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Daniel Schade

@danielschade.bsky.social
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European Union/International Relations nerd. Assistant Professor Leiden University.

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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Previously allies of the Trump administration such as former PM Viktor Orbán introduced so-called „foreign agents laws“ supposedly to prevent outside interference of the kind now proposed by the Trump administration. What an irony that those very Trump allies now stand to gain from this.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Old Man yells at cloud meme but with Trump's head and a cloud in the shape of Spain
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Good luck with that one... www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
reuters.com
Trump orders halt to US trade with Spain over NATO spending, Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an immediate halt to all trade with NATO ally Spain, escalating tensions over defence spending and the Iran war, despite European Union rules requiring...
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This whole discussion is absurd. It would bring the EU right back to where it was before the Lisbon treaty….which tried to change things because having Commission foreign policy compete with Council led foreign policy clearly didn‘t work. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
politico.eu
EU Commission considers supercharged department for foreign relations
Commission looks at ways to maximize its external policy reach.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is from the @politico.eu deepdive into views on EEAS reform: www.politico.eu/article/eeas... If this were to become reality it would be the ultimate irony. Today's EEAS was partly created out of the former DG RELEX within the Commission. We could then even give it back its name.
The central point for Paris “is to have a very strong vice president for foreign affairs and security inside the Commission” he said. “It could make sense that EEAS becomes one of the DGs of the Commission, but not to be directed by the president of the commission, but by the [high representative] as vice president of the Commission and also as a member of the Council,” he said.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
So in the end, the point made by the column is an important one, it just so happens that it chose one of the worst possible examples to illustrate it.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
There are dozens of examples of slow EU decision, with the EU's Asylum Procedure Regulation being a particularly obvious and shocking recent example. They also exist within the realm of trade, one just needs to look at the ratification procedures for recent "normal" EU trade agreements.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Other issues happened outside the realm of trade but put the good faith of the US as a negotiator into question. It was only fair that MEPs asked whether one should implement a trade deal with the US if they are simultaneously threatening the sovereignty of Greenland/Denmark?
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The implementation of this "deal" was repeatedly torpedoed by new political developments in the US: Some within the realm of trade, such as threatening novel tariffs on top which would violate the "deal", some because the US administration's trade powers were curtailed by the courts.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I just read this week's @economist.com Charlemagne column by @spignal.bsky.social. I usually really enjoy these and mostly agree with them, though using the Turnberry "deal" as an example for the EU's slow decision-making feels really off. In this case US politics is mainly at fault, not the EU.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It would be particularly funny if some of the money ends up going to places which have established so-called foreign agents laws.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The US State department is apparently getting ready to directly financially support far right parties in Europe. I'm curious how this will interact with campaign financing laws across European countries and public opinion amongst far right supporters. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/01/s...
foreignpolicy.com
Can the State Department Make Europe Great Again?
A small but influential office will soon announce grants to support Trump administration causes in Europe.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
In terms of „coalitions of the willing“, there is also the long-standing issue of publicly being in favour of a specific drastic policy change in a group, but knowing fully well that it’s not going to happen given broader opposition patterns. The „friends of QMV“ comes to mind.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
*honorary
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Luckily it didn’t take that long in the end, but at one point the German university suggested to simply give me a honorable MA or some such so that I could get paid the correct amount. 😅
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Hah, my LSE PhD didn’t puzzle a Berlin Bürgeramt at all. I had the same happening for employment at a German university though, who wanted that standing conference to confirm that my Cambridge MPhil was good enough to be equivalent to a German MA (apparently having a later PhD doesn’t matter).
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
It’s not shining…yet! UACES probably engineered this so that as many people as possible stay for all of the panels and don’t go sight-seeing!
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
As the article itself mentions, Berlin is both a city and a state, and policing and education are firmly in the hands of German states such as the one led by the mayor of Berlin.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Hey @economist.com something seems very wrong with your chart on mayoral powers from your article on Zohran Mamdani‘s plans. The chart implies that the Berlin mayor has little control over things like education or policing, when the opposite is true. economist.com/united-state...
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
For instance, now that Switzerland is facing 39% tariffs for exports to the US, most articles point out that this is the country‘s most important trade partner, when in reality it is the EU by a wide margin (just not individual EU countries).
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
It seems like media outlets have a fundamental problem with reporting on the EU when it comes to reporting trade policy and figures. Depending on what sounds more dramatic the EU is either treated as a whole or as individual countries. That makes an already complex topic even harder to understand.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
It’s probably too early to judge whether the EU-US trade “deal“ is the best that could be achieved given the circumstances, but its contents as we know them certainly set a bad precedent for upcoming EU negotiations in terms of the EU standing up for its principles and leveraging its strengths.
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Aus europapolitischer Sicht sind die Zurückweisungen an den Grenzen nicht nur ein Problem, weil die Regierung damit europäische Nachbarn vor den Kopf stößt. Sondern auch weil sie den Vorrang des Europarechts, einen Grundpfeiler der EU, in Frage stellt. Kurzer Thread:
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
While Merz has now been elected, this will be a stain on the chancellorship from the beginning. This 2nd vote today was made possible due to the statesmanship of the opposition Greens and Die Linke groups.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Kann ich das Ampelchaos nochmal sehen?
