Johannes Langer
@globaloutlook.bsky.social
Peacebuilding | Human Rights | European Union
That was a strong speech of Von der Leyen. Very important announcements regarding Israel/Gaza (she must have felt the heat) but also many other promising initiatives. What was missing: climate change. She handled the shouting of far right MEPs also well, quite embarrassing on their side. #soteu
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
That was a strong speech of Von der Leyen. Very important announcements regarding Israel/Gaza (she must have felt the heat) but also many other promising initiatives. What was missing: climate change. She handled the shouting of far right MEPs also well, quite embarrassing on their side. #soteu
The far right is shouting now quite a bit during the #Soteu. Apparently, that's what they know best... Interestingly, it's mostly about health and defence that enrages them. But VDL is handling it well and gracefully.
September 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The far right is shouting now quite a bit during the #Soteu. Apparently, that's what they know best... Interestingly, it's mostly about health and defence that enrages them. But VDL is handling it well and gracefully.
Many nods to the centre left in the European Parliament by VDL by addressing poverty, housing, food and cars. Quite a good balance in her #SOTEU
September 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Many nods to the centre left in the European Parliament by VDL by addressing poverty, housing, food and cars. Quite a good balance in her #SOTEU
After surprisingly strong language on Israel and Gaza, VDL receiving quite some applause from MEPs, that turn to competitiveness didn't work at all #soteu
September 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
After surprisingly strong language on Israel and Gaza, VDL receiving quite some applause from MEPs, that turn to competitiveness didn't work at all #soteu
Good choice to bring in a personal story at #SOTEU2025, bringing in Sasha, a Ukrainian kid who was forcefully abducted by the Russians. Every child taken away by Russians nerd to be returned pledges Von Der Leyen at #SOTEU in Strasbourg
September 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Good choice to bring in a personal story at #SOTEU2025, bringing in Sasha, a Ukrainian kid who was forcefully abducted by the Russians. Every child taken away by Russians nerd to be returned pledges Von Der Leyen at #SOTEU in Strasbourg
Strong start of #VDL at #Soteu2025. She asks for unity, it's a fight that needs to be taken up, a fight for Europe's future.
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Strong start of #VDL at #Soteu2025. She asks for unity, it's a fight that needs to be taken up, a fight for Europe's future.
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Poland, Ipsos:
Presidential election, second round today
Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 50.3% (+1.3)
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 49.7% (-1.3)
+/- vs. Last election results
➤ europeelects.eu/poland
Presidential election, second round today
Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 50.3% (+1.3)
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 49.7% (-1.3)
+/- vs. Last election results
➤ europeelects.eu/poland
June 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Poland, Ipsos:
Presidential election, second round today
Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 50.3% (+1.3)
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 49.7% (-1.3)
+/- vs. Last election results
➤ europeelects.eu/poland
Presidential election, second round today
Trzaskowski (PO-EPP): 50.3% (+1.3)
Nawrocki (PiS-ECR): 49.7% (-1.3)
+/- vs. Last election results
➤ europeelects.eu/poland
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Ich halte diese Recherche auch deshalb für so wichtig, weil es heißt, dass die Ukraine Gebiete an 🇷🇺 abtreten muss.
Das Schicksal und die Leiden, die Wiktoria Roschina erlitten hat, zeigen, was es bedeutet, unter russischer Besatzung zu leben.
Denn sie ist kein Einzelfall. Die Folter hat System.
Das Schicksal und die Leiden, die Wiktoria Roschina erlitten hat, zeigen, was es bedeutet, unter russischer Besatzung zu leben.
Denn sie ist kein Einzelfall. Die Folter hat System.
Unbedingt lesen! Meine Kolleginnen haben recherchiert, was mit der 🇺🇦 Journalistin Wiktoria Roschina passiert ist. Sie recherchierte in den von 🇷🇺 besetzten Gebieten, wurde von Russen gefoltert. Nach Monaten übergab 🇷🇺 ihren verstümmelten Leichnam. Sie wurde 26 Jahre alt. www.zeit.de/2025/18/vikt...
Viktoriia Roshchyna : Sie kam Putins Foltersystem zu nah
Die Journalistin Viktoriia Roshchyna wollte aufdecken, wie Russland ukrainische Zivilisten an geheimen Orten festsetzt und misshandelt. Dann verschwand sie selbst.
www.zeit.de
April 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ich halte diese Recherche auch deshalb für so wichtig, weil es heißt, dass die Ukraine Gebiete an 🇷🇺 abtreten muss.
Das Schicksal und die Leiden, die Wiktoria Roschina erlitten hat, zeigen, was es bedeutet, unter russischer Besatzung zu leben.
Denn sie ist kein Einzelfall. Die Folter hat System.
Das Schicksal und die Leiden, die Wiktoria Roschina erlitten hat, zeigen, was es bedeutet, unter russischer Besatzung zu leben.
Denn sie ist kein Einzelfall. Die Folter hat System.
