Reposted by Ricarda NierhausEurope Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Russian Federation, national parliament election today: Europe Elects is not reporting results to avoid legitimizing a manipulated vote. #Duma2026 48028
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausSimone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026SOTEU speeches represent a good indicator of Europe's policy priorities. Here it is a quick overview of how priority areas have evolved since 2020. Tomorrow at 14:00-15:00 CET we will unpack the speech with Bruegel colleagues in a live podcast - link here: www.bruegel.org/event/sound-... 1169
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausRikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A nice surprise today. My book is now out! One week ahead of schedule! Thanks to the European Research Council you can even download it for free. Here's what the critics are saying... bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/democracy-pa...bristoluniversitypress.co.ukDemocracy, Participation and Public AdministrationDemocracy, Participation and Public Administration - A Systems Approach; A novel democratic systems theory that puts public administration at the heart of democracy. The new approach is applied to the... 22810
Ricarda Nierhaus @rnierhaus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026„The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice“ 000
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausAnastasia Pociumban @pociumban.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Call for papers: our EaP colloquium is heading to Yerevan this October. Focus: democratic resilience under authoritarian pressure. Mid-career think tankers — apply or share. Mentorship, honorarium, Armenia. Deadline 31 July: dgap.org/en/press/new... @dgap.orgdgap.orgCall for Policy Papers on the Future of Governance and Civil Society in the EaP RegionThe German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and the Democracy Development Foundation (DDF) cordially invite applications for papers for the upcoming policy research workshop of the Eastern Partners... 011
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausDaniel Freund @danielfreund.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Der Beitritt Ungarns zur Europäischen Staatsanwaltschaft ist ein großer Schritt Richtung Rechtsstaatlichkeit. Und hoffentlich ein Schritt Richtung Aufarbeitung der vergangenen Jahre. danielfreund.eu/aktuelles/me...danielfreund.euMeilenstein für Rechtsstaat: Ungarn tritt der Europäischen Staatsanwaltschaft bei - Daniel Freund 0278
Ricarda Nierhaus @rnierhaus.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I guess the only thing standing between today‘s agreement and the EP having to sue the Commission again over premature release of funds is…hope? 010
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausJohn Morijn @jmorijn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Good @politico.eu piece about releasing EU funds to Hungary with my quotes based on research co-published with Princeton's Prof Kim Scheppele at @verfassungsblog.de (verfassungsblog.de/unfreezing-e...) & @jeppjournal.bsky.social (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....). www.politico.eu/article/magy...politico.euMagyar’s EU reset heads for Brussels reality checkThe Hungarian leader has made the release of EU money central to his post-Orbán reset, but the Commission wants him to deliver on reforms first. 2107
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausChristopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 24/05/2026Confirmed to me by President Zelenskyy's office and Ukraine's Air Force: Russia overnight launched an "Oreshnik" intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) capable of carrying multiple conventional or nuclear warheads. 18727
Ricarda Nierhaus @rnierhaus.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Politicisation and urgency leading to shortcuts in the legislative process. The pros & cons of the Omnibus approach will need to be assessed in the long term, but this goes on the cons list. 010
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausJakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 21/04/2026🇪🇺🏳️🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner. 10820304
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausNOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12/04/2026A Russian drone struck an ambulance in Sumy region during the ceasefire, wounding three medics, after a prior attack killed an evacuation team carrying wounded soldiers. #Ukraine 925184
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausVSquare.org @vsquare.bsky.social · 25/03/2026The Orbán government is once again using authoritarian tactics to target our journalist Szabolcs Panyi, whose reporting exposes truths inconvenient to the regime.vsquare.orgStatement on Smear Campaign Against VSquare Journalist - VSquare.orgThe Orbán government is once again resorting to authoritarian tactics to target a journalist whose reporting exposes truths inconvenient to the regime. 110750
Ricarda Nierhaus @rnierhaus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Great to see the new Framework Agreement being put into the wider context of interinstitutional dynamics. And I would love to see the keyword „bicameral“ appear more often in other articles about EU governance as well. 010
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausCentre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 11/03/2026As EU governments look to spend more on #defence to better deter security threats from Russia & others, a lack of public support for the spending trade-offs involved risks triggering a political backlash. New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social paper by @armida.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/CqgCMt8 1137
