Andrea Capussela

Required reading: Sophie Bessis's essay on why the idea of Europe's 'judeo-christian' roots is 'une imposture': www.editionslesliensquiliberent.fr/livre-La_civ...
A brief interview with Bessis:
youtu.be/dqNwCVNRCfM?...

If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre

'Europe’s overt submission to Trump is emblematic of a broader malaise...They also routinely placate far-right forces at home. In doing so, they corrode the very values and principles – democracy, rule of law [etc.] – that they claim to uphold.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thank you, glad you found it amusing. May the gods help us

I am not suggesting such a strategy (and, on that occasion, Achilles did not unsheathe his sword)

'When America extorts European obeisance, America is no longer Europe’s friend.'
Very lucidly, @martinsandbu.ft.com says EU should see public anger at Trump as an opportunity.
After all, anger (at injustice) is the 1st word of our 1st book: Μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ
www.ft.com/content/11b9...

'instead of a class-based society of the old capitalism, we now have an elite-ruled society', @brankomilan.bsky.social says.
Here I argue that we must constrain the power of that elite, to enhance liberty (republican theory) and growth (Schumpeterian theory): www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

New Capitalism in America The richest capitalists and richest workers are increasingly the same people: replacing a class-based society, we now have an elite-ruled society

The richest capitalists & richest workers are increasingly the same people, writes @brankomilan.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social.

Why should we care? Because this new elite is resistant to shocks in labour & capital markets & thus able to hold its position at the top.

Next to Dido Aeneas looks really bad. She is both heroic and human

Di fronte a Didone Enea davvero appare meschino. Che personaggio lei!

Notes pour une autonomie républicaine européenne | Le Grand Continent « L'alternative est face à nous, parfaitement claire : union ou vassalisation — autonomie ou servitude. » En retraçant les événements d'un été de capitulations européennes, Andrea Capussela montre to...

'Trump or no Trump, Europe’s relationship with the US will never recover'
Very lucid, by @nathalietocci.bsky.social: current policy misreads the facts, and is ruinous
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(I wrote similar things here legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/0...

republican thought: geopolitique.eu/en/2024/06/20/…
Here I try to argue that these ideas promise not just a fairer society, but also greater Innovation and higher long-term growth: politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo���

America’s left cannot exploit Trump’s failures The president’s genius is to keep pushing the Democrats into a reactive defence of the status quo

'Nobody knows how to reinvent 20th-century liberalism.'
Excellent, by @edwardluce.bsky.social
If so, however, why not have a look at other progressive ideas lying about? Such as...
www.ft.com/content/dfca... via @financialtimes.com

Grazie!

Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake

'For some senior UN figures, the only conclusion to be drawn from these attacks is that Israel is killing the world’s only available witnesses to the starvation it has visited on Gaza through its policies.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The threshold for a #famine according to the IPC is very high. To get there the human suffering must be immense.

Only months of lies about humanitarian access to #Gaza & extreme cowardice in Western capitals made this possible.

Tell me about her truth-telling on Gaza and the west bank

Onorato di partecipare a questa conversazione il 30 agosto al Forte di Bard, con @alessandrasard1, @GillesGressani, Marc Lazar, @MarcSemo:
legrandcontinent.eu/it/eventi/li...

Liberals: Alas, the Time Has Come to Throw John Rawls Under the Bus The greatest liberal philosopher of the twentieth century guided his creed toward neutrality. In the age of Trump, we can no longer afford that.

Great. Liberals must explain their vision of the good life and how to realize it - or condemn themselves to lose. newrepublic.com/article/1992...

Onorato di partecipare a questa conversazione il 30 agosto al Forte di Bard, con @alessandrasard1, @GillesGressani, Marc Lazar, @MarcSemo:
legrandcontinent.eu/it/eventi/li...

Frankreichs Wut auf die USA: Es fehlt ein besseres Konzept In Paris ist die Wut auf den Handelsdeal mit den USA groß. Doch es fehlt ein besseres Konzept.

