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János Allenbach-Ammann

@janosallamm.bsky.social
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Brussels-based economic policy journalist for The Capitol Forum. Focused on trade and economic security. Formerly: Economic policy journalist @table.media, Economy editor with Euractiv.

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
SO YOU'VE WRITTEN A BIG REPORT and you want us to care about it. Please, if you are targetting journalists etc, do these few very simple things. - include a date - make it easy to navigate (no fancy animation stuff) - single column! - charts should link to data - contact info of relevant authors
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Belgian Red Devils @belreddevils.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Overturn this! 😎
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Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Brutal opening paragraph. But it's 100% factual. I wish more outlets wrote like this. euobserver.com/223378/talib...
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“The EU could well conclude that it can’t act (against China) because the short-term costs are too high. In which case it will have given in to coercion both now and later.” Great piece by Soumaya Keynes. With a shoutout to Brad and my piece. 1/
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Tall story? Fury in France as Sophie la Girafe, the national toy revealed to be secretly made in China 🦒 The maker ran a ‘fake’ factory in France for years, while secretly producing the iconic toy in China. Story by Xiaofei Xu
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Tall story? Sophie la Girafe, France’s national toy, revealed to be Chinese-made
The maker of Sophie la Girafe reportedly ran a ‘fake’ factory in France for years, while secretly producing the iconic toy in China.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"Spain’s ability to produce the bloc’s cheapest renewable energy is no longer a local success story but a geopolitical challenge to traditional Franco-German hegemony." "Berlin and Paris are now viewing Spain as a competitor in the race to become the continent’s industrial core."
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How Madrid is trying to use renewables to redesign Europe’s industrial map
In his weekly column, Marc López Plana, editor and director of 'Agenda Pública,' warns of the risk of institutional dumping under the European Commission’s Industrial Accelerator Act. The EU’s industr...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Sánchez: “You may have heard that Spain is alone. They’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine, and then others followed. “We are not alone — we are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible.”
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I guess the sign is back in the window...
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Habe versucht, den aktuellen Zustand der EU-Wirtschaftspolitik für die @republik.ch einzufangen. www.republik.ch/2026/02/27/w...
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Wenn Panik Politik macht
Die EU reagiert im Krisen­modus: Deregulierung hier, neue Integrations­projekte dort.
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I understand the need for EU industrial policy, but there is a very real risk of the EU landing in the worst of all worlds by shutting off foreign competition, relaxing its own competition enforcement, gutting the ETS, and tailoring the Competitiveness Fund to its big, old corporations.
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a man in a suit and tie is saying `` this is the worst '' in an office .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` this is the worst '' in an office .
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The Economist making itself look ridiculous again. 🤷‍♂️
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Adrienne Fichter @adfichter.eurosky.social · 19/02/2026
Finally available in english and paywall-free We are sued for this article. Palantir doesn't want policymakers and decisionmakers or anyone to read this article... Streisand, Galore! 😉 www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/h...
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How tenaciously Palantir courted Switzerland
Internal documents show how the country finally rejected pitches by tech company Palantir.
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Republik Magazin @republik.ch · 18/02/2026
Palantir Technologies is suing Republik Magazine over an investigation into Palantir’s activities in Switzerland, published in December 2025. The lawsuit demands a counterstatement and is currently being heard by the Zurich Commercial Court. Link in comments. #palantir #freemedia
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir: “Palantir is here to disrupt (…) and, when it's necessary, to scare enemies and, on occasion, kill them. And we hope you're in favor of that."
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
« Hausaufgaben machen » ist deutsche Staatsräson. So viel Angst vor den Möglichkeiten der Politik, dass man sich an vermeintlich objektive, äussere Kriterien festklammert, welche die Hausaufgaben definieren, die die Politik abzuarbeiten hat.
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Die EU-Botschafter haben soeben grünes Licht gegeben für die Bilateralen III mit der Schweiz. Offiziell bestätigt wird das am 24. Februar im Rat für Allgemeine Angelegenheiten. #SchweizEU
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Idea that VDL'd be 'v much reassured' by Rubio’s remarks-at a moment when the US has declared itself a threat to Europe-is just real boot-licking nonsense; a betrayal of European citizenry. It’s not just VDL. Elites room gave Rubio a mass standing ovation" www.un-diplomatic.com/p/bootlickin...
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Bootlicking at the Munich Security Conference
The Munich Security Conference lived up to its reputation for being the festival of bland fanaticism that it’s always been, only more so this time.
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Valeria Hänsel @valeriahaensel.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Beim Angriff der Küstenwache auf Geflüchtete vor #Chios mit 15 Toten gibt es erste Beweise: Laut Obduktionsbericht kein Ertrinken, sondern Tod durch Schädel-/Hirnverletzung. Anwält:innen wollen die Täter zur Verantwortung ziehen und die griechische Regierung schlägt mit einer Hetzkampagne zurück.1/3
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Griechische Grenztruppe tötet ohne Kontrolle
Autopsien der 15 Toten von Chios zeigen, dass diese nicht ertrunken sind. Gegenüber »nd« äußert der Frontex-Grundrechtsbeauftragte Bedenken zur Küstenwache. Die Regierung eskaliert nun gegen NGOs.
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My favourite factoid from today's EU summit so far: The Merz/Meloni/DeWever coalition that really wants to push for European competitiveness invited a large majority of member states to its pre-summit meeting, but it did not invite the most successful major EU economy of the past years: Spain.
