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David Bokhorst

@davidbokhorst.bsky.social
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Policy advisor & academic - Political Scientist

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🤔 How do government changes affect the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility? 🔎 @davidbokhorst.bsky.social and @andreacapati.bsky.social compare Italy, Slovakia and the Netherlands 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Our edited volume "Governing the Welfare Commons: On Europe's Social Investment Turn" is now published with OUP. In the book, we explore what kind of welfare state can remain effective in the face of demographic ageing and labour market change? academic.oup.com/book/62724
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Governing the Welfare Commons: On Europe’s Social Investment Turn
Abstract. This book represents a novel state-of-the-art contribution in European comparative welfare state research, employing the original theoretical per
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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Jean Pisani-Ferry @pisaniferry.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
On #Greenland, Europe has more leverage than it seems. Lucid @bruegel.org piece by Moreno Bertoldi and Marco Buti. www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
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Three ‘don’ts’ to protect Greenland from Trump
When confronting the Greenland crisis, the EU should apply lessons learned from the lopsided US-EU trade negotiations
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER: “.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish .. “.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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Social Policy Blog @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
New on the Social Policy Blog: "Amsterdam and the New Frontiers of Welfare State Change: How Cities are Shaping the Social Investment State” by David Bokhorst, Meike Bokhorst, and Tijn Croon. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/12/18/a...
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How Cities Like Amsterdam Are Reshaping Welfare State Reform
How large cities like Amsterdam drive social investment, innovate welfare policy, and shape national debates through local experimentation.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Fascinating article. Basic income experiments do not yield the predicted positive results, this Dutch newspaper article sums up the evidence and only in poorer countries do you see significant differences vis-a-vis the control group.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
ICYMI: Trump has just about decimated the federal workforce, with more than 199,000 people pushed out since Jan, per a new report. Nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce gone. “The services that Americans have come to expect are not going to be there.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Pushed Out A 'Stunning' Number Of Federal Workers — And Now We Know Exactly How Many
“We’re seeing the arson of our government,” warned Max Stier of Partnership for Public Service, which has been tracking people's lost jobs since January.
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Markus Haverland @mhaverland.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Job alert! Postdoc position available in my project on EU economic governance — with a focus on fiscally conservative member states. www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3536...
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postdoc EU economic governance
Join our research on EU economic governance. Unravel the political dynamics shaping reform capacities with a focus on fiscally conservative member states .
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Ik sprak met NRC over hoe we aan moeten kijken tegen succes en falen van het Corona Herstelfonds van de EU, het resulteerde in deze gebalanceerde analyse: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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De belofte van 650 miljard: heeft het coronaherstelfonds Europa echt geholpen?
Coronaherstelfonds: Vijf jaar geleden werd in een marathonvergadering in Brussel besloten honderden miljarden euro’s te steken in het opbouwen van de Europese economie met een nieuw fonds, het Coronah...
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Europese Commissie had een grote kans om tot daadwerkelijke hervorming te komen van MFK, maar lijkt toch weer voor het oude recept te kiezen.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New paper out in Journal of Social Policy - Looking at the rising role of cities in the social investment welfare state. As new challenges - like shortages - loom, cities are innovating to find practical answers, setting new policy norms along the way: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Cities as social investment frontrunners: the case of Amsterdam as innovator and welfare stopgap | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core
Cities as social investment frontrunners: the case of Amsterdam as innovator and welfare stopgap
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Kabinet waarschuwt opnieuw de Kamer vandaag dat als belangrijke wetstrajecten rondom de arbeidsmarkt (Vbar en wet BAZ) controversieel worden verklaard, Nederland kan worden gekort op het Europees Herstelfonds (600 mln per gemiste mijlpaal).
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the next EU budget: "Last time, we had a leading role in the Frugal Four. Next time, we will have a leading role in another group." "We will be tough, but being a part of the Frugal Four is no longer the right place for us."
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
De visie vanuit Zuid Europa, met knipoog naar de EW cover van aantal jaar geleden over de harde werkende Noordeling en het luie Zuiden.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
A new bill rapidly making its way through the US Senate threatens to devastate Russia. But also parts of the European Union economy. I break down the Graham-Blumenthal bill.
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New US Senate bill could wreck Russia, but damage EU economy
In a bid to isolate Moscow, a new bill in the US Senate threatens to impose 500% tariffs on any country that buys Russian fossil fuels. If implemented as intended, the plan could ravage several EU countries. #EuropeNews
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Column van @sanderschimmelp.bsky.social dit keer op basis van het ESB stuk van mij en Anton Hemerijck, cool om te lezen. esb.nu/nederland-zo...
