Dave Keating

@davekeating.wsocial.eu

Journalist in Brussels. American by birth, European by choice.

Europe's centre-and-far-right leaders chose to use an attack on an EU member state as a chance for cheap political points rather than show solidarity. A stark contrast to how they reacted when migrants were used as weapons against Poland by Belarus/Russia.

Ceuta exposes Europe's chronic lack of unity

An EU member state was attacked, with migrants used as weapons in a seemingly orchestrated manoeuvre. Giorgia Meloni and other leaders across Europe chose to blame the country being attacked.

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Sunday long read: EU institutional names and job titles are long-winded and confusing by design - national leaders did not want anything that gives the appearance of a state. But this does a disservice to citizens because it masks what they really are.

The five name changes that would make the EU more honest

Sylvain Kahn's book "Europe: A State Unaware of Itself" describes all the ways European leaders have used confusing language to hide the fact that the EU is a federal state.

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🇪🇺President von der Leyen’s proposal to weaken the #EUETS, the bedrock of EU climate action, sends a signal to companies and foreign governments that the Commission will easily cave before EU law might inconvenience them. My piece:

Faced with US hostility, EU hits the brakes on its climate plans

Today President von der Leyen proposed to massively water down EU emissions trading, the bedrock of Europe's climate policy that was originally meant to partner with a US system.

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