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Adrienne Fichter @adfichter.eurosky.social · 12/02/2026
🔥🔥🔥It's official: Der Krieg der Tech-Autoritären Oligarchie gegen die Medien hat eine neue Stufe erreicht: Palantir klagt gegen uns. Sie wollen ein Recht auf Gegendarstellung. Uns, das @republik.ch-Magazin. Ein kleines unabhängiges Schweizer Medienhaus, finanziert von Leser:innen und werbefrei.
die autor:innen der palantir-recherchen von links nach rechts: marguerite meyer, lorenz naegeli, adrienne fichter, balz oertli, jennifer steiner
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Diego Velazquez @diegoinbxl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Welcome to Count Deregula's castle
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Axel Grunt @axelgrunt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Die Zukunft alter Sorten steht auf dem Spiel Die EU will das verschachtelte Saatgutrecht vereinfachen – Fachleute kritisieren massive Einschränkungen für kleine Züchter:innen. Ein Entwurf der Staaten könnte zum Verschwinden alter Sorten führen, warnen sie. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Roggen aus früheren Zeiten: Die Zukunft alter Sorten steht in Brüssel auf dem Spiel
Die EU will das verschachtelte Saatgutrecht vereinfachen – doch Fachleute kritisieren massive Einschränkungen für kleine Züchterinnen und Züchter
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 11/02/2026
Worth reading. We want long lasting competitiveness and wealth creation. We can get both, being truth to our goals and principles.
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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Tomorrow’s summit is a chance for EU leaders to stop chasing the wrong fixes — and finally sketch a response that matches the scale of Europe’s economic challenge. Here, lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social and I lay out what that could look like. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europe is chasing the wrong fix for its growth crisis
The 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.
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The French Haut-commissariat à la Stratégie et au Plan just released a paper calling for a 30% tariff on all imports from China. www.strategie-plan.gouv.fr/files/files/...
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
You'd think the whole debate around EU autonomy (especially from the US) would also trigger a rethinking about whose voices should be heard at the highest level of the Commission. Well... No.
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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Big step for the ECB, but also, no good reason why offering collateralised loans to other central banks had to involve so much drama - you can lend on these terms to the Sparkasse Saarbrücken, why not Banco Central do Brasil?
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Meine Nachlese zum EU-Gipfel der vergangenen Woche für die @republik.ch. Die EU freut sich an ihrer neu gefundenen Stärke und Einigkeit. Bisher ist das vor allem Rhetorik. Die EU muss die neue Weltunordnung nicht nur analysieren, sondern auch darin handeln können. www.republik.ch/2026/01/29/e...
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Europas Illusion der Stärke
Die strukturellen Schwächen der EU bleiben – trotz dem vorläufigen Grönland-Sieg.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A new level of mafia statehood: if you do not give money to this person, his praetorian guard will come and terrorize you.
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Trump’s speech was perfect. It was just about confused and ambivalent enough that everyone who desperately seeks assurance that he won’t go all the way to imperial warlord subjugating Europe could take enough reassurance to not rally to a strong European response.
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Rem Korteweg @remkorteweg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A year ago, President Trump gave his inauguration speech in the US Capitol rotunda. This is a part of that speech. It's almost like he was already telling the world what he wanted to do But, as so so often, when we hear uncomfortable things, we choose not to listen
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Verena Gradinger @averenasour.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Full 2025 Chinese trade data now out. Headline is clearly a historical global record $1.2 trillion surplus with the world What of Europe? 📈China's trade surplus with the EU: +18.1% 📈 with Germany: +108% 📈 with France: +23.9% 📈 with Italy: +32.6% 📈 with Netherlands: +1.4%
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
“X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter” Thank you FT for presenting the directors running the circus. In clown face. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
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Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
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Rolf Schuttenhelm @rolfschuttenhelm.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
So many European nations could stop the shadow fleet (hi 🇳🇱) - and all of them should. If we would, we would suddenly have huge leverage over Russia - immediately becoming a strategic superpower in current "negotiations". Our apathy is literally Europe CHOOSING to be an irresponsible sidelined victim
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 06/01/2026
Young Europeans will make Europe more united! For them, a European Army is more attractive than national armies or even NATO. That is what today’s politicians need to have in mind! ⬇️ www.politico.eu/article/unit...
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Rob Francis @robfranciseu.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Never forget
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Brilliant thread that names and explains the new world order that Trump seeks to create.
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Dieser Post vom österreichischen Bundespräsidenten ist ein tolles Beispiel für die aktuelle EU-Aussenpolitik: korrekte Analyse, völlig ungenügende Schlussfolgerung. Der erste (analytische) Satz ist korrekt. Der zweite Satz macht aber keinen Sinn, wenn man den ersten als neue Realität anerkennt.
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Lucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
China hat sich in einem halben Jahrzehnt vom Importeur von Autos zum massiven Exporteur gewandelt. Aber im Autoland Nr. 1 führen wir die wirtschaftspolitische Debatte immer noch so, als wäre unser Hauptproblem zu viel Regulierung aller Art.
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The problem is that pro-European parties and the EU institutions are still communicating and acting in a very US-friendly or even submissive way. So it's very unclear if they can benefit from the anti-Trump sentiment among voters.
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Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
#France has a very weak government with an uncertain future, yet it remains a dominant force in EU policy-making. How does one explain this paradox? 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cergrant.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/vrFwWbE
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János Allenbach-Ammann @janosallamm.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This is remarkably outspoken by EU Defence Commissioner Kubilius andriuskubilius.lt/en/what-real...
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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André Kühnlenz @keinewunder.de · 01/12/2025
Es ist sicher nur Zufall, dass Populismus und Faschismus aufblühen, wenn in einer Marktwirtschaft der Wert des Kapitalstocks schrumpft ... Deutschland 1932/33 Italien 2010–2021 Deutschland 2024 ...
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