@rikwinkel.bsky.social
Amsterdammer by birth, kiekenfretter by choice, Cretan in my dreams. European.
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Quite a potential for a scandal for EU institutions:
🚨🚨🚨 Federica Mogherini is in police custody as part of the anti-fraud investigation into the EEAS and College of Europe, according to Belgian media.
Arrestations au Collège d'Europe pour des soupçons de fraude: Federica Mogherini en garde à vue
La section belge du parquet européen a dirigé des perquisitions au Collège d'Europe à Bruges et au SEAE de Bruxelles, pour des soupçons de fraude au marché public. Trois personnes sont en garde à vue ...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Quite a potential for a scandal for EU institutions:
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Under the #ECB’s current legal framework, one conclusion is unavoidable: the central bank of the world’s second-most used currency cannot help Ukraine — not because it won’t, but because it legally can’t.
www.ft.com/content/616c...
www.ft.com/content/616c...
ECB refuses to provide backstop for €140bn Ukraine loan
Central bank rejects role in European Commission proposal that would use frozen Russian assets
www.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Under the #ECB’s current legal framework, one conclusion is unavoidable: the central bank of the world’s second-most used currency cannot help Ukraine — not because it won’t, but because it legally can’t.
www.ft.com/content/616c...
www.ft.com/content/616c...
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Misschien kunnen die mensen die zeuren over een tweetje van Keijzer even hiernaar kijken, want dit is wel echt ernstig.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Rechter: Overname Sandd door PostNL illegaal
De overname van Sandd door PostNL was en blijft illegaal. ’s Lands grootste post- en pakketbedrijf had zijn belangrijkste concurrent zes jaar geleden niet mogen overnemen. De Autoriteit Consument & Ma...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Misschien kunnen die mensen die zeuren over een tweetje van Keijzer even hiernaar kijken, want dit is wel echt ernstig.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Wat het platteland aan dit kabinet-met-BBB overhoudt is echt ongekend.
Derogatie door de plee, 25 miljard in de fik, jaren extra stilstand en onduidelijkheid.
Niet onverwacht natuurlijk, dat een tactiek van populisme, trekkers, vuist op tafel, ruzie en amateurisme tot niets leidt. Wel fascinerend.
Derogatie door de plee, 25 miljard in de fik, jaren extra stilstand en onduidelijkheid.
Niet onverwacht natuurlijk, dat een tactiek van populisme, trekkers, vuist op tafel, ruzie en amateurisme tot niets leidt. Wel fascinerend.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Wat het platteland aan dit kabinet-met-BBB overhoudt is echt ongekend.
Derogatie door de plee, 25 miljard in de fik, jaren extra stilstand en onduidelijkheid.
Niet onverwacht natuurlijk, dat een tactiek van populisme, trekkers, vuist op tafel, ruzie en amateurisme tot niets leidt. Wel fascinerend.
Derogatie door de plee, 25 miljard in de fik, jaren extra stilstand en onduidelijkheid.
Niet onverwacht natuurlijk, dat een tactiek van populisme, trekkers, vuist op tafel, ruzie en amateurisme tot niets leidt. Wel fascinerend.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Dit zat eraan te komen, maar is volgens FT nu definitief: de pogingen van Nederland om nog langer een uitzondering te krijgen op Europese mestregels, zijn mislukt
on.ft.com/4ryj9dh
on.ft.com/4ryj9dh
Brussels rejects Dutch request to dump manure on fields
EU regulations limit the amount of nitrates that can be deposited by the country’s livestock sector
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Dit zat eraan te komen, maar is volgens FT nu definitief: de pogingen van Nederland om nog langer een uitzondering te krijgen op Europese mestregels, zijn mislukt
on.ft.com/4ryj9dh
on.ft.com/4ryj9dh
This story never ends.
