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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 3h

Die EVP war mehrheitlich für ein Verbot, CDU/CSU-Gruppe mehrheitlich dagegen.

Hier ist das genaue Abstimmungsverhalten:
mepwatch.eu/10/vote.html...

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 10h

Im Text selbst kommt die Information immerhin schon im zweiten Satz (und irgendwann weiter unten erscheint dann sogar auch noch der Name "EVP").

Das Europaparlament hat sich mehrheitlich dafür ausgesprochen, Bezeichnungen wie "Veggie-Burger" oder "Soja-Schnitzel" zu verbieten. Eine Mehrheit aus Rechtsaußen-Fraktionen und Teilen der konservativen Fraktion um CDU und CSU stimmte in Straßburg für eine entsprechende Gesetzesänderung.

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 10h

Eines Tages, da bin ich mir ganz sicher, werden Qualitätsmedien (wie hier @zeit.de) bei Berichten über umstrittene Entscheidungen im EU-Parlament schon im Teaser dazuschreiben, welche Fraktionen dafür und welche dagegen gestimmt haben.

www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

Schlagzeile und Teaser eines Artikels in der Online-Ausgabe der ZEIT:

EU-Parlament will Bezeichnungen wie "Veggie-Burger" verbieten

Das Europaparlament hat für ein Verbot von Produktbezeichnungen wie "Veggie-Burger" oder "Soja-Schnitzel" gestimmt. Die EU-Staaten müssen dem Vorhaben noch zustimmen.

8. Oktober 2025, 13:29 Uhr

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · Sep 23

This went around a few days ago with a "leopards eating faces party" response, but it's more interesting than that. What's happening in Afghanistan actually looks a hell of a lot like what's happening all over the world with rural reactionaries attacking urban centers...
(Gift) wapo.st/3XU13pB

As Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner

Besides imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating non-Muslims in appearance or behavior.

wapo.st

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 1d

Now here in paper - the extensive book coordinated by Michael Harding, Alexander Hoppe and @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu on the EU 2024 elections:

www.springerprofessional.de/the-2024-eur...

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 2d

Sept heures pour Magdalena Andersson en Suède (mais elle est revenue des jours plus tard avec un nouveau gouvernement).

Swedish PM Andersson resigns on first day, to seek new support

Newly-elected Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigned on Wednesday just hours after she was appointed, when her coalition partner, the Greens, quit the government.

www.reuters.com

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 2d

I publish a guest post on my blog about how to improve Franco-German relations – and an hour later, news breaks that the French prime minister is resigning. 😮

That wasn't the intention!

Der (europäische) Föderalist @foederalist.eu · 2d

The EU's Franco-German engine has not been running smoothly in recent years, but the government change in Germany in 2025 provides an opportunity for a new start.

SABINE HOSCISLAWSKI explains what the German government needs to do for this to succeed.

#BerlinPerspectives @iep-berlin.bsky.social

Powering up Europe: New drive for the Franco-German engine

Ein Blog über die Demokratie in Europa

www.foederalist.eu

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 2d

Ich schalte auf dem Blog einen Gastbeitrag frei, in dem es darum geht, wie die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen verbessert werden können – und eine Stunde später kommt die Nachricht, dass der französische Premierminister zurücktritt. 😮

So war das nicht gemeint!

Der (europäische) Föderalist @foederalist.eu · 2d

Der deutsch-französische Motor der EU lief zuletzt nicht rund, aber der Regierungswechsel in Deutschland 2025 bietet die Chance auf einen Neustart.

SABINE HOSCISLAWSKI analysiert, wie die Bundesregierung die bilateralen Beziehungen in Gang bringen kann.

#BerlinPerspectives @iep-berlin.bsky.social

Europa auf Touren bringen: Neuer Schwung für den deutsch-französischen Motor

Ein Blog über die Demokratie in Europa

www.foederalist.eu

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 6d

I've played the "Who goes Nazi?" game in the past, and I don't like it much because it's very judgemental and prejudice-prone.

But one positive thing is that it de-historicises fascist traits. It makes you aware that it's not about brown uniforms from the 1930s; it can happen here and today.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

harpers.org

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 7d

(Bei mir sind es übermorgen 14! 😁)

Zehn Jahre „Der (europäische) Föderalist“: Eine Chronologie

Ein Blog über die Demokratie in Europa

www.foederalist.eu

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 7d

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 7d

Finally, if you prefer a full version outside of substack, here is a mirror thanks to cooperation with @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu @foederalist.eu:

Der (europäische) Föderalist @foederalist.eu · 7d

In his latest #EUAnalytics, NICOLAI VON ONDARZA reviews the EP and EU Council votes in September 2025.

