Maria Skóra

Das neue Wahlkampfvideo von Demokratieverräter Jens Spahn ist fertig: Faschismus ist jetzt „konservativ“.

Na koniec dnia: podsumowanie wizyty prezydenta Nawrockiego w Berlinie w cieniu powracająch żądań reparacji, czyli back to the future.

Rozmowa na gościnnej antenie @tokfm.bsky.social ⬇️

audycje.tokfm.pl/audycja/,Wiz...

Null and Void

🔥 Hot off the press

Upon the invitation by @verfassungsblog.de I shared a few thoughts about the relevance of the latest CJEU judgement on the Supreme Court in #Poland, confirming the persistent problem of unlawful judicial appointments.

verfassungsblog.de/cjeu-poland-...

Preparations in full swing!

President #Nawrocki of #Poland is visiting #Germany today.

Orędzie o stanie Unii Europejskiej. Przewodnicząca KE wzywa do walki o pozycję Wspólnoty Podcast z audycji TOK360. Filip Kekusz. Gośćmi audycji byli: Maria Skóra. Dostępna transkrypcja. Temat: Orędzie o stanie Unii Europejskiej. Przewodnicząca KE wzywa do walki o pozycję Wspólnoty

More in today's interview with @tokfm.bsky.social (in PL 🇵🇱)

audycje.tokfm.pl/podcast/1810...

🫤 Not so great…
- #Climate goals - yes, but less of a priority now
- “Could be worse” rhetoric on trade deal with the #USA
- Little space for the #SocialUnion
- Very brief on #enlargement

💥 Great!
- Defending #democracy and #theruleoflaw, conditionality mechanism
- Supporting local and independent #media
- #Housing
- Holding the Israeli government accountable for #Gaza

💡Other issues:
- #Migration: “human but not naive”
- #Digital: time for a European AI
- #Agriculture: protecting farmers from unfair trading practices
- #Energy: no Russian fossil fuels - clean European energy instead, including nuclear power

➡️ Focus on hard policies:
- #Security and #Defence supporting Ukraine, investing in the defence potential of the EU
- #Competitiveness inside and outside of the EU - further development of the Common Market
- #Trade - aware of the hostile US trade tariffs, developing alternative trade relations

🇪🇺 In her #SOTEU address, despite ongoing crises, today’s drone emergency in Poland and constant boo’s and banter coming from the right corner of the European Parliament, vdL delivered a comprehensive speech outlining the EU's current policy agenda.

Back at work! This Thursday, I will be joining my wonderful colleagues for a truly transatlantic conversation about #disinformation, organised by the Jefferson Educational Society.

September 4th, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST // 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Online

www.jeserie.org/events/detai...

Minister setzt Bahnchef vor die Tür: Bahnchef mit großer Verspätung entlassen Bahnchef Lutz wird vom Bundesverkehrminister Schnieder rausgeworfen. Was bedeutet das für die Kund:innen? Eine Erklärung in Bahnansagen.

Endlich eine gute Nachricht für die Deutsche Bahn und ihre Kundschaft?

Minister setzt Bahnchef vor die Tür: Bahnchef mit großer Verspätung entlassen taz.de/Minister-set...

Poland at a crossroads… again With a new president, a surging far-right and a fractured left, Donald Tusk’s governing coalition finds itself increasingly backed into a corner

Summer is in full swing, but politics never sleeps!

My two cents for the IPG-Journal of the @fesonline.bsky.social about the shifting political landscape in #Poland 🇵🇱

➡️ Available here: www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...

Warum die Kritik am Volumen des EU-Haushalts zu kurz greift Der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission für eine Ausweitung des EU-Haushalts wurde aus Deutschland reflexhaft diskreditiert. Dabei ist die Stimmung in der Bevölkerung deutlich differenzierter als die Bundesre...

Vor ein paar Wochen haben @georgmcc.bsky.social und ich die jüngste Ausgabe der Selbsverständlich Europäisch?!-Studie fertiggestellt. Heute möchten wir unsere Forschung auch mit dem angekündigten nächsten EU-Haushalt bei @makronom.bsky.social konfrontieren ⬇️

makronom.de/unvermittelb...

