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Mats Cuvelier

@mcuvelier.bsky.social
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Attorney based in Brussels - EU and Intl trade and security matters.

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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Eu consider 93bn in retaliatory measures . Trump to meet VDL at Davos, France and Germany working on joint strategy giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Paul Chopelin @paulchopelin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Lieu de mémoire et de recueillement : les champs de mort de la Crête de Vimy (Pas-de-Calais). Près de 4000 soldats canadiens, et sans doute davantage d'Allemands, y laissèrent la vie en 4 jours de bataille en avril 1917. En ce #11novembre, souvenons-nous. 1/3
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
"America is starting to eat Trump’s tariff TACO salad, UBS says" fortune.com/2025/07/25/t...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This is probably the most detailed investigation we've ever done, proving which units and commanders were behind the use of cluster munitions in Kharkiv in the opening months of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The EU's expansion of Security and Defence Partnerships continues. After agreeing to negotiate one with Australia last week and likely signing one with Canada tonight, next in line is New Zealand:
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Lucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
16 member states want to use the national escape clause to get more space for defense spending under the 🇪🇺 fiscal rules. Notably absent: the 3 largest economies after 🇩🇪, namely 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸. From a fiscal point of view, probably a good sign as these countries have very little fiscal space. 1/3
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Sigh. I don’t know why we’re defaulting to “the president presumptively gets to exercise unlawful authority while it winds its way through the appeals courts.”
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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
The Roberts court to Americans:
Photo of Eurovision display over a crowd that says “stop voting now.”
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 07/03/2025
We debriefed 🇹🇷🇬🇧🇨🇦🇳🇴🇮🇸 of our landmark European Council yesterday. With our REARM Europe plan, we are stepping up in defence. For the defence of our people, territories and assets. And for the long-term security of our brave neighbour Ukraine.
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
All European leaders making statements of support for Ukraine really should put their money and arms where their mouths are this weekend. It is important to remember that Europe's efforts to date have been insufficient.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Dear US, You just lost the most atlanticist part of Germany. Congratulations.
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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“Things we expected happened in a most unexpected manner” - European commissioner Andrius Kubilius www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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Andrius Kubilius, commissaire européen : « Les Américains ont changé de formule, ils parlent maintenant de paix mais sans la force »
Dans un entretien accordé au « Monde », l’ancien premier ministre lituanien livre son inquiétude sur le virage des Etats-Unis à propos de l’Ukraine et sur les intentions de la Russie.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
(FT) - The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, threatening to derail a traditional show of unity, according to five western officials familiar with the matter. www.ft.com/content/7380...
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
One Russian newspaper today sums up how Moscow views events of the last few days: “Dumbfounded Europe, kneed by America just below the belt, is still struggling to get its breath back.” #ReadingRussia
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Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (17 February 2025)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Europe urgently needs its own plan of action concerning Ukraine and our security, or else other global players will decide about our future. Not necessarily in line with our own interest. This plan must be prepared now. There’s no time to lose.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Vance visiting Dachau and then meeting w the AfD and urging German politicians to welcome them into government is a "gotta hear both sides" for the ages.
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John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks @johnbrooks.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Very normal "I'm at a death camp" face.
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The reality: Europe's China problem isn't going away, just cuz the Trump administration is pushing the transatlantic relationship to the brink. As Corriere notes, it's not getting better from here "the second shock from China to the heart of European industry has [in some ways] just begun." 7/x
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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Given that the US are screwing Europe over *because* we don't have a joint defence, it is time to bring out the mega thread on how to develop EU defences capacity. Bottom line: @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu current plan seems by far not ambitious enough. We need tools to stop being vassals.
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Definite change in tone from the commission in recent weeks. Leaving the door open to Trump to partner on China, via Sefcovic last week. But also leaving options open with Beijing. First time they've mentioned making "agreements" with China though. That's new.
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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 03/02/2025
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, writing in @financialtimes.com, calls for defence spending to be excluded from EU deficit rules, €100bn+ in new joint financing, & big shared military projects “If our union is to remain a pole of peace & stability… There is no time to lose” www.ft.com/content/94d1...
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Europe must spend more on its own defence
Military expenditure should be exempted from the EU’s fiscal rules
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Is there a word for when a bunch of private citizens following orders from an unelected billionaire occupy government buildings and cut off communications
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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
This needs to end all talk about getting closer to the US rather than the EU. Immediately!
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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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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"The key to dealing with Trump is for Europe not to play the victim" - smart advice by Ivan Krastev, highlighting the fact that Trump (and Musk) first seem to prefer to bully the US allies. Best to respond with calm and determination: www.ft.com/content/44b2...