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vrtnws.be/p.Gv9VNV8lP
Bende van Nijvel: gerecht beveelt opnieuw bijkomend onderzoek naar Franse gangsterbroers | VRT NWS: nieuws
In het onderzoek naar de Bende van Nijvel heeft de kamer van inbeschuldigingstelling van Bergen opnieuw bijkomende onderzoeksdaden bevolen. Dat meldt het federaal parket.
vrtnws.be
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This story never ends.
vrtnws.be/p.Gv9VNV8lP
vrtnws.be/p.Gv9VNV8lP
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Ey @tagesspiegel.de , wann hattet Ihr die Titelseite mit "Wie korrupt ist Putin?" oder "Wie korrupt ist Trump?" Merkt Ihr selbst, ja?!
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Ey @tagesspiegel.de , wann hattet Ihr die Titelseite mit "Wie korrupt ist Putin?" oder "Wie korrupt ist Trump?" Merkt Ihr selbst, ja?!
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“Het moet van Europa”. De evergreen van de nationale politiek
Over de communicatie van enkele beslissingen die werden genomen in de marge van de begrotingsbesprekingen ... www.tijd.be/opinie/algem...
Is het de schuld van Europa?
Onprettige boodschappen worden afgeschoven op de Europese Unie en populaire maatregelen worden voorgesteld als eigen beleidskeuzes. De werkelijkheid is veel genuanceerder.
www.tijd.be
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Het moet van Europa”. De evergreen van de nationale politiek
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While passenger planes fly across the skies over Europe, in Ukraine the skies are filled with Russian missiles and drones. One continent, but two different realities.
📹: posterbureau / Instagram
📹: posterbureau / Instagram
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
While passenger planes fly across the skies over Europe, in Ukraine the skies are filled with Russian missiles and drones. One continent, but two different realities.
📹: posterbureau / Instagram
📹: posterbureau / Instagram
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An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
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The lesson American military officers have learned today is that under Donald Trump they will always be thrown under the bus to protect MAGA's civilian leaders
REPORTER: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened, or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order?
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The lesson American military officers have learned today is that under Donald Trump they will always be thrown under the bus to protect MAGA's civilian leaders
Kruisbestuiving.
"Haha, series als 'House of Cards' zijn zwaar overtrokken joh, zo gaat het in het echt toch helemaal nie - "
Oh.
'Burgemeester chanteerde zijn eigen loco-burgemeester met sekstape: liet de streng katholieke loco-burgemeester filmen met een mannelijke prostituée in een hotelkamer'
Oh.
'Burgemeester chanteerde zijn eigen loco-burgemeester met sekstape: liet de streng katholieke loco-burgemeester filmen met een mannelijke prostituée in een hotelkamer'
Vier jaar cel voor Franse burgemeester die zijn loco afperstte met sekstape
De 53-jarige Gaël Perdriau had zijn locoburgemeester afgeperst met een sekstape.
nos.nl
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Kruisbestuiving.
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Der Brüsseler Verein der Auslandspresse (API-IPA) trauert um seinen langjährigen Generalsekretär Hans de Bruijn - ein bescheidener Brückenbauer, der stets die Belange der 1000 bei EU und Nato akkreditierten Journalistinnen und Journalisten im Blick hatte.
www.api-ipa.org/2025/11/30/i...
www.api-ipa.org/2025/11/30/i...
In Memoriam: Hans de Bruijn, Secretary General of API-IPA – API – IPA
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our revered colleague and friend, Hans de Bruijn. Hans served as Secretary General of API-IPA for ma
www.api-ipa.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Der Brüsseler Verein der Auslandspresse (API-IPA) trauert um seinen langjährigen Generalsekretär Hans de Bruijn - ein bescheidener Brückenbauer, der stets die Belange der 1000 bei EU und Nato akkreditierten Journalistinnen und Journalisten im Blick hatte.
www.api-ipa.org/2025/11/30/i...
www.api-ipa.org/2025/11/30/i...
