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09.03.2026 16:17
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New data shows #Brexit has lowered UK GDP by 6-8% over the past decade. Investment down 12-18%, employment down 3-4%. It's even worse than economists had predicted pre-referendum, because they thought there would be a bounce-back long term. "Economists were roughly right on the
Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Great @theguardian.com piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social:
"attention itself has become a strategic battlefield of int'l politics.
Attention wars aren't won by reacting faster.
They're won by deciding what deserves focus.
Europe (..) needs to outplan" Trump.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
This one is making the rounds.
But after a tense 🇪🇺 vs 🇺🇸 week it is needed.
Healthier, less poor, fairer, more equitable, safer.
🇪🇺 not perfect. But pretty good!
Chart from Economist on unemployment in Southern and Northern Europe since 2005 now converging.
Amazing chart with horrible acronyms - for the first time in my living memory, unemployment in Northern Europe and Southern Europe seems to have converged. Seemed unthinkable during the Eurozone crisis.
Captain it's Wednesday
Captain it's Wednesday
Official confirmation is now here - exploration team to land already tomorrow:
One of my favorite clips about the Mercator projection:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVX-...
Joint statement by 4 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors.
Excellent opening in particular.
Fun fact for a pub quiz for EU nerds:
Made the calculation for today's Mercosur vote. It is not only unusual for such a major step to be adopted just above the threshold for an absolute majority. It is also the first case I could find where the old, pre 2014 weighted votes would have produced a No.
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
So true!
If you’re in The Hague: join the official book launch on 10 February 2026.
I’ll be discussing the book with Sico van der Meer, Michaele de Goeij, and Linde Desmaele.
More info: www.eur.nl/en/essb/even...
Extremely relevant publication of a colleague of mine. Could not be more timely!
The Donroe Doctrine: Extortion, Extraction, Exploitation (and Extradition, if needed).
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Via @zubrin.bsky.social
With the decision to make available a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, the EU has lived up to its commitment to continue supporting the country.
Will this be sufficient for Ukraine to win the war? No.
But still, the European Council of 18 Dec. warrants cautious optimism.
Why?👇
Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇
Working on EU economic governance, competitiveness, monetary or fiscal policy? Join us at the SGEU Conference in Catania! One week left to submit a panel/paper proposal.
Party positions in the European Parliament 2024. Based on the CHES expert survey. Political space in the European Union 2024.
🤩 Party positions in the 2024 European Parliament 🇪🇺!
I merged the CHES expert survey with EP composition data to visualize the political space of the current EP. The graphs make the center of gravity in the EP quite clear, on multiple dimensions and policy issues.
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
This is an excellent thread on the polls and the upcoming Dutch elections by one of the foremost scholars of Dutch politics @tomlouwerse.nl 👇
Driven by fear of the far right, the EU is losing its compass, whether on migration, climate or Gaza. By undermining its own principles, Europe weakens its global position and risks losing not just dignity but political agency.
With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Excellent!
“Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.”
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled - The New Disney #Trump #JimmyKimmel #Disney #LUBACH
