I just wrote something that said both UK and EU agree they should in theory have close ties but neither can get there and here is an example of why not from the EU to go alongside others from the UK.
You can ask for anything in a trade deal, but you can also expect no at times.
Peace ❌president to end ‘forever wars’ ❌ and ensure lower food and fuel prices ❌ ❌
Trump’s reckless and unnecessary war on Iran is hurting allies as well as foes.
https://bit.ly/470D2RP
Nach einer Anhörung ist Mehrheit gegen Einführung: SPD und Grüne lehnen den Einsatz der Software von #Palantir in Niedersachsen weiter ab www.heise.de/news/Nieders...
According to FT, France and Italy have opened talks with Tehran seeking to negotiate a deal to guarantee safe passage for their ships through the Strait of Hormuz citing people briefed on the efforts.
Locomotive only if eventually it is incorporated in EU policies and structures. If not it will merely accelerate the disintegration of the EU.
Vi søger studentermedhjælpere til KOMBIT; blandt andet til min afdeling hvor vi har fokus på Borgernære Løsninger.
Kender du nogen, der kunne være interesseret?
Spørg endelig, hvis der er noget du vil vide om jobbet.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
🇵🇱⚖️Polish parliament elects six judges of the Constitutional Tribunal, and the question whether they will even get to sit there is open, as President Nawrocki needs to hear their oath of service, and the Tribunal's President needs to let them in the building. Neither is a certainty at this point. 1/
I’m wondering of Habeck has read Mark Leonard’s Age of Unpeace www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Since 2018, Americans have wagered more than half a trillion dollars on sports, and roughly half of men ages 18 to 49 have an active account with an online sportsbook.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Golestan Palace in Tehran, a world heritage site, and buildings in historic city of Isfahan harmed, despite Unesco sending coordinates www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Hungary, IDEA poll:
TISZA-EPP: 48%
Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 38%
DK-S&D: 5%
MH-ESN: 5% (+1)
MKKP→G/EFA: 3%
+/- vs. 31 December 2025 - 06 January 2026
Fieldwork: 31 January - 06 February 2026
Sample size: 1500
➤ europeelects.eu/hungary
Parliament calls for an end to human rights violations in Russia, Niger and Georgia.
Learn more: link.europa.eu/P8tRYT
🚨🚨 Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat — even if #Hungary keeps blocking €90B loan. Kyiv was expected to run out of money at the end of this month, but an #IMF lifeline and help from the #Nordics and #Baltics are set to keep it solvent.🧵
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Maybe I only remember the good ones.
FCO was/is pretty good at public diplomacy; I would challenge your idea that a politically appointed ambassador is better or more important than a civil servant one.
I'm starting to find the number of senior people associated with Brexit who have 'prior commitments' preventing them from speaking at an event slightly suspicious
proper garbage collection and incineration is a good way of stopping the pollution at the source
EU legislation, the problem is that enforcement is a bit sluggish. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...
EU have looked to deal with platform design through DSA
Indeed. This is a BIG reason for the youth turning more conservative. And a threat to democracy.
(To avoid misunderstandings: conservatism per se isn’t a threat. Force feeding one sided and misleading or false narratives is. And would be, if the force fed false narratives were leftist ones.)
A study of social media content 18-24-year olds see in #Finland, #France and #Romania shows that algorithms overwhelmingly feed them right-wing political content - whether or not the users are interested.
Three country average for right wing content was 58% - in Finland, 67%!
yle.fi/a/74-20214134
(mini thread below)
Finnish innovation fund (SITRA) commissioned study "to examine the political content encountered by 18–24-year-olds on social media and assess its potential risks to civic discourse"
link to study
www.sitra.fi/en/publicati...
good thing is that it's very visible, so perhaps something will start to be done
“Nine days into the war, Trump and his administration have failed to clearly answer the most fundamental question:
Why did the war begin?”
Via @juddlegum.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
The tech oligarchs who bought Trump are already plotting what comes next.
Their current puppet of choice is JD Vance, though that could easily change.
Make no mistake. Vance is far more dangerous and worse than Trump ever was
The fire at Glasgow central station is utterly devastating. Shops, homes and our transport link to England are being wiped out.
I am amazed by the limited news coverage.
ja!