As food for thought, read my Policy Brief about the strategy of the European Commission to protect the rule of law and how to boost the impact of financial conditionality.

➡️ www.epc.eu/publication/...

Join us online next week at the @epc-official.bsky.social for a conversation about the use of the existing toolbox and recent developments in Member States, risks and opportunities for the rule of law in the EU 🇪🇺

➡️ Wednesday, 16 July, 14:00 - 15:00
➡️ www.epc.eu/publication/...

2025 Rule of law report - Communication and country chapters 2025 Rule of law report - Communication and country chapters

The 2025 Rule of Law Report focuses on the Single Market, supporting the rule of law through the EU budget, and places the rule of law at the core of the enlargement. It also reports a positive trajectory in many Member States.

Yet, there is a lot to discuss!

➡️ commission.europa.eu/publications...

YouTube video by TALKING WITH TVP WORLD German Chancellor Friedrich Merz remains “very skeptical" | Maria Skóra

I had the great pleasure to talk to @tvpworld.bsky.social about banning the #AfD in #Germany, a right-wing extremist party still enjoying +/- 20% support in opinion polls.

What is the objective behind the ban, what change could it bring?

Full conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpkj...

Auf dem Panel: Moderatorin Maria Skóra, Jürgen Czernohorszky, Josephine Ortleb und Cathryn Cluever Ashbrook.

Was kann Deutschland von AT🇦🇹 & den USA🇺🇸 lernen, um resilienter gegenüber zersetzenden Kräften zu werden & das Demokratieangebot real zu verbessern? Auftaktpanel mit Jürgen Czernohorszky (SPÖ), @josephine-ortleb.de (SPD) & Cathryn Cluever Ashbrook, moderiert von @mariaskora.bsky.social. #Innocracy25

Innocracy25 - Programm Die Innocracy25 findet am 26. Juni 2025 im Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik in Berlin statt.

Innocracy25 will continues through the day, the complete programme is available here: innocracy.org/programm/

I had the great pleasure and honor to moderate the opening session on the breakdown of liberal democracies across countries with Josephine Ortleb MdB, Jürgen Czernohorszky, Executive City Councillor in Vienna, und Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook of the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

#Innocracy25 is kicking off in Berlin today! This year's edition the flagship conference of @dpzberlin.bsky.social looks at the possible ways out of democratic crisis.

I am looking forward to more thought-provoking exchanges, it was soooo lovely to catch up with you all @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social @annawojcik.bsky.social @jmorijn.bsky.social Márta Pardavi @kizdebski.bsky.social @profpech.bsky.social and many more dear colleagues! In touch!

Thank you for your kind invitation and excellent moderation @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social of @democracyreporting.bsky.social

We discussed the result of the 2025 presidential election and the possible outlook for the rule of law repair in #Poland 🇵🇱

Excellent to be back in #Warsaw and in such great company!

Our panel at the World Justice Forum 2025, titled "Fixing the Rule of Law by Bending it?", drew great interest.

forum.worldjusticeproject.org/agenda-day-1/

Selbstverständlich Europäisch 2025 executive summary in English is available here ⬇️

Thank you, @boell.de & @dpzberlin.bsky.social, for your trust, and Georg McCutcheon for the excellent cooperation!

Europäische Union: Deutsche wollen stärkere Führungsrolle in der EU Je größer die Krisen, umso wichtiger erscheint eine starke EU. Laut einer neuen Studie wollen die Deutschen mehr in Verteidigung investieren, weniger in Klimaschutz.

Also @zeitonline.bsky.social reported about the study, highlighting the main findings (in DE 🇩🇪):

www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

Actually European!? 2025 | Heinrich Böll Stiftung A majority of citizens in Germany have a positive view of the new federal government‘s pledge for a stronger leadership role in the EU, but clearly advocate for doing so in a cooperative manner. These...

Conclusions:
🤝 Shape Europe cooperatively
🇪🇺 Look for European solutions to domestic challenges
💶 Communicatie Europe's economic benefits
🍀 Don't abandon Europe's climate and social policy ambitions

You can find the full study under the link below (in DE 🇩🇪). www.boell.de/en/2025/06/1...