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Civic entrepreneur building tech for democrats of all parties and none at Article7.eu. I also chair Unhack Democracy and write on foreign affairs, defence and democracy.
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Looks like I’ll have to revise the “Russian aircraft” table in this paper that discusses how Europe could fight without America journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Looks like I’ll have to revise the “Russian aircraft” table in this paper that discusses how Europe could fight without America journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

SEE YOU AT BUDAPEST PRIDE ON 28 JUNE 🏳️‍🌈 After an initial police ban on a demonstration by 5 human rights NGOs and our successful court challenge, Budapest Police today acknowledged a demonstration for LGBTIQ+ rights in Budapest. This means Budapest Pride on 28/6 is ON. ℹ️ helsinki.hu/siker-szabad...

It’s actually quite incredible how much modern carbon mitigation policy originated in the Thatcher government.

This Americanocentric piece makes a key strategic mistake and underestimates Euroepe’s wherewithal 🧵 on.ft.com/3ZJ6vfc Europe has a weaker hand than it thinks on Ukraine

Georgian police arrested opposition leader Nika Melia from the Coalition for Change, his party announced yesterday.

Wait till we see who it is!

💥SCOOP: Orbán’s government is spooked by the EU possibly suspending Hungary’s voting rights (Article 7). A source confirms Orbán's “blocking coalition” isn’t solid at all. This is why, in desperation, Orbán endorsed Romania’s George Simion. 🔗More on @vsquare.bsky.social: vsquare.org/presidential...

Nawrocki: endorsed by the Kremlin’s favourite EU leader

Use LLMs for patterns, not specifcs

Blockbuster story, this – the scale of forced labour is even wider than was previously known

Orban’s plan to give allow his government to veto any business Hungarians might wants to do outside their borders. Not just a foreign agent law, it’s a charter for corruption and an attack on the single market.

Since January 2025, Americans have been fined harassed and even charged by domestic authorities for exercising their free speech rights

Orbán’s so called transparency law is more than just an attack in civil society and the free media. It endangers the single market 🧵 www.martenscentre.eu/blog/orbans-...

Orban’s allies cooked up plans with the heritage foundation to destroy the EU. It seemed like hyperbole but his new so-called “transparency” is a dagger aimed at European integration’s heart

Best in Hungarian : együttműködés

The severe breaches of single market freedoms in the proposed HU law (i.e., banning the use of foreign revenues) would lead to some HU entities being banned from interacting with others in the EU, and vice versa. It would effectively lock them out of the free movement of goods, services and capital.

Orban’s allies cooked up plans with the heritage foundation to destroy the EU. It seemed like hyperbole but his new so-called “transparency” is a dagger aimed at European integration’s heart

Orbán’s so called transparency law is more than just an attack in civil society and the free media. It endangers the single market 🧵 www.martenscentre.eu/blog/orbans-...

Orban the Taliban