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Discontent with the coalition agreement most likely. There was disagreement especially amongst the youth wing of the Social Democrats over them having had to give up so many of their positions in the negotiations. This is an easy way to signal that discontent without having to do so in public.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
In theory the new coalition should have a governing majority in parliament, but since the election of the chancellor is by secret ballot, this allows disgruntled members of parliament of the participating parties to send a signal.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Ouch. Soon-to-be German chancellor Friedrich Merz fails to gain the necessary majority at the first vote in the German @bundestag.de. This spells trouble before the government has even started.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I appreciate EU institutions trying to be „cool“ (whatever the current youth language thing is), but it might make sense to get the language right?!? Crafting items and following a quest are usually two separate things, unless Minecraft uses those terms differently from all other games…
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
So stellen einige EU-Staaten keine Visas zu touristischen Zwecken mehr an russische StaatsbürgerInnen aus, diese werden aber weiterhin bei Konsulaten anderer Staaten ausgestellt. Somit können russische TouristInnen weiterhin nach Schengen einreisen und dann in alle Schengen-Staaten weiterreisen.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Aktuell besonders spanned ist, dass diverse Medien entdeckt haben das es in einem Raum offener Grenzen unmöglich ist, eine verschiedene Visa-Politik zu haben.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Gestern durfte ich für die Sendung "Europa Heute" im DLF mit Manfred Götzke über den #Schengen Report 2025 sprechen. www.deutschlandfunk.de/schengen-rep...
deutschlandfunk.de
Schengen-Report 2025 - Was funktioniert, was nicht? Gespräch mit Daniel Schade
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The trade approach is also significantly less problematic from a legal standpoint. If more and more countries start introducing bilateral sanctions then this could ironically lead to Hungary challenging this in court and ultimately winning given that sanctions are an EU competence.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
What a strange piece by Dutch public broadcaster @nieuws.nos.nl on Donald Trump's trade policy. It nicely illustrates that making sense of what's going on requires fundamental explanations of concepts such as reserve currency & comparative advantage, which it doesn't touch. nos.nl/artikel/2563...
nos.nl
Economen: Trump neemt enorm risico met handelsoorlog, maar kan die wel winnen
China op de knieën krijgen lijkt het einddoel van de Amerikaanse handelsoorlog, komt naar voren uit nieuwe berekeningen.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Das mit der „Europäischen Gemeinschaft“ war so auch schon im Sondierungspapier. Also sogar zwei verpasste Gelegenheiten das vielleicht einmal gegenlesen zu lassen.
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This conflicts w Council Decision 2011/168/CFSP, which aims, inter alia, to promote the widest possible participation in the ICC. It's a CFSP decision, so not subject to CJEU jurisdiction, but it should be added to the list of HU violations of EU values, justifying its suspension under Art 7 TEU.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A similar clause on ICC participation is also contained in various EU international agreements such as the Cotonou and new post-Cotonou one. While formulated to affect all state parties, I don’t think anyone thought of this being meant to incentivise EU member states rather than 3rd countries.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I look forward to seeing the boom of import-export businesses in EU territories such as Guadeloupe which unlike Réunion's 37% and the EU's 20% tariffs only get 10%.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
In anticipation of the Trump administration's #trade war there was a fear that the US could deliberately impose different tariff rates on various #EU member states to sow chaos. They now seem to have done this accidentally instead by imposing different tariffs on EU territories such as Réunion.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
From the European perspective there is also the not insignificant matter that the EU itself has de facto made membership of the ICC a condition for EU membership and has pushed other countries to join via its trade/political/development assistance agreements with countries such as Ukraine.
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Looking at the map, to get to Hungary, Netanyahu would have to (at least) fly over Romania, a member-state of the #ICC. Has Bucharest said Netanyahu can use their airspace? My guess is yes, but I can't find confirmation. Romanian President Ciolacu invited Bibi to Bucharest in January.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thank you! From an EU rule of law perspective that makes it even worse then as he‘ll have to fly over at least one (if not more depending on flight path) EU member state which is a state party of the Rome Statute.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thank you! From an EU rule of law perspective that makes it even worse then as he‘ll have to fly over at least one (if not more depending on flight path) EU member state which is a state party of the Rome Statute.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Depending on how long the Executive order is, you may also want to stock up on energy drinks, and or tranquilizer (depending on how ridiculous the content will be).
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Maybe @markkersten.bsky.social you may have thought about this already?!?
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
To all the international law folk out there: With Hungary set to leave the ICC & Netanyahu's safety from arrest essentially guaranteed by the Hungarian government, isn't there still considerable risk of arrest for him when flying over ICC member territory, such as for an emergency landing?
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
While I am not surprised that the „chief US economist“ of a tax haven think tank would write a piece that fundamentally misunderstands how VAT works, I am genuinely wondering how this made it into the Financial Times.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Bis letztes Jahr galt sogar noch eine Höchstgrenze von 6 Monaten für die Wiedereinführung von Grenzkontrollen an die sich Deutschland schon seit längerer Zeit nicht hielt.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Das widerspricht nicht nur geltendem Recht (die Wiedereinführung von Grenzkontrollen ist auf eine Maximaldauer von 2 1/2 Jahren beschränkt), sondern zeigt auch, dass die VerhandlerInnen offensichtlich noch in den 2000er Jahren feststecken: Die Europäische Gemeinschaft gibt es seit 2009 nicht mehr.
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Daniel Schade @danielschade.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Im Migrationskapitel heißt es wörtlich: "Die Grenzkontrollen zu allen deutschen Grenzen sind fortzusetzen bis zu einem funktionierenden Außengrenzschutz und der Erfüllung der bestehenden Dublin- und GEAS-Regelungen durch die Europäische Gemeinschaft." (siehe netzpolitik.org/2025/koaliti...)
netzpolitik.org
Koalitionsverhandlungen: Gruselprogramm für Grund- und Freiheitsrechte
Union und SPD wollen Überwachungen aller Art ausbauen und das Migrationsrecht drastisch einschränken. Bei manchen Punkten sind sich die zukünftigen Koalitionäre noch nicht einig. Wir veröffentlichen u...
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