Haha, how the French still hate Bolkestein. Lamy blaming him for killing the single market singlehandedly.
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Haha, how the French still hate Bolkestein. Lamy blaming him for killing the single market singlehandedly.
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According to BBC, defending yourself is an escalation.
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
According to BBC, defending yourself is an escalation.
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Well it of course requires QMV to end the paralysis and delays. Have made this point often in the past.
But I do feel it goes wider. Has to do with psychology across the boards. A sense of fatalism spreading. Which can and must be halted.
But I do feel it goes wider. Has to do with psychology across the boards. A sense of fatalism spreading. Which can and must be halted.
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Well it of course requires QMV to end the paralysis and delays. Have made this point often in the past.
But I do feel it goes wider. Has to do with psychology across the boards. A sense of fatalism spreading. Which can and must be halted.
But I do feel it goes wider. Has to do with psychology across the boards. A sense of fatalism spreading. Which can and must be halted.
True. But how to change this mindset? 'Invest in a stronger EU' and 'give some things up' do not sound like a political programme or strategy to me.
Wherever you look, from ‘track change diplomacy’ on Ukraine to China’s power play on critical minerals, Europe is losing grip and self confidence.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. ↘️
But it doesn’t have to be this way. ↘️
Europe’s psychology of weakness
It’s time the EU ditched its failing strategy of “react, hope, repeat.”
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
True. But how to change this mindset? 'Invest in a stronger EU' and 'give some things up' do not sound like a political programme or strategy to me.
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urgent call to decouple: three elements of a plan to make Europe stand (in its own feet) again - recommended reading for EU politicians & entrepreneurs by @martinsandbu.ft.com @volteuropa.org @reneweurope.bsky.social @ecb.europa.eu
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
urgent call to decouple: three elements of a plan to make Europe stand (in its own feet) again - recommended reading for EU politicians & entrepreneurs by @martinsandbu.ft.com @volteuropa.org @reneweurope.bsky.social @ecb.europa.eu
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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Dieser Kommentar eines unserer Leser auf @diepressecom.bsky.social trifft punktgenau, was ich leider auch in Brüssel immer öfter sehe: politische Zweckprosa, deren einziger Zweck die Verschleierung ist. www.diepresse.com/20358931/meh...
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Dieser Kommentar eines unserer Leser auf @diepressecom.bsky.social trifft punktgenau, was ich leider auch in Brüssel immer öfter sehe: politische Zweckprosa, deren einziger Zweck die Verschleierung ist. www.diepresse.com/20358931/meh...
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"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal"
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal"
The flying by sight reminds me of Rutte. To have "no vision" was one of his self-professed qualities.
We are testing the Morning Post Europe
Today’s analysis by me: “Von der Leyen II: A Year of Slow Agony”.
Don’t miss our brief: a new delay on the Russian assets, the Uk will not be in Safe.
With @cspillmann.bsky.social and @grimmse.bsky.social👇
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Today’s analysis by me: “Von der Leyen II: A Year of Slow Agony”.
Don’t miss our brief: a new delay on the Russian assets, the Uk will not be in Safe.
With @cspillmann.bsky.social and @grimmse.bsky.social👇
europemorningpost.substack.com/p/copy-lack-...
Von der Leyen II: A Year of Slow Agony
Good morning!
europemorningpost.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The flying by sight reminds me of Rutte. To have "no vision" was one of his self-professed qualities.
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‘Het is diep in de nacht’ #recensie @franciscovanjole.com ‘Dick Schoof’ @lamyae.bsky.social www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
De onvoorstelbare verwoesting van onze minister-president - Joop - BNNVARA
Het premierschap is niet zomaar een baantje, zoals Rutte ons graag voorhield, het is een instituut.
www.bnnvara.nl
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
‘Het is diep in de nacht’ #recensie @franciscovanjole.com ‘Dick Schoof’ @lamyae.bsky.social www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...