copacetic

It could actually be a good thing if this nothingburger gets some attention and scares some politicians. It could be yet another case which demonstrates that the US don't want to be a partner of the EU anymore and that the EU must invest in their own solutions.

Cynical me says that was the whole point.

I don't like it but I agree it is the most likely outcome. My forecast includes the fact that Merz acts as stupid as does.

My style too.

A comment on HN pointed to BullshitBench. Seems like small steps is an especially good idea.

The planned measures sound very similar to what China is already doing for years?

It is not just Trump. MAGA, Vance, Thiel, Musk, and others will probably still be there when Trump is gone.

xkcd 242 obviously

What do you mean "revoked"? Liebich's german Wikipedia page does not say anything like it. It says Amtsgericht Halle applied to change it back and that Liebich herself applied to change to first name "Anne Frank" and gender "diverse". Both proceedings seem to be open still?

Also, she did not change her sex, just her gender, did she?

For the US, only the state is debtor for the last years, while households, businesses, and foreigners are creditors.

The key word to search for "sectoral balances". I could not quickly find any good and recent data for the EU or China though. For Germany, state and foreigners are debtors, but that is probably not true for the whole EU.

Germany feels obligated towards Israel because of the Holocaust. What is the argument by other EU countries? Or is it actually just Germany?

I sense some anti-tech-bias here. Afaik they only want to completely abandon screens for kids under six. I have not found more details for older ones.

This. It makes sense for France and UK to maintain a few nuclear power plants and maybe even build one or two new ones because they are part of the military supply chain for nukes. For the rest of the EU, don't waste money on new nuclear plants.