L’avocat Henri Leclerc, ardent défenseur des libertés publiques, est mort lemonde.fr/disparitions/a…

Rumor has it that Emmanuel Macron will nominate the Chairman of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, a Thierry Beaudet (not the Dutch far-right guy) as Prime Minister, thus forming a technocratic government. A risky move without having exhausted the political options.

Le bilan de Bruno Le Maire après plus de 7 ans à Bercy est incroyable. La Direction générale du Trésor prévoit désormais un déficit de 5.6% en 2024 et 6.2% en 2025 !! à quoi on répond par des gels/annulation de crédits. Le niveau 0 de la politique économique/ budgétaire…

🇸🇪Sweden removed it's "Climate bonus" scheme for EVs in early 2023 on the grounds that total cost of ownership is now similar to ICEs. The effect of this policy change is clear. Acceleration of EV sales has stopped, and sales have decline in 2024. 1/2

The UK is suspending some arms exports to Israel. This is a significant development, not just for the conflict in Gaza, but for international humanitarian law enforcement more generally. (Yes, it's not everything some hoped for, but still significant.) gov.uk/government/pub…

Je remets ici l'arrêt Brocas, car certains n'ont visiblement pas compris que le gouvernement Pompidou I fut considéré comme démissionnaire dès le 5 oct. 1962 (adoption de la motion de censure) et non le 28 nov. (date du décret présidentiel mettant fin à ses fonctions) #petpeeve

Forthcoming in the Duke Law Journal - I’m looking forward to working with the DLJ adlaw issue’s editors!

If we had Chinese HSR, we'd see: NYC - Boston: 75 minutes Dallas - Houston: 75 minutes CHI - Minneapolis: 125 minutes CHI - Toronto: 150 minutes NYC - Montreal: 125 minutes Phoenix - LA: 117 minutes Vancouver - SEA - Portland: 90 minutes ATL - Charlotte: 75 minutes

This is excellent news, demonstrating that dialogue can lead to progress and consensus! It's a real message of hope that opens up new perspectives after the last winter agricultural crisis. The commission must now translate this into legislative proposals.

On the Netanyahu map 🇮🇱 has already annexed all of the West Bank. His approach to international law is obviously no different from Putin’s. bbc.com/news/articles/…

On rappelle que son gouvernement a coupé 2,2 milliards d'euros de budget à l'écologie.

Companies that no longer can lead give up due to “changing market conditions”.

I must admit that Omtzigt going full Trump was not on my Bingo list... nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/09…

We are excited to announce that the Executive Board of Erasmus University has appointed Prof. Aukje Hassoldt as the new Dean of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Prof. Hassoldt will join RSM on 1 December. ow.ly/yKvx50Tgb9v

That means, Macron got the blessing of Le Pen, after he refused to nominate a candidate from the left block. Two months after the French people massively rejected the far right in the polls…

I spent two years in New Haven and I never understood why people would live in New York. Some people may love giant metropoles, others just don’t.

Something few people noticed yesterday; France’s new PM promised to fight “the financial debt” AND “the ecological debt.” A good sign and a reminder that Michel Barnier was a great minister for the environment in the 1990s. Hopefully he’ll hold the line against the far right.