Interesting intro of @dietmarpichler.bsky.social at #JEF Austria event on #disinformation today: cultural propaganda of Russia, troll farms and repetition until its perceived to be true. This helps Russia to equalize perpetrators and victims
April 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Interesting intro of @dietmarpichler.bsky.social at #JEF Austria event on #disinformation today: cultural propaganda of Russia, troll farms and repetition until its perceived to be true. This helps Russia to equalize perpetrators and victims
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Syria is living on borrowed time. The interim government should pursue security, economic and governance reforms simultaneously, recognising their interdependence. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
The New Syria: Halting a Dangerous Drift | Crisis Group
Syria’s new order is in a race against the clock. The interim government must strike a delicate balance in dealing with the myriad challenges it faces. Donors should give it the help it needs, lest th...
www.crisisgroup.org
March 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Syria is living on borrowed time. The interim government should pursue security, economic and governance reforms simultaneously, recognising their interdependence. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Und das wäre die offizielle ö. Position gewesen, hätten sich FPÖ und ÖVP auf eine Koalition geeinigt:
March 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Und das wäre die offizielle ö. Position gewesen, hätten sich FPÖ und ÖVP auf eine Koalition geeinigt:
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The talk in Europe is “how to get a seat at the table.” Respectfully, that’s the wrong question. The right question is, “how can Europe build a new table.”
March 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The talk in Europe is “how to get a seat at the table.” Respectfully, that’s the wrong question. The right question is, “how can Europe build a new table.”
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second nationally in the German election today, but the party was the clear winner in eastern Germany.
A closer look at the country's East-West electoral divide 👇
More via our live blog: www.politico.eu/article/germ...
A closer look at the country's East-West electoral divide 👇
More via our live blog: www.politico.eu/article/germ...
February 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came in second nationally in the German election today, but the party was the clear winner in eastern Germany.
A closer look at the country's East-West electoral divide 👇
More via our live blog: www.politico.eu/article/germ...
A closer look at the country's East-West electoral divide 👇
More via our live blog: www.politico.eu/article/germ...
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Merz with remarkable clarity: „Absolutely no illusions“ about Trump. Goal needs to be step by step
independence from a US who „pretty much no longer cares about fate of 🇪🇺“.
„Unclear whether we will still speak of NATO in present shape“ by time of June summit or we need to come up with 🇪🇺alternative.
independence from a US who „pretty much no longer cares about fate of 🇪🇺“.
„Unclear whether we will still speak of NATO in present shape“ by time of June summit or we need to come up with 🇪🇺alternative.
February 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Merz with remarkable clarity: „Absolutely no illusions“ about Trump. Goal needs to be step by step
independence from a US who „pretty much no longer cares about fate of 🇪🇺“.
„Unclear whether we will still speak of NATO in present shape“ by time of June summit or we need to come up with 🇪🇺alternative.
independence from a US who „pretty much no longer cares about fate of 🇪🇺“.
„Unclear whether we will still speak of NATO in present shape“ by time of June summit or we need to come up with 🇪🇺alternative.
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Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
February 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
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Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Here is what to watch out for in the 6pm exit polls:
1) does the CDU cross 30% & how large is the gap to the AfD?
2) is there a majority of seats for a CDU-SPD coalition? This is the easiest (but by no means easy) coalition to negotiate.
3) are FDP and BSW in or out?
4) how well does die Linke do?
1) does the CDU cross 30% & how large is the gap to the AfD?
2) is there a majority of seats for a CDU-SPD coalition? This is the easiest (but by no means easy) coalition to negotiate.
3) are FDP and BSW in or out?
4) how well does die Linke do?
February 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Here is what to watch out for in the 6pm exit polls:
1) does the CDU cross 30% & how large is the gap to the AfD?
2) is there a majority of seats for a CDU-SPD coalition? This is the easiest (but by no means easy) coalition to negotiate.
3) are FDP and BSW in or out?
4) how well does die Linke do?
1) does the CDU cross 30% & how large is the gap to the AfD?
2) is there a majority of seats for a CDU-SPD coalition? This is the easiest (but by no means easy) coalition to negotiate.
3) are FDP and BSW in or out?
4) how well does die Linke do?
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
This move of Trump is particularly concerning for the rest of the world, particularly those depending on vital health support in the global south, but also many great initiatives around the world #USAID #ODA #chaos
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump's strict foreign funding freeze sparks panic among international aid groups
Nearly 60 senior USAID employees were placed on leave.
abcnews.go.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This move of Trump is particularly concerning for the rest of the world, particularly those depending on vital health support in the global south, but also many great initiatives around the world #USAID #ODA #chaos
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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The Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU is over (pfff)
Welcome @POLAND25EU!
Do you also love the Solidarsnosc-inspired logo?
#Poland25eu #euco
Welcome @POLAND25EU!
Do you also love the Solidarsnosc-inspired logo?
#Poland25eu #euco
January 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU is over (pfff)
Welcome @POLAND25EU!
Do you also love the Solidarsnosc-inspired logo?
#Poland25eu #euco
Welcome @POLAND25EU!
Do you also love the Solidarsnosc-inspired logo?
#Poland25eu #euco
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“After a period of joint control, Panama took sole control in 1999. The US reserved the right to use military force in defence of the canal against any threat to its neutrality - a threat which now appears to be coming from the US itself” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump threatens to try and regain control of Panama Canal - BBC News
It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama's president, who says "every square metre" of the canal belongs to his country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2024 at 11:12 PM
“After a period of joint control, Panama took sole control in 1999. The US reserved the right to use military force in defence of the canal against any threat to its neutrality - a threat which now appears to be coming from the US itself” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interesting suggestion of Iran’s vice president to create #MWADA as a new association covering numerous policy issues of joint interest of West Asian countries from Egypt to Iran in #dialogue via @economist.com
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
A new Iranian approach to regional security and prosperity, by M. Javad Zarif
Iran’s vice-president on how his country can make the region more secure and prosperous
www.economist.com
December 23, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Interesting suggestion of Iran’s vice president to create #MWADA as a new association covering numerous policy issues of joint interest of West Asian countries from Egypt to Iran in #dialogue via @economist.com
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...