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INTERVIEW: ‘Take it off the table’: Union chief urges Brussels to protect workers’ rights | Euractiv The Commission's €2 trillion EU budget proposal is also "too small" and could spell "disaster" for European regions, said Esther Lynch, head of Europe's largest trade union organisation

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Susana Muhamad, politóloga y activista climática: “El Acuerdo de París no está funcionando” La exministra colombiana de medio ambiente impulsa la creación de un tratado internacional de no proliferación de combustibles. “Hay una dependencia de todo el sistema financiero y político de las ren...

What if we complement the Paris Agreement with a treaty of non-proliferation of fossil fuels?, Susana Muhamad, former minister of Colombia raises the question as a need for effectiveness.
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Elon Musk promises to do to Wikipedia what he did to the federal government Wikipedia is one of the 10 most popular websites on planet Earth and, in this reporter's opinion, one of humanity's greatest modern achievements of the digital age. It's the closest we've gotten to…

Elon Musk promises to do to Wikipedia what he did to the federal government www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/elon...

Czechia, 89,14% polling places counted:

National parliament election

ANO-PfE: 36.02% (+8.9)
SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 22.22% (-5.6)
STAN-EPP: 11% (n.a.)
Piráti-G/EFA: 8% (n.a.)
SPD-ESN: 8.02% (-1.5)
Auto-PfE: 7% (new)
Stačilo!-NI|S&D: 4% (n.a.)
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+/- vs. 2021 election

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According to early reports, EU citizens were kidnapped in international waters, brought to a prison known for its human-rights abuses, and interrogated for hours without access to food, water, or consular assistance. This has got to have consequences.

How Fury Over Israel’s Qatar Attack Pushed Netanyahu on Gaza

Does the astounding corruption of the Trump family actually have a plus side? Whereas previous US administrations have been in the pocket of the pro-Israel lobby, Trump has been bought by the Gulf states, so there may finally be some balance. Corruption as interest aggregation?

Europe's energy security on the path to climate neutrality The EU must rethink its energy security in light of increasingly renewable, decentralized, and electrified energy systems. Energy security already benefiting from the early start of the energy transit...

🚨New Publication 🚨
Europe’s #EnergySecurity on the path to climate neutrality. Devising a resilience strategy for the mid-transition.

Policy brief by @agoraew.bsky.social and @ecologic.eu
I co-authored with 🙏 @marcogiuli.bsky.social Frauke Thies & Krisztina Zálnoky .
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DN Debatt Repliker. ”Antingen förstår Regeringskansliet inte – eller så vilseleder man medvetet” Två professorer: Regeringskansliet har blivit en bunker som lämnar icke-svar på ett påtagligt demokratiskt problem.

”Regeringskansliet har blivit en bunker. Den enda informationen om myndighetens arbetssätt och processer kommer nu från tidigare politiskt anställda som efter avslutad anställning i Regeringskansliet kan sälja sina kunskaper på lobbymarknaden.”

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Speech by President von der Leyen at the Copenhagen Competitiveness Summit The Commission has been in office for 9 months now. You know that we have prepared our term by asking Draghi and Letta to prepare their reports. And the diagnosis was absolutely crystal clear, also th...

Now Ursula von der Leyen speaks openly about deregulation. The economic case is weak, to say the least. Not to mention the commitments in the treaties to protection of workers, consumers and the environment. ("we all agree we need simplification, we need deregulation”) ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Speech by President von der Leyen at the Copenhagen Competitiveness Summit The Commission has been in office for 9 months now. You know that we have prepared our term by asking Draghi and Letta to prepare their reports. And the diagnosis was absolutely crystal clear, also th...

Now Ursula von der Leyen speaks openly about deregulation. The economic case is weak, to say the least. Not to mention the commitments in the treaties to protection of workers, consumers and the environment. ("we all agree we need simplification, we need deregulation”) ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

When RUSI writes this it’s actually a big ol’ warning sign

Omvandlingstryck stärker både gröna industrier och EU:s säkerhet - Altinget I en tid av växande militärsatsningar hotas gröna investeringar att trängas undan. EU riskerar att förlora både miljöambitioner och innovationskraft om politiken formas allt mer på storföretagens vill...

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Omvandlingstryck stärker både gröna industrier och EU:s säkerhet - Altinget I en tid av växande militärsatsningar hotas gröna investeringar att trängas undan. EU riskerar att förlora både miljöambitioner och innovationskraft om politiken formas allt mer på storföretagens vill...

