Much fuss about basically nothing ? The Ceuta situation once again showed that if European leaders could have waited a day or so before reacting, the whole thing could’ve basically been solved amicably. The real-time outrage loops and need to react to everything IMMEDIATELY is a huge issue

Presumably Reiche is hearing this from the German car lobby, including VW. Which now wants tariffs on Chinese PHEVs, while weakening EU rules aimed at growing Europe's EV sector. Serious entitlement and lack of self awareness bsky.app/profile/fber...

Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 7d ago

VW CEO Oliver Blume has called on EU to quickly impose tariffs on Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicles "We have no time to lose... regulations on BEVs are working. There we are competitive on pricing. Where it's not working is PHEV"

You’re not going to get everything you want. Ultimately, a big part of the story is that a very large country with a low per capita income, even if measured at PPP, now defines the technological frontier in the same broad range of advanced tradables you once dominated.

The pioneering filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai discusses the past and future of China’s film industry and what it feels like to be caught between the censors and the market in this latest installment of the What China's Thinking column. Read Yi Liu's interview here: chinabooksreview.com/2026/07/30/w...

Today I feel UEFA.

UEFA says FIFA sell-off plan is "an act of coercion" - they should ask the Commission if they can borrow the ACI, not sure they're using it at the moment

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations | UEFA.com

UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.

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Dass seine Strategie eines rechteren Alternativangebots für AfD-Verhetzte (statt energisch gegenzuhalten) spätestens in der Regierung krachend scheitern musste, haben x Politologen vorhergesehen. Er förderte bzw ermutigte die Falschen (R21, TheRepublic, Baha &Co). Öl ins Feuer.

⚒️ With over 220 tunnel kilometres excavated, the completion of the EU co-funded Brenner Base Tunnel is one step closer! 🇦🇹🇮🇹 Miners have now connected Austria and Italy via two main railway tunnels ↓

m.youtube.com/watch?v=LUai... Simon Ostrovsky interviews a US founder of a Ukraine-based company developing autonomous targeting systems for EW heavy environments. Well worth a watch.

The American helping Ukraine fly strike drones against Russia

YouTube video by Simon Ostrovsky

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Fascinating episode about North Korea and the Kim succession question. And yes, I would listen to 45 min just on the KL assasination plot.

Marcel Dirsus@marceldirsus.com · 2w ago

New podcast out now! Anna is great, the book is awesome. Kim Jong Un may look funny, but North Korea is one of the most insane dictatorships on earth. Among other things, the guy had his own half-brother assassinated with a nerve agent (in public!) even though he was already in exile. It's mad

New podcast out now! Anna is great, the book is awesome. Kim Jong Un may look funny, but North Korea is one of the most insane dictatorships on earth. Among other things, the guy had his own half-brother assassinated with a nerve agent (in public!) even though he was already in exile. It's mad

The Next Best with Marcel Dirsus@thenextbest.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 How does Kim Jong Un stay in power? Why send soldiers to Ukraine? How did North Korea get nuclear weapons? Anna Fifield joins the podcast. Watch below: youtu.be/nfRp4BdI1uw

New for RUSI today - An Update on the Air War over Ukraine four years on: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

Four Years On: An Update on the Air War Over Ukraine

An established Ukrainian F-16 Fighter Wing and the overstretch of fighters and air defences on both sides by sustained long-range strike campaigns have changed the nature of the air war.

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In fast jeder Zeitung wird aktuell über Rüstung geredet und dabei beschäftigt man sich nur mit was beschafft werden soll. Selbst bei den relevanten Abgeordneten bleibt es auf dieser Ebene. Wir reden null über die großen gesetzlichen Rahmenbediengungen. 🧵

Cairo's ambitious monorail reaches for China scale but lacks commuters Steep fares have drawn criticism since launch trib.al/xOdLw9U

Cairo's ambitious monorail reaches for China scale but lacks commuters

Steep fares have drawn criticism since launch

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A deeply reported look at Amorgos and the agonizing dilemmas caused by tourist development on an island that has managed to resist the tide, by @aliamalek.bsky.social: nowvoyagermag.com/reporting/br...

