Leuten, die unsere Demokratie zerstören wollen, nicht ungestört eine Bühne zu bieten, auf der sie ihrem Vorhaben noch näher kommen können, ist mitnichten undemokratisch. Undemokratisch ist es, undemokratische Akteur_innen immer weiter gewähren zu lassen, bis am Ende nur Undemokratisches übrig bleibt
21.07.2025 07:50 — 👍 558 🔁 137 💬 6 📌 3
Thrilled to see the book “A Geopolitical Europe in the Making?” out!
My chapter on “Governing EU Enlargement Through Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in South-Eastern Europe” shows how preventive counter-terrorism resembles EU state-building strategies in its enlargement policy.
08.07.2025 09:41 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
19 people of different ages smiling at the camera
Charles bridge in Prague at dawn, lights reflecting in the water
It’s a wrap! ✨
A big thank you to Lisbeth Zimmermann and @raffaelemstr.bsky.social for organising this wonderful workshop on international politics of the far-right at #ecprjs25. Discussions, atmosphere, location - it’s been a 10/10!
27.05.2025 08:08 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Publication Alert 📝
New article with @lucasschramm91.bsky.social in @wepsocial.bsky.social
It contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of differentiation in the EU. Case studies from EMU & Schengen show how issue-specific incentives lead to atypical integration patterns.
09.05.2025 12:16 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Very happy to see this article with #AlexSchilin out open access in #WestEuropeanPolitics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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07.05.2025 07:49 — 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
🧭 Why the 'eternal waiting room' is a risky strategy for EU enlargement
Enlargement’s symbolic revival after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine risks repeating past failures. Magdalena König warns that without credible timelines and reform momentum, the EU may trap c...
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.14
Enlargement’s symbolic revival after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine risks repeating past failures.
🗓️ Magdalena König warns that without credible timelines and reform momentum, the EU may trap candidates in an ‘eternal waiting room’.
👉 bit.ly/4cNN2zm
28.04.2025 08:27 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
31.03.2025 14:06 — 👍 9508 🔁 1827 💬 262 📌 134
The EU Commission just unveiled its ReArm Europe Plan, including a new loan-based instrument "Security Action for Europe" (SAFE) of €150 billion.
Interestingly, with SAFE, the Commission seems to try and combine two pandemic-era EU instruments into one: SURE and RRF.
Quick thread:
19.03.2025 15:33 — 👍 114 🔁 45 💬 3 📌 8
It's been three years since Russia has started its full-scale invasion and #Ukraine is still fighting back. Yet, the pressure is rising and European states need to provide more weaponry support. #Merz might change German and perhaps even EU's approach. At least one positive prospect from the #btw25!
24.02.2025 19:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
»Deutschlandtrend«: Mehrheit für Zurückweisungen an deutschen Grenzen
Was denken die Bürger im Land im Streit um eine schärfere Asylpolitik? Umfragen zufolge unterstützen 57 Prozent die Inhalte des Union-Antrags. Die Abstimmung mit der AfD halten sie hingegen mehrheitli...
First polls on CDU/CSU vote with AfD: 40% vs. 31% think vote will rather harm than help Union. 24% want to rethink their vote choice in the election. 54% have doubts whether Merz promise to build no coalition with AfD is credible, 49% think „Brandmauer“ has fallen. This is going to be interesting!
31.01.2025 05:29 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Heute kam unser Sohn ein wenig später ins Bett. Hierfür kann er sich bei der #CDU und der @fdpbt.de bedanken. Denn: #Merz mit #noAfD Hand in Hand, unsere Antwort ist Widerstand. Wir sind die #Brandmauer!
30.01.2025 21:49 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
18:34 Die Straße vor der CDU-Zentrale ist blockiert, die Polizei versucht jetzt nicht mehr zu räumen. Einfach zu viele Leute. #b2901
29.01.2025 17:36 — 👍 5100 🔁 1110 💬 176 📌 72
Völlig egal welche Programme Parteien vorlegen, es kommt nur eine Frage: Migration. Immer nur Migration. Als gäbe es keine Klimakrise, keinen Krieg in Europa, keine Krise der Wirtschaft und Sozialsysteme, keinen Autokraten im Weißen Haus. Ein medialer Diskurs als Steigbügelhalter der Rechtsextremen.
26.01.2025 16:10 — 👍 2622 🔁 617 💬 50 📌 27
Seit 1959 steht das IEP für europapolitische Wissenschaft und Praxis.
#EU #thinktank #Europa #Europapolitik #EUsky
http://iep-berlin.de
Publishing original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics. A journal from the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14756765
Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Research interests: European and Nordic Politics, Political Economy. Collector of modern ceramics, Faroese paintings and Christine Swane paintings. Lifelong fan of Bob Dylan and modernist poetry.
Gute Bücher und Impressum auf https://www.suhrkamp.de
Political scientist, i.a. interested in media discourses on inequality and taxation
Money and politics, monetary integration in the EU, with a focus on France and Italy, at the SWP think tank in Berlin.
PhD in economics, College of Europe (Natolin) Alumnus
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PhD researcher @ Goethe University Frankfurt | transnational far-right & global climate governance | FirstGen | she/her
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Working @swp-europe.bsky.social
Focus on far-right politics & security/ defence in 🇪🇺
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Assistant Professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Research on party competition, voting behavior and representation.
PhD Student Political Science Uni Mannheim
Comparative Politics / (Youth) Representation / Quantitative Methods / Text as Data
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Political scientist, LMU Munich || Parties || Party competition in multi-level systems || Coalitions || Local politics || EU Cohesion Policy || Political representation || Sports & politics
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Political scientist interested in European integration and EU politics. Postdoc at LMU, Ph.D. from EUI, M.A. from College of Europe
Politics Prof @powimz.bsky.social | parties, elections, attitudes, behaviour | right-wing extremism/populism/radicalism https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/
📈 Election forecasting & vote expectations in 🇩🇪 | Zweitstimme.org | PhD student @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social
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Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, MZES) - interdisciplinary research institute, University of Mannheim
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Political Scientist at MZES Uni. Mannheim. Traveler at heart. Father of three. Casual fan of NBA basketball, Marvel, Tolkien.