Not being on the wrong side of history is propaganda for being a US ally. Being a US ally, pretty much means supporting Israel. There are cases, where Germany did not do what the US wanted. Namely Germany did not join in Iraq and well US propaganda ran exactly on that phrase.
However Scholz being horrible in foreign policy failed that and Merz supports Israel on moral grounds.
A big part for this to make sense is that Germany also helped Iraq with its missile program and Iraq launched missiles at Israel during the second Gulf War.
You read it wrong. They went from 2.9% market share to 5.9%. So the growth is 111%. More then doubling market share is exceptional growth.
Germany in general is not that attractive to economically successful foreigners. It as a country has high taxes and is expensive to live in. When you are already rich, then you rather have low taxes and a cheap country. Obviously still safe, but those are around as well.
For people from poor countries looking for better jobs, Germany is highly attractive. The pay and working conditions are usually fairly good. So no wonder more university graduates make their way to the country.
Also 1/4 migrants wanting to leave is surprisingly little. They are much more likely to leave anyway, as they have proven to be willing to move. There are good reasons to leave Germany as well. If from a poor country going home for cheaper living is a very viable option, especially for retirment. Migrants also are not that bound to the country, so moving somewhere else for an even better life is always an option. Obviously racism sucks, so yeah.
This is a combination of the oil lobby and car parts companies producing parts not needed for EVs. The later is already in a death spiral.
It is just working on producing the explosives for that bomb. Honestly it ends up being semantics, if not planning to finish something, but working towards that goal, is working towards that goal.
Iran is the only non nuclear weapon state to produce highly enriched uranium.
To run an nuclear reactor you need uranium enriched to 3-5%. The ONLY reason to enrich to above 20% in any sort of large quantities is to built nuclear weapons. The IAEA a UN agency has confirmed that Iran has produced uranium enriched to 60%.
https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/06/gov2025-24.pdf
IAEA, which has confirmed 60% and above enriched uranium in Iran. There is no reason besides nuclear weapons to enrich uranium to that level. Nuclear reactors are mostly run on 3-5% enriched uranium and 20% is pretty high.
https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/06/gov2025-24.pdf
By working on nuclear weapons Iran very much broke the Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
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Doing well so far I see…
That is just a democratic majority passing a law. The EU is half way between a state and an alliance. This is certainly more on the state side of things.
Charging is rapidly improving. BYD is at 400km in 5min of charging today. That mostly solves the distance problem.
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The current EU ban plans allow for hydrogen to be used. The only problem is that it seems to be a bad idea. Even for long range trucking, where it had the most potential.
You still believe that I ever said that Germany has American style suburbs… Which I have never done.
You also continue to claim that I believe German cities have no alternatives to cars, which I have even used as a reason to reduce the number of cars above.
Honestly this feels like you live in a city and bought an EV, but lack a private parking spot for charging. So you feel personally attacked, by me being in any way anti car, as you love your car and hate the idea of anybody taking it away from you. You also seem to believe that everybody should live like you, as can be seen by your arguments of charging at home being a niche situation.
So just to say it, EVs are better the ICE cars and public charging in Germany does suck both in price and service. Should be improved for sure. However I much rather have ICE cars replaced with public transit, walking and cycling, then EVs. Especially in cities and I believe and have seen that this is entirly possible on a rather large scale.
The point is mainly that the EU should not give money to those countries to crack down on migrants, but rather promote human rights and rule of law to help those countries with the same money.
The EU currently imports a lot from countries like China, due to lower wages. Having strategic partners closer by would be pretty helpful. We are also not talking about some crazy populations here. Northern Africa has the biggest desert in the world as a barrier to the south. Then there is the Med. Russia is relativly rich anyway, so is Turkey. No reason for economic migrants and they are able to work as sponges. The Golf states are also migrant magnets fairly close to the EU. Economic migration can be helped by promoting human rights and helping those countries out.
The other part is war. The 2015 refugee crisis happened due to the war in Syria. The more stable the region, the less refugees. That means the EU has a natural intrest in keeping countries like Israe, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the UAE from blowing up the region all the time.
The alternative of rights-based development and labour market reform promoted in the article would be just as neocolonial as the current system.
Have a look at Wirecard. It is absolutly insane.