Yesterday, Eurostat released a novel study on poverty inwards Europe. 24% of folks inwards European Union fellow member states were considered "poor". The per centum of "risk of income poverty" was highest inwards Republic of Bulgaria as well as Romania, close 40%, followed yesteryear Hellenic Republic close 36%. The to the lowest degree poverty-stricken field is Czechia, 14.8%, followed yesteryear Holland, Sweden, Republic of Finland unopen to 17%.
It's carve upwards of practiced – mayhap a argue to brag – for a post-communist solid reason to cease upwards this high. But I scream back that it's non but "good news". This victory to a greater extent than oft than non agency that Czech Republic has been excessively socialized as well as remains excessively egalitarian. The communist authorities struggled to require some "basic things" to every citizen as well as 1 may tell that it has succeeded, albeit at a rank that the Westerners must require considered a caricature of wealth. The newly restarted capitalism increased the rank significantly patch the political atmosphere kept the basic socialist minima.
It seems pathological if mortal wants to brand our organization fifty-fifty to a greater extent than egalitarian or socialist inwards character. I am certain that likewise piddling poverty must last 1 of the demotivating things that wound the progress of the economy.
Second, Broad Band TV News published interesting graphs most the solid reason beginning of films that were aired on European TVs betwixt 2014 as well as 2015.
Most of the movies I select to sentry on TV are American. I scream back that most of them that are beingness aired are American movies, too. The USA global hegemony inwards the cinema manufacture seems self-evident to me. The numbers present that 65% of the movies aired on European TVs inwards a 2014-2015 flavor were American movies.
31% of the movies cease upwards beingness European – but exclusively 16% (a greater one-half of those) may last assigned a unique field of origin. What are the altitude European Union nations that gain films? We oft complain that the Czech motion painting manufacture has weakened but at to the lowest degree yesteryear this number, it doesn't expect bad.
- France, 20%
- Italy, 17%
- Germany, 14%
- Britain, 14%
- Czechia, 8%
- Spain, 6%
Note that the European Union has 510 1000000 people. Out of it, the 6 countries inwards a higher house check to the next percentages of the population:
- France, 13%
- Italy, 12%
- Germany, 16%
- Britain, 12%
- Czechia, 2%
- Spain, 9%
Despite this clear leadership inwards Europe, Czech Republic would lose – yesteryear a ingredient of 2 – inwards a battle against the USA inwards the issue of movies per capita. Well, if y'all assumed that the non-national European Union films are 8% Czech equally well, Czech Republic as well as the USA would last tied. But I don't fifty-fifty endeavor to speak most California which would devastate everyone else.