Caroline de Gruyter
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Europe observer. Brussels correspondent/columnist for NRC, Foreign Policy, De Standaard, EUobserver. www.carolinedegruyter.eu Book: what the EU can learn from the Habsburg Empire - available in five languages
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I would change "years" for "weeks"...
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Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) has published an updated threat assessment and it is as expected if “conventional military threat” means invasion.

It also states “It is highly likely that the hybrid threat from Russia against NATO will increase in the coming years.”
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Drones over Poland, telecom cables damaged deep beneath the Baltic Sea, airports paralysed by cyber-attacks and quadcopters: "None of these on its own is a casus belli, but together they are adding up to something new and dangerous".
Good article in @economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity
NATO must resist Russia’s efforts to corrode it from within
www.economist.com
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So much for the European single market
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This photo will haunt Keir Starmer for a long time
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Many Europeans think Europe provides security to Ukraine. But the opposite is equally true: Europe increasingly relies on Ukraine for iets security
(with Ukraine taking the US’ place)
Reposted by Caroline de Gruyter
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Europe’s State of the Union address is becoming a political ritual, symbolizing the slow maturing of the EU as a political entity, writes columnist Caroline de Gruyter. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/09/e...
Europe Has Found Its True Language
The State of the Union has become a yearly ritual that breathes life into the EU.
foreignpolicy.com
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15 years ago, when the first State of the European Union was held, many thought it was useless and pompous.
Now, it is a political ritual, part of a slowly maturing European democracy.
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com

foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/09/e...
Europe Has Found Its True Language
The State of the Union has become a yearly ritual that breathes life into the EU.
foreignpolicy.com