New Out of Ixelles: elections everywhere, a cleaning influencer, and Nick Clegg. caminomortera.substack.com/publish/post...

Out this morning, just on time for your commute on the 60 bus substack.com/@caminomorte...

I had a farm in Ixelles

From Ollywood to Hollywood. Europe, from very far away.

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In your inbox, tomorrow. I had a farm in Ixelles. From Ollywood to Hollywood. caminomortera.substack.com

Out of Ixelles | Substack

I used to be the ultimate EU insider. I am now looking at Europe from very far away. Come for the bi-weekly column on Europe in the world, Out of Ixelles. Stay for the stories about being a mess on th...

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🎙️It is time for #Schengen to have its ‘Whatever it takes’ moment: both European countries and their adversaries should know that Schengen is here to stay and that it will be defended when necessary. #CERpodcast with @caminomortera.bsky.social & @cerianbond.bsky.social Listen here: buff.ly/7FTFb0v

Para funcionar, el espacio #Schengen necesita ser legible, defensible y creíble. Los controles y reproches cruzados revelan la erosión de la confianza sobre la que descansa el sistema, escribe @caminomortera.bsky.social, associate fellow @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social. buff.ly/xUznqHq

Presión y castigo: Ceuta y la crisis de confianza de Schengen | Política Exterior

La crisis de Ceuta ha puesto a prueba algo más que la frontera exterior de la UE. La respuesta de los países europeos, con controles y reproches cruzados, revela una erosión de la confianza mutua…

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Ceuta was not a migration crisis, but a crisis of trust. Europe's leaders should stop weaponising #Schengen against each other lest the EU’s adversaries copy them. New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @caminomortera.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/4EPyJMj

🎙️ In #Ceuta, European countries have used #Schengen against each other, instead of trying to defend it. This will not have been unnoticed in Washington, Rabat, Beijing or Moscow. 🎙️ New #CERpodcast with @caminomortera.bsky.social & @cerianbond.bsky.social Listen here: buff.ly/7FTFb0v

A short thread below. On a more personal note, this marks my return to @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social as a non resident* associate fellow. I will be publishing a piece on this very soon. And many more to come!

Camino Mortera@caminomortera.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It has been more than a month since 80,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in 48 hours. In Spain, the crisis is far from over. But what are the consequences for Schengen? In this podcast, I explain what happened, why and what it means to Europe's borderless area.

It has been more than a month since 80,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in 48 hours. In Spain, the crisis is far from over. But what are the consequences for Schengen? In this podcast, I explain what happened, why and what it means to Europe's borderless area.

Centre for European Reform@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"To work, #Schengen needs to be three things: definitive, defensible and credible. None is possible without mutual trust between EU member-states. And none were on display in #Ceuta," @caminomortera.bsky.social tells @cerianbond.bsky.social in the latest #CERpodcast. Listen here: buff.ly/zODFrdk

Kui enamik ELi liidreid tahab valimiste valguses paista migratsiooni suhtes karmikäelisena, siis Hispaania peaminister Pedro Sánchez usub, et tema valijatele läheb peale pehmus, ütleb tema endine välisnõunik @caminomortera.bsky.social buff.ly/HCZEVh6

INTERVJUU ⟩ Hispaania rändeekspert: Sánchez venitas ja naasis siis TikTokki muusikat soovitama

Kui enamik ELi liidreid tahab valimiste valguses paista migratsiooni suhtes karmikäelisena, siis Hispaania peaminister Pedro Sánchez usub, et tema valijatele läheb peale pehmus, ütleb tema endine…

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I wrote it here, too. bsky.app/profile/cami...

🍉paraver🟩🟡🟥@paraver.bsky.social · 3mo ago

please, read this from @caminomortera.bsky.social

The most important thing about Schengen is that it’s a shared border without a state behind it. Rather like the euro: a currency without one either.

Hoy ha salido otra vez el tema de los interruptores.

Si no sabes qué opina España sobre cualquier tema europeo, siempre haz lo que diga Francia y no contradigas a Alemania. Durante demasiado tiempo, esa fue, casi exclusivamente, nuestra posición en la UE. Muchos trabajamos para cambiarla. No deberíamos volver atrás.

From earlier today. With some rather prescient comments from yours truly, if I may. www.spiegel.de/ausland/span...

(S+) Irankrieg: Spanien riskiert Bruch mit den USA

Der spanische Ministerpräsident Pedro Sánchez verurteilt den US-Angriff auf Iran so deutlich wie kein anderer europäischer Regierungschef. Das ist politisch gefährlich – und hat Folgen für das amerika...

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A great essay by Charles Grant, where he dares questioning the zeitgeist: the going may be tough, but there are reasons to be optimistic about Europe. Europe’s future: Grounds for hope? - Annual report 2025 www.cer.eu/about/annual...

Europe’s future: Grounds for hope? - Annual report 2025

The CER's annual report features an essay which analyses the many problems the EU faces, but concludes that it is not doomed.

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I am back.

Utterly late to this, but I am only at Merkel in her late 20s in ‘Freedom’ and this book is already teaching me more about the geopolitics of Europe over the past 20 years than any brainy conference or paper would.

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Tuesday Kigali office

Now that I finally got some time to sit down this year, I am at last diving into this. As a Brussels veteran, I’ve been wary to open it. I have always had a complicated relationship with Merkel’s European legacy. Wonder whether this book will help.

Ok, slightly revising this. Drove at rush hour for the first time today and the pixie thing looks like a piece of cake in comparison. More juicy updates like this one coming soon.

Camino Mortera@caminomortera.bsky.social · last yr.

I moved to Africa. And I am growing out my pixie. No doubts as to which one of the two will be tougher.

I moved to Africa. And I am growing out my pixie. No doubts as to which one of the two will be tougher.

Taking off to a new adventure kind of far away in a few minutes. More news coming soon!

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ALT: a cartoon of snoopy wearing a green hat and scarf

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Buscando apoyo para mi obsesión con el irritante anuncio de los interruptores, una amiga ingeniera me enseñó este otro. Y ahora me preocupa que la Generación Z no sólo no sepa lo que es un interruptor, sino tampoco de dónde viene la energía fósil. youtu.be/7glyTv7Wm1E

Nos transformamos en Moeve

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Or a piece on how there are way too many men pulling the strings of power so the democratic deficit is not only a fallacy, but a phallacy. True fact, albeit an unintended one.

Joris Luyendijk@jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · last yr.

are you writing a piece on how the sui generis supra national / intra governmental thing called the EU is to navigate a world that has gone all binary?

True. Which is even more appalling, because it is a direct translation from French that makes even less sense in other languages.