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In this video, we’ll discuss the EU’s new plan to quietly tax US Big Tech – and whether it could work.
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The EU’s plan to capture US Big Tech revenue
https://www.ft.com/content/ad06ed89-f600-4694-8c95-7d53b6d3315b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brussels-looks-capture-big-tech-through-tax-large-corporations-ft-reports-2026-10-07/
EU rejects France’s calls for an EU-wide digital services tax
https://www.ft.com/content/e5a76494-71df-4ee0-a85f-b28f2c94ded6?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.vatcalc.com/global/eu-holds-back-on-digital-services-tax-as-us-raises-retaliation-threat/
EU’s proposed CORE mechanism
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/08/28/the-commissions-foray-into-corporate-taxation-a-core-problem-for-the-eu-budget/
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/eu-budget-2028-2034_en#driving-prosperity-via-competitiveness-research-and-innovation
US exempted from Pillar 2 of OECD’s global minimum corporate tax agreement
https://youtu.be/85voZ2FJhZk?si=6jVOHTB5CBTKvigd
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/us-exemption-oecd-global-tax-deal-multinational-companies
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/08/oecd-deal-imposes-global-minimum-corporate-tax-of-15
G7 statement on global minimum tax
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/g7-statement-on-global-minimum-taxes.html
https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/canada-g7-releases-statement-on-global-minimum-tax-pillar-two-and-canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax
European Digital Services Taxes (DSTs)
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/digital-services-taxes-europe/
https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/pillar-one-digital-services-taxes/
https://www.reuters.com/en/germany-seeks-levy-10-tax-online-platforms-like-google-2025-05-29/
Accusations of tax avoidance by Silicon Valley tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
https://itep.org/trump-meta-tesla-alphabet-amazon-obbba-taxes/
https://itep.org/amazon-alphabet-meta-tesla-pro-trump-tech-companies-avoided-taxes/
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In this video, we will investigate how Russia uses bots for its influence campaigns, how the recent strikes may have affected Russian bots and what this could mean for Russia.
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In this video, we’re going to explain why the Trump-Putin diesel deal is probably illegal; whether it’ll get struck down; and why – either way – it’s a pretty rubbish deal anyway, even from Trump’s perspective.
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Diesel prices/components
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/us-diesel-sales-price-$-per-gallon-w-na-fed-data.html
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil
https://www.ft.com/content/f117f347-e1e0-457c-83fc-ba4745581bb2?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Fuel vs Dem congressional ballot
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/09/17/high-petrol-prices-could-hand-democrats-a-mighty-midterm-victory
Trump Truth Social posts
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117412435306815143
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117422699218841250
Zelenskyy comments
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/exclusive-zelensky-putin-trump-diesel-deal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/6141601-russia-strikes-ukraine-power-plant/
Laws
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6140830-fitzpatrick-bill-block-russian-oil/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6968
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-related-sanctions
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5025
Reports that Russia lacks refining capacity
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/why-is-us-turning-to-russia-for-diesel-despite-sanctions
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Last month, Ursula von der Leyen announced the formation of a European Security Council that would help to coordinate a response and strategy against hybrid attacks. In this video, we’re taking a look at how this could look like and the hurdles standing in the way.
Von der Leyen’s New Plan for European Independence Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec_4Un6JrAY
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/ov/SPEECH_26_1868
https://sieps.se/en/publications/2026/forging-european-strategic-unity-the-case-for-a-european-security-council/
https://www.martenscentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/european-security-council-blueprint.pdf
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-greenland-crisis-revives-calls-for-european-security-council/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/future-e3/origins-and-development-e3
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/the-consultation-process-and-article-4
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/european-security-council-between-strategic-need-and-institutional
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757822/EPRS_BRI(2024)757822_EN.pdf
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As protests take over the streets of dozens of Spanish cities, we explain what caused the country’s housing crisis, how it eventually toppled Sánchez’s government, and what might happen in November.
