This isn’t free. It’s a loan. The goal is that in decades from now when you’ve succeeded, you repay the loan. If you don’t and default, you owe something to China.

That’s certainly one way to frame it.
Another way would be selling oversized infrastructure projects t developing nations, financed by predatory loans backed by a country’s natural resources.
Also the work itself is performed by Chinese companies, so unlike regular domestic infrastructure projects, it doesn’t even benefit the local construction industry.

China is effectively subsidizing its own industry with other nations’ money.
And if the project fails to deliver the “optimistic” expectations. China has more or less free access to natural resources without having to stage an invasion.

Did Denmark ban inciting violence or did they ban burning books with this law?

Because there’s no shortage of ways to incite violence that do not involve burning books.

lords-and-peasants kind of thing

The thing he refers to is of course people he sees as peasants not accepting him as lord.

So outright annexation.

Article 42.7 of the EU Charta would also apply and is a bit more direct:

If a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/sede/dv/sede200612mutualdefsolidarityclauses_/sede200612mutualdefsolidarityclauses_en.pdf

aimed at fast fashion, so luxury brands are almost certainly exempt

That would depend on the specific wording but if they define minimum standards and the ‘luxury brands’ already fulfill those then I don’t see the problem.

How else would they exempt them? Even the most corrupt lawmakers don’t just write brand names into their legislation.

illegal by the Grundgesetz

Hm, what Article would that be?
Unfortunately the separation of state and church is not very thorough in Germany.

And then there is Article 4

Article 4 [Freedom of faith and conscience]
(1) Freedom of faith and of conscience and freedom to profess a religious or philosophical creed shall be inviolable.
(2) The undisturbed practice of religion shall be guaranteed.

You seem to associate “conservative” with the Union only but SPD and FDP leaderships are also quite conservative in many regards.

Capitalists: We want free markets without government interference.

Swedish labor market organizes collective negotiation.

Capitalists: No, not like that!

Because the Commission proposed it.

Just to make sure everyone reading this is on the same level, designating a party or its regional branches as extremist only relates to the level of scrutiny they receive by the Verfassungsschutz (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution).

This has nothing directly to do with banning the party.

I hope the Spaniards are eventually able to crush the nazi right reactionaries like the fucking cockroaches they are.

Listen, I too hope that our various governments stop their appeasement policies and finally stand up to the rising right wing tide currently sweeping Europe.
But calling the political enemy cockroaches and for them to be crushed is exactly the kind of language fascists use and we should be better than that.

I have never heard anyone refer to BaWü as BW in speech.
The only Bundesland I have ever encountered that is NRW.

Seems like this is the initiative they passed.
The English language selection in the top right doesn’t seem to work but (3) states:

The law provides for exceptions. These include exclusively reasons of health, safety, climatic conditions and local customs.

It’s a bit vague but they seem to have thought of it.

What I find curious is that this seems to be no mere law but a change to the constitution.

The EU should not dictate product offerings. If people don’t like a service’s offerings, they can use another one. It is an abuse of their power.

Sorry, I understand and partially agree that this can put streaming services in a tricky situation but I strongly disagree with this.
It is exactly the duty of legislature like the EU to define the rules in a market and counteract market imbalances.

and dissent must not be tolerated, as they can lead to chaos and rebellion

The party is always right

Is calling out Hamas anti Palestinian

Who has claimed that?

Oida, i bin’s ned

There still is a left wing in the party, I would vote for Kühnert if I could.
But yes, mostly the party is run by conservatives.

Well, if Wagenknecht manages to take all the un-electable baggage with her, maybe die Linke could actually become a party one could vote for.