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Last of the big-time Slackers.

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tony Blair rejoins the growing voices of those calling for an abandonment of Labour EU red lines and reversing Brexit. But in a symbol of all that was wrong with the Remain campaign, he does so saying the UK should only rejoin if its demands on EU reform are met 🧐
So, this is not about rerunning the debates of 2016 but taking a new approach rooted in the reality of 2026. 

There is no point in inching towards Europe as we feel what British public opinion might accommodate. We should be clear that we want back into a formal relationship with the EU. But it must be a Europe on a credible path to reform, a Europe of nation states, a Europe capable of being a genuine global power. Otherwise, though Britain should continue to cooperate with the EU where it is in our mutual interest to do so, and though we should always remain open to changing circumstances, Britain will show that it can and is prepared to remain independent.

Tony Blair, Executive Chairman
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There is a lesson here for Canadian governments about keeping a tight eye on narratives about Canada being pitched in Washington, London, Brussels, Delhi or Beijing, often by info-grifters who moved abroad. What seems a minor discourse irritant can be suddenly weaponised by enemies of Canada.
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Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It’s tonight!
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Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Berlin folk! Bluesky meet-up this coming Sunday evening - 6th September. Open to all.
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Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Berlin folk - next Sunday, I’ll be in town. Anyone fancy a Bluesky Berlin meet up?
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katie @supermathskid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
fuck you I deny it
We don't accept uncontrolled immigration to Europe, and we have spearheaded a strict immigration policy, both in our home countries and in Europe.
None can deny that illegal immigration has a negative impact on our societies: growing crime rates, increasing pressure on public services and erosion of public trust.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Is there hope for breaking up giant monopolies? Cory Doctorow @doctorow.pluralistic.net, author of “The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI,” thinks we’re well positioned to take on these companies. New podcast out now!
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Maddie (delicious, nutritious) @pbastronaut.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
For fuck's sake, Germany, we've been over this already!
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 30/06/2026
The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
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Honest Government Ad | Palantir
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨🚨Europeans are increasingly pessimistic about the state of the world, but their belief in the #EU is riding high. A #Eurobarometer survey found 74 % of citizens reckon their country has benefited from being part of the EU. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europeans embrace EU amid growing gloom about world, survey finds
Eurobarometer reports increased pessimism about the future of the world — but not the EU.
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patrickcherry @patrickcherry.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Peter Oborn's To-Do list, for the UK govt. - end party donations - public service/civil service - regulate newspaper ownership and sort ofcom/cttee on business appts - implement PR - Royal commission on Brexit Risk for the govt, but if done well, a completely diff feeling and perhaps save Britain.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🔥 Now on 82,700!! Sign and share, share everywhere.
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Combined Lab+Con support is just over 35% in Westminster polls (lowest since universal male suffrage in 1918). With 7+ parties competing across England, Wales and Scotland, calls for PR for the House of Commons are getting louder. Scotland and Wales just gave us two real-world models to compare.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/05/2026
Yes, it is 🗳️ www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
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Is it finally time for proportional representation?
With England now a five-party system, first past the post feels less and less democratic
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The local elections are also about Brexit! When we left the EU, our towns and cities lost access to the regional funding and investment we used to get as EU members. Brexiters swore the money would be replaced, but it wasn't! We need that extra funding. So only vote for parties who want to rejoin!
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
So the argument is that Brexit was the right approach, but it hasn't worked out, so we want to come back. I'm not buying that, not for one second. All she's saying that if the US President wasn't crazy, they would continue to reject Europe. Brexit was wrong in 2016, 20, 24 and today
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 15/04/2026
I'm at #BerlinVerbindetEuropa to present my new #CrossBorderRail map and data that has been researched with help of Europäische Akademie Berlin Fixing cross border transport infra is surely a solid way to make the European Union *mean* something... My essay on that jonworth.eu/my-railway-w...
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My railway work: no shortage of meaning, but for the EU institutions that can be uncomfortable
I stumbled across an excellent essay about the EU this week: "Not a messaging problem. Why institutional narratives keep failing" by Meisoon Nasralla and Lilit Poghosyan. They write: "We are told, on...
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Kresten @kresten2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Hello Stephen. I would certainly prefer tax payer funding only. I can’t see many things more worthy of being funded by taxes than democracy itself.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 28/02/2026
Posted late yesterday, so boosting it today too Reforming rail ticketing in the EU isn’t just “make it easier to book train tickets” But there is a workable outcome good enough for everyone. If the Commission wants to find it…
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Respect Cyclists e.V. @respectcyclists.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Auch im #März fahren wir wieder mit Soundbikes, guter Laune und lautstarken Kommentaren zur Rad­infrastruktur Problempunkte in Berlin an. Im März ist auch #WeltFrauentag, in #Berlin sogar als #Feiertag! #RespeteALasCiclistas #FrauenPower #8Maerz #RespectCyclists #Fahrraddemo #Berlin
SharePic der Respect Cyclists März Fahrraddemo

