Carlos Luca de Tena
@clucadtena.bsky.social
EU Citizen. Executive Director at @iegovernance. Geopolitics, technology and social change.
Fair and balanced piece.
"Meet the leader of Europe’s anti-Trump resistance"
www.economist.com/internationa...
From The Economist
"Meet the leader of Europe’s anti-Trump resistance"
www.economist.com/internationa...
From The Economist
Meet the leader of Europe’s anti-Trump resistance
For Spain’s leader, Pedro Sánchez, opposing Trump is a lonely endeavour
www.economist.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fair and balanced piece.
"Meet the leader of Europe’s anti-Trump resistance"
www.economist.com/internationa...
From The Economist
"Meet the leader of Europe’s anti-Trump resistance"
www.economist.com/internationa...
From The Economist
"Summer of Surrender"
"With their actions over the past seven months, our leaders in Europe have done perhaps irreparable damage to this continent’s dignity and independence. If the people of Europe were paying attention they would be enraged. But they are not."
My piece on yesterday’s startling Oval Office comments:
My piece on yesterday’s startling Oval Office comments:
Trump: "They call me the president of Europe"
It's no mystery who is the 'they' Trump was referring to in the Oval Office yesterday: Rutte, von der Leyen and our national European leaders who have prostrated themselves before the US president.
davekeating.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"Summer of Surrender"
Mass starvation in Gaza.
Public opinion is nearing a breaking point.
EU governments: ACT NOW!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Public opinion is nearing a breaking point.
EU governments: ACT NOW!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on starvation in Gaza: it will take more than words to halt Israel’s genocide | Editorial
Editorial: Condemnation is rightly growing. But until concrete action is taken, western allies will remain complicit with these horrifying crimes
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Mass starvation in Gaza.
Public opinion is nearing a breaking point.
EU governments: ACT NOW!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Public opinion is nearing a breaking point.
EU governments: ACT NOW!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Doesn't this administration ever get tired of winning?
Breaking News: The U.S. will abandon efforts to end the Ukraine war without meaningful progress in the next several days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Rubio Says U.S. to Decide in Days if End to Ukraine War Is ‘Doable’
“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” the American secretary of state said as he departed meetings in Paris.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Doesn't this administration ever get tired of winning?
"American culture wars, international security and European politics can no longer be disentangled."
"It was telling that, in Munich, Vance found time to meet Alice Weidel, the AfD’s co-leader, but not with Chancellor Olaf Scholz."
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"It was telling that, in Munich, Vance found time to meet Alice Weidel, the AfD’s co-leader, but not with Chancellor Olaf Scholz."
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Vance’s real warning to Europe
Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America
on.ft.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"American culture wars, international security and European politics can no longer be disentangled."
"It was telling that, in Munich, Vance found time to meet Alice Weidel, the AfD’s co-leader, but not with Chancellor Olaf Scholz."
on.ft.com/4hATco6
"It was telling that, in Munich, Vance found time to meet Alice Weidel, the AfD’s co-leader, but not with Chancellor Olaf Scholz."
on.ft.com/4hATco6
Reposted by Carlos Luca de Tena
Remarkable: Spain's post-2008 GDP has now grown more in % terms than Germany's, mainly thanks to the last three years (h/t @danielkral.bsky.social).
January 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Remarkable: Spain's post-2008 GDP has now grown more in % terms than Germany's, mainly thanks to the last three years (h/t @danielkral.bsky.social).
By 2100, just 12 countries — 11 in Africa and Vanuatu — are expected to have fertility rates above 2.1 births per woman.
The baby gap: why governments can’t pay their way to higher birth rates - on.ft.com/4aBXlFM
The baby gap: why governments can’t pay their way to higher birth rates - on.ft.com/4aBXlFM
The baby gap: why governments can’t pay their way to higher birth rates
Governments offer a catalogue of creative incentives for childbearing — yet fertility rates just keep dropping
on.ft.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
By 2100, just 12 countries — 11 in Africa and Vanuatu — are expected to have fertility rates above 2.1 births per woman.
