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They take A decade, not decades. You're the one spreading FUD. There are successful new nuclear projects built very quickly in EU. The only slow thing about nuclear is regulatory a…

Well, that's sad. What do they get from the state that people in Czech Republic don't?

I don't want "a" directly elected commissioner. I want a directly elected Commission. The same system would suffice - chosen by the elected parliament among its members.

The political solution is way too fragile.

No, they are members of the parliament.

In Czech Republic as self-employed ("živnostník") your effective tax+insurance rate for income up to 2M CZK (~ 80k EUR) is never more than 15%. I have SW contractor friends paying …

There are not so many options you couldn't just check yourself... But to answer your question - Poland and Czech Republic.

Just over the border is a country with effective income tax for self-employed businessmen around 5-15%.

There are states with much lower taxes that also pay for education. Why should Germans pay so much? There are people who didn't go to university doing business too.

You don't need to go full nomad, just spend half a year + 1 day out of Germany.

Yes, most EU countries directly elect the parliament and the government is formed from the parliament members - usually the winning party/coalition, but not always. In some it's a …

My country is one of the ones pushing for this to not be implemented, so I am very unhappy to have the EU force it.

Who cares? I don't live in UK or USA. They can have whatever disfunctional system they want, doesn't mean I will tolerate it at my home because of that. There are dictators elsewhe…

East of EU.

That is definitely how the world works. Import/export laws largely do not apply when it's the customer self-importing it for their own personal use. And that can include the seller…

No, they don't need to follow the local law. I can buy whatever I want from anywhere in the world and the company doesn't need to follow anything other than the law of their home. …

No. If I use services of a foreign company, I am the one who should follow the foreign law. I am the one who went out and used a foreign service, they didn't come to me.

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Anecdote: Both my parents and all grandparents have Telegram while none of them have Instagram. It's a chat app used by a much wider audience than Instagram. Instagram is predomina…