The Parliament would decide to ratify Ukraine’s accession to the EU, but the official papers are signed by the president, so he could use his veto to block it.
The decision goes back to the Parliament, and if it passes with a 2/3 majority the president is forced to sign no matter what he thinks.
Again, I’m not 100% sure it works like this in Poland, but it does in several countries.
As I understand, the president can still use his veto, forcing the question back to the parliament requiring 2/3 majority to overrule the veto.
Rice shortage?
The title is, unsurprisingly, heavily exaggerated. The study does not claim there are “billions more people”. They studied 307 different dam construction projects around the word, and found the actual number of affected people in those rural areas was like 40-80% higher than estimated.
Their conclusion is that it’s likely the population of the world is quite underestimated, but they don’t want to guess by how much, that’s all cooked up by the “journalist”.
Finn here. The common answer is that all sad people kill themselves here. The suicide rate is surprisingly high.
For a more serious answer, you have to look at what the survey actually measures. There are 3 big factors in this survey.
Social support, the people believe they will get help if they need. While healthcare system receives lots of criticism due to constant budget cuts, it’s still fast and cheap enough for those who really need it. Economic security is possibly the best in the world, where you receive decent support if you’re poor enough and a small apartment if you’re homeless, without any preconditions.
Freedom, the people feel like they’re free to do what they want with their lives. There are both laws that protect you from things like trespassing, meaning you can walk anywhere you want in rural areas, while the police are really lenient in urban areas and don’t really care what you do as long as you don’t disturb others. Also in general, people don’t want to bother others as much as I’ve seen in other countries.
Perceptions of corruption, the people believe in the government and media. We enjoy a strong democratic system that, although not perfect, is among the best in the world. The political climate is also rather mild, with the largest party in every election being centre-left, centre or centre-right. Although the right-wing has recently been on the rise, it seems like that trend is starting to turn. As for media, the state sponsored YLE is about as unbiased as media can be, although their coverage of global events can be somewhat lackluster. Also, despite being state sponsored, they operate completely independently.
I’d say the issue here is that the rest of the song is in English. It’s literally only this one word that is supposedly in Maltese, in the sentence “I do it all the time, serving kant”.
Yes they do. This is a deterrent, not a last-ditch effort to protect ourselves if war breaks out.