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The Belgian Ardo group has rejected the continuation of its frozen food production in Groß-Enzersdorf, as it does not see a long-term solution for the structurally unprofitable operation despite a support and subsidy package from the federal government. #Ardo #Subventionen #Tiefkühlproduktion (translated)

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Brussels for the Climate March, denouncing the lack of climate ambition in Belgian policies and calling for measures such as taxing oil companies and eliminating subsidies for fossil fuels. #MarchePourLeClimat #Bruxelles #ChangementClimatique (translated)

The Hayek Club Weimar described socialism as a beneficial business model for politicians. State benefits and subsidies created dependency and thus secured voter support, the account wrote. Politicians would thereby become suppliers and citizens clients. In contrast, capitalism posed a threat to the political class, argued the Hayek Club Weimar, because it rewarded personal responsibility, innovation, and private initiative, making people more independent of the state. Regulations intended to tame the market served, according to the account, to limit competition and protect established interests. The account also accused politicians of portraying capitalism as unjust and antisocial while presenting the state as a moral authority. The state did not want free individuals but dependent subjects, wrote the Hayek Club Weimar, linking its criticism to calls for freedom and property as well as a rejection of taxes and state coercion. #FreiheitstattKnechtschaft #SteuernsindRaub #Eigentum #Freiheit #ParasitenwegmitEuremZwang #Freiheit #Kapitalismus #Sozialismus (translated)

Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank, expresses in a BILD interview his conviction of the necessity of pension reforms and warns the government against diluting these measures, while emphasizing that protection against dismissal, subsidies, and bureaucracy must also be reformed to make Germany more efficient. #Rentenreform #DeutscheBank #ChristianSewing (translated)

The author criticized that the loss of jobs, which in his view only existed thanks to subsidies, was being lamented. At the same time, it was hardly noted that those who would have to finance these subsidies would soon no longer exist due to what he considered to be a misguided energy policy. He described this as sad. #Arbeitsplätze #Energiepolitik #Subventionen (translated)

Under his ecological predecessor Robert Habeck (2021-2025), the renewable sector, now strong with about 430,000 employees, experienced rapid expansion, but at the cost of heavy public subsidies, denounces Katherina Reiche. #EnergiesRenouvelables #ManifestationBerlin #RéformesÉnergétiques (translated)

The author referred to Gerhard Schröder as the last great reformer of Germany. As evidence, he cited Schröder's opposition to the Iraq War and tax cuts: the top income tax rate was reduced from 51 to 42 percent, the basic tax rate from 25 to 15 percent, and the corporate tax for companies from 40 to 25 percent. Additionally, the basic allowance was increased and the contribution to unemployment insurance was reduced from 6.5 to 3 percent. This was financed through cuts in government subsidies. Schröder was a particularly active politician, the author wrote, but criticized him for being persuaded by the Greens to phase out nuclear energy. This was one of the few major mistakes of his term in office. #Reformen #Deutschland #Politik (translated)

The Observatory of Journalism (Ojim) stated that the Ministry of Culture did not publish, for the first time, the data on public subsidies received by the press in 2025 on its dedicated open data page. The organization described this information as "sensitive data." https://t.co/1tpS9vjZ4p #Culture #Transparence #Subventions (translated)

The author expressed joy at the decline in the digital audience of the press, which he referred to as a "system." He stated that the French had had enough of subsidized propaganda and wanted more free debate and freedom of expression. https://t.co/MQqMBNYBiI #LibertéDExpression #Démocratie #Presse #FR (translated)

Tear Off wrote that the FFSA risked losing its approval from the State after a general inspection mission requested by the Ministry of Sports following statements made by Pierre Gosselin. According to Tear Off, citing Le Parisien, the mission's report was damning and Minister Marina Ferrari was to decide on the withdrawal of the approval. Tear Off added that in the case of a withdrawal, the FFSA would no longer be able to receive subsidies, award titles of French champions, or register athletes for international competitions. #FFSA #Sport #MinistèreDesSports (translated)