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@ZeSvenska1982
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Very islamophobic.
@definitely_human1366
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Im English its wales 🏴 or Estonia 🇪🇪 even if the welsh flag is just a big fuck you to England 🏴 (a country I love dearly, for obvious reasons) its got a fucking dragon on it and that says enough on its own. And Estonia, i mean, just look at it 🇪🇪. If winter had a flag that would be it, its one of or IS the prettiest flag
@The_king567
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
The Nordic flags all look terrible
@oscarls4063
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
”Nr 3 is Norway
Nr 2 is Norway
And nr 1 is…. spicy Norway”
@gedalyahreback2133
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
I'm sure this was objective.
@t.c.4321
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Turkey is not Europe. Litterally 3% of tgeir territory is on the mainland… it's as European as Spain is African (Spain has sovereign territory on continental Africa, dummies)
@AnonymousAmerican123
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Turkey isn’t Europe
@Goku11255
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Poland is my favourite🇵🇱
@danditto6145
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
I would say Denmark and Czech
@pinkdiamond1847
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Wales should have been 1 because it has a dragon on it and that is cool.
@microbot2938
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
in my opinion, as an Albanian, I think that the most beautiful flags are those inherited from Byzantium
🇦🇱🇲🇪🇷🇸 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
@shamsul786
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Gira huwa bujdil besharam desh UAE par Allah ki beshumar lanat Ho 😠😡😡😵😵
@serinadelmar6012
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Estonia and Spain would be my favourites. I think Greece is nice, Sweden and Norway are good but definitely not UK! 😂
@patricktatro162
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
This is the most boring video I have watched today.
@HappyCatGaming4
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
My favourite
Flags
1. Wales
2. Canada
3. Brazil
4. Mexico
5. Albania
6.USA
7. New Zealand
8. UK
9. Bhutan
10. India
@BanCommies_Fascists
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
English standalone flag should've been there.
@jasonfearnley1744
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Sealand flag
@RushaMan
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Every other Nordic country copied Denmark and still got more votes than Denmark🤦♂️
@CarlosLopez58
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
All favorite flags have a cross except Wales.
@blackcat.19
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Who voted for this crap lol 😂
@user-TheFaze
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@stargazer-elite
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Norway and Svalbard have the exact same flag that shouldn’t count plus Svalbard is part of Norway not independent
I could understand the UK constituent countries being there as they are still considered countries but they also aren’t independent
@inspectorbutters166
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Why are Wales and Scotland on this list? Are all state flags from European nations on IT?
@manchester21416
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
So mad wales wasn’t 1st, it’s a dragon they’re cool as hell
@Cliffdog01
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Apparently, you have a lot of Scandinavian fans. I personally love the Albanian Flag.
@joekerr9036
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
The flag designers were so lazy!
@hellmalm
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Why do we like the crosses so much?
@Unity_Work
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
honestly, EU has the best flag
@wilmcdnu1586
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Wow what a garbage list. Like wow
@huliinet
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
The flag of Amsterdam. The most badass flag ever
@yunleung2631
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Rule. Britannia!
@lostcolonyofkekkoslovakia9451
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Deus Vult.
@Veli_Nikels
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
UK is honestly the best flag design. For so many reasons. Sweden tho shouldn't deserve to be anywhere near the top 10 with that color combination.
@thorbio
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Boooo
@Izzy-qf1do
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
UK sucks 😅
@abhinandanarivazhagan7493
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
How tf did Wales not win?
@brendanwatroba8568
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
I've always liked the flag of Estonia
@seanonraet8327
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Wales is the obvious number 1 and I'm not even Welsh
@m4rt_
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Norway out here winning 2nd and 3rd place.
It's reminiscent of Norway taking several of the top placements in the winter Olympics.
@m4rt_
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Norway
Norge i rødt, hvitt, og blått!
@sryan9547
March 2, 2024 at 7:55 am
Did they take the survey at a cross convention or something