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Three large educational publishers dominate the school textbook market in the Netherlands, leading to high prices and limited freedom of choice for schools, which often have to stick to specific teaching methods for many years. #schoolboeken #onderwijs #marktonderzoek (translated)

"The system of free and rule-based trade is being severely undermined by the use of trade as a weapon, and by systematic market distortions and macroeconomic imbalances." If this does not change, the existing trade weapons of the European Commission will not be sufficient according to Merz and Macron. #Handelsbeleid #EuropeseUnie #China (translated)

"The system of free and rule-based trade is significantly undermined by the use of trade as a weapon, as well as by systematic market distortions and macroeconomic imbalances." If this does not change, the existing trade weapons of the European Commission will not suffice according to Merz and Macron. #Handelsbeleid #EuropeseUnie #China (translated)

"We have kept our market open for too long without receiving the same access in China." Another trade policy was also called for by Belgian MEP Hilde Vautmans: "We have kept our market open for too long without receiving the same access in China." #Handelsdefizit #EUChina #Wettbewerbsfähigkeit (translated)

The author wrote that the right-wing in the USA operated a corrupt state economy, which any socialist state and party leadership would be proud of. Politicians, even from the Union, must resist the temptation, in his opinion, to advocate not for the market, but merely for companies. #USA #Korruption #Politik #US (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that Paul was trying to manipulate the rules for public space on the Grote Markt according to him and reacted aggressively when he saw a camera. Tjuchem stated that his partner, Jeltje Kok-Kromkamp, just managed to stop him before it turned physical. He spoke ironically about the tolerance at Klimaatalarm and questioned whether Paul's pent-up frustration was related to his 1920s house, which according to Tjuchem had an energy label of F. #Klimaatalarm #Klimaatalarm #Energietransitie #PubliekeRuimte (translated)

The Australian exchange student asked why middle-aged demonstrators from Antifa had protested for hours in front of the state parliament in Magdeburg on a Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM. He called for them to be deprived of citizen's income and to be made familiar with the free market economy. #Antifa #Demonstration #Bürgergeld (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that a woman who demonstrated for the climate at the Grote Markt held her hand in front of the camera lens when she saw the camera. According to him, with a warm coffee mug in her hand, she was giving a lesson on press rights and tried to make the filmmaker feel guilty. Tjuchem stated that protesters could be filmed in that location and asked if the woman would personally appreciate it if someone filmed her mother that way. #Klimaatalarm #Klimaat #Persrecht #Actie (translated)

Publishers have decided to stop the bundled sale of school books following a call from the Authority for Consumers and Markets, allowing schools to choose between only printed books, only digital teaching materials, or a combination of both. #onderwijs #schoolboeken #koppelverkoop (translated)

Hundreds of thousands of households and businesses have unnecessarily heavy electricity connections, which can cost them thousands of euros each year, according to a study by the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). #stroomverbruik #energiebesparing #huishoudens (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that XR activists in Groningen wanted to fall down for a 'die-in' at 12 o'clock in the Grote Markt during the Climate Alarm. He sarcastically noted that they first removed glass shards from the cobblestones with a broom and dustpan so they wouldn't injure themselves during their simulated death. According to Tjuchem, safety was thus paramount in their fight against the end times. #Klimaatalarm #Klimaat #Groningen #XR (translated)

Kai Nielsen wrote that the CDU would only react when it suffers a serious defeat in a western federal state like it did in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Saxony-Anhalt. In East Germany, it could still cite the population's biographical breaks as an explanation. In fact, according to Nielsen, the party is currently losing support throughout Germany, which he described as tragic and sad. #CDU #Politik #Deutschland (translated)

"when third countries deliberately attempt to undermine the restoration of equal competitive conditions and fair market conditions through political or economic means, which leads to serious and systematic distortions of our internal market" Systematically market-distorting practices jeopardized competition for European companies and led to increasing dependency, according to a letter from the two heads of state, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron, to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. #Handelswar #EU #China (translated)

"When third countries deliberately attempt to undermine the restoration of equal competitive conditions and fair market conditions through political or economic means, leading to serious and systematic distortions of our internal market. Systematically market-distorting practices are threatening competition for European companies and leading to increasing dependency, according to a letter from the two heads of government, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron, to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen." #Handelswar #EU #China (translated)

Germany and France are pushing in a joint letter to the EU Commission for new instruments to quickly exclude unfair trading partners from the internal market in the event of a trade war, especially considering China's market-distorting practices. #Handelswar #EU #China (translated)

In Germany, the number of new registrations for electric cars increased by 95 percent in September to a market share of 34 percent, while in Spain new elections were announced and two German scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. #Elektroautos #Nachhaltigkeit #Nobelpreis (translated)