EU responds to Trump's ludicrous attack on EU digital rules: "It is the sovereign right of the EU and its member states to regulate economic activities on our territory, which are consistent with our democratic values." And now, keep going. www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
1 week and our "sovereign right" is out of the window already and another victim of @marossefcovic.bsky.social and @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 's capitulations before Trump. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
I'm betting this will end the same way our opposition to one-sided US tariffs ended: in outright capitulation.
Ja we moeten vasthouden aan onze regels. Maar zijn wel te gevaarlijk afhankelijk van het ongeleide projectiel de VS. Lees ook: thefluidsociety.com/europa-moet-...
Straks komt hij weer met handelstarieven als het klein kind zijn zin niet krijgt.
After this he will go after pharma and banking in tax havens. They have escalation dominance and will exploit it
The EU's firm stance underscores its commitment to safeguarding its democratic principles, digital sovereignty, and the well-being of its citizens. Respect for diverse regulatory frameworks is essential in fostering a fair and innovative digital economy.
In Europe we need to consider what to do, if (when) US crashes through the last barries and openly becomes a dictatorship. It sounds ridiculous, but there it is. What to do when: US openly sides with Russia? When the first politcal refugees arrive from the US? When they undermine OUR democracies?
Pretty naive of you to think that these things haven't already started...
Actually, I wrote quite explicitly they were already happening. But if you are referring to EU sanctions on the US being drawn up because of their authoritarian turn then please tell me more! Because I'm not sure it is naive to think that THAT is not going on...
That doesn't sound ridiculous. It hasn't been a democracy for quite some time.
It’s about time we show some strength in Europe; so we won’t be intimidated and respond equally to this wannabe dictator…game on!
Brazil doesn’t appease the US... "We are going to regulate, because we need to establish minimum standards of behaviour and minimum procedures for the operation of a digital network that communicates with children and adults and for which, often, no one takes responsibility for the content."
Met knikkende knieën...