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Questions tagged [europe]

For questions about claims based in Europe, or limited to Europe.

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Has the George Soros's Open Society Foundation been banned from Austria by Sebastian Kurz?

This October 2017 article from Extraordinary News, "Youngest World Leader Bans George Soros’s Foundations From Austria" makes the claim about the Chancellor-designate of Austria, Sebastian Kurz: The world’s youngest leader, newly-elected Sebastian…
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Does Germany use the Euro to exploit the US and the EU?

Trump's advisor Peter Navarro claims that Germany exploits the US and the EU by maintaining the Euro at an all time low. The Guardian for example says: Germany “continues to exploit other countries in the EU as well as the US with an ‘implicit…
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Did 20 million people die because of Nationalism in Europe before the formation of the EU?

Former Belgian PM, Guy Verhofstadt says: Reference Did 20 million people die because of Nationalism in Europe before the formation of the EU?
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Is there such a thing as the "Babushka Bomb" (i.e. Eastern European women age quickly in appearance)?

On the internet, there are a lot of references to the so-called "Babushka bomb", which is defined at Urban Dictionary as Eastern European women are pretty when they're young, but age quickly and badly. The babushka bomb hits. Are there any…
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Did Nobel Peace Prize winner, Martti Ahtisaari, threaten to bomb Belgrade and kill half a million people?

In this article "Does Putin really need Nobel Peace Prize", it is claimed that the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari had the following conversation with Serbian president Miloshevich during the Miloshevich-Ahtisaari-Chernomyrdin meeting…
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Did Konrad Adenauer claim that Europe and Asia encounter at the Elbe?

According to James Hawes1, Konrad Adenauer, its first postwar chancellor and founding father, made Westbindung (“binding to the West”) the heart of West German politics. Adenauer came from the deeply Catholic Rhineland, "amid the vineyards" as he…
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Does tax evasion in the EU cost 1 trillion € per year?

In a meme that’s floating around, various social costs are compared to tax evasion in the EU, which is claimed to mount up to 1 000 000 000 000 Euro annually. Here is an example: The Swedish text states that the cost for one million refugees is…
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Does Migaloo Submarines sell private submersible yachts?

The Migaloo Submarines web-site claims the company works in the DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND BUILDING OF EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE SUBMERSIBLE SUPERYACHTS AND FLOATING ISLANDS Despite providing a number of stunning 3D renderings of what a private submarine…
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Are there sections across Europe that are so radicalized by Islamic Jihadists that police refuse to go there?

In a recent MSNBC interview, Donald trump said this: "Paris is no longer the same city it was. They have sections in Paris that are radicalized and the police refuse to go there. They're petrified. ... We have places in London and other places that…
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Do European countries maintain Air Force on high alert?

A question asked here recently "Is Switzerland vulnerable to aerial threats outside office hours?" kind of implies that this is something unusual. But is it really something unusual in Europe? Do other mainland European countries maintain their Air…
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Was the EU created or supported by Nazis?

My dad has started preaching from this self published book (Indisputable Evidence Proving the EU Was Created by Nazis, by Jack King) which claims the European Union was both wanted and created by Nazis. It claims anyone can verify these facts and to…
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Are refugees forced across the Mediterranean Sea by traffickers against their will?

So far media has painted the picture that African refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea pay huge sums to traffickers to be brought to Europe. In an interview with BR24 Claus-Peter Reisch, captain of the rescue ship Lifeline, says the…
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Are German families migrating in some noticeable number to theoretically non-Muslim-friendly countries because of fear of Muslims?

I've read that in some online newspapers that are pretty politically far right, so they may not be exactly objective, but I've found some other web pages that make the claim so it looks a bit more plausible. Here are some of the places that support…
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Is tax wedge 80%-90% in most of western Europe vs 50% in US?

Wikipedia definition of tax wedge references a document, which makes following claim: Europe's comparatively high tax burden has created big marginal effects and tax wedges. For example a 2007 report by a right-wing thinktank, Timbro,…
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Did the EU prohibit the transport of Russian fertilizer to non-EU countries, so that only the EU could purchase it?

Reportedly Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia accused EU officials of “selfishness, cynicism and hypocrisy” for prohibiting European carriers from transporting Russian fertilisers to Africa, Asia or Latin America, while…
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