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I'm sorry to pick non-technical details, but this PDF is typeset on „Letter” paper, which is immediately noticeable (different aspect ratio). Normally it's on „yeah, whatever” level, but since this paper (sic) aims to influence European policy, now this detail is actually important.

This whole piece reeks „I'm an 1) outsider that 2) couldn't be bothered to get to know local culture so 3) probably has no stake in the affair” and as such is liable to get dismissed after only cursory glance. We know every single enumerated point above is false, but it doesn't matter. That every single word written on the page is right nd warranted, doesn't matter. @Meredith and anyone else writing papers aimed at EU, would you kindly please switch to A4 before exporting the PDF.



The letter also says “October 3, 2025” instead of “3 October 2025”. ;)

(https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2023-11/styleguide...)

But anyway, if they truly wanted to address the letter to Germans, they should be providing a German-language version in the first place.


It’s a malicious attack, right now thousands of printers around Brussels are stuck with the message “PC Load Letter”.




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