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Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe A slow-motion car crash on Europe’s roads

Will the absence of robotaxis in Europe mark the moment its citizens notice how far their continent has fallen behind?

🇫🇷 PM Bayrou has unexpectedly, and bravely, put his government’s survival on the line by calling a confidence vote in parliament on Sep 8. Unbelievably, it may fall because opposition parties can’t even agree that debt and deficit levels are putting France in grave danger

Good piece. Whatever Trump thinks, Russia is not invincible; Ukraine & the rest of Europe cd certainly defeat it. Now Europe has to realise that waiting for Trump to do the right thing is a fool's game; things will be worse if UA loses; so they must do more to help UA & hurt RU.

An era ending in ridicule, and the beginning of something terrible - my guess

Must Europe choose between “strategic autonomy” and August off? A continent on holiday from geopolitical reality

Must Europe choose between “strategic autonomy” and August off?

My Charlemagne this week on the question Europeans chilling at the beach should perhaps be asking themselves?

Bonnes vacances!

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Small Countries Are Seeking Asylum in Europe It’s a tough time for the world’s more vulnerable nations—except in the EU’s embrace.

Another view on the same topic by @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social

"While large, predatory global powers with imperialistic ambitions are at each other’s throats again, the little ones become prey. Now, suddenly, they feel vulnerable and seek cover in Europe."
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Unilateral talks between trump and Putin aren’t peace talks.

They’re war plans.

Message sur X U.S. Embassy France @USEmbassyFrance Nous devons démanteler l’industrie de la vérification des faits qui censure les opinions impopulaires auprès des élites mondiales. Affiche où figure le mot "Censorship" barré d'une croix blanche, sur fond jaune pâle 3:08 PM · 2 août 2025 · 2 145 vues

Le compte officiel de l'ambassade des Etats-Unis en France en vient désormais à nier l'importance des *faits* dans une démocratie.

Et emprunte le phrasé habituel (« élites mondiales ») des complotistes de tous poils.

Quelle incroyable déchéance sans fin pour un tel pays.

EU-US trade deal explained On 27 July 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald J. Trump agreed a deal on tariffs and trade.

Following the White House's eyebrow-raising fact sheet, the European Commission has published an explainer on the EU-US trade deal.

Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal MAKING GLOBAL HISTORY: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union (EU), fundamentally rebalancing the economic

Believe it or not, the EU-US trade deal just got messier.

The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events.

Let's take a closer look.

lol. D’ici 3 ans, le nouveau A321 chinois sortira des usines à -50%

Big strategic moment for 🇫🇷 and 🇬🇧 (and Europe) at the summit in London today. The two countries are to state for the first time that their respective nuclear deterrents “can be co-ordinated”, and that “there is no extreme threat to Europe that would not prompt a response by both nations”

Un faux site d’information usurpe l’identité de journalistes du « Monde » Le mode opératoire rappelle celui d’un groupe prorusse spécialisé dans la création et la diffusion de fausses informations : Storm-1516.

Un faux site d’information usurpe l’identité de journalistes du « Monde »

🚨La France défendra Israël en cas de représailles iraniennes.

For Europe, America was the future. Now what? Mark Mazower on the long history and troubled present of the transatlantic relationship

This is excellent on.ft.com/3FqYjcN For Europe, America was the future. Now what?

At an event in Rome this week a recently retired high-level Italian diplomat was discussing the guns & butter debate in Europe and reminded the audience that if Ukraine had spent more on defense before 2022, they might have more hospitals today.
Sometimes you need guns to protect your butter.

I mean, if someone is going to tell the American disinformation and misinformation network what's what with fascist parties, it may as well be the Germans.

EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage European Commission officials heading to IMF and World Bank spring meetings advised to travel with basic devices

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There is virtually no better commercial you can run for the European defense industry than these two sentences uttered by Trump.

No matter with whom I’m talking about this on this side of the pond, the common understanding is that this is going to severely damage the US industry.

Image of destroyed buildings and fallen trees. A man takes a photo. The words in bold read: SOLIDARITY WITH LA REUNION AFTER CYCLONE GARANCE

230 km/h winds, floods + water and electricity crisis. Urgent aid and rebuilding are essential.

EU must act fast: solidarity funds, support for farmers, economic recovery.

Climate change is fuelling more frequent extreme weather. We must strengthen mitigation and adaptation

It was a trap

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

🚨Emmanuel Macron has invited all EU leaders to an emergency summit in Paris tomorrow.

🇪🇺This is to decide on a response to Donald Trump and his team's statements on their abandonment of Ukraine and Europe, and the new state of affairs with America's appeasement of Russia.

Who will defend Europe? Caught between an aggressive Russia and a disengaging America, the continent’s western democracies must now rearm — or pay the price

on.ft.com/4b1xpn0 Who will defend Europe?

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

It's impossible, of course, it's a country of 67 million people and they're all different - but if I had to define one single 'French trait' I would say engagement. I find the French very engaged and involved in politics, debate, public life and societal issues (and yes, protests)

The US is ‘no longer the America we used to know,’ warns Germany’s Merz “The way they’re pardoning people who have been sentenced to years in prison, that will have consequences for America,” Merz cautioned.

Sharp u-turn here from Merz, who has been cozying up to the German far right but now seems to want to give voters a clear distinction between him and AfD by criticising the far-right American government.

But with the election in just 2 weeks, is it too late?

Visuel fait par LFI « les nouvelles alliances » ou Faure et Le Pen sont dos à dos et Macron en arrière plan.

Vous êtes sérieux ?!

“France has a budget. The @bayrou.fr government has been recognised for its efforts at dialogue and conciliation. Our country needed this stability before embarking on a phase of reform. For its prosperity and its influence in Europe and the world”
- @laurencefarreng.bsky.social

Bernard Cazeneuve : «Quand on prétend gouverner, on ne peut pas spéculer sur le chaos» Alors que les motions de censure menaçaient de faire chuter le gouvernement ce mercredi 5 février, ­l’ex-socialiste appelle la gauche à dépasser les appareils et les ambitions personnelles dans «l'int...

Enfin une parole saine.

Bernard Cazeneuve : «Quand on prétend gouverner, on ne peut pas spéculer sur le chaos» www.liberation.fr/politique/be...