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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 2h
the European Parliament is debating one critical vulnerability next week - the ECB's digital euro strategy to contain the growing risk of private US stablecoins rewiring EU capital markets, and deepening European financial subordination to US

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 2h
last November I wrote a study on US-Europe faultlines for the European Parliament, couldnt have predicted rapid escalation of US threats - so serious Europeans think boots on ground in Greenland.

but you'll find a map of potential macrofinancial responses

www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...
Transatlantic Fault Lines: Risks and opportunities in the EU-US macro-financial relations | Think Tank | European Parliament
Transatlantic Fault Lines: Risks and opportunities in the EU-US macro-financial relations
www.europarl.europa.eu

Reposted by Benjamin Braun

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 2h
Europe has tools at its disposal - including an eyewatering USD 2.4 trillion of European money invested in US stock markets via open-ended equity funds - that it could deploy as leverage in a Europe first strategy against US threats.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4h
This inferiority complex is unwarranted. It also aids the Trump administration’s concerted effort to sap European courage to go its own way rather than follow US diktats. As Trump understands so well, a leader’s job is to project confidence to use the strength one actually has.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4h
You can touch democracy but not the central bank is a new take in the history of money

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4h
There's a Chinese guy on Instagram who predicted that Trump will be killed before Jan 20, 2026 because this is the fate of presidents who attempt to take control over the Federal Reserve and it has 41k likes, which says something about the mystical power of money

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 12h
an unholly alliance between European banks, the European Commission and conservative MEPs is fighting hard against the digital euro.

European banks fear ECB competition, the Commission sacrifices money sovereignty in trade negotiations, conservative politicians object to state money.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 12h
a resurgent American empire pushes for USD stablecoins that would undermine European monetary sovereignty.

rightwing European politicians, nationalist handwavers, will let it happen cause they hate state-issued digital currency

Ideological short-termism at its finest.

www.ft.com/content/b060...
Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn
Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against the project
www.ft.com

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 1d
Hua Bin got there before me, and it's magnificient

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 1d
the most unpopular PM and Labour government in recent history, snatching a loud defeat from the jaws of a Parliament majority in the silliest way possible
jdportes.bsky.social Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d
The immigration doom loop in full swing.

Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.

(1/3)

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 1d
the Americans elected a guy who's willing to voice the most basic colonial instincts of empire
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."

Reposted by Daniela Gabor, Will Jennings, Steve Peers , and 8 more

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d
The immigration doom loop in full swing.

Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.

(1/3)

archive.ph/pyVLg

Reposted by Daniela Gabor, Andrew Scott, Michael H. Whitworth

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."

Reposted by Daniela Gabor, Felicity Callard, Howard Stevenson

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 3d
On Tuesday, the Israeli military invaded Birzeit University, attacking students with live ammunition.

Israel's scholasticide is a core part of its attempt to obliterate the collective life of the Palestinian people.

We have written to Yvette Cooper urging the British government to take action.
Letter from the University and College Union (UCU), dated 8 January 2026, from general secretary Dr Jo Grady to the UK foreign secretary. The letter condemns Israeli military attacks on Palestinian education, including a raid on Birzeit University, calls these actions “scholasticide,” and urges the UK government to hold Israel to account through diplomatic, military and economic sanctions.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 3d
a lot faster than Biden's IRA green derisking.

www.ft.com/content/84e0...
US oil groups warn they will need guarantees to invest in Venezuela
Donald Trump to hold more talks with industry bosses as president flexes power over energy markets
www.ft.com

Reposted by Juliet Johnson

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 3d
well, I think JD Vance has settled the question of 'is this imperialism'?

Reposted by Benjamin Braun

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d
In all honesty, what is happening?

Reposted by Daniela Gabor

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 4d
Are you not entertained.
www.ft.com/content/70ad...

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d
hmmmmmmmmm.
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4d
UK RAF PLANES ARE INVOLVED IN THE US SPECIAL FORCES OPERATION TO SEIZE THE RUSSIANOIL TANKER MARINERA - UK'S I NEWSPAPER

Reposted by Daniela Gabor

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4d
UK RAF PLANES ARE INVOLVED IN THE US SPECIAL FORCES OPERATION TO SEIZE THE RUSSIANOIL TANKER MARINERA - UK'S I NEWSPAPER

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d
El Bloqueo is not some minimalist trade sanctions regime. The US treats Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism.

El Bloqueo stopped Cuba from importing syringes for its own COVID19 vaccines. It sanctions banks and companies that trade with Cuba. It sanctions ships that enter Cuban waters.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d
the FT continues its woeful coverage of Latin America, with a two word mention of the US blockade in the 9th paragraph.

look, Cuba has confronted the US for decades. EU leaders have cowered in seconds.

www.ft.com/content/d859...
Cuba: what is left for Trump to topple?
Washington hopes Nicolás Maduro’s capture will hasten the downfall of the ossified communist regime in Havana
www.ft.com

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 5d
What if this Venezuela/Greenland thing is Putin puppet chess to get Europeans to cave on Ukraine?

Reposted by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 5d
The imperial Derisking State, making oil investible for the barrons that are destroying the planet.
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 5d
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 5d
2015, a few months after China launched the Made in China 2025 industrial strategy that will, over a decade, transform it into a technology powerhouse

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 5d
Is this more intriguing than his persistently wrong takes on China?