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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 13h

Incroyable que le Figaro sorte des trucs pareils.

Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 16h

V useful @eui-eu.bsky.social paper on how populists including Trump, Orbán, AMLO, Milei transform democratic states:

“administrative transformation is
not just a side effect of illiberal rule; it is a strategic cornerstone
to advance authoritarian dominance”

cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...

cadmus.eui.eu

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 1d

Quelle farce tout ça, quand même.

Libération @liberation.fr · 1d

Retour à Matignon pour Lecornu : la résurrection de Saint Sébastien

L'ex-ex-Premier ministre reprend ses fonctions, à l’issue d’une nouvelle séquence chaotique. Sans beaucoup plus de certitudes sur ses chances de succès ➡️ bit.ly/3KI4oUu

Sébastien Lecornu, renommé Premier ministre à l’issue d’une semaine qui a envoyé dans le décor son socle commun, repart pour un tour gratuit à Matignon.

Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to a trade policy panel on reforming subsidies rules in a Tuscan chapel at @eui-eu.bsky.social World Trade Forum in Florence….(perks of the job!)

But indeed it would require divine intervention to get the needle moving on this one these days!

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 2d

what s so christian about all this?

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 2d

. Après on s’étonne de la défiance populaire envers l’ensemble de la classe politique.

Edwy Plenel @edwyplenel.bsky.social · 3d

Le secrétaire général de l'Élysée, la conseillère culture de Macron, la ministre de la culture démissionnaire, un ex-patron de la police nationale, divers hauts fonctionnaires, etc. Ils sont plus d'une centaine réunis pour applaudir « à tout rompre » Nicolas Sarkozy.
www.lefigaro.fr/choix-redact...

« La fin de l’histoire n’est pas écrite », Nicolas Sarkozy exprime sa gratitude devant ses anciens collaborateurs

EXCLUSIF - Mercredi en début de soirée, l’ancien président a réuni ses collaborateurs pour un verre d’adieu avant un séjour en prison dont il ignore encore le lieu et la durée. Le Figaro Magazine y ét...

www.lefigaro.fr

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 3d

FT: Under the new rules, foreign companies will need Chinese government approval to export products that contain even trace amounts of Chinese-sourced rare-earth minerals, or that were manufactured using the country’s rare-earth extraction, refining or magnet-making technology

on.ft.com/4714pdE

China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect ‘national security’

Beijing is leveraging its dominant position in the critical minerals supply chain

on.ft.com

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 3d

On les transforme en logements?

Les Echos @lesechosfr.bsky.social · 3d

💥 Leur volume a bondi en un an et explose les compteurs en périphérie de la Défense ➡️ trib.al/vtahRaD

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 4d

Made a few great friends!

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 4d

Is this to learn to always be wary of the French? 😜

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Zselyke Csaky @zecsaky.bsky.social · 5d

Here is something on Czechia's elections and the implications for the EU from me:

Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 5d

#Czechia’s elections mark a populist shift, but Babiš now faces a hard path to form a government. The further he’s pulled to the right, the greater the risk of EU fragmentation.

Quick @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social reaction from @zecsaky.bsky.social

Read here:

CER quick reaction: The Czech elections

Czechia’s elections mark a populist shift, but Babiš faces a hard path to form a government. The further he’s pulled to the right, the greater the risk of EU fragmentation.

buff.ly

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 5d

((sans parler de ne pas régler les questions financières structurantes de type régime des retraites))

Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 5d

(and sorry for my typos)

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 5d

(2) Commission always supports countries/ sectors targeted by AD measures - including by filing complaintd at WTO.

So: Not a big deal, standard US protectionist machinery in action indepentent of whether Trump in power. And yes, US anti-dumping duties are very high compared to those apploed by EU

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 5d

Well….

(1) This pasta case is an anti-dumping case. Established procedure based on sector complaint. This is not a Trump tariff threat as we have witnessed this year. Fairly common for Dpt of Commerce to investigate EU products. And to also single out countries. Spanish olives recently

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 6d

If politics are going crazy in several European countries one after the other, I think it is time to go past blaming the failures of individual political actors (and there are quite a few, both in the UK and France) to looking at the systemic pressures our political systems are failing to deal with.

Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 6d

If you are overly focused on the admittedly increasingly batsh*t character of British politics, don‘t neglect the batsh*t character of French politics.

Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 6d

Ah, the famous French work-life balance

on.ft.com/4mTFYVb French prime minister resigns less than a month after appointment

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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 5d

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1321

One of those days...

1. According to Reuters, Cuban army 🇨🇺 is now a cobelligerent of 🇷🇺 in 🇺🇦

2. Belgorod blacked out

3. Feodosya (Crimea) oil terminal (250 kt capacity) burns

4. 33 Shahed leakers out of 116

5. 🇫🇷: Lecornu forms government Sunday PM, resigns Monday AM

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 6d

Meanwhile France is

a hand is giving a thumbs up in the water

ALT: a hand is giving a thumbs up in the water

media.tenor.com

Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 6d

Europe’´s creeping vassalisation

UK government undermined China spying probe to protect Beijing ties, say officials on.ft.com/4nCrtq0

UK government undermined China spying probe to protect Beijing ties, say officials

Prosecution case collapsed after senior security advisers said they would not testify that China was an ‘enemy’

on.ft.com

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 10d

From "trade, not aid" to "no trade, no aid."

Trump II in a nutshell.

Thousands of jobs at risk in Africa as US trade deal expires

A major US-Africa trade deal, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, has ended, cutting duty-free access to U.S. markets for thousands of African products.

apnews.com

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 10d

Derrière toutes ces critiques des juges en France se cache aussi un déni énorme: sur l’ampleur et la gravité de la corruption en cause. Que Sarkozy et ses acolytes aient aussi crûment cherché ces énormes sommes chez le pire des dictateurs africains en toute illégalité ne choque personne ou quoi?

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 10d

Derrière toutes ces critiques des juges en France se cache aussi un déni énorme: sur l’ampleur et la gravité de la corruption en cause. Que Sarkozy et ses acolytes aient aussi crûment cherché ces énormes sommes chez le pire des dictateurs africains en toute illégalité ne choque personne ou quoi?

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Nils Wilcke @nilswilcke.bsky.social · 10d

La vice-présidente LR Florence Portelli est l'une des rares à droite à ne "rien trouver de révoltant" dans le jugement condamnant Sarkozy en première instance. Nièce du juge Serge Portelli, l'élue dénonçait déjà les "slogans anti-magistrats" lors de la manif pro-Fillon au Trocadéro en 2017

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 10d

The general idea also fails to recognize that authoritarian regimes are not simply one man. They are entire systems with many people having an interest in keeping that system going.

Trump could walk away tomorrow, and the descent of the US into authoritarian rule would not suddenly stop.

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Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · 12d

I see the centrist dads are out in force putting the "well it could be worse" spin on this combination of at worst plain and simple xenophobia driven policy and at best, apparently, xenophobia with a pinch of classism as well, whereby the "most contributing" members of society can get ILR quicker.

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