Sacha Wolfgang Gortchakoff 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧
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Wisdom: in the midst of all Extremes (Buddha)
Policy: as we're still in stupid GROWTH race against each other, we can only vote Green anymore (full video surveillance beats mini-speedlimits)
I ONLY DONATE TO ORGs
Wisdom: in the midst of all Extremes (Buddha)
Policy: as we're still in stupid GROWTH race against each other, we can only vote Green anymore (full video surveillance beats mini-speedlimits)
I ONLY DONATE TO ORGs
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The document, released by the White House on Thursday, reads as if it were dictated by the Kremlin, much as our recent “peace proposal” for Ukraine turned out to have been.
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Trump’s New Global Vision
Amounts to a National In-Security Strategy
The annual document is called the National Security Strategy, or NSS. Under Trump, it’s part William McKinley—and part Neville Chamberlain.
trib.al
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The document, released by the White House on Thursday, reads as if it were dictated by the Kremlin, much as our recent “peace proposal” for Ukraine turned out to have been.
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"Shchedryk" continues to unite Ukrainians around the world.
It was performed by the "Homin" choir in the Austrian Parliament
🎥 Lyudmila Burda
It was performed by the "Homin" choir in the Austrian Parliament
🎥 Lyudmila Burda
December 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Shchedryk" continues to unite Ukrainians around the world.
It was performed by the "Homin" choir in the Austrian Parliament
🎥 Lyudmila Burda
It was performed by the "Homin" choir in the Austrian Parliament
🎥 Lyudmila Burda
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The SAVE plan helped millions of people stay above water while repaying student loan debt.
Now that Trump has officially shut it down, borrowers may now have to spend hundreds more per month paying off their loans.
How is this supposed to lower people’s cost of living?
Now that Trump has officially shut it down, borrowers may now have to spend hundreds more per month paying off their loans.
How is this supposed to lower people’s cost of living?
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The SAVE plan helped millions of people stay above water while repaying student loan debt.
Now that Trump has officially shut it down, borrowers may now have to spend hundreds more per month paying off their loans.
How is this supposed to lower people’s cost of living?
Now that Trump has officially shut it down, borrowers may now have to spend hundreds more per month paying off their loans.
How is this supposed to lower people’s cost of living?
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In 2023, The Loop launched its 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy series, led by Conny Roggeband & Andrea Krizsan. The two have now handed the reins to a fresh team: @pcaravantes.bsky.social, Laura Eigenmann & @francescafeo.bsky.social, who are keen to receive submissions! @ecprgender.bsky.social
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🌈 New scholars at the helm for The Loop’s Gendering Democracy series
European Consortium for Political Research
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December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In 2023, The Loop launched its 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy series, led by Conny Roggeband & Andrea Krizsan. The two have now handed the reins to a fresh team: @pcaravantes.bsky.social, Laura Eigenmann & @francescafeo.bsky.social, who are keen to receive submissions! @ecprgender.bsky.social
bit.ly/4pwm452
bit.ly/4pwm452
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Today we presented the European Grids Package with Commissioner Jørgensen.
We are building Europe through a resilient, interconnected energy system.1/2
We are building Europe through a resilient, interconnected energy system.1/2
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Today we presented the European Grids Package with Commissioner Jørgensen.
We are building Europe through a resilient, interconnected energy system.1/2
We are building Europe through a resilient, interconnected energy system.1/2
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Trump has given up on his biggest campaign promise.
Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."
Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).
Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."
Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump has given up on his biggest campaign promise.
Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."
Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).
Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."
Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).
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Public procurement represents €2 T a year in the #EU—a huge opportunity to accelerate #ClimateAction & strengthen competitiveness.
Our expert Ronja Bechauf outlines 3 reforms that would help Europe use its purchasing power more strategically & sustainably. 👇
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48DuH6s
Our expert Ronja Bechauf outlines 3 reforms that would help Europe use its purchasing power more strategically & sustainably. 👇
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48DuH6s
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Public procurement represents €2 T a year in the #EU—a huge opportunity to accelerate #ClimateAction & strengthen competitiveness.
