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Lex Europae

@lex-europa.wsocial.eu
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Paris-based. Federalist. Europe’s promises, checked against delivery, and the openings nobody’s using yet. Cooking, globe-trotting, and a compulsive need to read past the headline.

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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
There is a huge treatment gap: OEMs get an automatic fine if they fail their CO2 targets and States get indulgence if they fail to build charging networks. It's more than time to fix this. @Tzitzikostas — this is your portfolio. #AFIR #EVCharging #ACEA
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 06/09/2026
This should read as a warning: a governing party losing half its base while the alternative doubles isn't a one-off. Address the causes, not just the firewall — eastern stagnation, migration policy that isn't working. #Germany #SachsenAnhalt www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
aljazeera.com
Far-right AfD wins vote in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state: Exit polls
Party hails 'historic' result, but it is not immediately clear whether it will be able to form a government.
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European Democrats @europeandemocrats.wsocial.eu · 06/09/2026
Europe is spending more on defence, yet the European Court of Auditors warns that readiness by 2030 remains challenging. Fragmentation, weak coordination and dependence on the US still limit Europe’s ability to act.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 04/09/2026
Booking your trains Brussels-Vienna-Budapest shouldn't require three different websites.🚉 We are making travel across our EU countries seamless and more reliable. For your weekend to be about the destination, not the stress of booking. How? ⬇️
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 05/09/2026
Women in the EU are killed by a partner or family member at nearly double the male rate, flat for a decade per Parliament’s own data. A warning stops most repeat offenders, not all. Known risk needs custody, not a warning. #GenderBasedViolence #EU #Femminicidio #CodiceRosso
euronews.com
Ex-boyfriend sentenced to life in prison in Italian femicide case
The brutal death of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin gripped Italy and fuelled demands to end violence against women. #EuropeNews
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/08/2026
Anthropic wins legal battle with Pentagon in California ft.trib.al/c471c70
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Anthropic wins legal battle with Pentagon in California
Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot punish AI lab in clash over military use of its models
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 28/08/2026
Finally!
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 28/08/2026
Russia believes a key US will not intervene. NATO’s own concern level is rated very high. Time for Europe to face reality: allocate the necessary budget to defense, and build a real European Defense. #EUDefence #NATO
stripes.com
Flurry of NATO activity in Baltic region aimed at deterrence, US officials say
A NATO air exercise along the alliance’s northeastern flank is drawing the attention of defense experts and flight-tracking analysts.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 26/08/2026
Reciprocity is simple: whatever hits us, hits them back, exactly as hard, every time. No threats, no waiting, no exceptions. The more pressure they apply, the more they pay themselves. That’s not escalation. That’s arithmetic. #Canada #TradeWar Link: www.npr.org/2026/08/22/n...
npr.org
As Canada readies retaliatory tariffs, Mark Carney says his nation is 'at war' with U.S.
The U.S. has now imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match those tariffs "dollar for dollar" starting Sept. 8.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 25/08/2026
The Rhine Group’s job: turn Draghi’s 2024 diagnosis into a reform agenda, not another report. Research as pre-reads, private Chatham House Rule meetings, ideas carried into policy by members already inside deciding institutions. #EuropeLeads #Draghi #Rhinegroup
thevermilion.com
Mario Draghi's new "Swiss group" is born, with Patrick Collison (Meta) and Andrea Pignataro: the network between Big Tech, finance and politics
There’s a new think tank in Europe. In truth it doesn’t explicitly present itself that way, but it has every appearance of being so. And of a certain weight. The members have important CVs, in ... Rea...
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 24/08/2026
A reform that could end this fight: tie asylum liability to a rescue boat’s flag. States that want to rescue keep doing it, and own what follows. No more transfers demanded from countries that never chose to bring anyone in. #Migration #Dublin
brusselssignal.eu
Italy targets German NGOs
German media reported that the first case involves a 22-year-old Somali woman who entered Germany in March 2026.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 15/08/2026
Four decades, $100bn+ invested, a fifth of rural China mobilized. The reward: this land-use shift drives 44% of the country’s carbon sink, plus measurably less dust, sand, and soil erosion. Effort, matched by reward. #Reforestation #Climate #China
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 15/08/2026
A rocky planet in a habitable zone has, for the first time, been confirmed to hold an atmosphere, 3 billion years old. Not life. The precondition for it. Only catch: 48 light-years out. Our fastest craft would take 800,000+ years to arrive. #LHS1140b
cnn.com
A rocky exoplanet may be a formidable candidate for extraterrestrial life | CNN
Scientists say exoplanet LHS 1140b shows promising signs that it could have an atmosphere, making it potentially suitable for life.
