The EU is following the far-right, Trump and ICE script on migration, with all that follows for democracy and human rights - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The EU must by now be leading internationally in ‘competitiveness’ meetings, what an achievement - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Money makes the world order go round - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The EU should stop pussyfooting around on Ukraine - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Notwithstanding its newfound zeal to defend European sovereignty, France’s far-right Rassemblement National remains profoundly anti-EU and hence also a favourite of Trump’s MAGA project - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/greenland-an...

France’s RN trying very hard to be mainstream Gaullists - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The impact of #Trump 's current policies need not be consequential or long-lasting, it just needs to be highly visible and dominate the news cycle - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-impact-o... #USIran #Greenland

Germany, new darkness at the heart of Europe? My take for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

A good rant at knobheaded mainstream politicians is all well and good but we should not forget that many alternatives are much, much worse - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The failure to have a full inquiry into 7 October further signals Israel’s democratic decline - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Someone will have to do the job, and that someone could very well be an #AI . As the technology evolves, that could happen in as yet unforeseen ways - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/lets-hope-ai... #JobSecurity #unemployment

We’re all replaceable, but even AI 🤖 says it shouldn’t be trusted to write about itself, so here’s my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The European Union has taken another step on the journey from being a rule maker to becoming a rule taker - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/eu-deregulat... #Regulation

Towards a Putinov-Ribbentrump pact? My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Just as the need for European cooperation on defence and technological independence is becoming glaringly obvious, the EU is facing the implosion or ‘scaling back’ of several crucial projects - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/europes-defe... #Defense

“The security situation will need to be underpinned by political progress.” Duh 🙄- my latest on Israel and its wars for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

With u-turns on taxation and plummeting Labour poll numbers, does the country even care that Starmer’s EU reset plans are a shambles? - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

As with so many other obstacles that Starmer and Labour are running into, the reset ructions seem to be partly of their own making - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/uk-eu-reset-... #Brexit #RESET

Germany’s Syria debate veers dangerously close to dreams of mass expulsion- my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

When confronted with geopolitical issues, the EU has neither an effective voice nor a capacity to respond quickly and flexibly - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/can-mere-tra... #EUChina #Tariffs #nexperia

It’s almost as if people don’t know what they want, and certainly not what they need - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Dutch elections column for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

Antimicrobial resistance, climate change and artificial superintelligence, all pose relatively imminent and growing dangers to humanity - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/were-only-ge... #AMR #AI #climate

It is hard to contemplate Trump’s #Ukraine policy without taking into account his, and his administration’s, deep-seated hostility towards the #EU - By @ferrybiedermann.com tomorrowsaffairs.com/ukraine-fati... #UkraineWar

If there is growing Ukraine fatigue in Europe it appears to be mostly on the political level - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The current right-wing #populism thrives on promoting hatred, both towards vulnerable minorities and elites, and then crying wolf when called out on it - By @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/europes-popu...

Even if they don’t get to govern everywhere right now, Europe’s populists are still on the rise… my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Trump appears to have engaged in a damage-limitation exercise aimed at Arab and Muslim leaders - By @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/has-trump-sh... #dohaattack #Israel #Egypt

Can the US still be trusted to underwrite the Middle East’s creaking Pax Americana? My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

There is blood in the geopolitical water, and the sharks are circling to tear pieces off a floundering Europe - By @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/is-europe-ov... #UkraineWar

Norwegian Labour’s resurrection might offer hope to left and centre parties elsewhere currently languishing in polls that are led by the far-right - By @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/despite-a-wi... #Norway #election2025

If the left can just about hang on in wealthy Norway, what are its chances elsewhere? My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Muscular migration controls are having their day - My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

C’est le bordel, as they say in France… my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Lebanon, still caught between so many rocks and hard places - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Is the EU dropping the ball in Serbia? - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

How Trump’s ‘woke AI’ order is a shot across the bow for EU regulation- my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The elephant in the conference room - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Syria’s still uncertain sectarian future - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

1/3 of EU budget still goes to farm subsidies. 📊 Defense, tech & debt needs are rising. 🏛️ Brussels must rethink priorities—but farmers are pushing back hard. A defining battle for Europe’s future is underway: tomorrowsaffairs.com/the-eus-shif... By @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social

Expect years of big farmers’ protests as the EU finally tackles subsidies - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

Starmer and Macron sweep Brexit under the Bayeux carpet, sorry, tapestry - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

As NATO faces global tests, the deeper threat may be within Europe itself: political fragmentation, far-right surges, and sovereign-first mentalities that undermine unity and trust. 👇 Analysis by @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social 🔗 tomorrowsaffairs.com/there-are-no...

European defence is a misnomer. As political polarisation grows, how willing will even EU members be to fight for each other? My latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The likelihood of Iran giving in to Benjamin Netanyahu’s and Donald Trump’s demands for a full surrender, at least on the nuclear issue, is low - By @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/israel-iran-...

Israel-Iran, no way out of the muddle - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

AI is being developed in a hyper-capitalist moment, with little eye for social context and benefit. Value extraction is everything, equity almost doesn’t enter the equation. Can this end well? – By @ferrybiedermann.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/inflection-p...

We’re living through an AI inflection point and, as ChatGPT says, no one is really in charge - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social

The end of the sock puppet show that called itself the government of the Netherlands- my latest for @theneweuropean.bsky.social

Europe, like much of the rest of the world, is way off kilter, with far-right blocs exerting growing and long-term influence - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social