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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 18h

Made a few great friends!

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 1d

Is this to learn to always be wary of the French? 😜

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Zselyke Csaky @zecsaky.bsky.social · 2d

Here is something on Czechia's elections and the implications for the EU from me:

Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 2d

#Czechia’s elections mark a populist shift, but Babiš now faces a hard path to form a government. The further he’s pulled to the right, the greater the risk of EU fragmentation.

Quick @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social reaction from @zecsaky.bsky.social

Read here:

CER quick reaction: The Czech elections

Czechia’s elections mark a populist shift, but Babiš faces a hard path to form a government. The further he’s pulled to the right, the greater the risk of EU fragmentation.

buff.ly

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 2d

((sans parler de ne pas régler les questions financières structurantes de type régime des retraites))

Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 2d

(and sorry for my typos)

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 2d

(2) Commission always supports countries/ sectors targeted by AD measures - including by filing complaintd at WTO.

So: Not a big deal, standard US protectionist machinery in action indepentent of whether Trump in power. And yes, US anti-dumping duties are very high compared to those apploed by EU

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 2d

Well….

(1) This pasta case is an anti-dumping case. Established procedure based on sector complaint. This is not a Trump tariff threat as we have witnessed this year. Fairly common for Dpt of Commerce to investigate EU products. And to also single out countries. Spanish olives recently

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 2d

If politics are going crazy in several European countries one after the other, I think it is time to go past blaming the failures of individual political actors (and there are quite a few, both in the UK and France) to looking at the systemic pressures our political systems are failing to deal with.

Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 2d

If you are overly focused on the admittedly increasingly batsh*t character of British politics, don‘t neglect the batsh*t character of French politics.

Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, the famous French work-life balance

on.ft.com/4mTFYVb French prime minister resigns less than a month after appointment

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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 2d

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1321

One of those days...

1. According to Reuters, Cuban army 🇨🇺 is now a cobelligerent of 🇷🇺 in 🇺🇦

2. Belgorod blacked out

3. Feodosya (Crimea) oil terminal (250 kt capacity) burns

4. 33 Shahed leakers out of 116

5. 🇫🇷: Lecornu forms government Sunday PM, resigns Monday AM

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile France is

a hand is giving a thumbs up in the water

ALT: a hand is giving a thumbs up in the water

media.tenor.com

Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 2d

Europe’´s creeping vassalisation

UK government undermined China spying probe to protect Beijing ties, say officials on.ft.com/4nCrtq0

UK government undermined China spying probe to protect Beijing ties, say officials

Prosecution case collapsed after senior security advisers said they would not testify that China was an ‘enemy’

on.ft.com

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 7d

From "trade, not aid" to "no trade, no aid."

Trump II in a nutshell.

Thousands of jobs at risk in Africa as US trade deal expires

A major US-Africa trade deal, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, has ended, cutting duty-free access to U.S. markets for thousands of African products.

apnews.com

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 7d

Derrière toutes ces critiques des juges en France se cache aussi un déni énorme: sur l’ampleur et la gravité de la corruption en cause. Que Sarkozy et ses acolytes aient aussi crûment cherché ces énormes sommes chez le pire des dictateurs africains en toute illégalité ne choque personne ou quoi?

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 7d

Derrière toutes ces critiques des juges en France se cache aussi un déni énorme: sur l’ampleur et la gravité de la corruption en cause. Que Sarkozy et ses acolytes aient aussi crûment cherché ces énormes sommes chez le pire des dictateurs africains en toute illégalité ne choque personne ou quoi?

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Nils Wilcke @nilswilcke.bsky.social · 7d

La vice-présidente LR Florence Portelli est l'une des rares à droite à ne "rien trouver de révoltant" dans le jugement condamnant Sarkozy en première instance. Nièce du juge Serge Portelli, l'élue dénonçait déjà les "slogans anti-magistrats" lors de la manif pro-Fillon au Trocadéro en 2017

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 7d

The general idea also fails to recognize that authoritarian regimes are not simply one man. They are entire systems with many people having an interest in keeping that system going.

Trump could walk away tomorrow, and the descent of the US into authoritarian rule would not suddenly stop.

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Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · 9d

I see the centrist dads are out in force putting the "well it could be worse" spin on this combination of at worst plain and simple xenophobia driven policy and at best, apparently, xenophobia with a pinch of classism as well, whereby the "most contributing" members of society can get ILR quicker.

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 9d

See if the EU is up to the task.

Pierre Briançon @pierrebri.bsky.social · 9d

Europe dodges the Moldavian bullet
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

En Moldavie, le parti proeuropéen de la présidente, Maia Sandu, remporte la majorité absolue au Parlement

Le Parti action et solidarité obtient 50 % des voix, selon le décompte encore partiel, ce qui lui assure plus de 51 sièges sur 101 au Parlement moldave. La coalition d’opposition, le Bloc patriotique,...

www.lemonde.fr

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Antton Rouget @anttonrouget.bsky.social · 11d

-Mutisme du ministre de la Justice malgré les menaces contre la présidente du tribunal.

-Soutien du ministre de l’Interieur au condamné.

-Silence institutionnel sur les leçons à tirer de cette affaire gravissime.

La condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy dit tout de notre accoutumance à la corruption.

Sarkozy-Kadhafi : dix questions pour tout comprendre d’un jugement historique

Mediapart a analysé les 400 pages du jugement qui a condamné Nicolas Sarkozy, Claude Guéant, Brice Hortefeux, Alexandre Djouhri et d’autres dans l’affaire des financements libyens. Des faits et du dr…

www.mediapart.fr

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 11d

Capisci, Brussels and EU capitals?

👉🏼

How tech lords and populists changed the rules of power on.ft.com/46oF4ey

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 12d

or nostalgia.

Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 12d

I agree it is not working. Which is very puzzling: why persist?

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 12d

I am among those who think immigration is not « a problem », but restricting immigration creates problems. What I was pointing to is the Labour strategy pandering to a lost audience that believes so. There is split electorate. L voters disagreeing w Starmer seem not aware of the strategy behind it

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Iana Dreyer @ianadreyer.bsky.social · 12d

I think liberal Labour voters forgot that the Brexit vote in urban areas came from traditionally Labour voting « working class » people in peripheral areas hit by industrial change. Labour is not silly. They are trying to regain that electorate.

Steven Fielding @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social · 12d

More brilliant Starmer comms.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 12d

Morning.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 13d

Wrote a longer article on why the heated debate in Europe about whether and when to shoot down Russian jets that violate our air space misses the point. It may have to be done, but it’s not a silver bullet with an automatic de-escalation logic.

Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social

To Shoot or Not To Shoot Down Russian Jets

Some probably unpopular opinions in this week's Europe's Dispatch by Minna Ålander.

open.substack.com

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