BREAKING: The US Supreme Court just ruled Trump’s tariffs are illegal. So why is the EU Parliament about to vote on the Turnberry deal that endorses them? Europe is preparing to legitimise what America’s own courts have struck down. cnn.it/4bZtaLo
Iver Ørstavik
@iverorstavik.bsky.social
Senior Adviser at Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Bergen, Norway. Philosopher by education. Opinions sometimes my own, never someone else's.
"Treason for money" pretty much sums up the awful mess presented by the Trump administration as a "Peace plan for Ukraine".
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10mo agoThis is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
If #Europe wants #Putin to agree to a ceasefire, the easiest way is: - Give a lot of #Taurus - 20x investment into #Ukraine #Drone production - Set up Air defense for Western #Ukraine - Stop oil and gas traffic in baltic - Tariffs on all remaining LNG, Oil imports www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Setback for Europe after Trump insists Ukraine has ‘immediate’ peace talks with Russia
Zelenskyy had no choice but to accept Putin’s invitation to talks, diplomats say
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Trump, on the leader of Russia: "Putin is tired of this whole thing and he’s not — he’s not looking good. And he wants to look good” It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misunderstanding. No, Putin is not "tired of the whole thing" - the war is the only thing keeping his economy going
Of course. We may still be able to make Trump think it is in his own interest to protect NATO allies in Europe. But we cannot make him commit. We must expect that he or someone like him will be the President of the USA until some very significant institutional reform is completed. So NATO is dead.
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last yr.@laurenscerulus.bsky.social : Fears in Europe about a "kill switch" at Donald Trump's fingertips are real. "If that political dimension turns hostile, how credible is it that companies with the best intentions can challenge their president," Cristina Caffarra told us today.
Would it be possible for the EFTA countries to sue the EU Commission and/or Council for failure to secure that Hungary abides by the EEA?
Dániel G. Szabó@gszd.bsky.social · last yr.@politico.eu: "The bill says threats to national sovereignty include influencing public opinion, promoting democratic debate, or challenging state-defined values like Christian culture and traditional family roles."
@politico.eu: "The bill says threats to national sovereignty include influencing public opinion, promoting democratic debate, or challenging state-defined values like Christian culture and traditional family roles."
Orbán’s Fidesz party proposes Russia-style crackdown on Hungary’s civil society
The new bill fits into a pattern of democratic backsliding for the Central European country.
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The nasty Trumpist bait and switch.
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · last yr."Even as the Musk-Trump people continue to say that we must sacrifice our rights for national security, they are also starting to say that they find it worthwhile to violate national security in order to have the tools that allow them to violate our rights." snyder.substack.com/p/signalgate...
"If you give in to extortionists, they’ll extort you and others for more ... Which brings me to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social’s president and trustees, who today surrendered the university’s #academicfreedom to the Trump regime" robertreich.substack.com/p/the-shame-...
The shame of Columbia University
In surrendering to Trump, it's opening all universities to Trump's tyranny
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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦@profpech.bsky.social · last yr.Columbia University (or rather their leadership) has chosen cowardice. This won't save them and only lead to more illegal attacks against it and other universities nymag.com/intelligence...
@hasyv.bsky.social Hei Håvard, har du slettet FB-kontoen?
Dead kangaroo walking! The "Constitutional Tribunal" made to serve the former Polish gov under PiS is slaughtered by CJEU.
Jakub Jaraczewski@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · last yr.🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 The, probably, final chapter of the Polish rule of law saga at CJEU unfolds - the 🇱🇺 AG Spielmann opinion in the case C-448/23 Commission v. Poland concerning the Constitutional Tribunal is here. It has been some time since the Commission opened the investigation into the Tribunal in 2021... 1/
I disagree with @frankfukuyama.bsky.social Fascism is essentially syncretic. Opportunistic use of lies is the core of Fascism. A dangerous mistake suggesting that it can be fought by identifying inconsistency, falsehood, immorality. But it feeds itself on it. www.persuasion.community/p/making-the...
Making the World Safe for Criminals
The United States is undergoing repatrimonialization as we speak.
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Beelzebub. uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-ukrain...
Trump 'planning to revoke legal status of 240,000 Ukrainian refugees' - key developments
The planned rollback of protections for Ukrainians was reportedly underway before Trump publicly feuded with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week.
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EUROPE AFTER AMERICA The US is cutting off all aid and intelligence assistance Ukraine in order to pressure Ukrainians and other Europeans in general to accept an agreement on Russian and American terms. 1
MASSIVE FISCAL PACKAGE OUT OF BERLIN: 12-20%+ of GDP. - 500 billion fund for public investment - All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake. - Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment. Germany is back - economically and militarily. 1/x
Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock has just given a really remarkable, nearly 12-minute speech on yesterday's events at the White House in support of #Ukraine. I have translated a large part of the speech for you. PART 1 OF 7
The world is capsizing. This absolutely gut-wrenching bullying of President Zelenskyy by President Trump and Vice-President Vance is the utterly shameful end of the road for the USA. Where do we go from this? The only answer is Europe. Everything Europe can do. Now. www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
Trump tells Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting - follow live
A joint news conference is cancelled after the US president calls his Ukrainian counterpart
bbc.com
@sophieintveld.bsky.social has been the most prescient and tireless defender of democracy and rule of law in Europe for more than two decades. Listen to her.
Sophie in't Veld@sophieintveld.bsky.social · 2y agoThe European Union has to finally and unreservedly stand by Ukraine, give Ukraine everything it needs right now, no more buts and ifs, no more dragging of feet. This is the Whatever-it-takes moment of the century 🇪🇺🇺🇦
So far, 14 EU Member States have joined the lawsuit—Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal—along with Norway and the European Parliament. The deadline is in 4 hours.
I have now settled there analogies debate. What we see is Versailles, München, and Molotov-Ribbentrop rolled into one as gunboat diplomacy by proxy.
THE ROAD AHEAD The dismantling of democratic rule of law twe see in the US now has already been carried out in Hungary, and was well on its way in Poland. Hungary is sinking ever deeper and deeper into swamp. Poland is struggling to get out, but it is very complicated to repair the damage done. 1
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup." nymag.com/intelligence...
Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
ON THE EDGE The ongoing moves suggest destruction of US constitutional democracy is the main plan. Without executive officials loyal to the Constitution and the courts, there is nothing the latter can do. Words a heartbeat or the ever lower hurdle of the 25th Amendment away from the President:
You don’t need more proofs that Elon Musk is insane. He is.
This is a fellow citizen you should listen to. Keep your X account if only to follow @rumeliobserver
After a month in front of the gates of Purgatory: Trump cannot be elected for a third term. He will most likely lose the legislative majority in 26. There are only two years to fight like Hell. We can all do that, with a little help from our friends.
The Polish government will ignore rulings by the Constitutional Tribunal and Supreme Court chambers manned by political appointees, relying only on independent courts' interpretations of the Polish constitution, on CJEU and ECtHR. oko.press/rzad-nie-bed...
Rząd nie będzie publikował wyroków TK. Nie uznaje też decyzji neo-KRS i wyroków neo-sędziów SN
Rząd Tuska przyjął uchwałę, któraj jest sygnałem, że wyroki TK, decyzje nielegalnej KRS i orzeczenia neosędziów SN nie wiążą.
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