American ambassadors in the EU are bringing a new style of more abrasive and confrontational diplomacy to the EU. It is not a bug in the system. It is the new system. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/fran...

On this day, 15 Feb 1660 (Julian cal, London). Pepys moves between taverns, letters and quiet political gossip, sharing pamphlets against the Rump Parliament as all eyes remain on Monck. Meanwhile in Paderborn, Holy Roman Empire, it's 25 Feb 1660 (Greg cal). #Pepysdiary

🇲🇩🇪🇺 Die EU-Erweiterung im Fokus: Moldaus EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen, Reformen & Rechtsstaatlichkeit. Diskutieren Sie mit Mihail Popșoi, stellv. Premierminister & Außenminister der Republik Moldau. #EurSky #ErweiterungEU #Moldau #EuropaGrenzenlos

Besuch von Jakob Thevis (Zentrum für Europäischen Verbraucherschutz) bei der #EBD: Im Austausch mit #EBDGenSek @huettemann.eu ging es um die Frage, wie wir den europapolitischen Verbraucherschutz & die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit in Grenzregionen weiter stärken können. #EuropaGrenzenlos

Man kann Art 42 VII unterschiedlich auslegen und man kann sich auch unklar ausdrücken und das kritisieren. Aber so einfach sollte es sich @faznet.bsky.social nicht machen... #DEinEU #greenland #EUsky F.A.Z. Beitrag: Blamage mit Anlauf www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...

Yesterday, on the occassion of the fourth anniversary, the EU Parliament voted on support for Ukraine against the Russian war. The results provide a pretty clear snapshot on where the EU stands four years on:

On this day, 14 Feb 1660 (Julian cal, London). Valentine's Day: Pepys shares a playful moment with his wife, then heads to Westminster as petitions gather around Gen Monck and power quietly shifts. Meanwhile in Paderborn, Holy Roman Empire, it's 24 Feb 1660 (Greg cal). #Pepysdiary

🇺🇦 Ukraines Sicherheit und Zukunft im Fokus des #CafeKyiv 2026! Am Vorabend des vierten Jahrestags des russischen Angriffskrieges diskutierte die #EBD mit Partnern im #CafeKyiv über den EU-Beitritt der #Ukraine – ein Wendepunkt für Europas Stabilität und Resilienz. #EUSky #FreedomMustWin

New head of 🇩🇪⛪ Bishops Wilmer stands not for a narrow "Christian Occident", but the universal - peace, cohesion, human dignity. As advisor to the bishops' working group on 🇪🇺, I've seen how clearly and passionately he stands for 🇪🇺 #EurSky #beingCatholic katholisch.de/artikel/6739...

24.2.2026 Berlin. #Ukraine

Ach, Deutschlandfunk: Ungarn das Stimmrecht zu entziehen:👌. Aber doch nicht im Europäischen Rat... #EUCO... #HUinEU #EUsky

Brussels last night. #StrongerTogether #StandWithUkraine 🇪🇺🇺🇦

On this day, 13 February 1660 (Julian calendar, London). Samuel Pepys walks through Westminster Hall amid rumours surrounding General Monck and England's uncertain future. Meanwhile in Paderborn, Holy Roman Empire, it's 23 February 1660 (Gregorian calendar). #Pepysdiary #1660 #OnThisDay

Now, I bridge my Bluesky account to the fediverse via @ap.brid.gy... 💫

Am Vorabend des vierten Jahrestages der russischen Vollinvasion erneut die Erinnerung, dass die russischen Kriegsziele sich nicht auf die Ukraine beschränen. Es geht auch um eine neue Sicherheitsordnung in ganz Europa. www.deutschlandfunk.de/jana-puglier...

"We must look past the drones, algorithms and other technological artefacts for the essential lesson from this war...Ukraine has shown us what humans, as flawed as we are, can achieve in their finest hour. This is the essential lesson from 1461 days of war." www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Finally acquired. From today on I will read the #PepysDiary each day on its exact Gregorian equivalent. Thank you #GAG for the inspiration. www.geschichte.fm/archiv/gag412/ @geschichte.fm #mad4history

Jetzt wird es spannend: Wenn #W mit Hilfe von Bluesky wirklich ein anschlussfähiges europäisches At-Ökosystem als Antwort auf ✖️ mitgestaltet - dann wäre das mehr als Symbolpolitik. Dann reden wir über echte digitale Souveränität. Chapeau, wenn das gelingt. 🇪🇺 #europeanminds

„We also use the AT protocol. We don't want to develop anything new; we think the AT protocol is good and we're sticking with it, so to speak. But that also means that W users can interact with Bluesky and Eurosky users from day one“, told @annazeiter.bsky.social the @hakendran.org podcast.

