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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/41057468

Dacia Spring

Citroen e-C3

Renault 5 E-Tech

FIAT Grande Panda

Citroen e-C3 Aircross

Renault 4 E-Tech

FIAT 500e

Opel Corsa Electric

Opel Frontera Electric

Volkswagen ID.3 Pure

Citroen e-C4

Citroen e-C4 X

Lancia Ypsilon

Smart 1 Pure

Mini Cooper E

Skoda Elroq 50

Peugeot e-208

FIAT 600e

Cupra Born

Renault Megane E-Tech

Smart 1 Pro

Mini Aceman E

Alpine A290 Electric

Citroen e-Berlingo

Volvo EX30 Single Motor

Smart 3 Pro

Peugeot e-308

Volkswagen ID.3 Pro

Peugeot e-2008

Credit goes to Massimo25ore

If you listen to podcasts on Youtube then consider if that podcast is available on Spotify. Even channels that are not podcasts, such as Epic History or Voices of the Past are available on Spotify.

I'm remotely thinking about getting new Over Ear Headphones. Does anyone have particular first hand experience with repeat.audio or with the fairphone earbuds xl?

repeat.audio offers a "comparison" at this page.

(Yes, I know brands like Teufel and their lovely Real Blue NC.... I also liked them very much, until the frame broke. Hence the two repairable products).

I shared a version of this guide earlier this year, but felt a website was needed to unpack the different options fully. So after an unreasonable number of hours, I put together the necessary data and website.

I hope this is digestible enough for the average person to help those looking to take that first step, or for people who are equally passionate and want to get their friends or family involved.

Details:

• Site - https://purchasewithpurpose.eu/
• Code - https://codeberg.org/purchase-with-purpose/pwp-website
• Community - https://lemmy.world/c/PurchaseWithPurpose

Every time I post these guides, there is always feedback on things that can improve, or I got wrong. Please do share, as it is the best way for these to evolve!

Hi everyone,

First off, I’m grateful to be part of a community that shares a (more or less) common vision. I’ve been supporting this movement since before the Orange Turd. To no ones surprise my commitment has only grown stronger over the past few years.

What I notice lately is that many discussions seemingly just celebrate alternative products (“Look, this alternative brand is EU‑based!”), which is great for awareness. However, I’m missing conversations about what we actually do beyond posting links and recommendations.

I’m not here to judge anyone’s level of involvement. Everyone follows their own moral compass. Rather, I’d love to hear about the concrete steps people are already taking (or considering).

Here is a sample of the sort of thing I would be interested in to hear about. Be careful to not spoof yourselves.
Political engagement
- Are you involved in any political activities that align with the BuyEuropean ideas?
- Do you back any European‑focused parties such as Volt? Outreach beyond the forum
- Have you discussed BuyEuropean ideas with friends, family, colleagues, or acquaintances who aren’t already in the community? Physical visibility
- Have you placed stickers, flyers, or other visual cues in public spaces (shops, campuses, workplaces) that promote “Buy European” or highlight non‑EU alternatives?
- The lack of such... basic visibility is one thing that surprises me the most where I live. Fediverse advocacy
- Do you recommend decentralized platforms (PieFed, Mastodon, PeerTube, etc.) to anyone as part of a broader “European‑first” digital strategy?
- I have friends moving off Meta etc., but it all seems.. sporadic and unorganized. Without collective movement at colleges and campuses I don't see how these things will ever actually grow.

Feel free to answer any (or none) of these questions, add your own experiences, or suggest additional ways we could make a larger impact.

I am sorry if this sounds direct and targeted. I think I just want to know if others are... doing stuff while I feel apathetic and powerless.

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/7177843

cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/buyeuropean/p/373814/europes-first-true-global-alternative-to-aws-lambda

cross-posted from: https://blackneon.net/post/71398

I really struggle to find a TV box to replace my 3 Apple TVs.

I found a device from Nokia (Finland), but it doesn't seem to be in stock in Swedish online stores.

There seems to be no home electronics companies owned in Europe. Manufacturing you can forget about without even searching.

Hello friends,

I’m preparing a presentation and I remember seeing several times, during the past year, nice graphics with european alternatives. In the left column there’d be a main stream US app (logo/app icon) and in the right column 1, 2, 3 or more alternatives (logo/app icon) from Europe or the Open Source world.

Does anyone have any such graphics or links to recommend, that I can either use or get inspired by for the presentation I’m preparing?

I already intend to include these links

• https://european-alternatives.eu/
• https://europick.eu/

And I've found these graphics...

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Just another hint, why EU needs to become more sovereign and independent.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/39852883

Keep boycotting Microsoft-owned GitHub!

First made in Europe PCB prototype order sent! Let's see how @aislerhq works, happy we have an European alternative at decent price. @buyfromeu

geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/21790936

I am looking for an alternative to a DJI Mini 3. I would like to take photos and videos. Unfortunately, I haven't found a real alternative yet. Do you have any recommendations?

tl;dr

The Schwarz Group, parent company of Lidl and Kaufland, is investing €11 billion in Germany to build a large AI-focused data center. The project, managed by its IT subsidiary Schwarz Digits, aims to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty and reduce reliance on U.S. and Chinese cloud providers. Politicians welcome the move as a major boost for Europe’s competitiveness in artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure.

