Brussels claims China is “dumping” state-subsidized vehicles, and there is no question that Beijing supported its EV industry. Yet Europe subsidizes battery factories, charging stations, renewable energy, manufacturers, and the consumers purchasing these cars. Italy’s incentives temporarily reduced the Chinese Leapmotor T03 to as little as €5,000. The difference is that China used industrial policy to build an efficient supply chain, while Europe spent public money creating regulations, mandates, compliance departments, and carbon-accounting schemes.

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Source: https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/europes-current-economy/europe-destroyed-its-auto-industry-china-did-not/

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WARSAW, July 17 (Reuters) – Poland’s president vetoed two bills on Friday ⁠that ⁠would have introduced “cohabitation contracts” for couples ⁠living together, dealing a blow to same-sex couples in one of the few ​European Union countries with limited rights for LGBT people.

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French far-right chief Marine Le Pen Tuesday said she was still standing for president next year, after an appeals court confirmed her embezzlement conviction but paved the way for her to run with a shorter ban from office.

“This evening, I am a candidate in the presidential election,” she said, ending uncertainty over whether she would run for the top job for the fourth time in elections viewed as her party’s best ever chance to win the presidency.

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Source: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260707-france-s-le-pen-says-still-running-for-president?fbclid=IwY2xjawS8pJ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe4nd5uH5NdncCSNzwvREIjEXD7N8Tmnp1GmsXlfsn_Hdvswi6vxVkZr627oM_aem_Qqy8xtDx-QFRuRgtGxEukg

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Orbán is widely derided by Western elites as an autocrat, and it is true that the state and most privately owned media are relentlessly supportive of him. But that’s never why Orbán was re-elected three times. He won because he did what every good democratic politician does: Provide peace and prosperity while respecting the nation’s values.

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The initiative, supported by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, or SVP, faces a referendum on June 14 at a time when Switzerland is moving to deepen relations with the EU in order to safeguard market access to its main trade partner.

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French farmers blockaded sites in Paris on Thursday in protest against a sweeping trade deal the European Union is poised to sign with South American nations and other local grievances.

The farmers overran police checkpoints to enter the city, driving along the Champs-Élysées avenue and blocking the road around the Arc de Triomphemonument before dawn, before gathering in front of the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament.

National Assembly President Yael Braun-Pivet was booed and jostled when she stepped outside of the assembly’s gates to talk with protesters.

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Source: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260108-french-farmers-take-tractor-protest-to-paris-amid-anger-over-mercosur-deal-cow-cull?fbclid=IwY2xjawPONkVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEedrGJDV7ujQaeCiu5qzKW5dEqxjXNUQsAGRNPzcSrWxyfBp7L0sbAezVXDgM_aem_Xo4lMPh0Pa3XLxv9xdPK5g

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