Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos

Many thanks to Dr Laura Schmeer for her brilliant talk on the establishment of #EPPO at our first event for 2026. We are grateful to the Office of @europarl.europa.eu in #Greece for hosting it.

Απόψε στις 6μμ στο κέντρο της Αθήνας 👇 👇 👇
#EPPO

Le récit frelaté des « réformateurs » européens Emmanuel Macron, Enrico Letta et Mario Draghi veulent convaincre les dirigeants européens d’accélérer l’unification économique de l’UE. Mais cette ambition repose sur une logique qui fait aussi parti…

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#OTD in 1984 the @europarl.europa.eu 'approved' the #Spinelli-inspired Draft Treaty on the European Union.

Paolo Ponzano writes: www.movimentoeuropeo.it/images/Docum...

#OldTrafford

Reminder of our first event, coming up on Monday 16 Feb. 👇

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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert "There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW

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Join us for my Jean Monnet Chair's first event of the year: Dr Laura Schmeer recounts how the European Public Prosecutor's Office came to be. The event is organised jointly with and is hosted by @europarl.europa.eu's office in #Greece (central Athens). 16-2-2026, 6pm EET. Registration details here 👇

Ποιο καλόπαιδο έχει βάλει Sabbath στη διαπασών στη μέση της Πανεπιστημίου; 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out!
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The President Who Doesn't Read Trump’s allergy to the written word and his reliance on oral communication have proven liabilities in office.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Τα εργαλεία και η βούληση Η απόφαση του Ντόναλντ Τραμπ να τιμωρήσει με νέα αύξηση εμπορικών δασμών.

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EU-Reaktionen auf Trumps Zölle: Europa, hol deine Folterinstrumente raus! Trump greift nach Grönland und droht erneut mit Strafzöllen. Statt aufzuspringen und zurückzuschlagen, werden erst einmal Phrasen gedroschen.

EU-Reaktionen auf Trumps Zölle: Europa, hol deine Folterinstrumente raus! taz.de/EU-Reaktione...
#ACI

Boulevard de la souveraineté Par Frédéric Lordon (La pompe à phynance, Les blogs du Diplo, 14 janvier 2026)

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Too true.

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My friend and #Birkbeck colleague @benworthy.bsky.social on

The fascism of Donald Trump

A thread on twitter between Matthew Goodwin and Giacomo Benedetto

I was just going through my old files when I found this: my calling out of Matt Goodwin on twitter from January 2017.

ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ | Το ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ αναζητά δύο εκπαιδευόμενους/ες για αμειβόμενη πρακτική (μερικής απασχόλησης) στο Ευρωπαϊκό Πρόγραμμα Αριάν ΚοντέλληΤο ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ αναζητά δύο εκπαιδευόμενους/ες για αμειβόμενη πρακτ... Γνώση πριν απο τη Δράση

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Nous n’en sommes qu’au premier stade mais, sans réaction forte des fédéralistes, l’avenir est écrit."

"Les nationalistes, souvent rebaptisés «souverainistes» – c’est une leçon de l’histoire – sont en réalité les champions de la soumission quand les empires menacent (premier stade) et les pires collaborationnistes quand les empires ont gagné (second stade).

Face à la crise internationale, l’Europe sera souveraine si elle est fédérale L’Union européenne est un havre de paix. Il est désormais attaqué par les empires pour ce qu’il prétend être : démocratique, relativement sécularisé, social et libre.

Thomas Legrand: Face à la crise internationale, l’Europe sera souveraine si elle est fédérale

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🚨 Is Omnibus I Illegal?

During our recent webinar, “Is Omnibus I illegal?”, Prof. @alemanno.bsky.social explained how the adoption of Omnibus I could affect the way future regulatory changes are made.

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“If he makes a move on Greenland, the damage that does to America's ability to rally allies - that's devastating."

David Rennie, Geopolitics Editor at The Economist, discusses President Trump's foreign policy approach to Greenland.

#Newsnight

Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more they’ll be treated as such, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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IAN LADYMAN: How John Robertson changed Nottingham Forest forever IAN LADYMAN:To this day the Malmo right back probably doesn't know quite how it happened. The stocky, unremarkable bloke on the left side of Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest team was not quick.

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John Robertson, Nottingham Forest and Scotland legend, dies aged 72 John Robertson, part of Brian Clough’s famous Nottingham Forest side and a former Scotland international, has died at the age of 72

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

John Robertson was a ‘scruffy, unfit’ genius who did not get the kudos he deserved | Ewan Murray Forest great was loved in Nottingham but underappreciated in Scotland before going on to thrive as a coach

Two of many great obituaries:
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

John Robertson obituary: Nottingham Forest great was 'the Picasso of football' John Robertson, who has died aged 72, was dubbed

One of the players who made people love football and Cloughie’s #Forest has left the planet but his unique ability will always be remembered
#RIP #JohnRobertson
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Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...