Incoming Dutch coalition floats European version of ‘Five Eyes’ New government says rising threats require faster and more proactive intel services.

Incoming Dutch coalition floats European version of ‘Five Eyes’

New government says rising threats require faster and more proactive intel services.

What the fuck

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.

What European leaders have been most nervous about is the US pulling back on NATO or Ukraine… but how can Europe trust the US will come to its defense if its trying to seize territory from a NATO country. They can’t. So why cave to keep a security commitment that is not real. 6/

Surely there can be no more questions about the European path going forward. Appeasement will only invite further extorsion. Time for potent counter measures against the US. Very well, alone🇪🇺

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant

“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

New year, new EU?

In 1754, Benjamin Franklin designed the famous "Join or Die" poster later used to argue for independence and against loose confederation. It could now be applied to Europe

My new year screed: davekeating.substack.com/p/europes-ch...

(h/t @martin.rauscheronline.de for new image)

Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’

Cold war vibes, but with Europe as target. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...

Worsening economic conditions fuel anti-immigrant conspiracy beliefs and support for violence Belief in anti-immigrant conspiracies may be fueled by financial hardship and a sense of societal breakdown, according to new research. Across six studies, economic stress predicted support for discri...

"Those who endorsed these beliefs were more likely to express support for discriminatory policies and, disturbingly, were more likely to condone or express intent to engage in violence."

Fed chair Janet Yellen was interrupted more often and more aggressively during congressional hearings than male Fed chairs. The evidence suggests that this is neither due to content nor due to the tone of Yellen's communication, but an outcome of sexism.

Estas piezas de Politico cuando hay una mujer al frente ya son un clásico. Como si su antecesor hubiera sido un tímido. En fin...

Letta: autonomia e indipendenza, urgenza per l'Ue in un mondo di “bruti” Buongiorno!

Il Mattinale Europeo è online.

Oggi un’intervista di @cspillmann.bsky.social a Enrico Letta: “autonomia e indipendenza, urgenza per l'Ue in un mondo di “bruti””

Abbonatevi! 👇

davidcarretta.substack.com/p/letta-auto...

Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card The continent has an upper hand in its looming security competition with the United States.

Manufacturing can ensure that the EU remains an indispensable partner to a more transactional U.S. administration. But Europe’s trump card is being jeopardized by both neglect and hesitancy, Sander Tordoir writes.

The sudden geopolitical relevance of Milan street signs.

MusX has already proven to be unreliable. Moreover, there is no justification for using EU taxpayers’ money to benefit anti-European oligarchs.

Reducir la jornada para redistribuir el crecimiento España atraviesa un buen momento y su tejido productivo presenta signos de modernización, pese a las asignaturas pendientes, pero está haciendo un reparto desigual del avance de su economía

La reducción de la jornada laboral repartirá mejor los frutos del crecimiento.

Porque si las políticas públicas no demuestran que el progreso aún es posible, la ciudadanía terminará por abrazar los nuevos vientos reaccionarios.

Escribo en @CincoDiascom

cincodias.elpais.com/economia/202...

I cannot say much about the technical discussions on nuclear deterrents.

But from a European integration perspective, it puts a laser focus on decision-making problems.

A nuclear deterrent can only work if there is a single decision-maker who can decide quickly and without committee or veto.

APSR 2025

Lots of talk about ‘left behind’ places & far-right’s rise.

How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?

In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out

shorturl.at/xgeho

Comment financer le réarmement européen ? Au lieu de tailler dans les dépenses sociales et les services publics pour pallier la hausse rapide des dépenses militaires indispensable pour faire face à l’axe Trump-Poutine, il faut mettre davantag...

Pour financer le réarmement français et européen il y a d'autres solutions que de tailler dans les dépenses sociales et les services publics. Et cela d'autant plus qu’une telle politique pousserait nos concitoyens dans les bras des amis de Trump et de Poutine.

www.nouvelobs.com/idees/202503...

Lang, V., Redeker, N., & Bischof, D. (2022). Place-based policies and inequality within regions. OSF Preprints, 3.

Further pieces of literature are available proving such.

Income Convergence in the EU: A tale of two speeds - CEPS This contribution launches a new CEPS series of short pieces that aim to examine and shed light on the implications and features of economic and social convergence in the EU. Economic convergence refers to the process in which relatively poorer countries (or regions) grow faster than relatively richer ones, thereby allowing the former to catch

Interesting to claim that EU aid has resulted in convergence when its impact is sooo much more nuanced than that. Whilst it has led to some growth, it has - as always - led to unequal growth and further propagated continental inequality.

www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...