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We have not yet arrived where we want to be. It should never be 2:2 at halftime. We need to talk about that. And Robert Andrich addressed it directly: "We have not yet arrived where we want to be. It should never be 2:2 at halftime. We need to talk about that." #BayerLeverkusen #Bundesliga #ChampionsLeague (translated)

Executioner Satire® - The Original wrote that a country does not perish from strife, but from the fact that only one side is heard while the other must pay. In his contribution referred to as "Executioner's Sunday Word," he urged readers to think for themselves. #Gesellschaft #Politik #Denken (translated)

Sander van Dam wrote to NU.nl that, according to him, it was indeed possible. He said that if the only reason given for why it would not be possible here was that Dutch judges thought differently than German judges, he found that explanation completely nonsensical. https://t.co/yHFHVdAem5 #rechtspraak #Nederland #Duitsland (translated)

Mirjam152 challenged the reasoning that a lower VAT rate cost the government a lot of money. She compared it to the income a landlord misses out on by asking for a lower rent and sarcastically suggested that the VAT should then be raised to 30 percent and inheritance and gift taxes to 100 percent. According to her, people were already paying more than enough tax. The researchers defended a higher VAT rate for, among others, hairdressers, bicycle mechanics, and plasterers with the argument that a tight labor market could make services more expensive due to insufficient staff availability. Mirjam152 called that reasoning flawed and accused the researchers of having a political agenda and pandering to the government and the cabinet. #BTW #Belastingen #Overheid (translated)

Ralf Fuecks wrote that Marco Rubio spoke about the rebirth of the West in front of the Acropolis, while U.S. President Donald Trump, in his opinion, is conspiring with Vladimir Putin against Ukraine. Trump blames Ukrainian President Zelensky for the high oil and gas prices, which Fuecks claims were triggered by Trump's attack on Iran. At the same time, Trump criticizes Ukrainian counterattacks on the Russian energy system without mentioning the daily war of annihilation against Ukraine, and calls for Zelensky's ouster because he resists submission to the Kremlin. Fuecks wrote that no U.S. president has sunk so low up to now, not even Richard Nixon. Europe must combine its military-industrial potential with that of Ukraine in order to be stronger than Russia together and to show Trump boundaries. https://t.co/rqyjqFUYCz #Ukraine #Putin #Europa (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)

The author wrote that an eleven-year-old Iraqi girl had been married and spoke of hundreds of child marriages in Baden-Württemberg. He claimed that the numbers were not discussed because otherwise accusations of racism would arise immediately. https://t.co/M7tQzYNKny #Kinderehen #BadenWürttemberg #Menschenrechte #DE #IQ (translated)

Andreas Rosenfelder wrote that Harald Martenstein reported on parents who did not want to talk about a knife attack for fear of being categorized as being on the right. Some still wanted to talk about the death of their child and the consequences for their own lives, while the media interest, according to Martenstein, had been limited. He mentioned a girl as an example who survived the attack but had not dared to leave her apartment for years. Martenstein called this shocking. Rosenfelder described this as a German reality that, in his opinion, the left does not talk about when it criticizes “hate and incitement.” #Messerangriffe #Eltern #Medien (translated)

Nouschka van der Meijden wrote that at the NSC congress half of the audience left when Mona Keijzer took the floor. According to her, there had already been a lot of consternation about Keijzer as a guest speaker, which had prompted Dirk Gotink to leave the party. https://t.co/4PD2YoYwfn #NSC #politiek #congres (translated)

The author claimed that employees at OpenAI would be dismissed if they spoke openly with security agencies. Therefore, the name "Closed.AI" would probably be more fitting, he wrote. To avoid becoming dependent on such companies, one must develop their own models. He also asked what the Minister of Economic Affairs was doing. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenAI #Technologie #DE (translated)

We need to talk about how life becomes affordable for people again. For the answer to this question, the CDU must again reflect on what it was elected for in the federal elections, demanded Thuringia's Prime Minister Mario Voigt in an interview with the dpa news agency. #CDU #Krise #Wahlen (translated)

"You are really favoring one group now. There may be political reasons for that, but it no longer serves an economic purpose," said Sleijpen, who also believes that the Dutch economy could handle a decline in housing prices well. #hypotheekrenteaftrek #OlafSleijpen #DNB (translated)

"In Russia, you have to talk to those who are there. Schröder can open doors to Putin." The SPD foreign policy expert Ralf Stegner stated to the "Tagesspiegel" that one must "talk in Russia to those who are there. Schröder can open doors to Putin." #Friedensnobelpreis #Schröder #Putin (translated)

Gabo described himself in a separatist command room after hitting Silas Malafaia with a drone and preventing him from inaugurating what he called the "redeeming golden calf." In the post, he referred to Malafaia as emperor and situated the scene in "Sportingbet in January." https://t.co/MOVZerlcyJ #Brasil #Política #Humor (translated)

The author asked what the approach and the offers for conversation had brought so far and where the peace had gone. In Germany, such terms seem to be regarded as particularly important in dealing with autocrats, he wrote. He described the approach as incomprehensible and outrageous. https://t.co/e05GpWkoS2 #Frieden #Demokratie #Menschenrechte #DE (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that, according to him, hardly anyone outside the traditional media believed that Filip De Winter had entered the town hall to pick a fight with a family. He suggested that politicians in Belgium could be assaulted with impunity and still be portrayed as victims in the press. He explained that this was why trust in the traditional media had reached a low point. #Media #Politiek #Vertrouwen (translated)