In response to the possible US annexation of Greenland presidents Macron and Merz have decided to firmly respond by starting a Franco-German joint procurement program of white flags.

Good morning to everyone but especially to Hayli Gubbi.

Trump is a Russian asset. No need for sophisticated intelligence reports to prove this. Basic literacy is enough 👇

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 11mo ago

Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan

This! Just do the Eurobonds already. Do it now!

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Christian Odendahl@codendahl.bsky.social · 12mo ago

In other words, the whole legal and political hassle of taking the money from Euroclear (via an EU bond), and handing the money to Ukraine could be avoided by just issuing an EU bond, handing *that* money to Ukraine, and servicing it from the returns on Euroclear's assets.

🇪🇺 ♥️ See, it isn’t that hard to be staunchly pro EU and win elections against nihilism and extremism.

European News@eunews.social · 12mo ago

The leader of the Dutch D66 party, Rob Jetten — whose party has made significant gains in the current elections — has called for the establishment of a European Army and for a more independent and autonomous Europe.

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The Steady State@thesteadystate.org · 12mo ago

Firing an entire federal arts commission to clear the path for your own triumphal arch? It’s a textbook indicator of authoritarian executive overreach — the exact trend we warned about in our assessment. #authoritarianism #DemocraticDecline #SteadyStateAssessment

“Climate change will not lead to humanity’s demise” - Bill Gates. Yes. But so are a regional nuclear war, airborne Ebola and a Tungaska event over a populated area. And all require major efforts to prevent major human suffering.

… and now there’s space to build massive AI datacenters on Jamaica.

As the EU (and the wider world) tears up its climate legislation, here's an interesting case study of how one MEP managed to get a new environmental law passed in the European Parliament this week against the odds.

How to pass a green law in an anti-green age in 6 easy steps

A Slovak liberal quietly steered one of the last surviving environmental files to the finish line.

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Better late than never.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last yr.

Europe is finally firing back at Elon Musk. Aerospace companies Airbus, Leonardo and Thales said today they had reached a preliminary agreement to combine their space activities to create the kind of European champion that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has envisaged.

I'm not an economist. This has me concerned.

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

Streisand effect

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last yr.

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

A qualified majority of member states must agree that the EU is being subjected to economic coercion. If China’s recent actions do not meet that threshold, it is hard to imagine what ever will, write @jankaoertel.bsky.social and @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social @ecfrasia.bsky.social https://bit.ly/475mPLG

Escalate to negotiate: How Europe should respond to Chinese export restrictions

Beijing is turning its rare earth monopoly into a weapon. The EU needs to treat this as the emergency that it is and unleash its anti-coercion shield to bring China to the negotiating table…

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On the macroeconomic dividend of public investment: 🙏 "Each euro of public investment generates approximately €1.30 in inflation-adjusted output within three years—a cumulative multiplier of 1.3." 👉 Great and necessary piece by @heimbergecon.bsky.social www.socialeurope.eu/europe-needs...

Europe Needs A Public Investment Revolution To Secure Its Economic Future

Boosting infrastructure spending would stimulate growth and employment without threatening debt sustainability.

socialeurope.eu

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Pensioenspook@caraforever.bsky.social · last yr.

Wat De Wever ook doet of zegt. Het is allemaal onderdeel van een Ge-Ni-Aal plan en als het mislukt of als ie bepaalde principes zou "schenden" dan is dat de schuld van iedereen behalve van hem. #DPGmedia

😎 First glimpses from space! The new #Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission has delivered its first preliminary images during commissioning. Sentinel-4’s spectrometer is hosted on @eumetsat.int's MTG-S1 satellite 🧪🌍 @josefaschbacher.esa.int @ec.europa.eu @esaearth.esa.int

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country

Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects. The country was until this month one of the only places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is Antarctica. Continue reading...

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Good news: The awareness for industrial heat electrification is rising. More than 90% of industrial firms already consider heat electrification for their company according to a recent McKinsey survey presented by Godart van Gendt at Thermal Energy Day.

In parallel, Europe desperately needs to build its own REE capacity - mining and refining. It can’t rely only on a G7 pathway because the US can’t be trusted. But securing REE from China with some of the bargaining chips we have is useful to buy time.

Sander Tordoir@sandertordoir.bsky.social · last yr.

A post-IMF meetings thought on EU-China diplomacy. For Europe there’s no growth in China — the opposite. But the EU could offer to not escalate or even loosen ASML exports to China in exchange for (preferential) access to rare earths. A mutually beneficial bargain. 1/

Carbon offsets, though widely used, often fail to deliver real emission cuts. They undermine global climate goals by enabling polluters to avoid reducing fossil-fuel use.

Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why

The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.

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I love how even the official global paragon of austere fiscal policy keeps begging Germany to spend some fucking money to start growing again

Thomas Seal@twseal.bsky.social · last yr.

The head of the IMF said Germany and Canada are in better fiscal positions than G7 peers She also said the IMF "welcomes" Canada's planned focus on housing, infrastructure, energy and strategic projects, saying spending in these areas will help to boost productivity via @erikhertzberg.bsky.social:

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating - CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening @wmo-global.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

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The rate at which the atmospheric concentration of CO2 is growing jumped to its highest level ever, in 2024 pretty bad shit!!!! wmo.int/sites/defaul...

It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread. As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT archive.ph/grTVe

Eight chemical plants were closed already this year in the Netherlands, driven by high energy prices and cutthroat competition from China - reports NRC. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Nederlandse chemiebedrijven kunnen de moordende concurrentie met China niet aan. Een voor een vallen ze om

Chemische industrie: Al acht chemiebedrijven sloten dit jaar fabrieken in Nederland of onderdelen daarvan. Hoge energieprijzen sinds de oorlog in Oekraïne werken tegen, de concurrentie met China is gr...

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WORLD’S FIRST INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIFICATION AUCTION: EU Commission releases final T&Cs for a €1B Innovation Fund pilot to decarbonise industrial process heat — scaling electrification & direct renewable heat, paving the way for the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank. climate.ec.europa.eu/news-other-r...

Commission publishes Terms and Conditions for the first pilot auction for industrial heat decarbonisation with a budget of €1 billion

For the first time, the Innovation Fund will launch an auction to decarbonise industrial process heat, awarding subsidies linked to carbon abatement and paving the way for the future Industrial Decarb...

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Enemies, foreign and domestic.

Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · last yr.

💥 Bombshell investigation: Hungary operated an illegal network of spies to infiltrate the EU institutions while Olivér Várhelyi, who's currently a European Commissioner, served as chief ambassador.