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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos

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Professor, new Jean #Monnet Chair in Democratic Governance in the EU, Dept. of International & European Studies, #Panteion University in #Athens | #EU institutions, other European stuff in 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪 | Own views https://shorturl.at/P8nak .. more

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

New textbook proofs as weekend reading. No complaints though

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 7d

The European Commission’s drone wall idea is showing cracks before intercepting its first Russian intruder.

Von der Leyen’s ‘drone wall’ plan crashes into EU reality

Europe’s latest defense debate is splitting countries demanding immediate protection from Russia and those further from the threat.

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 11d

Hugo Haase was born #OTD in 1863

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Yiorgos Vassalos @yiorgosvassalos.bsky.social · 16d

Action contre le génocide dans le hall central du Parlement européen

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 22d

Sie tritt ein für das Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Völker, für Abrüstung und für die Bildung der Vereinigten Staaten von Europa.“

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 22d

«Als Mitglied der Sozialistischen Arbeiter-Internationale kämpft die SPD gemeinsam mit den Arbeitern aller Länder gegen imperialistische und faschistische Vorstöße und für die Verwirklichung des Sozialismus. (…)

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 22d

As Bernd Lange MEP reminded us earlier today on another platform, today is the 100th anniversary of the adoption by the @spdde.bsky.social of its Heidelberger Programm. It states that …

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 22d

Σαν σήμερα, το 2013 στήνεται ενέδρα θανάτου για τον 34χρονο ράπερ Π.Φύσσα (Killah P.). Δράστης ο 45χρονος χρυσαυγίτης Γ. Ρουπακιάς

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 23d

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Demokratie in Gefahr: Wie stoppt man den Imperator?

Heute begeht die Welt den Internationalen Tag der Demokratie - klingt in diesen Zeiten fast ein bisschen zynisch, oder? Es kann aber auch Ansporn sein, die Kräfte zu bündeln, schreibt Franz C. Mayer.

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 9

Von der Leyen, captive ? (1) "Spitzenkandidatin"
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Von der Leyen, captive ? (1) "Spitzenkandidatin"

En cette rentrée, je reviens sur le début de second mandat de la présidente de la Commission européenne sous l'angle des liens troubles qu'elle entretient avec son propre parti.

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Zoll-Deal mit den USA: „Wir müssen jetzt das Beste für die EU herausholen“

Der Vorsitzende des Handelsausschusses des Europaparlaments, Bernd Lange, übt scharfe Kritik am Zoll-Deal zwischen EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen und US-Präsident Donald Trump. Im Inte...

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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · Sep 7

📢 #Greece: A Black man was denied a bus ticket despite empty seats, a few days ago. A police officer said to passengers asking why, “For your safety, foreigners travel at night.” The intercity bus director confirmed this racist policy, citing a '14 law to justify the #segregation of #migrants 1/

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 29

#2025ECPRgc #Thessaloniki

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 29

#2025ECPRgc #Thessaloniki

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...

As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Mario Draghi: How Do We Change Our Continent’s Trajectory? - Groupe d'études géopolitiques

Europe as a spectator For years, the European Union, with its 450 million consumers, believed that its economic weight came along with geopolitical power and influence in international trade relations...

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 25

On a scale of 1-10, how good is it to share a birthday with Ivan the Terrible, Erich Honecker, Wayne Shorter, Tim Burton, ElvisCostello and Rob Halford?

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Mario Draghi’s Full Speech: Europe’s Harsh Reality — Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · Aug 24

Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?‬) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon.

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Mario Draghi’s Full Speech: Europe’s Harsh Reality — Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 13

Class struggle

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 12

Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:

-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC

It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Remembering the Battle of Lewisham

On this day in 1977 British fascism suffered its most humiliating defeat since Cable Street.

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 13

The ‘battle of Lewisham’ took place #OTD in 1977 www.gold.ac.uk/history/rese... cc @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social

What was the 'Battle of Lewisham'?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Kritik an Friedrich Merz wegen Israel-Entscheidung: Manche machen es sich zu leicht

Es ist auch für die deutsche Politik schwieriger geworden, Israel gerecht zu werden. Manche Kritiker des Bundeskanzlers machen es sich zu leicht.

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 11

There is a name for the discrepancy between the strength of Trump’s radical political agenda and the inadequacy of the European response to it: “vassalisation heureuse” a sort of willing submission."

Spot on

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Europe’s ‘happy vassal’ complex

The EU is willingly colluding in its own subjugation to Trump’s geopolitical agenda

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 11

Gilles Gressani on the EU-US "deal"
"Trump has exposed the inability of the EU and member states to mount a democratic defence of the legitimacy of their own institutions.

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