Simon
@simonhampton.bsky.social
tech & disruption optimist; liberal
the biggest mistake European car makers could make would be to take advantage of the new flexibility being offered by EU
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From The Economist
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From The Economist
Retreating from EVs could be hazardous for Western carmakers
Governments are tempting a shift back to petrol
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December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
the biggest mistake European car makers could make would be to take advantage of the new flexibility being offered by EU
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From The Economist
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From The Economist
honestly, the news from Spain is not so great @destandaard. it's mostly about rising population through immigration rather than increased productivity www.standaard.be/buitenland/s...
Spanje doet het economisch goed, maar premier Sánchez komt vooral in het nieuws met corruptieverhalen
Experts vinden dat de Spaanse regering op het economische vlak goed werk levert. Toch gaat de meeste aandacht in het land uit naar verhalen over corruptie, smeergeld en vriendjespolitiek in de omgeving van de premier.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
honestly, the news from Spain is not so great @destandaard. it's mostly about rising population through immigration rather than increased productivity www.standaard.be/buitenland/s...
Euro group to be led by country that has undertaken structural reforms!
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Niet Vincent Van Peteghem, maar Griekse minister wordt nieuwe voorzitter van de eurogroep
De federale regering heeft na moeizame onderhandelingen een akkoord over de begroting bereikt. Lees hier alle updates.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Euro group to be led by country that has undertaken structural reforms!
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Any we wonder why people question the value of the EU www.politico.eu/article/eu-v...
EU ‘veggie burger’ ban stalls after talks collapse
An MEP’s crusade for naming restrictions on non-meat foods expands to ‘liver’ and ‘ham’ — but national governments aren’t buying it.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Any we wonder why people question the value of the EU www.politico.eu/article/eu-v...
If you listen to Belgian socialists you'd think this must be impossible as they premise everything on investing being a constant win, not actual risk taking www.tijd.be/ondernemen/t...
Fietsmerk Cowboy laat 8.000 investeerders met lege handen achter
De redding van het Brusselse e-fietsmerk Cowboy laat langer op zich wachten dan gepland. Wat wel al duidelijk is, is dat de bijna 8.000 particuliere investeerders hun geld kwijt zijn.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
If you listen to Belgian socialists you'd think this must be impossible as they premise everything on investing being a constant win, not actual risk taking www.tijd.be/ondernemen/t...
you can do better Valencia share.google/ntDpptukwmYu...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
you can do better Valencia share.google/ntDpptukwmYu...
the world's highest tax country is struggling to keep track of all the money that it then has to spend www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
"Systeem is corrupt": te hoge facturen bij 7 op de 10 gerichte controles in thuisverpleging, controleurs doen boekje open | VRT NWS: nieuws
Bij 7 op de 10 gerichte controles in de thuisverpleging worden te hoge kosten aangerekend. Dat blijkt uit cijfers die VRT NWS kon inkijken over verschillende ziekenfondsen heen. Het gaat om controles ...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
the world's highest tax country is struggling to keep track of all the money that it then has to spend www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Hardly a new observation (I was making this case a decade ago) but worth repeating www.exponentialview.co/p/how-europe...
🔮 How Europe outsourced its future to fear
When precaution becomes stagnation — a guest essay
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November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hardly a new observation (I was making this case a decade ago) but worth repeating www.exponentialview.co/p/how-europe...
All European tax payers should be concerned about the corruption of Spain's left wing government www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
Transportes adjudica una línea arrasada por la dana a una empresa que tenía a sueldo a Koldo
El contrato, que asciende a 15 millones de euros, se adjudicó a dedo a Azvi y ha sido financiado con fondos de la Unión Europea. Esta empresa fue señalada por Víctor de Aldama y es mencionada en los audios de Koldo
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November 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
All European tax payers should be concerned about the corruption of Spain's left wing government www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
Spain's left wing government ministers are looking after themselves!
Vivienda gastará 150.000 euros en camareros para atender a la ministra y tres altos cargos
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
Vivienda gastará 150.000 euros en camareros para atender a la ministra y tres altos cargos
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Vivienda gastará 150.000 euros en camareros para atender a la ministra y tres altos cargos
Entre los que disfrutarán de este servicio se encuentra también Iñaqui Carnicero, amigo de la infancia de Pedro Sánchez, que ostenta el cargo de secretario general de Vivienda
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November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Spain's left wing government ministers are looking after themselves!
Vivienda gastará 150.000 euros en camareros para atender a la ministra y tres altos cargos
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
Vivienda gastará 150.000 euros en camareros para atender a la ministra y tres altos cargos
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
Spain doesn't want to pay for defence itself but wants to be covered by EU defense expenditure! Bruselas 'compra' la petición de España: el escudo de drones no cubrirá solo el flanco este y la meta es que esté listo en un año share.google/4McYIu0A8B1o...
