EPP leader Manfred Weber just gave a very good keynote speech on the future of Europe in Berlin tonight, putting forward seven principles for a stronger EU. Quick thread:

Join us in Paris on 19 Nov for a Franco-German discussion on EU defence ambitions in the context of a shifting transatlantic link. As part of our Pariser Platz Dialogue series, we’ll put the spotlight on MEP Tobias Cremer. I will say a few words of welcome. Link: www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...

Immer eine gute Woche, wenn sie mit @nilsredeker.bsky.social und @sandertordoir.bsky.social startet. In der neuen EU to go-Folge sprechen wir über die kriselnde Automobilindustrie und wie sie zu retten ist. Stay tuned!

The Commission is set to finally unveil the Democracy Shield 🛡️on 12 November! Here is what it will look like and what details will matter. 🧵

Und heute Vormittag kommt Thu auch noch in meine Vorlesung 👏 Wir sind schon gespannt!

We are sad to share that our longtime editor David Gow passed away. David was a sharp, humane and curious voice on Europe, with a great sense of humour. He helped shape our work with clarity and a deep commitment to public debate. Our thoughts are with his family. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Ich freue mich sehr, morgen Abend in Chemnitz im Rahmen der Ausstellung "unvereint/vereint" an der Podiumsdiskussion zu osteuropäischen Einstellungen zur EU angesichts zunehmender Autokratisierungen teilzunehmen. Danke @benjaminhoehne.bsky.social für die Einladung! www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/presseste...

The only two policy areas mentioned by name are agriculture and cohesion. No word on competitiveness, transition, defense, or decarbonization. Tells you something about where MEPs see Europe’s future priorities.

To be clear: the EP isn’t demanding changes - the message of this letter is simple: we don’t want reforms. At a time when the EU desperately needs a better budget, the Parliament should take a stance that goes beyond a pure defence of the status quo. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

With all the caveats that the far right hasn't been weakened, only splintered in the Netherlands, it's still very good to see an election where liberal democracy is not on the line and a government with a pro-European outlook is back in sight

With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.

“The far right can only govern if the centre right cooperates”, @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social says. “Everyone claims the voters shift to the far right but it is a rightward shift of the political parties.”

Europe is the elephant in the room in the Dutch elections - as in many other national elections, @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social says at election night at Dutch embassy in Berlin tonight

Für die Zeit haben wir mit @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social und @sandertordoir.bsky.social aufgeschrieben, was das Problem der europäischen Autoindustrie ist, warum Denkmalschutz für Verbrenner die schlechtesten aller Antworten wäre - und was die EU stattdessen tun kann. www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2...

Just one of the many European special features of the chancellor. He also managed to cause chaos by single-handedly announcing Mercosur deal would be through, which it wasn't.

Merz’ instinct to treat EU as intergovernmental forum clashed this week with Parliament. Calling EP’s failed omnibus vote an “unacceptable” mistake to be “corrected” didn’t land well and shows blindspot. EU is not an intergovernmental project where leaders decide and everyone else, incl. EP, follows

Yes. I also noticed that Metsola recently has taken on the EPP party line more often when celebrating certain votes in the Parliament. Strikes me as not only problematic for the Parliament, but also not helpful for her aim to be reelected as EP President.

The more I think about this, the more problematic I find it. It is not for the European Council to tell Parliament how to vote. The EP President should defend her institution against encroachment by EU leaders, not submit to it. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Very good thread by @jannikjansen.bsky.social on the instability of the current European Parliament and how, with a strengthened and emboldened far-right, the concept of flexible majorities is coming to its limits

While the European Council in Brussels took the spotlight, this week's events in Strasbourg should set off alarm bells. The European Parliament slamming the brakes on the first “Omnibus” package isn’t just a hiccup – it’s a symptom of strain in the EU’s democratic engine. A thread 🧵

Metsola seems to suggest that, because the European Council has said so, Parliament will have no choice but to push through the omnibus with votes from the far right after Wednesday’s failed vote. This is a worrying stance and a puzzling view of the EP’s relationship with EU leaders

Must-read on how buy-European rules can help save Europe’s car industry, brought to you by the dream trio of EU economic policy @nilsredeker.bsky.social @sandertordoir.bsky.social @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social

The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.

Deeply worrying destabilization in EU Parliament. Three concerning points in this story: 1. EPP forcing S&D hand by threatening to vote with far-right 2. Far-right strategically pushing secret vote to allow for anonymous defections 3. No majority in centre/VdL coalition despite previous agreement

Deeply worrying destabilization in EU Parliament. Three concerning points in this story: 1. EPP forcing S&D hand by threatening to vote with far-right 2. Far-right strategically pushing secret vote to allow for anonymous defections 3. No majority in centre/VdL coalition despite previous agreement

"Wie sehr muss sich jemand anpassen, um das Stadtbild nicht mehr zu stören und keinerlei Überfremdungsgefühle auszulösen? Ist akzentfreies Deutsch genug, sind sozialer Aufstieg, beruflicher Erfolg und gesellschaftlicher Mehrwert genug?" Mein Beitrag im @freitag.de. www.freitag.de/autoren/judi...

