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Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that Stefan Homburg rightly criticized that politics distorts the concept of investment. According to his observation, in political language, "investment" has long been used no longer in the economic sense, but generally denotes an expenditure that is desirable from the politicians' perspective. Whether value is preserved or a return can be expected does not matter. According to Vosgerau, expenditures are often considered politically sensible if they contribute to maintaining power. #Investition #Politik #Ökonomie (translated)

JA21 wrote that the purchasing power of the Dutch weakened while the government spent more than it received. The party said it advocated for a smaller government, less development aid, and a EU that limited itself to its core tasks. Michiel Hoogeveen discussed this according to JA21 on Business Class. https://t.co/xfXAZyM4Hu #Nederland #Overheid #Economie (translated)

Historian Michiel Bron reveals in a recent interview how the oil industry has been closely linked to the nuclear sector since the beginning of the 20th century, a relationship that was crucial for the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and recently also leads to investments in nuclear fusion by major oil companies. #Olieindustrie #Kernenergie #DuurzameEnergie (translated)

Widtvoet wrote that journalist and historian H.P. Rosenberg responded to an implicit question about the meaning of stroking along the neck with a flat hand. According to Widvoet's summary, Rosenberg warned against a radical-right reflex and referred to what had happened the day before as a tradition. https://t.co/cDtiJ0fENt #traditie #journalistiek #geschiedenis (translated)

In his book What Will My Children Do Later?, economist Daniel Susskind advocates for a radical revision of education to prepare children for a future with AI, emphasizing that basic skills remain crucial and that school trips could be better suited to data centers and nuclear power plants than traditional destinations. #onderwijs #kunstmatigeintelligentie #toekomstbanen (translated)

The author stated that the Dutch population had grown from just over 1.1 million since early 2016 to approximately 18.1 million. According to the author, around 173,000 people had died and 167,000 babies had been born in 2025, resulting in negative natural growth and the total growth coming entirely from migration. The author referred to Jan Latten, who estimated the group of Dutch origin at about 12.9 million, and wrote that this group was expected to shrink by 1 to 2 million over the coming decades. By 2050, according to the author, the Netherlands would have about 20 million inhabitants. The author argued that the changing population composition put pressure on social and cultural relations, social cohesion, the welfare state, and the housing market. It was written that rapid changes complicated integration and increased parallel societies and clashing norms and values. According to the author, politicians focused too much on symptom treatment and paid too little attention to population growth due to migration and low birth rates among the indigenous population. The author praised Latten for his expertise and warned that politics, media, and society needed to take demographic changes seriously. https://t.co/wVfulQlN6k #demografie #migratie #socialecohesie (translated)

We did not have to deal with who would go where. As the teams narrowed down to three key negotiators, it was clear who would stay and who would consult in this regard. Robert Kerndl outright said that he has no ambition to appear there, the non-party member for ODS responded. #Brno #zelení #koalice (translated)

"Worrying are the differences between students and schools (...) The new core objectives clearly indicate what students really need to learn (...) A high bar for the government also means that national policy is strictly followed." It is not difficult to point out the difference with the letter sent by his distant successor, Secretary of State Judith Tielen, on Friday to the House of Representatives. #leesonderwijs #onderwijs #autonomie (translated)

'Now there are too many rules, all based on mass education (...) Teachers should be much more able to deviate from the program (...) The time is ripe for autonomy (...) The program is now fixed in a national curriculum and detailed basic objectives. Why?' 'Autonomy for the schools' was Hermans' motto. #leesonderwijs #onderwijs #autonomie (translated)

Europe must be a continent that is innovative, invests, and produces while protecting the climate and securing our jobs; that is the core of our commitment. France's President Emmanuel Macron (48) wrote on X: "Europe must be a continent that is innovative, invests, and produces while protecting the climate and securing our jobs; that is the core of our commitment." #VerbrennerAus #EU #Klimaschutz (translated)

Dietmar Pichler described an unnamed statement as historically unique and highly absurd. According to his portrayal, the Ukrainians patriotically defended their country against an aggressor that wanted to steal, occupy, and destroy it. From his perspective, a right that distorted reality in such a way had no credibility – not even on the traditional right-wing issue of "law and order." #Ukraine #Krieg #Frieden (translated)

Malte Larsen wrote that the EU's upcoming budget proposal could mean that Danes would have to pay an additional 12.7 billion kr. to the EU each year. He claimed that the proposal would expand the EU's bureaucracy and lead to the hiring of thousands more bureaucrats in Brussels. Larsen wrote that the money could instead be used for tax cuts or welfare, and he feared that the government would not reject the budget increase. He referred to Mette Frederiksen having previously called more EU funds "nonsense," but after negotiations with Ursula von der Leyen, she had come back with an extra billion bill for the Danes in the form of a higher EU contribution. According to Larsen, the government now said that it was against a larger EU budget but would not guarantee that the budget would not grow significantly. He wrote that he had himself asked the government about the matter and believed that Denmark was already paying too many tax kroner to an EU that had become too large. He urged the government to reject a significant budget increase and wrote that the Danes should not pay for what he described as the unrealistic ambitions of the EU elite or bail out Southern Europe's economic irresponsibility. #EUbudget #Danmark #Bureaukrati (translated)