Ett par saker för den som föredrar fakta framför magkänsla. Ukraina var alliansfritt med 70-80 % opinion för att förbli det när landet invaderades 2014.

Commission to propose ‘single’, EU-wide set of company rules, says von der Leyen

Not great news. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/01/e...

* EU TRADE CHIEF: EXPECTS US COMMITMENTS ON PHARMACEUTICAL TARIFF CAP WILL BE RESPECTED @reuters.com

Of all the horrors unleashed by Russia’s war, none cuts deeper than the abduction of children. We will not rest until Ukraine’s children are home. The EU will host a high-level international summit to bring the world's eyes to the fate of these children. link.europa.eu/CJ9PwR

💓 The new U24 mobile app, created to connect supporters directly with Ukrainian military units, has raised over $128,000 in its first month and is already used by more than 12,000 people.

EU and Indonesia conclude trade negotiations. Unlike ’deals’ reached by the US to raise its trade barriers, this is a real trade agreement designed to lower trade barriers and stimulate trade. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Hoten mot Mild fungerade. Våldskapitalet styr över svensk fotboll. Och det är inte staten eller klubbarna som har det. www.svt.se/sport/fotbol...

We are in an all-hands-on-deck moment for women across the world. I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

There are economic bright spots in the EU.

The goverment knows best how to protect people from late night TV. theonion.com/nation-grate...

(Bloomberg) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that .. Trump has been using to try to oust .. Lisa Cook. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Armand Duplantis, encore record, décroche un troisième titre mondial, porté par la concurrence d’Emmanouil Karalis

An unusual statement by the FBI director.

Agree. If the EU can’t ratify the Mercosur agreement it shouldn’t talk about trade and geopolitics at all. (The agreement doesn’t include Bolivia, however).

Russia's oil export revenues have fallen to almost their lowest level since the start of the full-scale war with Ukraine, and EU sanctions will and are already playing their role in this, too. Export volumes have also declined.

Perhaps they will put sanctions om India…

Russia seems to be testing the willingness of Poland’s NATO allies to react collectively to a vivid provocation. How will the West respond? econ.st/4871zpy Photo: Imago

Day 1295 of Russia's 3-day war has seen a huge escalation, with a direct and "repeated" attack on Poland. Numerous Russian drones have crossed into NATO territory. Not an accident or mistake. I've been here every single day, so let's start another daily thread:

❗️🇵🇱 At a distance of almost 500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the wreckage of the Russian drone was found in Elbląg near Gdansk.

Impotent statements like these are why Russia feels free to attack us. This wasn’t an “incursion of drones.” Russia attacked Poland. We shouldn’t “condemn it.” We should hit Russia with serious, damaging consequences. We shouldn’t “call on Russia” to stop. We should stop them.

It’s game time! Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech is one of the big set-piece events in the EU political calendar. What Brussels buzzwords, clichés and celebs will she mention? Play along with our bingo card 👇 ow.ly/Clt950WUkY4

Crazy: "US Steel will stop producing steel at its Granite City, Illinois, mill at the end of October, but the 800 workers at the plant will stay on the job, maintaining equipment, until at least 2027" share.google/enoXrY1TV2cO...

The US amends scope of #reciprocaltariffs. Effective today, some goods are excluded while others are subject to #tariffs at rates from 10–41% Our Database entry contains detailed product lists, affected trading partners, and the full scope of the measure: globaltradealert.org/state-act/94...

When President Trump unveiled his EU trade deal, businesses across the bloc thought it would end months of uncertainty. Less than two months on, frustration is growing in Europe.

Flera bra poänger här. Både om oviljan att kännas vid etnonationalistisk ideologi när den riktas mot breda grupper istället för enskilda statsråd. Men också om hur de samhällsproblem som främlingsfientlighet och rasism skapar, sopas under mattan. www.vk.se/2025-09-05/n...

On the WTO compatibility of the EU-US deal, some clear statements from @sabineweyand.bsky.social during the INTA hearing: 1) US+EU regard agreement as first step, for EU that means striving for WTO compatibility 2) US was not ready to sing up to a commitment to strive fore WTO compatibility /1

The likely collapse of France’s government won’t force it to seek support from the International Monetary Fund, but the country absolutely has to get its public finances under control, ECB President Christine Lagarde warned today.

Putin has not changed. In the last 25 years he started four wars. He can only be kept in check through strong deterrence. We must be precise and fast with the surge in our defence posture ↓ europa.eu/!wgH6QK

Russia has caused devastating damages to Ukraine. It is unthinkable that Russia will ever see its frozen assets again, unless it fully compensate the damages caused to Ukraine. Today, we discussed this issue with EU Foreign affairs ministers Extract from my press remarks ↓

That surely means that new sanctions are coming fast, right?

From October, 2024: Everything that has happened was predictable, and indeed predicted youtu.be/pHDVpBLMiFI?...

Of course www.wsj.com/business/ene...

"Nothing that happened in medieval eastern Europe bound future states to make war against each other a thousand years later" My latest essay: "The myths that made Putin’s war" www.ft.com/content/9731...

Vår tids USA kommer att gå in i historieböckerna som en helt bisarr epok.

"Postal companies across Europe, Asia and the Pacific plan to suspend package deliveries to the U.S. because of President Donald Trump’s order ending tariff exemptions"

John Bolton is a brave and clear critic of Donald Trump. We interviewed him for season one of Autocracy in America, for the episode on alliances and kleptocracy www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

State capitalism spreading to the US.

“You say no to public debt, you say no to the single market, you say no to creating the capital market union. You can’t say no to everything,” a clearly frustrated Draghi said in a speech to European lawmakers in February”

They are just mobs, complete with the face cover. How do they even know that they are ICE agents.

Vad bra…

European postal operators halt US parcel shipments over tax uncertainty

A lot of what makes trade agreements long is the schedules of tariff concessions. If these agreements aren't long, one reason might be that other countries haven't actually agreed to lower many tariffs.

We are now 8 years into a bipartisan US belief that tariffs will bring back manufacturing. They haven't so far, and there's little evidence they can or will in the future. So for how long does this continue?

Great Greer-rebuttal by @inumanak.bsky.social on.ft.com/45EUlX3 No, Trump is not ushering in a new global trading order

Day 1272 and as almost every day worldwide media concentrate on the politics, people continue to die in Ukraine. Far from helping protect an ally, the US seems to have somehow shifted into Russia's ally and outright enemy of Ukraine. Every single day - here's the daily thread:

Analysis: A New Era in International Trade Requires a New Rule-Based Trade Coalition. Read more and download the analysis by our strategic adviser @altenberg.bsky.social: shorturl.at/uXiqQ #TradePolicy

Turnberry was necessary in the short term, but now the EU needs a proactive, long-term approach to preserve rule-based trade. Here is our @sweboardoftrade.bsky.social proposal. www.kommerskollegium.se/en/analyses-...

The meeting was a disaster for everyone except two people. Trump got his photo op and his ego boost. Putin got his photo op, whitewashing of war crimes and no sanctions. No one in Ukraine, Europe or the United States benefited in any way.

Trump’s approval ratings in a historical perspective. Except right after 6 January it’s now back at an all time low. From Pew research.