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THE US PATH TO AUTOCRACY How the Trump presidency is leaving liberal democracy behind and leading the country to a competitive authoritarianism – via @foreignaffairs.com. No paywall for my BlueSky contacts. You're welcome. 👉🏼 www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

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High-Level Discussion - Euro Defence Industrial Strategy, in the frame of the @munsecconf.bsky.social, organised by @dsi-strategy.hbsky.social ✅ Russia is outspending us ✅ Decisions are too slow ✅ NGEU: theEU put € 750bn in no time. Now we’ve an existential threat ✅ More budget to tech #MSC2025

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With Margus @tsahkna.bsky.social, Min of Foreign Affairs of #Estonia, at the coffee talk ‘Security Guarantees for Ukraine’, perfectly organised by @bctallis.bsky.social ✅ Seize all the assets now ✅ The cheapest way to empower Kyiv: #NATO membership ✅ Zelenskyy’s the European leader #MSC2025

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GUTEN MORGEN! On my way to Munich for the @munsecconf.bsky.social ✈️ #MSC2025

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I very much recommend this article by Steven Levitsky via @TheAtlantic.com on how Trump and his administration are turning the US into a competitive authoritarian regime. Happy to read your thoughts as well, in the comments. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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«Trump has been lending legitimacy to the idea that you can use coercion to change European borders.» 'A cold front: #Denmark’s response to #Trump’s desire for #Greenland', the new article by Mark Leonard via @ecfr.eu #ForeignPolicy #ForeignAffairs #geopolitics ecfr.eu/article/a-co...

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Truly excited to attend this talk on #AutocracyInc, the new book by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social, with the author and with #SalomeZourabichvili, President of #Georgia, on Sunday at the @munsecconf.bsky.social See you there! #MSC2025 #Georgia #autocracy #democracy

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🇪🇺💺 The MEPs and the #EuropeanParliament staff are on the trains to #Strasbourg! These are the highlights of a new, busy #plenary session week at the #EP, in the official seat of the Assembly. Which one is the most important to you? #EU #ThisIsTheEU #politics

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Now, following Terry Szuplat’s webinar on his new book, #SayItWell. Terry's been speechwriter for President #Obama’s both mandates, and shares his experience with hundreds around the world 🌎 #FindYourVoiceLive

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Promoting ‘made in Argentina’ also during the weekends! #Argentina #malbec

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🇪🇺💺 The MEPs and the #EuropeanParliament staff are on the trains to #Strasbourg! These are the highlights of a new, busy #plenary session week at the #EP, in the official seat of the Assembly. Which one is the most important to you? #EU #ThisIsTheEU #politics

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Autocracy Inc

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The cold and #Brussels ❄️🥶 #Bruxelles #Brussel

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🇪🇺 Het Europacollege is dé plek om een carrière in de Europese Unie te starten. Nederlandse studenten: je kunt nu €19.000 tegemoetkoming krijgen op je studiekosten! ⏳ Deadline: 15/1/2025 🔗 Lees meer www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieu... 💚 @d66nl.bsky.social

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'Trump can't bully the entire world' Expert @stephenwalt.bsky.social brings six (and more) reasons why the President-elect of the United States would face limits, should he actually try to realise his loudly-spoken ideas. The article, via @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/30/t...

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The @uva.nl, formerly Athenæum Illustre, was founded on the 8th of Jan 1632. Today, its main campus is a big bigger than back then. My memories at the #UvA are very close to my heart. Not only the studies – it's also the sense of belonging to a community. Happy 393º birthday! #DiesUvA

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The Italian flag was created on the 7 of Jan 1797, as the symbol of the Cisalpine Republic, on the model of the French flag. Thus, today it's turning 228. Tanti auguri, #Tricolore! #Italia 💚🤍❤️

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“#Terrorism: the calculated use of violence to create a general climate of #fear in a population.” You know what? I’ve no fear. And I won’t either. Cheers from the Christmas market of #Antwerpen.

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I've always been fascinated by the #ChristmasTruce. Dec1914, WWI: a group of German and British soldiers stopped fighting and left their trenches to spend a nice time together, exchange chocolates and cigarettes, share their stories, and even play a football match. Right here 👇🏼

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🇪🇺💺 The MEPs and the #EuropeanParliament staff are on the trains to #Strasbourg! These are the highlights of a new, busy #plenary session week at the #EP, in the official seat of the Assembly. Which one is the most important to you? #EU #ThisIsTheEU #politics

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🇪🇺🌎 The Dec #FAC, today at 10h in #Brussels, will be chaired for the first time by the new HR/VP @kajakallas.bsky.social Agenda: – Russian aggression against #Ukraine – #Georgia – Situation in the #MiddleEast, incl #Syria – Current affairs, incl #Belarus 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

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Young, competent, ambitious and progressive. The woman who brought #Finland into #NATO. It was my great pleasure to meet Ms #SannaMarin, a true leader of my generation and current Strategic Counsellor at the #TBI, at the @ec.europa.eu in #Brussels.

