. He's leader of party Social Democracy, not a decade ago he was claiming to be a new left liberal after his hero Tony Blair.
Judi Sherosky 8 months ago
MAGA means Make America Great Again. Is that so unsavory>? Wouldn't you want your Country to be that way? Apparently NOT!
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
The US is a huge succcess largely because it's no longer run on white male supremacy. MAGA is a dishonest political slogan designed to appeal to the very worst in society. It implies all sorts of things - such as the supposed reason America's supposedly no longer great (which is a lie) is that it's no longer being run by and for white men (which is a racist, sexist lie). In Trump's second term, his officials have started saying the implied bit out loud:. "Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work." https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-darren-beattie-state-department/.
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We're all backing away from any dependence on the US as they have shown they're not reliable or friendly anymore - business deals & investments, defence spending, security, trade, etc. etc. everyone' rushing to cut dependence on America almost as fast as they dropped Russia after they invaded Ukraine.
keyboardtek 8 months ago
The residents of the USA who voted for Trump are going to get hurt too. They may finally realize their war was not between whites and Hispanic immigrants, but between the billionaire oligarchs and everyone else.
Jujumojo 8 months ago
Sadly maga americans don't care if trump policies hurt them as long as is hurts anyone that doesn't agree with them
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Matt Richardson 8 months ago
We'll see how long that lasts. Entire world is basically locked in an extremely toxic codependent parasitic relationship. Even if indirectly.
cerinamroth 8 months ago
Yeah, one of my last remaining translation agencies was recently bought by a US company and now wants us to issue invoices to the US, agree to US data sharing, etc. I think I'm going to cut em loose, much as it pains me.
Broadredpanda 8 months ago
Trump has imposed certain taxes of imports meaning some car building companies could shut down and has done the same with some metals. He’s doing the above single handedly, but at great cost to the UK. I’m appalled at our government that I voted in, but Trump is making enemies all over the world in a few months. A disgusting disturbing man! Well done to the American voters
Nikole 8 months ago
It’s going to be one of the many things that will destroy us (U.S.). I didn’t vote for him and I don’t associate with those who did, even members of my extended family. Disgusting is the word that always comes to mind for me as well.
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Lesley Matthewson 8 months ago
It amazes me that the Tangerine Toddler and his cohorts do not realise how inflicting these huge tariffs will affect the USA residents. After all, it's the importing country that pays the tariffs back to the exporting country. Trying to make imported goods more expensive so more 'home made and home grown' products are purchased only works if that country can meet their own demand.
Sand Ers 8 months ago
The importer pays tariffs to their own government, not to the exporting country.
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Rich Black 8 months ago
thank goodness. now pay your NATO dues too. we're tired of getting late night calls every time Ukraine gets invaded, or someone cuts an undersea internet cable. We know you can handle this stuff, if you buckle down and try.
arripo 8 months ago
It is better not to have friends, that to have one that you cannot rely on. Withouth friends, at least, you know what you have.
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Many European countries including the U.K. are issuing travel warnings for their citizens who plan to visit the US. .
ALittleKnownGoddess 8 months ago
I live in the US, and I have a mental travel warning to myself.
Load More Replies... Johnnynatfan 8 months ago
I’m an American and it’s bad here. Do not travel here until this s**t (hopefully) passes. My wife is from Europe and has a green card and we are afraid to even fly within the US.
Remi (He/Him) 8 months ago
"The United States issued a presidential order (25 STATE 11402) on February 24, 2025, requiring that a visitor applying for an ESTA or visa to the United States must now indicate either “male” or “female” as their gender. The order requires applicants to indicate their gender at birth." USA is a no go for trans people too.
Princess Possum 8 months ago
We need travel warnings for everyone living IN America, including citizens.
Sharon Ingram 8 months ago
I’m so glad Josh and his friend are paying you no mind. We love them.
#7
Serbia has been protesting for more than 4 months now after roof of railway station in Novi Sad collapsed on 1st of November, k**ling 16 people. Students barricaded universities around the country and unis haven't been working for all this time. They also have been walking for miles and miles to protests in different cities in order to spread the word and connect to people. They won't stop until their demands for justice and systems changes are met.
Professors and school teachers that support them stopped getting paid. Government used acoustic sound weapon on protesters a week ago, but continues to deny that.
Direct democracy is on the rise among people, but dictatorship is on the rise in the government.
Additionally, our neighbours (North Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Turkey, and bit further, Georgia) also had their mass protests against s**t autocratic and corrupt governments. Serbia stands with them, you can frequently see Greek and Macedonian signs on protests these days.
Nina 8 months ago
It hardly makes the news closer by as well. Live in the Netherlands and protests are hardly covered, let alone the use of a sonic weapon. Whereas protests in Turkey (which is further away) are thoroughly covered. Both should be well covered in media.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 8 months ago
I heard about this (from the news in Australia) back when it started and a follow up in about January, but I didn't know it was still going on.
Spencers slave no more 8 months ago
It's been in New Zealand news too, the last update I read was this past week.
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cerinamroth 8 months ago
I have heard about this on the German news. We love a good news story about people defending democratic values!
#8
Turkey. Erdongan locking up his opponent and people taking to the streets.
Alexandra 8 months ago
Erdogan has taken a leaf out of Trump's book: he sees that dictatorship is all the rage now and tries to get on that particular bandwagon.
Nina 8 months ago
He was on that bandwagon before Trump got in office, he's just seizing the moment
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Silberwolf 8 months ago
Erdogan is a similar wannabe f*****t a-hole like Trump or Putin. So no real surprise there.
Silberwolf 8 months ago
Wow ok, the word f.as.cist is also censored on BP...ridiculous..
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Fred L. 8 months ago (edited)
Not sure all Turkish people know either, considering the state grip on many media. Very much hope for them to succeed this time and get that criminal into prison where he belongs.
Ece Cenker 8 months ago
Everyone knows. According to polls 70% of the population is dead set against his maneuvers and are not buying the BS this time.
Load More Replies... Rich Black 8 months ago
tell it like it is. this guy has been in office for . . . like what . . . 20 years in power? At one point he put out a hit squad on a Turkish basketball player working in America.
Ece Cenker 8 months ago
Today, (29th of March 2025) there is another rally organised in Istanbul. Watch for the news, people.
Danish Susanne 8 months ago
All dictators do so. If you disagree with me you are a terrorist and must go to jail.
Judi Sherosky 8 months ago
accuse others of dictatorship while worshipping your dictators. LOL
#9
Netherlands: We of all places have a drought, and badgers are trying to eat the railways.
Alexandra 8 months ago
We have a drought? Badgers are undermining the railways and because they are a protected species, updating the railways is becoming an administrative and legal hassle, leading to disruptions in train traffic which leads to a lot of complaints of people using trains leading to people preferring their cars instead, which is not what we want because of the pollution.
Nota Robot 8 months ago
But on the plus side, the cost of the public transport keeps being raised without benefit to the train travellers.
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Verena 8 months ago
Since a couple of years we went from a drizzle a day to either torrentous rain over weeks, followed by not a drop over weeks.
Rick Murray 8 months ago
Yes, the weather is currently "out of service". When there is very heavy rain the tunnel under the driveway can't cope and water pours across in a way that is quite impressive to look at (but it's only about ankle deep). This has happened eight times since moving here in 2002, *six* of those times in the past *nine* months. The farmers used to complain about the water table and how they couldn't irritate the maize. Now they're planting sunflowers because it's too wet for maize. Oh, and a thunderstorm washed away half a field of what. The very next day a bigger thunderstorm took out the rest (and wrecked roads, bridges, homes...) and we're not even a flood risk. Well, not until last year. The poor people in Messac/Guipry (low lying by a river) got it over and over and over since last summer. What the actual fark?!?
