Michael Meyer-Resende
@meyer-resende.bsky.social
Writer and Executive Director, Democracy Reporting International. Lisbon & Berlin.
Consensus is gemütlich. Debate is inspiring.
Consensus is gemütlich. Debate is inspiring.
@vanityfair.com has not published all the photos they made in the White House.
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@vanityfair.com has not published all the photos they made in the White House.
In der Außenpolitik bewegen sich alle Teile, wie soll da eine Strategie aussehen? Pragmatisch, wie bei Adenauer. Meine Meinung bei @internationalepolitik.de
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Von Adenauer lernen
Wenn international alles in Bewegung gerät, ist für die Bundesrepublik „Westbindung“ oder „mehr Europa“ allein zu wenig. Plädoyer für eine realpolitische Bündnisarchitektur mit möglichst vielfältiger ...
internationalepolitik.de
December 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In der Außenpolitik bewegen sich alle Teile, wie soll da eine Strategie aussehen? Pragmatisch, wie bei Adenauer. Meine Meinung bei @internationalepolitik.de
internationalepolitik.de/de/von-adena...
internationalepolitik.de/de/von-adena...
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Das ist ja mal ein Interview „auf die Zwölf“. Max Schrems räumt auf mit dem deutschen Datenschutzmythos und erklärt unterhaltsam wie man die #DSGVO reformieren müsste. netzpolitik.org/2025/dsgvo-r...
DSGVO-Reform: „Beim Datenschutz ist Deutschland inzwischen dem Silicon Valley näher als dem Rest der EU“
Die Datenschutzgrundverordnung kann reformiert werden, sagt Max Schrems - aber ganz anders, als die EU es gerade plant. Im Interview erklärt der prominente Datenschützer, warum er keine Hoffnung mehr ...
netzpolitik.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Das ist ja mal ein Interview „auf die Zwölf“. Max Schrems räumt auf mit dem deutschen Datenschutzmythos und erklärt unterhaltsam wie man die #DSGVO reformieren müsste. netzpolitik.org/2025/dsgvo-r...
@support.bsky.team I would like to have "negative interest" selection. How else can I supress the regular explosion of cat content in my feed?
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@support.bsky.team I would like to have "negative interest" selection. How else can I supress the regular explosion of cat content in my feed?
Few media are giving us a real picture of the military situation of the Russian war. Here is a good and more detailed analysis. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #163: Ukraine Goes From Collapsing to Liberating Kupyansk
The Two Negotiations; Stirrings in Europe
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Few media are giving us a real picture of the military situation of the Russian war. Here is a good and more detailed analysis. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
One of the bravest persons on earth. Free at last.
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
One of the bravest persons on earth. Free at last.
Mad idea to force Ukraine into elections now as anybody who has a slight clue about voter registration, polling arrangements and war context knows.
December 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Mad idea to force Ukraine into elections now as anybody who has a slight clue about voter registration, polling arrangements and war context knows.
Good overview how Trump administration is meddling in other states' affairs with no respect for democratic process.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
U.S. Political Interventionism Under Trump
Despite promising not to lecture other countries on “how to live,” the Trump administration is intervening with increasing frequency and force in the political affairs of other countries.
carnegieendowment.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Good overview how Trump administration is meddling in other states' affairs with no respect for democratic process.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
The EU is 75 years old, Musk is 54 years old. Statistically it's more likely the EU will outlive him.
December 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The EU is 75 years old, Musk is 54 years old. Statistically it's more likely the EU will outlive him.
Wheb checks and balances go wrong. Murky law enforcement brought down the Portuguese government i. 2022. #ruleoflaw
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open.substack.com/pub/portugal...
Costa wiretapped without required judicial approval
The investigation continues to examine suspected crimes of active and passive corruption, influence-peddling and official misconduct related to large-scale industrial and energy projects.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Wheb checks and balances go wrong. Murky law enforcement brought down the Portuguese government i. 2022. #ruleoflaw
open.substack.com/pub/portugal...
open.substack.com/pub/portugal...
Saying #Ukraine is less corrupt than Russia doesn't help. Ukraine's reference should be EU countries. Currently Ukraine is 105 on @transparency-eu.bsky.social index. It should work to overtake the lowest EU country, Hungary (place 82). www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2024
Corruption Perceptions Index 2024
The Corruption Perceptions Index 2024 ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. Find out the scores and read our analysis.
www.transparency.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Saying #Ukraine is less corrupt than Russia doesn't help. Ukraine's reference should be EU countries. Currently Ukraine is 105 on @transparency-eu.bsky.social index. It should work to overtake the lowest EU country, Hungary (place 82). www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2024
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While world leaders debate Ukraine’s future over the phone, @avalaina.bsky.social reminds us: Justice is hard but necessary work 🕊️
➕ 600 people joined us at @blnensemble.bsky.social to hear her speak about documenting Russia’s war crimes since 2014, work that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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➕ 600 people joined us at @blnensemble.bsky.social to hear her speak about documenting Russia’s war crimes since 2014, work that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
While world leaders debate Ukraine’s future over the phone, @avalaina.bsky.social reminds us: Justice is hard but necessary work 🕊️
➕ 600 people joined us at @blnensemble.bsky.social to hear her speak about documenting Russia’s war crimes since 2014, work that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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➕ 600 people joined us at @blnensemble.bsky.social to hear her speak about documenting Russia’s war crimes since 2014, work that earned her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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I was always proud to have worked for the #BBC once. This is such a low point.
Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I was always proud to have worked for the #BBC once. This is such a low point.
Encouraging and interesting that penalizing femicide is supported unanimously in Italy's parliament, across the entire party spectrum.
Italy recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison www.npr.org/2025/11/26/g...
Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison
Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that punishes femicide with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Encouraging and interesting that penalizing femicide is supported unanimously in Italy's parliament, across the entire party spectrum.
This will be how most media will report the case. But seems to me the judgement is more nuanced and more in line with no need for equal form ("marriage"), but need for equal treatment to married couples (Poland could introduce another category for foreign same sex couples, that gives equal rights).
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This will be how most media will report the case. But seems to me the judgement is more nuanced and more in line with no need for equal form ("marriage"), but need for equal treatment to married couples (Poland could introduce another category for foreign same sex couples, that gives equal rights).
Reposted by Michael Meyer-Resende
Ukrainian democracy got a standing ovation in Berlin tonight during a wide ranging conversation about justice, EU accession, and the difference between fighting for freedom and inheriting it, w/ @avalaina.bsky.social, @mattian.bsky.social, @rebharms.bsky.social, and @meyer-resende.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ukrainian democracy got a standing ovation in Berlin tonight during a wide ranging conversation about justice, EU accession, and the difference between fighting for freedom and inheriting it, w/ @avalaina.bsky.social, @mattian.bsky.social, @rebharms.bsky.social, and @meyer-resende.bsky.social
Why does this get so little coverage? It's the destruction of humanity's minimum rules.
An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Why does this get so little coverage? It's the destruction of humanity's minimum rules.
A "peace deal" in which the attacked country is asked to reduce its troops, to withdraw from its strongest defensive position and to rely on the word of an attacker who has constantly broken its words. That's not a peace deal, it's a launch pad for the next attack.
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A "peace deal" in which the attacked country is asked to reduce its troops, to withdraw from its strongest defensive position and to rely on the word of an attacker who has constantly broken its words. That's not a peace deal, it's a launch pad for the next attack.
This is a big story for Ukraine and Europe and not yet covered properly. I hope European diplomacy goes into overdrive. To divert from Epstein, Trump may trade away key Ukrainian and European interests to Russia to present a "deal".
⚡️US holding secret peace talks with Moscow to end Russia's war against Ukraine, Axios reports.
The White House and Moscow have been secretly working on a proposal to end Russia's war against Ukraine, Axios reported on Nov. 18, citing U.S. and Russian officials.
The White House and Moscow have been secretly working on a proposal to end Russia's war against Ukraine, Axios reported on Nov. 18, citing U.S. and Russian officials.
US holding secret peace talks with Moscow to end Russia's war against Ukraine, Axios reports
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev have extensively discussed the 28-point peace plan, an unnamed U.S. official said.
kyivindependent.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is a big story for Ukraine and Europe and not yet covered properly. I hope European diplomacy goes into overdrive. To divert from Epstein, Trump may trade away key Ukrainian and European interests to Russia to present a "deal".
Immer wieder erstaunlich, wie einerseits Vereine und gemeinnützige Organisationen überreguliert werden (wir wurden von Behörden schon zu unserem Konsum von Toilettenpapier befragt) und in anderen Fällen gar nichts geprüft wird, ob in Berlin oder Brüssel (#Qatar-Gate).
„Arbeitsnachweise über angelaufene oder abgeschlossene Projekte gibt es nicht. Aber immerhin eine Handynummer auf der Webseite. Also ein Anruf dort – mit mäßigem Erfolg. Zwar nimmt jemand ab, legt aber schnell wieder auf.“
Ich war ca. 12 Jahre im Vorstand des Württembergischen Kunstvereins in Stuttgart. Ich weiß genau, wie fucking aufwändig Antragstellungen für Staatsknete (sei es Kommune, Land, Bund o. EU) sind & wie sorgfältig das normalerweise geprüft wird. Das hier ist schlicht Korruption.
taz.de/Gefoerderte-...
taz.de/Gefoerderte-...
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Immer wieder erstaunlich, wie einerseits Vereine und gemeinnützige Organisationen überreguliert werden (wir wurden von Behörden schon zu unserem Konsum von Toilettenpapier befragt) und in anderen Fällen gar nichts geprüft wird, ob in Berlin oder Brüssel (#Qatar-Gate).
So disinformation online IS a problem? I am confused.
HOSTIN: You don't believe in QAnon anymore? You've changed?
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So disinformation online IS a problem? I am confused.
Result doesn't support the view that government participation always helps far-right parties (but I am doubtful about such "lessons" whatever they say. Too many variables, too different contexts.)
⚡️Dutch liberal party overtakes far-right nationalists in snap parliamentary election.
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), whose leader Geert Wilders has argued against aid to Ukraine, lost nearly a third of its seats in parliament, according to exit polls.
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), whose leader Geert Wilders has argued against aid to Ukraine, lost nearly a third of its seats in parliament, according to exit polls.
Dutch liberal party overtakes far-right nationalists in snap parliamentary election
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), whose leader has argued against aid to Ukraine, lost nearly a third of its seats in parliament, according to exit polls.
kyivindependent.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Result doesn't support the view that government participation always helps far-right parties (but I am doubtful about such "lessons" whatever they say. Too many variables, too different contexts.)
If you think that "pure majority should rule", you may find out that there isn't one.
Fun fact: You could form a coalition with 12 out of 15 parties that will enter parliament and still not get a majority 🫠
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If you think that "pure majority should rule", you may find out that there isn't one.