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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 6h

Demokratie bedeutet nicht nur, dass gewählt wird. Sondern auch, dass die Menschen tatsächlich eine Wahl haben. Mit Pia Miller-Aichholz habe ich für Jetzt.at über unsere neue IDM-Szenarienstudie zu möglichen Wahlen in der Ukraine gesprochen. Zum Lesen und Anhören: www.jetzt.at/artikel/sERK...

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 13/10/2026

Today, Ukraine and Moldova take another step towards our Union. Negotiation clusters are now opened on internal market as well as competitiveness and inclusive growth. Ukraine’s and Moldova’s future is in our Union. And we will support them all along the way.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

There is a lot of nostalgia in European politics, yet we rarely seem to be nostalgic about EU enlargement. Why not remember a time when borders became easier to cross and Europe grew together? Maybe we simply need better storytellers. My thoughts at the Danube Future Forum in Belgrade.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

The EU is getting serious about enlargement again. But is it ready to change itself? On @tvpworld.bsky.social today: QMV, gradual integration, rule-of-law safeguards and Ukrainian agriculture. Transitional arrangements must not become permanent second-class membership.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

Supporting Ukraine is not charity. It is about defending our own security. Europe cannot outsource that security indefinitely. And we should not only support Ukraine, we should learn from it. Back on QNews discussing Germany, Ukraine and why without a just peace, there is just peace.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

The political centre will not recover by simply defending the status quo. In my latest Q News interview, I argue that Europe needs to get better at telling a story about the future, instead of leaving the field to those selling an imagined past. www.youtube.com/watch?v=okoY...

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks to Sonja Biscan for the questions and for having me! Graham Act: youtu.be/TZEkKNX24Cs?... Wadephul–Lavrov: youtu.be/U9JMjnN6n-k?...

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

On the Graham Act, I pointed to the broad discretion it gives the US President when defining the “national interest”. On the Wadephul–Lavrov meeting, my main point was that Europe cannot outsource diplomacy, but also cannot outsource its security.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

Sometimes it is just black and white. Two recent comments for @tvpworld.bsky.social on very different questions of European security.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

I have spoken quite a bit about the AfD result already, so one point only: The answer is not to copy the AfD. It is to deliver. On the economy, migration, security and the belief that politics can still change things for the better. My latest conversation with Fair Observer:

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

Update: the CDU failed to enter parliament in Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern. After Saxony‑Anhalt, this is a cataclysmic result for Friedrich Merz. The question now is not how to save a chancellorship, but how to rebuild a political centre capable of shaping a future worth being nostalgic for.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

Fast so spannend wie ob die CDU in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern aus dem Landtag fliegt

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

Instead of longing for a past that wakes dystopian ghosts, I want to be nostalgic for a better future. Time to bring back some utopias. I remain skeptical, however, that this will be possible with the current governing personal.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

More than 30 years after reunification, we still talk about East and West. Yet I remember walking along the Baltic coast and crossing from Germany into Poland without even noticing that I had crossed a border. That would have been unimaginable during my childhood.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

I have lived in both places. The drivers are different. In Berlin, housing and affordability dominate. In Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, there is a deeper sense of political and economic frustration. And the AfD’s strength here cannot be explained by immigration alone.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

In Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern, the AfD comes first with around 37%, the SPD follows with 35.5%, while the CDU collapses to just above the 5% threshold – its worst result in a state election since 1949. In Berlin, the Left comes first, the CDU second, and the AfD reaches 15.7%.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

The results are in. After my interview with @tvpworld.bsky.social this morning, one point feels essential: we should not reduce these elections to a simple story about the rise of the AfD and the decline of the established parties.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

And for Central Europe, the war is increasingly about our own energy, security and airspace too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAb...

