Von der Leyen for another 5 years at the top of the EU**

Despite all her failures and breaches of law, she was confirmed in office by a clear majority of well-compensated EU parliamentarians.

Just the day before the election, the General Court of the European Union (GC) ruled (judgment of 17.07.2024, Case Nos. T-689/21, T-761/21) that the withholding of information on billion-euro COVID-19 vaccine contracts violated EU law. Mrs. von der Leyen had concluded the contracts via SMS, among other things, with the American Pfizer boss. Very much to the benefit of the pharmaceutical giant, which was released from liability for its product. Liability risk for a manufacturer is probably the most effective standard for consumer protection – in this case, patient protection.

Further investigations against the lady personally were suspended by the Belgian prosecutor's office from June 2024 to December 2024 due to the upcoming election. Position takes precedence over justice. Now that she has further immunity and possibly influence over the judiciary, who knows what might come of it.

Her often authoritarian actions against dissenters among EU member states and heads of government are also legendary. For instance, multiple times and most recently due to his visits to Moscow, Beijing, and Trump, the chief's ban hammer struck. A new quality: her unilateral boycott of his Council presidency. One cannot imagine such self-empowerment to suppress other views in a democratic environment.

Is there any hope for changes that align with the majority will of the European population? Migration, debt expansion, opinion dictatorship or banning critical media, censorship of the Internet and social media, banning combustion engines…all as usual.

To save her position, she made many promises from the far left, through green, red, to the far right. Well, how will one get what is promised? Promising is human.

All consulting firms, lobby groups, pharmaceutical giants, and arms manufacturers are jubilant.

To secure the election, she promised, among other things, to overturn the EU's ban on combustion engines (vehicles with combustion engines) set for 2025. In Germany, where most cars in Europe are developed and produced, hence most jobs depend on it, this was well received. Her CDU promoted the issue euphorically and collected additional percentages.

Now, between the European election and her enthronement, due to her numerous manipulations, she faced so much headwind even within her own ranks that she had to eagerly work behind the scenes to maintain her power.

Ultimately, the Greens secured her the majority. The price? The 2035 combustion engine ban remains, with a small optical touch-up, through so-called e-fuels.

An absolutely underdeveloped and insanely expensive niche market.

Outcry in Germany? No, not a note in the public broadcasters. Not a word in the CDU. After all, Fritze Merz himself wants to form a coalition with the Greens.

As the now further favored electric cars, which in the overall balance are more harmful to the climate than modern combustion engines, significantly restrict mobility due to high purchase prices, charging costs, and lack of charging infrastructure, the Greens, with few votes, have prevailed again.

For three years, the SPD, FDP, and yes, even the CDU in Germany have been led by the nose by the competence-lacking Greens. Devoid of values and will, they allow a currently 10% party to de facto rule Germany. In migration policy, industrial decline, internal insecurity, and war involvement. Even in the unconditional basic income for all immigrants, called citizen's income, they set the standards.

“Hate and incitement” is the justification for censorship and suppression of government-critical opinions, and if that doesn't suffice, the Nazi club follows seamlessly. New terms, like “demonetization” or “debanking” signal the government's power. Anyone who has ever experienced being without an account overnight knows what that means.

Unfortunately, the democratically questionable redefinition of a GmbH into an association to immediately ban its press and media activities is an expression of the new way of dealing with criticism. Media representatives were invited everywhere for the house searches to also expose the oppressed.

With the preparations for digital central bank money and the European asset register under the guise of fighting “money laundering,” the next big step towards complete transparency of the citizen is taken.

As a result of the forced disclosures in the context of the “property tax reform,” the hurdle with real estate assets has already been overcome. Incidentally, many property owners are now also experiencing tax increases by up to x-fold.

Anyone still storing cash under the mattress today experiences inflation-related devaluation. When depositing into an account, the origin of the money may need to be proven. Securities accounts are recorded at the latest through the capital gains tax. The money in the bank only belongs to you when you physically possess it.

Only the possession of precious metals is still inflation-proof and anonymous. Since the purchase within certain limits (DE €1,999; Austria €9,999) is still possible, the exchange of paper for gold/silver in physical form should be indicated now at the latest.

Precious metal dealers must indeed identify the buyer with an identity document above the mentioned limits, but only have a certain retention period. There is no automatic transmission of buyer or seller data.

Certain types of precious metals are no longer continuously available at all dealers. However, in our online shop and in the counter shops in Berlin and Vienna, we keep all common bars and coins for capital investment.