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The key to dealing with Trump is for Europe not to play the victim
EU member states should not be in a hurry to appease the new US president
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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is very good on social media and democracy from @himself.bsky.social www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
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We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I’m starting to think this isn’t about government efficiency.
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Edward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
1-11 My summary of Trumps' inauguration speech: America and the world will get a lot of what it says on the tin: policies and actions rooted in nationalism and especially economic nationalism, with a big dose of cultural conservatism to please the old guard.
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Hot-rolled steel and Roquefort.
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Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Young people find little meaning in the growing number of hours they spend online, but feel powerless to act otherwise – because that's how addiction works. Just one depressing data point among others in this (as always) insightful piece by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social on today's loneliness epidemic.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The mercantilism will continue until morale improves
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
NEW: I spoke with Bill Burns about his four years running the CIA. We covered a lot of ground, from Afghanistan to Ukraine, Gaza to China. He was the first career diplomat to run the intelligence agency. It turns out diplomats and spies have a lot in common. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The Secretary of Hard Problems
Bill Burns has played an unusual role for a CIA director.
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Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
«Watching [Musk’s] Nigel-no-friends attempts to be popular, his endless pathetic tweets that read as though they come from the brain of an 11-year-old poser, has made me start to believe we should bring back bullying.» www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"Songs released at that time, by Lily Allen, Arctic Monkeys and The Streets, were about fights in kebab shops and over taxis." Brutal. My teenagehood transformed into a telling period detail. I'm old. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Britain is becoming a well-mannered but deceitful society
Technology and sloppy government are to blame
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Two WTF stories doing the rounds this morning. 1. Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according...
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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Ireland seems to be on a different planet www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Naval Service goes to sea without working guns as maritime threats mount
Personnel shortage means only one ship can patrol Ireland’s vast economic zone at a time - and even that rate may have to be reduced
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
“Four allegedly federalist judges vote to illegally have the federal courts interfere in a state criminal case for no colorably plausible reason, putting naked partisan interest above any reasonable understanding of the law.” www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/p...
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Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in hush money case, Supreme Court says in 5-4 ruling | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in his New York hush money case, the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 ruling.
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Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New: After an eighteen-month investigation, @theins.press has uncovered new evidence suggesting that Russia’s GRU paid tens of millions of dollars to the Taliban to target American, coalition, and Afghan military forces. Unit 29155 was behind this operation. theins.press/en/politics/...
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Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war
The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces. An investigation by The Insider has not only confirmed the ex...
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Arthur Leichthammer @aleichthammer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
As ministries in national capitals are still tussling over whether it focuses on national security concerns or also factors in economic prosperity considerations (and with it the corresponding competence struggle), would be great to see the new COM providing some guidance to EU member states
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Today’s Trade Secrets: the day friendshoring died. It’s not even that the Biden administration sold out its allies to help the US steel industry. It’s that it’s not going to help the steel industry either. on.ft.com/4a4O34I
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The day friendshoring died
[FREE TO READ] Joe Biden blocking Nippon Steel’s bid for US Steel is a sad end for an unloved idea
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
My quick take: "Nippon Steel and the 'National Security' Hoax" buff.ly/4fHTzLJ
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/01/2025
Breaking News: President Biden has decided to block the $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel of Japan, people familiar with the matter said.
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Biden Plans to Block Takeover Bid of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon
The president’s announcement of the fate of the iconic Pennsylvania-based company, which became a contentious political issue in an election year, is expected as soon as Friday.
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
So far the Finnish reaction to the latest undersea cable damage has been excellent: - Finnish authorities stopped the suspected saboteur Eagle S and directed it to Finnish territorial waters for investigation - police and border guard boarded ship and took control - 3km no fly zone around the ship
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Christoph Schmidt @christophschmidt.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Instead of a thousand words. Christmas on the frontlines. 📷: 4th Brigade of Special Assignment "Rubizh"
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Haaretz.com @haaretzcom.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
"People need to know what this war really looks like": Israeli soldiers who served in Gaza describe indiscriminate killing and the routine classification of civilian casualties as terrorists in conversations with Haaretz
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IDF soldiers expose arbitrary killings and rampant lawlessness in Gaza's Netzarim corridor
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Recently took a peek at Twitter and the disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous. Someone could get killed. The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary.
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
💥Confirmed: Chinese entities sanctioned by the for the first time EU over their role in Russia's war in Ukraine. Visa bans and asset freezes on: - 1 individual and 2 entities for circumvention - 4 entities supplying sensitive drone components and chips to Russian military
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