Overall that is the problem, yes. But the efforts of Spain, France and Germany on digital sovereignty are promising. Ireland – the real willful bitches of this story – on the other hand is holding them and the EU back.

Spain was a surprise for me also.

One more reason for EU to finally put an end on the lobbying and corruption of the major European technology hub and start proper regulatory enforcement and strategic autonomy

Maybe I’m really wrong, but haven’t got any reports of tourists been beaten by police or protestors. According to my French students, violence was confined to certain areas within the city centre. I may add, these are far less dangerous than the Capitol attack in 2021 – people don’t carry guns. Demonstrations are peaceful during the day. You will be fine and almost surely able to avoid them if staying away during the night (unless rioting is your thing). Just pay enough attention where you go.

–UPDATE-- just read this: https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-paris-france-latest-advice-20332w88s

You mean EU countries or UK? Former yes (safest place in the world right now)… the latter, maybe (not so safest).

Western European countries are the safest in the world, really:

• No killings by police/ICE and no arrests for undetermined time
• People do not walk around with guns
• Mostly clean — no air pollution and drinkable water
• Higher standards of food safety in the world
• Cheap food and transport
• People are vaccinated
• High level of education mean that most people will speak at least two languages (i.e. dumb-anglophones-friendly)
• Higher levels of data privacy in the world
• very low levels of criminality and disorder, more so when compared with other “developed countries” (i.e. USA, UK)

Can add more to the list more if you need.

It’s fun and diverse. The latter is particularly true if you manage to skip tons of US politics-related posts similar to the ones you find on non-Fediverse platforms. Try non-English language channels. Those are far more globally diverse, smart and interesting (aka less US-centric).

Here’s a list of hundreds of communities in the Lemmyverse: https://lemmyverse.net/communities

Mostly prepping to go without food, electricity, travelling or communications because of sabotage of vital infrastructure (in Europe and UK is happening on a weekly basis) and climate catastrophes which are regular in the UK since 2020(ish) and increasing. There are also potential lockdowns because of pandemics (e.g. measles from US). Also Brexit Britain is now inoperative in terms of food safety, really, since it relies on mainland Europe food imports to survive. If something fails or there’s a mega-storm, supermarkets will be empty for days like they were in 2018 or 2020.

The best TV show IN ENGLISH… plenty of better TV show in other languages… just saying.

#MAGA?

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Female version.

The only place where these idiots can win any conflict. No indigenous population at sight.

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