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Last week, at the @europeandemocrats.bsky.social 20 years celebration in #Brussels. I very much appreciated the speech of Edmundo González, President-elect of #Venezuela. Being #progressive is rejecting dictators and supporting democratic leaders and the #RuleOfLaw all around the world.

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And there it is: Assad in Moscow. Maybe he can move in next to Yanukovych www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

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The Syrian president has fled, leaving behind immense uncertainty about the country’s future.

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Happy bday, #EDP!

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Glad to know that the pro-West side of the French left is starting to face reality, leaving extremist LFI to govern with the centre. Better late than never. t.co/uXEOGOjrGg

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Yesterday, at the #EPC annual conference 'Leading Europe in the new era. What skills and strategies do we need?', in #Brussels. With Commissioner for #Defence and Space, Mr Andrius Kubilius, and many experts in different panels. Many thanks #EPC for the organisation!

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Yesterday, hosts of the UKMis in BXL for the screening of 'In camera' and a nice reception. Glad to know that the #UK is now doing so much for #cinema and for #culture which, as Deputy Amb Caroline Read said in her remarks, has an impact on growth. Many thanks British PermRep for the organisation!

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Last night in #Brussels, pre-NY drinks with the crew of #D66 in #Benelux – a political discussion with our MEPs Raquel and Brigitte, nice chats with old and new member friends, en een lekker borrel samen! #D66, is the most pro-#EU party in the Netherlands, and I can't be prouder to be a member. 💚🔥

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Yesterday, at the #TBI in #Brussels for the presentation the 'State of Compute Access 2024' report, followed by a high-level discussion. Many thanks to everyone at the TBI for hosting us! #tech #geopolitics #future #TBI

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Musk, alongside the American MAGA trolls, have already begun campaigning in many countries, and will continue if not stopped

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🇪🇺 Likely, VdL just got the lowest percentage support at the EP ever. 417/567 Santer in 1995: 73.5 % 510/626 Prodi in 1999: 81 % 478/732 Barroso I in 2004: 65 % 488/736 Barroso II in 2010: 66 % 423/751 Juncker in 2014: 56 % 461/751 vdL I in 2019: 61 % 370/705 VdL in 2024: 52 %

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🇪🇺🇳🇱 #EUCommission to approve spending plans for all countries – except the #Netherlands #farRight #Wilders #NL #EC Click to read 👇🏼 t.co/FbmRv3fzZ1

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Under #FarRight President #Milei, #Argentina was the only country –the only country– to vote against the resolution of the UN for the 'intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and children.' #ViolenceAgainstWomen

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🇪🇺🇫🇷 Je viens de voter au premier Congrès de #Renaissance !

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PM Meloni has thrown out € 800M of Italian taxpayers’ money in Albania. A lot, right? Her idea to manage irregular immigration is extremely expensive and inconsistent. Yet again, after the communication campaign, the problem is still there, unsolved. #populism #farRight #Meloni #Albania #Italy

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An excellent commentary on President-elect Trump's #ForeignPolicy, by #MajdaRuge via the @ecfr.bsky.social #ForeignAffairs #Ukraine #Trump #USA #politics #GlobalAffairs Click to access 👇🏼 ecfr.eu/article/up-c...

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As long as we live in a #democracy, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social is entitled to her views – which, by the way, are rather accurate, including those on President-elect Trump. www.politico.eu/article/rade...

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Please follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

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Kinga Gal, President of the #farRight PfE, said 'Hungary is doing everything to help #Ukraine', in front of Zelenskyy. This is false and hypocritical. PM Orbán visited Putin in Moscow and cannot do more to threaten and blackmail #EU's aid to Ukraine.

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Many thanks to #PLPermRepEU for inviting me to the celebration of the Independence Day in BXL! We listened to Min @radek-sikorski.bsky.social’s remarks on democracy – indeed, in this moment of poor leaderships, the Polish government is showing the way on the #EU and #Ukraine. Na Zdrowie! 🇪🇺 🇵🇱

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Today, in Buenos Aires, President #Milei's closest and most powerful advisor organised a political meeting with other people, in which they launched 'the armed branch' of #LLA (Milei's party). There was a Nazi-like aesthetic style and clear references to #Mussolini.

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FINALLY. 'Biden allows #Ukraine to strike #Russia with long-range US missiles' (via NYTimes) #StandWithUkraine #PutinWarCriminal www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...

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🇪🇺🇮🇹 Questa è la leadership che vogliamo vedere nel principale partito di opposizione in #Italia. Brava Pina! 👏🏼 #StandWithUkraine #PutinWarCriminal

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🇪🇺 #Tusk is one of the leaders the #EU –and Europe in general– need. #StandWithUkraine #democracy

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