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Global & EU Regulatory Advocacy Consultant. Humanist, Stoic. Organiser of #BeersPoliticsEU (Γνῶθι σεαυτόν/Σεαυτὸν αἰδοῦ)
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on.ft.com/4ifoiS9 Ukraine agrees minerals deal with US

🎊Join us on 28JAN at our NY #BeersPoliticsEU session on Rail for Real: 🎤Jakop Dalunde, exMEP 🎤Jedde Hollewijn, ETF 🎤Blaž Pongračič, CER 🎤Elmer van Buuren, ALLRAIL 🎤@jonworth.eu Rail Campaigner Thx to our sponsor @znconsulting.com! ℹ️https://www.meetup.com/beers-politics-eu/events/305605511/

Trump just gave the least gracious inauguration speech that gaslighted the previous administration in Biden's face.

🚋Join our next #BeersPoliticsEU on "Rail for Real"/ New Year drinks, hosted by @znconsulting.com More info: www.meetup.com/beers-politi...

It may be slow news day but can be quite interesting! Whether one is willing to try something new is quite revealing about their capacity to understand or even agree. www.politico.eu/article/food...

Back to Cortoriacum to celebrate a Middle Eastern teenage mum's childbirth from a passing fling 2000 years ago. Any excuse is a good one if it brings the family together for love and support! 🎁🎄 Merry Christmas everyone!

Great piece on the differences between Bluesky and the rest: 1. They recognise one doesn't change their opinion on socme 2. Echo chambers are bound to form 3. But they prefer to be a vehicle rather than the cul de sac of info (i.e. links) @pweiss.bsky.social

As Notre Dame rises again in Paris, Assad falls in Damascus. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

This is very surprising!

Scoop: Here are the new spokespeople for the European Commission that will start December 1. Chief spox Paula Pinho, deputies: Arianna Podesta, Stefan de Keersmaecker Foreign affairs: Anouar El Anouni, Anitta Hipper Budget: Balazs Ujvari (1)

Bluesky team will grow to 100 www.euronews.com/next/2024/11...

The EU Parliament has elected Von der Leyen's new Commission, set to take office on Dec 1. 370 MEPs voted in favor - 31 fewer than for VdL's own confirmation in June. Given defections from the ranks of her informal coalition (EPP, S&D, Renew), votes from ECR (33) and Greens (27) proved decisive.

It's no longer viable to divide parties into a left right ideological spectrum. But what is clear is the forthcoming difficulty in reaching consensus on many issues.

📊Those data geeks among us who are now on Bluesky may need some analytics currently not available. But fret not, for @bskyhub.com is here! Check them out! bskyhub.com Cc @jonworth.eu @pweiss.bsky.social Please share the love!💙

Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵

If you study the European Union 🇪🇺, EU politics, or European integration, this is a great starter pack btw. 🙏🏻 @chriswratil.bsky.social #eusky #academicsky go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp

Here's a list of #MEPs who are now on #Bluesky 💙🦋 Feel free to follow the ones you care about! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Are you part of the #BrusselsBubble? Here's a starter pack with some #EUinfluencers to start with. I'll add more once they're coming onboard #Bluesky! go.bsky.app/Pkwg2sq

Here's the starter pack for the incoming College of the @ec.europa.eu . Hope all #Commissioners add their Bluesky link to their profile soon! go.bsky.app/cMfdT5

Here's a starter pack for #EU #MEPs, focussing first on the chairs and vice chairs. @europeanparliament.bsky.social Hope the EP adds them to the #MEP profiles soon! go.bsky.app/B6fD9hA

Right then, DNS issues resolved! @vonderleyen.at.ec.europa.eu now seems to work! Welcome to Bluesky in an official capacity, President of the European Commission This explains the background euroblog.jonworth.eu/ursula-von-d...

For those who came to #BeersPoliticsEU last Tuesday, thank you! Here is a summary of the main points raised: www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-eu... If you're more on Linkedin, pls feel free to subscribe!

Join us for our monthly #BeersPoliticsEU event tonight at the Ambiorix Center! We're going to talk about the #competitiveness of the EU from different angles! meetu.ps/e/NzXFy/kDTc...

Inside Morocco’s efforts to corrupt the European Parliament www.politico.eu/article/moro... People have known about this for years.

Who will be the most powerful person in Europe in 2024? At 9 p.m. CET, we reveal who topped our #POLITICO28 ranking of the Continent’s most influential faces for the year ahead. Watch it live here (and see the names we've unveiled so far) 👉 politico.eu/politico28

Join Dan Nechita at our next #BeersPoliticsEU event on The Rise of #AI! 📅Tue 28 Nov 📌Beers Bank, Place Jourdan ⌛️Doors open: 17:30; 18:00-19:00 💰FREE (pay for your own drinks first) Register today: meetu.ps/e/MDBSY/kDTc... #EUtweetup #BeersPolitics

Looks like @sncb.bsky.social is also exploring Bluesky...

Leuven's #Keizersberg castle wall is finally being restored