With the far right still split on Ukraine, the centre-right working with the far right on Colombia, and a first return of the “German Vote” under Merz

EU Analytics: September 2025 review

Ein Blog über die Demokratie in Europa

www.foederalist.eu

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 7d

Theory: We don't need a treaty reform, the current Treaties already make it possible to shift from unanimity to QMV.

Practice: Member states can't even agree on introducing QMV for opening negotiation clusters in enlargement talks (let alone closing clusters, let alone enlargement as such).

Hungary’s Orbán has unlikely potential allies in bid to keep Ukraine out of the EU

Other European leaders may disagree with Hungary, but several support his right to veto EU membership bids at every step.

www.politico.eu

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 9d

"Der Damm hat gehalten", wäre wohl das bessere Bild. Die AfD-Stimmenzahlen sind ja im Vergleich zu 2020 stark gestiegen; nur die Kooperation der anderen Parteien (bzw. die Bereitschaft von deren Wähler:innen, in der Stichwahl für die Nicht-AfD-Kandidat:in zu stimmen) hat einen Durchbruch verhindert.

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 9d

In any case, the key issue here is the legal/political fallout of leaving the Convention. It is, of course, legitimate to weigh this against military efficiency considerations. But it seems to me that the latter have generally been much more prevalent in the debate on this issue than the former.

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 9d

The authors make a few arguments that in past conflicts, APMs have been less effective than previously expected, and that their costs are often underestimated because some indirect costs are ignored.

Personally, I don't have the expertise to assess these claims.

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 9d

It certainly is. But maintaining international humanitarian law is such a precarious endeavour that this slope is slippery indeed.

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 9d

In #EUelections, some parties need far fewer votes than others to win a seat in the European Parliament. This is mostly due to #degressiveproportionality, but not only.

In this short video, I analyse the impact of various factors that distort EU-level #electoralequality.

Der (europäische) Föderalist @foederalist.eu · 9d

New chapter preview video:

MANUEL MÜLLER analyses distortions of #electoralequality in the #EP2024 election: Why did some parties need far fewer votes than others to win a seat? And how did this affect the balance of power between political groups?

@manuelmueller.foederalist.eu

Out now: The 2024 European Parliament Elections – A Turn to the Right in the Shadow of War

Ein Blog über die Demokratie in Europa

www.foederalist.eu

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 9d

"Justifying retreating from the #OttawaConvention as 'self-defence' sets a dangerous precedent […] Leaving the CCM seems the next step. What follows then? Will states return to chemical weapons—or withdraw from the Geneva Convention?"

H. Garbino & @priscyll.bsky.social in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social

Are landmines legitimate self-defence? The folly of leaving the Ottawa Convention

The Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines is under serious challenge. In 2025, six state parties — Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Ukraine — began the procedure to withdra...

theloop.ecpr.eu

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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 12d

"We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less."

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12d

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

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PRO ASYL @proasyl.de · 12d

Heute ist der #TagDesFlüchtlings. Und wir erinnern uns an eine Zeit, die aktuell weit entfernt scheint:

2015 - Eine Welle der Solidarität schwappt durch Deutschland, hunderttausende Menschen helfen ankommenden Geflüchteten bei ihren ersten Schritten in der neuen Heimat...

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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 12d

Part of it is certainly the current government's austerity measures, but there was also an asymmetric external shock (Russia sanctions + energy crisis).

One of the reasons Finland should long have supported a European short-term unemployment reinsurance scheme. A stronger EU can help.

Ville Niinistö @villeniinisto.vihreat.fi · 13d

Mitä tapahtui 2023?

- Orpon hallitus.

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Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · 13d

Neu: @marinatulin.bsky.social & ich haben einen Blogbeitrag zu unserer Europawahlstudie zum vermeintlichen Zusammenhang von TikTok-Nutzung und Wahlverhalten unter jungen Wählenden veröffentlicht ⬇️

DVPW @dvpw.bsky.social · 15d

Neu im #DVPWblog: Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social & Marina Tulin @marinatulin.bsky.social fragen: Verstärkt TikTok die AfD? Ihre Studie zeigt: So einfach ist es nicht.

👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/mit-tik...

#PoWi #AfD #TikTok #Wahlen

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Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 14d

The kids, as they often are, are all right

Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 14d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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