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Amsterdammer by birth, kiekenfretter by choice, Cretan in my dreams. European.
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Mathijs Bouman
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Wil KBC ABN Amro overnemen?
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Alexander Clarkson
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This is the way
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Christoph Schmidt
about 11 hours ago
Activisten willen onafhankelijke journalisten met aangekondigde bezetting 'tot verandering bewegen'. Dat is 'gewoon'.
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Sophie in't Veld
about 13 hours ago
Mona Keijzer gezakt als een baksteen voor haar inburgeringsexamen. De Grondwet is geen vrijblijvende suggestie maar bindend. Bewindspersonen horen garant te staan voor het naleven van de Grondwet.
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For Second Amendment groupies: just 15 (of the 12 million) Belgians have the right to carry a gun. One of them is Far Right politician Filip de Winter. Mass shootings are rare.
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Vlaams Belang-kopstuk Filip Dewinter is 1 van de 15 Belgen die wapen mag dragen: wat zijn de regels? | VRT NWS: nieuws
Filip Dewinter (Vlaams Belang) is 1 van de 15 burgers in ons land die een vuurwapen mag dragen in het openbaar. Dat zegt wapenexpert Nils Duquet nadat er beelden zijn opgedoken van de politicus met ee...
https://vrtnws.be/p.7nlB4jbBj
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Mike Masnick
1 day ago
Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President.
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Isa Yusibov
about 16 hours ago
Kabinet Wilders I met alweer een voorstel dat in strijd is met onze Grondwet. Kremlins staatspersbureau schreef niet voor niks dat Poetin gewonnen had in NL. De 4 coalitiepartijen hebben net zo veel schijt aan onze Grondwet als Poetin aan de Russische.
nos.nl/artikel/2583...
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Raad van State kraakt kabinetsplan om voorrang voor statushouders te schrappen
Het kabinet wil dat vluchtelingen niet langer voorrang krijgen op een sociale huurwoning. Dat is in strijd met de Grondwet, oordeelt de Raad van State.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2583555-raad-van-state-kraakt-kabinetsplan-om-voorrang-voor-statushouders-te-schrappen
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'Het in twijfel trekken van de legitimiteit van media en journalistiek is vaak de eerste stap naar het aantasten van het democratische fundament.'
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Giselle van Cann: ‘De NOS is er om feiten te brengen, niet om een kant te kiezen’
Klimaatactivisten, pro-Israëlische en pro-Palestijnse actievoerders hebben iets met elkaar gemeen. Ze verwijten de NOS niet neutraal te zijn. Volgens hoofdredacteur Giselle van Cann is kritiek van act...
https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/giselle-van-cann-de-nos-is-er-om-feiten-te-brengen-niet-om-een-kant-te-kiezen~b0f6cff5/
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Sander Tordoir
about 17 hours ago
None of these are remotely likely — placating Trump to buy time, demeaning as it is, makes sense. But that should not be confused with a misguided belief Trump will engineer peace - let alone slow European support. Theres no risk-free lunch for Europeans here.
www.cer.eu/publications...
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Can Europe save Ukraine – and itself – from Putin and Trump?
Trump is not on Ukraine’s side, or Europe’s, but he cannot deliver peace on Putin’s terms. Rather than taking their lead from Trump, European leaders should act urgently to stop Russia’s advances and ...
https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2025/can-europe-save-ukraine-itself-putin-trump
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Joshua Livestro
about 17 hours ago
Bindende leestip!
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Shame on these 'quality newspapers', for offering themselves as propaganda tools for
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
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about 17 hours ago
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Follow the Money
about 18 hours ago
‘Ik heb Geert Wilders nog nooit over innovatie gehoord', zegt voormalig ASML-topman Peter Wennink. In gesprek met FTM waarschuwt hij voor visieloos bestuur en groeiende technologische afhankelijkheid. Als kabinetsadviseur werkt hij aan oplossingen – want zonder visie, zegt hij, is er geen toekomst.
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Oud-ASML-topman over economische competitie: ‘Je moet strategisch relevant blijven’
Peter Wennink, de voormalige topman van chipmachinefabrikant ASML, gaat het kabinet adviseren hoe Nederland economisch competitief kan blijven. ‘Je hoeft niet alles te kunnen, als je maar iets kan dat...
https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/oud-asml-topman-over-economische-competitie-je-moet-strategisch-relevant-blijven?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=InterviewWennink
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Dare Obasanjo
1 day ago
Speaking of Watergate, just this accidental DM/post is a bigger scandal than what took down Nixon’s presidency.
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Jakub Jaraczewski
1 day ago
🇵🇱🇵🇸 Friendly reminder that communist Poland recognised Palestine in 1988, democratic Poland continuously stands by this recognition.
