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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 2h

Re-nationalisation in full swing, unpicking the supranational European Union as per the EU Treaties. While Europe urgently needs deeper integration into a federal Union, national leaders are doing the exact opposite. (Remember who else wanted this? A certain Donald T...)

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 2h

This Korean comedy about the assassnation of military dictator Park Chung Hee where they mention that the USSR announced Brezhnev's death more than 24 hours after it happened. Brezhnev died in 1982, Park Chung Hee was assassinated in 1979.

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Elaine Pearson @elainepearson.bsky.social · 4h

Police in Delhi are responding to peaceful protests with seemingly unnecessary or excessive force & have wrongfully detained thousands of people. The Modi government should stop throwing protesters in jail & instead engage with them on the right to vote & fair elections. www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...

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India: End Crackdown on Protesters, Arbitrary Detentions

Indian authorities are using abusive methods to crack down on thousands of peaceful protesters in New Delhi and other Indian cities.

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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 6h

The Black Sea is actually not a bad place for Russia to test NATO, because due to the Montreux Convention it is difficult for NATO to send a naval force to the area.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 22h

Comentadores a imolarem-se pelo fogo nos painéis da SIC N, CMTV e CNN Portugal.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 22h

Ou por outras palavras, a grande revolução da classe otária.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 22h

Mais uma para o auto-martírio da extrema-direira.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 22h

I agree there has always been a degree of inequality with each EEC/EU enlargement, but the contexts in which they happen should not be underestimated. Ukraine's goal of EU accession in 2004 has gained a much greater political & security dimension since 2022. verfassungsblog.de/wider-always...

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Wider Always Meant Unequal

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 22h

The article is correct, we should not treat new members as potential troublemakers while leaving current members relatively untouched - especially when current members are experiencing a growth in authoritarian & illiberal forces within their political space.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 22h

"By allowing the suspension of voting rights in the Council under conditions different from those applying to 'old' Member States, it would establish a form of second-class membership. Beyond the equality of Member States, this affects the equality of Union citizens"

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

British Conservatives: "Russia has disgracefully interfered in politics in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and invaded Ukraine. They even meddled in the US elections." Also British Conservatives: "What? Russia! Interfere in Brexit? Ridiculous! Just a tired old conspiracy theory."

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Percebe-se que um Maidan da habitação em Portugal seria terrível (para algumas pessoas).

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I know a girl who popped into Slovenia for a visit just before the 2004 enlargement but the border guards couldn't bother with stamping her passport, even tho they were not members yet. She was pissed off

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 12/10/2026

Deloitte: "Oh no! Please don't tell oligarchs we can hide billions in taxable revenues for over 25 years! I beg you not to report that HMRC was completely oblivious. Nooooo, what if potential clients think we'd be open to doing that for them too, prices negotiable, call today or check our website?"

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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Finally read the new AfD strategy paper on Europe. It casts 2029 as a “historic window” to reorient the EU’s foundations through Treaty change, with a right-wing majority in the EP and a German government with AfD participation both within reach. Thread on some notable points:

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Remain In Hell Without Despair @daphnelawless.com · 11/10/2026

This is something I keep mentioning: the current era with Left parties and personalities collapsing towards conservative populism or even fascism is just the new version of the 90s, when they were all collapsing to neoliberalism. "Clever" operators and the weak willed both go with the flow

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

'I dream of a world where more people around the world'... I repeated the same noun after just five words 🥴

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I dream of a world where more people around the world understand Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese and they can watch middle-class & wealthy people across Russia, China, Latin America and the Middle-East joyfully expressing their utter ignorance about the world with no filters.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Quick moment to suspend the funny: there's under-traveled and incurious people everywhere, Americans just have that stereotype because of the size & global reach of their media industry

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

They should invent time machines, so everyone around and the world can be born to IR professors. Wouldn't it make wonders?

