"... instead of rising to the historic moment, Europe risks relapsing into the habits of complacency that made Putin believe he could get away with invasion in the first place" Europe's political leaders urgently need to hear this. Well said @pimlicat.bsky.social.

Die Mütter und Väter des Grundgesetzes haben sich nicht vorstellen können, dass es mal eine rechtsextreme Partei geben würde, und Demokraten sich weigern könnten, einen Überprüfungsantrag zu stellen. Sonst hätten sie eine Überprüfung von Amts wegen im GG verankert.

"Nigel Farage’s youth is not quite as irrelevant as he would have us believe. Because the past has a nasty habit of intruding into the present – and future." Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture

The future of Russian #propaganda is messing with AI tilting it towards Russian narratives. In fact, there are already hundreds of Russian websites that generate millions of articles a year that almost no one reads - the goal is to feed this content to AI systems 1/5

A very concerning narrative is building in the EU affairs bubble on the #DigitalOmnibusPackage: that it is little else than an attempt to appease the US President and Big Tech. As a representative of the European technology community, let me explain why this could not be further from the truth 👇

Im Europäischen Parlament stimmen die Konservativen mit rechts außen. Die Stabilität, auf der die Union basiert, wird so aufgegeben. Die politische Mitte zerlegt sich.

Black Friday in Yorkshire

A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine

The Guardian: ‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

„Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retailiating against Russia“ I have been shouting this from the roof for decades and it is starting to sink in to more and more European officials. They realize that doing nothing is always the greatest risk.

Ondanks ontkenning Moskou en Peking: ‘Rusland gebruikt Chinese spionagesatelliet in oorlog in Oekraïne’, ontdekt Belgische onderzoeker

The "legally impossible" phrase is Pu's code word for "Zelensky needs to be removed first". What we see is Pu turning down the plan written by his own reps by demanding more stuff. As I warned, Pu sees the 28 plan as the start to which to add more Ru gains. The last thing on his mind is compromise.

Décryptage : AUCUN accord quelconque n'est possible avec la Russie, si il n'inclut pas le démantèlement de l'Etat ukrainien. Donc, la guerre va se poursuivre, Poutine ayant pour objectif la destruction de l'Ukraine comme entité souveraine. Il y aura un vainqueur et un perdant, reste à savoir lequel

1/Senior US official caught coaching Russia on how to massage Trump on Ukraine deal. Why? Because we are entering a new international order based not in state interests but clique interests. Welcome to neo-royalism. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The US 'interest' in Greenland is far from over. Today's frontpage of @politiken.dk covers the diplomatic investments made by Denmark, including a 24/7 response team for whenever the US President brings up the topic. Thanks to @sondergaard.bsky.social and other colleagues for their contributions

- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn - Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn What gets more attention? James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.

New net migration figures at 930am. Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023 56% of people think it went up last year 17% think stayed the same 14% think it went down 2025 figure to be lower again 16% expect that 38% think it will be up 31% about the same

J'ai eu le plaisir ce matin à 7 heures 18 d'être interrogé par Laure Closier sur @bfmbusiness.bsky.social. Voici le replay : j'y ai défendu notamment la thèse que, à la fin des fins, il n'y aura pas de plan de paix - ce n'est pas nécessairement une mauvaise nouvelle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLk_...

"Both [Ukraine and Russia] are stuck in this horrific war. Putin's determined to win the war one way or another. If it is not on the battlefield, then some other way. And this is it: winning in the information war and winning over the US president and his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to get what he wants."

Yes, russia is indeed rapidly rebuilding its missile arsenal. The problem is that the "solution" being offered — pausing the war & restoring economic ties with russia, giving it back most of frozen assets, lifting sanctions, rewarding for war crimes — will only accelerate that buildup.

Wir Europäer müssen mit Stärke selbst für Frieden in Europa sorgen und uns nicht die ganze Zeit damit beschäftigen: Wie ist Trump eigentlich heute früh aufgestanden? Wie können wir das Ego von Trump heute irgendwie füttern? www.inforadio.de/rubriken/int...

“Ukraine is the only country that’s fulfilling NATO’s destiny and we owe them everything.” — Garry Kasparov at the 2025 Halifax International Security Forum Watch the full video (Democracies Don’t Despair): youtu.be/79z219i-LwI?...

Diese Geschichte ist unfassbar. Weil der Trump-Regierung die Arbeit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs nicht passt, wird ein französischer Richter digital de facto ausgelöscht und bekommt keine Kreditkarte und kein Bankkonto mehr:

Garry Kasparov at Halifax Security Forum: "For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression.

Russian infiltration of the GOP has without question been the greatest intelligence victory in history. It's literally the only thing keeping the Russian government from collapse.

