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There's a reason these ad-hoc summits are happening in London & Paris rather than Brussels. The existing institutional infrastructure of NATO & the EU are failing in this moment of crisis. #EUCO is being bypassed because of Orban & Fico. #NATO is being bypassed because of Trump.

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Slumping Tesla sales coincide with more Chinese cars in EU

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Today, Teresa Anjinho has been sworn in as European Ombudsman. "I pledge today to serve with courage, independence, and integrity. To always act in the best interest of citizens. To ensure that our institutions remain fair, transparent, and worthy of the trust placed in them." 👉 europa.eu/!yYNrgh

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Election turnout at 83,5% - highest turnout since German reunification

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BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment. This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back. Well done AP👏

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Future 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 #Europaplan and governance—how it could shape and support a free and democratic Europe. With Ambassador #MichaelClauß @germanyintheeu.bsky.social #EUSky 🇪🇺🇩🇪 #DEinEU

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This is a new level of madness. I don't know how it can be stopped

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The German Interior Ministry has identified a Russia-linked disinformation campaign spreading fake claims of election fraud in Germany just days before Sunday’s vote.

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🚨🚨 Insane: The US state department has reportedly ordered its outposts around the world to cancel all subscriptions to news & media outlets that are supposedly “non-mission critical” in another extraordinary #Trump admin crackdown on normal info channels. 🚨 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Great chart in this terrific piece on how Russia's hand entering into negotiations isn't as strong as Putin would have you think. Russia's main territorial gains were all at the start of the war, and have since come at enormous cost. www.economist.com/europe/2025/... From The Economist

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Together with European Foreign Ministers, I spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after his talks in Riyadh. Russia will try to divide us. Let’s not walk into their traps. By working together with the US, we can achieve a just and lasting peace – on Ukraine’s terms.

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Scytáles, a Swedish digital identity specialist, in partnership with Deutsche Telekom, was selected by the European Commission to develop a “privacy-compliant age verification system across the EU” that will be integrated with the European Digital Identity Wallet www.scytales.com/post/deutsch...

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Musk, Vance & Trump all misrepresent democracy. When they say “democracy”, they mean a free-for-all with no rule of law, where the winner takes all. When Europe says “democracy”, we mean proportional representation, collaborative politics, citizen rights, and agreed guide rails guaranteed by law.

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JD Vance’s fiery speech at the Munich Security Conference — part of his multi-day debut on the world stage as U.S. vice president — dominated the marathon high-level gabfest among hundreds of top foreign dignitaries and national security elites.

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French prosecutors open investigation into X's algorithms

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German court orders X to give data access to democracy researchers ahead of federal elections

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“Sen Chris Coons upon learning of Trump’s proposal for Gaza. “You can report that I was speechless.” Coons then said: “That’s insane. I can’t think of a place on earth that would welcome American troops less and where any positive outcome is less likely."” - @frankthorp.bsky.social

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Welp—Trump signs executive order withdrawing U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-...

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Jim Jordan, Chair of the Committee of the Judiciary, is calling for a "briefing" with @ec.europa.eu Commissioner @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social on her approach to DSA enforcement and ongoing proceedings against US tech companies. The letter, obtained by @politico.eu, reveals a huge 🇪🇺 vs 🇺🇸 clash.

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Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg. Read more here: tcrn.ch/4aKfIZa

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Belgium's next Prime Minister: Who is Bart De Wever?

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"European affairs ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Romania, Slovenia and Spain asked the commission to deliver on promises to create a dedicated EU body to counter foreign information manipulation and interference"

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"company insiders were aware of multiple widespread and serious harms", "they were often acting under the orders of company leadership to maximize engagement." https://shorturl.at/MRnH4

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De geesten rijpen aan onwaarschijnlijk tempo. Minister van Welzijn Caroline Gennez spreekt zich uit voor veel strengere regulering van social media voor jongeren. www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20250...

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🚨🚨 Big #Exodus News: European Medicines Agency has just stated it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content. 🧵 www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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On today's question about DeepSeek: The race for AI is far from being over. Europe has all it takes to lead in trustworthy AI. Top talent, world-class supercomputers, innovative start-ups & robust infrastructure. Innovative and safe—this is our competitive edge. We are ready to take our place.

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Over 7 months after Belgian federal elections, and still no govt formed! Sure no problem, nothing much happening in the world... 🫣

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‘Learn to code’ Should’ve done a proper degree like sociology or political science

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Trump administration reportedly negotiating an Oracle takeover of TikTok

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No call with Germany, France, the UK nor EU High Representative @kajakallas.bsky.social on this list:

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"Elon Musk is a joke. Leaving Twitter forever, bye". 📱🚫If you, too, are contemplating deactivating your social media accounts - here's how.

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Juicy playbook today: - Why everyone is so down in Brussels - How Poland is cracking down on migrants via Belarus border - Why is an EU commissioner attending Orbán's cabinet meetings? - Davos latest www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

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The Spanish say they are serious about this proposal - three pillars - more transparency on algorithm and user identification (not necessarily public, nickname, alias etc but connected to real ID) will be pitched during the March EUCO summit.

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The climate crisis is one of the greatest security risks we face that we can only tackle as a 🌍 community. We deeply regret President Trump's announcement of intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The fact remains: the 🌍 energy transition is inevitable & the climate crisis is intensifying.

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EU considering expanding investigation into X www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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www.rte.ie/news/2025/01... How the EU’s Digital Services Act has been caught in the crossfire between Elon Musk’s free speech warriors and EU leaders warning he is a danger to European democracy

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"90% of French people think that the country is "going in the wrong direction", the highest level since September 2014 in the monthly Ipsos international barometer." Full report here: www.ipsos.com/sites/defaul...

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On today’s questions in the press room: We firmly reject any claims of censorship on social media platforms. Freedom of expression lies at the heart of the Digital Services Act. Nothing in the DSA obliges online intermediaries to remove lawful content. europa.eu/!vW49R8

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If Meta were to fire its fact checkers in the EU, as it announced yesterday it would in the US, it needs to submit a risk assessment to the European Commission first, a spokesperson for the EU institution said.

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If 2023 and 2024 saw serial EU digital rules developed, 2025 clearly promises to be the year of enforcement.

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Facebook's parent company Meta will end its third-party fact-checking program and move to a so-called community notes model, company chief Mark Zuckerberg announced today.

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#Bono makes rare comment on #Gaza in @theatlantic.com

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Meta policy chief Nick Clegg steps down

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2024 has been a year of elections, escalating conflicts, protests, victories, losses. Here’s what it looked like through the lens of a camera 👇 www.politico.eu/article/2024...

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