💈 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!

The same applies to calling the European Union a “bloc” instead of a “union”. Editorial lines set in a third country that affect the debate. The EU needs its own media and information ecosystem.

Belgians - fourth richest nation in the world - just kicking back, taking it easy, life's not all about work you know.

Still no estimates nor public media reporting on the number of victims of the US attack on Venezuela.

Bulgarians adapt to euro, banks and shops report smooth transition

The obstruction of justice is a key US export under Trump. He has attempted to interfere in the criminal trial of Jair Bolsonaro, tried to get charges dropped against Benjamin Netanyahu and is tightening the screws on the International Criminal Court. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

100% seriously, European leaders and Commission officials should plan on the basis that the US might do this to them too, about Greenland, about tech regulation, about “Christian values”, about “free speech”, whatever.

To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.

A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.

How Gaia revealed the Milky Way - #Astronomy - ift.tt/NPFC07D

This short term fix to pay less in compensations to Russian soldiers’ family may well represent a medium term backlash as it will inevitably lead to accepting increasingly higher desertion rates.

In just a few hours, Bulgaria will adopt the euro. To mark this special moment, we are illuminating our main building in Frankfurt. We’re excited to welcome Bulgaria to the euro family 🇪🇺🤝🇧🇬 📸 by ECB

Welcome home Bulgaria 🇧🇬

How 2025 Pushed the EU Closer to a Federation

In 2026, Europeans will have to make a choice. Do they want to live as dependents in vassal states of America and Russia, or do they want to be independent in a federation? Federalism is the only way for Europe to be sovereign. Watch the full video here: davekeating.substack.com/p/announceme...

This is what UK "rejoin" need to counterbalance, and the debate in UK about future application to become a candidate country of the Union is still in its infancy. Moreover, Europe should develop its own platforms to support its own narrative. It's not up to Americans and other third countries.

🧵 Perché la soluzione per sostenere l’Ucraina da parte della Commissione Europea è un’ottima notizia | @mattiamarasti.bsky.social www.valigiablu.it/prestito-uni...

The EU never gets praise even when it acts. There is so much constant EU negging that commentators struggle to praise when it delivers. The EU did what it needed to do. Take the win. Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project. First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/

This is an historic step for Europe.

Sad reality. But this needs to be clearly expressed and explained to voters to re-link decision-making to accountability. Treaty change is necessary now!

È dovuta, da tempo, un’indagine approfondita sui rapporti tra Limes e la Russia.

Che dire...meglio tardi che mai. Tre studiosi lasciano Limes. Argentieri: 'nube tossica su Ucraina' www.adnkronos.com/internaziona...

A very interesting post, and thread. Also to note the preponderance of UK media, which can partly explain the saturation in European public discourse with anglosphere biases and language. An easy indicator of this issue is the use of "bloc" instead of "union" when referring to the EU.