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Nederland zou moeten experimenteren met publieke kinderopvang - ESB
Elk land in Europa heeft zijn eigen stelsel van kinderopvang. De modellen variëren van lokale en publiek gefinancierde stelsels tot aan de meer gecentraliseerde en geprivatiseerde stelsels, zoals dat ...
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Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
EU source: “Can he not just f*** off and let us have a Friday” #Trumptariffs
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
ECA seems to have just put a bomb under the future of the performance-based model of the RRF with their latest report, and Dutch media is loving it. "RRF is 'completely absurd' " www.ewmagazine.nl/buitenland/n...
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Europese Rekenkamer: coronaherstelfonds ‘compleet absurd’
De Europese Rekenkamer onderzocht de effecten. En ja hoor: niet te meten. Een slechtere reclame voor nieuwe eurobonds is er niet. ✓ Lees meer.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
indications that China is considering to rebalance its growth model
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Sunshine, birds and flowers everywhere, today is my last working day @eui-eu.bsky.social Badia Fiesolana, one of the most beautiful campuses in Europe. I will miss this place.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Well written! The Economists love letter to 'the European model'
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The Greek Analyst @greekanalyst.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Greek 10-year bond yield is lower than US, UK and Australia. What about them fetas?
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This piece from Politico from a couple of weeks ago is really good - on why Europe does not want to import agricultural products from the USA (for good reason): www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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Trump wants Europe to buy more US farm goods. It can’t.
There are insuperable market, phytosanitary and political obstacles — and it could get worse.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Learned recently that the European Commission has its own internal AI tool, based on thousands of EC documents and implementation documents of reforms and investments at MS level. New research papers that will come out should be very interesting.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
EU researchers pay attention. As just announced in our @eui-eu.bsky.social conference on the Recovery and Resilience Facility: there will soon be a call for papers for a major evaluation conference at the European Commission in early 2026 on the effects of the RRF.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
mooi stuk over Griekenland. Klein misverstand, maar niet onbelangrijk, de crisis in 2009 begon niet bij de aankondiging van een veel groter begrotingstekort (markten bleven toen redelijk kalm), maar pas enkele weken later toen vanuit Noord Europa het signaal kwam dat Griekenland er alleen voor stond
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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Hei newspapers, If you title anything other than 'Trump ceasefire bid fails as Putin rejects ceasefire" you are part of the problem.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Slim, zouden NL universiteiten ook moeten doen. Ipv snijden in de uitgaven vanwege de bezuinigingen. www.brusselstimes.com/1490737/brus...
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Brussels university VUB opens doors to 'censored' American researchers
"US universities and their scholars are the biggest victims of this political and ideological interference. They are seeing millions in research funding disappear for ideological reasons."
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Jasper H. van Dijk @jasperhvandijk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Nieuw stukje op ESB. Ik laat zien dat de positie van de Tweede Kamer kansloos is. Het is onvermijdelijk dat enkele lidstaten geld moeten lenen om te kunnen investeren in defensie. esb.nu/zonder-eurob...
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Zonder Eurobonds of soepelere begrotingsregels moet Nederland zelf veel meer uitgeven - ESB
De Tweede Kamer keerde zich gisteren tegen Eurobonds. Soepelere Europese begrotingsregels willen de parlementariërs ook niet. Dat is een onhoudbare positie als ze wel wil dat andere landen meer uitgev...
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Kamer is bang dat Europese defensiebonds leiden tot nieuwe schuldencrisis. Het vorige EU instrument (waar deze op gebaseerd is) leverde EU lidstaten een besparing van 9 miljard op, hielp ook schulden onder controle te houden die nu in meeste landen alweer onder het niveau van de COVID schok staan.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Wow. This is a serious error in the Draghi report. Well done @westervangaal.bsky.social for covering this.
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Lucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
For Europe to defend itself, two fiscal policy decisions could make a difference: A clear defense exemption in the fiscal rules and a big EU programme to pay for common projects from military mobility to missile defense, funded by joint debt. The rest is financial alchemy and/or symbolic noise.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Congratulations dr. @rhuguenotnoel.bsky.social !! An amazing thesis and great contribution to the field!
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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
With @pisaniferry.bsky.social and @laurencetubiana.bsky.social, we suggest two interpretation keys to read the upcoming Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus package, and therefore to understand the EU’s direction of travel on the green transition www.politico.eu/article/eu-g...
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EU must propel global climate momentum to fill the gap left by Trump
Europe has the potential to play an important role, but it will have to move fast, and be smart and more united than before.
