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Banks continue to raise mortgage rates, despite the fact that the base rate of the Czech National Bank is not increasing. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová certainly raised eyebrows among more than one banker and economist last week when she wrote on social media X that "banks continue to raise mortgage rates, despite the fact that the base rate of the Czech National Bank is not increasing." #hypotéky #finančnítrhy #úrokovéhradby (translated)

The author of the contribution stated that the EU, in his view, stood on the side of rules rather than the law of the stronger. He identified the interest of other countries in joining the Union or deeper cooperation with it as a possible reason for its attractiveness. According to him, the EU’s stance on Ukraine confirmed this view. In conclusion, he began to assert that the USA under Trump is no longer, but did not complete the sentence. https://t.co/bBHRt6I8hG #EU #právo #Ukrajina #EU #UA #US (translated)

Protests in France have various motivations, with young people expressing their dissatisfaction with poor school conditions, inequality, and a feeling that the government ignores them, leading to mass demonstrations across the country. #StudentskéProtesty #Francie #Nerovnost (translated)

Jarmo Friman wrote that the rapidly changing social media messages distracted attention from what he saw as the ongoing farce in the United States. He described the president's posts as completely soft and downright false. According to Friman, there has also started to be shame or fear among those who previously strongly supported Trump and the MAGA movement, and the president's actions are no longer hailed as brilliant political chess. #politiikka #USA #some (translated)

The author claimed that Ukrainian children could still be bombed with Trump's blessing. He wondered what would have happened if Trump had demanded Putin stop the indiscriminate killing and torture of civilians, and referred to Trump ironically as a very stable genius. https://t.co/AxB32IRfHN #Ukraina #Trump #Sota #UA #RU #US (translated)

A great trauma. A black hole in the history of the Republic that must be told without rhetoric, it is history. John Foot's analysis is sober: "A great trauma. A black hole in the history of the Republic that must be told without rhetoric, it is history." #BrigateRosse #StoriaItaliano #JohnFoot (translated)

In my understanding, the most important thing is that defense funding is used purposefully for necessary acquisitions. Because, as experience has shown, the ministry must respond very dynamically and actively to changes in this market, the arms market – both in acquisitions and the emergence of new technologies, not remaining a passive observer. Members of the National Security and Defense Committee of the Seimas and former Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anušauskas believe that the use of nearly 44% of the funding allocated to the Ministry of National Defense (KAM) this year does not, in itself, indicate any problems. #gynyba #finansavimas #Lietuva (translated)

The author wrote that threats were coming from Washington to Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump was forbidding him from attacking Russian refineries, while hundreds of Ukrainian drones were flying over Russian marshes, according to him. The outcome of the war, according to the author, was not determined by Trump’s lies and his alleged dubious agreements with Vladimir Putin, but by the situation at the front and the range of Ukrainian drones. The post concluded with a wish for a good night to Russia. #Ukrajina #válka #drony #US #UA #RU (translated)

Vojtěch Gibiš wrote that in Žďár one vote decided the outcome. According to him, the dramatic struggle for advancement from fourth place was watched from a distance by the vice-chairman of the parliamentary security committee from SPD. https://t.co/vnj2M8tNKQ #politika #volby #sněmovna (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that Donald Trump's Russia policy may not have been guided by a coherent strategy. According to him, Trump made decisions one by one, seeking quick political gains, and then had to fix the consequences. In his assessment, Vanhanen linked Trump's diminished commitment to arming Ukraine, the energy price increases resulting from the war in Iran, and the recent diesel trade with Russia. He believed that trade could bolster the Russian economy and give Vladimir Putin a means to pressure Ukraine into halting strikes on Russia's oil refineries. Vanhanen also criticized Trump for condemning strikes that he claimed weakened Russia's war economy. Vanhanen noted that Trump’s administration had not sought significant new funding from Congress for arming Ukraine. According to him, previously agreed deliveries had continued, and European countries had purchased American weapons for Ukraine. He stated that Trump was not fundamentally on the side of Ukraine or Europe but was primarily pursuing his own interests. According to Vanhanen, Finland's security should not be built on the assumption that there is a plan behind Trump's decisions that would turn in favor of Europe. He urged preparedness for the possibility that U.S. aid could be delayed or smaller than expected, to strengthen the availability of defense equipment and air defense, and to deepen cooperation with Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Britain, Poland, and the Baltic countries. He also believed that Europe should be able to support Ukraine and maintain economic pressure on Russia by its own means. #Trump #Venäjä #Ukraina (translated)

