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In the context of global overproduction and declining wine consumption, concepts and strategies are being developed in Geisenheim to sustainably manage the clearing of vineyards and to find alternative uses for the freed-up areas. #Weinbau #Kulturlandschaft #Nachhaltigkeit (translated)

The Hayek Club Weimar warned of a possible economic and social decline. Only when cars fell silent on the side of the road, businesses closed, apartments remained cold, and families suffered from hunger would people, according to the club, recognize that they had watched for too long. It stated that the foundations of a livable life had been systematically destroyed, diligence and achievement devalued, and responsibility portrayed as a burden. The silence and the willingness to be deceived had facilitated the downfall, the club explained. #Gesellschaft #Verantwortung #Zukunft (translated)

"We don't want windmills. (...) Show me a country with green energy, and I will show you a bankrupt country. You know, Germany tried it. They were about two days away from extinction." President Donald Trump claimed at a campaign event that the energy transition had brought Germany to the brink of disaster. "I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your damn wine and all the crap you send us. I will impose a 250 percent tariff on your wine, your champagne, and everything you send us, Emmanuel." At the same time, he threatened him, according to his own account in a phone call, with additional tariffs of 250 percent if French pharmaceutical companies did not offer their medications in the United States at lower prices. "I call him Muhammad. Someone said his name is not Muhammad, but Abdul. (...) I am the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want. To me, he is Muhammad. And he is a radical jihadist." Furthermore, Trump made derogatory remarks about the Muslim politician Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the Senate for the Democrats. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)

Ann Van Haute wondered how the EU elite would react if their political commitment to Ukraine were to fail. According to her, that elite had invested in it for years, spent billions, and put pressure on their own economy, while problems in Europe piled up. She argued that Ukraine was about the only topic that still mattered in politics and that the elite in Europe could gain little honor anymore. She also pondered how desperate that elite would become if their last major political narrative threatened to disappear. #Oekraïne #EU #Politiek (translated)

The negotiations on the new EU budget for 2028 remain stalled due to conflicting interests between net contributors and the 'Friends of Cohesion', who cling to old subsidies and few are willing to make concessions. #EUbegroting #Brusselseonderhandelingen #Cohesievrienden (translated)

Claudia Wittig wrote that people with different political views could eat and drink wine together. She would find it desirable if the peaceful handling of differing opinions in everyday life became more taken for granted again. #FriedlicheKoexistenz #Politik #Gesellschaft (translated)

Geert Noels wrote that he understood why parties stood up for the majority of the population who, according to him, contributed little. He called it immoral that they defended social abuses in his opinion with an appeal to solidarity and social arguments. #solidariteit #maatschappij #ethiek (translated)

Rik Elfrink wrote that PSV defeated sc Heerenveen 2-0. According to him, Guus Til was again accurate, while Sergiño Dest completed the match despite little rest and a journey through time zones. Elfrink mentioned that PSV is still not stable and wrote that sc Heerenveen created a lot of danger in the first half. #PSV #Eredivisie #voetbal (translated)

Jeroen Bergers found it unacceptable that a Flemish member of parliament had been attacked at the front door of his town hall. He also wrote that, in his opinion, few people spoke out about it for fear of being associated with the parliament member. Bergers stated that violence against a member of parliament amounted to violence against democracy and that condemning it said nothing about one's sympathy for their views. #Democratie #Geweld #Vlaanderen (translated)

In Tuscany, thieves stole 30,000 bottles of wine worth five million euros, which is considered the largest wine theft in Italian history, as the perpetrators disabled the alarm system and removed the wines from the storage for export. #Weindiebstahl #Toskana #MarchesiAntinori (translated)

How is it that we hardly talk about culture in The Hague? In addition, Letschert proposes a simplification of the system that has been established over the years to distribute the national subsidy: currently, that amounts to 641 million euros per year, or 0.12 percent of the total national budget. #kunstsubsidies #cultuurhervorming #samenleving (translated)

In Tuscany, around 30,000 bottles of top wine from the producer Marchesi Antinori, worth about five million euros, were stolen in a spectacular burglary, with at least seven perpetrators involved, who disabled the alarm system and transported the wines away by truck. #Weindiebstahl #Toskana #Antinori (translated)