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Markus Haverland
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Political Science Prof|Erasmus University Rotterdam|European Union Politics and Policy

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 15d
Driven by fear of the far right, the EU is losing its compass, whether on migration, climate or Gaza. By undermining its own principles, Europe weakens its global position and risks losing not just dignity but political agency.

With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen
European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre
www.theguardian.com
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 16d
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Excellent!

“Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.”

www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Germany’s €80B rearmament plan sidelines US weapons
A procurement plan obtained by POLITICO shows Berlin’s rearmament spree will overwhelmingly benefit European industry.
www.politico.eu
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LUBACH @lubach.nl · 20d
Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled - The New Disney #Trump #JimmyKimmel #Disney #LUBACH
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21d
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 23d
cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11
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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · Sep 8
In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten.

Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.

stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...
Peilingen duiden: 10 essentiële vuistregels voor duiders - StukRoodVlees
Zetelpeilingen worden vaak misbruikt. Een tiental vuistregels om je publiek niet voor te liegen met non-nieuws.
stukroodvlees.nl
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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · Sep 5
Peilingen zijn nuttige instrumenten voor kiezers, politici, en media. Ze kunnen wezenlijke effecten hebben, vooral via de wijze waarop media er - juist én onjuist - over rapporteren.
Ook in de campagneperiode hoop ik dat journalisten en duiders de peilingen gebruiken waarvoor ze geschikt zijn:
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Eddy Wax @eddywax.bsky.social · Sep 5
How will Trump respond to this? @anupriyadatta.bsky.social has this huge story here. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
EU fines Google €2.95 billion - Euractiv
The US tech giant was fined for violating EU competition rules in the advertising technology market
www.euractiv.com
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · Sep 4
The EU is the elephant in the room in the Dutch snap election campaign
The EU is the elephant in the room in the Dutch snap election campaign
Europe remains the elephant in the room of the Dutch campaign ahead of October snap elections: it is there, it is hugely relevant, yet it is strangely ignored by most parties.
euobserver.com
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Reposted by Catherine J. Frieman, Markus Haverland

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Aug 16
📰 Media exposure and extreme views

A new study found that uncritical TV interviews with extreme right activists increase agreement with their views and the belief that more people support them.

🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#SciComm 🧪 #MediaBias
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
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Reposted by Matthijs Rooduijn, Stuart White, Markus Haverland

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Aug 13
NEW! 🚨

My take on Trump's power grab in Washington, DC. 👇
Why is Trump deploying troops to Washington DC? | Cas Mudde
The DC takeover is, first and foremost, an attempt to deflect from the Epstein case. But that’s not all that’s going on
www.theguardian.com
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · Aug 13
“We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
www.motherjones.com
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Reposted by Andreas Dür, Uwe Puetter, Markus Haverland

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · Feb 16
With Macron calling an intergovernmental summit in Paris tomorrow, many wonder what is best institutional venue to discuss Europe's response to biggest security crisis since 1945. Here are 8 reasons why intergovernmental route is crucial now instead of relying on 🇪🇺 & Brussels institutions. 🧵👇 1/10
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Jul 7
🧵 & article on the potential electoral tradeoffs facing social democratic parties, especially along the dimensions of age (much less on education and class). Top-notch political science from a great group of scholars.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 3
Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms. 

But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.

Remember this.
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Tommaso Pavone @tommasopavone.bsky.social · Jun 27
Powerful example of Justice Jackson bearing witness to what is now evident to all - especially the lower federal courts:
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Jun 27
The Supreme Court just took the brakes off. They gutted nationwide injunctions...one of the last fast-acting tools to block presidential overreach. This is the most dangerous shift of the Trump era yet—and most people won’t see it until it’s too late.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
The Supreme Court Just Blew the Doors Off: Why Today’s Nationwide Injunction Decision May Be the Most Dangerous Trump Era Shift Yet
How Today’s Supreme Court Decision Hands Future Presidents a Fast-Track to Unchecked Power.
open.substack.com
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Jun 27
Absolutely striking numbers. 65% of Germans support Germany significantly increasing its defence expenditures to reach NATO’s 5%* goal.

*it’s a 3,5%+ goal, to be exact.
Graph showing that 65% of germans support higher defence expenditures to reach NATO’s 5% goal.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Jun 20
This is one of the most eye-opening things I've read this week. If you're interested in what drives Netanyahu, I'd really recommend it. 🧵1/n
Inside the mind of Benjamin Netanyahu
As the Israeli prime minister’s bodyguard, I saw him transform into the gangster he is today.
www.newstatesman.com
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · Jun 11
Just to give an idea of how much the Trump administration wants to "help" the citizens of Los Angeles by sending in the military
map of los angeles showing the size of the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in comparison with the "unrest" taking place in downtown Los Angeles
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · Jun 9
What’s the slowest burn on you realising something? I think with me it’s working out what the “lithic” in Neolithic means which - despite me reading the word at a bare minimum thousands of times *and* me being aware of other connected lith words - just didn’t click until about 18 months back.
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Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · Jun 4
What happened in the Netherlands and what will happen next? I wrote a short piece about the collapse of the Dutch government for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/when-not-if-...
When, not if: the fall of the Dutch cabinet - UK in a changing Europe
Simon Otjes explains the recent fall of the government in the Netherlands prompted by the radical right-wing populist  PVV under Geert Wilders.
ukandeu.ac.uk
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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · Jun 3
Enkele maanden geleden werd gesuggereerd dat Wilders de volgende verkiezingen sowieso zal gaan winnen. Een paar redenen waarom dat helemaal niet zo evident is:
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Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · Jun 3
The PVV has left the Dutch coalition. What does this mean? Will there we be new elections? When? Who will win? Which government will form? 🧵
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Matthias @ulumulu.bsky.social · Jun 3
Dutch polls are a rollercoaster
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Jun 2
My take on the broader implications of the outcome of Polish presidential elections published in the Guardian today.

ps. this is not the title I chose…

👇🏽

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Poland’s presidential election result is a morale boost for Maga forces in Europe | Catherine De Vries
Karol Nawrocki’s win is a blow for prime minister Donald Tusk – and it symbolises a larger battle over the political narrative, says policy expert Catherine De Vries
www.theguardian.com
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · May 2
Given the local election results in the UK, a short #thread - based on much of our own research - on the vicious cycle of radical right support that we have seen in many countries.
1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration
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Markus Haverland @mhaverland.bsky.social · Apr 16
I appreciate the clear theoretical argument.
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Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social · Apr 9
Well, judging by the lines on the US and NATO in the coalition agreement, you wouldn't think that Trump 2 was the decisive factor in Merz's U-turn on the debt brake.
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Paweł Tokarski @tokarski.bsky.social · Apr 1
In the case of Le Pen, it is not the judges' verdict but the logic of “I am too big to be punished” that is the greatest threat to democracy.

www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Après la condamnation de Marine Le Pen, le gouvernement redoute les répercussions politiques
François Bayrou s’est dit « troublé », mardi, par la peine d’inéligibilité de cinq ans prononcée contre la présidente des députés RN dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires du Front national.
www.lemonde.fr
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