It seems to be complicated (surprise, EU law is complicated). I found this article about agreements with Mercosur and Canada. In the latter case, it seems ratification is peneding - it should be ratified by all EU states. But most of the deal with Canada is in place and working, as it has been “provisionally applied”.

https://www.blg.com/en/insights/2025/06/finding-a-ratification-solution-in-the-eu-mercosur-trade-deal

From European Comission’s website

Between signing and ratifying the deal, parts of the agreement can be ‘provisionally applied’ – put into effect before ratification – if the Council decides to do so.

Provisional application usually only takes effect once the European Parliament has given its consent.

https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/making-trade-policy_en

Sources are conflicting on this one, so i throw it up. EU Made Simple agrees with you, but BBC writes that specific countries need to accept the agreement. We need an expert in EU law (and this is a very high qualification…)

The political agreement of 27 July 2025 is not legally binding. Beyond taking the immediate actions committed, the EU and the US will further negotiate, in line with their relevant internal procedures, to fully implement the political agreement.

Let’s see what happens next. The member states need to agree, right?

Oh, that’s gonna be a shitshow. I blame the “EU Made Simple” channel for saying veto is not needed. But BBC also says the approval is needed, and it just makes more sense. My knowledge in law is insufficient to confirm.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2xylk3d07o

I don’t think they can veto a trade deal

Got it. But China did it one year before the end of the term, much smarter…

What happens when the inevitable failure is realised? Perhaps the EU is hoping for the same outcome as China did with the first trade war with Trump in 2019.

Can somebody brief me what happened in 2019, and what was the deal with China?

How will selling to China work now? I think we had decreasing exports to China for a while now, how will that change?

I got to know about this only from this article (I send Wikipedia’s take on the info, since it is more accurate):

Since 2009, Weidel has been in a lesbian relationship with Sarah Bossard, a Sri Lankan-born film producer who was adopted as a child by a Swiss couple. Since 2019 the pair have lived with their two adopted sons in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. Weidel works in Berlin and says her official residence is in her electoral district in Überlingen, on the German side of the German-Swiss border, allowing her to avoid Swiss taxation.[100][101][102][103]

In terms of religion, Weidel identifies herself as an agnostic.[104]

She represents so well many far-right voters who simply vote against themselves, thinking that they are “special” and even if they do the same things they despise, they will be spared from the prosecution.

Russia accounted for 39% of allegations

I wish…

We have 999 problems and migrants ain’t one

Yeah, that’s true. But their production seems to be almost fully for their internal market. Which shows how crazy the scale of the green energy transition within China.

China accounted for 65% of global wind capacity in 2023

So basically, China also installed twice as much wind power as the rest of the world in 2023

It’s similar with solar, but there China has a bit lower percentage of the demand, and more of manufacturing. -> It is a major exporter. See, e.g., https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/solar-pv-manufacturing-capacity-and-production-by-country-and-region-2021-2027

Great search, thank you!

When you make a CitizenWatch article into a meme (congrats OP):

https://citizenwatchreport.com/sp-500-just-hit-an-all-time-high-meanwhile-60-of-americans-use-afterpay-for-groceries-first-time-homebuyers-have-fallen-to-24-from-50/

One buttock XD

I think the difference is that, while both Russia and Germany are federations on paper, Germany is much less centralized.

• to the best of my knowledge, 3.5% would be military spending, and 1.5% could be other “defence” spending (as others have already written).

Still, not fun with the 3.5%/5%. Overshooting, typical for “weapons as war repellent” strategy (and unfortunately, expanded military often does not want to stay idle…)

Money is increasingly needed by the federal treasury, which spends every third ruble on the war

Woah, 1/3rd of the budget is a lot.

So cool! I would also love to see a day train from Malmö/Stockholm to somewhere in Germany ^‿

Maybe it is not all caused by CC

It is a common thread that multiple anthropogenic stressors, including climate change, have more-than-additive effects. In other words, many climate change-related problems would be mild if not for other stuff we do.

See, e.g., 10:07 here for savannization of the Amazon: https://www.ted.com/talks/johan_rockstrom_the_tipping_points_of_climate_change_and_where_we_stand?subtitle=en

In the case of flamingoes, it is probably land use change as well.