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Today’s story by @grimmse.bsky.social: “Von der Leyen wants an Atomic Airbus”
Don’t miss our brief on Iran, Ukraine, energy prices and another crisis summit.
With @cspillmann.bsky.social 👇
europemorningpost.substack.com/p/von-der-le...
Guter Text, aber ein zarter Einwand: für die Batterienproduktion in Europa gab und gibt es milliardenschwere Förderungen, und viel politischen Rückenwind. Die Pleite von Northvolt, dem einstigen gehätschelten Liebkind, hat das Argument dafür halt nicht bekräftigt.
EU impotence extends to decarbonisation
If you read one thing about Iran & geopolitics & economic fallout & climate, make it this @martinsandbu.ft.com column
How long until the US start seizing these tankers?
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Nu, für den Herrn Valverde geht heute nach dem Match in allen Madrider Wirtshäusern der Sangria aufs Haus.
Ja, so ein Ringelspiel / Des is a Freud und / Kost' doch viel
What air defense doing?
Best film l've seen in years. The story, the attention to detail, the sense of the absurd of living in a police state, the characters. You could make several films out of each little passage. I hope it wins the Oscar for best movie, and Wagner Moura for best actor. m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ufr...
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
La Zambie accepte le paiement de certains impôts en yuan.
Pour la première fois, un pays africain permet à certaines entreprises d'utiliser la monnaie chinoise pour s'acquitter de leurs taxes, ce qui était déjà possible en dollar.
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
The Morning Post Europe is out
Today’s story by @grimmse.bsky.social: “The EU and Turkey: Realpolitik trumps Democracy”
Don’t miss our brief: Costa vs VDL on the rules based order; the Commission against the Biennale; von der Leyen goes nuclear.
With @cspillmann.bsky.social👇
The delayed/cancelled flight was supposed to take place in 2024. The legal action is happening now (maybe not today, but in the present).
Ryanair now told orf.at in a written statement no plane was impounded. So what's that picture of the seal?
Stay tuned!
Wissen wir anhand dieser Meldung, dass der Pilot bezahlen wollte? Da steht nur, dass sie kein Bargeld an Bord haben. Wie würde er das überhaupt verbuchen, konzernintern, mit dem kleinen Handheld-Zahlungsapparat?
I love every little twist and turn of this story. 🍿
Bailiff tried to recover the €890 from the pilot and crew on the tarmac, but since they don't carry cash on board, he just stuck an impoundment seal on a panel in the cabin.
So because #Ryanair in 2024 treated a passenger to a 13-hour delay and €890 in costs for a new flight, and then simply ghosted her, an Austrian court today impounded one of its airplanes at Linz airport. ooe.orf.at/stories/3345...
Where Accounts have no Names
U2 got it. For their contribution to European tax optimisation policies, probably.
Ich bitte Sie: der Kreml hat aus innenpolitischen Gründen nicht mit einer Generalmobilmachung begonnen, und nicht aus völkerrechtlichem Sophismus. Man wollte sich den Ärger der Bevölkerung in den Städten ersparen, dass ihre Söhne eingezogen werden. Sie zäumen den Gaul von hinten auf.
Sources, please.
Ghastly. But at least, justice could be meted out against these Epsteinian predators. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
French AI developer Yann LeCun raises €900 million for his new AI firm which wants to develop a different kind of AI, moving beyond LLMs.
www.lemonde.fr/article-offe...
Trump could inadvertently be boosting prospects of European tech sector
• There are now more tech folks moving from the US to Europe than the other way around
• US Visa restrictions and hostility towards elite universities could compound trend
www.economist.com/business/202...
Ich denke, dass das eine das andere nicht ausschließt.
Where did I state that international law was useless? I'm all in for the so-called rules-based international order, being a Neuhold pupil. I'm just a wee bit sceptical about the argument that it has done a great deal in protecting vulnerable people from unbridled violence recently.
Yeah, that denominational quirk definitely threw a spanner into Putin's invasion.