Load More Replies... Rich Black 8 months ago
you're surrounded by ocean. You're so swampy your "engineering" new dry land at the cost. consider desalinization plants.
Andrew Arons 8 months ago
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#10
Let's not forget the IF Metall strike against Tesla in Sweden, which began on October 27, 2023, and has become one of the longest labor conflicts in Swedish history. The strike was initiated because Tesla refuses to sign a collective agreement with the union, challenging the Swedish labor model, where approximately 90% of the workforce is covered by collective agreements.
Stannous Flouride 8 months ago
And because workers in other industries recognized the importance of union solidarity they pressured their workplaces to no longer work with them.
Danish Susanne 8 months ago
And that is part of the reason Teslas sales has gone down, while sales of electric cars has gone up.
Rich Black 8 months ago
are they still assuming there will be a there, after nearly 2 years? are they watching the dealership arson? In related news, many volvos are apparently now made in the People's Republic of China, where you go to jail if you go on strike. 3 huge factories there. "Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." - Mao Zedong
Lena Flising 8 months ago
Sympathy strikes against anything Tesla-connected break out all the time.
#11
That America is no longer seen as friendly, or trustworthy.
*and general world geography, that seems to always be new to America.*.
Verena 8 months ago
If you are a friend that can be counted on, a lot of s****y actions are forgiven. If you start acting hostile, be prepared for the echo. The reason why other countries sell more to the US than vice versa is simple: The US wants cheap and quality, so they outsourced whatever they could. And for gods sake, almost every country in the world adapted the voting systems, type of government, basic laws and rules, care and education for their citizens during the past 250 years. Not every experiment resulted in an improvement, but some countries e.g. in Europe achieved a pretty fair standard of justice, voice of the citizens in government (multi-party system) and living quality. But the US still get stuck with laws and a voting system from when post delivery by horse was an achievement.
Matt Richardson 8 months ago
Look, you have to understand America is like more like several countries who don't agree on anything at all, but yet are forced to be roomies. It's ridiculous how disjointed and so not united we are. The country is not even safe for for it's own citizens. Just pick an issue, any issue, and it's somehow it will backfire and cause countless casualties for the American people. Also you smug bastards over in Europe are getting on my nerves continually harping on geography. Pick up a d**n newspaper once in awhile, and you'll find something new everyday to taunt us for. For pete's sake somehow we have made the likes of "The Island Boys" famous, we people on Tik-Tok who don't even know what quarters are, how to get them or even use a coin-op laundromat. We have social media and influencers revealing new depths of stupidity everyday, and just when you didn't think it was possible to get more stupid.... they up the ante. it's truly a Duh-mockracy. So either find new material or send maps
Auntriarch 8 months ago
I'm sorry for you and all the decent people in your country. I don't get my information from the sources you mention, just the BBC, and I suppose Bored Panda. And I deplore their behaviour too (the site I mean, not individual Pandas). You may say, then why do I click in posts that trash the US. Because we need to be the antidote to rage bait. Waging war on these pages is not the way. Occasionally winding up our "cousins" is one thing, but it's not in fun anymore, and the attacks need to stop. Knee jerk comments about grammar, guns, food, and yes, geography are not helping, and they're not even funny.
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Broadredpanda 8 months ago
Trump getting elected has made sure of this! He one scary dictator (I know he’s not what a “dictator” states, but just look at the whole of his administration/life! How those who voted him in have f****d up the already corrupt world and made it so much more f*****g scary and unsettling! Well done you absolute muppets!
EJN 8 months ago
It isn't trustworthy or friendly as long as Trump is in power. If you kiss his a$$, you can break any laws and he will pardon you or you will never be forced to account for your actions. His threats to neighboring countries are outrageous and yet I have heard little come out of the UN! It is time to tell the fascists to either behave or live isolated from the rest of humanity! Americans will still need your support to get rid of this parasite!
Rich Black 8 months ago
you haven't been paying attention. America stopped being trustworthy right after the breakup of the soviet union.
Judi Sherosky 8 months ago
YOu sound jealous of our strength and power. If you like Europe better then go there and be done.
Offbeat Quinoa 8 months ago
You’re talking to people who don’t live in the US 😂 telling them “if you don’t like the US then leave” isn’t the flex you think it is
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There is now an €840 Billion plan underway to rearm Europe. Effectively making it a superpower and bringing the era of American dominance to an end.
Edit: Lots of comments on this. Sorry I have no interest in arguing on the Internet, I won't reply. Let me clarify my position: this is a terrible thing that's happening. If you are working class you'll be the one f****d in the upcoming wars. Trump is stupid for squandering American power in Europe but he seems to be doing it in advance of grabbing mineral rich territories for resources big tech companies need. All the bourgeois powers will be doing some version of this soon because capital needs to constantly expand or collapse.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
I'd just like to remind everyone that the last time European nations rushed to re-arm (about 90 years back), the outcome wasn't pretty 😬. On the other hand, this time round France, Germany, Poland, and the UK are definitely all the same side. 🤨 (The good news really is that France, Germany, Poland, and the UK are all on the same side - realistically, if those four nations actually got their act together and formed some sort of mutual defence pact outside NATO, that'd most likely ensure Europe's security all by itself. Check out history. Europe's had an awful lot of wars and those four countries are all countries which have a long history of being really quite awkward from the point of view of anyone trying to oppose them militarily)
EJN 8 months ago
Europe needs to do whatever is necessary to ensure its own security. America is no longer helping anyone other than itself. Putin is a serious threat and he will not behave. NATO might still reinvent itself, but as long as Trump is in Washington, Europe and the rest of the world must look to themselves for security. As an expat American living in Asia, I can only hope that Trump does not try to invade Greenland, Canada, or anywhere else.... if it does happen, many Americans will refuse to do it, I believe. We know that Trump and Musk are wrong; they are the worst of humanity along with others like them...
Sharon Ingram 8 months ago
Wait……you’re mad because your country is taking responsibility for its own defense?
Rich Black 8 months ago
NATO protects europe. Europe should control and pay for NATO. I don't think NATO troops will parachute in if Russia starts bombing the USA.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago (edited)
But the only time NATO's self-defence article has been called on was by the US, and all its NATO allies heeded that call - in Afghanistan. So we know for sure that the NATO allies of the US will help out the US when it makes that call. Problem: Trump has let it know that the US will not help out its NATO allies if they call for help. Meanwhile: the UK has long maintained the European arm of NATO's nuclear deterrent (France has it own outside NATO control). I don't see any nation threatening that. And finally; Europe would love to control NATO, only the US refuses to give up its prime position.
Load More Replies... A_UserHere 8 months ago
Yeah I doubt, the entirety of Europe getting a shy bit more than the US spends in a year, one time.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Gott mit uns? Hmm. A popular slogan in Prussia from 1701, certainly. The slogan lasted in Germany until the 1980s, apparently. Judi, are you a Germany who has slipped through a time warp and failed to notice the current date? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gott_mit_uns
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Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Some NATO countries always have spent the required amount of GDP on defence, and really, who cares if Luxembourg doesn't?
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There is a pre-war atmosphere in Europe. Last October, Sweden distributed a brochure to prepare its citizens for an imminent threat. Now, this summer, the French will receive a survival manual at home to know how to act in case of a national emergency or an “imminent threat”. In addition, news came out today that Brussels is calling for European households to stockpile emergency supplies in case of a climate crisis or war.
“Europe must prepare for a potential war, also for cyber-attacks, pandemics and the terrible effects of the climate crisis, warns the European Commission.... Brussels is calling for all European households to have stocks of water, medicines, batteries and food to subsist for 72 hours without outside help in the event of a crisis. It is one of the guidelines of the Union's Preparedness Strategy, which will be presented by the Community Executive on Wednesday”.
