What happens when the inevitable failure is realised? Perhaps the EU is hoping for the same outcome as China did with the first trade war with Trump in 2019.

Can somebody brief me what happened in 2019, and what was the deal with China?

I got to know about this only from this article (I send Wikipedia's take on the info, since it is more accurate):

Since 2009, Weidel has been in a lesbian relationship with Sarah Bossard, a Sri Lankan-born film producer who was adopted as a child by a Swiss couple. Since 2019 the pair have lived with their two adopted sons in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. Weidel works in Berlin and says her official residence is in her electoral district in Überlingen, on the German side of the German-Swiss border, allowing her to avoid Swiss taxation.[100][101][102][103]

In terms of religion, Weidel identifies herself as an agnostic.[104]

She represents so well many far-right voters who simply vote against themselves, thinking that they are “special” and even if they do the same things they despise, they will be spared from the prosecution.

Great comment. We can and should criticize the actions of the Irish government, and the German, Hungarian, Polish ones, etc. But boycotting Ireland is too far of a stretch.

There is a good point related to what OP is writing: Beware of “European” sidekicks of US companies. Many subsidiaries are a good European-washing examples, though might still be better than full-US companies when no alternative is available. But labeling the whole country of Ireland as a sidekick is too much.

Russia accounted for 39% of allegations

One buttock XD

Nice, but still, use GOG when possible:

https://www.gog.com/

Money is increasingly needed by the federal treasury, which spends every third ruble on the war

Woah, 1/3rd of the budget is a lot.

Swedish government be like:

Officially endorse far-right party

Push xenophobic agenda

A mentally sick person organizes the largest school shooting in the country, targeting specifically migrants >

Youth joins far-right groups

That includes a son of a ministry working on how to deport as many migrants as possible, making visa process as painful as possible, even for high-skill workers

But WHY?!!?

"Gains in South America and Europe more than compensated for the expected declines in China and North America," said Marco Schubert, member of the extended VW Group Management Board.

In Germany, Volkswagen is a market leader with almost every second new electric car registered in Germany in the first half of the year from the company.

Note: Data from 2017.

A lot has changed. Especially when it comes to the "Made in China" label.

Good to see some institutions reminding that the war did not start in 2022...

Yes. European countries were among the early adopters and developers of wind and solar. Now, renewables have become the most affordable option. But, for ideological reasons, many European countries no longer want to deploy renewables, despite their affordability.

We sowed the seeds but do not want to reap the rewards.