15% of Georgian population was in the streets tonight. 15%. In relative terms, this is the largest mobilization I heard or read of in human memory.

European Council should start a serious discussion on trade sanctions, this is ridiculous.

What's at stake for social investments in the EU post the Covid Recovery Fund in 2026? David Bokhorst shares his insights 📌👀 loom.ly/KhcT_Fg

Volgende week na lange tijd weer een keer een weekje in Nederland. O.a. met een lunchtalk over de laatste ontwikkelingen in de EU en het Europees Herstelfonds bij Universiteit Nijmegen op donderdag 23e: ru.nl/over-ons/agend…

Heldere afkeurende boodschap van de economen voor nieuwe kabinet.

The IMF expects that public debt to GDP ratios in Western and Eastern European countries will fail to stabilize (some exceptions). But governments may be forced to consolidate finances more. Debt is on a declining trajectory only across Southern Europe (Italy an exception).

Happy to be in Nijmegen today to teach about democracy in practice with students and a give a lunch seminar on transformations in EU governance to staff: ru.nl/over-ons/agend…

Waar gaat het in de EU echt over? Wat zijn de uitdagingen van morgen? Prachtig interview weer met Diederik Samsom. Aanrader: decorrespondent.nl/15336/de-europ…

Fijn dat Vinzenz Ziesemer en Jasper H. van Dijk de tijd gevonden te hebben om deze financieel-economische analyse van het hoofdlijnenakkoord netjes op te schrijven. Lezen hoor! esb.nu/hoofdlijnenakk…

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Today at EUI, presentation of Anton Hemerijck and Manos Matsaganis' new book "who's afraid of the welfare state now?" With comments from Peter Hall (Harvard) and Monika Queisser (OECD)

😎 What a week! Highlights from the Inter-university seminar MiSPS - Milan Social Policy Seminar Series 💡 Gemma Scalise and David Bokhorst shared key insights from the cases on #socialinvestment in #Milan and #Amsterdam Fondazione Cariplo Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca European University Institute CITILab

Mooi artikel van Maartje Bakker over het Europees Herstelfonds als transformatief instrument in de grote transities van de EU. Leuk om hieraan te mogen bijdragen vanuit mijn onderzoek: volkskrant.nl/buitenland/het…

Big crowd today at EUI for the defense of Luca Cigna on the new politics of trade unions. Congratulations doctor Cigna.

Interesting: outgoing cabinet in Netherlands warns new populist-right coalition that if they change the pension reform, the Dutch government no longer meets the requirements of the EU Recovery Fund and will lose its entire funding of 5.4 billion.

The new Dutch Minister of Finance' first call was with his German counterpart Lindner to discuss budgetary rules in the EU and excessive deficits. We may expect the Dutch to move back to strict hawkishness.

In de nieuwste Economenvakblad ESB betoog ik met Rens van Tilburg dat NL veel meer kan doen om klimaat beter te integreren in begrotingsbeleid. Het is hard nodig dat NL een groene koploper wordt op dit gebied! Lees hier onze analyse & voorstellen: esb.nu/nederland-kan-… Sustainable Finance Lab 🍃 🏛️🌳🧮

En hiermee, lieve kinderen, stierf Schengen een stille dood.

“It’s embarrassing to be capable to produce, meanwhile not having funds”. Alexander Kamyshin tells me Ukraine can ramp up production of weapons, “next year the capabilities are three times higher than funding, it's even more important to get enough financial support from our partners”

It seems that Ursula von der Leyen has already decided on the allocation of some portfolios: 🇮🇹 Raffaele Fitto Executive VP responsible for the economy 🇱🇻 Valdis Dombrovskis Executive VP responsible for enlargement and the reconstruction of Ukraine 🇪🇸 Teresa Ribera 🌹 Executive VP responsible