The far-right reactions are not the real problem. They do what they believe in. The big problem is the similar reactions from liberal democratic parties from left to right. And thát, more than anything, is the problem of the 21st century!

Nathalie Tocci@nathalietocci.bsky.social · 3d ago

When an EU member is in trouble, esp if instigated from outside, as for Spain in Ceuta, solidarity should be the only EU response. Far-right reactions is yet more proof there’s no “moderate” far-right, only different ways far right forces seek to dismantle European integration

Massive heat wave, thousands dead, one of the worst fire seasons on record: 🦗🦗🦗. Morocco playing games amplified by Russian propaganda: 20 EU heads of state write outraged letters. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 This is how you lose a hybrid conflict.

Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 4d ago

Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister: "We have detected intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from Ceuta to sow destabilisation." Far-right from EU (& US!) falls with open eyes for hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration, even fan the flames. #unity #solidarity

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Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 4d ago

Looks like 22 EU leaders need an urgent course on understanding and handling hybrid warfare. "United we stand, divided we fall." #StrongerTogether🇪🇺 @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu www.politico.eu/article/ceut...

Oh no Europe is going to eliminate universal healthcare

Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 3d ago

"Dozens of young people set out to sea, chasing a vision they'd seen online, now being sent back to Morocco in coffins." Have migrants been weaponised? By whom? Enjoying results: right, Trump, Russia. How Ceuta created a political storm - whipped up by social media: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Looks like 22 EU leaders need an urgent course on understanding and handling hybrid warfare. "United we stand, divided we fall." #StrongerTogether🇪🇺 @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu www.politico.eu/article/ceut...

Graag bereid om onze huidige en vorige Minister van Defensie een opfriscursus hybride oorlog te geven. "United we stand, divided we fall." @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social @minvandefensie.bsky.social #StrongerTogether #WeAreEU🇪🇺

Alice Stollmeyer@stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 4d ago

Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister: "We have detected intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from Ceuta to sow destabilisation." Far-right from EU (& US!) falls with open eyes for hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration, even fan the flames. #unity #solidarity

Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister: "We have detected intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from Ceuta to sow destabilisation." Far-right from EU (& US!) falls with open eyes for hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration, even fan the flames. #unity #solidarity

Weaponising migration was the first topic we discussed in the current mandate of the COM. It was during the very first meeting of this College, 11/12/2024. It’s not a new issue. Beyond facts & treaties,we proposed solidarity and unity. Acting always as an Union. commission.europa.eu/news-and-med...

Commission proposes measures to strengthen border security and counter hybrid threats

The Commission proposes new actions countering hybrid threats from weaponising migration and strengthening security at the EU’s external borders. Find out more.

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🔥 €890 million fine for Google, for breaches of the EU's Digital Markets Act. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

Teresa Ribera@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 2w ago

👉🏼 Self-preferencing in Google Search: People should see the best results, not Google’s favorite results. 👉🏼 Restrictions on steering in Google Play: Citizens deserve to know all options and developers should be free to talk to their customers. 2/2 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Al is de leugen nog zo snel.. nouja dat is het probleem dus eigenlijk @stollmeyer.eurosky.social

If you operate an institutional account and you hadn't understood that this is the power dynamic that you're under, now is a good time to get to work. What's your transition plan?

Nicolas Hénin@nicolashenin.net · 2w ago

On X, freedom of expression is just like the definition of hate speech: it’s all relative.

Dit essay, ga er gerust even voor zitten, zegt veel over de tijdgeest. En over het gebrek aan bezield leiderschap en visie. Als de democratie daarin niet voorziet, ontstaan er autocratische krachten. Laten we dat vooral niet verwarren met ‘sterk leiderschap’. www.trouw.nl/tijdgeest/ne...

Nederland is een gevallen gidsland, maar we willen het niet zien

Nederland is van oudsher een hoogmoedig land dat anderen graag de les leest. Maar het is tijd dat ‘gidsland’ Nederland een toontje lager gaat zingen, vindt Amber Dujardin. ‘De vraag is niet wat andere...

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“Climate breakdown is not a natural disaster. It is a business model that privatises profit and socialises cost.” #StopFossilFuelSubsidies #MakePollutersPay #ParisAgreement #ClimateCrisis #GreenDeal euobserver.com/226432/as-eu...

As Europe swelters, Paris judges say consumers aren’t to blame — TotalEnergies is

A Paris judicial tribunal has just ruled on a case brought against TotalEnergies by environmental groups and the City of Paris. The judgment does not halt the company's fossil-fuel expansion. But it d...

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Great write-up of our #DemocracyDrinks exchange with political scientist @casmudde.bsky.social: "Defeating the far-right is not enough. Unless the mainstream democratic parties not only deliver but also start to inspire." #DefendDemocracy voxeurop.eu/en/cas-mudde...

Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

Got an invitation to Brussels #Freedom250🇺🇸 party? If you can't decline out of principle (like I did) for racism, corruption and U.S. interference with our laws & elections, here's a legit excuse: The venue will be a furnace. Been there 3x during Biden admin. www.brusselstimes.com/2121018/got-...

Got an invite to the 'Freedom 250' party?

Forgive me. I’m trying to spoil a party. I'm referring here to Independence Day celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the United States. If you're...