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Dix ans après leur arrivée en Suède, le parcours chaotique des mineurs isolés En 2015, le royaume scandinave accueillait 163 000 demandeurs d’asile, dont 35 000 mineurs isolés, la plupart originaires d’Afghanistan. Aujourd’hui encore, beaucoup craignent d’être expulsés.

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President Trump Plans To Investigate and "Disrupt" Opposition Speech A new executive order signals the White House’s intent to use law enforcement to investigate and disrupt networks and organizations Donald Trump and allies consider responsible for encouraging political...

President Trump’s new order to “counter political violence” is really a mandate to police speech. Protected advocacy becomes “radicalization.” Criticism becomes “justifying violence.”

This is an attack on the First Amendment, not on political violence, argues @walterolson.bsky.social:

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La révision du règlement #Reach ne passe pas l’étape du comité d’examen interne de la Commission et plonge dans le flou

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Detta!

Danish minister Lars Aagaard Möller hoping for #climatelaw #2040 agreement at extra Environment Council after leaders meeting 23-24 Oct. #THINK2030

The EU needs a review clause to adapt the path to 2050, says Krzysztof Bolesta at the #THINK2030 conference. Might well happen in the #climatelaw negotiations, but with what scope? #Parisagreement

Far-right populist parties in Europe have found climate policies a good way to win voters, similar to migration and anti-EU, notes @lykkefriis.bsky.social when introducing the #Think2030 conference. @ieep.eu @concito.bsky.social

Editorial | Asia’s green revolution owes heavy debt to Yu Kongjian The architect, who died in a plane crash in Brazil, was the driving force behind ‘sponge cities’ that have been embraced across the globe.

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”Sveriges klimat­strategi börjar i fel ände” DEBATT. Sveriges klimatpolitik bör sätta resurs­effektivisering i första rummet, i stället för att på otillräckligt underlag planera för en extrem ökning av elproduktionen. Det skriver Mats Engström.

Ökat elbehov är inget självändamål. Repris apropå SvD idag. www.svd.se/a/zgaXwK/sve...

Unik inblick i nazist-nätverk visar terrorplaner mot Sverige En koordinerad attack mot synagogor, moskéer och mediehus skulle lamslå Europa förra året. SVT kan nu avslöja att ledaren för ett högerextremt digitalt terrornätverk har dömts i Brasilien för att ha p...

SVT avslöjar nazistiskt terrornätverk som planerat attentat i Sverige och Europa i oktober ifjol. Ledaren är en 35-årig amerikan som just dömts i Brasilien. Genom en sluten chattgrupp på Signal har han instruerat 149 följare om bombtillverkning och måltavlor

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Don’t abandon forest law over IT problem, Ribera urges Commission Vice president of the EU executive says computer issues not good enough reason to further delay anti-deforestation law.

Tension over deforestation. www.politico.eu/article/euro... #Ribera #Roswall #Weyand

China's new climate target is inadequate. But as the EU mulls over their own climate goals, it'd be a mistake to view China’s low target as a sign Beijing is de-prioritising climate and clean tech.

SVT bryter tystnaden om Eurovision: ”Tar inte politisk ställning” Flera länder har hotat med bojkott av Eurovision song contest om Israel tillåts delta. Nu säger SVT:s vd Anne Lagercrantz att SVT ställer krav på säkerheten för ett svenskt deltagande, men vill inte t...

Det finns goda skäl att granska både hur SVT:s ledning uppfattar värdegrunden för sin verksamhet och hela frågan om hur Melodifestivalen + ESC skötts under de senaste åren inklusive de kommersiella intressenas roll. www.svt.se/kultur/svts-... @karinp.bsky.social

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The race for critical raw materials is surging ahead at full speed. The EU wants to join the fray, but risks banging its head against a wall of protest, litigation and delays. Unless we address the problematic selection process for strategic projects, and update our outdated mining waste legislation

India and China vie for Global South leadership at UN gatherings Parallel diplomacy highlights rivalry as Beijing pledges WTO reforms and New Delhi touts democratic alternatives.

"India, in what it described as a high-level gathering of “like-minded” Global South countries, emphasised south-south trade and tech cooperation, advocating for diversified supply chains to avoid dependence on any single supplier or market." www.scmp.com/news/china/d...