Reposted by @angela-martinez.bsky.socialThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Two-speed Europe, coalitions of the willing, core Europe - all different labels currently circling in the debate for same idea that way forward is no longer at EU27. But the how is important, and I think different people understand different things by the concept. Quick thread on legal options: 24416
Reposted by @angela-martinez.bsky.socialSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 14/02/2026The Rubio speech was not a detente. It was the JD Vance message delivered with velvet rather than boxing gloves (h/t @fbermingham.bsky.social) He signalled 0 actionable compromises to the EU other than implicitly asking Europe to close its borders / round up migrants (and then the US offers what?) 1028561
Reposted by @angela-martinez.bsky.socialSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 11/02/2026EU Leaders meet tomorrow to discuss measures to lift Europe's anaemic growth rate. But the summit risks turning into a nothing burger. EU Leaders have cherry-picked a macroeconomically meaningless simplification agenda from the Draghi report New oped. 1/ www.politico.eu/article/euro...politico.euEurope is chasing the wrong fix for its growth crisisThe continent’s old growth model no longer works in today’s world. And EU leaders need a plan that matches the scale of this shift. 26029