Interesting moment in Kyiv. Zelenskyy say he wants to "fast-track" EU membership for Ukraine and set 2027 as a "clear date". Von der Leyen replies: "The date you set is your benchmark that you want to match. You know that from our side, dates by themselves are not possible."

Mona Zwerfkei

Tegen de 'beste' kun je alleen maar verliezen, toch een poging tot nuance (of autopsie). bsky.app/profile/jori...

From the US Mission to NATO Irony is dead

Premier op BlueSky. Lijkt iets 'nebenbei'. Is het niet.

The Morning Post Europe is out Today’s story by me: “Viktor Orban: Europe’s Traitor-in-Chief” Don’t miss our brief on Ukraine, the tariff chaos, the diplomatic row between France and US. With @cspillmann.bsky.social and @grimmse.bsky.social 👇 europemorningpost.substack.com/p/viktor-orb...

La Matinale Européenne est sortie Le papier du jour: « Viktor Orbán : Traître européen » Dans les brèves: Ukraine, chaos sur les droits de douane, conflit diplomatique entre France et Etats Unis. Avec @cspillmann.bsky.social et @grimmse.bsky.social 👇

Not now, ancient bacteria strain...

This is how you do it.

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

The Supreme Court found that the Trump administration can't misuse a trade provision intended for narrow emergencies to usurp broad power over tariffs from Congress and so they immediately pivoted to misusing another trade provision intended for emergencies to usurp broad power over tariffs.

Must-read of the weekend: How tech turned against women. AI risks tumbling us into a downward spiral that risks accelerating the already alarming regression of women’s rights worldwide ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

More "coalition of the willing"-style differentiation will always mean more power to the largest member states. If smaller member states don't like that, they'll have to push for stronger supranational institutions and more majority voting - either in an EU27 or a "core EU" framework.

Ergelijk dat apologetische applaus-afscheidsrondje dat Schoof houdt ('het lag aan iedereen, behalve aan mij...') Onwaardig en het past niet bij het gelouwerde NL gebruik om in stilte na het premierschap de coulissen op te zoeken (onze mooie Cincinattus-traditie) www.trouw.nl/ts-be541fdd/

The most corrupt Eastern European oligarchs must be nodding with respect at the stuff Trump administration officials are coming up with. This is genius

Hard to overstate the excellence of this long-read from @shaunwalker7.bsky.social on the Western and Ukrainian intelligence run-up to Russia's full-scale invasion: the Iraq War's legacy, Zelensky v Zaluzhny, the geopolitical forces that shaped what followed. Awesome work, wonderful writing.

That was always the risk in going for the solution based on EU debt rather than using the Russian assets. The assets would have required QMV, the debt needs unanimity regardless of the fact that it would be carried out by enhanced cooperation. France et al knew that risk and went for it anyway.

This Hungarian veto is poised to trigger outrage because: - The loan was agreed at the highest level by EU leaders - Hungary secured an opt-out through enhanced cooperation - Ukraine needs the money no later than April - Von der Leyen and Costa will be in Kyiv next week for the fourth anniversary

@adamtooze.bsky.social makes a very good point here: "On current trends, by 2029 German military spending will be roughly twice that of France. “Variable geometry” is the slogan of the minute. But is this a divergence Europe should live with?" www.ft.com/content/2445...

Surely the case that never have so many colluded in the enrichment of one man at their own personal cost, a part of the nation that has been collectively brainwashed into believing that record-breaking corruption is the way a rich nation must be run.

🇺🇸⚖️🇮🇷 SCOTUS finds 6-3 that Iran must be attacked within 24h.

Het NRC vroeg me hoe ik naar de belastingplannen van het nieuwe kabinet keek. Nou zo 👇👇. Hele artikel hier: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Lees Huxley.

Good.

Heeft Sigrid Kaag eigenlijk ooit uitgelegd wat ze te zoeken heeft in dat Gaza-vehikel van Trump en Blair? Heeft iemand er ooit naar gevraagd?

Why Iran is betting on war - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

super sterk interview met Amsterdams @voltnederland.org raadslid @julietbroersen.bsky.social over haat uitgestort over haar en @itaygarmy.bsky.social en andere raadsleden - onaanvaardbare intimidatie van vrouwelijke (en Joodse) politici @voltamsterdam.futuremadein.eu www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Roma, stasera.

Een behoorlijk openhartig interview van Dick Schoof, waarin hij terugblikt op zijn premierschap. Met collega @christophschmidt.bsky.social sprak ik met hem over zijn imago, zijn persoonlijke drijfveren rond asiel en Oekraïne en zijn relatie met de PVV. www.trouw.nl/politiek/dic...

So despite the EU saying they don't agree with the premise of the Board of Peace, a majority of EU member states will be represented tomorrow (14) + the EU itself Very strange way to show that you disagree with something

"accelerated accession must not create second-class membership... fast-tracking Ukraine must not become a limited... fig-leaf enlargementa speedy enlargement process must go hand in hand with internal EU reform" - @jaemmanouilidis.bsky.social euobserver.com/203344/a-fas...

This is an absolute failure for @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu Costa who was supposed to have corralled an understanding about Europe's participation at the 22 January emergency EU summit. He ran into an obstacle named Meloni. (🧵4/5)

This list is coming from WH, so take it with a grain of salt. But if true, holy shit what an embarrassment for Europe. Apparently half of EU countries have suddenly decided to send representatives to Trump's inaugural #BoardofPeace meeting today, mostly as observers. As predicted, Meloni's(🧵1/5)

‘Andrew is moving to an even smaller property now’

The problem with the N-VA’s and other Flemish nationalists’ criticism of Brussels’ new PM’s lack of Dutch is that they have spent years actively dismantling and aggressively disinvesting in BXL. The only moments they show any interest in “their” capital are when they can use it as a punching bag.

"Dit is nu nog een nachtmerrie, maar Brussel bereidt zich voor dit realiteit te doen zijn." De campagne van Orbán verzinkt in dystopische waanzin.

Of course.

Net gebeld even gebeld met iemand in 2067 en ook dit proces verloopt precies zoals je verwacht.

Grappig dat je nu niemand hoort over dat Nederland onder dit kabinet niet meer serieus wordt genomen.

Trump set a trap for Europe. The Commission walked straight into it. Seats cost $1bn. Trump chairs for life. Most EU states -as most US allies - said no. The Commission went anyway, without consulting anyone - in company of autocratic states

In an interview with POLITICO, former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shared what he believes is being ignored in the current U.S.-brokered peace talks on Russia’s war.

So France and Germany sit together, can't find anything they agree, so decide to invite four other countries to cover up the split.

I filed a request of access to any document covering the EU Commission's participation in the "Board of Peace" and Commissioner Dubravka Šuica's representation role, including the exchanges with the Tony Blair Institute www.asktheeu.org/request/eu_c...

Critics argue that Šuica's participation, which was not communicated to capitals beforehand, lacks the necessary mandate and risks being interpreted as a collective endorsement of the contentious Board of Peace, several diplomats told @euronews.com.

Pour @fheisbourg.bsky.social , l'urgence est de réarmer, pas de s'accrocher à des rêves fumeux de coopération franco-allemande www.liberation.fr/internationa...

»When you’re done with that, the meeting can continue.« superieure reactie van Mette Frederiksen

Well her appointment was a Franco-German affair in 2019. Even other countries are asking Paris and Berlin to agree beforehand.

Wow.