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If I remember my school history textbook correctly, when Portugal introduced its new currency in 1911 after the overthrow of the monarchy, the exchange rate was 1 GBP = 25 escudos. After WW1 and Portugal's heavy indebtedness to pay for the expenses, the rate was almost 1 GBP = 130 escudos

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Counterfactual onde Portugal não é aceite na zona €uro. Para manter as exportações competitivas, o Banco de Portugal desvaloriza o escudo face ao euro, enquanto a moeda portuguesa continua a perder valor nos mercados. Chegamos a um ponto onde 1 euro vale 700 escudos, ou para abreviar: Euro CR7

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Mais um benefício do €uro: se tivéssemos mantido o escudo haveria a possibilidade de passarmos por uma crise como a Argentina onde teríamos uma taxa de câmbio paralela conhecida como o 'euro CR7'

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Adding to this point, I want to reiterate that my tolerance for people on this side of the world who say "doesn't matter who the Americans elect, Republicans and Democrats are the same thing anyway" has ended a long time ago.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Remember when China got so pissed off at the Nobel Peace Prize going to Liu Xiaobo that they imposed sanctions on Norway?

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Transactions with the Russian Central Bank, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Finance are excluded from the waiver. But this is irrelevant in practical terms because the Kremlin, one way or another, taps into energy sales to finance the war.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 09/10/2026

"We, the undersigned States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), reaffirm our continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the ICC." JOINT STATEMENT by CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, NETHERLANDS, UK

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JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM

We, the undersigned States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), reaffirm our continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the...

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There is no dialogue with bullies. What are you saying?!? If you do that, the ICC can pack up and go home, and with it, any notion that the EU is committed to justice and the rule of law globally. Initiate the implementation of the Blocking Statute. Today. #ICC #EU #BlockingStatute

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Funnily enough, this song was written by Ellen McLain and her husband, unlike Still Alive and Want You Gone which were written by Jonathan Coulton.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

On that note, it was only a few days ago that I learned about this song. I can see why it was not included in the game but this is the most endearing GLaDOS has ever been. youtu.be/1EbNoynFhjc

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GLaDOS - Don't Say Goodbye (Lyrics video)

YouTube video by ThePikkutyyppi

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Andrei Sterescu @andreisterescu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

EU countries have been toughening their stance on China for a while now now and the Franco-German paper takes it a lot further. short thread on Europe's Japan shock in the 70s and 80s and why China is a bigger problem 🧵 outsample.substack.com/p/european-i...

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European Industry Between Crisis and Global Competition

France and Germany have proposed a trade instrument that could, in the most serious cases, restrict a country's access to the Single Market. The problem it responds to is not new.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 09/10/2026

Index by Taiwanese and German researchers finds Germany, France and UK among the countries most exposed to Chinese power and influence . giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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UK and Germany among economies most exposed to China, new modelling shows

Study finds efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese investment, trade and other links have produced only ‘modest’ results

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

An example: I bought my first two games for Nintendo DS - New Super Mario Bros. and Age of Empires - from a Canadian store. Mostly because their retail price in the eurozone was €90 but thanks to a very favourable exchange rate, they cost me less than €60, even with shipping expenses.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes, but only much later, in the late 2000s. Except for a handful of then-recent games, most of my import games were older, retro games. While import gaming was visible, I doubt it was statistically very significant to weigh heavily on sales.

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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Indeed. Not only is democratic backsliding possible in "old" member states, it is actually happening: intimidation and harassment of journalists and civil society, capture of the judiciary, neutering oversight bodies, capturing public broadcasters, abuse of spyware against critics, vote buying etc

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Portuguese media scrutinising the 'likes' between national football team players and Cristiano Ronaldo are doing the modern day version of Kremlinology

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Before social media & permanent online became the norm, conservatives in Western countries lambasted young people as pop culture zombies who only cared about consuming and ignored literature, history & science. 30 years later, those zombies are in power, but conservatives are mostly fine with that.

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Everything the deranged right & their spineless allies say about Western decadence is accurate, but from their own side. They don't want to learn or understand anything beyond performative sound bites for TikTok videos or delirious Youtube talks, if they can focus for more than 15 secs.

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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 08/10/2026

🔴 Filashkin: the death toll in Kramatorsk has risen to 30. 18 people were injured. The head of Donetsk region military administration has ordered the suspension of public transportation in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, "a necessary step dictated by the behavior of the enemy".

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Governor Bill Lee can't even guarantee the execution of violent criminals like Christa Pike. Would you trust a man like Bill Lee? Vote Christa Pike for governor"

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João @euroconcern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm bad at recognising faces but doesn't he look like John Travolta?

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