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The Trump administration’s most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from Polish & Hungarian illiberal groups on how to shape the future of the European Union. The proposals, obtained by VSquare, include dismantling key EU institutions and renaming the entire bloc.

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EXCLUSIVE: Zaharieva, DG RTD ‘irrelevant’ as von der Leyen pushes research to megafund

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🇪🇺💪14 EU countries, Norway + the European Parliament are standing against Orbán's Russia-style foreign agents law. Huge thanks to @reclaim-eu.bsky.social's Esther Martinez for leading the campaign & to all showing solidarity with 🇭🇺 civil society and journalists. 🔗Source: vsquare.org/orbans-secre...

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Fascism also comes to mind

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📢 On the eve of International Women's Day, CEPS is excited to announce a special campaign starting Monday! For a whole week, we'll share daily commentaries by women experts on Europe’s key challenges—amplifying women’s voices in policy. Explore our DEI work here 👉 dei.ceps.eu

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Some depressing home truths on International Womens' Day

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Yet another, different poster appears on London Underground trains. I don't know who's doing these, but it's genius.

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There is a pending infringement action but for some mysterious reasons, the European Comm has failed to apply for interim measures... This is just a self-defeating strategy IMO. As if the Guardian of the (EU) Treaties is reluctant to do the job it was set up for while HU goes full authoritarian mode

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1/ I was overjoyed to witness the first-ever DEIC-led lab session on Day 1 of #CEPSlab2025 focusing on the Commission's 'Union of Equality' strategy, hate speech the politically motivated, global backlash against DEI. @ceps.eu

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#CEPSLab2025 ’s first ever #DEI session 'A union of equality' was a great opportunity to bring together inspiring changemakers and discuss #equality in the #EU and beyond. Here’s to many more conversations on this !

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In a bonafide 'pinch me' moment, I'm beyond grateful for the opportunity to discuss political integrity, accountability and institutional ethics with @danielfreund.bsky.social, @emiliakorkeaaho.bsky.social and Shari Hinds from @transparency-eu.bsky.social at the @ceps.eu Ideas Lab a few days ago.

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🚫🗣️Viktor Orbán’s Sovereignty Protection Office has already been harassing 🇭🇺 investigative journalists and civil society, but now Orbán has vowed to eliminate the “Soros network” and the “empire” by Easter. What does this mean? Read Political Capital Institute’s analysis on @vsquare.bsky.social.👇

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The European Court of #HumanRights has rejected Călin Georgescu’s claims concerning the annulment of the presidential election in Romania. Full press release via hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=... #ECHR

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We have got to stop kidding ourselves that appeasing Trump & trying to please him gains us any leverage, any guarantees, any reliable favour. Trump has chosen Putin and the oligarchy. We must cancel his state visit. @ukstoptrump.bsky.social

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This Trojan Horse, undermining EU’s effectiveness towards supporting Ukraine, can and must be made harmless. The Council is fully entitled to withdraw his voting right, given his total destruction of Hungary’s rule of law.

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If you want peace, Putin can end his invasion at any time

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Of course Viktor Orbán is at the scene of the crime. But also, Putin started the war, so that makes him weak by Orbán logic, right?

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The end goal is to destroy all of civil society. NGOs include everything from community clinics to civil rights orgs. It means the end of the ACLU, NAACP, and all advocacy orgs. Elon is seeking to eliminate any and all independent sources of power outside of an authoritatian government he controls.

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"Frontex has faced significant criticism over alleged pushback practices in the Aegean Sea, raising serious concerns about compliance with its fundamental rights obligations"; by @kunsta.bsky.social on Frontex role (published by @stevepeers.bsky.social) eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/02/hamo...

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Three billionaires: America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed | Robert Reich

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The first Pride was a riot. Perhaps it's time to resurrect the spirit of Stonewall and fight back against persecution, marginalisation, demonisation and violent policing. LGBTIQ+ people deserve rights and freedoms just like everybody else, which is what Pride is all about.

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1/ Open, vibrant civic spaces are essential for upholding democracy and the rule of law, which is precisely why Orbán wants to bully all NGOs into submission. The Hungarian attack on civil society will not stop until the last dissenting voice is silenced and the EU is not doing enough to stop it.

