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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The latest agreements with Andorra etc postdate Brexit... building on the 1sr free trade agreements of 1991.. . Thanks for correcting my rosetinted memory of Twitter. It was mansplainung without references .https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/766263/EPRS_BRI(2024)766263_EN.pdf

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If both parties agree as an exception. The regular dispute mechanism differs

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And no one wants the UK in the EFTA, least of all the UK! Hence "Norway solution" is a Chimera

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So the Andorra and San Marino agreements qualify as recent now? These are very special onesxwith Microstates,also using the Euro. Which AA has the CJEU as arbiter? I am only familiar with the Western Balkans' and post-2014 ones with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova. They don't. Which ones did you read?

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thats not quite correct. Those agreements typically have an FTA type resolution mechanism, though the CJEU prevented independent investment tribunals, as initially in the CETA (with Canada)

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The CJEU isnt the arbiter - neither inder the vurrent EU UK TCA, nor under the EEA agreement for the EFTA (non EU) states

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sorry that should have been "economic and social integration". And you were right that the current non-EU members of the EEA might not like it.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The EEA Agreement is made for multiple countries - 9 at its high point - and constitutes the ideal alignment for economic and dovisl integration without political integration.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why would it be preferable for the EU to navigate yet another bespoke arrangement? I can see that thats what the UK prefers

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My answer refers to the option to join the EEA. In theory there is the option of a bespoke agreement. The UK missed that opportunity when rejecting less disruptive versions of the EU UK FTA, and the EU is unlikely to reopen that chapter... (though they bent over backward for the UK in the past)

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Which the Norwegians, Icelanders and Liechtensteiners would have to agree to. Unlikely after the UK's performance in caregories such as reliability and honesty over the last 10 years

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Looking forward to discussing how you can offer a critical perspective in a textbook. On European Labour Law. At 1 pm at UCD Sutherland School of Law today (23 September) www.ucd.ie/law/research...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Danish government statement on Greenland agreement with Trump. Not offering details yet. english.stm.dk/press/press-...

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hoping this remains true after all votes are counted...

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Europe’s socialists, liberals and greens can either let the EU stray further away from the values they cherish, or end their collusion with the @eppgroup.bsky.social allowing this drift It’s their last chance My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The UN does. But surely Vance is more important...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 09/08/2026

⚡️Poles take to streets in 22 cities to protest hate crimes against Ukrainians. The demonstrations come amid a surge in physical and verbal assaults against Ukrainians in Poland in recent months, fueled by a crisis in diplomatic relations between the neighboring countries.

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Poles take to streets in 22 cities to protest hate crimes against Ukrainians

The demonstrations come amid a surge in physical and verbal assaults against Ukrainians in Poland in recent months, fueled by a crisis in diplomatic relations between the neighboring countries.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Last day of summer in Northern Ireland!

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Quoting you "No one agrees to sell below market value unless worthwhile.". That is the transactionalism with which the UK infected the EC. You ppinted out quite correctly that the disease has not been cured yet.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

So which websites did you use there? I couldnt find that information

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Some countries have values that are not transactional. However, they should avoid being taken for a ride by those who dont. The EEC/EC/EU always hooed Britain would mature beyond the transactional. Maybe this was the right approach... but reading posts like yours make me wonder.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

But then Erasmus funding covers visa fees depending on the specific action

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Yeah the EU has always been bizarre in accepting theUKs purely transactional approach to European integration. Ever since Thatcher demanded "her money back"

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

You are soooo right. The poor Brits actually have to pay 90 Euro for a 2 year Schengen visa. 15 is for ypurist visa. home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/schenge... just compare this to what EU citizens pay for entering the UK (only one country versus 25.. not all EU countries are in Schengen)

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Schengen Visa Fee increased as of 11 June 2024

Every three years, the Commission assesses the need for revising the visa fees and according to the Visa Code can increase them based on a list of “objective criteria”. This includes Euro area annual ...

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The latter. And visa for Brits have a nominal price (15 Euro)

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Hence the UK now pays 70 % of what would be due per student /staff if it would pay a fair price.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

You need to distinguish the budget calculations for member states, and the contribution of non member states to specific programmes. In the case of Erasmus, the latter are calculated by assessed number of student and staff beneficiaries using a factor taking in the economic strength of each country.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

All HE sectors in the EU have those funding problems. The UK government boasts about a 30% rebate, and the EU wrbsite says the same

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

25-04-2013 BANGLADESH: 100,000s of garment workers walked out in protest of the previous day's building collapse which killed over 1,000. They barricaded roads, fought police and attacked factories, shops and garment bosses' HQ.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Yrs, and they are boasting about it , see here "discount on the default contribution rate, delivering a fair deal for taxpayers while guaranteeing full participation in the programme." www.gov.uk/government/n....

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UK and EU finalise agreement to bring UK into Erasmus+ in 2027

Thousands across the UK set to benefit from re-opening of the historic Erasmus+ programme

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Great that the UK students can onxe again profit from this. Awful that the UK is once again allowed in for a massive rebate...it continues to exploit the EU

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Indeed, EU law *literally* protected Magyar from prosecution by Orbán, who wanted to prosecute him - but Magyar is an MEP, and the European Parliament refused to waive his immunity balkaninsight.com/2025/10/10/m...

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Magyar Saved by European Parliament; Hungary’s Govt Might Still Prosecute Him

The European Parliament voted not to lift the legal immunity of Hungary’s opposition star. The government claims Brussels is using the immunity to blackmail Peter Magyar. But it has already prepared t...

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Intersting. Did he also gpndemn the killing of a lesbian mother?

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

They do look like GESTAPO, and use the same intimidation strategies (and yes I dont plan travelling to the States anyway)

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

UACES CfP closes 1 Feb 2026. Come to Prague, 7–9 Sep 26, with a paper, panel or alternative format in the themed track " Constructing Europe through everyday practice – rights, politics and society". Any questions? Email dagmar.schiek1@ucd.ie or check here www.uaces.org/conference/g...

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Conference Guidelines & FAQs | UACES

Advancing the study of Europe. Supporting our members worldwide.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/01/2026

Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

What about some retaliating tarriffs?

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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Clinton appointee Judge Alvin Hellerstein has Maduro’s case. Last spring, he barred the Trump admin from removing Venezuelans from the US under the Alien Enemies Act, which he said had been applied unlawfully “These people are being thrown out of the country because of tattoos”

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

It still means the "new" FCC refuses to accept EU law's primacy. With more convoluted reasoning than courts in countriesntargeted by those working on rule of law ,but nevertheless

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 20/12/2025

On 18 December 2025, the CJEU ruled that Poland’s “Constitutional Tribunal” is not an independent court and that its actions breached core principles of EU law. WOJCIECH SADURSKI explains why this judgment matters – and what the Polish government can do next. verfassungsblog.de/the-cjeu-ver...

Quote: “By now, two top European courts have declared that the ‘Constitutional Tribunal’ cannot be considered an independent, impartial court, under the two constitutive acts in the Council of Europe and the EU.”

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Dagmar Schiek @dschiek.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Correction! Our themed track is called "Constructing Europe through Everyday Practice – Rights, Politics and Society".

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 20/12/2025

Here's a list of opportunities if you're looking to volunteer on Christmas Day and help people during the festive period.

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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

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