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausLucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026That was always the risk in going for the solution based on EU debt rather than using the Russian assets. The assets would have required QMV, the debt needs unanimity regardless of the fact that it would be carried out by enhanced cooperation. France et al knew that risk and went for it anyway. 2209
Ricarda Nierhaus @rnierhaus.bsky.social · 22/02/2026The sense of optimism present at our workshop in Chișinău really left a lasting impression on me. All of the knowledge & experience is there, Western experts (or even policymakers) just need to pay attention. dgap.org/en/research/publications/countering-hybrid-threats 011
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausLaurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 12/02/20262 important rule of law related opinions today with one by AG Capeta the most important as it more broadly concerns undue politicisation of EU’s rule of law toolbox with enforcement or lack thereof dependent on (disguised) reasons of political expediency democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/lau...democracyinstitute.ceu.eduLaurent Pech: The Use, Misuse and Non-Use of the EU’s Rule of Law Toolbox | CEU Democracy Institute 194
Ricarda Nierhaus @rnierhaus.bsky.social · 04/02/2026New paper in our @dgap.org project "European Zeitenwende": insights about different perspectives on European defence from Northeast to Southwest. Authors @aagilli.bsky.social, @nicolekoenig.bsky.social & Margarita Šešelgytė argue for strategic empathy +operational solidarity dgap.org/en/research/...dgap.orgEuropean Cohesion for Security and DefenseThe practical response by European countries to Russia’s war on Ukraine has been uneven, with frontline states in the north and east showing much greater resolve. Disagreements about burden sharing fo... 000
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausLaurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 04/02/2026NGOs are being blacklisted in the open by Orban's Soviet-style "SPO" and yet the @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu has repeatedly - and irresponsibly IMO - failed to apply for interim measures in its pending infringement action @tinekestrik.bsky.social @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social 153
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausOlivia Kortas @oliviakortas.bsky.social · 29/01/2026In diesen Tagen, in denen Kyjiw in Teilen kollabiert, wächst in mir eine Furcht: dass die Worte, die wir aus der Ukraine in den Westen schicken, verhallen. Ich habe einen sehr persönlichen Leitartikel geschrieben, aus einer Stadt am Rande der humanitären Katastrophe: www.zeit.de/2026/05/kyji...zeit.deStromausfälle in Kyjiw: Für Freiheit frierenIn der Eiseskälte nahezu vergessen: ein Hilferuf unserer Korrespondentin Olivia Kortas aus Kyjiw 311755
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/01/2026In Odesa russia struck an apartment building, killing at least 3 people‼️ The search and rescue operation is still underway. 410928
Ricarda Nierhaus @rnierhaus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026We're currently on season 10 of "don't underestimate the European Parliament" 110
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausJanis Kluge @jakluge.de · 22/01/2026Trump's Greenland narrative is almost a 1:1 copy of Putin's Crimea narrative: "It belonged to us in the past. Stupid leaders gave it away for no good reason. Now we want it back. We need it for our security. We need to protect it. It will be best for the people who live there." 69322
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausRapporteur @euractiv.com · 21/01/2026Parliament says Commission’s ‘Democracy Shield’ against disinformation too weakdlvr.itParliament says Commission’s ‘Democracy Shield’ against disinformation too weakRussian interference and Big Tech pose ‘dangerous cocktail’, rapporteur warns 1174
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausMichal Ovádek @movadek.bsky.social · 21/01/2026a footnote to this discussion is that the EP acquired the power to request these opinions from the CJEU only in 2003, along with the general power to request the annulment of EU legislation 083
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Reflections on the European Council decision to borrow €90 billion and lend it to Ukraine. Tl; dr: Ukraine benefits, but not enough; Putin & Trump will be encouraged; the EU & individual member-states have shown that it’s still too easy to intimidate them. 🧵1/13 514362
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausSzabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025💥Pro-Russian far-right leader George Simion may have lost Romania’s presidential race, but the online campaign machine behind his rise helped Karol Nawrocki win in Poland—and is now powering the populist Law and Justice’s comeback push. Check out our new investigation & follow @vsquare.bsky.social!vsquare.orgHow Romanians Helped Conservative Brothers in Poland Win Elections - VSquare.orgWe go behind the scenes of the “MEGA” movement and reveal European Trumpists between Bucharest and Warsaw. 47551
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausLucas Guttenberg @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Is Germany again dragging its feet and undermining a "simple" solution to the Ukraine financing problem, instead pushing the ubercomplex reparations loan? It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way. But there isn't. Here is why: 411650
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausVerfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 08/12/2025The EU’s proposed Reparations Loan – using immobilised Russian assets to support Ukraine – raises major legal and financial questions. PETER VAN ELSUWEGE analyses the risks, Belgium’s objections, and what’s at stake ahead of the December European Council. verfassungsblog.de/on-the-legal... 169
