This lingers on disrespect.

Emphasis on Article 42.7

Europe should not appoint a putin negotiating team. It should appoint a European army chief of staff tasked with creating a European force.

The case for having the UK in the Union has not been made in the UK, and even less so in Europe. The UK membership would entail trade offs and costs for the EU and MS. The UK seems unable to acknowledge them and make a coherent proposal appealing to Europe to counterbalance these costs. 1/

Any piece referring to the EU as a “bloc” is written by someone who doesn’t have the competence to write about the EU. Moreover these pieces risk being profoundly misleading to the average British electorate. Short thread. 1/

Too much weight is given to the idea of “negotiations” taking place during accession processes. The UK, if it ever so chooses, can apply to join the Union and the entirety of the acquis as well as Maastricht conditions are a prerequisite to even contemplate the start of the accession process. 1/2

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Four-time Paralympic gold-medallist and former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi has died aged 59

The path forward is clear, time for decision makers and politicians to step up.

Inadvertently reminded of this today, a great piece by my friend Andreas, sadly no longer with us to write things like this medium.com/kosmopolito/...

Interesting acceleration in European policy-making. The stakes are high. However, these priorities also reflect on those areas where the Union should move faster but is not. EG security, setting up and beefing up an EU military Command & Control structure laying the ground for an EU military.

I agree this is a historical landmark and recommend following Jakub for his analysis and reporting.

The EU now requires all Mobile Phones to be sold with easily replaceable and standardised batteries, as they used to be. From 2027 they all will be again, in Europe.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

The European Coal and Steel Community was never just an industrial project. It was a project for peace in Europe. A project for shared prosperity. A project for strength and independence in a world of great power competition. The very same purpose that still drives our Union today.

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

An electoral defeat for Orbàn does not mean the end of Europe's governance troubles. It only gives us a chance at reform. National leaders will no longer be able to use Orbàn as a scapegoat. Now they have an opportunity to prove they are serious about democratic reform of the EU. 🇭🇺 #HungaryElection

Excellent report on Europe’s sleeper trains. And with a contribution from railway campaigner @jonworth.eu who nails it. youtu.be/jGlvE2s097I?...

The persistent lack of understanding of what the European Union 🇪🇺 is in the UK (and anglosaxon milieus) is not surprising but needs to be addressed clearly. The European Union is a POLITICAL union to the benefit of its members that will adapt to their needs, including in defense/security.

The EU is protecting the Euro from 3rd countries without any financial interest in EU stability. When the 🇬🇧 was a member it used its veto to trash the rescue package during the Euro crisis which threatened the whole EU project. That situation must not happen again. www.ft.com/content/728b...

C’est l’Europe qui finance très majoritairement l’OTAN

About 80 people are missing, feared drowned, after a boat carrying migrants capsizes in the Mediterranean. An Italian Coast Guard vessel recovered 2 bodies and brought 32 survivors to Lampedusa.

💈 Quattro anni fa il mondo veniva a conoscenza della strage di Buča, dove i soldati russi hanno massacrato i civili durante i 33 giorni di occupazione all’inizio dell’invasione. Qui il racconto di @ariannaciccone.bsky.social durante il viaggio in Ucraina sui luoghi del massacro 👇

This is an excellent piece, with several key takes: 1. "Germany’s transmitting influence grew by nearly 50%, and Italy transformed from a shock absorber into the second most influential market in the system." theconversation.com/how-brexit-r...

What happened exactly 69 years ago? On this day, in 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed! 📖✍️

Office.eu è un’alternativa completamente europea alle popolari suite come Microsoft Office e Google Workspace ed è stata lanciata ufficialmente

Today, on the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks in Brussels, we remember the victims, their loved ones, and all those affected. We remain vigilant in the face of all threats to our security and way of life. We will never give in to terror or violence.

To destroy the European Union, this would be an effective way.

Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96.

New technologies are transforming financial markets, writes Executive Board member Piero Cipollone. With Appia and Pontes, we aim to achieve an integrated European market for digital assets and allow it to safely settle in central bank money www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...

NEW 🚨 Watering-down the ETS would not save European industry; rather, it would be a blow to both fiscal stability and long-term economic resilience. We explain why in 5 points. www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

There are now more tech workers going from the US to Europe than the other way around

Must read.

In case the ambassadors are unaware: the US sources almost all its defence needs from the US because of legal requirements their administration favours.

What if British pro-Europeans just tried to make the UK a normal large member state, rather than wanting to "lead Europe" and "make London the EU's capital"? This national exceptionalism is really killing any chances for the development of a European identity.

What’s still difficult for many in post-Brexit Uk to acknowledge is that there were winners from Brexit, mostly in Europe. Any UK campaign to apply to join the Union will need to address and/or compensate them.

Over 200 million women globally. 600,000 of them in Europe. Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights. On this International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, we reaffirm our commitment to work with partners to end this practice. Every girl should live free from gender-based violence.

The COVID pandemic lessons seem forgotten. Third countries are third countries, and we have seen in practice what happens when the EU relies too much on anyone (incl UK). Let’s not be nationalists, but neither naively xenophiles. Partner countries work with assumptions that EU needs to adopt.

Some Europeans have still not caught up to a world profoundly shaped by Chinas industrial policy. A lot of hard pushback on targeted buy-European because it would reduce European competitiveness and product quality. Reality, created by China, would disagree. 1/

While national leaders are squabbling over just about everything, Draghi has a clear vision for the future of Europe: "Power requires Europe to move from confederation to federation". Read his full Leuven speech: federalists.eu/federalist-l...

Amen.

As a distraction from current events, a story of politicians who fought fascism, almost at the cost of their lives, and having defeated it went on to build a new country and achieve greatness.

The sad level of the English electorate, comparing the European Union to a yacht club... Obsession over whether we can fit 19th Century notions of state on to the European Union, without even being able to define and explain these notions in the first place. Fortunately, Europe means Europe.

A year ago I published a column on @euobserver.com, calling on the EU to create its own own social media platform that would champion accountability, combat false information, and serve public interests, aligning with the EU’s values of privacy and transparency euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... 1/2

Extremely interesting analysis (in Italian).

Ukraine may well provide the first truly European leadership class in the next decade. The European Union needs to further integrate and federalize if it is to survive and prosper.

Netherlands should join and offer to host the first meeting at the exclusive, famous, gilded and very luxurious palace called "The Hague".

I don't think many people in the US, but also Europe, realize the degree to which Brussels has since 2020 quietly built a proto-state apparatus that now enables it to react to a crisis in real time rather than EU time. It's still ad hoc and potential, held together by duct tape. But it's now there.

The EU needs to quickly develop an unified and integrated command structure. It can use NATO as a blueprint, but only involve EU member states and be accountable to the European Parliament. An Eu military is essential, but democratic accountability and civilian oversight must be in place.

Yes, please!