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43 votes
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Meta’s Threads to launch in Europe in app’s biggest expansion since debut
9 votes -
TikTok pledges €12B European investment over ten years as work on Norwegian data center begins
6 votes -
Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules
28 votes -
The United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concerns about Denmark's ambitions to transfer asylum seekers to third countries like Rwanda
17 votes -
Will the switch to USB-C be good for repair?
25 votes -
Privacy win: EU Parliament decides that your private messages must not be scanned
34 votes -
Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities
8 votes -
Ukraine is ready to start process of joining European Union, European Commission says
33 votes -
Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied EU to pressure Egypt into accepting Gaza refugees
15 votes -
Norway's government risks crisis over a contentious package of EU energy bills
5 votes -
Trade tops the agenda as Germany’s Olaf Scholz meets Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu on West Africa trip
8 votes -
EU says “shocking and shameful” racism [in the EU] is getting worse
16 votes -
YouTube anti-adblock detection is illegal in the EU
77 votes -
A vast northern European project is underway to combat isolation by promoting inclusion – we take a look at the results in Norway
9 votes -
‘The tsunami just keeps coming’: Europe’s growing cocaine market
14 votes -
The EU’s great power delusions
6 votes -
After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril
3 votes -
Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a "Pay for your Rights" approach
33 votes -
‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content
23 votes -
Norway asks EU regulator European Data Protection Board to fine Facebook owner Meta over privacy breach
9 votes -
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation followed by Facebook
34 votes -
Long in Russian orbit, Georgia tilts West
11 votes -
Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing
74 votes -
European Commission blocks US travel giant Booking from acquiring its Swedish rival eTraveli – Booking commands 60% market share in Europe
13 votes -
Intel hit with $400 million EU antitrust fine in decades-old case
27 votes -
The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says
39 votes -
TikTok fined record £300m for putting children’s privacy at risk
28 votes -
Big SUVs become most sold new vehicles in Europe. "Customers feel more safe, they feel more powerful" says car industry executive.
22 votes -
Birth rates are falling even in Nordic countries: stability is no longer enough
33 votes -
EU ‘gatekeeper’ list has five American and no European companies
43 votes -
Air pollution: Nearly everyone in Europe breathing bad air
13 votes -
WhatsApp is working on cross-platform messaging
18 votes -
European Union Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps
27 votes -
Why do so many people hate EU bureaucracy?
8 votes -
India, the US, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, European Union (EU), Italy, France, and Germany have announced an ambitious infrastructure plan — the ‘India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor’
11 votes -
Why are adverts so loud?
17 votes -
A Swedish citizen working for the European Union diplomatic corps has been imprisoned in Iran for more than 500 days
9 votes -
Palm oil giants Indonesia, Malaysia start talks with EU over deforestation rule
7 votes -
With no dedicated government minister or national representation, the Sámi go to the polls in a vote to elect twenty-one members of the Sámi Parliament in Inari, Finland
12 votes -
Europeans in service of Russian propaganda machine
10 votes -
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on
81 votes -
Niger observers link coup to president’s support for EU migration policies
4 votes -
European Union greenhouse gas emissions fall 3% in the first quarter
18 votes -
Finland should aim to leave the European Union in the long term, the far-right Perussuomalaiset's Jussi Halla-aho said ahead of his party congress
19 votes -
What are your thoughts on the European Union centralizing into something more akin to an early United States
As a preface, this comes from the perspective of an American looking in on Europe. I'm curious in particular what any Europeans (please include your country of origin/ethnicity if you feel so...
As a preface, this comes from the perspective of an American looking in on Europe. I'm curious in particular what any Europeans (please include your country of origin/ethnicity if you feel so inclined) feel about this post and the future of the EU.
Europe is a unique region, to put it lightly. The extremely high level of development relative to the rest of the world over this last millennium as well as so many technological innovations in that period of time led to a Europe ready to exert its influence upon the rest of the world. We can comfortably say that, while examples do still exist, colonialism as an institution has largely faded. Europe is a much more varied continent culturally and ethnically despite a space roughly equal to that of the USA. We've all heard the common sayings about 200 miles is long in Europe where 200 years is long in America and generally speaking that does hold true.
That said, Europe in the modern era really does feel like many small countries functioning as one big entity with the European Union. The EU has only gained credibility and legitimacy and it is now the institution I expect to hear from on matters within the EU first, even ahead of any individual nation state.
All of this to say, I think a united Europe is the strongest possible future for Europe. No individual state in Europe is large enough to exert an influence upon the world without the rest of Europe behind them. Globalization, while diminished in recent years, is still happening and I don't see a decentralized Europe as "winning" globalization as dozens of individually tiny states.I could continue writing, but I think you understand my position. Now I would like to point to the article I found that really made me think about this, here.
I would also like to ask, what do you see Europe and the European Union standing for? Should it continue to centralize or is the current level of control enough? Too much? I didn't mention Ukraine or defense in this post but obviously that has a huge impact on all of these questions and I would love to hear if that has impacted your perspective on this admittedly grandiose idea for a united Europe.
People from all countries welcome to discuss, but please do mention your country if you feel comfortable doing so!
53 votes -
Italy needs immigration, admits Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as she softens her stance
13 votes -
Regarding the eviction of the self-organized refugee camp in Lavrio, Greece. How Türkiye's war on Kurds and the European Union’s War on migrants intersect
8 votes -
Amazon seeks to evade EU regulations by claiming it isn't a Very Large Online Platform
29 votes -
EU passes nature restoration law in knife-edge vote
19 votes