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausDemocracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · 08/12/2025⚖️ Passionate about the #RuleofLaw? We are hiring a Research Officer to join our team in Berlin! If you have: a strong legal background; a deep understanding of the EU’s Rule of Law landscape; and experience working with media, policymakers or social media then apply before Dec 19 👉 bit.ly/48H2QT5 021
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausNathalie Tocci @nathalietocci.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Europeans lull themselves into the belief that Trump is unpredictable. This is strangly reassuring, but wrong. The #NSS is only the latest confirmation that Europe is, at best, alone. My piece @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/05/n...foreignpolicy.comDoes Europe Finally Realize It’s Alone?Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship. 37738
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Good to see @europarl.europa.eu refer to principle of solidarity in its resolution on Hungary calling for triggering of Art. 7(2) TEU. With @dimitrispieker.bsky.social and Ulrich Karpenstein, we argued that new Art. 7 procedure should be initiated against HU based on breaches of solidarity in CFSP 12811
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausKatalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025🗳️Again, a 2/3 majority backed the report condemning the Orbán government’s rule-of-law violations in the EP: 415 in favour, 193 against, 28 abstentions. As the abstentions aren’t counted in the tally, the 2/3 majority stands, just as it did 7 years ago with the @judithsargentini.bsky.social report 085
Ricarda Nierhaus @rnierhaus.bsky.social · 25/11/2025At least one EU institution has its priorities straight. The EP has been consistent on this since 2018 010
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausLaurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 22/11/2025At long last, some enforcement by Commission re Slovakia's backsliding with letter of formal notice sent yesterday for breach of several fundamental principles of EU law, particularly the principles of primacy, autonomy, effectiveness and uniform application of EU law ec.europa.eu/commission/p...ec.europa.euNovember infringements package: key decisionsOverview by policy area\n\nIn its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission takes legal action against Member States that fail to comply with their obligations under EU law. T... 01510
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausTineke Strik @tinekestrik.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Orbán’s hateful policies have real personal consequences. This is especially the case for Hungarian LGBTQIA+ people, who have been scapegoated by the Orbán government and are being portrayed as a threat to children – an implication that is simply wrong and disgusting. 0106
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausReview of Democracy @revdem2020.bsky.social · 17/11/2025🎙️ In our new podcast, @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social examines the progress of undoing the consequences of eight years of illiberal rule in Poland, and the challenges that lie ahead. 🇵🇱🇵🇱🧑⚖️ 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2ywn387b 053
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausJannik Jansen @jannikjansen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Today’s Omnibus vote has rolled over an already perforated cordon sanitaire in the European Parliament. For the first time, the EPP sided with far-right groups on a file key to the Commission’s agenda. Make no mistake: this was no accident and it’s unclear whether the centrist coalition can recover🧵 33218
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausECFR @ecfr.eu · 10/11/2025Lethargy has become Europe’s strategic flaw, writes Nicu Popescu @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social bit.ly/4p6XIhIbit.lyFrom climate to defence, inertia could be the EU’s undoingEurope’s strategic reports are filled with urgent calls for speed and agility. But amid fierce global competition, Europe is still lecturing while other major players deliver results… 0135
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausKatalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025‼️The EP's patience has run out. In a resolution to be adopted today, the LIBE Committee states that the EU Council (=Member States) itself is violating the rule of law by delaying further action against #Hungary under Article 7 procedure 🧵 21412
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausJannik Jansen @jannikjansen.bsky.social · 24/10/2025While the European Council in Brussels took the spotlight, this week's events in Strasbourg should set off alarm bells. The European Parliament slamming the brakes on the first “Omnibus” package isn’t just a hiccup – it’s a symptom of strain in the EU’s democratic engine. A thread 🧵 1248
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The more I think about it, the more outrageous I find this. Hungary, which increasingly blocks or frustrates an effective EU foreign and security policy, is now the second largest recipient of EU defence loans. In absolute terms it is second only to France, in relation to GDP to Latvia. 0274
Reposted by Ricarda NierhausAnastasia Pociumban @pociumban.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Looking for a student/project assistant to support the Eastern Partnership Think Tank Network at @dgap.org . Work on #EU policy, #Ukraine, #enlargement & regional shifts. Tasks: newsletter, website, events. DM me if interested or share! dgap.org/de/dgap/jobs..., dgap.org/de/dgap/jobs...dgap.orgStudent Assistant for the Eastern Partnership Think Tank Network (m/w/d)To start on 01/09/2025 and limited to 31/12/2027, we are looking for a Student Assistant (m/w/d; 50%, based on TVöD E5), Reference Number 11-2025 to offer organizational, administrative, and content-r... 024