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The EU election The electoral movement in Europe
Half of the voters want the EU to prioritize the climate

Over half of EU voters think that the fight against climate change should be a priority, according to a survey by Euronews and Ipsos. The perception is most widespread in Denmark (69 percent), Portugal (67 percent) and Sweden (62 percent).

The EU's climate policy faces the greatest opposition in Poland, the Czech Republic and Finland. In these countries, around a third of the population believes that climate change should be a priority for the Union.

According to the survey, the differences are small between the sexes and different age groups.

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Climate threat The threat to the Amazon
Macron visits the Amazon with hopes of a new ally

We live in a Franco-Brazilian era. In any case, this is how the Elysée Palace expresses itself in a statement ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the Amazon city of Belem on Tuesday, according to AFP. During the meeting, among other things, a new program was presented that aims to collect one billion euros for green investments in the Amazon.

The relationship between France and Brazil has been faltering for years, and Macron is the first French president to visit the country in 11 years. In addition to the preservation of the rainforest, future foreign policy cooperation between the countries and support for Ukraine were discussed during the meeting.

- France is an important and unavoidable actor for Brazilian foreign policy, says the Brazilian diplomat Maria Luisa Escorel de Moraes.

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The humor group's golden find
JLC's gold find may be connected to the eco-crime scandal

The gold find discovered in the newly purchased house of humor duo Carl Démans and Lucas Simonsson in Mölndal may be connected to a spate of eco-crimes in the 1990s when hundreds of small savers lost their money, writes GP.

On the inside of the boxes where the gold and platinum bars were stored is a company stamp from Tammstorp AB, which after a change of ownership over 30 years ago began offering private individuals to invest in, among other things, a commodity fund.

But instead of trying to grow the investments, the company used the money to cover its own losses. When the company finally went bankrupt, roughly 60 kilos of gold disappeared.

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Elon Musk's X/Twitter
X usage in the US down by a fifth in a year

Daily Twitter usage has decreased by a fifth since Elon Musk took over the company and renamed it X, writes CNBC with reference to app data from Sensor Tower.

From November 2022 to February of this year, the number of daily users in the US has decreased by 23 percent, according to Sensor Tower. Several other social media apps have seen a drop but not as big a drop as X.

The company has not commented on the task, but Musk shared a post from X: "250 million users every day". That is a clearly higher figure than Sensor Tower's statement of 176 million daily users globally.
Globally, the app has lost 15 percent of users since Musk took over