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Anna Zeiter @anna.wsocial.eu · 05/08/2026
Welcome to W, dear CORRECTIV - with your (almost) 70.000 followers!👏 CORRECTIV is the first independent, non-profit investigative journalism newsroom in Germany, established in 2014 to strengthen democratic structures, counter disinformation, and expose systemic injustices. 🕵️💪 @correctiv.org
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 15/08/2026
50% of young Italian women either don’t want children (21%) or are only mildly interested (29%). Individualism (self-fulfillment over social duty), and a state that hasn’t made childcare affordable enough to compete with it. Fix the one we control. www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2026...
repubblica.it
L’esercito dei childfree: crescono le famiglie che non desiderano figli
Alla fine degli anni Ottanta erano il 12 per cento, nel 2024 sono salite al 21: “Viaggi e carriera, non ci serve un bambino per sentirci realizzate”
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 14/08/2026
No major party contested this. His most credible opponent wore a bin on his head. He called it a jury delivering “the verdict” — but a trial nobody prosecuted isn’t a verdict. It’s a sham. The mandate was never actually tested. #Farage #Clacton www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 13/08/2026
Satirical but sadly true…
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 13/09/2025
One year ago, the Draghi Report called on Europe to shift gears in the global race for competitiveness. We heard that call. Loud and clear. And we responded, fast and forcefully. This Tuesday, with Mario Draghi, let’s take stock of how far we’ve come together.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 09/08/2026
Ski instructors have an EU-wide automatic recognition test. Mountain guides get a European Professional Card. Engineers and teachers don't. They face case-by-case national assessment. One profession at a time is not a strategy. Recognition should be the default. #EuropeLeads #FederalEurope
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu
Recognition of professional qualifications in practice
The recognition of professional qualifications laid down in Directive 2005/36/EC enables the free movement of professionals such as doctors or architects within the EU.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 07/08/2026
One country already blocks the whole bloc. Orbán alone has stalled EU decisions under unanimity. Adding members under the same rule doesn’t add strength. It adds vetoes. Fix the quorum first. Unite before you widen. #EUReform #FederalEurope
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 07/08/2026
Estonia topped the world’s environmental ranking almost entirely on one move: phasing out oil shale, once half a region’s economy. The index’s own director: “You can only do that trick once.” A real win. Not yet a system. #EuropeLeads #Estonia
environment.yale.edu
2026 EPI: Climate Bright Spots but Slow Progress Globally
Europe continues to dominate in the rankings but is likely to hit a wall without more ambitious strategies and agricultural reform.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 07/08/2026
The ICC prosecutes what courts won’t: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity. The dismantle push began after the Court probed US forces and warranted Netanyahu. Not opposed to accountability. Opposed to it only when targeting the US and Israel. #ICC www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/p...
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Rubio vows to ‘dismantle’ International Criminal Court | CNN Politics
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday vowed to “dismantle” the International Criminal Court and urged other countries to join the effort as the Trump administration significantly escalates its c...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/08/2026
Breaking News: A new class of warships backed by President Trump will cost 50% more than expected, for a total cost of $275 billion.
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Cost of Trump’s Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More
President Trump’s goal of building a “golden fleet” of 15 battleships could cost $275 billion, according to a government estimate.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 05/08/2026
Elected, and paid, to serve the American people. He now sells early access to official statements for up to $100,000 a month, for personal enrichment. How is this even legal? Abuse of a dominant position, over the office itself. #TruthAPI
npr.org
For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts
The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 04/08/2026
He wants Ukraine policy settled by a leadership primary. His party admits it’s internal pressure and a rival splitting votes. If the frontier falls, it won’t stop at Kyiv. Ukraine was never just about Ukraine. It’s also about us. #Ukraine #M5S
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Ucraina, scontro Pd-M5s. Conte: armi? Decidono primarie. No di Schlein
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Scontro Pd-M5s su Ucraina. Conte: “Armi? Decidono primarie”, Schlein: “Non funziona così”
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 03/08/2026
Europeans have grown so used to Trump’s tariff threats they “no longer react,” per Euronews. That numbness isn’t strength. The most pragmatic fix: match every hit exactly, every time. Predictable costs remove any incentive to escalate. #EU #Turnberry
euronews.com
One year on, is the Turnberry deal already at risk?
