Maybe 2.1 billion was cheap enough to kill a competitor?
Germany and Italy are filled with monuments regarding their dark past (have never been to France and Spain and only very briefly to Belgium so I can't judge). I really don't know what you are talking about.
There are other destinations in Europe. Who needs the UK? I used to go there occasionally, in the past, but if they don't want visitors anymore... so be it.
A student was distressed? Oh, poor little creature. Has to be handled with care, wrapped in cotton wool?
Grow up, student!
Enter Europe's precautionary principle when it comes to food safety: you don't have to show that a chemical is harmful to ban it, but you have to prove it safe to be allowed in the food cycle. Guilty until proven innocent.
It was their choice to leave the EU. Now stop complaining.
Over the last 10 or so years I eliminated all plastic fibres from my warderobe almost entirely. Problem almost solved. Industry and politics: too little, too late. Again.
Did they finally realise what a bad idea it was to completely rely on Asia for all manufacturing? About time!
Bizarre indeed, but at the same time highly entertaining. Real life comedy at its best!
...approves to keep them as a backup, just in case.
They were, on paper, completely decommissioned, and the permit to keep them as a reserve was extended for a few months. Since the gas supply is much safer this year, it is very unlikely that these coal plants will be fired up. But now it would be legal to do so.
Why has it to be either, or? We need both. Systemic and behavioural changes on all levels. And we need it now. We no longer have any time left to shift the blame back and forth! I'm getting so sick of this blame game!
There is a huge difference between not being allowed to do something, and deciding not to do something.
I don't have a car (like most people in my town). So not allowing car ownership would be ok?