Pierre Poilievre stated that Mark Carney and the Liberal club were becoming more and more expensive. He attributed 2 billion dollars in additional taxes and inflation to the subsidies for heat pumps, and argued that Brookfield owned a company in that sector. He added that the conservatives would leave this amount in the pockets of taxpayers. https://t.co/mbCfgWr8AL #Politique #Taxes #Économie (translated)

GFrei.News referred to values of 30.5 percent for the AfD and 17.5 percent for the CDU and urged the CDU to abandon its "firewall." Otherwise, the author warned that the party could face further loss of significance. He described the CDU and SPD as career parties and claimed that advancement opportunities depended on conforming to party leadership and avoiding internal criticism. The author accused the CDU of using offices and positions to provide for its members. As evidence, he cited 25 lost CDU seats in Saxony-Anhalt, 12 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and 68 nationwide, with the latter relating to current polls. According to his portrayal, state parliament representatives received between 10,000 and 11,000 euros monthly, federal parliament representatives up to 17,000 euros; additionally, there were up to 6,000 euros for office equipment and 1.24 million euros in party funds for every million voters. GFrei.News also criticized travel expenses, retirement provisions, and opportunities for employees and stock trades that, in his view, were available to the representatives. According to the author, the CDU supported Merkel and then Merz despite what he considered bad policies. He concluded by asking when a prominent CDU member would abandon the firewall. #CDU #AfD #Politik (translated)

Paul Vannier wrote that upon his arrival in 2016, no extra-legal subsidies were granted to private high schools under contract. He stated that these subsidies have since increased by 310%, while the resources allocated this year to public high schools have decreased in more than half of them. He wondered why journalists did not say this. #éducation #lycées #journalisme (translated)

The author estimated that the state was taking a lot and indebted to hundreds of billions, while public services were "bare bones." He explained this paradox by the transition from a "state-action" to a "state-subsidy" and mentioned three ways to reverse this trend, citing targeting and referring to a link. https://t.co/bLZ7dUkj2x #État #ServicesPublics #Politique #FR (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that the event in Bremen was surreal and embarrassing. According to his assessment, the ZDF today show hardly reported on it and only briefly conveyed the speech of the Federal President, without showing moving images. He asked whether the responsible parties at ZDF might have found the event embarrassing and whether they wanted to prevent the public from knowing about it. Vosgerau described the political system as a combination of two isolated circles: one, which he referred to as the political-media complex, that celebrated itself in Bremen, and a large group of politically uninterested, mostly well-off retirees. The latter, although they did not understand politics, trusted the authorities and were led to believe that criticizing politicians would lead back to a dark past. From his perspective, he attributed grotesque notions and dogmas to the political-media circle, such as those regarding subsidized wind turbines and Islamization. As a connecting force between these circles, Vosgerau referred to public broadcasting. The working population, especially young men, increasingly realized that they had no influence on this development and that their interests were being neglected, he wrote. #Politik #Medien #Gesellschaft (translated)

Didier thanked the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region for unlocking one million euros in support of his son's live performance. He believed that this success showed that public subsidies were essential for a vibrant and intelligent cultural offering. https://t.co/Rl9sQArNnV #spectaclevivant #culture #NouvelleAquitaine (translated)

"It is completely unacceptable that the Council of Europe is funding front organizations of the Muslim Brotherhood with our taxpayers' money. Islamism must be fought by all means of the rule of law, not subsidized." Volkmann afterward to BILD: "It is completely unacceptable that the Council of Europe is funding front organizations of the Muslim Brotherhood with our taxpayers' money. Islamism must be fought by all means of the rule of law, not subsidized." #Europarat #Muslimbruderschaft #Steuergelder (translated)

Here is the situation at Berthelot high school in Pantin. But the Île-de-France region prefers to allocate €7.7 million in optional and extralegal subsidies to the private Catholic school Stanislas rather than renovating the high schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods. https://t.co/xPyecCmDW6 #Éducation #ÎleDeFrance #Lycée #FR (translated)