Interesting, and concerning, that this is an article by the dominant German news agency DPA. The clarification that it’s about members from the BSW, rather than Die Linke, first appears in the third paragraph of the text.

Obligatory reminder to all Linux users to help every Windows user interested in switching.

I suspect though that there are already a lot of applicants, given that Ireland is the only remaining country in the EU that has English as its main language, so the competition may be especially hard. But that’s not to say it’s impossible.

Generally speaking, the best bet is French due to the large community of speakers (including also Belgium, Luxemburg and Québec), the relative ease of getting French to a usable level, and its usefulness and sought-afterness even outside of francophone countries. Next up would be German with its even larger community of speakers in Europe and economic relevance but higher difficulty. Third I’d say is Spanish, since learning it will also make Italian intelligible to you.

If things get worse in the US, some people who are affected particularly gravely (e.g. trans people) might even be eligible for asylum, which would remove the language requirements (but I’m only speculating here).

Whether language proficiency is needed beforehand depends a lot on the precise European country (and on the profession(s) OP would like to work in, and on what other skills they possess).

Okay, right, then my comment may be wrong (insofar as companies with >750 million revenue are concerned) or at least it will become wrong once the OECD agreement is implemented. (This government page from 5 November 2024 states 12.5% on revenue from trading.) Good to know, thanks.

Well, that’s nice and all, but the losses that the Irish tax haven model costs the rest of the continent – which by and large is no less willing to provide aid to poorer countries – are orders of magnitude higher.

Zuck and Pinchai right now googling “Ursula von der Leyen inauguration fund”

On the same topic: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/08/russian-police-are-raiding-gyms-sweeping-up-men-for-conscription-and-deportation

Not having our cash transaction routed through US services is extremely significant in terms of privacy and autonomy.

We really should unironically and systematicaly slap all the Yankee slogans about freedom and democracy and being a beacon and stuff on pictures of EU flags and photos of our parliaments etc.

There are still several good outlets, and since they’re badly needed right now, let’s not, well, shit on them.

Ooh, that’s a fascinating point, thank you

Well, to be able to independently launch it: yes. But once the satellites are up, who cares about the car dealers-in-chief?

& There’s already Eutelsat; their satellites already seem to be providing internet much like Starlink: https://www.eutelsat.com/de/satelliten-dienste/satelliten-internet-breitbanddienst.html

People protesting for democracy? Obviously, the USA are behind that.

Oh, wait.

What is this worth, given that spring is approaching?

clip.place seems to be a reasonably reasonable PeerTube instance