Christian Odendahl

An NHS, but for pets. The National Pet Service.
Surely the most popular policy imaginable?

Out of the 2159 Jews who lived in my Zayde's village
before the war, 20 survived. The Germans, with assistance from Lithuanian police, shot 2000 people in two days. The rest were sent to ghettos, or hid in the forest. My Zayde hid, and I get to be here today. I can't forget, I hope you won't either.

The West and Ukraine are capsizing Russia’s shadow fleet And sinking its oil revenues in the process

The Russian shadow fleet: highly recommend this long(ish) read.
economist.com/finance-and-...

New piece out this morning:

☀️ Good news! Renewables keep pushing fossil fuels out of the EU electricity mix.

In 2025, wind and solar power was 291 TWh higher than in 2021. The fossil fuel share went down by 257 TWh.

You can explore the data in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org

The extent to which many Americans think Britain is a devastated and zombie-filled hellscape cannot be overestimated.

The true danger posed by Donald Trump Despite a tactical retreat, great risks remain

Europeans should strive to slow down the erosion of the transatlantic alliance—but they must also prepare for the day when NATO is no more

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Happy 3 year anniversary to this post

Google Gemini did its best to help

In her Trudeau era

Boah jetzt spann uns doch nicht so auf die Folter, was ist das Ergebnis!?

(Glückwunsch!)

The fact that this is still uncertain is testament to the insane bravery of Ukraine's army.

You are right of course that the Zeitenwende took too long.

🇰🇷 Trump’s tariff threat barely registered in Korean markets

Despite Trump saying he’d raise tariffs on South Korea to 25% over delays to a trade deal, the Kospi hit a record high and logged its biggest daily gain in three weeks

Markets seem increasingly unfazed by the rhetoric

Took a while, but if you look at German defence expenditure, it is working. Unlike the Draghi report.

What is a gas car?

Saudi Arabia Looks to Tap Wealthy Families in New Quest for Cash Saudi Arabia is widening its search for capital, turning to some of the kingdom’s wealthiest families as the government looks to ease pressure on public finances and fund the next phase of Crown Princ...

The cost-of-living crisis is so bad, the Saudis have run out of money. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Stark.

European leaders say the quiet part out loud: order no longer constrains power EU leaders appear to have finally accepted they are facing a new era of great power competition – the question now is how they respond.

At the table or on the menu? Europe wakes up to a world without order

Leaders appear to have finally accepted the old order is dead – the question now is how they respond

A long read from me on last week's group therapy in Davos

After the TACO Thoughts on the economic consequences for Europe of a tumultuous week

After the TACO - thoughts on the economic consequences of Trump's Greenland climbdown, assuming that is what it was...

To increase defense capabilities, a large german state (NRW) lifts all construction permit requirements for military construction and eases landmark protections.

Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.

UK, Germany grid operators to develop power link between offshore wind farms Britain's National Grid and Germany's TenneT Germany will partner to develop a power link connecting British and German offshore wind farms in the North Sea to supply both countries, the companies said on Monday.

UK, Germany grid operators to develop power link between offshore wind farms reut.rs/4rkEl5P

Our Carrie Bradshaw index of Europe’s priciest cities for renters The average earner struggles to afford rent in all but eight of the places we looked at

I put together our latest Carrie Bradshaw Index, measuring how affordable it is to rent alone in major European cities from Brussels to Budapest. If a relocation is on the cards, there are some surprising results 👇
www.economist.com/graphic-deta... @economist.com

Europe is aiming to sign a long-awaited free-trade deal with India One way to show America and China that also-rans have options, too

Donald Trump deserves some of the credit. Without his adventurism, his predilection for tariffs and his habit of alienating allies, the two big democracies might not have found the courage to strike a deal

Love how London and #Stockholm are right next to each other. The first a free-market wild west for tenants, the second an over-regulated half-Soviet rental market.

I have lived in both. Stockholm is *a lot* worse.

Investigators on Berlin Blackout "are in the dark" and are now offering a € 1,000,000 reward for information.

NEW | India is forging a different #energytransition path to China 🇮🇳⚡

Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut — using cheap solar to meet rising demand, relying far less on fossil fuels, and electrifying transport earlier.

https://loom.ly/UFDLamw

Commission investigates Grok and X\'s recommender systems under the Digital Services Act The European Commission has launched a new formal investigation against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

X's AI tool Grok reportedly produced 3 million sexual deepfakes in 11 days - today the Commission reacted and opened another formal investigation into X under the Digital Services Act.

Here is what the investigation is about ⬇️🧵

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

A chart of the Swiss Franc rapidly gaining value against the USD.

The good news is that at this rate by mid year I'll be able to buy the US Army and send all its stuff to Ukraine for the price of a small coffee at Geneva Airport.