Political Scientist @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
Democracy, European Union politics, Social justice, Digital governance, Political theory
I analyse the EU’s AI Act and its place in the global governance of the AI.
Examining the economy of AI + the contents of the Act, I conclude that expecting a ‘Brussels effect’ is neither apt nor useful.
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I merged the CHES expert survey with EP composition data to visualize the political space of the current EP. The graphs make the center of gravity in the EP quite clear, on multiple dimensions and policy issues.
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A good start; ask any tech founder in Europe. But CMA has studied cloud in detail. Lock-in is clear. Will EC summon the will to enforce?
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Our leaders only want to talk about Russia. When it comes to disinformation, the EU's biggest threat is the one who cannot be named.
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Notably, the only bigger member state (>15M) not qualifying for solidarity is Romania! And after it come Portugal, Sweden and Hungary.
I very much doubt these are the countries that can shoulder the expected solidarity
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Europe must embrace a “break-and-build” strategy:
“break” entrenched monopolies and
“build” its own digital infrastructure and addressing on a sector-by-sector basis
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"Party Dynamics in the 2024 European Parliament Elections" can be found in the Annual Review Issue (S1) of @jcms-eu.bsky.social, page 80-90
Also other great articles
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But VVD says it excludes a coalition with GL/PvdA (and PVV)
This may give centre-parties CU and Volt a pivotal role in pulling the D66-CDA tandem to the right (VVD) or the left (GL/PvdA)
So what may new majority coalitions look like?
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I'm preparing a short talk 'what to watch'
A couple of 'records' (since 1956) may be challenged:
- Smallest biggest party: 31/150 seats for VVD in 2010
- Most parties under 5 seats in parliament: 8 parties in 1982
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Door het effect van imiteren & isoleren verliest hij.
VVD, JA21, FvD & BBB bieden de kiezer grosso modo dezelfde migratierestricties.
Tegelijk wijst iedereen erop dat Wilders buitenspel staat.
In de laatste peiling staat hij op 34, lijkt me sterk dat hij dat haalt.
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It is about a rather steady trend of party system fragmentation, i.e. big parties getting smaller and the number of small parties increasing
To have a more open conversation I asked: How much party fragmentation can we afford in NL?
Everyone seems to assume I advocated a threshold (I did not)
No one has really addressed my question