Deepl translation

The Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland) is investing eleven billion euros in a new data centre in Lübbenau. It is the company's largest single investment.

The Schwarz Group, parent company of Lidl and Kaufland, is investing eleven billion euros in a new data centre in Lübbenau in the Spreewald region. This is the largest single investment in the company's history, said Christian Müller, co-CEO of Schwarz Digits, the group's digital division, at the ground-breaking ceremony at the construction site in Lübbenau.

What is planned?

The first construction phase of the Schwarz Digits Datacenter is scheduled for completion by the end of 2027. According to the company, the data centre will be powered by renewable energy during normal operation. The facility was initially planned with a connected load of around 200 megawatts and can be expanded in two construction phases using a modular design.

This means that up to 100,000 special AI chips (GPUs) can be installed in the data centre in Lübbenau in the future. By way of comparison, the new data centre currently being built by Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia in Munich is expected to run on 10,000 GPUs.

The special chips will also be used at the data centre in Lübbenau to train large models with AI inference. These are computer models that have been trained to understand large amounts of information and use it to make meaningful predictions or responses.

The waste heat from the computers will be fed into the district heating network of the regional energy supplier Süll and distributed to district heating customers in Lübbenau and the surrounding area.

Why is computing power needed?

Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) said that Germany needs computing power to play in the top league of artificial intelligence. ‘Only with powerful data centres can we use AI applications on a large scale and strengthen our competitiveness.’ This project shows that Germany has the skills and expertise to advance its digital sovereignty.

‘Today is a good start to a week in which we will focus on strengthening our own technological capabilities and our independence.’ Wildberger and Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) will welcome French President Emmanuel Macron and almost all of Europe's digital ministers to an IT summit on Tuesday.

According to the Alliance for Strengthening Digital Infrastructures, data centres are the ‘backbone of digitalisation’. ‘They provide the computing and storage power on which almost all processes in business, administration and everyday life are based today,’ said Alliance spokesperson Béla Waldhauser.

Similar strategy to Amazon

The Schwarz Group is pursuing a similar strategy with its data centres to that of Amazon, the world's largest online retailer. In the mid-2000s, Amazon began offering its own IT infrastructure as an external service. Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the global leader in cloud infrastructure, ahead of Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

As the parent company of Kaufland and Lidl, the Schwarz Group is itself a major IT user. The two supermarket chains have steadily expanded their branch network in recent years. They now operate a total of around 14,200 stores in 32 countries. The group now employs around 595,000 people.

However, the new data centre in Lübbenau will not only process its own data – i.e. data from delivery and ordering processes, payment transactions and customer loyalty programmes. Rather, storage and computing power will also be offered to external customers.

Why Lübbenau?

One argument in favour of the Lübbenau location is that it has an excellent power supply. The Schwarz Group can use the infrastructure that was once built for a lignite-fired power plant. The power plant was shut down in the summer of 1996. However, the connection to the electricity distribution and transmission grid is still in place and works perfectly. The city is also well supplied with a fibre optic connection. Deutsche Telekom operates a large distribution node in Lübbenau's Neustadt district.

How does Germany compare?

According to the Alliance for Strengthening Digital Infrastructures, Germany is the leading data centre location in Europe. German data centres currently have a total capacity of around 2.4 gigawatts. However, in international comparison, Germany lags significantly behind the USA and China. The USA has a capacity of around 40 gigawatts.

Germany's central location in Europe, its proximity to the internet hub in Frankfurt am Main and its stable networks with a low risk of failure make it an attractive location. According to the Alliance, the high electricity costs and lengthy approval procedures are a disadvantage.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5614693

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5614691

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China’s exports of tomato paste to industry powerhouse Italy have collapsed this year after an outcry over alleged use of forced labour in Xinjiang and complaints about misleading origin labelling by some Italian companies.

The western Chinese region of Xinjiang dramatically increased tomato cultivation and processing in recent years, but slumping sales to Italy and other western European markets have left it sitting on a vast stockpile of unsold paste, industry analysts say.

Italian farming association Coldiretti has led a high-profile campaign to defend the national staple red fruit against an influx of Chinese paste costing less than half of that made from their farmers’ crops.

“This is an important victory,” said Francesco Mutti, chief executive of the eponymous maker of Italian tomato-based ingredients including passata, pulp and purée. “It is a very positive signal.”

Scrutiny of the tomato supply chain in Europe has heightened since some companies in Italy — the world’s largest exporter of finished tomato ingredients ready for consumers — were found to have mixed Chinese tomato paste into wares promoted as Italian.

[...]

Tomato News, which tracks the global processing industry and trade, estimates China has a stockpile of 600,000 to 700,000 tonnes of tomato paste — equivalent to roughly six months of its exports.

While China’s total tomato paste exports by volume fell 9 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, sales to western EU countries dropped 67 per cent, and Italy’s purchases were down 76 per cent, Tomato News said.