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US-Iran tensions: Reshaping Washington's leverage in Ukraine

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

What is harder to reconcile is asking Ukraine to stop striking Russian energy infrastructure while trying to restrict Russia’s energy exports. That is an Orwellian doublethink: Ukraine gives up something tangible and effective in exchange for an uncertain sanctions mechanism.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

Yesterday on QNews I spoke about the Graham Act, possible peace talks and the consequences for Europe. The Act gives Washington new leverage, but it is not an immediate sanctions package against Russia. How it will actually be used remains uncertain.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

This is not only an East German story. In Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia, AfD, Linke and BSW together now hold a majority. All three include forces that call for an end to sanctions on Russia and cuts to Ukraine support. The question is what kind of Germany and Europe emerges from this.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

Trying to compete with the AfD by copying its rhetoric has not worked. If you want the original, you do not go to the copy. What worries me is how the AfD has changed: friendly faces in front, extremist networks behind. That makes it more dangerous, not less.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

The most important number in Saxony-Anhalt is not the AfD’s 43.8%. It is the CDU’s 17.2%. That is the real story of this election.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026

With Sophia Beiter, Luka Pavićević and moderator Zvezdana Kovač, we discussed citizen engagement, Iceland and why there is no nostalgia for EU enlargement. Thank you to CCE for hosting, and especially to Sara Čabarkapa for organising! #EUEnlargement #Montenegro #CitizEn

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026

A full room in Podgorica yesterday for an excellent discussion on how to make EU enlargement more understandable, relevant and engaging for citizens. Thank you to everyone who joined: diplomats, government representatives, civil-society actors and journalists.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026

“Bangaranga” is what Kremlin talking points sound like to me: catchy, repetitive and annoying. Cognitive resilience means recognising the pattern, checking claims and not letting repetition turn propaganda into plausibility. Glad that Qnews makes room for these conversations. Link below.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 25/08/2026

AfD gains not only from migration, but from distrust, insecurity and mainstream weakness. Copying its rhetoric will not win voters back. Leaving Schengen and the euro is not a solution. It is economic and political self-harm. Austria shows: normalising the far right strengthens it.

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 25/08/2026

Over the past 24 hours, civilian sites were targeted. A shopping mall, a residential building, businesses, road and forestry infrastructure, and metal structures. Help protect Ukrainians. u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026

Germany needs stronger capabilities but also robust oversight. Democracies must defend themselves without abandoning the rule-of-law principles they seek to protect. My conversation with TVP World: www.youtube.com/watch?v=noaN...

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Germany is walking a thin red line | Sebastian Schäffer

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026

Hybrid threats against Germany are not confined to cyberspace. Disinformation, foreign interference, sabotage and attacks on critical infrastructure aim to create insecurity and undermine trust in democratic institutions.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026

And in Magdeburg? Three possible outcomes at the moment: an AfD government reliant on cooperation or toleration; a broad, fragile anti-AfD coalition; or an AfD absolute majority. If democratic parties are incapable, perhaps Germany will have to learn the hard way what it means to let the AfD govern.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026

Spoke to TVP World on the AfD polling at 42% in Saxony-Anhalt. This is a danger to democracy, with consequences far beyond Magdeburg. A weaker Germany could mean a weaker Europe, less strategic leadership and less certainty for Ukraine.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026

Jabloko darf nicht zur Wahl antreten. 2009 habe ich bei der Wahl zur Moskauer Stadtduma Jabloko gewählt. Ohne Wahlrecht. Die Geschichte dazu steht in meinem Buch Ukraine & Moldau nach Europa – sofort!. Meldung und Buch im ersten Kommentar.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026

The war’s consequences reach far beyond Ukraine: food security, trade routes, energy and Europe’s future security order. Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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Russia is already starting to lose its grip on its backyard: Sebastian Schaffer

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026

Ukraine’s resilience is extraordinary but resilience is not a substitute for air defence, energy repairs and sustained European support. On QNews, I discussed Serbia, the South Caucasus, Black Sea trade and Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy system.

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Sebastian Schäffer @sschaeffer.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026

Talked about productive impatience, fatherhood, mentorship, and the fact that none of us has this fully figured out at The Dr. Rod Berger Show. Humility is not weakness. It is how we keep learning. Thank you for one of the most challenging but also interesting conversations I have had recently!

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 01/08/2026

⚡️Update: At least 9 killed, 28 injured in Kyiv as Russia launches 2nd major attack in 48 hours. Among the victims are four children, while 105 people have been rescued from damaged buildings across five districts of the capital.

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'Putin has to be stopped' — 9 killed, 28 injured in Kyiv as Russia launches 2nd major attack on Ukraine in 48 hours

At least nine people have been killed and 28 others injured in the ballistic missile attack, including four children, authorities reported.

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