Interesting how narratives are shaped, from ”group X is not immune to voting for party Y” to ”almost everyone in group X votes for party Y”.

A bit on 4 myths about voting in the dutch elections. In EN or NL. Spoiler: gays and Muslims do not vote en masse for PRR radboudrecharge.nl/en/article/f...

Inte bara i Frankrike som man har svårt att anta en budget. Belgiska regeringspartierna förhandlar i natt om budgeten för 2026. Finns risk för att premiärminister de Wever kommer tvingas avgå om de inte lyckas komma överens. www.rtbf.be/article/budg...

Makes you wonder if she primarily is European or Belgian commissioner. www.politico.eu/article/eu-u...

Ireland, turnout for the 2025 Presidential election at 5pm shows overall turnout is around 23% with urban areas outperforming rural areas on average. ➤ https://europeelects.eu/ireland #Áras2025 #Ireland

Har inte tänkt på men nya EU-körkortsregler gör ju den här detaljen att körkort gäller för livstid som vissa länder har försvinner.

"Det är polariserandet från samhällstoppen, inte minst från höger, som borde diskuteras. Istället får vi artikelserier, radio- och tv-program där folk med olika åsikter ska uppfostras till samsyn." Jag skriver om psykologiserandet av politiska åsikter och en aggressiva konformitetskultur.

Hungarian diplomacy at its finest: Viktor Orbán’s government-controlled media launched a new propaganda blitz, even in local country news sites, mocking Polish foreign minister @radek-sikorski.bsky.social as “Osama bin Sikorski.”

377 years ago, on the 24th of October 1648, the Peace of Westphalia was signed, ending the Thirty Years' War. 109 different parties were involved. There were actually two separate treaties: one between the Holy Roman Empire and France, and one between the HRE and Sweden. #otd #history 🗃️

While the European Council in Brussels took the spotlight, this week's events in Strasbourg should set off alarm bells. The European Parliament slamming the brakes on the first “Omnibus” package isn’t just a hiccup – it’s a symptom of strain in the EU’s democratic engine. A thread 🧵

Here are the companies who paid to demolish the East Wing of the White House:

Fantastisk pedagogik om hur det går till när irländska presidenten väljs.

Rättsliga grunden här finns i EU-direktiv om fri rörlighet, vars artikel 28 berör utvisningar. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...

My bad, Expressen/AB har täckt detta nu samt Omni:

Har inte sett något i svenska medier än om detta. yle.fi/a/7-10086756

Most Americans have no idea about the sinking of the MS Estonia — a Tallinn-Stockholm ferry that sank in 1994. 852 people died — the Titanic of the Baltic Sea. People agonize over piecing together what happened still. Using it for military exercises is a dance in a graveyard — a semi-sacred site.

New suspect for the Louvre heist.

Måste säga att Slow Horses levererar även denna säsong.

Lite irriterande att man på EU-toppmötet inte kom framåt vad gäller frysta ryska tillgångar.

#EUCO latest: It looks like leaders have given their assent to the 2040 climate target, in exchange for a commitment by the Commission to continue slashing climate laws to add 'flexibility', and to add a review clause. link.europa.eu/qV4VDr

Nytt Asterix-album på gång där han åker till Portugal.

A day where law and justice feel far apart. But criminal law really struggles to function at 53 years of remove, when so many witnesses are dead. Injustice was assured when it took this long for the state to recognise its wrongdoing and start proceedings: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...

BREAKING: A Belfast court found a British soldier not guilty of murder and attempted murder over the 1972 'Bloody Sunday' killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland reut.rs/4hsAlMP

🇭🇺 On this day in 1956, Hungarians rose up against Soviet occupation — and showed solidarity with the 🇵🇱 Polish (“lengyel”) nation, whose June 1956 Poznań protests had been crushed. 🎥 Footage: Blinken OSA Archivum, post-colorized by Colorful History (Színes Történelem) YouTube channel

European Court of Human Rights unanimously rejects former prime minister François Fillon’s complaint that he had not benefited from a fair trial in the case of his wife’s fictitious job.

Det som kännetecknar de respektabla konservativa personerna i Sverige är att de inte rädda för allt. Annars tycks det mig som en väldigt stor del av högern drivs primärt av sina rädslor, främst för andra människor eventuellt ska göra mot dem.

King's Vatican visit: Charles to share historic moment with Pope Leo

By focusing the political debate on the wrong issue, Europe’s car industry may well turn into the next industrial policy train wreck. The real risk is a costly muddle of regulatory rollbacks, bailouts, and a patch work of national subsidies - only for the sector to slow-walk into oblivion anyway

Intressant om europeisk bilindustrin verkliga problem. Hint: det är inte EUs förbud mot förbränningsmotorer.

“The President is just trolling” isn’t the excuse some folks think it is.

I find this quite interesting in the sense of a developing strategic culture within the EU, where the major players now largely share the same threat perception.

Appreciated this evening’s call with Secretary Bessent and the Treasury decision to sanction major Russian oil companies in the face of Russia’s lack of commitment to the peace process.

Andrzej Poczobut, a journalist and leader of the Polish minority in Belarus who has been imprisoned since 2021, has won the Sakharov Prize, the EU’s highest human rights award. He "shines as a beacon for all who refuse to be silenced", says European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.

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Great news about Gripen deal with Ukraine but still some way to go to secure funding etc.

⚡️ Update: Ukraine, Sweden sign letter of intent on possible deal for up to 150 Gripen jets. The long-term memorandum is not aimed at immediate new donations, but includes a possibility for a major deal involving 100-150 Gripen E jets, Sweden says.

Taurus integration with Gripen is at an advanced stage. This would position Taurus as the standard heavy ALCM in Ukraine’s arsenal, at least until a domestic alternative is developed. That in itself may be a reason to take a more ambitious approach to reopening the Taurus production line.

Quite unusual to see Belgium and Germany mentioned in this context.

According to Swedish Channel 4, Sweden wants to sell up to 120 upgraded SAAB Gripen E fighter jets to Ukraine and make around 10 older Gripen C/Ds available. www.tv4.se/just-nu/KfpO...

The world is becoming more dangerous for LGBTQ+ people, new report warns https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/22/lgbtq-rights-report/?utm_content=1761135601&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Very interesting.

Detta är inte ett lämpligt sätt att beskriva det hela. HD tolkar lagen och vill lagstiftaren ändra den kan man - som nu - göra det. Att skriva att problem orsakats av HDs dom eller att _domen_ fått negativa effekter är dock direkt missvisande och spär på en ogrundad misstro mot domstolarna.

Zelenskyj is coming to Linköping, Sweden. Why Linköping, #8 city in Sweden of all places, unknown in most of the world? This is where Saab builds the fighter jet JAS 39 Gripen. www.dn.se/direkt/ukrai...

Det ser ut som att Jas är på väg till Ukraina www.dn.se/direkt/ukrai...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced major housing-related initiatives while unveiling Brussels' legislative agenda for 2026 today, underscoring the EU's ongoing bid to take on the bloc-wide cost of living crisis.

Strasbourg är fantastiskt trevligt just nu bland höstlöven kan jag meddela.

It will be sooooooo exciting to find out what pathbreaking decisions will be taken in Budapest.

Poll-of-polls from the Netherlands. Crossing my fingers that PvdA-Greens can turn the dip around.

Mycket bra om uppståndelsen kring Sarkozy. www.dn.se/varlden/erik...