Im Hintergrund ist eine alte Aufnahme einer Fahrradakrobatin zu sehen. Sie balanciert auf den Pedalen stehend das Fahrrad auf dem Hinterrad und sitzt dabei auf dem Lenker und hält mit ihrer linken Hand das Vorderrad fest. Ihr rechter Arm ist nach oben ausgestreckt und sie blickt in die Kamera.
Das alte Schwarzweißbild wurde nachkoloriert, so dass die Kleidung der Radfahrerin blass-rosa  und die Reifen des Fahrrads cremefarben erscheint.
Unten rechts neben dem Rad steht:
"Belle Vernie"
Kaufmann's Lady Cycle Troupe

Über dem Bild liegen die folgenden Textblöcke:

Fahrraddemo für sichere Radwege
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¡Respete a las ciclistas!

Zwischenkundgebungen:
18:30 Garnisonkirchplatz
19:00 Mariannenplatz
19:50 Sybelstr. 5

Gleimviertel, Prenzlauer Berg, Mitte, Luisenstadt, Kreuzberg, Tiergarten, Charlottenburg, Moabit

4.3.
17:30 Uhr
Abfahrt 18:15 Uhr
Treffpunkt: Falkplatz (Max-Schmeling-Halle)
Ende: Kleiner Tiergarten