This @faznet.bsky.social critique of D. de Villepin's, P. Lamy's, and my own @grandcontinent.bsky.social piece is interesting, for the free-trade argument, but partial: silent on both Gaza and the $600+750bn pledges in the tariff deal
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Notes pour une autonomie républicaine européenne | Le Grand Continent « L'alternative est face à nous, parfaitement claire : union ou vassalisation — autonomie ou servitude. » En retraçant les événements d'un été de capitulations européennes, Andrea Capussela montre to...

Here is my piece, citing de Villepin's and Lamy's: legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/0...

Frankreichs Wut auf die USA: Es fehlt ein besseres Konzept In Paris ist die Wut auf den Handelsdeal mit den USA groß. Doch es fehlt ein besseres Konzept.

This @faznet.bsky.social critique of D. de Villepin's, P. Lamy's, and my own @grandcontinent.bsky.social piece is interesting, for the free-trade argument, but partial: silent on both Gaza and the $600+750bn pledges in the tariff deal
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

I used to run the Foreign Office. This is my advice for today’s extraordinary White House meeting With so much at stake for Europe, the most important thing is to choose a lead speaker. I’d go with Starmer or Rutte, says former Foreign Office head Simon McDonald

Great idea: let Europe be represented before Trump by the person who acted most slavishly before him!
This former UK diplomat suggests Rutte (or leaf-picking Starmer; the argument is fluency in English) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ex-Israeli intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every 7 October victim ‘It does not matter if they are children,’ said Aharon Haliva in recorded comments calling the death toll ‘necessary’

50 for 1: this poor man spoke his mind.
One would have been profoundly shocked to hear this in October 2023, but can one be equally shocked now?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Malnourished Palestinian woman dies in Italy after Gaza evacuation Marah Abu Zuhri, 20, arrived in Pisa on an Italian humanitarian flight along with other critical patients

Too late
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Israel appears set to approve highly controversial 3,400-home West Bank settlement Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said he believes E1 plan will ‘bury the idea of a Palestinian state’

Choosing the right words.
Read the 2024 ICJ opinion, saying that occupation is radically illegal and must end now, and then this @theguardian.com title.
Should a big new settlement be described as 'highly controversial', or simply as 'illegal'?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Notes pour une autonomie républicaine européenne | Le Grand Continent « L'alternative est face à nous, parfaitement claire : union ou vassalisation — autonomie ou servitude. » En retraçant les événements d'un été de capitulations européennes, Andrea Capussela montre to...

Designare l'avversario:
«Per l’Unione, scrive Lamy, 'Trump potrebbe rappresentare una minaccia di una gravità comparabile a...Putin'.
Sposterei sopra il condizionale: Washington, e non solo Trump, potrebbe rivelarsi una minaccia più insidiosa di Mosca» legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/0...

Notes pour une autonomie républicaine européenne | Le Grand Continent « L'alternative est face à nous, parfaitement claire : union ou vassalisation — autonomie ou servitude. » En retraçant les événements d'un été de capitulations européennes, Andrea Capussela montre to...

Désigner l'adversaire:
«Pour l’Union, écrit Lamy, 'Trump pourrait représenter une menace d’une gravité comparable à...Poutine'.
On pourrait supprimer le conditionnel: au-delà de Trump, Washington s’avère pour nous une menace plus insidieuse que Moscou.»
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/0...

Notes pour une autonomie républicaine européenne | Le Grand Continent « L'alternative est face à nous, parfaitement claire : union ou vassalisation — autonomie ou servitude. » En retraçant les événements d'un été de capitulations européennes, Andrea Capussela montre to...

En retraçant les événements d'un été de capitulations européennes, Andrea Capussela montre tout ce que nous sommes sur le point de perdre — et que nous pourrions encore chercher à relancer.

legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/0...

Notes pour une autonomie républicaine européenne | Le Grand Continent « L'alternative est face à nous, parfaitement claire : union ou vassalisation — autonomie ou servitude. » En retraçant les événements d'un été de capitulations européennes, Andrea Capussela montre to...

EU autonomy vis-à-vis Washington: much convergence between @GillesGressani's very lucid @financialtimes.com piece yesterday, and my louder one for @grandcontinent.bsky.social:
www.ft.com/content/0fa0...
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/0...