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New post at EU Analytics - in which I try to tackle the question on who decides EU policy on Gaza.
The question led me to more issues I could cover in one post, so this one starts with EU statements, positions in international organsations and sanctions (with a QMV twist):
The question led me to more issues I could cover in one post, so this one starts with EU statements, positions in international organsations and sanctions (with a QMV twist):
Who decides EU policy on Gaza? (Part I)
A look at who can take the EU decisions on Gaza - regarding statements, positions in international organisations and sanctions
nicolaivonondarza.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New post at EU Analytics - in which I try to tackle the question on who decides EU policy on Gaza.
The question led me to more issues I could cover in one post, so this one starts with EU statements, positions in international organsations and sanctions (with a QMV twist):
The question led me to more issues I could cover in one post, so this one starts with EU statements, positions in international organsations and sanctions (with a QMV twist):
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So we have Germany saying it is going for the 5% goal, which no one believes they will because they don’t have the political will.
And we have France saying it is going for the 5% goal, which no one believes they will because they don’t have the money.
Welcome to Europe.
And we have France saying it is going for the 5% goal, which no one believes they will because they don’t have the money.
Welcome to Europe.
May 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
So we have Germany saying it is going for the 5% goal, which no one believes they will because they don’t have the political will.
And we have France saying it is going for the 5% goal, which no one believes they will because they don’t have the money.
Welcome to Europe.
And we have France saying it is going for the 5% goal, which no one believes they will because they don’t have the money.
Welcome to Europe.
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Mitä tästä voisi sanoa
April 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mitä tästä voisi sanoa
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When the sea gets rough, you’ll want to be on a bigger boat.
With Trump’s trade war threatening to leave Norway in the crossfire of US-EU sanctions, Norway is facing a similar moment of truth about EU membership as Finland and Sweden did with regard to NATO 3 years earlier.
I argue that it’s time to make it official - for a strong Norden in the EU
I argue that it’s time to make it official - for a strong Norden in the EU
To join or not to join? Norway is edging closer to the EU
Trump’s trade war has brought Norway even closer to the EU and increased the urgency for it to make a decision about membership.
www.chathamhouse.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
When the sea gets rough, you’ll want to be on a bigger boat.
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At this rate, Trump is soon going to hold cabinet meetings like Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
April 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
At this rate, Trump is soon going to hold cabinet meetings like Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
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Idk, I find Trump’s ideas about the EU more entertaining than offensive. They’re equally warped as Putin’s understanding of what the EU is.
We seem to live rent free in their heads and I mean why not. Why not let them think that the EU is this mythical and omnipotent entity
We seem to live rent free in their heads and I mean why not. Why not let them think that the EU is this mythical and omnipotent entity
March 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Idk, I find Trump’s ideas about the EU more entertaining than offensive. They’re equally warped as Putin’s understanding of what the EU is.
We seem to live rent free in their heads and I mean why not. Why not let them think that the EU is this mythical and omnipotent entity
We seem to live rent free in their heads and I mean why not. Why not let them think that the EU is this mythical and omnipotent entity
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When Russia invaded Ukraine, Finland’s then-president Niinistö said that the masks had fallen.
If anyone was still clinging onto some kind of hope of Trump coming around on Ukraine, this disgrace of a press conference should make everything clear now.
Trump is anti-Ukraine. Pro-Russia.
If anyone was still clinging onto some kind of hope of Trump coming around on Ukraine, this disgrace of a press conference should make everything clear now.
Trump is anti-Ukraine. Pro-Russia.
February 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Finland’s then-president Niinistö said that the masks had fallen.
If anyone was still clinging onto some kind of hope of Trump coming around on Ukraine, this disgrace of a press conference should make everything clear now.
Trump is anti-Ukraine. Pro-Russia.
If anyone was still clinging onto some kind of hope of Trump coming around on Ukraine, this disgrace of a press conference should make everything clear now.
Trump is anti-Ukraine. Pro-Russia.
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Putin was the NATO salesman of the year 2022, and now Trump is working hard for the honour to be the EU salesman of the year 2025
Given that the current US administration clear obsession with the EU, Europeans are starting to wonder if they’ve been underrating the EU-thing this whole time.
Trump: "The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States, that's the purpose of it. And they've done a good job of it. But now I'm president."
February 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Putin was the NATO salesman of the year 2022, and now Trump is working hard for the honour to be the EU salesman of the year 2025
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Suomen ulkopolitiikan johdolla näyttää selvästi olevan käsitys, että Trump toimi jotenkin strategisesti ja että kaikki hänen päätöksensä noudattivat logiikkaa "miten me hyödymme tästä."
Mutta näin ei ole. Koko Trump ja hänen hallintonsa toimivat ideologian pohjalta.
Mutta näin ei ole. Koko Trump ja hänen hallintonsa toimivat ideologian pohjalta.
USAID-järjestön kustannukset ovat 0,6% liittovaltion menoista. Sen merkitys Yhdysvaltain kansainväliselle maineelle, vaikutusvallalle ja turvallisuusintresseille on ollut huikaiseva.
Trump ja Musk ovat tuhoamassa järjestöä.
Ehkä Mäntyniemessä olisi vähitellen syytä käsittää, mistä tässä on kyse.
Trump ja Musk ovat tuhoamassa järjestöä.
Ehkä Mäntyniemessä olisi vähitellen syytä käsittää, mistä tässä on kyse.
February 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Suomen ulkopolitiikan johdolla näyttää selvästi olevan käsitys, että Trump toimi jotenkin strategisesti ja että kaikki hänen päätöksensä noudattivat logiikkaa "miten me hyödymme tästä."
Mutta näin ei ole. Koko Trump ja hänen hallintonsa toimivat ideologian pohjalta.
Mutta näin ei ole. Koko Trump ja hänen hallintonsa toimivat ideologian pohjalta.
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I make Hungary/Orban analogies for US/Trump, because 21st century democratic backsliding isn't new—see also Turkey, India, Russia, Venezuela, etc—and MAGA sees Hungary as a model.
But they're not identical, and it definitely doesn't mean it's all over in the US. None had America's system or history.
But they're not identical, and it definitely doesn't mean it's all over in the US. None had America's system or history.
the reason why i hate weimar analogies or hungary analogies or whatever is because they lead people to treat contingent phenomenon as iron clad rules and to ignore critical details like, for instance, the structure of a political system
November 25, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I make Hungary/Orban analogies for US/Trump, because 21st century democratic backsliding isn't new—see also Turkey, India, Russia, Venezuela, etc—and MAGA sees Hungary as a model.
But they're not identical, and it definitely doesn't mean it's all over in the US. None had America's system or history.
But they're not identical, and it definitely doesn't mean it's all over in the US. None had America's system or history.
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