Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.

Positive impact of a 10-min walk immediately after glucose intake on postprandial glucose levels #walking #hyperglycemia 🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Not all absorption difficulties in cohesion policy are due to lacking administrative capacity: EU funds also face surprising non-demand from potential beneficiaries. My research shows that tackling unawareness, administrative burden and financial attractiveness could boost demand. More details here:

@svenschreurs.bsky.social and @rhuguenotnoel.bsky.social trace the influence of labour interests in shaping the EU's minimum wage directive.

16 member states want to use the national escape clause to get more space for defense spending under the 🇪🇺 fiscal rules. Notably absent: the 3 largest economies after 🇩🇪, namely 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸. From a fiscal point of view, probably a good sign as these countries have very little fiscal space. 1/3

What happened in the Netherlands and what will happen next? I wrote a short piece about the collapse of the Dutch government for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/when-not-if-...

🇵🇱⚖️🗳️ The rule of law repair process in Poland just got incredibly more difficult. I expect President Nawrocki to be even less cooperative than Duda, as Nawrocki will work hard for a PiS parliamentary election victory. Tough times ahead. 1/

🚨You should read this official State Dept post bc it foreshadows a major fight: Zuckerberg & Musk want 🇪🇺 regulators off their backs. Trump & Vance want to help AfD, Le Pen, and the global populist right. So they are reframing tech regulation as tyranny & censorship. open.substack.com/pub/statedep...

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DISINTEGRATION publ #9 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social show key events in UK Brexit politics affected EU attitudes in other countries: foreign events can influence voters’ attitudes in other countries and events like Brexit have systemic consequences! doi.org/10.1177/1465...

Keir Starmer backs end of two child benefit cap and tells Treasury to find the money - my story for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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The FBI is disbanding a squad that handles investigations into members of Congress and fraud by federal employees, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that comes as the Trump administration seeks to eliminate or marginalize units responsible for public corruption cases.

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I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

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Striking stat from @kellycnbc.bsky.social on this: The rise in treasury yields since Trump’s tariffs were announced leads to an increase in US debt interest payments that is larger than all the DOGE savings.

I am incredibly honored that my paper "Shaping institutional change in skill formation", which is my first-ever PhD project, has received the @ces-europe.bsky.social Political Economy& Welfare Best Paper Prize and has been published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social 🎉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

FYI Alex Moise has now joined the chat as @alexmoise.bsky.social and also this book contains no war plans, tariffs or orange hair. And it's open access!

🚨Congrats to @nenaoana.bsky.social and Alexandru D. Moise for new joint book at @cambridgeup.bsky.social @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social on the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine public preferences for the European Union.

Two major elements to consider as Europe ramps up its defense: www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

on.ft.com/41HZ5t1 There is merit in trying to overcome fragmentation in Europe's financial sector. But policymakers need to stop kidding themselves and citizens that there is s huge pool of inert savings that regulatory changes will enable to be transformed into a torrent of real investment. 🧵 1/11

A last word. Alongside private there is public investment. A key reason for weak overall investment has been misconceived fiscal rules that have hindered government investment. And this is financed thru normally boring, safe govt bond markets at low interest rates. 11/end

Remarkable analysis in such time frame. A must read 👇

Remarkable: Spain's post-2008 GDP has now grown more in % terms than Germany's, mainly thanks to the last three years (h/t @danielkral.bsky.social).

I can be as critical as anyone of the government's occasionally muddled message on growth but Look! At! This! Chart!! Anything they've done pales next to this GIGANTIC UNFORCED ERROR COMMITTED IN 2016! (fagpacket maths follows) on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ

Fourth episode of potential sabotage in a very short period of this. This morning in the Baltic Sea a data cable damaged connecting Latvia and Gotland www.ft.com/content/b876... via @ft

Come work with me in Berlin! The @delorsberlin.bsky.social and the @hertieschool.bsky.social offer a 3-year scholarship for a PhD in European Law & Governance from Sep 2025, supervised by Mark Dawson and me. Application deadline: 16 March 2025. Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/162361

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In case you were wondering how things are going in Germany & on X, after Elon Musk announced his support for the far-right "Alternative für Deutschland" (AfD) in the upcoming Federal election: The chart below shows sums of tweets x impressions by members of parliament over the past 7 days...🧵⤵️

📈 @eprc-eu.bsky.social released a report titled “Charting a New Course for Cohesion Policy After 2027”: pure.strath.ac.uk/ws/portalfil... @johnbachtler.bsky.social

🇩🇪 Germany issued a joint statement from the Federal Government and the Länder on the future of EU Cohesion Policy beyond 2027 www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/EN... @bmwk.de

📊 @ec.europa.eu JRC launched a data hub for border regions within the EU – a fantastic tool for shedding light on what should be at the core of Cohesion Policy. Explore it here: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and....

very useful study by @eulaliarubio.bsky.social and Cinzia Alcidi about financing a future EU Crisis Reserve within the next MFF. www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...

Fascinating paper by Claudia Goldin on drivers of low fertility in advanced economies. Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility.. www.nber.org/papers/w33311

🚨🚨 I think this quite extraordinary announcement before Christmas went slightly off the radar: "Iceland's incoming government says it will put EU membership to referendum by 2027". via @euronews.com www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

📈 After months of research, our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker is now equipped with an interactive map visualising investments into the manufacturing of solar panels, batteries and EVs. [To use it, just go to: Highlights -> BETA Bruegel Investment Monitor] www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

Farewell to Jeremy Richardson who retires tomorrow as Editor of @jeppjournal.bsky.social after 31 volumes, 251 issues and 2,231 articles. A good innings! As both an author and reviewer I've always enjoyed and valued Jeremy's wisdom. He'll be much missed. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“You can apply for childcare from the pregnancy declaration and time since registration is a priority criteria” A story in 3 graphs from our work with @combeju.bsky.social on daycare a saignements in France (link in comment). Hello @rhuguenotnoel.bsky.social my old friend 🤓

Joined-up economic policy in the EU wld see representatives of monetary & fiscal policy plus wage & price setters seeking consistent pathways to non-inflationary, balanced growth. Such a Macroeconomic Dialogue already exists but is very weakly institutionalised. www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...

Vitally important issue. The secondary mandate of the #ECB needs concretisation (not least wrt greening) and not further dilution, as some actors are currently striving for.

Jetzt bin ich doch baff. Die Frage in der ARD lautetete gerade explizit: „Sind mehr Schulden die Lösung?“ Und trotz des Framings ist das 👇🏻 das Ergebnis

#SocialProtection is a crucial safety net for people affected by #ClimateChange and #GreenTransition. In this @etui.bsky.social brief, Alberto Barrio and I outline how the #EU Fair Transition Recommendation encourages states to rethink social protection systems for a #JustTransition. 👉 etui.org/ZBA

Can't believe this wasn't a thing yet— 50 *women* in political economy I follow & you should too! 💡 Send me more! 🙋‍♀️ go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3

The climate crisis leads to unprecedented losses and damages. Help us understand how they affect contemporary societies & political economies. Join @vapunkt.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social & me at: - SASE Mini Conference - Paper Workshop @mpifg.bsky.social - Special issue at Socio-Economic Review

Are subsidies to buy EVs useful climate policy? Nope. 👇

Walter Korpi passed away 🌹 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_...