Embracing Anglo-Irish history will never oblige us to think better of Cromwell, says Taoiseach

I’m not sure I fully understand the rules 🥌

So Orban is in breach of his obligation to sincere cooperation with the institutions and other member states (Article 4(3) TEU) and should be sued at the ECJ by the other states, Commission, Council and European Parliament.

Orban is in breach of Article 4(3) TEU. Sue him. I would.

Orban is in breach of Article 4(3) TEU. Sue him. I would.

NEW BLOGPOST: "Cambridge Ahead slams transport shambles" cambridgetownowl.com/2026/02/18/c... So I stayed home and hyperfocussed on the past decade or so of the Cambridge City Deal... 😳 (Three hours later...and this)

Most sorry to learn of the recent death of General Philippe Morillon, a good soldier and MEP colleague, witty and humane. RIP.

Good journalism this. And rather concerning. euobserver.com/202340/how-t...

Good news that @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu insists that Article 42(7) is now central to her mission for the EU. #MSC2026 www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

A very good speech by Keir Starmer. He is stirred up. He no longer defends Brexit, and seems prepared to scrap his ridiculous red line on no EU single market. #MSC2026 @primeministeruk.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk

Good news that @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu insists that Article 42(7) is now central to her mission for the EU. #MSC2026 www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

A very good speech by Keir Starmer. He is stirred up. He no longer defends Brexit, and seems prepared to scrap his ridiculous red line on no EU single market. #MSC2026 @primeministeruk.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk

Von der Leyen and Costa should be making Zelensky's point for him : Ukraine wants and needs to join the EU now. #MSC2026 www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

Lib Dem policymaking on the economy is such a bad state, I think because of the combination of “Ed Davey runs a v closed inner circle”, “in addition, Ed Davey is the party’s most established economist and therefore actually new thinking just doesn’t happen”.

It's high time for the EU and what's left of NATO to combine to fast-track Ukraine's membership. #MSC2026 www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

It's high time for the EU and what's left of NATO to combine to fast-track Ukraine's membership. #MSC2026 www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

Can EU membership really guarantee Ukraine's security ? www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

Can EU membership really guarantee Ukraine's security ? www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

My latest (with only one proof error). @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu @martakos.ec.europa.eu www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/cri...

I wish people would stop saying Peter Mandelson was a good UK Ambassador to Washiongton. He really wasn't, you know. Read me on the Mandelson Detour here. www.epc.eu/publication/...

I wish people would stop saying Peter Mandelson was a good UK Ambassador to Washiongton. He really wasn't, you know. Read me on the Mandelson Detour here. www.epc.eu/publication/...

Here I argue that Ukraine cannot wait for the EU’s slow accession process; I advocate fast-tracking membership as a security imperative, and revising the Copenhagen criteria and enlargement rules. The EU must reform its decision-making to anchor Ukraine and salvage its sovereign integrity.

Here I argue that Ukraine cannot wait for the EU’s slow accession process; I advocate fast-tracking membership as a security imperative, and revising the Copenhagen criteria and enlargement rules. The EU must reform its decision-making to anchor Ukraine and salvage its sovereign integrity.

Before folk get too carried away by Manfred Weber's lurch into constitutional matters, perhaps read this: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

This is rather good. euobserver.com/digital/ar23...

Here I am on how to change the EU's enlargement strategy, revise its accession rules, and admit #Ukraine as a member state on probation. And why. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @martakos.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @epc-official.bsky.social verfassungsblog.de/how-ukraine-...

Here I am on how to change the EU's enlargement strategy, revise its accession rules, and admit #Ukraine as a member state on probation. And why. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @martakos.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @epc-official.bsky.social verfassungsblog.de/how-ukraine-...

Ukraine cannot wait for the EU’s slow accession process 🇺🇦🇪🇺 ANDREW DUFF (@andrewduffeu.bsky.social) argues for fast-tracking membership as a security imperative — rethinking the Copenhagen criteria, enlargement rules, and EU decision-making to anchor Ukraine now. verfassungsblog.de/how-ukraine-...

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I presume Wes Streeting will soon make his move, and that this was planned by the Labour NEC.

This will backfire badly: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some breaking art historical news for you - a lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn was unveiled today at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s been missing for more than 200 years. 1/3

The “bolder approach” you rightly want cannot be less than applying to join the European Union, just like Ukraine.

Powerful speech by @ec.europa.eu President Ursula von der Leyen today in #Davos: “We have done more on defence in the last year than in decades before.” 1/4 ⬇️

Good. This is a time for EU politicians to tell its diplomats to get stuffed. www.ft.com/content/a42e...

Good. This is a time for EU politicians to tell its diplomats to get stuffed. www.ft.com/content/a42e...

Best to read this. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

👀 "Lion and Sun" flag at Iranian embassy in London.

1/ More Brexit 🦄 bollox from Naomi For Naomi's Brexit to work she wants opt-ins for mutual recognition of standards and professional qualifications but an opt-out for everything else, including freedom of movement. Rejected under May, Johnson & Starmer (reset 1) Naomi is supposed to be an expert

Andrew Duff with an assessment of Keir Starmer’s European policy. He gets a grade of ‘could do [a lot] better’…

This is a good short read on the UK's continuing marginalisation and irrelevance following Brexit, compounded by Starmer's unwillingness to take advantage of strategic partnerships that EU outsiders like Canada and Ukraine have already committed to.

encompass-europe.com/comment/why-... @andrewduffeu.bsky.social

Epiphany thoughts @labour4europe.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @ukandeu.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @reneweurope.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social encompass-europe.com/comment/why-...

Epiphany thoughts @labour4europe.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @ukandeu.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @reneweurope.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social encompass-europe.com/comment/why-...