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2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America? 2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America? 2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?

I'm seeing calls for European countries to jointly boycott the World Cup in the United States. In the 2022 quarter finals, five of the eight qualified teams were European. Can football accomplish what diplomacy cannot?

EPP chair Manfred Weber says EP will not approve EU US tariff deal "The EPP is in favour of the EU–U.S. trade deal, but given Donald Trump’s threats regarding Greenland, approval is not possible at this stage. The 0% tariffs on U.S. products must be put on hold."

European Union lawmakers are poised to block approval of the EU’s trade deal with the US over President Donald Trump’s vow to impose tariffs on countries that supported Greenland in the face of American threats.

"Furthermore, the EU should be prepared to deploy targeted and proportionate countermeasures. The activation of the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument should be explicitly considered, as it was designed precisely for situations of economic intimidation of this nature."

America’s hunger for Greenland is tearing NATO apart economist.com/europe/2026/...

Renew Europe leader Valérie Hayer says Trump's 10% tariff announcement is "unacceptable": "These announcements follow many other agressive actions towards the EU. Therefore, it is now time to move from reliance to deterrence. Consequently, Renew Europe cannot vote the EU-US Turnberry trade deal."

UK statement

If you listen very carefully, you can hear Charles de Gaulle screaming I BLOODY TOLD YOU SO from some rural French cemetery.

Danois plutôt qu’Américains : les Groenlandais ne veulent pas perdre leurs avantages d’Européens

European leaders vowed to stay united as President Trump threatened to impose fresh tariffs until Denmark agrees to sell Greenland in an unprecedented escalation. Von der Leyen says EU will uphold its sovereignty. #EuropeNews

Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.

📚 New English-language bookshop coming to Brussels 📚 The excellent Passa Porta is expanding to sell books in English next door from perhaps as soon as April reports @brusselstimes.com – exciting! www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/1...

X’s AI undressing minors, women through photo edits sparks outrage

Good news that the Commission cares about our hearts. 🫀 But it seems not all organs are so lucky – namely, lungs 🫁

European leaders outline their security guarantees for Ukraine: - Support for the Ukrainian army (800k troops) - Multinational force inside Ukraine - Mechanism to monitor & verify ceasefire - Legally binding assistance for future attacks (Article 5-like) - Post-war recovery assistance - EU accession

Colbert on Paramount's $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros: "Wow... If my company's got that kind of green, I'm sure they can afford to un-cancel one of their best shows..."

Fingers crossed that all goes ok 🤞

US National Security Strategy: clear evidence & plenty of arguments why Europe needs to build fast its own Defence Independence & its own Geopolitical Independence. We have #DefenceReadiness Roadmap for our Defence Independence. We need the same for our Geopolitical Independence.

Books, EU, and great writing (as usual) from @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social – what more can you want from an article? www.euractiv.com/news/how-you...

EU delegation to Japan noting that cooperation with Tokyo essential to make new ResourceEU plan a success

🕵️🇨🇳All the better for bringing in the spies www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1862...

On Weds, the Commission is set to unveil its Economic Security Package – a ‘Doctrine’ & the #ResourceEU plan. Japan-inspired says @steph-sejourne.bsky.social. 🇪🇺🇯🇵 If his comparison to Japan’s JOGMEC is serious, Wednesday could be big! www.euractiv.com/news/japanes...

New effective technologies to address jamming are available based on laser technologies developed by a Lithuanian 🇱🇹 company w support of @esa. As data flow from satellite communication will continue to increase, addressing jamming is & will be an issue. www.newsweek.com/new-nato-all...

If you needed persuading that next week’s RESourceEU announcement by the Commission – if it’s done right – matters, and so does working with Japan, read this: www.wired.com/story/yttriu... Yttrium just one of the elements for which we’re sorely dependent on China

In Volkswagen not collapsing news

‘Oekraïne zat achter aanval op Russische olietankers voor Turkse kust’

United we are strong! Proud to participate in the historic event, organised by @EU_Commission - the first ever Defence Industry Roundtable on European drone/counter-drone solutions Grateful to 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇦 primes, start-up’s and mid caps, who took active part in the Roundtable 1/2

Moscou a commencé à vendre son or pour financer la guerre legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/11/2...

The must-read of this morning. French far-right plutocrat trying to weaponise book world. www.euractiv.com/news/the-bil...

Happy to represent the Luxembourg Governement at the LuxDefence launch event. In unity, there is strength. LuxDefence will enable our defence industry to speak with a single voice, and assure that it will be heard. On a national and international level. @defense.gouv.lu @gouv.lu

For centuries the Baltic States lived under the Russian threat. This must change. I want to believe that dictatorship is not in the DNA of the Russian people. We need to support Ukraine’s success, also with 🇪🇺 integration, which can inspire Russian people for change.

Happy to meet my good friend the Minister of Defence of Canada David McGuinty 🇨🇦 EU & Canada are close partners to address security challenges. We are working hard to conclude a mutually beneficial agreement on SAFE and expand our partnership.

The path for European & Japanese economic security runs right through Africa

🇧🇪 Demand seems decent for new Belgian military service for young people www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1846...

Assholery from China ✨

But I haven’t yet wrapped my head around if there’s something like the British Territorial Army, that working-age people in Belgium can get on board with.

It’s Brussels, it’s November, and I’ve still got tomatoes ripening on the vine 🍅

Last night Brussels disrupted by drones, this morning Liège, again. www.euractiv.com/news/drones-...

Zaventem airport closed again this evening – WTH www.euractiv.com/news/drones-...

Teenage history student me is very excited about the strong and historic redemptive arc Germany is on these days. :’)

Nous investissons massivement dans des projets d’exploitation des minéraux critiques à travers le Canada.   Ces projets vont permettre de créer plus de carrières bien rémunérées, d’alimenter notre avenir axé sur l’énergie propre et de renforcer notre défense nationale.

We’re investing big in critical mineral projects across Canada.    That’s going to create more high-paying careers, power our clean energy future, and strengthen our national defence.

In een eerste reactie laat organisator Golazo weten verbaasd te zijn over de timing en de boodschap van de Stad Brussel.

Wtf Brussels Les autorités communales annoncent qu'il n'y aura plus de marathon de Bruxelles: voici pourquoi www.lalibre.be/regions/brux... And a reaction: Organisator Golazo: 'Marathon niet duurder dan een wedstrijd van Union of Anderlecht' www.bruzz.be/actua/sport/...

Who knew Jacques Delors had something in common with @schwarzenegger.bsky.social Be Useful – a very good book! Pictured: Some new ideas for Europe by Enrico Letta.

A vision of the year 2000, from Clarice Lispector in 1969 – always cool to see what did and didn’t come true. Some things still in progress. Some we are beginning to worry about. And others, we would LOVE to have.

I love that the president of the US is picking a fight with a comedian over whether an aircraft carrier catapult should be working with steam or electricity. The EU simply doesn’t have these kinds of policy debates.

The EU & Japan risk getting spit-roasted by the US and China in this new world order...