The baby gap: why governments can’t pay their way to higher birth rates - on.ft.com/4aBXlFM
The baby gap: why governments can’t pay their way to higher birth rates - on.ft.com/4aBXlFM
Reposted by Carlos Luca de Tena
President-elect Trump’s picks for his cabinet and other senior-level positions in his administration are connected in several ways. See some of the links between more than 60 potential members of the incoming administration: nyti.ms/4gebQB6
December 3, 2024 at 9:59 PM
President-elect Trump’s picks for his cabinet and other senior-level positions in his administration are connected in several ways. See some of the links between more than 60 potential members of the incoming administration: nyti.ms/4gebQB6
Doesn't scream autocracy - just whispers it loudly.
December 1, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Doesn't scream autocracy - just whispers it loudly.
You know the 4-day workweek is just around the corner when JP Morgan CEO thinks people will work 3.5-day weeks in the future.
finance.yahoo.com/news/jamie-d...
finance.yahoo.com/news/jamie-d...
Jamie Dimon says the next generation of employees will work 3.5 days a week and live to 100 years old
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, says AI will enable people to work 3.5-day weeks in future.
finance.yahoo.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:44 PM
You know the 4-day workweek is just around the corner when JP Morgan CEO thinks people will work 3.5-day weeks in the future.
finance.yahoo.com/news/jamie-d...
finance.yahoo.com/news/jamie-d...
🇪🇸 Spain has caught up with 🇩🇪 Germany in terms of GDP growth after 2008. Per capita GDP remains two points lower, but still impressive.
November 24, 2024 at 10:02 PM
🇪🇸 Spain has caught up with 🇩🇪 Germany in terms of GDP growth after 2008. Per capita GDP remains two points lower, but still impressive.
Reposted by Carlos Luca de Tena
That‘s quite the Politico cover.
November 22, 2024 at 10:11 PM
That‘s quite the Politico cover.
A sharp right turn: ECR replacing Greens is bad news for Europe (and the planet).
Far right gains traction in EU assembly on climate and top appointments - on.ft.com/4fTvK4f via @FT
Far right gains traction in EU assembly on climate and top appointments - on.ft.com/4fTvK4f via @FT
Far right gains traction in EU assembly on climate and top appointments
Patriots and ultraconservatives push centre-right EPP away from its allies
on.ft.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:27 AM
A sharp right turn: ECR replacing Greens is bad news for Europe (and the planet).
Far right gains traction in EU assembly on climate and top appointments - on.ft.com/4fTvK4f via @FT
Far right gains traction in EU assembly on climate and top appointments - on.ft.com/4fTvK4f via @FT
The Age of Populisms.
Not even in the 1930s did we witness such a large share of populist governments among the world's major economies.
Not even in the 1930s did we witness such a large share of populist governments among the world's major economies.
November 16, 2024 at 11:33 AM
The Age of Populisms.
Not even in the 1930s did we witness such a large share of populist governments among the world's major economies.
Not even in the 1930s did we witness such a large share of populist governments among the world's major economies.
"Was it a “shit show” or a “troll show”?"
El afán español de nacionalizar la política europea es dañino para nuestras instituciones comunitarias.
www.politico.eu/article/tere...
El afán español de nacionalizar la política europea es dañino para nuestras instituciones comunitarias.
www.politico.eu/article/tere...
5 things to know about Teresa Ribera’s hearing
Groans, moans, applause, scolding. It was more open-mic night than august debate.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2024 at 11:00 AM
"Was it a “shit show” or a “troll show”?"
El afán español de nacionalizar la política europea es dañino para nuestras instituciones comunitarias.
www.politico.eu/article/tere...
El afán español de nacionalizar la política europea es dañino para nuestras instituciones comunitarias.
www.politico.eu/article/tere...
Marco Rubio: "the war in Ukraine will end with a negotiated settlement". The Baltics must be thrilled...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Nk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Nk...
Sen. Marco Rubio says the war in Ukraine will end 'with a negotiated settlement'
YouTube video by NBC News
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Marco Rubio: "the war in Ukraine will end with a negotiated settlement". The Baltics must be thrilled...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Nk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Nk...
$44 billion to buy an election and the US government. Not a bad deal after all.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
JD Vance says US could veto NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms
Republican vice presidential nominee says ‘Germans and other nations’ – not Russia – would ‘have to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction’
www.independent.co.uk
November 9, 2024 at 8:44 PM
$44 billion to buy an election and the US government. Not a bad deal after all.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bye Twitter, hello World.
November 6, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Bye Twitter, hello World.