Bus wartender Mann
@buswartendermann.bsky.social
Spaniard, former Erasmus student in France, computer engineer, lives in Germany, does IT stuff for a living, uses to dip at social media while waiting for the bus, hiking, chess, history, prospective, sci-fi, geopolitics, EU affairs, Brexit and more ...
Almost ten years since the referendum, they’re still casting around for ways to ‘leave the EU without really leaving the EU’. Unfortunatelly for them the UK has already left and without crossparty political consensus in the UK there is no way to significally improve the relationship with the EU .
December 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Almost ten years since the referendum, they’re still casting around for ways to ‘leave the EU without really leaving the EU’. Unfortunatelly for them the UK has already left and without crossparty political consensus in the UK there is no way to significally improve the relationship with the EU .
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Ten years of failing to find a stable model for UK-EU relations. Worst Christmas movie ever.
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Ten years of failing to find a stable model for UK-EU relations. Worst Christmas movie ever.
... and do not forget to mention their greatest grievance: being compelled to pay taxes in the hosting EU country.😁
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
... and do not forget to mention their greatest grievance: being compelled to pay taxes in the hosting EU country.😁
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🎉1️⃣🎊 “Hanging Together or Hanging Separately? Europe and the Indo-Pacific in US-China Rivalry”, In-Depth Paper by Luis Simón, Daniel Fiott, Octavian Manea, Zack Cooper and Toshi Yoshihara: csds.vub.be/publication/...
Hanging Together or Hanging Separately? Europe and the Indo-Pacific in United States-China Rivalry - CSDS
The United States appears to be consistent on the idea that “great power” or “strategic” competition and, more specifically, “competition with China” stands out as its overriding national security pri...
csds.vub.be
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🎉1️⃣🎊 “Hanging Together or Hanging Separately? Europe and the Indo-Pacific in US-China Rivalry”, In-Depth Paper by Luis Simón, Daniel Fiott, Octavian Manea, Zack Cooper and Toshi Yoshihara: csds.vub.be/publication/...
It is a suicide note. If the ideas within it are really used to shape policy, then U.S. influence in the world will rapidly disappear, and America’s ability to defend itself and its allies will diminish. The consequences will be economic as well as political, and they will be felt by all Americans.
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It is a suicide note. If the ideas within it are really used to shape policy, then U.S. influence in the world will rapidly disappear, and America’s ability to defend itself and its allies will diminish. The consequences will be economic as well as political, and they will be felt by all Americans.
Calm down Anne. I am pretty sure that the NSS document reads better in the original russian version. Don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Calm down Anne. I am pretty sure that the NSS document reads better in the original russian version. Don't you think?
She literally just told me what language I have not to use and to shut my mouth. I just put a mirror in front of her face to point out the hypocrisy.
August 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
She literally just told me what language I have not to use and to shut my mouth. I just put a mirror in front of her face to point out the hypocrisy.
said the one telling other people what language they should use and what they are allowed to talk about.
August 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
said the one telling other people what language they should use and what they are allowed to talk about.
My bad. I wasn't aware that only britons are allowed to express their opinions about world affairs. Thanks for making this point clear.
August 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My bad. I wasn't aware that only britons are allowed to express their opinions about world affairs. Thanks for making this point clear.
If you want to help the EU without much effort, you could always stop posting your unhelpful opinions about the speeches of EU citizens (Draghi) in EU towns (Rimini) about EU affairs instead of telling EU citizens not post about it. so you can misrepresent it. That would take no effort on your part
August 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If you want to help the EU without much effort, you could always stop posting your unhelpful opinions about the speeches of EU citizens (Draghi) in EU towns (Rimini) about EU affairs instead of telling EU citizens not post about it. so you can misrepresent it. That would take no effort on your part
unfortunately this does not prevent UK politicians and pundits from trying to convince us that solving their self made problems should be the EU's top priority.
August 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
unfortunately this does not prevent UK politicians and pundits from trying to convince us that solving their self made problems should be the EU's top priority.
I don't think Draghi had the UK-EU relationship in mind, when he wrote this speech. Rather, he is concerned about the major challenges facing the EU, and the UK's problems after Brexit are certainly not one of them.
August 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I don't think Draghi had the UK-EU relationship in mind, when he wrote this speech. Rather, he is concerned about the major challenges facing the EU, and the UK's problems after Brexit are certainly not one of them.
oh yeah sure and the people in DC is also walking to blockbuster stores at night to rent VHS video tapes again.
This sh*t can't be for real. where the f**k is the hidden camera? This isn't funny anymore.
This sh*t can't be for real. where the f**k is the hidden camera? This isn't funny anymore.
August 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
oh yeah sure and the people in DC is also walking to blockbuster stores at night to rent VHS video tapes again.
This sh*t can't be for real. where the f**k is the hidden camera? This isn't funny anymore.
This sh*t can't be for real. where the f**k is the hidden camera? This isn't funny anymore.
Has he already sent a letter to Mr. Europe to inform him that he and only he is the real president of Europe?
August 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Has he already sent a letter to Mr. Europe to inform him that he and only he is the real president of Europe?
Be warned. Keep your daughters away from this man. nobody, no constitution, no flag is save from his assaults.
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Be warned. Keep your daughters away from this man. nobody, no constitution, no flag is save from his assaults.
unfortunately not a good one, I am afraid.
August 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
unfortunately not a good one, I am afraid.
an old proverb comes to my mind
August 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
an old proverb comes to my mind
you find the translation here:
www.meetingrimini.org/en/turn-skep...
www.meetingrimini.org/en/turn-skep...
“Turn skepticism into action.” Mario Draghi’s speech at the Meeting
We publish the full text of the address by Mario Draghi, former Prime Minister of Italy, delivered at the meeting “What Horizon for Europe?” on Friday, August 22, at 5:00 ... Read More
www.meetingrimini.org
August 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
you find the translation here:
www.meetingrimini.org/en/turn-skep...
www.meetingrimini.org/en/turn-skep...
telling them comforting lies that put the blame of their situation on the EU. This solves nothing but they feel better afterwards.
August 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
telling them comforting lies that put the blame of their situation on the EU. This solves nothing but they feel better afterwards.