Dilemmas of Overtourism and Infrastructure on the Greek Islands

Alia Malek investigates the hanging fate of Amorgos, a Greek island weighing the challenges and benefits of opening up to broader access and tourism.

nowvoyagermag.com

Die sog Merkelianer sind aus Verantwortung diejenigen, die Merz stützen (und einfordern, dass die konservative Engführung beendet und die liberale und christlich-soziale Strömung der CDU wieder sichtbarer wird.) Die von Merz enttäuschte MAGA-Truppe prügelt immer heftiger auf Merz ein.

Very happy today: The New Yorker gave my podcast "The Gaza Chef" a listen and named it one of the best 3 podcasts this summer. (If you are interested, you can find it at www.zeit/gazachef or on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.)

„Sarajevo-Safari“: Eine Fake-News-Geschichte im Geiste von Claas Relotius. Leider haben viele deutsche Medien das unkritisch übernommen. Durfte im Balkan-Podcast der geschätzten Kollegen @krstorevic.bsky.social & @danijelmajic.bsky.social darüber sprechen: ballaballa-balkan.de/episode/sara...

Sarajevo Safari - Medienhype um unbewiesene Menschenjagd | Neues vom Ballaballa-Balkan

In den Medien verbreitete sich die äußert fragwürdige Geschichte der "Sarajevo Safari".

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I do not know what trajectory Özgür Özel's new party will set for Turkey. Too early to tell. What I know is that the fact the 67 per cent of the CHP MPs joined it - knowing that they will highly likely face repression - is a strong democratic defence of political representation.

Not to mention: This could make suppliers also more reluctant to engage with Rheinmetall and co lest they be cut off from Chinese supplies. What a shot across the bows ahead of a big summer of China policymaking in Brussels. Talk about a flex...

Poland's right-wing opposition PiS party is set to split after a more moderate faction of over 30 MPs loyal to deputy leader and former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki refused to sign a loyalty pledge demanded by leader Jarosław Kaczyński, who said today that meant they had effectively resigned.

Polish opposition PiS party set to split, with over 30 MPs being expelled

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Das ganze Gesundheitswesen gerade so:

Fish. 🐟 France, Portugal and Germany managed to bloc EU sanctions on Russian fresh fish imports. Apparently Surimi is an indispensable French classic. Germans can only eat fish fingers made from Russian fish. And Portugal's national dish, dried cod, is now Made in Russia.

EU review of airline ownership rules clouds Apollo’s £5.7bn easyJet bid ft.trib.al/o1Xhc8Z

EU review of airline ownership rules clouds Apollo’s £5.7bn easyJet bid

Shares in UK low-cost carrier slide as Brussels move casts doubt on takeover

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EU capitals failed to reach a deal during all-day talks, as Greece continued to insist on a carve-out from a Russian LNG shipment ban. Ambassadors will reconvene tomorrow morning hoping to clinch a deal and avoid the situation of surge in the Kremlin's income from crude oil exports.

Henry Foy@henryjfoy.ft.com · 2w ago

As EU ambassadors begin a crunch debate on the next round of Russia sanctions, with billions of euros worth of LNG exports and oil revenues hanging in the balance, the @financialtimes.com editorial board lays out the crude truth Background here: as.ft.com/r/3ac50792-e...

No deal on sanctions today. Ambassadors will meet again tomorrow morning to give it another try.

Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happening now: EU ambassadors meet in a fresh attempt to lift the Greek veto and endorse a new sanctions package against Russia before the summer break. Hopes for a resolution are not high, so watch this space.

Greece and Spain are under pressure from EU and NATO allies to provide more air defence systems to Ukraine. Spain and Greece together possess a significant amount of Patriot systems plus others such as S-300s. www.ft.com/content/cc32...

Greece and Spain under pressure to provide Ukraine with air defence systems

EU leaders urge Athens and Madrid to donate shipment as Kyiv’s need is greater than theirs

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Greece has firmly blocked the new round of EU sanctions against Russia. At the core of the dispute is LNG. Is there a way to lift the veto and salvage the package? Here are three possible options.

Three possible ways to lift the Greek veto on new Russia sanctions

Brussels' new sanctions package against Russia has run into formidable resistance from Greece. Euronews looks at ways the impasse might be broken. #EuropeNews

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