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Unibet Rose Rockets has shown this season during the Eneco Tour that they have grown, with strong performances from riders like Dylan Groenewegen and Wout Poels, but there is still much work to be done to become fully competitive in grand tours. #EnecoTour #Wielrennen #UnibetRoseRockets (translated)

The arrival of data centers in American villages is causing growing resistance among residents, driven by concerns about the impact on the environment, job loss, and the influence of Big Tech on their communities, leading to a new and widely shared NIMBY sentiment that is becoming an important theme in the upcoming midterms. #datacentra #BigTech #nimbyism (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that, in his opinion, tax increases were too obvious in Belgium. He stated that academics, experts, and journalists often defended increases as difficult but inevitable and economically sensible, while political opponents were dismissed as enfant terrible. In Flanders, according to Vande Reyde, within less than two years, registration fees and costs for waste management had been increased, a road tax had been introduced, and various levies had risen, especially for entrepreneurs. The promised reduction of inheritance tax had also been scrapped. No party had announced these measures before the elections, he wrote. Vande Reyde added that, in the meantime, nothing was happening to reduce the state apparatus. According to him, cuts at the federal level were deemed impossible, while the removal of a small amount of Flemish subsidies was portrayed for weeks as an infringement of universal human rights. He also stated that the press regularly presented so-called spontaneous testimonials from people who almost always turned out to be PVDA activists, and that others viewed things differently. #Belastingverhogingen #Vlaanderen #Politiek (translated)

Jolande wrote that the mayor of Utrecht was looking for a solution for commemorations at the Dom square. According to her, the resistance monument should be left alone and was only meant for the commemoration on May 4th. https://t.co/TprcMCSFHb #rtvutrecht #Utrecht #herdenking #verzetsmonument (translated)

Laura and Cristina, as a couple, fear that if Flávio Bolsonaro wins, they will become a bunker of resistance, amid the concerns of women, Black people, Indigenous people, and LGBTQI+ members about the rollback of rights under Jair Bolsonaro's patriotic regime. #droitsdesfemmes #extrêmeDroite (translated)

Prime Minister Bart De Wever is facing a new budget impasse in Belgium, as his proposal to raise VAT encounters resistance from the Francophone liberals, leading to frustration and a repetition of previous negotiations over tax increases. #Begrotingscrisis #BartDeWever #PolitiekeImpotentie (translated)

After a judgment of fraud and growing anger from supporters, Manchester City is considered a pariah in English football, especially after an unprecedented reception at Anfield during their match with Liverpool, where fans expressed their resistance with banners and chants against the club accused of financial misconduct. #ManchesterCity #Liverpool #financieelschandaal (translated)

Mick van Wely wrote that his Dutch grandfather worked as an optician for the resistance in Leiden and took photos for forged documents. According to him, his father grew up with a strong aversion to Germans. When, as a five-year-old, he received an apple from a German soldier, he thanked him with a curse word for Germans, Van Wely said. His Hungarian mother, he said, grew up under communism, which he described as just as bad as fascism. Van Wely wrote that he had been raised at home with love for and respect for freedom. This, he said, explained why he sometimes reacted angrily when he saw that the carefully built Western lead and achievements, which had long been taken for granted, were coming under heavy pressure and were slowly being rolled back. #vrijheid #geschiedenis #verzet (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that the Minister of Budget had openly stated that he had wasted people's money for years without any consequences. He claimed that the deficits in the past five years had been greater than during the pandemic and that the deficit for the coming year would still amount to 1 billion euros. He also pointed to a subordinated loan, the interest costs of which he claimed alone amounted to 1 billion euros. Vande Reyde further wrote that there were no concrete plans to downsize the state apparatus. According to him, politicians who opposed a new tax increase were labeled as the wrongdoers and as "irresponsible." #begroting #tekort #politiek (translated)

The police unions have submitted a strike notice from October 23 to November 2 to express their opposition to the dictatorial decision of Interior Minister Bernard Quintin to unilaterally change labor time regulations. #GrèvePolice #BernardQuintin #DroitsDesTravailleurs (translated)

In the Netherlands, large-scale housing complexes for labor migrants are being created, such as the complex in Tilburg with 700 beds, as a possible solution to housing problems, but the reception of these complexes varies greatly by region, with both support and opposition from local communities. #arbeidsmigranten #huisvesting #Westland (translated)