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Imagine an EPP aligned think tank plotting to dismantle the US...

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...

submitted 6 days ago • 293 comments

The continued threat by Musk that he has the ability to disable Starlink will end up costing SpaceX millions in cancelled and lost future contracts. SpaceX, much like Tesla, needs to consider the cost/benefit of continuing to be associated with Musk.

submitted 10 days ago • 68 comments

Unintended consequences of Trumpism: the Polish minister of digital affairs announced today that he will present a draft bill implementing the digital services tax (DST). Admittedly, he supported it before he got into the office, but it was seen as politically unfeasible. What did Trump change? 1/2

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submitted 12 days ago • 34 comments

We should have no illusions: Just as it is now doing with Ukraine, the Trump administration will try to force the Europeans into line if they resist a deal on American (or rather Russian?) terms.

submitted 14 days ago • 8 comments

Canadian membership of the EU would not realistically solve Canada’s problems. I’ve not seen a single Canadian suggest it and Europeans should stop doing so.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Editorial in today's Guardian cites Carbon Brief's analysis of the latest carbon-budget advice from the Climate Change Committee: "net cost of cutting UK’s GHGs in 2050 to 100% below 1990 levels is now 73% lower than it previously thought in 2020" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

⚡️ Trump to discuss potential suspension, cancellation of military aid for Ukraine on March 3. An unnamed administration official told NYT that Trump will meet on March 3 with his top national security aides, including Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.

submitted 17 days ago • 99 comments

THREAD - Dans les dernières 24 heures, près de 35 000 comptes francophones ont parlé de la rencontre Trump/Zelensky sur Twitter. Nos analyses ont permis de mettre en évidence de nombreux comportements coordonnés visant à manipuler l'opinion publique en faveur de la Russie ⤵️

submitted 18 days ago • 20 comments

Former Conservative MP and British Attorney General Dominic Grieve:

submitted 18 days ago • 32 comments

Strasbourg Cathedral this evening. Let’s work for a #Europe where our children and grandchildren can live in peace.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Looking at the bigger picture and the actors: US, Ukraine, Russia, the EU, the outcome of last several weeks is clear for just one of them: the US. It lost. Badly. In the short term, Trump failed to achieve any of the things he wanted. Freezing the conflict. No. Forcing a ceasefire on UA. Also no.

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

Is Trump making Europe Great Again? Loistava artkkeli, kiitos! @alanderminna.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

NEW: Macron has to interrupt Trump and correct a lie about Europe’s contribution. TRUMP: “Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back." MACRON: “No. We provided real money. To be clear.” Trump clearly not used to get fact-checked live.

submitted 23 days ago • 223 comments

Wow. "The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard."

submitted 23 days ago • 77 comments

Make Europe Great Again… the Americans might end up regretting that slogan

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Scholz was irritated by the discussion in Paris on placing European troops in Ukraine, saying it was premature Merz is prioritising European Strategic Autonomy and likens Musk's election interference to Moscow's Merz gets it. Scholz didn't. Change couldn't have come sooner 🇩🇪🇪🇺

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

To be fair - we should probably put NATO into administration and drive Europe to fill the defence space... ...a complete reversal of the previous dynamic, I am fully aware, but actually a huge opportunity for Europe (manufacturing, R&D, hard power, cybersecurity, procurement cohesion, etc, etc).

submitted 25 days ago • 51 comments

I feel like we’re weeks away from seeing Trumpers do this en masse at a rally

submitted 25 days ago • 39 comments

As it happens, Trump has gone so far off the cliff that Europe isn’t divided but closing ranks. I figured that it’ll become politically difficult for European politicians to try and suck up to him because electorates see what Trump is doing and are very angry. But it’s even better than expected:

submitted 26 days ago • 36 comments

Never take investment advice from me, but I think European satellite companies are a smart move right now

submitted 26 days ago • 12 comments

#NATO's Article 5 was only invoked once, by 🇺🇸 asking for defence after 9/11 As a result, 1,105 European and Canadian soldiers died in the 20-year Afghanistan war - 1/3 of all coalition casualties I don't recall the Europeans demanding America surrender its mineral wealth in exchange for their help

submitted 26 days ago • 20 comments

Not sure I’ve seen a US VP being taken on directly like this before before on social media. Niall Ferguson, Shashank Joshi and Ian Bremmer putting a wrecking ball to JD Vance’s Ukraine nonsense on the other place.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Meanwhile, not only is Bannon doing a Nazi salute at CPAC (to raptorous applause), but Musk is waving a chainsaw on stage. Politics as a pro wrestling show, somewhere along a continuum from Caligula to Hitler. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

submitted 27 days ago • 28 comments

1. European and UK ministers are still talking as if their biggest potential security problem is a withdrawal of US support. But that is not their biggest potential security problem. It’s that, under Trump, the US will back Putin not just diplomatically but also militarily. 🧵

submitted 26 days ago • 114 comments

#Artificialintelligence for modelling infectious #disease #epidemics | Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MedTwitter #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #Healthcare #MedTech

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

A YouGov poll of 4,071 Americans reveals differing views on whether Zelensky, Trump, and Putin are dictators. 41% see Trump as a dictator, with women (46%) more likely to agree than men (35%). 22% believe Zelensky is a dictator, while 45% disagree. www.newsweek.com/nearly-twice...

submitted 26 days ago • 33 comments

Some early leaks on the Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal are making the rounds. There’s plenty of the usual Brussels prose, and we’ll have to wait until next week to judge the full package—but for now, three things seem to be heading in the right direction.

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments