Pelle Geertsen
@pellechristy.bsky.social
EU-geek & damn Lefty. Son of a refugee, and currently a somewhat poorly integrated migrant (aka expat).
Head of Press for Denmark's coolest MEP (Aka Per Clausen).
Mainly 🇩🇰🇨🇱 origins.
Retweets are retweets, views are my own. Snarkiness may occur.
Head of Press for Denmark's coolest MEP (Aka Per Clausen).
Mainly 🇩🇰🇨🇱 origins.
Retweets are retweets, views are my own. Snarkiness may occur.
Reposted by Pelle Geertsen
NSN leader Thomas Sewell vowed to “make an example” of his enemies in Australia that would make the murderous rampage and planned race war of Charles Manson’s cult “look moderate”, in public comments since he was released on bail last month. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Neo-Nazis’ chilling threats as government investigates homeschooling network
A female MP has reported threats as Australia’s Nazis bristle at government probes into their secretive homeschooling networks.
www.theage.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
NSN leader Thomas Sewell vowed to “make an example” of his enemies in Australia that would make the murderous rampage and planned race war of Charles Manson’s cult “look moderate”, in public comments since he was released on bail last month. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
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Funded collaborative PhD opportunity on contested memory with me in @oupolitics.bsky.social and Arthur Dudney at Arcadia:
granduniondtp.web.ox.ac.uk/contested-hi...
Deadline 7th Jan, please share!
granduniondtp.web.ox.ac.uk/contested-hi...
Deadline 7th Jan, please share!
Contested histories: cultural memory, narratives and archives
granduniondtp.web.ox.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Funded collaborative PhD opportunity on contested memory with me in @oupolitics.bsky.social and Arthur Dudney at Arcadia:
granduniondtp.web.ox.ac.uk/contested-hi...
Deadline 7th Jan, please share!
granduniondtp.web.ox.ac.uk/contested-hi...
Deadline 7th Jan, please share!
Netanyahu 🇮🇱bseeking a pre-conviction pardon without wanting to admit any wrongdoing, is (yet another) a sign of just how far out he has become
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Netanyahu 🇮🇱bseeking a pre-conviction pardon without wanting to admit any wrongdoing, is (yet another) a sign of just how far out he has become
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This, from Italy ⬇️
Just days ago the municipality of Paternò, home town of President of the Italian Senate Ignazio La Russa (Fratelli d'Italia), was dissolved due to mafia infiltration. Now, another FdI Senator introduces a bill to make it more difficult for municipalites to be dissolved for mafia. So brazen.
Comuni sciolti per mafia, Sallemi traccia la linea «Così cambierà la legge»
Il senatore di Fdi ha annunciato un ddl: «Serve il “condizionamento consapevole” e non soltanto indizi vaghi su infiltrazioni»
www.lasicilia.it
November 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This, from Italy ⬇️
This about sums it up
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This about sums it up
Nice piece on the developments in the European Parliament, by @nvondarza.bsky.social and Sophia Russack ⬇️
»Erstmals hat eine Mehrheit aus dem Mitte-rechts- und dem Rechtsaußen-Spektrum gemeinsam EU-Gesetzgebung verabschiedet.« Die politische Mitte bröckelt und macht die EU unberechenbarer. Ein Gastbeitrag von @nvondarza.bsky.social @swp-europe.bsky.social und Sophia Russack: www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
EVP: In der EU ist die Brandmauer bereits gefallen
Im Europäischen Parlament stimmen die Konservativen mit rechts außen. Die Stabilität, auf der die Union basiert, wird so aufgegeben. Die politische Mitte zerlegt sich.
www.zeit.de
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Nice piece on the developments in the European Parliament, by @nvondarza.bsky.social and Sophia Russack ⬇️
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Højrefløjen fortsætter sine angreb på beskyttelsen af natur, miljø, klima og arbeidstagerrettigheder. I denne uge var det beskyttelsen mod afskovning, som var på dagsordenen. Linje er klar: Udsæt, udhul og til sidst afskaf beskyttelsen.
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/eu-u...
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/eu-u...
EU underminerer igen indsatsen mod afskovning - Enhedslisten.EU
Per Clausen kritiserer at endnu en forsinkelse og udvanding af EU's regler mod afskovning er blevet presset igennem EU-Parlamentet.
enhedslisten.eu
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Højrefløjen fortsætter sine angreb på beskyttelsen af natur, miljø, klima og arbeidstagerrettigheder. I denne uge var det beskyttelsen mod afskovning, som var på dagsordenen. Linje er klar: Udsæt, udhul og til sidst afskaf beskyttelsen.
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/eu-u...
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/eu-u...
😮
Former Spanish minister and aide sent to prison without bail amid corruption probe
Former Spanish minister and aide sent to prison without bail amid corruption probe
The so-called Koldo case has rocked the ruling socialist party
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
😮
Great offer for all the academically-inclined EU-geeks 📚🤓🇪🇺out there ⬇️
And honestly, what better use of your Christmas holidays🎄, than contributing to the scholarly body of knowledge about EU's controversial Omnibus use? 🤔
And honestly, what better use of your Christmas holidays🎄, than contributing to the scholarly body of knowledge about EU's controversial Omnibus use? 🤔
Omnibus Legislation and EU Regulatory Reform:
Between Efficiency and Constitutional Integrity
A special Issue of the European Journal of Risk Regulation - Call for Papers
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Between Efficiency and Constitutional Integrity
A special Issue of the European Journal of Risk Regulation - Call for Papers
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Great offer for all the academically-inclined EU-geeks 📚🤓🇪🇺out there ⬇️
And honestly, what better use of your Christmas holidays🎄, than contributing to the scholarly body of knowledge about EU's controversial Omnibus use? 🤔
And honestly, what better use of your Christmas holidays🎄, than contributing to the scholarly body of knowledge about EU's controversial Omnibus use? 🤔
Don't copy Denmark's🇩🇰 hardline migration policy, Danish @left.eu MEP @perclausen.bsky.social warns the UK🇬🇧, in this interview with Scotland's🏴 The National ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2563162...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563162...
Danish politician warns UK over plans to copy hardline immigration crackdown
A DANISH politician has said Britain should not copy his country’s strict migration policy – warning it will only fuel the growth of the…
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Don't copy Denmark's🇩🇰 hardline migration policy, Danish @left.eu MEP @perclausen.bsky.social warns the UK🇬🇧, in this interview with Scotland's🏴 The National ⬇️
www.thenational.scot/news/2563162...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563162...
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Nu siger selv #Sudan's ambassadør til EU det højt: EU-landes våbeneksport til hovedrige #UAE, ender op i hænderne på RSF, der står bag mord, voldtægter og etnisk udrensning i Sudan.
Hvorfor tøver EU med det logiske skridt - at stoppe våbensalg til UAE?
www.politico.eu/article/suda...
Hvorfor tøver EU med det logiske skridt - at stoppe våbensalg til UAE?
www.politico.eu/article/suda...
Sudan urges EU: Stop selling arms to UAE amid massacre claims
“Those weapons were not intended for third-party use,” Sudan’s top envoy in Brussels tells POLITICO, as a paramilitary group stands accused of committing atrocities in the country’s civ…
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Nu siger selv #Sudan's ambassadør til EU det højt: EU-landes våbeneksport til hovedrige #UAE, ender op i hænderne på RSF, der står bag mord, voldtægter og etnisk udrensning i Sudan.
Hvorfor tøver EU med det logiske skridt - at stoppe våbensalg til UAE?
www.politico.eu/article/suda...
Hvorfor tøver EU med det logiske skridt - at stoppe våbensalg til UAE?
www.politico.eu/article/suda...
This ⬇️
I’m confused
How are the “low wage servants” also taking the houses
And if there are 30 million of them (there aren’t), how come I still have to take out my own trash and cook my own dinner-shouldn’t THEY be doing it
So many questions
How are the “low wage servants” also taking the houses
And if there are 30 million of them (there aren’t), how come I still have to take out my own trash and cook my own dinner-shouldn’t THEY be doing it
So many questions
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This ⬇️
This thread, on today's Omnibus vote ⬇️
🚨🚨Breaking and bad #EU news: Lawmakers in @europarl.europa.eu agreed today to exempt more companies from green reporting rules after the center-right, right-wing and far-right groups allied to pass the EU’s first omnibus simplification package. #omnibus 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/epp-...
www.politico.eu/article/epp-...
EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This thread, on today's Omnibus vote ⬇️
Reposted by Pelle Geertsen
When industry says “simplify” they mean “deregulate”. ‘Deregulation’ means less privacy, more consumer harms, less competition, and fewer safeguards. The tech bros will get even richer and Europeans will pay the price. Let’s not allow Big Tech and its authoritarian allies to tell the EU what to do.
In 1843, Ada Lovelace pioneered computer programming with her #algorithm. 🧠 Today, red tape could bug the system.
🧭 Be bold. Be ambitious. Simplify EU tech rules. #UnlockEUInnovation
🧭 Be bold. Be ambitious. Simplify EU tech rules. #UnlockEUInnovation
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
When industry says “simplify” they mean “deregulate”. ‘Deregulation’ means less privacy, more consumer harms, less competition, and fewer safeguards. The tech bros will get even richer and Europeans will pay the price. Let’s not allow Big Tech and its authoritarian allies to tell the EU what to do.
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If today’s vote on Omnibus I passes with EPP+ECR+Patriots support, it establishes the operational majority for the rest of von der Leyen's term
This will have major economic and societal consequences at the time these groups chose Trump over the EU
thegoodlobby.eu/the-eu-far-r...
This will have major economic and societal consequences at the time these groups chose Trump over the EU
thegoodlobby.eu/the-eu-far-r...
The EU Far-Right Tracker: Exposing when the EPP sides with the Far Right | The Good Lobby
Despite repeated reassurances from Commission the EPP continues to rely on the far right to pass legislation or secure political wins.
thegoodlobby.eu
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
If today’s vote on Omnibus I passes with EPP+ECR+Patriots support, it establishes the operational majority for the rest of von der Leyen's term
This will have major economic and societal consequences at the time these groups chose Trump over the EU
thegoodlobby.eu/the-eu-far-r...
This will have major economic and societal consequences at the time these groups chose Trump over the EU
thegoodlobby.eu/the-eu-far-r...
This, on the Chemical Omnibus
As one of the EP's shadows of the Chemicals Omnibus bill, I must say that this is welcome news!
The Commission's proposal on carcinogens was wrong to begin with - and I am happy if this means we can now agree on removing this part quickly.
pro.politico.eu/news/207758
The Commission's proposal on carcinogens was wrong to begin with - and I am happy if this means we can now agree on removing this part quickly.
pro.politico.eu/news/207758
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This, on the Chemical Omnibus
This,on why we shouldn't trust AI for verification of, whether or not photos (or other) are real or not ⬇️
Musk's Grok was asked to verify if a tweet featuring a graphic image of the attack on the LNER train was real.
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
1/3
I'm not sharing the whole image but here is part of it and the text.
1/3
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This,on why we shouldn't trust AI for verification of, whether or not photos (or other) are real or not ⬇️
What happens when @left.eu MEPs from 🇩🇰 & 🇸🇪 confronts actual monsters inside the European Parliament?
It can, it turns out, become very interesting - at least if the MEPs in question include @perclausen.bsky.social and Hanna Gedin from @vansterpartiet.se
⬇️
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/conf...
It can, it turns out, become very interesting - at least if the MEPs in question include @perclausen.bsky.social and Hanna Gedin from @vansterpartiet.se
⬇️
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/conf...
Danish and Swedish Left MEPs confront the Monsters in the European Parliament - Enhedslisten.EU
Debate between MEPs from the LEFT and the Bureaucracy Monsters - about the EU's deregulation wave and why rules matter.
enhedslisten.eu
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What happens when @left.eu MEPs from 🇩🇰 & 🇸🇪 confronts actual monsters inside the European Parliament?
It can, it turns out, become very interesting - at least if the MEPs in question include @perclausen.bsky.social and Hanna Gedin from @vansterpartiet.se
⬇️
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/conf...
It can, it turns out, become very interesting - at least if the MEPs in question include @perclausen.bsky.social and Hanna Gedin from @vansterpartiet.se
⬇️
enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/conf...
This ⬇️
BREAKING: Russische propaganda site ‘Pravda’ promoot FvD in aanloop naar verkiezingen.
www.web-watch.org/news/russisc...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
www.web-watch.org/news/russisc...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This ⬇️
A reminder when reading stories like this, that Belgium's current PM used to be the mayor of Antwerp... where he clearly didn't have the best track record in handling this issue
www.politico.eu/article/antw...
www.politico.eu/article/antw...
Belgium is basically a narco-state, top Antwerp judge warns
“Extensive mafia-like structures have taken root,” judge writes in anonymous letter laying out how criminality seeps into every part of Belgian society.
www.politico.eu
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A reminder when reading stories like this, that Belgium's current PM used to be the mayor of Antwerp... where he clearly didn't have the best track record in handling this issue
www.politico.eu/article/antw...
www.politico.eu/article/antw...
Every day, Trump is becoming more and more like a post-Soviet, Central Asian dictator - but with worse hair and a more fragile ego.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump raises tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for anti-tariff TV ad
Move is response to ad sponsored by Ontario that referenced Ronald Reagan’s support for free trade
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Every day, Trump is becoming more and more like a post-Soviet, Central Asian dictator - but with worse hair and a more fragile ego.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I'm still trying to imagine just how much fun they had at the @euractiv.com editorial meeting, when they come up with the headline
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Politico?
😁
newsletter.euractiv.com/mail/21d4134...
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Politico?
😁
newsletter.euractiv.com/mail/21d4134...
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Politico?
newsletter.euractiv.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm still trying to imagine just how much fun they had at the @euractiv.com editorial meeting, when they come up with the headline
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Politico?
😁
newsletter.euractiv.com/mail/21d4134...
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Politico?
😁
newsletter.euractiv.com/mail/21d4134...
Tell me you are a thin skinned snowflake❄️, without telling me.
Trump ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Trump ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Trump says all Canada trade talks ‘terminated’ over ad criticising tariffs
US president accuses Canada of ‘egregious behaviour’ after release of ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Tell me you are a thin skinned snowflake❄️, without telling me.
Trump ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Trump ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
This is so 2025
Sheesh. The Netherlands has curtailed intelligence co-operation with the US over fears the Trump administration could use it to violate human rights or assist Russia.
www.ft.com/content/af80...
www.ft.com/content/af80...
Netherlands curtails intelligence-sharing with US over ‘human rights’
Dutch spy chiefs cite concerns about Trump administration’s ‘politicisation’ of services
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is so 2025