Grinning because the Americans are getting a taste of their own medicine after snaking Australia away from a French submarine deal with AUKUS.

took me a while to figure out that handshake situation there

yeah, goodluck writing positive figures after the absolute logistical clusterfuck and financial burden of relocating your assembly, fab, equipment and most importantly talent (that sure as fucking balls won’t want to leave the Netherland for the middle of nowhere, better treating, timbuktu). its a public company. they still report to shareholders, and these shareholders won’t be happy.

what a ludicrous statement by ASML. whenever I hear their CEO utter this nonsense, it makes me think… fouquet (pronounced “fuck it” for you Anglo Saxons out there).

I can’t be the only one thinking they did this on purpose to put added pressure on Europe? Can’t believe anything these days.

I don’t know what form of stroke you just had, but as a fellow Swiss - Raylon@lemmy.world summarized it beautifully. To stay on topic, with our current military / defence setup; we’re fucked.

I can’t take her seriously, the EU needs a strong face and she’s not doing it for me. This isn’t a woman VS man thing, I thought Merkel was tougher than Scholz to be fair.