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Danish by birth, European at heart, 10 years in pre-Brexit UK. On Bluesky for politics in its broadest sense and other people's pets. Childless cat lady (regrettably and involuntarily also catless). Can't be bothered with correcting typos. No DMs please
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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).

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submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Macron gave a surprisingly upbeat commentary on the Trump-Russia-Ukraine crisis in an 80 minute live video conversation with the French public tonight. He said the “uncertainty” generated by Trump could, in the end, be “good for Ukraine and good for Europe” but needed to be “structured” properly. 1/

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

European Parliament member 👇🏽

submitted 3 days ago • 921 comments

This post will be quoted everywhere, and I hope journalists will remember to fact check the numbers. U.S. didn't even spend half the amount that Trump claims, and in fact Europe spent more than U.S.

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

Be not afraid The UK’s GDP is 50% bigger than Russia’s and GDP per capita three times as great (as with most EU countries). The economic power of the EU alone (without the UK) is EIGHT times larger than Russia. The EU is a superpower. Russia is not. And should not be treated like one

submitted 3 days ago • 85 comments

If you wonder how countries slip into dictatorship, it’s like this. Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.” What?! 👀

submitted 4 days ago • 136 comments

How about an election in Russia?

submitted 4 days ago • 264 comments

The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams

submitted 4 days ago • 41 comments

Kolleger der opretter møder med én uden at tjekke ens kalender først. Det er jo derfor, man deler kalender 🙄

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

The JD Vance team flagged my TikToks for impersonation and had my account banned for making fun of him in a doughnut shop.

submitted 5 days ago • 192 comments

The acknowledgement at the end. Elephants are the best.

submitted 6 days ago • 33 comments

There are now few pleasant ways out of this. American politicians need to find one of those ways.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

submitted 6 days ago • 942 comments

Så fik jeg også preppet.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

#BoycottBrewDog has got a certain ring to it. BrewDog founder launches shadow DOGE for the UK.

submitted 9 days ago • 58 comments