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  1. German conservative leader accuses Ukrainian refugees of ‘welfare tourism’

    BERLIN — German opposition leader Friedrich Merz accused Ukrainian refugees of taking advantage of Germany’s social welfare system by seeking protection in the country, collecting benefits and then returning to Ukraine.

    “What we’re seeing is welfare tourism on the part of these refugees to Germany, back to Ukraine, to Germany, back to Ukraine,” Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), told Bild TV in an interview, adding that “a large number” of the more than 1.1 million Ukrainian refugees registered in Germany were milking the state. “We have a problem here that’s getting worse.”

    The German government has no statistics on whether and to what degree the abuse Merz alleged is actually occurring.

    Merz, who took over the party last year after it lost control of the chancellery for the first time in 16 years, said it was “unfair” for the state to pay to heat the homes of refugees and German welfare recipients at a time when many working-class Germans can’t afford their energy bills.

  2. and here we are wondering why the far right is huge all over Europe

    Von der Leyen’s warning message to Italy irks election candidates

     

    Italian politicians asked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen not to intervene in domestic politics after she warned that Europe has “the tools” to deal with Italy if things go in a “difficult direction.”

    During a conference on Thursday at Princeton University, an attendant pointed out to von der Leyen that “figures close to Putin” were among candidates for the upcoming legislative election on Sunday. “We’ll see,” she replied. “If things go in a difficult direction — and I’ve spoken about Hungary and Poland — we have the tools.”

    This is a clear reference to the ability of the European Commission to cut funds allocated to member countries when they are deemed to be violating the rule of law. Last week, the Commission proposed to cut €7.5 billion of funds allocated to Hungary.

    Von der Leyen’s remark came just a day before Italy’s campaign goes quiet for the weekend, and has provoked the ire of multiple candidates during their final stretch

    “What is this, a threat? This is shameful arrogance,” tweeted Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far-right League party. He asked von der Leyen to “respect the free, democratic and sovereign vote of the Italian people.”

    He also said on Italian TV that “if anyone in Brussels thinks of cutting the funds that belong to Italy, because the League wins the elections, then we have to rethink this Europe,” adding that “this is institutional bullying.”

  3. 5 hours ago, promise to try said:

    I don´t think so, but who knows. Cher said that she knew all the people in the queue, so...

    In the lead up to the meeting, Madonna was nervously practicing her curtsy with comedian John Cleese, but when the Queen had to whisper in the ear of an adviser to find out who exactly Madonna was, the popstar actually took it very well.

    According to the Sun, when Madonna explained she was the singer of the theme song the monarch sounded surprised, asking: "Oh really, did you?"

     

    Fortunately Cleese received the same treatment, her majesty asking: "And what do you do?"

    All of this awkwardness left Madonna giddy and once the Queen had moved on she broke out into fits of giggles, turning to her co-stars to laugh at the awkward interactions.

     

    You'd have to assume the Queen isn't much of a fan!

  4. 38 minutes ago, karbatal said:

    Really? Statistics show 10% immigration in Greece. Spain has 12%. According to this Greece has one million immigrants.
     

    https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/GRC/greece/immigration-statistics

    yes i saw that but if they use for example the number of Pakistan people living in Greece from 2011 you can see that the statistics are not always saying the whole truth

    of course now my estimation of 5 mil is exaggerated 

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