Bruselas 'compra' la petición de España: el escudo de drones no cubrirá solo el flanco este y la meta es que esté listo en un año
La Comisión Europea presentará este jueves la hoja de ruta de Defensa para el 2030 e incluirá un escudo de drones que protegerá a toda la UE.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Spain doesn't want to pay for defence itself but wants to be covered by EU defense expenditure! Bruselas 'compra' la petición de España: el escudo de drones no cubrirá solo el flanco este y la meta es que esté listo en un año share.google/4McYIu0A8B1o...
what is the threat to the internal market that means that countries or even cities have to be regulated at the EU level about how to solve their housing issues? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
EU to propose short-term rental rules to tackle ‘social crisis’ in housing
Bloc’s first affordable housing plan to cover issues such as tenants’ rights, property speculation and tourist lets
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October 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
what is the threat to the internal market that means that countries or even cities have to be regulated at the EU level about how to solve their housing issues? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
soooooo true. and not just at the EU level
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The EU must find a regulatory reverse gear
Simplification is not the same as true deregulation
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October 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
soooooo true. and not just at the EU level
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Spain's far left government can't bring itself to celebrate the Nobel peace prize
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El Gobierno justifica no felicitar a Corina por su Nobel: "No felicitamos siempre"
La tímida respuesta del Ejecutivo español al galardón contrasta con la lluvia de reacciones positivas de dirigentes nacionales e internacionales de todo color político
www.elconfidencial.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Spain's far left government can't bring itself to celebrate the Nobel peace prize
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@ec.europa.eu declares EU citizens too stupid to spot veggie food 🤦♂️ share.google/Sp6IUvCI6dII...
Plant-based 'burger' label grilled in EU parliament – DW – 10/08/2025
Can a veggie schnitzel legally be called a schnitzel even if it contains no meat? Some have argued such names are confusing consumers. The European Parliament seems to agree.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
@ec.europa.eu declares EU citizens too stupid to spot veggie food 🤦♂️ share.google/Sp6IUvCI6dII...
although elected to reduce taxes in the world's most highly taxed country, @deweverbart.bsky.social has mostly just increased them further and isn't finished.... www.standaard.be/politiek/bud...
Budgettair viergangenmenu De Wever ligt coalitiepartners zwaar op de maag
Door onder meer een indexsprong en een hogere btw op tafel te leggen, heropent premier De Wever gevoelige debatten binnen zijn regering. De weg naar 10 miljard sanering is nog heel lang.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
although elected to reduce taxes in the world's most highly taxed country, @deweverbart.bsky.social has mostly just increased them further and isn't finished.... www.standaard.be/politiek/bud...
European parliament reminds citizens that it is beholden to commercial interests in particular of a tiny fraction of the economy share.google/Fs4Lc5ag8kY2...
Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv
Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives
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October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
European parliament reminds citizens that it is beholden to commercial interests in particular of a tiny fraction of the economy share.google/Fs4Lc5ag8kY2...
I don't think the EU electricity networks association supporting the position of one of it largest members makes for a reliable study
El apagón eléctrico del 28 de abril se debió a una "cascada de sobrevoltaje" y no a la generación renovable dozz.es/lboot2
El apagón eléctrico del 28 de abril se debió a una "cascada de sobrevoltaje" y no a la generación renovable
dozz.es
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I don't think the EU electricity networks association supporting the position of one of it largest members makes for a reliable study
Reposted by Simon
The difficulty of firing staff—a reality of corporate life—steers Europe’s biggest firms away from making risky bets in innovative fields. This is catastrophic for the continent’s economy
How Europe crushes innovation
Labour rules devised in the 20th century are hobbling Europe in the 21st
econ.st
October 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The difficulty of firing staff—a reality of corporate life—steers Europe’s biggest firms away from making risky bets in innovative fields. This is catastrophic for the continent’s economy
So British to ignore the fact that so many other countries have ID cards and find them useful #livingInIslandBubble www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘A hacker’s dream’: Britons on Keir Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards
Views range from concerns over civil liberties and cybersecurity, to welcoming it as a helpful system to streamline services
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September 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
So British to ignore the fact that so many other countries have ID cards and find them useful #livingInIslandBubble www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
it's depressing watching governments create microscopic tax changes to get headlines. probably costs more to implement than it saves pet owners
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Moreno inaugura su séptima bajada fiscal con una deducción del IRPF por animales de compañía
El presidente de la Junta anuncia en el Andalucía Investors Day la séptima bajada fiscal desde que llegó a San Telmo. Los ciudadanos que compren o adopten una mascota podrán ahorrarse 100 euros de sus gastos veterinarios
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September 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
it's depressing watching governments create microscopic tax changes to get headlines. probably costs more to implement than it saves pet owners
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/andal...
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/andal...
yikes, the EU has agreed a law that the far right are keen to embrace. doesn't augur well share.google/URmUjxp7DOBl...
Italy first in EU to pass comprehensive law regulating use of AI
Legislation limits child access and imposes prison terms for damaging use of artificial intelligence
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September 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
yikes, the EU has agreed a law that the far right are keen to embrace. doesn't augur well share.google/URmUjxp7DOBl...
Spain's Attorney General formally charged with leaking confidential judicial information (against a political enemy) - extraordinary!
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El Supremo abre juicio contra el fiscal general por revelar secretos del novio de Ayuso
El juez rechaza suspender de sus funciones a García Ortiz y le impone una fianza de 150.000 euros que tendrá que abonar en cinco días si no quiere ser embargado
www.elconfidencial.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Spain's Attorney General formally charged with leaking confidential judicial information (against a political enemy) - extraordinary!
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
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America was jolted into action in 1957 when the Soviet Union put the first man-made satellite into space. Could a similar “Sputnik moment” over robotaxis inspire Europe to get out of the slow lane?
Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe
A slow-motion car crash on Europe’s roads
econ.st
September 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
America was jolted into action in 1957 when the Soviet Union put the first man-made satellite into space. Could a similar “Sputnik moment” over robotaxis inspire Europe to get out of the slow lane?