zaylon

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Daniel Berntsson, founder of Mullvad, gave a personal donation of 5 million SEK (roughly 450,000€) in 2025 to Örebropartiet. This enormous donation accounted for 72% of the party’s revenue in 2025.

How does this affect Mullvad’s legitimacy as a company advocating for a free and open internet, while also funding a political party whose agenda seem to contradict these values? The official party website (in Swedish) can be found via the link below.

https://orebropartiet.se/om-oss/

[–] zaylon@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the goal is a bit ambitious yes. But at least it’s promising that the Commission has recognized some very real issues with train travel in Europe and announced they are drafting a plan to fix them.

Going across several countries by train and then experiencing a delay that disrupts your entire schedule is a miserable experience. You’re left having to contact several rail operators’ customer support channels (some of which barely offer service in a language you understand), just to maybe try and patch up your trip.

I hope that, at the very least, they manage to implement some sort of one-ticket solution with a decent safety net.

 

The comission is planning changes to train travel in Europe to make it less of a headache for passengers.

-Single booking tickets that work across different operators.

-Passenger safety nets such as reroutings, reimbursements and compensations.

-New rules for operators and platforms to ensure fair pricings and route options.