Data1001 8 months ago
As an American, I can't blame that line of thinking. I fear not only for my own country's safety, but probably more so for all the countries who may be "collateral damage" due to our idiot in charge and his billionaire henchman with their asinine decisions.
Steinunn Friðriksdóttir 8 months ago
What is worse for you Us is that the next time you get 9/11 or something similiar, and there is always next time evil, you won´t have any friends left to help and support you. You are alienating every nation who were truly your friends.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 8 months ago
I have a worry. Here in France they're trying hard to push electric as "the best way". Cooking, heating, cars... Reduce the nasty nasty carbon releasing fossil fuels, don't use wood (particulate matter), electricity for the win, etc. Excuse me, isn't that a kind of "all the eggs in one basket" situation? Surely one of the first things any competent invader would do is take down the infrastructure - phones, mobiles, internet, and the stuff that powers it all.
Betsy S 8 months ago
Which is why every house should have solar panels and at least one small wind turbine (they can be mounted on the roof, so they're not unsightly) so that even if the grid goes down you at least can run your freezer and your phone.
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Jan 8 months ago
As an American born citizen who intends to die here, I have a pre-war attitude as well. I am stocking up on canned goods, rice, dry beans and such. I am also watching YouTube videos on depression era recipes and recipes used during the rationing of WW2. I hope those that voted for this are ready for what they have unleashed.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago (edited)
As a Gen X Brit who grew up in NW London, my pre-war attitude remains as it always was: if another big war happens, don't even bother trying, the situation's hopeless. I grew up knowing from quite a young age that if WW3 did break out, my best hope was that the initial attack would vaporise me. There were too many obvious targets near home (no, really, there really were quite a lot) for there to be any realistic chance of surviving and a quick death beats radiation sickness. 😁
Load More Replies... Alexandra 8 months ago
Yep, same here. I'm about to arrange for my family to be able to survive for at least 72 hours in case of a power outage, a flood or something worse. If something worse, I hope they will bomb my house so that I will be killed outright: those who survive are, in today's warfare, far worse off. Also, you have better chances of survival in the Army than being a civilian. So, there's a very long list that I need to complete. Does anyone have any recommendations when it comes to dried meals?
Rick Murray 8 months ago
Get things you already eat (and if you don't then start introducing them into your diet). I have, for example, plenty of tinned spaghetti. Sometimes when I'm lazy I'll eat it cold right out of the can. The reason for this is because you'll be under a lot of stress if you need to haul up and live off your emergency stash. Whether it's Russians or zombies or a flood, it's going to be stressful. The last thing you need is to start screwing with your digestion by eating weird and unknown things. Oh, and you said dried meals. How do you plan to undryify them? Bottled water? Have you accounted for bottled water for bathing, washing, and such as well? Personally I would just maintain a larger than usual selection of tinned stuff (which will come out ready to eat, and often can be tolerated cold if the resources to heat it up are in short supply). And, yes, if I get word that the bomb is going to drop nearby, I'll climb on the roof for a good view. The aftermath will be awful, count me out.
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Rick Murray 8 months ago
I already do this because I'm rural, don't much like going shopping, and got in the habit of minimal contact during the whole Covid thing. I went shopping this lunchtime so I'm good until next Friday.
cerinamroth 8 months ago
To be honest, we (living in Germany) got a leaflet when the full-scale invasion of Ukraine occurred saying we should have enough food and drink for each family member for two weeks. I'm a food hoarder anyway, so I think we're good. I should probably stock up on the bottled water though.
My O My 8 months ago
You got one? I (southern bavaria) didn't recieve anything
Load More Replies... Alex Martin 8 months ago
The climate and geography in the US is always trying to k**l us off. Tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, blizzards, and drought. I've always kept weeks of food and water on hand in the event of natural disaster. Best recommendation, buy canned and boxed goods that you always use and rotate through them to make sure your emergency supplies don't expire. Just make sure to keep a large enough reserve in case food deliveries are suspended. Most major cities are three days away from running out of food. Have bottled water but also some big empty jugs you can fill if you are expecting a disruption to the water supply, you can use these for washing. Get some type of weapon for your home, even a cricket bat or a wrecking bar if there are limits on weapon ownership in your country. People will do terrible things when their children are starving.
Pittsburgh rare 8 months ago
Me too. Also batteries, a flashlight and a radio.
Load More Replies... Sharon Ingram 8 months ago
Americans have been doing this for years. But here, they’re called “prepares” and are called extremists. Funny.
#14
Germany relaxing its debt break to enable major investment in defence spending and infrastructure.
Alexandra 8 months ago
Many countries are considering relaxing debt rules in order to invest in defence and infrastructure. It is estimated that this will lead to an economic upturn.
Bartlet for world domination 8 months ago
Maybe. Most of the invested money is borrowed, so interest rates will go up.
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Zwiebel Suppe 8 months ago
Oh, it would have been totally necessary to relax that no-debt-thing (or to never impleent it) to invest in education, social systems, infrastructure and measures against climate change. But none of that ever seemed important enough to the richt people's representatives in the government.
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Nads 8 months ago
Well, imo, I guess everyone agrees the US spends too much on war (“defense”) and that it meddles too much on other countries’ businesses.
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Right now? Farmers are revolting all over Europe, protesting EU policies and climate regulations.
But Americans wouldn’t know, because they’re too busy arguing whether drag queens or vaccines are the real threat to democracy.
Meanwhile, half of Congress thinks Europe is a province in Canada.
Karl-Heinz “Kalle” Wendt 8 months ago
Let's be fair: they couldn't find their own a*s with both hands while sitting on them...
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Sharon Ingram 8 months ago
Yes, we do know. And we’re backing the farmers! Keep up the good work! Our farmers are doing the same, but you don’t hear about that, do you.
EJN 8 months ago
Half of Congress in the USA is full of idiot GOP disciples of Hitler! A good many of those people are also deranged in full and not qualified to work in government! We have a government that cares only for the wealthy and has no qualms about neglecting the ordinary American citizens who elected them. It is truly a nightmare!
Rich Black 8 months ago
wait . . now EUROPEANS are protesting EU climate change policies? Is trump running the EU now, too?
Isabelle Beyns 8 months ago
I live in Brussels no farmer revolution since months ;) I don't know what you're talking about, sorry
Judi Sherosky 8 months ago
Oh more upset because we won't let you ( Canada) suck the life out of our economy anymore! Boo hoo hoo
#16
Norway. The biggest *local* news event is that a kindergarten went on a ski trip and had a great time. Erik says he fell once but it didn't hurt and he had an orange in his backpack that didn't take any damage.
A big national news event is that they found even more proof of sexual a***e of patients at a gross doctor's house.
Silberwolf 8 months ago
Can someone tell me what a***e means? I'm tired of guessing the censored words on BP...(English isn't my mother tongue)
Andrew Arons 8 months ago
There used to be a time in the US where the daily news wasn't apocalyptic...
Sarah 8 months ago (edited)
Brilliant! I play a game with colleague.. I ask him to pick a country and I’ll Look up their main newspaper and see what headlines is going on there. It’s fascinating. He picked some random island - over by Indonesia.. cant remember. Headline was local Kids taken to forest ( or jungle) and were taught how to make machetes out of wood! Picture was even included!
#17
Everyone hates Russia, except the US right now and nobody knows why.
StrangeOne 8 months ago
Trump is a wannbe dictator. His only goal in life is to win all the time. A true,, classic textbook narcissist. Trump sees Russia as winning the war but the USA wasn't endorsing Russia's side, and Trump is pissed that the USA has been supporting the losing side. He doesn't care what each country represents, their history and injustices. He doesn't care who started the war. He also sees that Russia invaded for valuable resources that Trump wants. It's insidious greed.