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Sophie Labelle
1 day ago
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Dave Keating
1 day ago
I watched last night's
#Intervision
debut so you don't have to. And it was slick. It's tempting to treat this as a joke. But it's coming at a time when
#Eurovision
is at risk of collapse over the Israel issue. Russia's is threatening Europe's soft power.
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As Eurovision flails, Russia's Intervision bids to take its place
Last night, three years after being kicked out of ESC, Russia launched its anti-LGBT rival version of Eurovision. The countries participating, including the US, represent half the world's population.
https://davekeating.substack.com/p/as-eurovision-flails-russias-intervision
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Robert Plant: ‘I’ve so much more to learn, to steal from, to be’ -
on.ft.com/42595h0
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Robert Plant: ‘I’ve so much more to learn, to steal from, to be’
The Led Zeppelin singer on his rocky ride from accountancy clerk to wild man to wise man — and his bluesy new album ‘Saving Grace’
https://on.ft.com/42595h0
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Sander Schimmelpenninck
1 day ago
PVV-hooligans vallen letterlijk hoofdkantoor D66 aan, maar van deze onnozele boekhouder moet je dat niet politiek maken.
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Aaron Rupar
2 days ago
Neil Young brought it at Farm Aid. One of the greatest rock n rollers of all time.
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Sophie in't Veld
2 days ago
Europa slaapwandelt. Een overwinning van Rusland is niet denkbeeldig.
@carlomasala1.bsky.social
beschrijft hoe aan de hand van een scenario in 2028. Gaan we nog tijdig wakker worden? Zijn interview in
@standaard.be
👉
www.standaard.be/buitenland/e...
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Aaron Rupar
2 days ago
Trump threatens war against Venezuela
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Steve Mullis
3 days ago
I just checked and this is actually written in the Constitution. Oddly, it's written in Sharpie.
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Leo Lucassen
3 days ago
Uit de VS National Holocaust Memorial
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Ian Bond
3 days ago
So Trump tells Europeans to increase their defence budgets & buy more US kit, & the Pentagon tells them they can’t have it. Maybe it’s time for Europe to stop thinking it can rely on the US, & start investing in a rapid build-up of domestic arms production, even if it’s slightly lower quality.
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Steve Peers
4 days ago
A previous 'quid pro quo' unfreezing of EU funds is being challenged in the CJEU (by the European Parliament) - let's see if this one will be too (if it goes ahead)
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Jorge Liboreiro
4 days ago
🚨 Just in: Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled the 19th package of EU sanctions against Russia. It targets: - LNG - Oil refineries - Banks - Crypto platforms - "Shadow fleet" - Sanction evaders
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EU targets Russian LNG, banks and crypto in new round of sanctions
The new package of EU sanctions comes amid intense pressure from Donald Trump to end all purchases of Russian energy. #EuropeNews
http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/09/19/eu-targets-russian-lng-banks-crypto-and-shadow-fleet-in-new-round-of-sanctions
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Tom van der Meer
4 days ago
Wat een beroerde analyse,
@nrc.nl
. Niet alleen een gekunstelde peiling is over het premierschap met kandidaten die er niet voor lijken op te gaan. Maar de conclusie 'Als het aan ‘Nederland’ ligt, wordt Aboutaleb premier' is werkelijke onzin als het gaat over 13%.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Opinie | Aboutaleb als favoriet
Onderzoeksexpert Marco Sodderland deelt tijdens de campagne opvallende bevindingen uit het langlopende kiezersonderzoek van Motivaction.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/09/19/aboutaleb-als-favoriet-a4906447?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=linkedin&utm_term=20250919
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Joshua Livestro
4 days ago
Het is geopolitieke noodzaak en de Fransen willen het meer dan wie dan ook in de EU
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Maaike
4 days ago
Peak Brussels situation, i speak English with my bf, Dutch with the movers, French with the lift operator and the lift operator and movers speak Arabic with each other. Plus someone illegally parked on the blocked parking spots for the lift so we had to call the police, in true Brussels fashion
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David Phinnemore
4 days ago
"The Commission should abandon waiting for Member States’ unanimity at every single step in the negotiation process. This relatively recent practice has no basis in EU law and should be dropped" - Michael Emerson and
@stevenblockmans.bsky.social
at
@ceps.eu
www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...