Our expert Ronja Bechauf outlines 3 reforms that would help Europe use its purchasing power more strategically & sustainably. 👇
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48DuH6s
Our expert Ronja Bechauf outlines 3 reforms that would help Europe use its purchasing power more strategically & sustainably. 👇
Learn more: https://bit.ly/48DuH6s
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We’re at a tipping point.
As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.
As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.
Brexit: can Starmer seize this demographic opportunity?
Demography and disillusion join to give the government a real opportunity to transform our relations with the EU. Will Starmer dare seize it?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We’re at a tipping point.
As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.
As we go into 2026, a majority of 2016 voters still alive voted Remain.
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Die Einigung der EU-Innenminister auf erleichterte Abschiebungen in sichere Staaten, eine verbindliche Liste sicherer Herkunftsstaaten + ein Verfahren zur solidarischen Lastenverteilung ist ein wichtiger Schritt für ein europ. Asylsystem. #Migration www.landkreistag.de/presseforum/...
Wichtiger Schritt für ein besseres europäisches Asylsystem
Zur Verständigung der EU-Innenminister, die Asylbedingungen für Migranten zu ändern, äußert sich der Präsident des Deutschen Landkreistages Landrat...
www.landkreistag.de
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Die Einigung der EU-Innenminister auf erleichterte Abschiebungen in sichere Staaten, eine verbindliche Liste sicherer Herkunftsstaaten + ein Verfahren zur solidarischen Lastenverteilung ist ein wichtiger Schritt für ein europ. Asylsystem. #Migration www.landkreistag.de/presseforum/...
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I'm hosting an event on Russia sanctions at @brookings.edu on Dec 16 with keynote by Nobel @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, dark fleet expert Craig Kennedy, and a panel with ambassadors from EU, UK, Sweden & Lithuania moderated by @econharris.bsky.social. Sign up here.
www.brookings.edu/events/asses...
www.brookings.edu/events/asses...
Assessing the impact of recent Western sanctions on Russia | Brookings
www.brookings.edu
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm hosting an event on Russia sanctions at @brookings.edu on Dec 16 with keynote by Nobel @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, dark fleet expert Craig Kennedy, and a panel with ambassadors from EU, UK, Sweden & Lithuania moderated by @econharris.bsky.social. Sign up here.
www.brookings.edu/events/asses...
www.brookings.edu/events/asses...
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Russland baut in Transnistrien Drohnenproduktion & Trainingszentren auf, mobilisiert Reservisten und reaktiviert Waffenlager. Ziel: Destabilisierung Moldaus & Bedrohung der ukrainischen Südgrenze bei Odessa und hybride Eskalation. lb.ua/society/2025...
Розвідка Росія активізувалася в Придністровї розгорнула там виробництво дронів Зростає ризик проникнення диверсантів
Москва хоче повернути залежність Придністров'я від свого газу.
lb.ua
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Russland baut in Transnistrien Drohnenproduktion & Trainingszentren auf, mobilisiert Reservisten und reaktiviert Waffenlager. Ziel: Destabilisierung Moldaus & Bedrohung der ukrainischen Südgrenze bei Odessa und hybride Eskalation. lb.ua/society/2025...
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The UAE “has a strong instinct to approach matters as an investment portfolio with diversified strategies that involve deep hedging rather than making big bets on discrete outcomes.”
More from CSIS's Jon Alterman on the UAE's global strategy: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...
More from CSIS's Jon Alterman on the UAE's global strategy: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The UAE “has a strong instinct to approach matters as an investment portfolio with diversified strategies that involve deep hedging rather than making big bets on discrete outcomes.”
More from CSIS's Jon Alterman on the UAE's global strategy: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...
More from CSIS's Jon Alterman on the UAE's global strategy: www.csis.org/analysis/uni...
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Du bist beruflich oder für Dein Engagement auf Umweltdaten angewiesen? Dann sei am 17. Dezember bei unserem Community Meeting dabei! Diskutier mit, wie wir Informationen von Behörden befreien & was eine zentrale Umweltdatenbank leisten muss. Jetzt anmelden: www.ki-ideenwerkstatt.de/veranstaltun...