Robert Millar 8 months ago
Russia may have invaded just when they did to take control of the grain harvest, because Putin had already promised supplies to some African countries that Russia could not deliver.
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Swoo 8 months ago
We know why : Trump is so deep in Russia's pocket it could be funny. But we also know that he is not in anyway a decent human being, so nobody is laughing. Also the US (I mean the current power structure and their followers) vastly underestimates Europe (the continent, the Union, and the different countries that compose those). We are neither blind nor ressourceless.
Maggie Fulton 8 months ago
From the USA: Are you sure it’s his pocket he’s deep in?
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Sam Trudeau 8 months ago
Trump has done a lot that draws parallels to dictators: They can't teach about slavery apparently, similar to a lot of dictator places; he apparently wants to annex Canada, similar to his buddy Putin who is at war with his (geographically) closest country. He also removed a lot of rights and has his own propaganda station (looking at you 🦊📰) similar to most dictators
Janissary35680 8 months ago
If you check out old WW2 newsreels and photos, you'll see Mussolini striking poses that look identical to some frequently repeated by D.T.
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Lara Verne 8 months ago
Trump sees Putin as kindred spirit, they have similar interests after all.
Mark Karol-Chik 8 months ago
American here- I still believe Putin as an a class pile of vomit.
#18
Here in Denmark we are talking about two things:
1. Greenland and how f****d up America is acting.
2. A prominent former politician was indicted for possessing thousands of images and videos of child sexual a***e material as well as a childlike s*x doll.
Other than that, sun is out and spring is here so that’s nice.
StrangeOne 8 months ago (edited)
Does Greenland get teaser springs like the Canadian prairies do? We had nice weather this week, until today. Yesterday I was outside cleaning my balcony in a Tee. Today, we're in a blizzard in my parts of the prairies, and I think the snow is still blowing through. Looks like we got more snow this evening than we had all winter. And it was melting.
Deta Rossiter 8 months ago
saw this on a friends timeline as well. "spring my a$$"
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Stannous Flouride 8 months ago
Any progress on Denmark buying California? We're all ready for it and will move the state capital to Solvang. Screen-Sho...b1-png.jpg 
BBQCicada 8 months ago
I’ll move to CA just so I can be annexed by Denmark!
Load More Replies... Cydney Golden 8 months ago
I personally apologize to Denmark and Greenland for America. Not all of us voted for him.
Rich Black 8 months ago
google the phrase "wag the dog". Trump starts sputtering about greenland, canada, and the panama canal whenever he wants to get economic news off the front page. you are being bluffed. but to be fair, so are half the voters in america.
#19
Tesla's European sales drop only 45% amid disquiet over Musks Trump links.
The Scout 8 months ago
In Germany, it is even about 76% Tesla is down, with nearly 31% increase in electric cars in general otherwise.
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Joshua McNally 8 months ago
Sell your Swasticars, mainly because other brands look nicer, are better performing and aren't owned by a c**nt.
Betsy S 8 months ago
If you can find a sucker to buy it. Not much chance of that. They are vandalism magnets now. Anyone would be a fool to put one of those in their driveway.
Load More Replies... Verena 8 months ago (edited)
Somebody like Musk would never get the political power in Europe. It is illegal and prevented by laws which are the result of our experience with several dictators, crowned or self-declared. The multi-party political government helps preventing one person grabbing all power. But the the power of the US president is based on the reigning systems from 250 years ago. The creators had no experience with democracy, so they based the power of the leader on what they knew: Kings. And never changed it, while Europe evolved.
Pedantic Panda 8 months ago (edited)
Have you heard of Dominic Cummings? Edit - UK, Boris Johnson's conservative government.
Load More Replies... Thomas Francis 8 months ago
Wait until current owners find how much the depreciation now is when they come to sell/trade in.
DeoManus Argentem 8 months ago
What? It's like the biggest story on the news in the US every day about people trading in their Teslas at record numbers and firebombing Tesla dealerships and vandalizing peoples' cars both here and around the world!
Rich Black 8 months ago
stop using his starlink satellites too! he was giving access to Ukraine to coordinate their defenses against Russia.
#20
I'm saying Australia counts because of Eurovision.
We're about to have an election in the next month where it is literally a Republican vs Democrat election round 2: Electric Boogaloo. Our conservative (called the Liberal) party has started to spit Trumpist lines in his press conferences and our liberal/left (called Labor with no u) party is running a bump in healthcare funding.
The polls are so tight there is a massive chance of a hung parliament because of independents and the greens.
We are one election away from having a bald potato Trump.
Wombat 8 months ago
Nooooo! Say no to Temu Trump. Hopefully The Trumpier he gets the less people will vote for him.
April Pickett 8 months ago
Yeah, but he'll be here for four years, and they are talking about a third term! It's not allowed by our Constitution, but I don't know if there will be a Constitution at the end of this four-year term.
Load More Replies... Tamra 8 months ago
Oh my dear Aussies, I wish you all the best of luck in avoiding a Trump 2.0.
Colleen Glim 8 months ago
Is that not a Trump 2.1? Because the US is already dealing with Trump 2.0?
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 8 months ago
Five weeks of campaigning, it will be interesting to see what each says about the other. I'm not looking forward to all the Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriot ads all over the place either.
Adam McNally 8 months ago
Aussie in Europe here. I was back in Oz 3 weeks ago. Was watching tv with my Mum, when those adds came on. We both almost p**d ourselves laughing.
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Rosecrucian Roeth 8 months ago
A hung parliament is better than a majority for the far right, just ask the US..........................
Colleen Glim 8 months ago
They didn’t even have a far right majority. As a matter of fact, the left won the popular vote. The US election process is confusing af
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Rachel Simon-Bierenbaum 8 months ago
Jeeeeez, the world can't take another one. Sincere best wishes on the election and your country not barreling towards civil war
winterwidow87 8 months ago (edited)
I like aussies, i consider them basically european cousins even though they're on the other side of the world. Good luck, please vote carefully.
#21
I'm from a small town in England, according to the local Facebook group:
* Immigrants are ruining the town, or not ruining the town, nobody is really sure at this point. They're definitely up to something.
* Nigel Farange is either the devil or going to save the UK. Nobody can agree on that.
* The bypass they have been promising for 80 years hasn't been built yet, people are salty about that
* Some drama about a Primary school not having an Easter service this year.
Exciting stuff.
StPaul9 8 months ago
Nigel Farage couldn't save his a**e from getting wet if he went in a pool.
JB 8 months ago
Weird comment. I’m fairly sure all of us would struggle to keep just our rear ends dry in a pool, water being wet and all. I suppose it made sense in your head but you should see the logical fallacy once you wrote it out. Now, if you wrote “he couldn’t find his ārse with both hands and a mirror” …
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Huddo's sister 8 months ago
Pretty similar to my small town in Australia, but instead of Nigel Farage it's Peter Dutton and it's train works that are yet to be completed.
Sarah 8 months ago (edited)
Best small Aussie town story has to be the murder / accident in Larrimah . Paddy Moriarty was Irish ( as am I so it made our news) abt 12 people live in the ‘town’ and police still haven’t c*****d ( cream crackered) the case! I think they are making a series about it .
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Stannous Flouride 8 months ago
For some reason Nigel is the least likely name on British dating sites to be interacted with. Probably just a coincidence.
Hannah 8 months ago
In the more mundane league, I bought a house plant with instructions saying may need more sunlight or share; more water or less.
Nads 8 months ago
Well… it’s sort of like this with plants. You research a bit, or look at the plant’s characteristics, place it somewhere, then adjust if the plant reacts badly. Remembering there’s an acclimation period if the plant was in a greenhouse. You water it wherever the soul is dry, and that can vary accordingly to climate, sun exposure size of pot etc.
Load More Replies... Rich Black 8 months ago
everyone love immigrants. but only so long as they're from a former colony, like India or Canada.
