Europe, the fastest-warming continent, is grappling with a new climate reality as extreme heat is no longer a rare occurrence. Here's what to know. https://t.co/CZxJQANuHn
Brutal. 100,000!
Volkswagen is planning to cut up to 100,000 jobs and end production at four plants in Germany in a significant acceleration of its cost-cutting plans as Europe’s largest carmaker seeks to survive the rapid advance of Chinese rivals.
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VOLKSWAGEN IS PLANNING TO CUT 100,000 JOBS AND CLOSE FOUR GERMAN 🇩🇪 PLANTS
This would be the most radical overhaul in the company's 89-year history. The details per Manager Magazin:
100,000 jobs eliminated, ~15% of the entire workforce. Plants closing in Hanover, Zwickau, Emden, and Audi's Neckarsulm site. Investment cut by 15% to just over $148 billion over the next five years.
The reason: intensifying competition from Chinese car brands that are undercutting European automakers on price and accelerating faster on EVs.
The unions are fighting back immediately. Volkswagen's General Works Council and IG Metall said in a joint statement: "If such plans were to be pushed forward, we would prevent them with all our might."
(Source CNBC)
Chinese cars made up more than one in 10 new purchases in Europe for the first time last month, as consumers flock to models that offer better features for less money https://t.co/v56ko2As4z
🇫🇷 France's heatwave just knocked 2 reactors offline.
EDF, the state-owned giant that runs France's entire nuclear fleet, pulled the plug on one reactor at the Nogent plant on the Seine just north of Paris, and another at Bugey on the Rhône near Lyon in the southeast.
The reason is the rivers. These plants cool their reactors with river water and send it back warmer, and with the rivers already heating up in the record heat, EDF was about to cross the legal temperature limit that exists to protect the fish and plant life. So they shut down rather than dump even hotter water back in.
It's not a one-off either. Nogent had already throttled a reactor earlier in the week, Golfech on the Garonne went dark too, and output's been trimmed at other sites.
A record heatwave, and it's the reactors that had to tap out.
Source: Euronews , BBC / Writer: Daniyal
Germany is stuck in the longest and deepest crisis in recent history. It urgently needs structural reforms, deregulation and lower taxes.
Unfortunately, the left in the government demand the exact opposite, deepening the crisis.
What needs to happen for Germany to thrive again?
@radomir_martin Bas su prosti, sve sto rade izgleda vulgarno i izvestaceno. Ne razumem kako ovakvo moze bilo ko normalan podrzati, bez obzira da li u Srbiji ili u inostranstvu od tamosnjih vlada. Ne mogu zamisliti da neko Merzu skandira Merze Nemcu ili Makrone Francuzu i lupa o sto kao simpanza
I love Europe, but I find America more comfortable yeah. We have our issues, but it’s nice having lots of space.
America is gorgeous, huge & you can find whatever niche you want culturally.
Economic mobility is real. Most of my friends from humble beginnings make bank. They enjoy their lives.
Your future in America is not pre-written, you can reinvent yourself at will.
You have access to so much. It’s genuinely a wonderful country.
„Dete je vlasništvo države”
„Policija ima pravo da bije i ubije”
„Ne šaljite decu na blokaderske fakultete, vratiće vam ih u kovčezima”
„Tebi ćemo na stan da dođemo, a pazi kad prelaziš prugu, nasledno je, da ne bi pao”
VJT ćuti.
Simulacija ili stvarnost.
Srbija ili mafija.
@renegade_ns Glavni problem je NS, za vas u Smrdisadu nas ne zanima sta mislite ko je problem. Kada vas proteramo, onda ćemo vam objasniti ko je problem i gde vam je mesto gnojavi okupatori.