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In response to the growing economic pressure from China, France and Germany propose that the EU gain additional powers to quickly respond to trade retaliations, while simultaneously emphasizing that sustainable solutions are necessary to make European industry more competitive. #Europa #China #handel (translated)

Madelon Vos wrote that entrepreneurs, according to the CEO of DSM, needed a reliable government, but did not get one. She stated that Dutch politics trivialized the effects of the income tax in box 2 and the high rates in box 3, and that this policy severely affected entire sectors, including the Dutch crypto and precious metals sector with more than two million investors. Vos wrote that investors had to keep track of their real returns themselves, while some banks and brokers could not provide that data and the Tax Authority had not yet verified the calculations. According to her, investors would want to deduct inflation, transaction costs, currency costs, and subscription costs from that calculation. She also reported that the man who had been at the basis of the law had since advocated for the withdrawal of the amendment and the law and for a new piece of legislation. Furthermore, Vos pointed to the rising interest rates in France and the possible consequences of that for the Netherlands. She wondered if war was looming and wrote that the Netherlands was increasing pressure on Russia. https://t.co/X4T4ze43tV #ondernemen #beleggen #politiek (translated)

Eva Selsing wrote that her criticism of modern art in B.T. could also be directed at Jens Galschiøt's Trump sculpture, which she described as vulgar kitsch. She believed that much modern art was poorly conceived and executed political contributions that conveyed propaganda for an oikophobic establishment rather than uplift or give spirit to the human condition. Selsing stated that she was not surprised that the Danish Arts Foundation supported that type of projects. She pointed out that artists, works, funds, and museums, in her view, were influenced by left-leaning individuals, and that the result was often works characterized by ugliness, death, something unpleasant, and meaninglessness. She emphasized that her criticism was not about art being provocative, but that provocation had been highlighted for decades as the only or most important task of art. She asked why art should not also show beauty, and called provocation that followed the demands of the time ideological commission work. Selsing rejected that she had the sole right to define art but believed that works that could be reduced to poorly conceived political contributions were not good art—if they were even art at all. She referred to most modern art as societal-degrading kitsch. #ModerneKunst #Kitsch #KunstDebat (translated)

Lucia H. wrote that Andrej Babiš received a defeat in the Senate elections for his holiday and also weakened in the municipal elections, including the bastions of ANO. She stated that Babiš nevertheless claimed victory and sent a message to Prague saying, "I will take revenge on you." She described his approach as a business card of his camp and stated that, in her opinion, he clearly lost the elections. https://t.co/vzxnuSUvMa #AndrejBabis #politika #ČeskáRepublika (translated)

Martien Visser wrote about the progress regarding grid congestion that the website of Netbeheer Nederland did not show historical data and that readers therefore had to make do with his information. He added that PBL no longer saw hybrids as a structural solution and that The Hague wanted to make heat pumps mandatory. #grafiekvandedag https://t.co/XWQ2pdO3qt #energietransitie #warmtepompen #netcongestie (translated)

Dr. Gert Jan Mulder wrote that the phone traffic between European leaders was, according to him, in full swing, but that Merz, Rutte, von der Leyen, Burnham, Kallas, Jette, and Meloni could not come up with a solution. He used a derogatory nickname for Zelensky and claimed that he was depressed and upset, with a blood pressure of over 200, and that no remedy was helping anymore. Mulder wrote that the end was near and that the coalition of willing countries had, according to him, completely failed. The hundreds of billions of euros in European aid had yielded nothing, except for some hundreds of bank accounts of those involved being padded. #Europa #Politiek #Crisis (translated)

Steven Arrazola de Oñate wrote that Trump was right according to him, and that Volodymyr Zelensky should have reached an agreement earlier. He suggested that European leaders should have focused more on negotiations from the beginning and had to face the military situation; this could have possibly prevented a lot of human suffering. According to Arrazola de Oñate, Russia occupied about a fifth of Ukrainian territory and the war had reportedly claimed nearly two million military casualties, including dead, wounded, and missing. He believed that European politicians and media did not fundamentally question their strategy nonetheless. Arrazola de Oñate wrote that he never believed Ukraine could win the war militarily and that he did not expect the country to reclaim all the lost territory. He acknowledged that his position could provoke negative reactions and stated that he wanted more European leaders to express what he called uncomfortable truths. He also asked how many lives would still be sacrificed before diplomacy took precedence over political rhetoric. #Oorlog #Diplomatie #Vrede (translated)

Due to a veto from the MR, the Belgian government has been unable to find a solution for the evacuation of thirteen students and researchers from Gaza, putting their chances of a future in Belgium seriously at risk, regrets Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot. #Gaza #Belgique #Politique (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt wrote that D66, in his opinion, put pressure on the Renaissanceschool, which is linked to Forum voor Democratie. He pointed out that D66 MP Jan Paternotte had mentioned the school in the House of Representatives because of announced separate curricula for boys and girls, and had called for stricter rules for new schools. According to Von Kreyfelt, Rob Jetten had urged for a quick evaluation and possible amendments to the law. Von Kreyfelt also wrote that Jetten had announced on October 9 that he would investigate how to take tougher action against schools, weekend schools, and online channels where, according to Jetten, young people were learning incorrect views about equal rights. The columnist emphasized that Jetten had not mentioned the Renaissanceschool in this context. He argued that the education inspectorate should investigate what was actually happening at the school and that a political background alone was not evidence of violations. According to him, Paternotte had stated that Article 23 remained intact. Von Kreyfelt wondered whether Jetten wanted to address verifiable violations or tighten general rules because a political competitor was taking advantage of them. https://t.co/V2P6pFuNy1 #onderwijs #vrijheid #D66 (translated)