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PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT: Situation in Europe: June 2025 - Part 1
https://youtu.be/Ge7it7pkYXI
VIDEO EXCERPTS: Today I have some news for you which I find interesting. This time I want to start with Germany. Very interesting news research reveals EU gave environmental groups money to sue German companies.
According to Welam Sontak, environmental organizations received tax money to sue German companies. Critics warn of an attack on separation of powers.
[...] EU commission paid activists for climate lobbying lawsuits against coal-fired power plants, and campaigns against free trade. Previously, secret documents reveal the EU commission paid environmental organizations for questionable lobbying efforts. And they were using German taxpayers' money. German companies also became targets of the NGOs.
[...] This is a clear violation of the principle of separation of powers, and one chairwoman from FTB is criticizing and saying this massively damages trust in the European institutions.
[...] if you convince people that we are the cause of climate change, then of course you can keep collecting CO2 taxes.
[...] Now, with the austerity measures in Austria, for example, they have said that they cannot afford the climate bonus, anymore. They have canceled the climate bonus, and now people don't get any money. But, of course, the CO2 tax is still here, and they are collecting millions and millions with the CO2 tax...
Situation in Europe: June - Part 2 ... https://youtu.be/Ge7it7pkYXI
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ge7it7pkYXI
https://youtu.be/Ge7it7pkYXI
VIDEO EXCERPTS: Today I have some news for you which I find interesting. This time I want to start with Germany. Very interesting news research reveals EU gave environmental groups money to sue German companies.
According to Welam Sontak, environmental organizations received tax money to sue German companies. Critics warn of an attack on separation of powers.
[...] EU commission paid activists for climate lobbying lawsuits against coal-fired power plants, and campaigns against free trade. Previously, secret documents reveal the EU commission paid environmental organizations for questionable lobbying efforts. And they were using German taxpayers' money. German companies also became targets of the NGOs.
[...] This is a clear violation of the principle of separation of powers, and one chairwoman from FTB is criticizing and saying this massively damages trust in the European institutions.
[...] if you convince people that we are the cause of climate change, then of course you can keep collecting CO2 taxes.
[...] Now, with the austerity measures in Austria, for example, they have said that they cannot afford the climate bonus, anymore. They have canceled the climate bonus, and now people don't get any money. But, of course, the CO2 tax is still here, and they are collecting millions and millions with the CO2 tax...
Situation in Europe: June - Part 2 ... https://youtu.be/Ge7it7pkYXI