“Clearly Europe has become a difficult place to export to,” said Martin Stilwell, president of Tomato News. Chinese customs data shows the value of processed tomato exports to Italy plunged to less than $13mn in the first nine months of 2025 from more than $75mn in the same period of last year.

[...]

China has turned Xinjiang, home to the mainly-Muslim Uyghur minority, into a low-cost, export-oriented tomato paste production hub spearheaded by large state companies, one of which is a subsidiary of the paramilitary Production and Construction Corps that helps run the region.

China processed 11mn tonnes of fresh tomatoes into paste in 2024, up from 4.8mn tonnes in 2021, according to Tomato News. With European demand collapsing, the Asian nation has more than halved the volume of the fruit processed to an expected 3.7mn tonnes this year, Stilwell said.

[...]

“They are struggling to sell, which explains why they have to cut back — otherwise they would merely be building inventory in China,” he said.

Xinjiang’s tomato industry has been dogged by allegations of use of forced Uyghur labour

[...]

The influx of Chinese tomato paste into Italy came under the spotlight in 2021 when the Carabinieri police raided a leading processing company and seized tonnes of canned tomato concentrate that included Chinese paste but was falsely labelled “100 per cent Italian”.

[...]

Surprising plans in The Hague International Criminal Court could replace Microsoft with German software

Germany is not exactly known as the home of major software developments. Now it is said that the International Criminal Court wants to replace applications of the tech giant Microsoft with software from Germany. However, there is a reason behind this other than technical superiority.

According to a media report, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is putting its Microsoft office software to the test and wants to replace it with the German program package OpenDesk. The background is the concern about possible sanctions by the US government under President Donald Trump, reported the "Handelsblatt".

According to this, the Court is about to sign a contract with the State Centre for Digital Sovereignty (Zendis), which coordinates the development of OpenDesk. "Given the circumstances, we must reduce dependencies and strengthen the technological autonomy of the Court of Justice - even if this is expensive, inefficient and inconvenient in the short term," Osvaldo Zavala Giler, who is responsible for IT at the ICC, told the newspaper.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent international criminal court outside the United Nations (UN) and has its headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands. Its legal basis is the multilateral Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 17. July 1998. The ICC started its activities on 1. July 2002 and is responsible for more than 120 states - about 60 percent of all states worldwide.

The court is responsible, among other things, for crimes against humanity. In 2023, it had issued an international arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, but it has not yet been executed. Last year, among other things, an arrest warrant was issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and against leaders of the radical Islamic Hamas militia. Especially the arrest warrant against Netanyahu had insturbed Trump.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/54231518

A cloud service is either sovereign or it’s not – just as food is either organic or it’s not. You can’t be 75% organic, and you shouldn’t be 75% sovereign either. Yet that’s exactly the confusion created by the European Commission’s new EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework. [...]

In practice, most European cloud service providers are likely to score lower than foreign hyperscalers under this system – perhaps that’s the idea – preserving the status quo under a cloak of “sovereignty.” The message seems to be: can’t comply with European ownership and control requirements? Never mind – make up the numbers through investment or participation in EU schemes.

CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe) is the trade association and lobbying group for infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud providers in Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CISPE

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/38490595

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/buyeuropean/p/1407625/what-are-some-good-european-made-tools

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/35547211

Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025, 2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.

The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change advised that a 90%–95% net domestic reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) until 2040 (compared to the 1990 baseline) is necessary in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The political discussion is moving further away from the scientific evidence, espe­cially in the revision of the EU climate law (2040 climate target). Ahead of the summit of Heads of state and Heads of government on 23/10/2025, we urge policymakers to stick to science and stick to Paris. The EU should have submitted its target to the United Nations already in September – in time for the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference in November. A further delay or softening should not happen.

The benefits of such a target are enormous. If done correctly, it could, among others,
● save over €850 billion in fossil fuel imports between 2025 and 2040,
● increase competitiveness and create more than 2 million new jobs in clean industries,
● cut household energy bills by up to two-thirds, and
● reduce Europe’s dependency on autocratic countries, strengthening independence and resilience.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37846820

Europe is moving decisively away from U.S. tech giants toward open-source alternatives, driven by concerns over digital sovereignty and reliability of American companies[^1]. At the 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe, industry leaders emphasized that this shift isn't about isolation but resilience.

"What we're really looking for is resilience. What we want for our countries, for our companies, for ourselves, is resilience in the face of unforeseen events in a fast-changing world. Open source allows us to be sovereign without being isolated," said OpenInfra Foundation general manager Thierry Carrez[^1].

This transition is already happening. The German state Schleswig-Holstein has replaced Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email solutions. Similar moves have been made by the Austrian military, Danish government organizations, and the French city of Lyon[^1].

European companies are stepping up to fill the gap with open-source alternatives, including:

• Deutsche Telekom's Open Telekom Cloud
• OVHcloud's sovereign cloud services
• STACKIT and VanillaCore's European-based offerings[^1]

The movement gained additional momentum when the European Commission appointed its first executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security, and democracy in 2024[^1].

[^1]: ZDNet - Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/38246640

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