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by Oui Wed Dec 17th, 2025 at 02:31:44 AM EST

Enjoy the snow while you still can

Swiss Alps in Winter | Switzerland Travel Guide

EU Commissioner Hoekstra scraps ban fossil fuel cars by 2035

Two years ago ...

Today ...


EU set to scrap 2035 petrol and diesel car ban | BBC News |

German carmakers way behind the developing car market

Germany´s Car Industry on the Brink? Is It Time for a Radical Shift? | DW News |

Trump cedes electric car market to China ... saves search for damn rare earth materials ...

How EV battery recycling powers China's sustainable future | CGTN |

China's Power Shift Is Now Unstoppable -- The U.S. Has No Good Options

German Automakers Pull Out -- Massive Exit Leaves America's Auto Industry on the Brink! EV Tariffs

Ford slashes EV lineup, takes $19.5 billion write-down | Reuters Breaking News |

[Update-1]

Leaving Dutch society behind …

Mark Rutte VVD) – Wopke Hoekstra (CDA) – Sigrid Kaag (D66)

Next career step for each …

Secretary General NATO in Brussels – EU Commissioner (VP to VDL) in Brussels, responsible for climate, net zero and clean growth – UN Envoy Middle East Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza | 26 Dec 2023 | (stationed in New York)

Rutte Falls As Years Were Wasted Preliminary analysis …

Just as Red Wall Labour in the UK was punished, so 13 years of Rutte governance in The Hague responsible for multiple cans of headache dossiers kicking down the road. Rural Netherlands punished the arrogance of rich Randstad of economic wealth, especially Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.

Wopke Hoekstra and party chairman Marnix van Rij, did not represent the roots of the CDA electorate ... Hoekstra set on the lap of Mark Rutte and partied for business profits and hurting the ordinary, hard-working people. The support votes for Pieter Omtzigt was an indicator of the problems within the Christian Democrats.

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