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is highly informative, a discussion between @erik-jones.bsky.social and Waltraud Schelkle on the Draghi report. What were the elements Draghi missed? What drives innovation? Should we really embrace the idea of growth based on super-star disruptive firms?
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Has the EU's Recovery Fund delivered on its promises, and should it be a model for the future of EU financing? Join us on 4 April for an academic-practitioner workshop with the latest research and high-level policymakers: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
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The EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility: A Model for Governance and Financing?
The European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) represents one of the most ambitious financing instruments in EU history. Launched in response to the unprecedented challenges posed by the ...
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Jasper J. van Dijk @jaspervandijk.eu · 30/01/2025
Voor sommige mensen zijn de landelijke regelingen zoals de toeslagen te weinig om rond te komen. Gemeenten proberen deze gaten te vullen, maar doen dit met veel verschillende armoederegelingen. Hierdoor komen zowel gemeenten als hun inwoners in de knel. (1/6)
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Eerlijker en eenvoudiger armoedebeleid — Instituut voor Publieke Economie
De hulp voor mensen met een laag inkomen is versnipperd. Hierdoor lopen mensen hulp mis en ontstaan er oneerlijke verschillen tussen huishoudens. In ons nieuwe rapport eerlijker en eenvoudiger armoede...
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This afternoon, CDU Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz gave a keynote speech on foreign and EU policy at @koerberip.bsky.social. A thread on his main points on the EU and Germany's role in it:
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Jasper H. van Dijk @jasperhvandijk.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Terwijl Nederland druk bezig was zijn multinationals tevreden te houden met belastingkortingen, streefden de Verenigde Staten ons economisch voorbij. Essay in FD waar ik pleit voor vestigingsbeleid niet gericht op belastingvoordelen maar op talent fd.nl/opinie/15418...
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🎁 Lees gratis: Een nieuw Nederlands vestigingsbeleid vraagt juist om een focus op talent
Succesvolle Amerikaanse techbedrijven kiezen waar zij zich vestigen op basis van het beschikbare talent – niet op basis van beschikbare subsidies. Nederland moet leren dat investeringen in onderwijs e...
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Vinzenz Ziesemer @vjziesemer.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Moet het kabinet bezuinigen of niet? In de coalitie is flinke discussie ontstaan. Over of de ramingen kloppen - en wat dat betekent voor de plannen van het kabinet. Ik schreef een analyse in het FD. (1/n)
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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Is another financial crash approaching? Is Europe ready?
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Great opportunity in a stunning place!
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EUolifant 🇪🇺🐘 @euolifant.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
De EUolifanten kudde staat vandaag stil bij het verlies van mede-EUolifant Mathieu Segers. Vandaag precies één jaar geleden. Wij wensen zijn familie en vrienden veel sterkte.
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Mathijs Bouman @mathijsbouman.nl · 15/12/2024
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
New Gender Update out in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. With data from the new wave of the EES, I show a strong increase in support for the far right among young voters. Especially the share of young men who consider voting for the far right has exploded. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
For @financialtimes.com, Sarah Dadouche and Raya Jalabi sit in on meetings between ministry staff in Damascus and their increasingly exasperated new bosses from Tahrir al-Sham. www.ft.com/content/7efc...
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Christoph Schmidt @christophschmidt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
'Kabinetsbeleid doet onze reputatie als kennisland geen goed'. Verslag van een 'rondetafelgesprek' met experts in de Tweede Kamer over het rapport-Draghi www.trouw.nl/cs-b597e0bb/
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‘Kabinetsbeleid doet onze reputatie als kennisland geen goed’
Kamerleden horen experts in koor zeggen: Europese economie is alleen te redden als landen dat samen doen. Maar dit kabinet lijkt zich juist van de EU te willen afkeren.
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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hi there 👋, this is the blue sky over Florence, seen from the European University Institute! We’ve just landed here 🚀 and can’t wait to connect with all of you. Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and EUI campus life! 📲 @eui-eu.bsky.social
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David Bokhorst @davidbokhorst.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Dutch media now coming out with extremely damaging reports of how the European Investment Bank has been governed in the past few years. Looks like Werner Hoyer made a mess of this important institution: www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ne...
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Vriendjespolitiek en intimidatie bij Europa’s investeringsbank
De Europese Investeringsbank wordt geplaagd door schandalen. Follow the Money onthult hoe voormalig president Werner Hoyer via een systeem van vriendjespolitiek regeerde. Vertrouwelingen die hij benoe...
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