Online-Follow-Up: Offene Umweltdaten für Alle – „Climate Helpdesk“ meets „umwelt.info“
Dieses Online-Meeting schließt an den gleichnamigen Themennachmittag im November an: Am 17.12. möchten wir das Thema mit euch vertiefen.
www.ki-ideenwerkstatt.de
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Du bist beruflich oder für Dein Engagement auf Umweltdaten angewiesen? Dann sei am 17. Dezember bei unserem Community Meeting dabei! Diskutier mit, wie wir Informationen von Behörden befreien & was eine zentrale Umweltdatenbank leisten muss. Jetzt anmelden: www.ki-ideenwerkstatt.de/veranstaltun...
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Russian oligarchs are launching massive challenges to EU sanctions in secretive tribunals
Our 🆕 joint analysis found🕴️28 cases or threats 💸 for a total of $62bn in claims
How a system built to “protect” investors is now undermining sanctions & Ukraine’s defence👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
Our 🆕 joint analysis found🕴️28 cases or threats 💸 for a total of $62bn in claims
How a system built to “protect” investors is now undermining sanctions & Ukraine’s defence👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
How billion-dollar investor arbitrations undermine sanctions & Ukraine’s defense
An analysis of publicly-disclosed claims conducted by civil society organisations reveals that 28 investment arbitration cases (including threats) have been initiated by sanctioned oligarchs or compan...
friendsoftheearth.eu
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Russian oligarchs are launching massive challenges to EU sanctions in secretive tribunals
Our 🆕 joint analysis found🕴️28 cases or threats 💸 for a total of $62bn in claims
How a system built to “protect” investors is now undermining sanctions & Ukraine’s defence👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
Our 🆕 joint analysis found🕴️28 cases or threats 💸 for a total of $62bn in claims
How a system built to “protect” investors is now undermining sanctions & Ukraine’s defence👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
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#France has a very weak government with an uncertain future, yet it remains a dominant force in EU policy-making. How does one explain this paradox? 🇪🇺 🇫🇷
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cergrant.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/vrFwWbE
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cergrant.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/vrFwWbE
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#France has a very weak government with an uncertain future, yet it remains a dominant force in EU policy-making. How does one explain this paradox? 🇪🇺 🇫🇷
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cergrant.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/vrFwWbE
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cergrant.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/vrFwWbE
1 member can influence #EU-defence policy drastically❓
Nordic Baltic PL DE UK wanted a more open sourcing of weaponry (leading to know-how-transfer into Europe)
Asking the UK for any entry fee sounds awkward
@eu2025dk.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @alain-berset.coe.int @coe.int @defence-blog.com
Nordic Baltic PL DE UK wanted a more open sourcing of weaponry (leading to know-how-transfer into Europe)
Asking the UK for any entry fee sounds awkward
@eu2025dk.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @alain-berset.coe.int @coe.int @defence-blog.com
#France has a very weak government with an uncertain future, yet it remains a dominant force in EU policy-making. How does one explain this paradox? 🇪🇺 🇫🇷
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cergrant.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/vrFwWbE
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cergrant.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/vrFwWbE
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
1 member can influence #EU-defence policy drastically❓
Nordic Baltic PL DE UK wanted a more open sourcing of weaponry (leading to know-how-transfer into Europe)
Asking the UK for any entry fee sounds awkward
@eu2025dk.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @alain-berset.coe.int @coe.int @defence-blog.com
Nordic Baltic PL DE UK wanted a more open sourcing of weaponry (leading to know-how-transfer into Europe)
Asking the UK for any entry fee sounds awkward
@eu2025dk.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @alain-berset.coe.int @coe.int @defence-blog.com
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Die Demokratie lebt vom Dialog - doch immer mehr Menschen fühlen sich von politischen Entscheidungen abgehängt. Vor diesem Hintergrund hat sich in Schwerin am 4. November ein Fachtag mit Bürgerräten befasst. youtu.be/qHkbKC8UCts?... #bürgerrat
Bürgerräte für M-V
YouTube video by TV:SCHWERIN
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December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Die Demokratie lebt vom Dialog - doch immer mehr Menschen fühlen sich von politischen Entscheidungen abgehängt. Vor diesem Hintergrund hat sich in Schwerin am 4. November ein Fachtag mit Bürgerräten befasst. youtu.be/qHkbKC8UCts?... #bürgerrat
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Über 70 Organisationen fordern in einem offenen Brief an die EU-Kommission: Die EU muss die Macht von #Google begrenzen und den Konzern zerschlagen! Denn das Google-Monopol bei der Online-Werbung hat gravierende Folgen für den #Journalismus und die #Demokratie. /1
👉 rebalance-now.de/en/open-lett...
