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On 8/2/2021 at 11:13 PM, Nightwing said:

Spain is worse than even Greece? Wow that’s shocking :whatga:

In this metric, Spain has always been the worse country in the eu and the gap with greece is only getting bigger

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France puts EDF reform on hold

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday backed away from a proposal to split up and further privatize majority state-owned utility Électricité de France (EDF) — something that could have hampered his bid to win a second term in office next year.

Thursday’s decision is a sign of the political heft of EDF, created in 1946 to consolidate hundreds of operators and entirely rebuild the country’s transmission grid by war hero and then-leader of France’s provisional government General Charles de Gaulle.

“Beyond the energy stakes, the question of EDF is also one of emotional attachment for many French citizens,” said Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, the director of the Jacques Delors Institute’s energy center. “Making such a reform nine months before the presidential elections would have been political suicide for Emmanuel Macron, who would then have offered his opponents, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen in particular, a golden subject.”

Since 2010, the EU has also required EDF to make a portion of the nuclear electricity it produces available for its competitors to purchase at a fixed price of €42 per megawatt-hour — a measure meant to help alternative power providers flourish. The requirement has been decried domestically for contributing to the group’s €41 billion debt load.

Macron’s plan to reform EDF — initially dubbed Project Hercules in 2019, then rebaptized Grand EDF this May in the face of intense union opposition — would split up the group to allay competition concerns in Brussels, and throw the company a financial lifeline with a higher negotiated price for the nuclear power it’s required to sell.

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-edf-reform-on-hold/amp/

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On 8/5/2021 at 6:33 AM, corvus albus said:

Maybe worry about something else @Miaou:darkmode:

That’s what happens when your country aka France has a tragic way to think about the studies :darkmode:

to privilege the studies at the universities with no work experiences at all :darkmode:

no wonder why after the end of their study French youth have difficulties to find a job :darkmode:
 

work experiences will always win at the end :darkmode:

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On 8/5/2021 at 9:46 AM, Miaou said:

That’s what happens when your country aka France has a tragic way to think about the studies :darkmode:

to privilege the studies at the universities with no work experiences at all :darkmode:

no wonder why after the end of their study French youth have difficulties to find a job :darkmode:
 

work experiences will always win at the end :darkmode:

Or maybe your economy is just crap, because having studied is also really important here and we're the second best :darkmode:

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On 8/5/2021 at 9:25 AM, corvus albus said:

Or maybe your economy is just crap, because having studied is also really important here and we're the second best :darkmode:

Cause you have work experiences during your studies
while in France we have to wait the end of the master degree to have an internship of only 6 months at the university :lmao:

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Italy’s 5Stars complete shift to traditional party

Once proudly anti-establishment, Italy’s 5Star Movement completed its transformation into a conventional political party after members approved a revamp pushed by former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Since coming to power in 2018, the 5Stars have struggled with a loose organizational structure, which left decision-making responsibilities unclear. Since 2019 they have also been rudderless, after Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio resigned as leader, leading to a period of turbulence and internal schisms.

The populist movement won more than 33 percent of the vote in the last general election in 2018, more than any other party. But during its time in power — first in coalition with Matteo Salvini’s far-right League party, then with the center-left Democratic Party and now in a broad coalition under Draghi — the party has seen its support dwindle. It is currently fourth in opinion pollswith around 15 percent of the vote.

https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-5star-movement-conte-anti-establishment-crimi/amp/

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On 8/8/2021 at 7:50 PM, Nightwing said:

Sweden Democrats polling that high is a bit worrying. 

why do you think that? (genuinely asking, I know nothing about the politics there)

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On 8/8/2021 at 6:52 PM, Andreu said:

why do you think that? (genuinely asking, I know nothing about the politics there)

They're a right-wing nationalist party

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Deputy PM Jarosław Gowin has been dismissed, as requested by PM Mateusz Morawiecki. This will possibly lead to the PiS ruling coalition to fall apart. Still a developing situation.

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Well, well, well, it looks like Justin Trudeau would like to expand the number of seats the Liberal Party currently hold, which according to polls, would still leave the LPC short of a majority but would almost guarantee the CPC losing seats and the NDP possibly gaining seats.

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