Judi Sherosky 8 months ago
Enjoy your ismalic studies and brain washed babies. Don't cross over int o your no go zones! Get your shoit together before it is too late.
#22
Living in Sweden we're dealing with massive teacher strikes right now. Over 20,000 teachers walked out last week.
RedHairedDragon 8 months ago
I did some checking, the original poster is from the US. They got heavily questioned even on Reddit, the person on BP that stole this did not do their due diligence
Demongrrrrl 8 months ago
Teachers everywhere deserve a massive pay raise and infinitely more respect!
#23
UK: Everyone pissed themselves about a spiral in the sky last night that turned out to be rocket fuel being expelled from a SpaceX launch.
DeoManus Argentem 8 months ago
This has been covered quite a bit in US MSM (mainstream media). Not about the alleged UK reaction, but the event.
SkippityBoppityBoo 8 months ago (edited)
Not "Everyone"... 🙄 Saw it, wondered what it was and Googled. It was pretty weird/eerie if you didn't know what it was. Looked cool though
Endcensorship 8 months ago
OK so it's fine just to release rocket fuel into space now? Who knows where it'll end up
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#24
Big news in Spain right now is the water crisis.
Pittsburgh rare 8 months ago
Not anymore. We've had rain for a month straight and the alerts are all deactivated.
Rich Black 8 months ago
spain has been short on rainfall for 10,000 years. and keeps expanding population. every rich guy in Europe wants to build a Spanish vacation home, and accompanying garden. you can't have it both ways.
#25
The UK's National Health Service is in absolute chaos right now. I'm a nurse in London and we've had the longest strikes in NHS history.
Nils Skirnir 8 months ago
Conservatives trying to destroy it. With the help of US insurance and pharmaceutical industries
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Learner Panda 8 months ago
Too many pen pushers and not enough medical staff. The important members are not the ones who are paid enough.
Rich Black 8 months ago
is it true that you keep costs down by paying doctors less than what a schoolteacher makes? I'd go on strike too. There SO MANY Irish nurses working in American hospitals now.
Boris Long-Johnson 8 months ago
Not that I’m disagreeing with the over all sentiment but this statement is typical English lack of understanding of the union. THERE IS NO UK NHS!!! And English get b******t when they wonder why Scot’s want out of the uk.
#26
Another Pulse Nightclub tragedy that didn’t reach most American news outlets. On March 16th 2025, a fire at a DNK concert k**led at least 59 people (including the entire band except for one dude). It was caused by pyrotechnics. It is the deadliest nightclub fire in Europe since the 2015 Bucharest nightclub fire, and the deadliest fire in North Macedonia’s history. Super tragic. source
Edit: For the record I’m not European. I saw it on Wikipedia’s home page and was confused because it said Pulse Nightclub.. yet it was super recent and in Macedonia. I ended up listening to some DNK songs. They were super talented and it’s f*****g tragic. RIP.
Dusty's mom 8 months ago
My sympathies to their families, friends and fans. I do wish that pyrotechnics would be limited to outdoor venues with adequate safety measures.
XenoMurph 8 months ago
Ireland had a huge nightclubfire in the 1980s, The StarDust. Lots of laws changed after that. Fire safety is still a big thing for many there because of it.
Load More Replies... Christos Arvanitis 8 months ago
I read about it here in the states. It was actually like the Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island and not the Pulse one. Pulse was a mass shooting and not a fire...
Georgina Lenna 8 months ago
a tragedy! some injured victims were brought in Salonica as North Macedonia hospitals were overwhelmed. Note : even an ambulance driver died at the end of his nightmarish shift.
winterwidow87 8 months ago (edited)
This is horrible but it has nothing to do with what happened in the Pulse nightclub in Florida. People died there because someone who didn't like lgbtqia+ people started shooting, it wasn't an accident like in this case.
Huddo's sister 8 months ago
I saw footage of it and I don't know what they expected to happen, but it was a tragedy. It didn't help it was an unlicenced event either.
Rich Black 8 months ago
America's media only reports on nightclub tragedies if its fundamentalist islamic thing. Fires are back page news. We got the full story about the stabber in amsterdam last week.
#27
The two people that stole the Paddington Bear statue were sentenced today. They both got community service and a fine.
Both of them are RAF engineers and brought the statue back to base with them so I'm guessing they're in for a proper kicking off their Seniors.
Earonn - 8 months ago
Sure, so they will never drink again because it's clear they do some really s****y stuff when drunk? Of course not.
Load More Replies... Rich Black 8 months ago
what happend to the guy who chopped down the 2,000 year old tree next to Hadrian's wall? Something worse, I hope.
Roxy222uk 8 months ago
We have statues of Paddington Bear around the country on benches in city centres and people like to sit next to him and get a photograph. He's only hollow fibreglass or similar. The two nitwits got drunk and decided to steal him from a bench but couldn't remove him so they cut the front off and took it back to their barracks. TBH, it's not particularly bad I think it was just a relief to have some news that was of a 'bad' thing but not unbelievably traumatic.
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Richienotsorich 8 months ago
Morons took it back to camp in a taxi. All on CCTV too. MOD haven't commented on what their punishment will be but I bet they had the most miserable nights on guard duty since!
#28
France here while everyone's focused on our pension protests there's actually a massive water crisis happening in some regions.
Huddo's sister 8 months ago
So much drought across the world at the moment :( but no, climate change is a myth...
Sharon Ingram 8 months ago
That’s because all the water is flooding the US right now. You can have it back.
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Annik Perrot 8 months ago
There's à stream, l'Agly, in the Pyrénées Orientales, that hadn't managed to reach the sea since 2022. Due to abundant rain in the area lately, it's flowing into the sea again, but the water crisis is far from resolved, and water restrictions are maintained.
Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago
Even in Germany we had a drought for many years. But the last 2 years were very rainy again.
Judi Sherosky 8 months ago
Tis world has been climate changing for millions of years, get a grip.
#29
In the UK we're having pushback against our c***py government from all sides at the moment. The latest one being nationwide protests from disabled people regarding cuts to the Personal Independence Payment system that was already considered cruel and bureaucratic.
Fred L. 8 months ago
But there is no non-right-wing party big enough to take its place right now, is it?
Stannous Flouride 8 months ago
Conservatives: Cuts have to be made because taxing the rich will make them leave. It will be hard on everyone. Labour: You think that's hard on everyone? Hold my lager...
Shark Lady 8 months ago
I'm on sickness benefits and s******g myself. The changes haven't gone through the full parliamentary process yet but it's looking like a formality.
Colleen Glim 8 months ago
I have heard of this. The current UK government is looking to cut disability benefits in half. These are people that legitimately have mental health issues and holding a job for any length of time is difficult at best. Please, for the sake of all the people in the UK with severe mental health issues, make some noise about how it is unfair and wrong. Otherwise, watch your homeless numbers at least double because they have nowhere to go
Load More Replies... SkippityBoppityBoo 8 months ago
MPs get a payrise and we, the disabled, get screwed. The PIP points system is so unfair. Not only that but it's hard to grasp some of the questions. Then there's the interviews. I was supposed to have a video phone call interview. I set it all up with my phone provider. They said to accept the call, don't worry about going over your data limit. We'll keep you connected and should you go over it? We'll work something out where you can pay a little extra each month so it's not one big huge bill if needed... And yes, you can still access FB, email etc In the end? It was a Phone Call. ... A. Phone. Call. I could've been anyone! But had it been a video call? I could've shown them my raised/adapted toilet seat with the frame, my shower stool and handrail. My crutches and calipers. My old crutches, my cane for inside if/when I need it. But nope... It was a phone call. Then they have the audacity to say that I "Did Not Provide Enough Proof Of Disability"!!!
