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Christian Odendahl
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European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book.

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Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social · 18h
Big news: the European Commission has told Meta that its exclusion of rival AI assistants from WhatsApp is anti-competitive, and ordered it to reverse the policy.

This is very fast by the EC's standards; the original investigation was only opened in December.

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission notifies Meta of possible interim measures to reverse exclusion of third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp
The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Meta, setting out its preliminary view that Meta breached EU antitrust rules by excluding third party Artificial Intelligence (‘AI\') assi...
ec.europa.eu

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Laura Kayali @laukaya.bsky.social · 18h
Donald Trump’s Greenland gambit pushes Europe to look to its own nuclear arsenals. European nations wanting additional “insurance” against Russia are increasingly looking to France and Britain. With @victorjack.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/us-d...
Trump’s Greenland gambit pushes Europe to look to its own nuclear arsenals
European nations wanting “insurance” against Russia are looking to France and Britain to share their nuclear deterrents.
www.politico.eu

Reposted by Christian Odendahl, Nicolas Véron, Nicolai von Ondarza

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 19h
EU countries are piling pressure on the European Commission to get serious about turning around the bloc’s sluggish economy, amid fears it could be left at the mercy of other big players like the U.S. and China.

Brussels Playbook has more 👇
Time to grow up
Presented by European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion By GABRIEL GAVIN PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Contact us on X @gerardofortuna @NicholasVinocur |…
www.politico.eu

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Christian Odendahl

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 1d
Only just now seen this cool chart from The Economist plotting Kevin Warsh's published speeches' dovishness and hawkishness.

Sharp shift in tone depending on who's in White House purely coincidental.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Raphael Fischer @raffers.bsky.social · 2d
I'm now averaging a visit to Ottenstein every 16 years, but it was good to give Tante Helene a proper memorial

Reposted by Christian Odendahl, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Peter Bergman

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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 3d
This is a great chart by the @economist.com summing up Kevin Warsh using LLMs and over 200 speeches/op-eds. I did a similar exercise showing same result (Warsh v FOMC) but with less data

www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 3d
"Yet given this diagnosis, the 28th regime is a timid place to start."

My colleague @spignal.bsky.social on EU Inc. and why there is no shortcut to a deeper single market. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
Europe proposes a magical fix for its half-finished single market
The “28th corporate regime” is meant to be the one to rule them all
www.economist.com

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 3d
Could you leave out the personal insults?

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 3d
"Fiscally sovereign governments don’t issue debt jointly, even when they spend on public goods."

Hanno Lustig is always worth reading. thetwocents.substack.com/p/europes-fo...

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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · 3d
The start of @eurcorrespond.bsky.social series on the EU single market.
Denis Steckelmacher’s dream was to create a car that could pack up tight like a Poké Ball once he reached his destination. He created the next best thing: electric skates.
Read more:
europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/why-you...

Reposted by Christian Odendahl, Michael Jones‐Correa

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Tom Nuttall @tomnuttall.bsky.social · 3d
If you've been paying attention to far-right circles in Europe you'll have noticed the growing prominence of the term "remigration".

I dug into its background, interrogated its meaning, interviewed its advocates and looked at the dilemma it poses for the AfD. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
How “remigration” is penetrating Europe’s political mainstream
A meme from the far-right fringe could spell legal trouble for Germany’s AfD
www.economist.com

Reposted by Christian Odendahl, Colin Murray, Tom Griffin

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 3d
No reason to get too worked up about this.
Ultranationalist transnationalism is not an easy thing to pull off — and the trademark „MAGA-funded“ might hurt European forces more than help on balance.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4d
This chart seems to suggest a striking pattern: Kevin Warsh's speeches are consistently hawkish, except when Trump is President and about to appoint a new Fed Chair.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 4d
I was fortunate enough to look at a facsimile of 1984 tonight - much of it (neatly) handwritten, with loads of notes, scribbles & crossing-outs. Amazing.

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 4d
66% of German favor expanding EU free trade agreements.
Only 17% against.
A remarkable number.

(And particularly remarkable that German Green party voters are 89% in favor of free trade agreements. Only 6% Green anti-trade activists left).

Reposted by Christian Odendahl, Scott L. Greer

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 4d
Poland’s lower-house Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty said he would not support a bid to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump, arguing that Trump does not deserve the honor. This is the outrageous reaction of the US Ambassador to Poland, Paul Rose, as well as Donald Tusks reply👇

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 4d
Ready, steady, unionise!
Trade unions have high hopes for the new Employment Rights Act. The most overlooked provisions - on union recruitment, recognition and industrial action - are probably the most important. But where they lead, no one knows

economist.com/britain/2026...

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 4d
Very interesting. Wonder whether ageing and green transition also creates more jobs that require such training.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4d
German lawmakers were supposed to be on a routine visit to Washington, during which they would engage in a dialogue on China.

However, MPs refused to take part in the meeting after their center-left colleagues were blocked — a highly unusual step.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/pete...

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 4d
Alles gut!

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 4d
Wie mache ich das? Ist das "mein" thread?

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 4d
Stark. 😄

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 4d
German (nominal) wage growth.

...without qualification: +4.8%
...with apprenticeship-level qualification: +4%
...with a degree: 2.8%

Part of a longer-running trend of wage compression. (in German).

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 4d
Same.

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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 4d
Looks like German manufacturing has turned the corner.
www.destatis.de/EN/Press/202...

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 4d
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 4d
Erinnert an Familienvater, nur schlimmer.

Reposted by Christian Odendahl, Anders Nilsson

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands enlisted in the Dutch Army as a reservist, the Royal House said, because the country’s security “can no longer be taken for granted.”
Dutch Queen Joins the Military
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands enlisted as a reservist, the Royal House said, because the country’s security “can no longer be taken for granted.”
nyti.ms

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 5d
“Everyone involved pretends they had absolutely no idea.” Ian Hislop, Private Eye’s editor, appeared on Tonight with Andrew Marr to discuss the Epstein files, and the cover the Eye ran in reference to the paedophile sex trafficker all the way back in 2011.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 5d
Indeed.