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Unten links sind die Logos von RespectCyclists und ADFC Berlin zu sehen.
In kleiner Schrift ganz unten steht:
V.i.S.d.P.: Respect Cyclists e.V. Originalbild zur Verfügung gestellt von Sammlung Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin Reproduktion: Friedhelm Hoffmann, Berlin
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
#ITVYouthTracker EU referendum voting intention for 16-25 year olds ✅🇪🇺 Join the EU: 83% ❌🇪🇺 Stay out of the EU: 17% Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year-olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February 2026
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
🇵🇱🇺🇦“Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.” - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Along with the deep immorality of student fees, there's also the staggering lack of logic. Politicians are basically saying: "We need to reduce immigration and increase domestic resilience by training our own home-grown skilled workers – so in order to do that, we're going to put them all in debt".
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a man says that makes no sense in front of a be i star logo
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 12/01/2026
A Deltapoll survey for The Mirror found that 86% of 18-24 year olds want to rejoin the EU. It is time for the Government to listen; young people are the future.
86% of 18-24 year olds want to rejoin the EU
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 07/01/2026
After ten months of evidence, the House of Lords inquiry, here are all the – sometimes surprising – ways hybrid working benefits both employers and employees ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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What do we really know about working from home?
Covid made working from home some of the time normal for many people. But does it work?
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
*A little pill that pays attention to people talking in the room so you don't have to, that is slopject territory, tho #slopjects
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 16/12/2025
Spain wants to introduce a national public transport ticket along the lines of Deutschlandticket A few reflections on when you do public transport policymaking through a shock like this: jonworth.eu/flat-rate-ti...
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Flat rate national ticketing: public transport policymaking through shock
A post by UITP Secretary General Mohamed Mezghani caught my eye on LinkedIn - it's about Spain's plan to introduce a €60 a month flat rate national public transport ticket next year, along the lines o...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
How many times do we need to point this out? By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it. While weakening your own position. There's a vast amount of academic research showing this. But Labour will not listen. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Starmer is only complaining about the Brexit "deal" here, not Brexit itself. There's no such thing as a successful Brexit. Every type of Brexit makes us worse off than we were as EU members. The only way to solve that is to rejoin the Single Market as a first step towards rejoining the whole EU. 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The judge’s ordeal epitomising Europe’s disappeared values www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...
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The Judge at the End of Europe
Yanis Varoufakis recounts the Kafkaesque nightmare of Nicolas Guillou, a French magistrate in The Hague targeted by the US.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
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Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
There's a prevailing idea in the UK that a customs union with the EU would be a compromise solution if single market membership is not possible, e.g @eddavey.libdems.org.uk and @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social recently. But a customs union is, from a trade policy, a more radical step. (1/N)
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
"We grant people different rights based on their genetic heritage and on which scrap of land they happened to be born on. That’s mad, isn’t it?" I just think, when debating immigration and so on, that we should try not to lose sight of the fact that "nationality" is a made up thing.
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Why does nationality matter, anyway?
Deciding someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is a bit weird
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 10/11/2025
So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on. Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
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Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This is the most important bit of content you will see all week
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10/10/2025
Estonia is opposed to a push by the European Union to take further action to restrict kids’ access to social media, its digital minister told POLITICO in an interview.
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Estonia speaks out against EU social media ban for kids
Most EU countries have backed the idea of a digital age of majority.
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Signal @signal.org · 03/10/2025
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Ed Davey, "It's so frustrating, so infuriating that Nigel Farage gets such an easy ride from the media" "As he lies, as he divides, the BBC and others given Farage so much time and attention" "But they never hold him to account for all the damage he has already done" "The damage of Brexit"
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
If the entire British army couldn't control it, it certainly could not be a Schengen border) Anyhow, pro-Europeans, don't allow exceptionalists undermine Europe's success We need to band together in this very troubled times. And Schengen is a very visible symbol of that. We should cherish it Ends
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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March
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James Ramsay @jramsay.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
“In a world riven by war, genocide, economic disparity, a climate catastrophe and growing authoritarianism, borders will never succeed in averting people’s desire and need to migrate or flee.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An effigy of refugees, burned by a crowd: this is where Europe’s brutal fantasy of border control has led us | Maurice Stierl
The shocking scene in Northern Ireland is the result of a decade spent militarising Europe’s fringes – and dismissing the human cost, says migration and border researcher Maurice Stierl
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maurice stierl @mauricestierl.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
My piece for the Guardian on 10 years since Europe’s border crisis: “The burning of an effigy of refugees is what happens after a decade of dehumanisation. Many have implanted a dangerous border fantasy that will continue to divide, hurt and kill.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An effigy of refugees, burned by a crowd: this is where Europe’s brutal fantasy of border control has led us | Maurice Stierl
The shocking scene in Northern Ireland is the result of a decade spent militarising Europe’s fringes – and dismissing the human cost, says migration and border researcher Maurice Stierl
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"
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(Pundit) Abu Qaid-e-Azam @qaid-e-azam.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
If the term “EU” offends English sensitivities, then tough. You don’t get to rename a club you stormed out of just to feel better about using the facilities. If "Pan-Continental Customs Board" is what it takes, maybe the issue isn’t the EU - it’s the ego of a post-imperial nation in denial.
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 24/06/2025
EU lawmakers push free hand luggage despite uproar from airlines
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EU lawmakers push free hand luggage despite uproar from airlines
Airlines say the plan will hike fares and strip passengers of choice.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Vance calls the LA protests an “invasion.” 4 minutes later, Miller calls it an “insurrection.” 29 minutes later, Hegseth threatens to send in Marines. It’s like clockwork. They’ve chomped at the bit for months, waiting for a pretext to declare martial law under the pretext of insurrection/invasion.
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Respect Cyclists e.V. @respectcyclists.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Ihr könnt auch bei einer der 3 Zwischenkundgebungen einsteigen. ungefähre (!) Zeiten sind: Kottbusser Tor ca. 19:00 Uhr Hermannstr/Werbellinstr ca. 20:00 Uhr Körtestr. ca. 20:30 Uhr #RespectCyclists respect-cyclists.de/2025/respect...
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Respect Cyclists Fahrraddemo 04. Juni 2025
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly Fahrradfahren in Kreuzberg und Neukölln ist all in one: good, bad and ugly.Entspannt in den Fahrradstraßen, lebensgefährlich durch zweite Reihe Parker und fließenden Verke...
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The first is: @carolecadwalla.bsky.social points out that Germany - through its history - has maybe more of an awareness of the dangers than the US. Here's the first point of the BVerfG's 1983 judgment establishing the right to informational self-determination in the Volkszählungsurteil /2
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