SkippityBoppityBoo 8 months ago (edited)
I had well over a £150 taken from my disability PIP payments per fortnight. And now? PIP is Disability Allowance and ESA is changing to Universal Credit. I've had to put in for Crisis Loans from the DWP due to my caliper breaking. It snapped just above the slot where it goes into the shoe. It was an emergency appointment at the physiotherapy hospital and I had to get a taxi...... There a WHOLE lot more to that part with my calipers but there's definitely a LOT of anger and people/official disability groups are coming together to oppose these new cuts. We need this money to Live. Eat. Attend necessary appointments at our various hospitals. £15-20 per two days doesn't cut it. If I've to get a taxi because my caliper broke, which it did, then what am I supposed to eat after? Air? Sit in the dark due to my electricity being cut off because it's a choice of pay for food and my mobile phone bill or electricity? Can't fricken phone anywhere for help if I've not got a phone can I?
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#30
Asparagus season is coming early this year.
Janissary35680 8 months ago
Yum. Sadly wild asparagus season lasts only about 10 days around here.
Never Snarky 8 months ago
Love, love , love asparagus. Have already had it four times this spring.
Fack Suckerberg 8 months ago (edited)
That's not asparagus, THIS is asparagus. German asparagus. https://ibb.co/1fkZSh6Z
cerinamroth 8 months ago
You find both kinds in Germany in Spargelzeit. I actually prefer the green asparagus, although I'm more than happy to eat a half-kilo of the white stuff with lashings of proper hollandaise sauce.
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The Netherlands (a small country (18 mio.) west of Germany) quickly wants to increase its army from 75.000 people to 200.000 people. They accept anyone now, so they claim.
Pernille 8 months ago
In Danmark they moved forward the draft for women, so as of this summer they will be drafted too. It feels like all of Europe is preparing for war, but we don't know if it will be against the US or Russia or both.
Rich Black 8 months ago
this seems like a PR stunt. I'm guessint they don't have barracks for 200,000 soldiers to lounge around in, day in and day out.
Nads 8 months ago
Europeans have a matter of fact approach to war, apparently. I can’t imagine behaving the same way. I can’t conceptualize living through a war. I think I would run away. I hope I could do so. I don’t care about defending my country or anything. I would take my family, and try to keep them safe. Every war I’ve studied in school is too horrific for my mind to handle. I can’t do that.
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
The problem with the idea of running away from war is that the war will catch up with you. Europeans who know a little history know this. My grandfathers volunteered to fight. Their wives and children back at home weren't safe because the enemy brought the war to them - a small matter of Germany bombing the UK, and nothing remotely as bad as what happened with the ground war. Europeans know that if there's a big war, you can't keep yourself or your family safe by running away.
Load More Replies... Sarah 8 months ago
Can those who are eligible to apply for Irish passport- does our neutrality count for you?
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Mmm. Irish neutrality remained viable just so long as it had friends all around. Now the US is turning hostile, Ireland might have to pick a side.
Load More Replies... Nota Robot 8 months ago
This is correct, except we don't have enough instructors, barracks, weapons, uniforms etc to kit out and train the new recruits.
Thomas51 6 months ago
And yet loads of Dutch military equipment for sale online. Your sleeping bags and bivvy sacks are well regarded.
Load More Replies... Roland Nijveld 8 months ago
Yeah good luck with that. After years of cutting funds, to the point there wasn't even ammo to train, they want to increase it now all of the sudden
Judi Sherosky 8 months ago
Our Creator is still in charge, We will watch and wait and pray. He has not fallen off his throne.
#32
The leader of the Serb-dominant region of Bosnia is defying arrest, breaking the constitution and threatening to raise an army. He's a separatist. The arrest warrant for him hasn't been filled because local police from his region would likely protect him. He's also been sentenced to jail and banned from politics, but he's still there. It's very complicated and not easy to explain quickly so I think it's been way underreported, even in Europe.
Rich Black 8 months ago
if you're not running a separatist or nationalist movement, you're not getting your 15 minutes of fame.
#33
Similar to the US a whole ton of cuts are being made in the UK right now and it's causing a similar backlash. The people who will be most harmed are those who are most vulnerable, it is seen by many to be justifiable given the current circumstances of the war but I'd prefer we just hit the Americans with retaliatory tarrifs to pay for it instead.
StrangeOne 8 months ago
My bf is British. He's told me they are cutting off benefits to disabled people to make them work. He's a carer for his severely disabled, ailing parents, and is very worried what's going to happen. I've heard of how their benefits system gives their own assessments of disabled people, through invasive, upsetting tests to figure out what they are capable of. I've been trying to reassure him that it's highly unlikely he and his parents would be affected. But I'm not fully confident of that.
Auntriarch 8 months ago
If they had said they were going to review the system and see where savings could be made, that wouldn't be a bad thing. But they have said they will be making savings, so some people will suffer. They are going after the vulnerable, because it's easier. I'd like to add reassurance to your bf, but I honestly don't know.
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Cee Cee 8 months ago
Don't think many think the war has anything to do with it. However for a Labour government to go after the poorest and not those with the broadest shoulders is unconscionable.
Robert T 8 months ago (edited)
Because yet again we have a chicken-excrement government who prefer to tax or cut benefits to the lower classes whilst allowing huge corporations to declare themselves as operating from Ireland or Luxembourg and pay little to no UK tax whatsoever.
Colleen Glim 8 months ago
This has been happening in the US for 30 or so years. Look where it’s got them. And then have a think about who you vote for
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Neo-conservatives believe that a government is hobbled by caring for its disabled and poor. They instead still believe the economic theories that emphasize the importance of the wealthy class investing in making more wealth. It is all bullsh*t but they believe the ordinary people are not worth the investment. Just like beliefs of the Trump administration... we are devolving throughout the world....😰
Rich Black 8 months ago
you can have anything you want, provided you can pay for it. like the USA - don't expect people in other nations to finance your living standards.
Lena Flising 8 months ago
Cuts are being done in Sweden too. The government plans to raise the ceiling on subsided medications, which will hurt old and sick people the most. If they could afford the tax-cut for the rich a couple of years ago, they can afford medication for the old and sick too!
#34
Europeans live about 6 years longer than Americans on average.
General Anaesthesia 8 months ago
Is that because infant and maternal mortality have been on the rise in the US for years?
LilliVB 8 months ago
It could be. But I think also that generalized universal healthcare makes therapies more accesible
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Richienotsorich 8 months ago
We are living longer but life expectancy has been reduced recently. Partly because of Covid but also because this TikTok generation keep doing stupid things to get likes whilst accidentally killing themselves!
Brian Droste 8 months ago
All the persevertives and the insecticide/pesticides in our food I don't doubt that the average year of Americans is lower than the rest of the 1st worldcountries.
Rich Black 8 months ago
thank goodness. with all the shade being cast on america, think how annoying it would be if we caught up. How are you enjoying our Covid 19 vaccine, through?
Offbeat Quinoa 8 months ago (edited)
Abortion rates have nothing to do with how long people live into their older years. You can’t abort a 65 year old.
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Chickens are producing so many eggs that farmers are paying people to take them off their hands.
Pernille 8 months ago
My chickens even laid eggs all winter, they normally take a break, but I think they are trying to spite the US. They are retired factory chickens,and out to prove that they are worthy of living.
anne sane 8 months ago
They are happy chickens. As they deserve to be. It is so nice they now have a life worthy of them. ❤️
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Oerff On Tour 8 months ago (edited)
Here in the Netherlands we've started vaccinating chickens and other birds in captivity against bird flu. They *could* do the same in the US, but WON'T! They're afraid their chickens will get AUTISM or 5g
nicholas nolan 8 months ago
Weirdly, that's been floated as a response to bird flu in our chickens over here(even by the current admin), but would absolutely shatter our exports of broiler chickens(meat birds, not egg layers), so no one wants to pull the trigger on that yet.