Anton Musil wrote that, in his opinion, Witowská actually considered Guasti to be a neutral and unbiased scientist whose political and ideological views did not influence her professional work or public appearances. He claimed she held the same view about sociology as a whole. Musil added that empirical evidence should not affect these views because he did not consider them rational. He compared it to a fish that is unaware of the water in which it lives. #sociologie #věda #politika (translated)

King Arthur shared a text in which the spokesperson stated that Mr. Koudelka had only been on-site for a week and his salary was 305.50. At the same time, he asked about possible deductions for drying, dredging, or desilting and added that he did not understand it. https://t.co/is34VwHMUt #mzda #práce #srážky (translated)

During his visit to Beijing, European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič sought to address the trade imbalance between the EU and China, which amounts to 1 billion euros a day, and the negotiations yielded at least partial successes in the area of pricing commitments and the supply of critical raw materials. #Evropa #Čína #obchodnívztahy (translated)

Otto Juote wrote that, in his opinion, the YEL reform would not improve the situation for entrepreneurs during the current government term. He justified his view by saying that the law would not come into effect until 2028 and that it would not apply to any entrepreneur before the parliamentary elections in spring 2027. Juote argued that the timeline was politically intentional: according to him, the National Coalition Party could present itself as the initiator of the reform before the elections while avoiding responsibility for the consequences, which would only begin in the next term. He suspected that a blue-red government formed after the elections could annul or postpone the reform and anticipated that the SDP would demand its cancellation. Juote noted that no invoices based on the new model had yet been sent, nor had implementation decisions been made. According to him, the new parliament could repeal the law or postpone its entry into force with a simple legislative amendment, allowing the practices of the 2023 model to continue. He also questioned the information systems as an official basis for a delay extending to 2028 and assessed that the postponement would give the National Coalition Party the opportunity to leave the implementation of the reform to the next government. Juote claimed that the National Coalition Party did not want to reform YEL during any government term. #YEL #politiikka #uudistus (translated)

Oliver Adámek, who according to his own words attended the Prague council for four years, stated that Prague is moving forward, but its development is hindered by the limited powers of local government. He identified the Metropolitan Plan and the continuation of tram line construction as the greatest successes of the past period. He considered the pressure on secondary schools and the Libeň Bridge as the biggest problems. Adámek wrote that elected politicians have only a limited influence on the shape of streets, closures, and construction. He advocated for the abolition of delegated powers, stronger powers for local governments in land-use planning, direct election of the mayor, and reducing the number of city districts by at least half. He noted that these changes would need to be approved by Parliament. He also rejected the claim that nothing is being built in Prague. He recalled the development on three major brownfields, 14 new tram lines in 10 years, metro line D, the Dvorecký Bridge, the railway to the airport, and the construction of the outer ring road. Regarding the inner ring road, he mentioned the complicated amendment to the land-use plan and stated that the Vltava Philharmonic had been waiting for building permits and financing. According to him, however, Prague needed significantly more apartments, both private and municipal. According to Adámek, the traffic jams in Prague are caused by three times as many cars compared to the 1990s, not by current closures or adjustments to tram islands. He believes that the ring roads would not change traffic in the broader center much, as nearly 90% of cars on the main road drove into the center. A vast P+R system, he argued, would require tens of billions of crowns and would not make sense. He considered the railway hub to be more important, as it would speed up commuting from Central Bohemia: while he claimed that 23% of Prague residents used cars daily, the majority of residents from the Central Bohemia region did. He criticized the current mayor for not engaging enough in public debate according to him and for not describing his vision for Prague in 10 to 20 years. He stated that most of the other current leaders had some vision. #Praha #volby #politika (translated)

For the M5s, they should be done as soon as possible, "a moment after" putting a unified program in black and white (Giuseppe Conte has proposed to convene the coalition table around the 20th of this month) and before the ruling of the Consulta, which could come too late. #LeggeElettorale #Consulta #Centrosinistra (translated)

The 37-year-old entrepreneur, arrested after the death of a 61-year-old construction worker in Caivano, is accused of involuntary manslaughter and willful omission of safety measures against accidents, as the victim and two other workers were employed illegally and the entrepreneur allegedly attempted to regularize them after the incident. #MorteSulLavoro #Giustizia #SicurezzaSulLavoro (translated)

Lukáš Valenta asked Petra Macinka how his visit to Černouček, which he described as childish, appeared to him in light of recent events. He claimed that the person he referred to with a derogatory animal label and associated with Klaus again failed in another unequal confrontation with the President of the Republic and withdrew. https://t.co/9c2rKvJO5S #politika #českárepublika #aktuálně (translated)