Ne croyez jamais rien tant que le Kremlin ne l'a pas démenti

A black and white photo of Marlon Brando, James Caan, and Robert Duvall shooting a scene in the Godfather. Duvall's torso underneath his suit jacket is covered with sheets of paper that Brando's lines have been written on.

RIP Robert Duvall who made every movie he was in better

Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee with senior status

Breaking: Politicians whose main job is having meetings held an extraordinary meeting on the sidelines of another very important meeting. The meeting created considerable momentum ahead of the next meeting, at which major progress is expected to be generated for another meeting.

Verstandig advies van Geert-Jan Hamilton, oud-griffier Eerste Kamer en Tweede Kamer

This guy is not an ambassador but Trump's agent, seeking to interfere in European politics. Belgium should recall his letter of credence and make it very clear this is intolerable.

*Niger
A continuation of what I have been warning of every month, ever since president Bazoum was deposed in July 2023 - security degradation and consistent exploitation of the security vacuum caused by the French withdrawal in particular, and the US, cannot be patched up.

Also note the perception you don't often hear in the EU itself - she argues that since Iceland stopped its accession process in 2015, 'the EU has gotten better in every sense, in defence, in economic security and in welfare... As small and medium-sized countries, we are stronger together'

Het nadeel van een hoge moraliteit is dat ie vooral ook voor jezelf geldt #VanBerkel

565 – Drie ongelijke zuilen en een lege pizzadoos - Betrouwbare Bronnen Rond Rob Jetten schaart zich een relatief jonge groep bewindslieden uit drie duidelijk geprofileerde politieke richtingen. Dat biedt kansen, maar is niet zonder risico. Hoe maakt de nieuwe premier hie...

Agenda Jetten-Heinen op woensdag:

-Kun jij mij uitleggen hoe Schoof de begroting zo verknoeid heeft tot tekort van 3% in hoogconjunctuur?
-Als dat je niet lukt nu, hoe straks de Kamers?
-Dacht je dat ik dit ging doen?
-Hoe ga je de Voorjaarsnota invullen?
#BetrouwbareBronnen omny.fm/shows/betrou...

Vindingrijke deurwaarder.

Geboren Amsterdammer is een breed begrip, qua taal. Voor de heel oude Amsterdammers in ieder geval prettig dat geen Duits is.

Editorial | Angriff auf Luxemburg: Frankreich will unsere Fonds – und damit unser Geld Frankreich plant die Zentralisierung der EU-Finanzaufsicht in Paris, was Luxemburgs Finanzplatz schwächt und eine Abwanderung der Fondsbranche droht. Wirtschaftliche Risiken für Luxemburg steigen.

That's the level of the debate in Luxembourg when it comes to the saving and investment union. Here and editorial from the cantre left daily.

www.tageblatt.lu/Meinung/Angr...

Beoogd staatssecretaris Nathalie van Berkel stelt opgepoetst cv bij na vragen over opleiding Nathalie van Berkel (D66), beoogd staatssecretaris van Financiën, heeft jarenlang aan de buitenwereld een verkeerde voorstelling van zaken gegeven over haar studie. Op haar cv stond dat ze een master ...

Doorliegen nadat je bent betrapt op een leugen getuigt toch wel van een grenzenloze stupiditeit. Dacht dat we daar met het vertrek van PVV en BBB van waren verlost.
www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b9859f9b/

This is a dereliction. Just hoping that everything will be okay with the Trump admin and therefore nothing has to change at NATO is just such a risky bet for Europe. Reeks of French Generals betting on the Maginot Line after WWI. 4/

It's Time for the Eurobond - or is it? Good morning!

The time has never been better to have a debate about eurobonds. Will European leaders, especially in 'frugal' member states, have the stomach to enter the debate? My latest for "Morning Post Europe", with @davidcarretta.bsky.social and @cspillmann.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/europemo...

While I think parts of the Flemish political world and even some dutch speaking Brusseleirs are too pushy about their language, I do agree with all thos who say a Brussels PM should speak it +/- correctly. Everything else show that meritocracy is a joke and is a blatant symbol for double standards

Yes, Rubio's speech kind of fun to pick apart. But analysts should spend less time on exegesis of US speeches (especially ones like Rubio extremely thin on material aspects that matter e.g. posture vis-à-vis Russia or China) & more on European capabilities and security architecture planning.

To make it easier to move zloty's around in the euro area?

thats an attack ad

However, approval of Hungary's program submitted to SAFE, the EU loan for defense development, is imminent, with an advance payment of nearly €2 billion. The Commission has so far left it unclear whether it will pay the corrupt Orbán regime before the elections 🤷‍♀️

L'ambassade suisse à Londres abrite la plus grande collection de Banksy au monde - 19h30 - Play RTS Play RTS vous permet de visionner ou d'écouter de nombreuses émissions tv ou radio, quand et aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.

Savez-vous où se trouve la plus grande concentration de Banksy au monde ?
Vous allez être surpris(e)...

www.rts.ch/play/tv/19h3...

🎁 Oud-hoofdredacteur Le Monde: ‘Europa moet nú een reuzensprong maken, anders zijn we verloren’ De Franse journalist Sylvie Kauffmann heeft een lange carrière echter de rug als correspondent en buitenlandcommentator. De oud-hoofdredacteur van Le Monde constateert dat het decennialange wantrouwen van de Fransen jegens de VS terecht was, maar ze denkt dat veel Europese politici niet aan hun kiezers durven te vertellen dat soevereiniteit offers gaat vragen.

fd.nl/politiek/158...

A drawing of three speed skaters (by me!) One is wearing red and white with black accents and the caption "Guy who is either Canadian or Swiss or Austrian or Japanese or Polish or Danish" One is wearing red white and blue and is labeled "Guy who is either American or Norwegian or French or Czech or Slovakian or Slovenian or British" One is wearing neon orange and labeled Guy who is UNDENIABLY DUTCH

God bless the Dutch for this

'Manche lobten die Rede in München als klug und geschickt. Wenn es so gelänge, den US-Präsidenten bei Laune und das Bündnis intakt zu halten, sei es doch gut. Mehr als unklug wäre es, sich darauf zu verlassen. Es wäre verhängnisvoll.'

Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

An astonishing account of recklessness and maladministration at the highest levels. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...

One question barely discussed in the UK is how to build the EU constituencies to support the UK to rejoin - if it came to that

The Brits tend to think of EU membership as a pure function of domestic politics.

Closer ties sure but most member-states aren’t dying to have a flaky family member back.

She's done it again.

Giorgia Meloni will take Italy into Trump's Board of Peace, defying the European understanding against joining (and perhaps also violating the Italian constitution).

Faced with a choice between 🇪🇺&🇺🇸, Meloni will choose Trump every time.

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Non-stop sexual aggression by male tortoises on a Macedonian island is causing females to “throw themselves off the cliffs.”

The males bit, vigorously poked, and wounded the females. 3/4 had genital injuries. Most were underweight and not making eggs.

No paywall:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/s...

Backing Rejoin would turn the next election into the second Brexit referendum Sir Keir always wanted. It’s the logical step that might give him his best chance of winning.