Alice Stollmeyer

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YouTube video by CommentVisions Alice Stollmeyer on using political influence to make a difference on climate change targets

Still relevant today: one of my first interviews in Brussels (by the great @davekeating.substack.com), from back in 2014.

For EUrope's security & resilience, we must cut our dependence on fossil fuels — be they from Russia or from the US.

#GreenDeal #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

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Pay attention to this. The purpose of these investigations is not just to manufacture evidence to support Trump’s 2020 “voter fraud” accusations, but also to set the stage for another round of efforts to suppress votes and delegitimize election results in 2026 (which the GOP is likely to lose).

After 3 years working under Putin’s missiles and drones as our Ambassador to Ukraine, I resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin.

The America I proudly served for 28 years does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.

But the Trump Admin keeps doing exactly that.

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EU tech chief sounds alarm over dependence on foreign tech Relying on foreign tech “can be weaponized against us,” says Commission’s Henna Virkkunen.

EU tech chief sounds alarm over dependence on foreign tech.

Welcome to the party, Executive VP @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

www.politico.eu/article/henn...

Yeah it’s called Russia in the period 2005-2010

Perhaps also update Brussels Playbook's "Contact us on X" with your Bluesky (or Mastodon) handles, @gerardofortuna.bsky.social and @nicholasvinocur.bsky.social ?

Hey @politico.eu, here is an idea:

Instead of linking to non-consensual pornhub X/Twitter by default, when citing EU Commissioners, MEPs and EU political parties, first have a look if they say it on BlueSky or Mastodon. Many do!

You know, as a Europe-based news media, you can lead by example 😊

I'm the lady making the face-palm 🤦‍♀️

BREAKING: EU Commission launches investigation into:

* Grok spreading illegal content in the EU (including fake sexual images and child abuse material)

* X's recommender systems as systemic risks

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

Clean energy is Europe’s only route to security and prosperity Today’s summit will be fundamental in delivering the energy security and prosperity Europe desperately needs.

“Clean energy is Europe’s only route to security and prosperity.”

Let’s add tech sovereignty 💪

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

www.politico.eu/article/clea...

Let’s be clear about what the Trump regime is saying to Minnesota: “We will continue murdering your citizens unless you help us rig your election.”

So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.

‘No one can trust him’: Trump’s torched allies confront the world without America In a week when the U.S. president wrecked the Western order, a wobbly new era is beginning to emerge.

Don’t waste a good crisis: the EU must prepare strategic autonomy.

“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

www.politico.eu/article/dona...

A beautiful day in my native Lowlands🇳🇱 to discuss the role of civil society in building societal resilience 🌻

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

For Europe’s far right, Trump has become a liability The U.S. president’s threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.

Who would’ve thought that threatening to annex a European country’s sovereign territory wouldn’t go down well with nationalist European parties.

Good luck with the ”civilisational agenda”

See you there!

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEurope🇪🇺

Trump steps back from the brink on Greenland. But the damage has been done. The president’s effort to acquire Greenland, even with the threat of force off the table, has changed the way allies see the U.S.

US State Department veteran:

“The jewel in the crown of our power and of our role in the world has always been our alliance system.”

“Moving from our trusted methods to Putin’s methods is worse than a crime,” he said. “It’s an idiocy.”

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Big tech and antitrust, a key concern for a well functioning market, not only in Europe.
“US regulator appeals Meta’s antitrust win” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

The @ec.europa.eu can decide provisional application of the agreement. If @europarl.europa.eu can table a motion of censure if it disagrees.

US pressure revives call for powerful EU tech regulator Europe’s maze of rules and regulators is in sharp focus as Brussels grapples with X’s AI tool Grok.

Renewed calls for independent, powerful EU tech regulator.

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

www.politico.eu/article/us-p...

My survival guide to the Kremlin’s winter of terror in Kyiv POLITICO’s Ukraine correspondent describes life in a shivering but resilient city under relentless Russian assault.

“What’s inspiring is the genuine sense that people will carry on and keep the country running — even though there’s no end in sight to sub-zero terror. Just do your job, pay your rent, pay your taxes, keep the country afloat. That’s the mission.”

#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦

www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

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The @GoodGod has had enough.

#Davos #WEF
#StandWithGreenland🇬🇱
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

Russia has worked for decades on ideologically subverting the U.S.. — and continues to this day.

Don't let the Tr*mp-M*sk regime accomplish Russian victory over the U.S.!

Interview with a Soviet KGB defector in 1984 (!):

bigthink.com/the-present/...

Visual describing the process of subversion:

China and Russia must be having a field day. They are the ones who benefit from divisions among Allies.

If Greenland’s security is at risk, we can address this inside NATO.

Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity. (1/2)

There's no reasoning with unreasonable people

That said, European diplomacy can only be successful if it persuades Congress to get their act together

EU-Kommission: EU-Abgeordnete fordern nach Grok-Skandal eigenes europäisches Netzwerk Mehr als 50 EU-Abgeordnete haben sich in einem offenen Brief an die EU-Kommission gewandt. Sie solle in europäische Alternativen zu US-Netzwerken wie X investieren.

Europeans deserve safer digital spaces and real alternatives to US-based platforms.

We urge the Commission to:
- Invest in European tech initiatives.
- Support the development of user-focused, European-owned networks.
- Guarantee robust data portability rights for all users.

That Orbán and Babiš are trying to undermine the EU and NATO right now is no surprise.

Orbán's corrupt, authoritarian government will always support corrupt authoritarians like Putin and Trump. It's what they do.

Babiš would give Trump the Sudetenland if Trump asked for it.

A source confirms to me that this disturbing letter from Trump to the Norwegian PM is real.