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Turns out there aren't any requirements in the Netherlands, just 'advice'. Regarding the EU and costs : no-one there cares about cost. They just pass them on to

Turns out there aren't any requirements in the Netherlands, just 'advice'. Regarding the EU and costs : no-one there cares about cost. They just pass them on to taxpayers.

KarlKemp 4y ago
The EU doesn't have the power of taxation.
- the_biot 4y ago
  That is entirely irrelevant to the point. All the money consumed by EU instutions is taxpayer money. Not a constructive comment.
  - KarlKemp 4y ago
    It speaks directly to the point that "they" decide to waste money and then turn around and get it from the taxpayer. As long as "they" is the EU, they cannot decide to get more money from the taxpayer. If "they" waste it, "they" have to cut it somewhere else in the budget.
mschuster91 4y ago
> Regarding the EU and costs : no-one there cares about cost. They absolutely do care about stuff where ordinary people can save money, thanks to the EU we got a hard cap on CC fees (0.3%!) and free phone roaming EU-wide, for example. Providing a basic computer software environment would save a lot of money for the population and especially it would also massively reduce electronic waste and lock-in effects. Windows 11 for example won't run on machines without TPMs enabled [1]. [1] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-tpm-2-0-on-your-pc-1fd5a332-360d-4f46-a1e7-ae6b0c90645c https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-tpm-2-0-o...