Load More Replies... The Scout 8 months ago
Maybe it wasn't the smartest move to fire most employees of an authority overseeing (among other things) the fight against bird flu while there was an actual outbreak?
Colleen Glim 8 months ago
When you cut quality control, things tend to go sideways. Who knew?
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Brian Droste 8 months ago
Here in the US there is bird flu going around that is ki lling chickens by the thousands that is affecting the price of eggs. A few weeks ago the eggs I bought were over $6 a dozen.
#36
Here in Sweden we're dealing with this wild situation where our biggest grocery store chain ICA is in a massive fight with Coca Cola.
Matt Richardson 8 months ago
I have no clue the background on this (And I don't really care), but I usually root against mega corporations . Sweden has my worthless moral support.
Chewie Baron 8 months ago
It’s made in Scotland. From Girders! I love Irn Bru!
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Agfox 8 months ago
It seems ICA refused to pass on Coca Cola's price increases to customers & is new refusing to sell their products
Rick Murray 8 months ago
My local supermarket kicked out PepsiCo a couple of years ago for this reason, and earlier this year Heinz vanished, I suspect for the same reason. But they're a French supermarket so Nestlé gets a free pass... 😠 When I say kicked out, I mean *everything*. It was rather astonishing the things that PepsiCo owned (Doritos, Lays, and Tropicana - bye bye).
Load More Replies... cerinamroth 8 months ago
I think I've only ever bought two little bottles in my life (when I've been hungover and out and about). I prefer Lift (sparkling apple juice).
Load More Replies... Roland Nijveld 8 months ago
Happens here in the Netherlands all the time. With coca cola, Unilever, Nestlé and smaller companies
Deta Rossiter 8 months ago
The Situation: ICA, Sweden's largest grocery store chain, is boycotting Coca-Cola products, specifically the 1.5-liter bottles of Coca-Cola, Fanta, and Sprite. The Reason: The disagreement stems from a price disagreement, with ICA wanting Coca-Cola to lower the price of the fizzy drinks. ICA's Perspective: Staffan Ekengren at ICA calls the measure "unusual" but necessary to address the price issue.
Lynchamigsakta 8 months ago
Yeah must only be the 1,5l, I just came home from ica and the shelves are filled with that nasty s**t
Load More Replies... Rich Black 8 months ago
i hope the grocery chain wins. coca cola is unhealthy. can you buy vodka in grocery stores there?
#37
In France, the prime minister has lied about his knowledge and cover up of a violence scandal at a private catholic school, so the government is currently distracting the population by banning islamic veils from sports competitions. Just islamic veils, not crosses or whatever religious symbol under the name of laïcité.
Pernille 8 months ago
I'm all for laïcité, but veils is a choice for many, and they should not be excluded from sports. It is a complex question, but taken to extremes like the current government is trying to they should forbid crosses on churches, and people being named after saints next.
Stannous Flouride 8 months ago
Sacré Dieu! (or Dieu Impie! as required by secular statute)
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 8 months ago
I thought France had already banned all religious symbols, or was that just in schools? Not sure how that works in Catholic schools etc.
RedPepper 8 months ago
Religious symbols are banned in public schools and (for employees only, not for the public) in administrations. Hiding your face in public spaces is also forbidden for security reasons. Religious schools are, by definition, religious, so religious symbols and teachings are authorized.
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Strahd Ivarius 8 months ago
I am waiting to see the "Saint" removed from the football club name "Paris Saint Germain"...
Rich Black 8 months ago
the french government has been banning islamic attire for years and years. we HAVE been paying attnetion to this in America. Muslims can wear whatever they want here.
Richienotsorich 8 months ago
Can they ban players from crossing themselves and praying at the start of matches too? How many people go to work and have a prayer before they start?
Spencers slave no more 8 months ago
Here in NZ, New Zealand Police have partnered with female Muslim Police Officers to design and produce a hijab that fits into their Police uniform. It is now an official part of the uniform here.
#38
Croatia:
People: spring is here! Yes, everything is expensive, but it is warm outside, trees geeting green...
Meteorologist: breaking news, it will rain all week.
Momma Panda 8 months ago
We are hoping to sit outside in the sunshine while our neighbours are in political crisis and protesting. And we couldn't keep up with the boycott of the store chains for more than 2 months. It became boring. Life passes by while we are only watching.
#39
UK economy is in big trouble. Debt interest now huge- bigger than education budget. Debt aporoachimg 100% of GDP. Our crappy productivity per capita is depressing. Population due to reach 85m on a crowded island ( England 434 people per sq km) but we don't produce enough. 'Left' wing government needing to cut spending as we desperately need to up defence spending.
Gloomiest country in Europe just now?
Tim Fawcett 8 months ago
The UK economy has been in trouble for decades - short-termism and making a fast buck rather than sustainable business. Plus the government has for ages ignired the fact that there is a country outside of the M25.
Richienotsorich 8 months ago
That's just not true. The government and big British companies have moved a lot of work outside of London and moved into offices not large enough to cope. Manchester has now taken over as the centre of a lot of government departments and for jobs in London, unless you actually work in that building already, you're not eligible to apply. So many people moving out of London and so many HMOs springing up for foreigners to live in.
Load More Replies... Adam Jeff 8 months ago
The UK's population is 68 million. It's steadily rising so I suppose you can say that it's 'due to reach 85m', but if you don't say by when it's kind of meaningless - you could also say that if current trends continue it will reach 200 million, someday.
Chewie Baron 8 months ago
It’s due to reach 85 million by 2050. When it will overtake Germany as the most populous nation in Europe. The UK is now second in population size having overtaken France a couple of years ago
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Offbeat Quinoa 8 months ago
This has nothing to do with America or Islam but ok. You’re shrieking extra loud today.
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There is going to be a new twist-off plastic bottle cap.
Jac Carr 8 months ago
It's designed so you pull the cap over to the other side to keep it out of the way. People just aren't using them properly
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Rick Murray 8 months ago
Undo the lid, pour or drink a little, then yank the lid. It will come away from the collar and can then be treated like a normal lid like we used to have before the nanny state decided we couldn't be trusted with lids.
Hannah 8 months ago
You can push the cap back far enough to be able to drink, but I personally find it a nightmare trying to then put the lid back on. Not sure who has not been putting the lids in the recycling to make this addition necessary. V annoying!
Sarah 8 months ago
Half the time .. I think the companies don’t care. They just need to be seen to be doing good ( environment etc)
Load More Replies... Richienotsorich 8 months ago
"I'm attached to help you recycle"...not for much longer you won't be you annoying little bªstard!
Thomas51 6 months ago
But made of a different plastic! So, does it have to be removed before recycling takes place?
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Ladyde Winter 8 months ago
I've been through all the stages: confusion, being poked in the face, thinking I am too stupid to open a bottle, resignation, acceptance. Been to the US and was actively missing these bottle caps 😅 I've lost an embarrassingly number of caps then
#41
In Portugal, Ronaldo went playing some tenis today.
#42
Preparation for the next Eurovision. It's all we Euros care about.
Verena 8 months ago
I loved it, until the elimination rounds were invented. The main show does not have all the fun, crazy, quirky, idiotic, unique bands anymore.
Panda McPandaface 8 months ago
If all entrants were in the final it would be about 5 hours long - the ones that get eliminated are pretty bad for the most part, but I take your point. There still seem to be a fair number weird and wacky entries in the final though. I'm still pissed that 'Cha CHa Cha' lost to that boring Loreen dirge...
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Apatheist Account2 8 months ago
Somewhat disappointing that we (UK) had a decent song for the first time in 25 years and Ukraine won it due to a sympathy vote. Ah well.
