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Assoc. Prof. Political Theory & European Politics, Leiden University Democracy | EU | PI NWO Veni 2021-2025 Out now: PROTECTING DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781911723745 Prev. UWC; Maastricht; Oxford; Sciences Po
#Hungary’s elections matter for the EU as a whole. But the opposition’s path is fraught with obstacles, from a lopsided electoral system to the extraordinary difficulty of restoring democracy even if they win. 🇭🇺 🇪🇺
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Veel informatie, weinig overzicht. Joop van Holsteijn, @tomlouwerse.nl, Cynthia van Vonno en ik onderzochten welke informatiebronnen Kamerleden gebruiken, waar het wringt en wat dit betekent voor de kwaliteit van het Kamerwerk. www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/9394000/1/j9... @polscileiden.bsky.social
26.01.2026 15:24 — 👍 13 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1"7mn centre and centre-right voters had become politically homeless"
so they are to the right of the right of Labour and to the left of the left of the Cons but nothing (nothing!) like the libdems.
good luck with that
For Dutch people: here's the petition to sign to support a boycott of the World Cup in the USA: actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
24.01.2026 20:39 — 👍 76 🔁 42 💬 3 📌 3
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Incredible ad. No wonder the greens are up 50% in polls since Polanski took leadership.
The explosion of the greens in the UK is quite something - they're now well ahead of the LibDems in polls, and within 2pts of Labour and the Conservatives
Reform's rise is not the only story in UK politics
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This is the most important election in Europe in a decade.
Hungary is a competitive authoritarian state, not a democracy, so it’s an uphill fight to keep the vote clean.
All eyes on Hungary April 12 so Orban can’t steal the election.
Met Mark Lievisse Adriaanse in gesprek in @mareonline over framen en spinnen in de politiek www.mareonline.nl/achtergrond/...
22.01.2026 11:10 — 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0Referring to the ACI as a bazooka is the same mistake as referring to article 7 TEU as a nuclear option
20.01.2026 12:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We’re past that. Republicans threw NATO away when they threatened an ally. An alliance is an idea. It works if we believe it works. If we can mutually trust our allies will come to our aid. That trust is gone.
The institution of NATO may still exist but it is not currently an alliance.
Howdy! After a taking a looonnnng break from social media, I have finally started a Bluesky account. At the moment, I am beginning to rebuild my Twitter network - if you recognize me from that platform (or, for that matter, from real life) please friend me.
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Welcome!
19.01.2026 07:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨We have a set of very nice PhD scholarships available at King’s College London’s Department of Political Economy 👨🎓 👩🏫
Candidates free to develop their own proposal within political science, communication, Econ etc.
⁉️Questions welcome
Happy if you have the option to share the call 🙏
Trump's blunt territorial threat in the Arctic is "Machiavellian moment" for Europe, which could be relegated to the periphery of a US empire — a prospect that's stirring action including joint exercises among Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden on Greenland.
15.01.2026 12:35 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1Sorry 🙈
16.01.2026 16:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Er lagen ook veel slechtere tussen
16.01.2026 14:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Is the pen *exactly* the same colour as the notebook though?
16.01.2026 14:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0To be fair to Machado, she did just make her medal a museum piece. Future generations will file past this monument to the stupidity of our time as they read about the grifter-rapist-fascist-US President and his hunger for gold
16.01.2026 07:58 — 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0Dutch government
15.01.2026 21:39 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0this would require Badenoch to defect from the party she leads
15.01.2026 13:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Parking, etc. of vehicles..." - can't park 'em here, but don't repair, build, polish, race, burn or admire them either.
15.01.2026 13:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0laptops should be called claptops because their USP is not that they are used on the lap but that they clap shut
15.01.2026 10:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s misnamed though. The figure in the left is Macron and the one in the foreground is France’s tripwire force to Greenland. The animal behind is deliberately vague but intimidating. Easy to miss.
15.01.2026 07:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0very cool! congrats
14.01.2026 10:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This sounds like a great and urgent project! If you are passing through the Netherlands I would love to see if we could host a talk from you on this. Let me know!
14.01.2026 10:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The threshold for me to go to the US is already high because of young kids and the climate cost, and I no doubt get a tiny fraction of the invitations you do, but I agree, it is a sad state of affairs
13.01.2026 21:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No, no, and yes
13.01.2026 16:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Very excited we have five funded PhD fellowships, open to all fields of political science and economics, so please do spread the word to prospective political theory students!
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Yup, Greenland withdrew from the EC in the mid-80s. mostly over fishing rights.
12.01.2026 20:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