Should other EU countries copy Germany's Industriestrompreis? Germany is set to introduce this controversial subsidy soon, which will lower electricity prices for industry. 🧵on whether it is a model to follow & what it means for other EU countries, based on data in new policy brief (1/23)

Ich saß monatelang im Gerichtssaal mit den Vergewaltigern von Madame Pelicot. Es waren durchschnittliche, unauffällige, weiße Franzosen. Auch jede Statistik zeigt: Die größte Gefahr für Frauen liegt im näheren Umfeld, in der Familie. Nicht irgendwo in der Stadt. So ein Quark.

Für @zeit.de sind @nilsredeker.bsky.social und ich noch jung. Unser Interview, wo die EU nach einem schweren Sommer steht & was jetzt passieren muss: Binnenmarkt vertiefen, Finanzintegration vorantreiben, Rechtsstaatlichkeit durchsetzen und sich nicht der Erzählung einer rechten Mehrheit unterwerfen

Big interview with Merz in @faznet.bsky.social last week. His intergovernmental view on Europe is no surprise, but still quite the statement: "The EU integration method has, for the time being, reached its limits. Much more now depends on cooperation between governments." www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

Mit der Zeit haben @onethuthree.bsky.social und ich darüber gesprochen, wo Europa nach einem schwierigen Sommer steht, wie es besser laufen kann und warum es jetzt vor allem auch auf die Bundesregierung ankommt.

"Wenn es so wäre, dass das Stadtbild das Problem wäre, dass viele Menschen sich nicht mehr daheim fühlen in ihrer Stadt, weil sie aussieht, wie eine deutsche Stadt heute aussieht – dann wäre demokratische Politik wahrscheinlich am Ende ihrer Möglichkeiten." Neuer Newsletter, aus aktuellem Anlass:

@onethuthree.bsky.social closes the event with final remarks - for the first time in her role as new Acting Co-Direktor of the Jacques Delors Centre - jokingly challenging the panelists to win the next Nobel prize for economy much like last year's guest Philippe Aghion. #ResearchMeetsPolitics #PPD

This Thursday, the European Parliament’s @imco.europarl.europa.eu will vote on the ‘transparency of third-country lobbying’ directive. The directive is intended to counter foreign interference by introducing mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying. 1/

Rede von Premier Lecornu vor der Nationalversammlung: drei große Schritte in Richtung Kompromiss. Sein Vorschlag: - Aussetzen der Rentenreform bis zur Präsidentschaftswahl 2027 - Außergewöhnlicher Beitrag der Wohlhabenden im Haushaltsjahr 2026 - Keine Nutzung des umstrittenen Artikels 49.3

Very much looking forward to this debate. I will speak also about our most recent paper on Europe’s dependence on US foreign military sales and what to do about it www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...

Sehr gutes und wichtiges Interview von unserer Affiliate Policy Fellow @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social im @spiegel.de über die Migrationspanik in Europa und was sie mit unseren Gesellschaften macht: www.spiegel.de/ausland/migr...

How to invest in European defence? Join us for a discussion next Wednesday at the French embassy with an excellent panel with Grégory Claeys, Thomas Röwekamp, Sabine Thillaye, @guntramwolff.bsky.social, moderated by Monika Sus. I will give the closing remarks. www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

Today, the EU’s Regulation on the Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising enters into force. From now on, political ads – notably both online and offline – will have to carry a transparency label with key information about why people are seeing the ad, who paid for it and how much. 1/

Interessant, welche Bußgelder in Berlin bei Mietwucher wirklich möglich sind. Es wundert mich auch nicht, dass bei der Mietpreis-Prüfstelle bei 93% der Fälle eine zu hohe Miete festgestellt wurde. www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/vermi...

A new chapter begins! ✨ Very much looking forward to this next chapter with @nilsredeker.bsky.social - my partner in crime since our early days as young think tankers!

We have two new Acting Co-Directors! Since October, Thu Nguyen (@onethuthree.bsky.social) & Nils Redeker (@nilsredeker.bsky.social) are leading the Jacques Delors Centre think tank, working closely with Mark Dawson, Co-Director of the research arm. Find out more 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/about/new...

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here. www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/... And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong. #AIisnotresearch

Schrumpfen statt wachsen? Eine neue französische Regierung steht, und zwei Parteien aus der bisherigen Minderheitsregierung drohen auszusteigen, LR und UDI. Die Opposition kocht. Was ist passiert? Kurzfassung und Erklärungen im 🧵

The Conservatives in the European Parliament appear to be preparing a resolution to reject the Commission’s proposal for the next EU budget. At this point, that could kill the entire package - and would be an incredibly self-defeating move.

Pünktlich zum langen Wochenende ist die neue EU to go-Folge da, die letzte mit unserem jetzt ehemaligen Direktor @lindnerjs.bsky.social. Es geht um die große Frage: Hat Europa eine Seele? Braucht es eine neue europäische Erzählung -und wenn ja, wer kann sie erzählen? open.spotify.com/episode/3GSM...

Viktor Orbán's vetoes eclipse two days of back-to-back summits in Copenhagen. "I will not allow one country, and I will certainly not allow Mr Orbán, to take decisions upon the entire European future," Mette Frederiksen said. My closing piece.

Letzte EU to go-Podcastaufnahme mit unserem (ehemaligen) Direktor @lindnerjs.bsky.social heute, bevor er an die EZB zurückkehrt. Diesmal zur großen Frage, wie Europas Seele wiederbelebt werden kann. Stay tuned!

Glad to see our text with @jannikjansen.bsky.social featured in today’s @theguardian.com newsletter, with some additional quotes from yours truly