As the EU-US trade deal marks its first anniversary, fresh threats from US President Donald Trump have put it under renewed pressure. How serious are they, and what can the EU do if they materialise? ...
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Lenore Beadsman @lenorebeadsman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ok panic
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 02/08/2026
Agreed: the US shouldn’t have to police the planet forever. It would help if it stopped opening fronts: an active war in Iran, a toppled government in Venezuela, Greenland named an open option. Restraint starts with not starting more. #ForeignPolicy www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/0...
realclearpolitics.com
Rubio: "It Is Not The United States' Job To Protect Shipping For The Entire Planet, Forever"
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters before departing for the ASEAN conference in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday evening that "the U.S. remains open to a diplomatic solution" with Iran and "w...
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 02/08/2026
He promised transparency to get elected FIFA president in 2016. UEFA’s own statement, nine years later: a “shabby, back-room, opaque deal.” Now 55 federations are threatening the vote to remove him. The transparency was optional. #FIFA #UEFA
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European soccer declares loss of confidence in FIFA chief over ’shabby’ private financing plan | CNN
European soccer’s governing body UEFA declared it has lost confidence in FIFA president Gianni Infantino, piling pressure on the beleaguered sporting chief despite the organization dropping a hugely c...
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 01/08/2026
The EU budget is about 1% of European income. Washington commands over 20% of GDP. Split across 27 national budgets, money funds 27 small projects. Pooled once, it built Airbus, Galileo, JUPITER. The opportunity isn't more rules. It's scale no country can buy alone. #EuropeLeads #FederalEurope
bruegel.org
The European Parliament gets it wrong on the European Commission’s 2028-2034 budget
Rather than protecting outdated programmes, MEPs should push for a larger EU budget and safeguards to match strategic goals
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The Economist @economist.com · 01/08/2026
If Canada increasingly sees Europe as its key security and military procurement partner, Donald Trump has only himself to blame
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Canada turns to Europe for its security
Donald Trump’s capriciousness has pushed Canada’s military spending towards Europe
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 30/07/2026
Wales is building real consequences for lying in a campaign — a defined standard, and a right of appeal to an independent panel. That’s accountability, not populism. Not law yet, but certainly inspiring.. #Wales #Accountabilit #inspiration
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Welsh politicians caught lying could lose seats in Senedd
But calls for deception by Senedd members to be made a criminal offence are rejected.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 30/07/2026
Post-crime facial recognition, authorized by a prosecutor, capped at 15 days, data held 7. That’s not a police state. It’s a warrant with a camera. Distrust who holds it? Fix that at the ballot, not by banning identification. #Privacy #RuleOfLaw
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Riconoscimento facciale con l'IA e polizia, i nodi del decreto - Notizie - Ansa.it
Identificazione in tempo reale e a posteriori, banche dati e autorizzazioni (ANSA)
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 29/07/2026
Called it the “Nokia moment” out loud. Wrote it down as a bold prediction. Kept building the same cars anyway. VW doubles job cuts to 100k. Bosch cuts 22k. Audi’s China revenue drops to a quarter of last year’s. Nokia didn’t need a bigger wall. It needed to out-build the competition. So does this.
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L’auto tedesca in crisi rischia l’effetto Nokia. La filiera italiana in tensione
Il tracollo del comparto avrebbe esiti pesanti su tutto il settore automotive a livello europeo
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 27/07/2026
He sued his own government for $10bn. His own government settled with him: audit immunity, plus a $1.8bn fund. Ultimately a judge ruled the two sides were never adversaries — because they were the same side. #IRS #RuleOfLaw
aljazeera.com
US judge voids Trump’s IRS settlement, alleges self-dealing
Judge rules that US president, Department of Justice misused courts in settlement that led to 'anti-weaponization' fund.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 27/07/2026
The Plan: stronger “Made in Europe” rules for public contracts, in exchange for a weaker 2035 rule on combustion engines. This does not fix competitiveness. It protects old problems. We must become more competitive not more protectionist. #EuropeLeads #EUCompetitiveness
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 27/07/2026
Two weeks of “hard” strikes stopped over a missile shortage, not diplomacy. Iran met it with a real opening: Oman-brokered progress, offers to talk in Geneva, Doha, Islamabad. A ceasefire born of exhaustion could become a real one. #Iran #Hormuz
cbsnews.com
Live Updates: U.S. pauses Iran strikes for second straight day as diplomatic talks move in positive direction
Talks between Oman and Iran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and their respective territorial waterways have made progress, two sources told CBS News.