👉 rebalance-now.de/en/open-lett...
Open letter on Google adtech case to von der Leyen and Ribera - Rebalance Now
Over 70 NGOs, businesses, experts, and think tanks have called on the European Commission to rejects Google’s offered remedies in the adtech antitrust case.
rebalance-now.de
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Über 70 Organisationen fordern in einem offenen Brief an die EU-Kommission: Die EU muss die Macht von #Google begrenzen und den Konzern zerschlagen! Denn das Google-Monopol bei der Online-Werbung hat gravierende Folgen für den #Journalismus und die #Demokratie. /1
👉 rebalance-now.de/en/open-lett...
👉 rebalance-now.de/en/open-lett...
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Latest update: The press conference following the informal ministerial conference will be livestreamed in English and French after 12:30 CET.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSuh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSuh...
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Latest update: The press conference following the informal ministerial conference will be livestreamed in English and French after 12:30 CET.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSuh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSuh...
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Republican Thomas Massie has introduced a bill in Congress to withdraw the US from NATO, calling the alliance a “Cold War relic” and arguing funds should go to US domestic security. The bill, HR 6508, aims to end American membership in NATO. A move that would shake the foundation of Western security
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Republican Thomas Massie has introduced a bill in Congress to withdraw the US from NATO, calling the alliance a “Cold War relic” and arguing funds should go to US domestic security. The bill, HR 6508, aims to end American membership in NATO. A move that would shake the foundation of Western security
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I'm hoping he'll end up sharing a prison cell with an inmate called "Big Beautiful Bill."
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December 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I'm hoping he'll end up sharing a prison cell with an inmate called "Big Beautiful Bill."
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An FPV interceptor drone captured the moment a Russian Shahed-136 loitering munition released what appear to be submunitions, possibly cluster-type, just before impact. Another sign that Russia is modifying its drones for broader area damage.
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
An FPV interceptor drone captured the moment a Russian Shahed-136 loitering munition released what appear to be submunitions, possibly cluster-type, just before impact. Another sign that Russia is modifying its drones for broader area damage.
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Ukraine has accepted all 6 proposals presented by Trump, while Russia accepted 0.
Ukraine has done everything possible to end the war. Even the majority of Republicans understand that like the Congressman from South Carolina, Joe Wilson. We see another episode why appeasement never leads to peace.
Ukraine has done everything possible to end the war. Even the majority of Republicans understand that like the Congressman from South Carolina, Joe Wilson. We see another episode why appeasement never leads to peace.
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Ukraine has accepted all 6 proposals presented by Trump, while Russia accepted 0.
Ukraine has done everything possible to end the war. Even the majority of Republicans understand that like the Congressman from South Carolina, Joe Wilson. We see another episode why appeasement never leads to peace.
Ukraine has done everything possible to end the war. Even the majority of Republicans understand that like the Congressman from South Carolina, Joe Wilson. We see another episode why appeasement never leads to peace.
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Food corporations built a system where junk is cheap, everywhere, and aggressively marketed.
The diets they profit off are killing people - 800,000+ deaths every year in Europe - while public health costs explode.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
The diets they profit off are killing people - 800,000+ deaths every year in Europe - while public health costs explode.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Food corporations built a system where junk is cheap, everywhere, and aggressively marketed.
The diets they profit off are killing people - 800,000+ deaths every year in Europe - while public health costs explode.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
The diets they profit off are killing people - 800,000+ deaths every year in Europe - while public health costs explode.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
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The US Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, dropping some hard facts regarding the developments unfolding around Ukraine and how Trump and his cronies are nefariously involved in it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The US Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, dropping some hard facts regarding the developments unfolding around Ukraine and how Trump and his cronies are nefariously involved in it.