Can't open PDF files from the European Union?

Just tried starting a new thread on this forum, but I hit an "insufficient privileges" error message. Honestly, it gave me a bit of a heart attack for a second—I thought I’d accidentally gotten banned or something. :O

I already dug through the forum's general policy, but there's nothing in there about this... And the EU forum doesn't have any extra rules listed either...

There’s some info regarding that right here Reddit

In one very significant way, the European Union subforum stands apart from every other section you've posted in; specifically, only moderators, super-moderators, and Administrators have the authority to start new threads there.