The UN escalators worked for President Obama, just saying.

Loved the discussions!

🌍 Wie lassen sich Nachhaltigkeitsziele konkret in kommunale Haushaltspläne integrieren? Immer mehr Städte und Gemeinden 🏘️ beginnen, die SDGs in ihre Finanzplanung 💰 aufzunehmen – ein wichtiger Schritt für strategische Steuerung und mehr Wirkungstransparenz 📊. 👉 www.kdz.eu/de/aktuelles...

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

Sustainability in Public Finances in 53 seconds 👀👇

🚨 BREAKING: The EU will suspend its response to Donald Trump’s metals tariffs for 90 days. Read the developing story: ow.ly/wqCO50Vy3BF

EU has paused retaliatory tariffs adopted yesterday for 90 days. But 🇺🇸steel/aluminium tariffs they were responding to have *not* been paused, they're being levied So this is how things stand: 🇺🇸👊🇪🇺 tariffs: 25% on steel/aluminium 25% on automobiles 10% on everything else 🇪🇺👊🇺🇸 retaliatory tariffs: 0%

🌱 Vienna leads the way in climate action: The city is set to become the first Austrian 'federal state/city' with its own Climate Law! 🌍 How does it work and how can cities turn SDGs into concrete action? 📖 Read more in our new blog post by @deranja.bsky.social: 👉 www.kdz.eu/en/news/blog...

In der neuen Ausgabe des Public Gemeindemagazin berichte ich über das EU 🇪🇺 SLPF-Projekt – ein zukunftsweisendes Vorhaben für unsere Gemeinden! 🚀 Warum es wichtig ist und wie es uns voranbringt, erfahrt ihr im Artikel. 👀 #SLPF @kdzaustria.bsky.social @expertisefrance.bsky.social @i4ce.bsky.social

📢 In der heute erscheinenden Ausgabe des Gemeindemagazins public analysiert KDZ-GF Peter Biwald die Entwicklung der Gemeindefinanzen nach Bundesländern. Ergebnis: In einem Bundesland bewegt sich der Überschuss der operativen Gebarung 2025 auf fast 0% zurück! 📉 Außerdem: @deranja.bsky.social /1

🌍 European Cities Leading the Way in Sustainable Finances! Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bordeaux, and Hamburg join forces in the SLPF project to develop "SDG & Green Budgeting" in local governance. Let’s make public finances a driving force for a sustainable future. More here: www.kdz.eu/en/news/blog...

🇪🇺 30 Jahre Österreich in der EU Am 1.1.1995 trat Österreich der Europäischen Union bei. Zum Jubiläum gibt es eine Broschüre des Städtebund & der MA27 (Stadt Wien) mit Beiträgen von KDZ-GF @thomasprorok.bsky.social & Alexandra Schantl. 📖 Hier kostenlos lesen: www.staedtebund.gv.at/fileadmin/US...

Read my latest blog about a new exciting EU project. Four cities; one mission – Redefining public finances for a sustainable future! 🇪🇺✨

An immigrant doesn't stand between you and a good job. A billionaire does. Our unions will fight for the fundamental rights of all working families.

Nichts in unserem Leben ist frei von Politik. Jedes Objekt, jede Handlung, jede Entscheidung trägt die Spuren von Macht, Interessen und Regeln, die unsere Welt formen – sichtbar oder unsichtbar, bewusst oder unbewusst.

New rules to improve gender balance in corporate boards now apply across the EU. By 30 June 2026, members of the underrepresented sex must hold at least: 🔹 40 % of non-executive director positions 🔹 33 % of all director positions

‘We need dramatic social and technological changes’: is societal collapse inevitable?