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Teresa Ribera —EU Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just & Competitive Transition and EU Commissioner for Competition— responds to Trump threatening additional tariffs on EUropean countries using digital service taxes: “We Europeans will always defend our regulatory autonomy.” #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

Teresa Ribera@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · last mo.

Tax policy is one of the most important expressions of national sovereignty. Global cooperation on fair taxation is always welcome. But unilateral measures targeting legitimate policy decisions are simply unjustified. 🇪🇺We, Europeans, will always defend our regulatory autonomy.

We were honoured to host political scientist @casmudde.bsky.social at our monthly #DemocracyDrinks. We covered a lot of ground —from politics to populism to firewall to football— the audience would have loved to exchange for hours! Also, check this out: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/whats-wrong-...

Congratulations to @kajsaollongren.bsky.social, Netherlands' former Minister of Defence, Minister of Interior and General Affairs Sec Gen, for becoming the next Secretary General of @eudiplomacy.bsky.social (EU's Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Nice move, @kajakallas.bsky.social #WeAreEU #WeAreNATO

Kaja Kallas@kajakallas.bsky.social · last mo.

I am pleased to announce that Kajsa Ollongren will be the new Secretary General of the EU External Action Service.

Proud to represent @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social at today’s EU Commission high-level event on democracy. It’s the last event before taking a mini sabbatical & going offline. Have a great summer; see you on the other side. From 1 September I’m available for coffees & new opportunities 😊

10 years ago today, I spent Brexit evening with some very concerned Brits. While the result of the referendum was not yet clear when I walked home, a thunderstorm seemed to capture the mood. If I remember well, @jameskanter.bsky.social posted the most impressive picture of the purple sky that night.

Dit was onvermijdelijk. Vanaf het moment dat Bregman zichzelf ging verenigingen met 'morele ambitie' is het onvermijdelijk dat hij een koopman zou worden voor het één of ander. En hij heeft zijn product gevonden: slecht onderbouwde AI-apologie. 🧵Rutger Bregman: tussen principe en opportunisme

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2mo ago

Rutger Bregman is an *actual* climate denier. Not a metaphorical one. He's pumping out scripts using a Claude Pro subscription that's running on Elon Musk's filthy GHG intensive methane fumes choking a community in Memphis, and he just refuses to acknowledge or even address it. Dude doesn't care.

It is absurd to believe the EU can meet the challenges of today's world with a central budget of little more than 1% of GDP. The only viable solution to this unseemly and reality-denying ritual every 7 years is to agree on new "own resources" for the EU and sensible rules for an EU fiscal capacity.

Dave Keating@davekeating.substack.com · 2mo ago

The #EUCO 🇪🇺summit has just ended, and northern leaders have used their closing press conferences to bash the Commission's proposed EU budget increase. They keep tasking the EU with new things to do, but then they refuse to pay for it.

As EU leaders meet at #EUCO today, pressure is mounting to roll back hard-won digital laws. EUrope must not weaken its digital rulebook to satisfy the interests of tech billionaires. This is the moment to defend democracy, competition, and digital sovereignty. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

“We can’t live a full dignified life — with the ability to question authority, have different relationships with people, test ideas [and] blow off steam — if we don’t have private communication.”

Signal's Meredith Whittaker: The Push for Online Safety Risks Mass Surveillance

The president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are converging into a new architecture of surveillance.

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Yay for Eurosky! 😍 #DefendDemocracy #TechSovereignty #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

Verified on Eurosky@eurosky.bskycheck.com · 2mo ago

@stollmeyer.eurosky.social has been verified by @eurosky.social

… and already running into a pretty bad security issue. “If someone told me this were a credential harvester and not a supposedly real project that the European Commission now runs on I'd believe them.” cc @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu bsky.app/profile/robi...

Robin Berjon@robin.berjon.com · 2mo ago

It's been almost ten hours since a meaningful security issue has been publicly reported in W Social's component that is used to check people's identity papers and it's still online.

And this is a system that @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu made an influencer post about from Évian 😬 Who vetted this? It doesn't follow JRC recommendations. It's a bad look for Europe... bsky.app/profile/robi...

Robin Berjon@robin.berjon.com · 2mo ago

It does seem meaningful, yeah 😂 Two things make it worse IMHO: 1. This would've been caught by if anyone had looked. Which means they're running an unaudited system to collect passports. 2. It's still there. No one's monitoring this.

W seems for Boomers who don't get tech? 🤑 for-profit 🔒 now closed source? 🕵️ may use your data to train AI 🦹‍♂️ dodgy tech bro on the Board 🪪 needs govt ID verification & face scanning 🤖 40 million existing ATP users are NOT verified Building EU Big Tech won't save democracy! h/t @elenarossini.com

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 2mo ago

Warm Welcome to all followers on W 👌 User friendly 🔓 Open source AT Protocol 🔒 Privacy preserving 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Humans only / No bots And 🇪🇺 European!

Europe has to put an end to the live-testing of dangerous products on children. To the live-testing on adults and on democracies too. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 #BigTech www.euractiv.com/opinion/euro...

Europe needs 'safe social' to protect children online | Euractiv

Until a regulatory body declares them safe to use, Europe has to put an end to the live-testing of dangerous products on children

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