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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 8d

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 8d

Luckily it didn’t take that long in the end, but at one point the German university suggested to simply give me a honorable MA or some such so that I could get paid the correct amount. 😅

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 8d

Hah, my LSE PhD didn’t puzzle a Berlin Bürgeramt at all. I had the same happening for employment at a German university though, who wanted that standing conference to confirm that my Cambridge MPhil was good enough to be equivalent to a German MA (apparently having a later PhD doesn’t matter).

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Sep 1

It’s not shining…yet! UACES probably engineered this so that as many people as possible stay for all of the panels and don’t go sight-seeing!

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Aug 24

As the article itself mentions, Berlin is both a city and a state, and policing and education are firmly in the hands of German states such as the one led by the mayor of Berlin.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hey @economist.com something seems very wrong with your chart on mayoral powers from your article on Zohran Mamdani‘s plans. The chart implies that the Berlin mayor has little control over things like education or policing, when the opposite is true. economist.com/united-state...

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Aug 2

For instance, now that Switzerland is facing 39% tariffs for exports to the US, most articles point out that this is the country‘s most important trade partner, when in reality it is the EU by a wide margin (just not individual EU countries).

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Aug 2

It seems like media outlets have a fundamental problem with reporting on the EU when it comes to reporting trade policy and figures. Depending on what sounds more dramatic the EU is either treated as a whole or as individual countries. That makes an already complex topic even harder to understand.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Jul 28

It’s probably too early to judge whether the EU-US trade “deal“ is the best that could be achieved given the circumstances, but its contents as we know them certainly set a bad precedent for upcoming EU negotiations in terms of the EU standing up for its principles and leveraging its strengths.

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · May 15

Aus europapolitischer Sicht sind die Zurückweisungen an den Grenzen nicht nur ein Problem, weil die Regierung damit europäische Nachbarn vor den Kopf stößt. Sondern auch weil sie den Vorrang des Europarechts, einen Grundpfeiler der EU, in Frage stellt.

Kurzer Thread:

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · May 6

While Merz has now been elected, this will be a stain on the chancellorship from the beginning. This 2nd vote today was made possible due to the statesmanship of the opposition Greens and Die Linke groups.

Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · May 6

Ouch. Soon-to-be German chancellor Friedrich Merz fails to gain the necessary majority at the first vote in the German @bundestag.de. This spells trouble before the government has even started.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · May 6

Kann ich das Ampelchaos nochmal sehen?

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · May 6

Discontent with the coalition agreement most likely. There was disagreement especially amongst the youth wing of the Social Democrats over them having had to give up so many of their positions in the negotiations. This is an easy way to signal that discontent without having to do so in public.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · May 6

In theory the new coalition should have a governing majority in parliament, but since the election of the chancellor is by secret ballot, this allows disgruntled members of parliament of the participating parties to send a signal.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · May 6

Ouch. Soon-to-be German chancellor Friedrich Merz fails to gain the necessary majority at the first vote in the German @bundestag.de. This spells trouble before the government has even started.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · May 4

I appreciate EU institutions trying to be „cool“ (whatever the current youth language thing is), but it might make sense to get the language right?!? Crafting items and following a quest are usually two separate things, unless Minecraft uses those terms differently from all other games…

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 3

Ready to craft your next epic quest? ⛏🧱

Decoding game mechanics and the EU is way more fun once you find the perfect crafting recipe:

Pixelated background with the bold yellow letters “EU” and the text “and this one game, what do they have in common?” Below, a green loading bar is labelled “Generating information,” with a pixelated white arrow pointing right. The EU flag is shown in the corner.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Apr 29

So stellen einige EU-Staaten keine Visas zu touristischen Zwecken mehr an russische StaatsbürgerInnen aus, diese werden aber weiterhin bei Konsulaten anderer Staaten ausgestellt. Somit können russische TouristInnen weiterhin nach Schengen einreisen und dann in alle Schengen-Staaten weiterreisen.

Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Apr 29

Aktuell besonders spanned ist, dass diverse Medien entdeckt haben das es in einem Raum offener Grenzen unmöglich ist, eine verschiedene Visa-Politik zu haben.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Apr 29

Gestern durfte ich für die Sendung "Europa Heute" im DLF mit Manfred Götzke über den #Schengen Report 2025 sprechen. www.deutschlandfunk.de/schengen-rep...

Schengen-Report 2025 - Was funktioniert, was nicht? Gespräch mit Daniel Schade

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Apr 17

The trade approach is also significantly less problematic from a legal standpoint. If more and more countries start introducing bilateral sanctions then this could ironically lead to Hungary challenging this in court and ultimately winning given that sanctions are an EU competence.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Apr 16

What a strange piece by Dutch public broadcaster @nieuws.nos.nl on Donald Trump's trade policy. It nicely illustrates that making sense of what's going on requires fundamental explanations of concepts such as reserve currency & comparative advantage, which it doesn't touch. nos.nl/artikel/2563...

Economen: Trump neemt enorm risico met handelsoorlog, maar kan die wel winnen

China op de knieën krijgen lijkt het einddoel van de Amerikaanse handelsoorlog, komt naar voren uit nieuwe berekeningen.

nos.nl

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Apr 11

Das mit der „Europäischen Gemeinschaft“ war so auch schon im Sondierungspapier. Also sogar zwei verpasste Gelegenheiten das vielleicht einmal gegenlesen zu lassen.

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · Apr 3

This conflicts w Council Decision 2011/168/CFSP, which aims, inter alia, to promote the widest possible participation in the ICC. It's a CFSP decision, so not subject to CJEU jurisdiction, but it should be added to the list of HU violations of EU values, justifying its suspension under Art 7 TEU.

Serdült Viktória @viktoriaserdult.bsky.social · Apr 3

‼️BREAKING: #Hungary quits the International Criminal Court, on the exact day Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC for war crimes & crimes against humanity, arrives in Budapest.

The move was announced by Gergely Gulyás, head of the PM's office.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Apr 3

A similar clause on ICC participation is also contained in various EU international agreements such as the Cotonou and new post-Cotonou one. While formulated to affect all state parties, I don’t think anyone thought of this being meant to incentivise EU member states rather than 3rd countries.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · Apr 3

I look forward to seeing the boom of import-export businesses in EU territories such as Guadeloupe which unlike Réunion's 37% and the EU's 20% tariffs only get 10%.

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