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In contrast to trends in other European countries, Spain and Pedro Sanchez are openly pro-migrant and data suggests these policies are helping to boost the economy significantly. So in this video, we’ll explain their policies and their economic impacts.

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History of Spain’s immigration system
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/spain-immigration-system-evolution#:~:text=Crucial%20factors%20include%20the%20fact%20that%20many,the%20appreciation%20of%20immigrant%20labor%20that%20it 

Spain to open doors to 1m migrants to boost workforce
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-29/spain-opens-doors-to-1-million-migrants-to-boost-workforce?embedded-checkout=true  https://apnews.com/article/spain-migration-economy-growth-trump-us-c3abff0d83b60c9712fe4932b780eb21  https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/62979/immigration-key-to-spains-economic-boom  https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/spain-sees-us-style-economic-boost-immigrant-workers-2024-04-24/ 
Spain birth rates plummet
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-birth-rate-hits-lowest-level-since-records-began-1941-2024-02-21/ 
Circular migration deals
https://www.infomigrants.net/fr/post/59661/spains-circular-migration-policy-explained#:~:text=Spain’s%20new%20agreements%20with%20Gambia,providing%20legal%20pathways%20for%20migrants. 
Spain positive economic indicators
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/16249744/2-08032023-AP-EN.pdf/30b3811c-f085-b7aa-c533-4733b1457ab9 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-17/bank-of-spain-raises-2025-growth-forecast-on-domestic-demand 
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/-/2-08032024-ap 
 https://tradingeconomics.com/spain/wage-growth 

Economic contribution of migrants (Bank of Spain)
https://www.bde.es/f/webbe/SES/Secciones/Publicaciones/InformesBoletinesRevistas/BoletinEconomico/25/T2/Files/be2502-art10e.pdf

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Today, new age verification restrictions for online adult content comes into force in France, prompting a boycott from major porn sites. So in this video, we’ll take a look at France’s new anti-porn law and whether it will actually be effective.

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French Porn Industry Scandals
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_French_Bukkake
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2023/07/20/french-bukkake-case-defendants-tried-for-rape-pimping-and-human-trafficking_6060251_105.html

Stats on minor access to porn
https://evangelicalfocus.com/lifetech/4515/Age-of-access-to-pornography-falls-to-8-study-finds
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1434391/accessing-porn-websites-first-time/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440581/france-porn-websites-double-anonymity-opinion/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed#:~:text=Pornography:%20opinion%20of%20French%20adults%20over%20the%20double%20anonymity%20access%20system%202023&text=According%20to%20a%20survey%20of,opposed%20to%20the%20proposed%20measure.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1434403/arcom-adding-law-age-restriction-porn-websites/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed

UK age verification checks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye3qw7gv7o
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/age-verification-uk-ofcom-online-safety-bill-b2680775.html

France age verification checks + Aylo pulls out
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250604-france-porn-sites-protest-new-french-age-checks-by-blacking-out
https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/porn-blockade-begins-pornhub-youporn-redtube-closed-to-french-users/
https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/04/pornhub-owner-suspends-access-in-france-in-protest-over-age-verification-law
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pornhub-pulls-out-of-france-over-age-verification-law/

VPN signups
https://www.politico.eu/article/vpn-signups-surge-after-pornhub-suspended-france/#:~:text=Parent%20company%20of%20Pornhub%2C%20Redtube,for%20French%20users%20on%20Wednesday.&text=Virtual%20private%20networks%2C%20which%20allow,their%20content%20out%20of%20France.

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Despite the European economy having a tough time at the moment, Denmark appears to be standing out, with its economy outpacing all European counterparts. In this video, we’re taking a look at Denmark’s economic boom and why it’s not just about the drugs.

