Christian Odendahl

@codendahl.bsky.social

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European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 3h

Hello to new followers (no idea quite how you're finding me, but... hello!). This is the kind of thing I do. And my best work, every week, is in my newsletter, which you can subscribe to here: diagramclub.substack.com Anyway, thank you for following.

Twenty little black and white cycling line drawings, as follows:
It’ll be worth it / great view from the top (person cycling up a hill).
Bike shed - caption 'Room for another one?'
This machine fights climate change (bicycle).
'Slow and steady wins the race'. Picture of person on upright bike.
Bike helmet with 'A safe route would be even better' written on it.
People cycling helps drivers, showing how cycling removes one car from the queue in front of you.
Cargo bike (yes you can). Picture of cargo bike carrying washing machine.
Ding dong. Bike bell. (Cyclists: Pass pedestrians with care).
Cycling helps the NHS, written inside a heart.
There’s a bike for almost everyone, showing an adapted cycle.
Give us space - thank you. Diagram showing safe passing distance.
VIP transport (Very Important Pet). Pet in bike basket.
Picture of person on bike with caption 'Pays the same taxes you do'.
Folding bike picture, showing how they open up possibilities. Car boot, under your desk, on a train.
Take care please. Picture showing family on bikes ('could be your family') with car behind.
This week’s shopping, arrows pointing at shopping on bike.
E-bikes aren’t cheating. Picture of bike going up hill.
'Largely fuelled by cake', written on a piece of cake with bicycle topper.
Where there’s a road let's make a safe bike route too. Shows bike route next to road.
'Have fun out there'. Two cyclists and a sign saying 'adventure', pointing in the direction they are going.

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Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social · 1d

Stay warm out there.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 1d

Stark.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

David Bowie died ten years ago today so here is a photo of him in Japan looking cool as the current Berlin winter.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 1d

Paul, ist Samstag morgen, Philip hat sich vielleicht schon im Speisewagen einen schampus zum Frühstück gegönnt, lass ihm seine Zugfahrt im Schnee.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think people realise how awful it is in Ukraine right now. Yesterday my friend posted how it’s -9 and because of the power cuts - due to Russian attacks - she has no heating. This is in Kyiv. And this is the day after a mass missile & drone strike killed four people.

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Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 1d

‘We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders,’ says joint statement issued by leaders of all five parties in Greenland’s parliament. ‘The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders.’

www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

‘We don’t want to be Americans’: Greenland’s parties respond to new Trump threat

In a response to US President Donald Trump's latest threat to seize control of Greenland, the leaders of the Danish autonomous region's five main political parties issued a joint statement late Friday...

www.france24.com

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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 1d

Careful: This is *not* a NATO official! And Austria is not a member of NATO. Fehlinger is an Austrian activist promoting the cause of Austria joining NATO, or in other words a private citizen expressing an opinion of what NATO should do, with no influence over it. Very bad journalism, that piece.

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Cormac (Bee guy) @jagungal.bsky.social · 1d

This heatwave has marked a historic turning point in the Australian energy grid - we used to have blackouts as everyone turned their AC's on, with pundits telling us that 'renewables aren't the answer'. No blackouts this time, and silence from the nay-sayers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave

For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.

www.abc.net.au

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 2d

One interpretation may be that the big players have completed their EU/UK division of labor and don't want to change it again (fun fact: at the ECB their EU entities are known as the "Brexit Banks"); and many smaller (British) firms are more independent-minded and/or jingoistic. So, broad consensus.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, also a bit surprised. In addition, the EU has an interest in deeper alignment with the UK to boost its own capital markets.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

#Italy voted in favour. That is strategic autonomy.

Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Big news from Brussels: EU countries move to approve the EU-Mercosur trade deal, @euronews.com confirms.

Against: 🇫🇷🇵🇱🇦🇹🇭🇺🇮🇪
Abstention: 🇧🇪

All other member states voted in favour.

Written procedure will conclude at 5 pm.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

I also felt slightly offended there.

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 2d

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, also a bit surprised. In addition, the EU has an interest in deeper alignment with the UK to boost its own capital markets.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

I want the full Nicolas take on this.

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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 2d

Russian crude production fell quite a bit in December. Sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft are causing problems for Russian exports, and there is no place to store the oil anymore. Let's hope this is not just temporary.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

Hahaha, I missed that. It gets better and better.

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 2d

The @bindinghook.bsky.social [email protected] essay prize closes soon: “Does digital sovereignty support Europe’s cybersecurity interests? And how should it be designed to strengthen European resilience?” €14,000 of prizes & I co-chair the review board. bindinghook.com/event/essay-...

Binding Hook – MSC Essay Prize Competition – Binding Hook

The MSC and Binding Hook proudly announce the 2nd edition of the Essay Prize Competition, inviting experts to explore digital sovereignty’s impact on Europe’s cybersecurity interests.

bindinghook.com

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

I posted on twitter in 140 characters.

3ccentric @thereal3ccentric.bsky.social · 2d

Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

Well played.

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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · 2d

What single step would best advance the EU right now? See what @nvondarza.bsky.social, @linnselle.bsky.social, @nathalietocci.bsky.social, @georginaewright.bsky.social, @alanderminna.bsky.social, @jeremycliffe.bsky.social, and more had to say.

ip-quarterly.com/en/ideas-ple...

Ideas, Please!

What single step would advance the EU right here and now? IPQ asked leading think tankers from across Europe for their one “big idea.”

ip-quarterly.com

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

What better to do in snow-storm Europe than to read our next big historical project: America at 250.

Including sub-chapters like "That time we burned down your White House" www.economist.com/interactive/...

America at 250

From the Declaration of Independence to the rise of Donald Trump, we assess America’s complicated relationship with its founding ideals

www.economist.com

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 2d

An especially good map.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

Now that power is back on in #Berlin (until Elli hits the capital, that is), can we make fun of the (Russian?) Vulkangruppe trying to pretend to be infighting communists to boost their credibility that they indeed ARE German anarchos?

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2d

Greenland: the first Brexit

How plucky Greenland escaped the European Communities only to end up threatened by the United States

By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk last March

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Greenland: the first Brexit

How plucky Greenland escaped the European Communities only to end up threatened by the United States

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

3ccentric @thereal3ccentric.bsky.social · 2d

Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 3d

It is very very rare for France to be outvoted - in public Council votes, it has been the least outvoted country every year.

This is also because usually France strikes a compromise. Here my reading is that Macron wants to be seen to be outvoted to evade blame for Mercosur in France.

Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 3d

Emmanuel Macron has just confirmed that France will vote against the EU-Mercosur trade deal.

The vote is scheduled to take place tomorrow. If Italy votes yes, as it has telegraphed it will, there will be a qualified majority in favour and Ursula von der Leyen will be able to sign it in Paraguay.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 3d

Oh.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 3d

Are they? I thought those were just genuine public commitments, and NED, DEN, SWE bars are very low.

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