It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

"It took half a year for the four parties, which range from the center right to the far right, to produce a coalition agreement that barely even pretends to solve the Netherlands’ problems." Vorige keer dat de VVD formeerde. Weet u nog? foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/11/net…

Waarom deurwaardersbrieven, huisbezoek en druk op individuele volksvertegenwoordigers geen ‘hard protest’ zijn — maar een aantasting van het democratisch proces. Hoe het strafrecht ervoor moet worden aangepast. Column: watisdemocratie.substack.com/p/hoe-om-te-ga…

Our defence relies now on the backbone of U.S. mil. forces in Europe.  What will that backbone look like in the future? German forces? 23 separate EU MSs/NATO forces? Or a new European Defence Union? Would 🇺🇸 be stronger, if it had 50 armies, 50 defence policies & 50 budgets?

"Fatal blow"? Let's check: ✓ €210 billion frozen – Russia can't touch it ✓ Ukraine gets €90 billion – your waiting game failed ✓ Your 28-point plan wanted those assets for a US-Russia joint venture – dead ✓ No more 6-month veto window for Orbán You didn't win, Kirill.

🇺🇦📉🇷🇺 Zelensky to Trump: No surrender, only pressure — Ukraine grinds Russia’s oil economy to dust. 🧵1/25

Japan's largest nuclear power plant gets formal approval to restart 🇯🇵❤️☢️ 👍 Niigata prefecture's government voted to allow the restart of reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (endorsing a decision last month by the governor) 🗓️ Local media says the plant could restart next month

Is McCarthy’s witch hunt back? 🧹 As a reminder: 90% of the European Parliament — our democratically elected body — and all 27 Member States unanimously voted the DSA 🇪🇺 To our American friends: “Censorship isn’t where you think it is.”

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1/x The Plimsoll mark, or International Load Line Mark, is a statutory safety marking required under the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (ICLL). It defines the maximum permissible loading condition of a ship based on

We zijn in tweeëneenhalf jaar geen pepernoot opgeschoten. Nog steeds de idiote hang naar extensief, geen stappen in het stikstofbeleid, niks noppes nada. De leugen regeert - Foodlog foodlog.nl/artikel/de-leu…

As for a withdrawal from Donbas, it is no secret that Russia wants this. In their fantasies, they would like us not to exist on the territory of our own country at all. These fantasies have been around for years. But we have our own land, our own territorial integrity, our own

We doen het zo slecht nog niet 👌

NYE scoop: U.S. national-security officials said Wednesday that Ukraine didn’t target Russian President Vladimir Putin or one of his residences in a recent drone strike, challenging Moscow’s assertion that Kyiv sought to kill the Russian leader. wsj.com/politics/natio…

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🚨 BREAKING - JUST NOW Huge crowds have taken to the streets in Mashhad, Iran, chanting “Death to the dictator” and “Javid Shah” Please keep sharing their voices!

Amy Klobuchar: “What’s the difference between Greenland and Donald Trump? Greenland isn’t for sale.” She added, “And to any Trump ally who wants to throw eggs at me over that joke—you can’t. Eggs are too expensive.”

🚨🇮🇷 Breaking scenes from Iran. Protesters are reportedly setting fire to the tomb of Khomeini, the founder of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. This is an extraordinary moment that highlights the intensity of the unrest. 🦁☀️

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IJsbrekers in actie op Prinses Margrietkanaal na koude nacht nos.nl/l/2597744