Purplemoobzz 8 months ago
Fully agree, even Baby Lasagne was better than Nemo
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 8 months ago
I wish Australia wasn't in it. It takes over our 'world' channel for ages each year.
Chewie Baron 8 months ago
Some of this year’s songs are all right. Also, Techno seems to have made a comeback going by a few entries,
Gunnar Strandt 8 months ago
As european I can't explain how much I don't care about this b******t
winterwidow87 8 months ago (edited)
Don't mind me laughing at San Marino going with Gabri Ponte, an italian dj who competes with the song "Tutta l'Italia" aka "All of Italy". For those who don't know, San Marino is a small state geographically located in Italy but independent, so i find the whole thing very amusing.
Sarah 8 months ago
Last few years..most of the ladies look the same.. lip fillers/ Botox , scantily clad .
Panda McPandaface 8 months ago
But SEQUINS! We queens love us some glitter. Not so much the Botox...
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UK - Freddo is 30p at Tesco.
Sarah 8 months ago
What’s the big deal with Freddos?!! I’ve never understood the hype. Something with a bit of substance is better- Double Decker/ Star Bar/ Snickers…
Ace 8 months ago
I've been out of the UK long enough to have never heard of this. It's a Cadbury chocolate bar, allegedly nearly a pound now due to rising cost of ingredients.
Richienotsorich 8 months ago
Freddos we're first made by Cadbury in 1967...how long have you 'been out of the country' as opposed to now being a foreigner?!!!
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#44
Norway is selling a lot of teslas again.
Oerff On Tour 8 months ago
To put it in perspective: Owners of Teslas are selling, not Tesla itself. Just like everyone else in Europe. The lease contracts are running out, and the used ones are flooding the second hand market, which in itself caused the prices to drop, but now no one wants neither a new Tesla, nor a second hand. This means that the value of a second hand has dropped in a few months by more than half. And still nobody buys one. While for some reason the price of a new one has already dropped (before Elon lost his cool) by nearly 10%, lease rates have gone UP by 10%
Betsy S 8 months ago (edited)
Who in their right mind would buy one now? They are just inviting vandalism. Those cars are pariahs now.
Load More Replies... Cica NS 8 months ago
More news from Serbia: - while protests are still on, four students was beaten last night for public speaking. Protestors are currently on the streets of Novi Sad, Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš. - Novi Sad, second largest city in country, since November doesn't have any watter supply during night (11pm-5am). Reason - low Danube level. - In meantime, west part of Serbia is flooded. - For the first 24h, over 100 000 people had signed an pettition which is submited to EU representatives to exclude Jadar from the Union's strategic projects. Stay tuned..
Brian Droste 8 months ago
Here in the US people are selling there Teslas also. I don't know about Norway or any place else but there has been vandalism against people who own Teslas also. I belive there has been at least one vandalism act against a Tesla dealership.
turk 8 months ago
And Trump wants to deport three American citizens to a foreign prison for vandalizing Teslas or Tesla charging stations.
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Blah Blah Blah 8 months ago
aMerIcAn here and yet again, I would like to like to apologize to dam near everyone else in world for the upheaval orange vomit is causing, resulting in a lot of this unnecessary b******t stress and mental load! We're protesting like hell over here. F**k tRuMp, mUsK and everyone else who voted for him and/or kisses their a*s. EAT THE RICH!
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Eat the rich - yes, good idea. There's a film with that title if anyone feels a comedic distraction is called for. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092944/
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Arlnee 8 months ago
American here. Europe et al you are more than justified to take whatever steps you need to for your safety. I wouldn't trust my country's government with so much as a burned out match at the moment, so I sure don't blame you for not trusting them either. Treat us like the sketchy fair weather friend at best, and the actively rooting for your downfall toxic acquaintence at worst. Meanwhile those of us not in power will don woad and sing Kipling's "Picts Song"
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_picts.htm "Rome never looks where she treads. Always her heavy hooves fall, On our stomachs, our hearts or our heads; [...]"
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Cathy Lemay 8 months ago
I'm Canadian and just want to get through the next month. We have our elections then and I sincerely don't want the Conservative leader to be our PM
PenguinEmp 8 months ago
Because the last one made everything so perfect? 9 years and Canadians are worse than they were then. No gdp growth. Only one. Is pp better? Maybe maybe not. At least he Didn't wear blackface. 3 times. Elbow a woman MP out of the way, hit her b**b and then say it's not a lie he just experienced it differently. Spend the country broke. Accepted gifts from friends that also were conflicting interest. New pm hid his money in Bermuda and said it was for Canada. Moved Brookfield to the US literally 5 days before JT resigned. Did not reveal his holdings or conflicts of interest. Was the financial advisor for the last 9 years. Came up with tons of taxes and now says he will remove them and Canada should thank him.
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Apatheist Account2 8 months ago
Poll option for neither European nor American, perhaps? It is the WORLD-WIDE web, after all...
Sarah Belt 8 months ago
I find it ironic that people downvoted your comment.
Load More Replies... Victor Botha 8 months ago
So only European and US American opinions matter? What about New Zealans/Australian, Asian and African opinions, or are we not part of the world according to you??? Very disrespectful and exceedingly rude.😡😡🤬🤬
Anna Drever 8 months ago (edited)
Stupid poll. What if I’m neither European or American? 🤷🏻♀️Yes I know the title but other people read this stuff too.
Blah Blah Blah 8 months ago
aMerIcAn here and yet again, I would like to like to apologize to dam near everyone else in world for the upheaval orange vomit is causing, resulting in a lot of this unnecessary b******t stress and mental load! We're protesting like hell over here. F**k tRuMp, mUsK and everyone else who voted for him and/or kisses their a*s. EAT THE RICH!
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
Eat the rich - yes, good idea. There's a film with that title if anyone feels a comedic distraction is called for. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092944/
Load More Replies... Arlnee 8 months ago
American here. Europe et al you are more than justified to take whatever steps you need to for your safety. I wouldn't trust my country's government with so much as a burned out match at the moment, so I sure don't blame you for not trusting them either. Treat us like the sketchy fair weather friend at best, and the actively rooting for your downfall toxic acquaintence at worst. Meanwhile those of us not in power will don woad and sing Kipling's "Picts Song"
Forrest Hobbs 8 months ago
https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_picts.htm "Rome never looks where she treads. Always her heavy hooves fall, On our stomachs, our hearts or our heads; [...]"
Load More Replies... Cathy Lemay 8 months ago
I'm Canadian and just want to get through the next month. We have our elections then and I sincerely don't want the Conservative leader to be our PM
PenguinEmp 8 months ago
Because the last one made everything so perfect? 9 years and Canadians are worse than they were then. No gdp growth. Only one. Is pp better? Maybe maybe not. At least he Didn't wear blackface. 3 times. Elbow a woman MP out of the way, hit her b**b and then say it's not a lie he just experienced it differently. Spend the country broke. Accepted gifts from friends that also were conflicting interest. New pm hid his money in Bermuda and said it was for Canada. Moved Brookfield to the US literally 5 days before JT resigned. Did not reveal his holdings or conflicts of interest. Was the financial advisor for the last 9 years. Came up with tons of taxes and now says he will remove them and Canada should thank him.
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 8 months ago
Poll option for neither European nor American, perhaps? It is the WORLD-WIDE web, after all...
Sarah Belt 8 months ago
I find it ironic that people downvoted your comment.
Load More Replies... Victor Botha 8 months ago
So only European and US American opinions matter? What about New Zealans/Australian, Asian and African opinions, or are we not part of the world according to you??? Very disrespectful and exceedingly rude.😡😡🤬🤬
Anna Drever 8 months ago (edited)
Stupid poll. What if I’m neither European or American? 🤷🏻♀️Yes I know the title but other people read this stuff too.
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