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How to radically simplify and streamline the EU enlargement process – CEPS
Over the last year the EU’s enlargement process has seen the implementation of a new ‘gradual integration’ concept, allowing for some modest elements of single
https://www.ceps.eu/ceps-publications/how-to-radically-simplify-and-streamline-the-eu-enlargement-process/
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DrJHAmsterdam
4 days ago
De Tweede Kamer heeft de motie Stoffer, Van der Plas, Eerdmans aangenomen om het migratiesaldo zo dicht mogelijk bij 0 te brengen. Volgende week motie voor langere zomers, winters met 30 dagen schaatsweer, gratis bier en het verbod op het indienen van onzinnige moties op straffe van 10 jaar kerker
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Laat je geen zand in de ogen strooien. Het volgende kabinet - met of zonder VVD - gaat daar gewoon in mee. Met een andere term als doekje voor het bloeden.
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Peter Geoghegan
4 days ago
The main story on BBC 6 Music News this morning is that a ‘boat carrying migrants is on its way to France’ Delivered in the same upbeat tone as England winning the women’s Euros. The migration ‘debate’ in this country is unmoored from reality, and the media-political complex is feeding it
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Barbara Sobel
4 days ago
This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.
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Andrew Stroehlein
4 days ago
From 1939:
www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...
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The Onion
4 days ago
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
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Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...
https://theonion.com/trump-spends-entire-u-k-trip-trying-to-figure-out-where-he-knows-prince-andrew-from/
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Duncan Robinson
5 days ago
Fascinating: Britain is about 13% of EU population. It used to take ~3% of all asylum applications. Now it takes ~10%.
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Alex Andreou
4 days ago
I, for one, am very grateful to President Trump for ending the war between Aber-Baysian and Albania. Too many people had died. Both Aber-Baysianese and Albanianianians.
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Sander Tordoir
5 days ago
Good reminder by FT unhedged on the two sides of France’s yields narrowing with and now overtaking the ‘periphery’. It reflects France’s ungovernability as much as fiscal improvement elsewhere.
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Alexander Clarkson
5 days ago
Strong argument for moving Bluesky's data infrastructure to the EU
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Owen Barcala
5 days ago
When I studied abroad at Oxford during law school, it was a common thing for Americans to argue that the written US constitution was superior to the unwritten UK constitution because it's harder to ignore written rules. I guess that argument is basically over now.
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Schandalig? Zeker. Maar zolang een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer het allemaal laat gebeuren, kun je het moeilijk controversieel noemen.
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Peter Foster
5 days ago
To even allow the appearance of this — Starmer’s No 10 adopting Trumpian media management policies — seems extraordinary to me. Very depressing.
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POLITICO Europe
5 days ago
One year after the 2024 election bolstered right-wing forces in the European Parliament, POLITICO’s data shows that they don’t team up often — but win when they do.
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Does the EPP really vote with the far right? 5 things we learned from the data.
Here’s what POLITICO’s analysis of European Parliament first-year plenary votes shows.
https://ow.ly/fBM150WYAy5
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Joris Luyendijk
5 days ago
could we crowd source a map of European exceptionalisms? Every nation's most cherished self-delusion plus its implied consequence.
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Joris Luyendijk
5 days ago
does anybody do exceptionalism better than the Brits? It's simply exceptional.
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David Carretta
5 days ago
Hello, dear La Matinale Européenne reader. What would you think of an English version, powered by the AI? Here a test with today main story. Let me know in the comments.
www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
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Is the EU Still Committed to Climate Neutrality by 2050?* | David Carretta
Is the EU Still Committed to Climate Neutrality by 2050?* As internal divisions mount and key deadlines approach, the European Union’s role as a global climate leader is increasingly in question. (*T...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-carretta-59aa053_is-the-eu-still-committed-to-climate-neutrality-activity-7374328845027516416-iWTs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAACuzQYBpOsbkiw58zao8cYx9V_MuNZTTyE
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James Kanter
5 days ago
The shift away from X in the EU Bubble has been shamefully slow when you consider how X benefits a white supremacist who is inciting political violence in Europe. The EU institutions must lead here because they set the news agenda. Today we see more progress. Bravo
@press.europarl.europa.eu
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Live from Berlin
5 days ago
Don't mention the war
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Moet kunst weer ondergronds gaan? De gevaren van (zelf)censuur
Wereldkunst: Op de Berlijn Biënnale, deze zomer, ging het vrije woord ondergronds. Wat betekent kunst nog als ze haar vrijheid verliest?
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/09/17/moet-kunst-weer-ondergronds-gaan-de-gevaren-van-zelfcensuur-a4906513
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Remco Breuker 🟥
5 days ago
Al zo vaak van
@sylvanasimons.bsky.social
gezien, maar toch blijft haar combinatie van messcherpe analyse, brede empathie, een koel hoofd, moed en krachtige retoriek elke keer weer indruk maken.
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