1/5 Why do we still allow Trump to negotiate on the war in Ukraine? The US does not fund Ukraine. Trump and his team are compromised by Russia. Europe pays the bills, yet Trump sits at the table. There is zero reason for him and his team of traitors to be involved

For many allies, the uncertainty over U.S. support for Ukraine merely confirmed what has already become obvious: The United States is no longer a reliable partner. The post-American world predicted by Fareed Zakaria in a 2008 book is finally dawning. wapo.st/4oZH3wz

This by @runestahl.bsky.social is great. Left populism's embrace of some culturally conservative positions like anti-immigration has been an utter failure. It's not just morally a dead end, its an electoral one as well -- see also Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany. jacobin.com/2025/11/denm...

In his 2nd term, Trump has surrounded himself with individuals like Witkoff, Musk, Vance, and Gabbard who share his positive view of Russia, his negative view of Ukraine, and/or his hostility to Europe. This seems unlikely to be an accident.

En utbildningsminister, en handelsminister och ett särskilt sändebud. Alla finns de med på en lista över vilka som har donerat pengar till Donald Trump. De tre, och flera andra, fick sina höga positioner efter donationerna.

Learning how to live with already weak-God-like and increasingly powerful technologies is the defining challenge for this century👇. The #climate and environmental crises, as well as many other aspects of the #polycrisis , are to a large extent caused by societal lack of self-limiting capability.

From Carole Cadwalladr in the other place. Right. Watch this whole video. The wheels are falling off the Reform press machine. Britain’s students are not tolerating the lies & bullshit about Reform’s relationship with Russia 🔥🔥🔥

Kentish Fran 🇪🇺 Remember that Farage was one of the laziest MEPs. He rarely turned up for a vote. I wonder what was so special about this one?😉

Was man sich ja auch fragt: Kommt der Leak von Trump-Leuten, die die Ukraine nicht unter den Bus werfen wollen? Oder kommt er von Putin-Leuten, die Witkoff vorführen und einen Deal verhindern wollen. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

There are some in the Republican Party who are actively pushing for Russian interests and it is most certainly involving a lot of money. This audio transcript obtained by Bloomberg is only the tip of the iceberg.

The Guardian: My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it's too late | Timothy Garton Ash www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On RTE’s 6-1 News I noted that core issues such as territorial integrity and the post-war security architecture remain unresolved Officials in the Baltic states repeatedly stressed to me that the outcome in Ukraine is not localised. It will shape Europe’s strategic landscape for many years to come

Les retranscriptions de conversations téléphoniques secrets révèlent ce dont tout le monde se doute : la connivance entre la Maison Blanche et le Kremlin sur l’Ukraine. Des révélations édifiantes de Bloomberg. Ma chronique Géopolitique du 7/11 @franceinter www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

I'd argue that if the Trump administration keeps going at this rate the transatlantic foundations of NATO will be gone by 2027 anyway. We are then left with a primarily Euro-Mediterranean alliance system with a few Canadians thrown in

'Europe—which includes the E.U. and the U.K.—cannot just react when their house is on fire. It is becoming increasingly clear it cannot trust the Trump Administration to bring the war in Ukraine to an outcome which is favorable' My latest for TIME time.com/7336513/trum...

Vous vous rappelez les sanctions US annoncées par Trump contre les achats indiens et chinois de pétrole russe ? Mais si, souvenez-vous, elles devaient être effectives le 21 novembre 2025. Et bien vous allez rire (spoiler : non)... 1/2

Waarom vervangen we de CEO niet door AI?

"Too many European governments still behave as if losing Ukraine would be unfortunate but manageable. This is fantasy. The destruction of Ukraine would reshape Europe’s security architecture for decades, and not in Europe’s favour."

Just a periodic reminder.

Paradox ist ja, dass im Erinnerungsweltmeisterland noch immer Teile der politischen, wirtschaftlichen & medialen Meinungsführer es für unvorstellbar halten, dass Menschen Faschismus à la AfD einfach genau so wollen. Also nicht aus Protest, Unwissenheit Verführung. Sondern aus abgrundtiefem Wollen.

»Wir haben vor der AfD gewarnt, als sie am Horizont auftauchte. Keine Reaktion. Im Gegenteil – ihre Vertreter:innen saßen in jeder Talkshow, bevor die AfD auch nur ein einziges Landtagsmandat hatte. Mit dem Erfolg, dass sie nun eine einflussreiche Partei ist.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...

Righteous fury in this highly recommended piece, but the fury should focus on core Western Europe which thinks you can fight the war without fighting. NB8, Poland, Romanian (and when they had a serious Govt, Bulgaria and Czechia) are taking this seriously.

One thing that is not getting enough attention is that Trump has normalized the idea of the United States supporting the transfer of territory and millions of people from a democracy to a dictatorship. The ending of freedom for millions is now the official US position.