Antoaneta Dimitrova

Derde effect: kandidaten werken harder aan hervormingen want ze hebben dan een perspectief om verder te komen. Dat neemt niet weg dat als ze de rechtstaat, democratie en andere aspecten van de 'fundamentals' cluster van hoofdstukken niet respectieren, is er toch geen vooruitgang. #EUCO #Copenhagen

De mogelijke effecten van zo een verandering met beperkte gebruik van #QMV zijn, eerst, meer dynamiek in de onderhandelingen en meer geloofwaarding EU. Tweede, sommige lidstaten zullen zich onder druk voelen gezet. Dat is waarschnlijk de redenering van de #Nederlandseregering om tegen te zijn. 2/3

Voorstellen #EUCO van iets minder unanimiteit in #toetredingsonderhandelingen gaan echt over kleine aanpassingen. Als de #EU een aantal hoofdstukken opent voor onderhandeling met QMV, dan kunnen kandidaten onderhandelen en moeten toch is de laatste stap van die cluster afronden met unanimiteit. 1/3

Vandaag is het 3 oktober. Leiden viert het Leids Ontzet. In 1574 brak de stad het Spaanse beleg. Niet met overleg, maar door vol te houden en de tiran te verjagen. Toch geloven sommigen nog steeds dat je tirannen kunt paaien met redelijkheid.

And sure thing nobody seems to know where these drones detected over Europe come from. or who piloting them .

just some mystical drones coming from a mystical place where all the wild drones live

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NATO reports two Hungarian Gripen fighters were scrambled from Šiauliai, Lithuania on Sept 25 as part of NATO Baltic Air Policing, intercepting three Russian MiG-31s, a Su-30 and a Su-35 flying close to Latvian airspace.

🇨🇿 Petr Pavel: If Russia wins this unjust war, it will legitimize the triumph of brute force.

If you are a U.S. taxpayer, know that $20 billion are about to be used to bailout Argentina’s IMF backed libertarian economic experiment of shock doctrine and austerity, which took only a year and a half to complete collapse like a house of cards.

Onbestaanbaar dat een wetenschapper bij naam en toenaam mag worden aangevallen in het parlement, en dat de minister dan ook nog toezegt dat hij het CvB onder druk zal zetten om in te grijpen.

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Dutch justice minister repeatedly refuses to admit that there were neo-Nazis involved in Saturday’s riot- despite them carrying Nazi flags and doing Hitler salutes.

This is where appeasing the far right takes you: defending the indefensible in the hope you’ll keep your job, which you’ll lose anyway

Russia floods Czech election with disinformation as Babiš leads in polls If the populist right-winger wins he could well side with Putin-friendly EU leaders Orbán and Fico.

Russia floods Czech election with disinformation as populist right-winger Andrej Babis leads in the polls for the Oct. 3-4 vote

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Norway reports three airspace intrusions by Russian warplanes in 2025, condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible and unacceptable conduct’ — Meduza On Tuesday, Norway revealed that Russian aircraft have violated its airspace three times this year after more than a decade of no such intrusions. Joining its NATO allies in condemning Russian…

Norway has joined the growing list of NATO members reporting airspace violations by Russian warplanes. meduza.io/en/news/2025...

EU to block Big Tech from new financial data sharing system Germany argues groups such as Apple and Meta are excluded to protect Europe’s ‘digital sovereignty’

This should have been front page news

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The 'old' authoritarianism has not gone away Let's not forget about Belarus

Vilnius was lovely and peaceful, on 10 September. But as a participants in a conference on Belarus, I could not tune the geopolitical turmoil and anxiety out. and the stories of 'old' autocracy, as a cautionary tale and reminder of Belarussians denied freedom:
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Als een partijkantoor wordt aangevallen IS het politiek. Punt.

Arendt: under “Hitler, the whole state machinery enforced what [are] normally criminal activities…there was hardly an act of state which according to normal standards was not criminal…[M]en who did wrong…acted under conditions in which every moral act was illegal & every legal act was a crime”

Russia is escalating its military provocations.

We shall “escalate” the strengthening of our #DefenceReadiness and deterrence capabilities.

NATO describes MiG jets’ incursion into Estonia as “reckless Russian behaviour” NATO spokesperson Allison Hart has confirmed that “Russian jets violated Estonian airspace” on the morning of Friday 19 September and stated that NATO responded to the incursion.

‼️ NATO describes MiG jets' incursion into Estonia as "reckless Russian behaviour"

🇵🇱✈️⚠️ Two Russian fighter jets conducted a low pass over the Petrobaltic platform in the Baltic Sea. The platform's safety zone was violated. The Polish Armed Forces and other services were notified.

@pkrugman.bsky.social at Leiden University in The Hague: leading a broad debate ranging from unemployment in disadvantaged regions to geopolitics and why we cannot and should not try to reverse globalization @fggaleiden.bsky.social

Congratulations, happy to see you as a direct colleague

#Belarus The Prosecutor General Andrei Shved has submitted a petition to the Supreme Court to recognize the European Humanities University as an "extremist organization." So much for de-escalation and dialogue with the West.

Sweden accuses Orbán of ‘outrageous lies’ about justice system Hungarian leader said “a country once known for order and safety is now collapsing.”

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson slammed Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán for spreading “outrageous lies” after Orbán said Sweden is on the brink of collapse because of rampant organized crime.

🇷🇴 The Romanian authorities have announced a danger for settlements near the Romanian-Ukrainian border.

BREAKING: Romania says a Russian drone violated its airspace, fighter jets scrambled

🇪🇺✅ The EU Council has extended sanctions against Russia until March 15, 2026.

They affect more than 2,500 people and entities and include an entry ban, asset freeze and financial resource restriction.

"The United States is lifting sanctions on the Belarusian airline Belavia." - U.S. Special Representative John Cole announced during his visit to Minsk.

According to him, U.S. President made this decision after a phone call with Lukashenko.
The U.S. also plans to reopen its embassy in Minsk.

EU court annuls the Commission’s approval for Hungary’s Rosatom-built Paks II, saying Brussels failed to justify bypassing EU procurement rules. Budapest says the project remains on schedule and will work with the Commission to show compliance. Brussels is reviewing next steps.

Лукашенко помиловал 52 политзаключенных. Среди них — Николай Статкевич, Владимир Мацкевич, Игорь Лосик и 14 иностранных граждан. Статкевич отказывается покидать Беларусь — Новая газета Европа Александр Лукашенко после встречи с представителем президента США Джоном Коулом в Минске помиловал 52 политзаключенных. Об этом сообщил президент Литвы Гитанас Науседа.

Lukashenka pardoned 52 political prisoners. Among them are Nikolai Statkevich, Uladzimir Matskevich, Igor Losik and 14 foreigners. Maria Kolesnikova and Viktar Babarika are not among those released