#EBDNetzwerk setzt auf seine Mitgliedsparteien der Mitte @spd.de

So the Brits have now arrested both Andrew and Peter Mandelson over the Epstein papers. Where’s American justice? 🇺🇸 🤡

Here we go: A meeting of EU-27 ambassadors has been scheduled for today at 4:30pm in restricted format (just ambassadors, no phones) to discuss EU-US trade relations following the newly announced tariffs, per a Cypriot presidency source

The Russians are regularly bombing the Druzhba oil pipeline, while the Hungarian government is punishing Ukraine for failing to deliver oil. Seriously, it's as if Putin and Orbán had agreed on how to cause double damage to Kiev.

The EU Parliament has paused the US trade deal ratification process. A vote tomorrow morning of the trade committee hass been postponed. Anna Cavazzini , trade policy spokesperson for the Greens/EFA group, said: “. Given the current enormous uncertainty, a vote would be unjustifiable."

Orbán’s online army has effectively blunted the impact of the EU’s transparency rules

Lithuanian FM Kęstutis Budrys tells me it’s now time to stop Hungary’s abuse of the veto in crucial EU decision-making Change EU rules to stop Hungary's abuse of veto, Lithuanian foreign minister says www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Wenn Istanbul erreichbarer ist, als London... Dann war Brexit.. @hasturkeyjoined.bsky.social

Activists from the anti-billionaire campaign group "Everyone Hates Elon" went to the Louvre museum in Paris where they hung a framed photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble on February 19.

Ach. "Die große Mehrheit der Deutschen rechnet mit ernstzunehmenden Krisen infolge digitaler Attacken, Sabotageaktionen und Desinformationskampagnen. Auf der anderen Seite bereitet sich kaum jemand auf die Folgen solcher hybrider Angriffe vor." #KRITIS

A reminder from a report of the December European Council, that Orbán here is breaking an explicit promise to the other EU leaders: @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu "Costa turned to Orban and asked him. 'Will you veto the use of the headroom?' To which Orban replied, 'No',"

Juli Zeh wäre für Putin eine gewisse Kontinuität.... 🙃 www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bund...

Schlimmer geht immer....

Kann man sogar von Berlin aus sehen 😊 🔭 Die Heide brennt 💙 🖤 #scpbsc

Euronews started as a public service project of the @ebu.ch. But esp. Germany's WDR (Pleitgen) opposed /pushed back hard at the time and preferred a national solution with phoenix (guter Sender). Only the responsible boomers and a few Gen Xers might still remember that.😉 #EurSky

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

Berlin’de bayram var! 76. Berlinale’de Türkiye sineması büyük bir başarıya imza attı: İlker Çatak’ın Sarı Zarflar’ı Altın Ayı’yı, Emin Alper’in Kurtuluş’u Jüri Büyük Ödülü Gümüş Ayı’yı kazandı. ✍🏻 Alin Taşçıyan sanatatak.com/ekran/bayram...

Verdient! Müthiş bir film🙏 👌 ✌️ 🇹🇷 🎉 🇪🇺 🐻 #berlinale

❗️EU’s lead lawmaker on US trade deal Bernd Lange tells us Supreme Court ruling“was expected” as “legal basis for the unjustified tariffs was not correct.” He called for emergency meeting on Monday to assess consequences for ratifying deal, 1 day before planned vote www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If I'm not mistaken, the election of the president of the European Council is decided by qualified majority - in 2024, Giorgia Meloni voted against António Costa, which did not prevent him from being elected www.politico.eu/article/emma...

“we are sleepwalking into a new age of gender inequality, propelled at breathtaking speed by the implementation of untested AI tools.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... How tech turned against women

Make it your weekend read: A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

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

Germany calls on Turkey to free Deutsche Welle journalist jailed for insulting Erdoğan www.turkishminute.com/2026/02/20/g...

#Turkey: We join our affiliates TGS, TGC, DİSK Basın-İş and GCD in demanding the immediate release of @news.dw.com journalist @alicanuludag.bsky.social. Uludağ's arrest relates to an X post where he criticised the Turkish government. Read more ⤵️

lol he said Europe is being ruined because it has windmills now.

They should go to Budapest....

Finally some media reporting about the rise of the rise of #COREPER. I have long argued that this (in particular the increased used of the "written procedure") is a very significant development that has intensified since the pandemic (sieps.se/media/mnah1q...).

Trumps #tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court - Here’s the first statement of the #EU Commission: “We remain in close contact with the U.S. Administration as we seek clarity on the steps they intend to take in response to this ruling.… continue to advocate for low tariffs”. #SCOTUS

Donald Trump suggests the Supreme Court is a conspiracy of traitors: "They're very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution. It's my opinion that the Court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think."