www.cer.eu/insights/thr... Three hard lessons for European trade

"We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%." #Brexit Nobody could have predicted this. www.nber.org/papers/w34459

A really fascinating interview with @gilduran.com, and American reporter who's been tracking something he calls the Nerd Reich. "Apocalyptic language has long been a technology for political power." Q&A by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

All this does feel like the logical endpoint of a country soending many years glamorizing and idolizing the police and military, and giving even small town cops the equipment they need to cosplay Zero Dark Thirty

In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Cet accord de rapprochement est une excellente nouvelle. La création d’un champion européen des satellites permet d’augmenter les investissements de la recherche et de l’innovation dans ce secteur stratégique et ainsi renforcer notre souveraineté 🇪🇺 dans un contexte de compétition mondiale intense.

100%! Success is being belittled and instead fear is being celebrated

EU Member States and Accademia youd rush into the opportunity! Myanmar students are amazingly motivated and hardworking and they should be encouraged to come to study in the EU. www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/i-dont-kn...

Enemy number one: What Putin’s foreign policy speech says about Europe: ecfr.eu/article/enem...

There are a number of far right political leaders in the world that go out of their way to display in public their religious affiliation. Very few of them however, live according to the values that the Church stands for. Identity without substance. www.bbc.com/news/article...

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

COMMENTARY: Russia has been waging an overt war in Ukraine for over a decade now. But the fighting in Ukraine is only part of Russia’s wider war against Europe as a whole, whether the bloc likes it or not.

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

Finally an optimistic recipe on how to survive Trump. Ride the wave: A big, beautiful European strategy for Trumponomics: ecfr.eu/publication/...

A cyberattack disrupted operations at several major European airports today, including Brussels Airport and London’s Heathrow, causing flight delays and cancellations.

"For Europe, #Myanmar is more than a humanitarian concern. It is a test of its credibility." After serving as Head of the EU Delegation in Myanmar, @sabatuccieu.bsky.social reflects on the country he first encountered & the one he left behind. 👉 ow.ly/vlVh50WWL7h

Europe cannot fix Myanmar’s turmoil. But its presence still matters, argues former ambassador @sabatuccieu.bsky.social. It is one of the few lifelines left for Myanmar’s people. To leave would be to abandon them, and Europe’s credibility. ➡️ ow.ly/vlVh50WWL7h

…..and argued that it was a case of “interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state”. I always heard this argument used by authoritarian States...

Home! www.facebook.com/share/v/1CKq...

An amazing article from Cris Herrmann. A must read: Trump’s quest to transform the West: ecfr.eu/article/trum...

Dedicato a tutti i sovranisti, populisti identitari che ostentano la loro appartenenza Cristiana (Salvini, Meloni, Orban, MAGA etc etc) www.facebook.com/share/r/1CHM...

The trade deal between Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, while being the least bad one, is a geopolitical disaster for the EU url:https://encompass-europe.com/comment/the-trade-deal-between-donald-trump-and-ursula-von-der-leyen-while-being-the-least-bad-one-is-a-geopolitical-disaster-for-the-eu

Want to speak quantum? ⚛️ Our Glossary breaks it down. From computing to cryptography. It also shows how Europe is leading the way with the Quantum Europe Strategy to build a quantum-powered future. Europe is ready to make the quantum leap. Are you?

Confucian values once rooted in moral constraint, like filial piety, virtue, and ethical cultivation, are being refitted to serve a system built on obedience and authority. buff.ly/x5TaO80

Trump has slapped 40% tariff on Myanmar. This is a de facto comprehensive sanction, more likely to harm workers than the militaries and anyhow Myanmar does not have any financial room to increase imports from the US and hence the balancing would have to come from exports. Who will suffer?

Noi vogliamo sempre quella www.eunews.it/2025/07/03/n...

Negato l'ingresso negli Usa a un turista norvegese: aveva salvato sul telefono un meme sul vicepresidente JD Vance @corriere www.corriere.it/tecnologia/2...

“onetime national security adviser John Bolton ― say Trump doesn’t really have ideas, only instincts and reactions. His decision-making is ad-hoc, chaotic, episodic”

Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣

A travel ban on Myanmar’s is just ridiculous. Myanmars are not a threat, on the contrary, any country who gets Myanmar’s citizens is super lucky. www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/w...

“Trade is not a soft power indulgence — it is part of our strategic architecture,” Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said, referring to Southeast Asia. “It must be protected, not from competition but from the onslaught of arbitrary imposition of trade restrictions.”

“If we have to choose sides, may we choose the side of principles...that uphold a global order, where we do not descend into the law of the jungle, where the mighty do what they wish and the weak suffer what they must.” 🇸🇬 Def Min Chan Chun Sing revealing #Singapore's anxiety WRT US-China rivalry.

This IS the problem, and not only in the US.

U.S. democracy is viewed as failing, while Chinese governance is seen as succeeding. And while Trump’s presidency may be a symptom of that trend, it’s not the cause.

Freedom of speech began to protect the vulnerable from tyranny, ensuring dissent could challenge power. Today, some advocate unrestricted speech, yet this can amplify powerful, hateful voices, contradicting its purpose to shield the weak. #FreeSpeech #History"

Scary stuff being propagated by the State department in these days….similar views were popular in the late 20s and 30s in Europe….https://statedept.substack.com/p/the-need-for-civilizational-allies-in-europe

The writing was on the walls…..https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/business/tesla-sales-europe-plummet-april-intl

W ROMANIA!! W EUROPA!!

This is real

Congratulations to @albomp.bsky.social and his party on their victory in the Australian federal election. Europeans and Australians are not just friends – we’re mates.

Some European leaders refer to the EU as “colonisers”. There are two possibilities and two only: either they like being colonised or it’s not true