Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 It seems Annalena Baerbock and Die Grünen seem to be faltering. Very sad to see but I can’t blame people for switching support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 After El Salvador became the first nation to allow Bitcoin to be used as legal tender, the World Bank refused to help them implement that due to environmental and security concerns. Le Pen’s party caught in a controversy. New poll in Italy showing VERY close margins among 3 parties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 Also, for anyone interested in viewing polling numbers for parties across Europe, this is a great source: https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/ I spend more time on there than I’d like to admit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu Pop-a-911-ster 30,364 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Not really "international politics" but nice to see they're taking action I guess FIFA punishes Mexico for fans’ repeated use of homophobic slur Soccer’s international governing body Friday punished Mexico for the use of homophobic slurs by its fans on multiple occasions this year, ordering the program to stage two official home matches without spectators. FIFA did not specify which teams or games would be affected, but the next official home games are the 2022 World Cup qualifiers for the men’s national team against Jamaica on Sept. 2 and Canada on Oct. 7. That would mean Mexico would not have the usual thunderous support at 87,000-seat Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. FIFA’s disciplinary committee fined the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) about $65,000 for the behavior of fans at two matches at the Olympic men’s qualifying tournament for under-23 squads in March in Guadalajara. FIFA said it is also investigating incidents at Mexico’s senior friendly against Iceland on May 29 in Arlington, Tex. There was no mention of the Concacaf Nations League semifinal and final June 3 and June 6 in Denver, when both Mexican matches were briefly suspended because fans chanted the homophobic slur in Spanish. “We must stop this now,” FMF President Yon de Luisa said Friday at a news conference. “The effect can be devastating for Mexican soccer. Let it be the first and last sanction that FIFA gives us.” Full article https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/06/18/fifa-mexico-sanctions-slur/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Andreu said: Not really "international politics" but nice to see they're taking action I guess FIFA punishes Mexico for fans’ repeated use of homophobic slur Soccer’s international governing body Friday punished Mexico for the use of homophobic slurs by its fans on multiple occasions this year, ordering the program to stage two official home matches without spectators. FIFA did not specify which teams or games would be affected, but the next official home games are the 2022 World Cup qualifiers for the men’s national team against Jamaica on Sept. 2 and Canada on Oct. 7. That would mean Mexico would not have the usual thunderous support at 87,000-seat Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. FIFA’s disciplinary committee fined the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) about $65,000 for the behavior of fans at two matches at the Olympic men’s qualifying tournament for under-23 squads in March in Guadalajara. FIFA said it is also investigating incidents at Mexico’s senior friendly against Iceland on May 29 in Arlington, Tex. There was no mention of the Concacaf Nations League semifinal and final June 3 and June 6 in Denver, when both Mexican matches were briefly suspended because fans chanted the homophobic slur in Spanish. “We must stop this now,” FMF President Yon de Luisa said Friday at a news conference. “The effect can be devastating for Mexican soccer. Let it be the first and last sanction that FIFA gives us.” Full article https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/06/18/fifa-mexico-sanctions-slur/ Saw that! Harsh but well deserved punishment. I did see some people on Twitter saying that the word they were chanting wasn’t homophobic and just another curse word but I’m not sure. I don’t think FIFA would go to those great lengths without knowing what the word means Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 French regional elections were today! Overall results look grim for both Macron and Le Pen’s parties Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Interesting new interview by Jonathan Swan with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Armenia elections were also earlier today in the aftermath of a failed war against Azerbaijan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus albus Pronounshe/him Moderator 17,110 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Interesting that the UEFA now has several controversies in Germany. First, they wanted to sue the captain of the German football team because he wore a rainbow flag in his arm. Now, the city of Munich wanted the big football stadium to be colored in rainbow colors tomorrow because Germany will play against Hungary, which recently enacted several now homophobic laws. The UEFA has forbidden that the stadium be colored in rainbow colors This was the plan and it's a giant controversy at the moment, mostly because everyone wanted the Arena to look like this. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Moderator 24,162 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 hours ago, corvus albus said: Interesting that the UEFA now has several controversies in Germany. First, they wanted to sue the captain of the German football team because he wore a rainbow flag in his arm. Now, the city of Munich wanted the big football stadium to be colored in rainbow colors tomorrow because Germany will play against Hungary, which recently enacted several now homophobic laws. The UEFA has forbidden that the stadium be colored in rainbow colors This was the plan and it's a giant controversy at the moment, mostly because everyone wanted the Arena to look like this. They did end up dropping the investigation. Don’t know why they had one in first place. It’s just a pride armband like it’s not that serious I get why they’d be upset over the stadium colors though. Still dumb though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Sad innit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus albus Pronounshe/him Moderator 17,110 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 @little legend EXPLAIN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu Pop-a-911-ster 30,364 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, corvus albus said: @little legend EXPLAIN Not portugal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus albus Pronounshe/him Moderator 17,110 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Andreu said: Not portugal They kinda weren't allowed, but it wouldn't surprise me if they actually supported Hungary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus albus Pronounshe/him Moderator 17,110 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Nightwing said: YES PLEASE! He might actually have a chance at overthrowing the pseudo fascists 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Will be sad to see her go as she’s been a good leader. Hopefully her successor will carry her legacy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwing Popster to Popster 2,702 Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Here’s a good map to check out the results of the French regional elections: https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2021/06/27/departementales-2021-la-carte-des-resultats-canton-par-canton_6085938_4355770.html Here’s a good summary of the election and what the results mean: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.france24.com/en/europe/20210627-france-goes-to-the-polls-for-second-round-of-regional-elections 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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