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IMF GDP per capita data
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDPDPC@WEO/OEMDC/ADVEC/WEOWORLD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
Wikipedia data on trade-to-GDP ratio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_trade-to-GDP_ratio
Comparing European tax burdens
https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/news/data-taxation-trends-2025-03-10_en
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/top-personal-income-tax-rates-europe-2024/
IFS report on Danish inequality
https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Inequality-in-Denmark.pdf
Denmark official GDP data
https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/emner/oekonomi/nationalregnskab/samlet-nationalregnskab
OECD GDP data
https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=annual%20gdp%20growth&pg=0&fs[0]=Topic%2C0%7CEconomy%23ECO%23&fs[1]=Topic%2C2%7CEconomy%23ECO%23%7CNational%20accounts%23ECO_NAD%23%7CGDP%20and%20non-financial%20accounts%23ECO_NAD_GNF%23&fc=Topic&snb=15&vw=tb&df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_NAMAIN10%40DF_TABLE1_EXPENDITURE_GROWTH&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.NAD&df[vs]=2.0&dq=A.AUS%2BAUT%2BBEL%2BCAN%2BCHL%2BCOL%2BCRI%2BCZE%2BDNK%2BEST%2BFIN%2BFRA%2BDEU%2BGRC%2BHUN%2BISL%2BIRL%2BISR%2BITA%2BJPN%2BKOR%2BLVA%2BLTU%2BLUX%2BMEX%2BNLD%2BNZL%2BNOR%2BPOL%2BPRT%2BSVK%2BSVN%2BESP%2BSWE%2BCHE%2BTUR%2BGBR%2BUSA…B1GQ…….&lom=LASTNPERIODS&lo=10&to[TIME_PERIOD]=false
OECD “replacement rate” data
https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/benefits-in-unemployment-share-of-previous-income.html?oecdcontrol-e55adeb61f-var6=M2&oecdcontrol-a29d91f2d4-var1=OECD%7CDNK%7CFRA%7CDEU%7CITA%7CJPN%7CNLD%7CPOL%7CESP%7CSWE%7CTUR%7CGBR%7CUSA
EU forecast for Danish economy
https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-surveillance-eu-economies/denmark/economic-forecast-denmark_en
Debt/deficit data
https://tradingeconomics.com/denmark/government-budget
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/8/87/Public_balance%2C_2023_and_2024_%28%C2%B9%29_%28Net_borrowing_%28-%29_or_lending_%28%2B%29_of_the_general_government_sector%2C_%25_of_GDP%29.png
https://tradingeconomics.com/denmark/government-debt-to-gdp
Welfare benefits data
https://www.cxcglobal.com/global-hiring-guide/denmark/payroll-and-benefits-in-denmark/
Denmark employment rate data
https://tradingeconomics.com/denmark/employment-rate
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Employment_-_annual_statistics
Productivity data
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/labor-productivity-per-hour-pennworldtable?tab=chart&time=1990..latest&country=USA~DEU~GBR~FRA~DNK
https://qery.no/highest-and-lowest-productivity-levels-in-oecd-countries-in-2022/
Flexicurity model explained
https://denmark.dk/society-and-business/the-danish-labour-market
IEA on Danish energy mix
https://www.iea.org/countries/denmark/electricity
Energy price data
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/international-industrial-energy-prices
https://davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-industrial-electricity-prices-highest-in-europe
https://footprintzero.co.uk/why-uk-businesses-pay-more-for-electricity-than-the-rest-of-the-eu-and-how-solar-pv-can-help/
Change in manufacturing-to-GDP
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-value-added-to-gdp?tab=chart&country=~DNK&mapSelect=~DNK&globe=1&globeRotation=55%2C10&globeZoom=2.95
Novo Nordisk “Nokia Risk”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worklife/article/20250220-hotdogs-and-motorways-the-ripples-created-by-denmarks-ozempic-and-wegovy-boom

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1:04 Context
3:17 Denmark’s Recent Boom
5:20 Why?

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After less than a year in office, the Dutch coalition has collapsed, after Geert Wilders pulled his Party for Freedom out of the cabinet. In this video, we’re taking a look at the ongoing chaos in Dutch politics, why Wilders decided to pull the plug and what happens next.

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1 – https://nltimes.nl/2025/05/15/10-voters-think-schoof-cabinet-taking-good-measures
2 – https://www.maurice.nl/2025/03/09/gat-tussen-pvv-en-groenlinks-pvda-nog-maar-3-zetels/
3 – https://www.ft.com/content/fd9c32c5-2aa2-4aac-acca-bf34cea58ca0
4 – https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/26/dutch-far-right-mp-threatens-to-leave-coalition-if-migration-policy-not-toughened
5 – https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/netherlands/
6 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/03/netherlands-government-collapse-geert-wilders
7 – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/7/left-leaning-parties-lead-as-far-right-surges-in-netherlands-eu-elections
8 – https://www.politico.eu/article/geert-wilders-dutch-government-collapse/

00:00 Introduction
01:13 Context
04:13 What Just Happened?
05:49 What Happens Next?
07:23 Sponsored Content

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