EU Commission proposes 6.8% budget increase for 2013

PictureOfTheFuture · 29 days

Part of the budget increase is probably because of Croatian membership in 2013

rospaya · 1 month

In NW Croatia people build 15-25 m high wooden structures and set them on fire on Easter night.

JonLuca · 1 month

It's the last graduating class of the old millennium.

davidreiss666 · 1 month

We're also not citizens of the EU. We're national citizens.

No, you are both: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/index_en.htm

and Art. 20 TFEU: Citizenship of the Union is hereby established. Every person holding the nationality of a Member State shall be a citizen of the Union. Citizenship of the Union shall be additional to and not replace national citizenship.

Googlepus · 2 months

The pope is elected, actually ;)

But he is still a monarch.

RedHotPiss · 2 months

Capital punishment of politicians is banned in the EU.

VomisaCaasi · 2 months

Be that as it may, he should have been tried in the UK. If I illegally download a new Hollywood movie via torrent (which implies sharing/uploading and is illegal in the USA and here) it would be crazy to extradite me to the US.

davidreiss666 · 2 months

I don't think the comment was malicious, it's just a bit of humour.

It's opposite day. Germany can't meet targets and Greece gets a credit rating upgrade :)

VomisaCaasi · 2 months

Just horrible. I wish the best of luck to him and I hope european countries scrap/revise extradition deals with the US since they are clearly abusing those treaties.

crsp · 2 months

Access to ESM funds. Which hopefuly they won't need, but having them as a safety net should lower their borrowing costs.

keks01 · 2 months

This is a really cheap way to woo right wingers, but it might scare away moderate voters.

tppiel · 2 months

No, those are Euros (€). AAA titles usually cost 50€, or 40-45€ if the publisher is fair. 60€ is just milking it. 60€ = $80

tppiel · 2 months

If you don't want to pay it then buy the cheaper version

No, the cheaper version is 80$. It's not entitlement, it's economics. this game will not sell well in most of Europe.

tppiel · 2 months

I don't think $60 is ridiculous, but $80 definitely is. And while the costs have gone up, so have the number of sales. It's not an excuse for piracy, but 60€ for the base game and 80€ (More than $100!!!) for the full game is ludicrous, especially since most Europeans would like to play with European city sets.

NonAmerican · 2 months

Yeah, those lucky Greeks have it easy! :p

bibs · 2 months

My bet is, the public insurers would quickly become obsolete.

I disagree. By comparing the NHS and other European health insurance systems and the US health insurance flustercuck you can see that the US spends way more on healthcare than other developed countries.

Also, I believe that healthcare is a human right and that no one should be denied treatment just because they don't have the money to pay for it.

bibs · 2 months

I agree, but the artice also says this:

"The breathtaking list of policing activities up for grabs includes investigating crimes, detaining suspects, developing cases, responding to and investigating incidents, supporting victims and witnesses, managing high-risk individuals, patrolling neighbourhoods, managing intelligence, managing engagement with the public, as well as more traditional back-office functions, such as managing forensics, providing legal services, managing the vehicle fleet, finance and human resources."

Bold items are the ones I find really questionable. I'm not sure yet how I feel about "responding to and investigating incidents", "supporting victims and witnesses" and "patrolling neighbourhoods"

bibs · 2 months

You have the right to choose your doctor, you can't choose who is going to arrest you or investigate you. Also NHS is public, should public health insurance be privatized too?

To be clear, I'm all for private competition to public services because it leads to meaningful choices for the consumer. If I can choose between public insurance and multiple private insurances, that's great. If I can choose to go to hospital A or B, great! But I can't choose who will investigate me (deny me my right to privacy) or detain me (deny me freedom of movement)

nickstreet36 · 2 months

I guess that will cause some problems in parts of the public sector in the coming years, but with strong liberalisation (as it is happening now) the private sector could easily balance that out. I'm not really worried about Italy anymore, but that could change if somehow Berlusconi returns in 2013 or if the situation in the rest of Europe starts destabilising again.

Bezbojnicul · 2 months

"It used to be better" mentality is extremely common, not only in Romania, and is almost always wrong.

vudren · 2 months

ECHR != EU

Please inform yourself before starting an anti-EU rant.

And Italy is not forced to be in either organization. They agreed to be bound by their rules.

crsp · 3 months

If the matches were staged and fixed they could claim copyright, like a theatric performance. :-)

Naurgul · 3 months

Because people are not starving. Yes, it's bad, really bad over there, but there is no reason to exaggerate.

EquanimousMind · 3 months

Yeah, the law professor is probably illiterate..

You may agree or disagree with the man (I disagree with him) or politicians in general, but such broad statements only make you look foolish.

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