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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 18h

That’s what jupiterian leadership should be about

Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 18h

🇫🇷 preparing for snap elections end of November (to counter pressure on Macron’s resignation) #france #Macron #ElectionsLegislatives2025

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 1d

Trump went against universities, law firms, now is targeting philanthropies.

These threats chill hundreds of thousands of charities and grantees who lack the resources to fight back such as ⁦‪@OpenSociety‬⁩ ⁦‪@Harvard‬⁩ cc ⁦‪@JFK_America‬⁩

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 1d

How to get France out of its political impasse?

1. Snap presidential elections (after budget’s approval)

2. Snap political elections (again)

3. No election but asking FN to form a government and road test coexistence

Other options?

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 2d

Von der Leyen’s political troubles are self-inflicted: she still hasn’t chosen which parliamentary majority to build her reform agenda on

The Omnibus simplification proposal proved she can’t have it both ways—relying on both pro-EU forces and the far right. You can’t satisfy everyone.

#EUCO #play

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 1d

Let me get this straight:

The two motions of censure vs Von der Leyen signal a long overdue and healthy democratization of EU politics, but her political troubles are self-inflicts.

Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 2d

As predicted: French PM and government resign (!)

Doing more of the same and with the same team is diabolicum www.politico.eu/article/fren...

French PM resigns, plunging Macron’s reign into chaos

The new administration had been appointed less than twelve hours before resigning.

www.politico.eu

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 2d

Von der Leyen’s political troubles are self-inflicted: she still hasn’t chosen which parliamentary majority to build her reform agenda on

The Omnibus simplification proposal proved she can’t have it both ways—relying on both pro-EU forces and the far right. You can’t satisfy everyone.

#EUCO #play

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 3d

It’s high time to present European integration not as a threat to national identity, but as the means to protect and strengthen it -
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them | Alberto Alemanno

Public opinion is clamouring for closer EU cooperation. The last thing we need is Ursula von der Leyen pandering to the far right, says Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet professor of EU law at HEC Paris

www.theguardian.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 3d

The EU wants to position AI not merely as a productivity tool, but as a “strategic asset” that must be tightly integrated into the EU’s institutional, industrial and security systems and of its member states

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Peter MacLeod @petermacleod.bsky.social · 3d

Canada, take note

Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 3d

“We were VERY naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and are not interested in survival of our democracies”

French President Emmanuel Macron

Check minute 19
lnkd.in/eXkJHnPN #EUCO #euro

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 3d

“We were VERY naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and are not interested in survival of our democracies”

French President Emmanuel Macron

Check minute 19
lnkd.in/eXkJHnPN #EUCO #euro

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 3d

Andrej Babis, the populist, pro-Russian billionaire, WON the #CzechElections with 36% of the vote.

This will further tip the EU political balance to the right, with Babis joining Orban & Fico in opposing support to Ukraine and testing domestic and EU democratic institutions

#EUCO #Czechia

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 4d

Italy increasingly isolated in Europe after France, the UK, Spain and others recognised Palestinian statehood.

PM Meloni is failing to put pressure on Israel alongside others but that’s what Italian public opinion demands.

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The Good Lobby @thegoodlobby.bsky.social · 4d

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🚨 Do not miss the Brussels Democratic Dialogue organised by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung which this year will explore the following question: How can we revitalise European democracies?

📅 14 Oct
⏰ 09:00–19:00
📍 Brussels

👉 Info: bit.ly/46Nv3GK

Brussels Democracy Dialogue 2025: Time to reset!

On 14 October, FES invites experts to Brussels to exchange progressive ideas and discuss the question: How can we revitalise European democracies?

bit.ly

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 5d

Von der Leyen’s political group - the @EPPGroup - is turning against her on:

- Omnibus

- MFF

Will @vonderleyen emancipate herself from her party to deliver on her promises?

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 6d

"Once more it’s the nation state and our national Poltical class that prevent europe from being effective and credible on the international stage."

Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 6d

Should the EU respond to Russia’s incursions?
open.substack.com/pub/albertoa...

Should the EU respond to Russia’s incursions?

Spoiler alert: EU governments don't want to hand defence over to the EU

open.substack.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 6d

Should the EU respond to Russia’s incursions?
open.substack.com/pub/albertoa...

Should the EU respond to Russia’s incursions?

Spoiler alert: EU governments don't want to hand defence over to the EU

open.substack.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 6d

Great line

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 6d

Nato must step up its response to Russia’s hybrid war, but the question remains: how?

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 8d

Join us online by registering thegoodlobby.eu/webinar-how-...

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 8d

Join us online by registering thegoodlobby.eu/webinar-how-...

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 9d

4 years after the Russian invasion, that war is no longer an Ukrainian problem but an EU affair, due to increase of attacks on EU eastern flank and US disengagement from & betrayal of its traditional ally.

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 9d

Paradoxically it’s Ukraine - not the EU27 - to be better prepare today to counter the Russians than it was 4 years ago.

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 9d

4 years after the Russian invasion, that war is no longer an Ukrainian problem but an EU affair, due to increase of attacks on EU eastern flank and US disengagement from & betrayal of its traditional ally.

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