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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 26/07/2026
Let’s make @volt_berlin’s words ours. 🏳️‍🌈💜
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 25/07/2026
The trade deal excluded antitrust enforcement. The EU applied a law that targets no nationality, only market dominance — and is now threatened with “very steep” tariffs for enforcing it. This is not trade policy. It is coercion. #EU #Turnberry
aljazeera.com
Trump threatens EU will pay ‘big price’ after Brussels fines Google $1bn
EU accuses US tech giant of favouring its own services in search results, as Trump lashes out against bloc.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 25/07/2026
Nine years, a hundred billion euros, zero prototypes. FCAS died because one partner wouldn’t treat the other as an equal, and dressed it up as technical. Fragmentation lost to cooperation, again. GCAP now offers the stranded partners the seat FCAS never could. #EuropeLeads #EUDefence
aerospaceglobalnews.com
GCAP advances as FCAS collapse reshapes European fighter race
GCAP gains momentum after the FCAS collapse, a major UK funding boost and growing interest from Canada, Germany and others.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 24/07/2026
Washington rewrote its tariff law three times in a month, timed to the hour each time. It now calls Brussels fining Google under a 2022 law a “risk to trade stability.” One of these is actually unpredictable. #EU #DigitalMarketsAct
euronews.com
Google fine 'creates uncertainty' for EU-US trade deal, USTR says
Washington says the EU's €890m fine against Google under the Digital Markets Act jeopardises the EU-US trade deal, calling it "massive uncertainty" for US exporters. #EuropeNews
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 23/07/2026
Indiscriminate safety standards: identical rules for a city car and a full-size SUV. Add a reckless ecology transition: €22.3bn lost at Stellantis, VW profit down 54%, 100k+ jobs gone. An epochal failure of proportionality. Fix it before there’s no industry left. #EUAuto #EUCompetitiveness
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 22/07/2026
Infantino as UN Secretary-General? Try Head of the Board of Peace instead. The prize should match the achievement: loyalty, not global governance. #UN #Infantino
foxnews.com
Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to become the next UN secretary-general: report
Trump reportedly wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to become the next UN secretary-general, citing his ability to bring people together.
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 22/07/2026
Studying abroad used to be for the wealthy. Erasmus made it fee-free, with credit recognized across 33 countries. The result: alumni have 23% lower unemployment and are 44% more likely to reach management — EU Commission data. Shared rules build careers. Build more. #EuropeLeads #FederalEurope
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Programme level overview of project data
These pages present regularly updated data stories of the Erasmus+ programme. They include an interactive dashboard, data visualisations and maps. They aim to provide an easy-to-use overview of the pr...
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 21/07/2026
Can someone tell him that they don’t give Nobel prizes for War.. So he shouldn’t try too hard… #NobelPeacePrize #Iran #Hormuz
cnn.com
Live updates: US says it struck more Iranian targets after Trump warned of retaliation for deaths of service members | CNN
The US completed more strikes against Iran, US Central Command said late Monday, hours after President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would pay for the deaths of three service members over the past f...
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 20/07/2026
In 2017, the EU abolished roaming charges. One rule, 27 countries — within two years, mobile data use while traveling was up 17 times. Imagine applying that same logic to capital, energy, defense. One market. No more surcharge for being European. #EuropeLeads #FederalEurope
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 19/07/2026
We have 2 indicted heads of state. One faces war crimes. The other faces war crimes, crimes against humanity, and a UN court’s “plausible” finding of genocide. The EU sanctioned the first in days. The second still has a trade agreement. Can we make things right, @kajakallas.bsky.social?
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 19/07/2026
For a decade, Europe’s brightest built careers in Silicon Valley. Not anymore. A $100,000 US visa fee and layoffs are pushing global talent back our way — the flow has reversed for the first time in years. We didn’t win this. Time to build something worth staying for. #EuropeLeads #FederalEurope
reveliolabs.com
From Silicon Valley to the Seine: Europe is gaining tech workers | Revelio Labs
In this week’s newsletter and in collaboration with The Economist, we examine labor market data to track the flow of tech talent between the United States and Europe. For decades, the United States ha...
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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“Beijing did not have to fire a shot, spend vast sums or use up political capital. But it has gained more from this crisis than any in three decades,” Fareed Zakaria writes. wapo.st/44BmM89
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Lex Europae @lex-europa.wsocial.eu · 18/07/2026
State media calls a rival’s reshuffle a regime collapsing, officials “devouring each other.” Its own commentators, same week, say Russia should copy that ability to remove weak leadership. Even the propaganda disagrees with itself. #Russia
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