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📢 #CepsLab25, the most high-profile annual event on the policies of the European Union is coming soon! 📅 3 – 4 March, 2025 📍 The Square, Brussels FIND UPDATES & MORE HERE 👉 bit.ly/3PZt4Ha

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This is beyond shameful. The government's self-proclaimed 'child protection' crusade is but a smokescreen for institutionalised hatred and discrimination. Meanwhile, the public school system is being consistently underfunded. So much for improving the lives of Hungarian children.

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Ethics in politics isn’t about morality—it’s about accountability. Yet the EU’s oversight system is fragmented and ineffective, and the new ethics body won’t fix it. At #CEPSlab2025, @juliapocze.bsky.social argues that a real solution requires a structural overhaul Learn more 👉 youtu.be/3tErzhBjeZE

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Bryan Johnson got famous for trying to live forever, and for insisting we all could beat death. But what should we do with our eternal life? He has no idea. He, like the whole ruling class, have nothing to offer when it comes to the meaning of our lives. My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/who-wants-...

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Just months ago, Poland was battling democratic backsliding. Today, it’s leading Europe’s charge against autocracy. Meanwhile, France—Europe's self-proclaimed guardian of human rights—stays conspicuously silent Our thoughts for The French Dispatch: https://lnkd.in/enK-bhxM

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SIGN TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS! ⚠️ This month, the European Commission quietly abandoned the Equal Treatment Directive – leaving you and millions of others unprotected. ✍🏽 Sign and share the petition to defend equal rights for all: action.allout.org/en/m/298c9b72/. #EU #Equality #AntiRacism

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#AyiaNapa rape case: The European Court of #HumanRights has condemned Cyprus for shortcomings in its investigation into the alleged gang-rape of a British woman, accompanied by prejudicial gender stereotypes and victim-blaming attitudes. Full #ECHR press release: hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=...

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🚨 BREAKING: Austria’s conservative Peoples’ Party (ÖVP), center-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and liberal Neos have reached a coalition agreement. The deal would prevent the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) from taking power. Full story: ow.ly/hiFg50V7q89

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CJEU GDPR ruling: Right to info for data subjects trumps trade secrets

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CJEU, asylum law I - 1/2 New judgment: Applications for temporary protection by Ukrainians fleeing Russian invasion can't be refused on grounds that they already applied for it in another Member State (nb the opposite of the Dublin system) - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

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Another step back on #equality by the @ec.europa.eu. No commissioner just dedicated to equality, & now an irresponsible drop of an anti-discrimination Directive on equal treatment. Equal rights aren't an optional, they’re one of the EU’s core values. Sign the petition by @ilgaeurope.bsky.social 👇

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Fantastic article by my brilliant colleague @davidecolombi.bsky.social on Italy's controversial defiance of the ICC and what it reveals about the EU's hypocrisy in migration policy. Read it here: www.ceps.eu/the-italy-v-...

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1/ I'm happy to share my CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) commentary on the recent Italy-ICC row over the Elmasry (or Almasri) case. Available here: www.ceps.eu/the-italy-v-...

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The situation in the US 🇺🇸 is serious, with the constitutional and political order rapidly changing. KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (kimlanelaw.bsky.social) explains in our editorial what has happened in the past few weeks and what is at stake. verfassungsblog.de/trumps-count...

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On February 15, Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa as he was leaving to officiate an interfaith marriage.

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The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.

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🇺🇸🇵🇱🇭🇺 I'm afraid that all the expert output about the rule of law crisis in Hungary/Poland being a consequence of these countries being "young, not yet fully developed democracies without a long history of developing trust in institutions" is about to age very badly.

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🌍⚖️ Can the Global Gateway balance EU strategic autonomy with partner interests while promoting its values? At #CEPSLab2025, experts will explore how to scale up EU geoeconomic foreign policy and whether aligning it with conflict resolution could make it more effective.

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Here's the executive order just signed by Trump. One of the defining features of fascism is that the discretionary power of the leader always prevails over the rule of law.

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Commission rejects Ombudsman “maladministration” attack over X investigation

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