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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
@dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social
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Professor, new Jean #Monnet Chair in Democratic Governance in the EU, #Panteion University in #Athens | #EU institutions, other European stuff in 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪 | Own views https://shorturl.at/P8nak

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 9h
Birkbeck was founded on the evening of #OTD in 1823, when around 2000 people flocked to the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the Strand to hear Dr George Birkbeck speak on the importance of educating the working people of London

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 4d
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« Fractures françaises » : comprendre pourquoi la gauche est inaudible
L’image et la crédibilité de la gauche apparaissent profondément dégradées. Le RN est nettement « dédiabolisé » et a acquis une crédibilité qui lui faisait défaut jusqu’à présent. Que peut faire une g...
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 12d
Ο σπουδαίος "Σιγά μην κλάψω, σιγά μην φοβηθώ" Γιάννης Αγγελάκας γεννήθηκε #OTD το 1959 στη Νεάπολη Θεσσαλονίκης. youtu.be/jRe4RJFoDwA
Γιάννης Αγγελάκας - Δεν χωράς πουθενά / Σιγά μην κλάψω / Γιορτή LIVE @ SCHOOLWAVE 2014
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · 15d
www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
Conference on Europe for early-career researchers
Join us for our LSE Joint Sessions on Critical Europe in February 2026.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 23d
La créatrice du programme d’échange Erasmus, Sofia Corradi, est morte
La créatrice du programme d’échange Erasmus, Sofia Corradi, est morte
Quelque 16 millions de jeunes ont pu étudier dans d’autres pays d’Europe grâce au projet lancé en 1987 par cette professeure italienne qui s’est éteinte à l’âge de 91 ans.
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Oct 9
New textbook proofs as weekend reading. No complaints though

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Oct 3
The European Commission’s drone wall idea is showing cracks before intercepting its first Russian intruder.
Von der Leyen’s ‘drone wall’ plan crashes into EU reality
Europe’s latest defense debate is splitting countries demanding immediate protection from Russia and those further from the threat.
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 29
Hugo Haase was born #OTD in 1863

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Yiorgos Vassalos @yiorgosvassalos.bsky.social · Sep 24
Action contre le génocide dans le hall central du Parlement européen

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 18
Sie tritt ein für das Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Völker, für Abrüstung und für die Bildung der Vereinigten Staaten von Europa.“

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 18
«Als Mitglied der Sozialistischen Arbeiter-Internationale kämpft die SPD gemeinsam mit den Arbeitern aller Länder gegen imperialistische und faschistische Vorstöße und für die Verwirklichung des Sozialismus. (…)

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 18
As Bernd Lange MEP reminded us earlier today on another platform, today is the 100th anniversary of the adoption by the @spdde.bsky.social of its Heidelberger Programm. It states that …

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 18
Σαν σήμερα, το 2013 στήνεται ενέδρα θανάτου για τον 34χρονο ράπερ Π.Φύσσα (Killah P.). Δράστης ο 45χρονος χρυσαυγίτης Γ. Ρουπακιάς

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 16
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Demokratie in Gefahr: Wie stoppt man den Imperator?
Heute begeht die Welt den Internationalen Tag der Demokratie - klingt in diesen Zeiten fast ein bisschen zynisch, oder? Es kann aber auch Ansporn sein, die Kräfte zu bündeln, schreibt Franz C. Mayer.
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 9
Von der Leyen, captive ? (1) "Spitzenkandidatin"
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Von der Leyen, captive ? (1) "Spitzenkandidatin"
En cette rentrée, je reviens sur le début de second mandat de la présidente de la Commission européenne sous l'angle des liens troubles qu'elle entretient avec son propre parti.
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Sep 9
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Zoll-Deal mit den USA: „Wir müssen jetzt das Beste für die EU herausholen“
Der Vorsitzende des Handelsausschusses des Europaparlaments, Bernd Lange, übt scharfe Kritik am Zoll-Deal zwischen EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen und US-Präsident Donald Trump. Im Inte...
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · Sep 7
📢 #Greece: A Black man was denied a bus ticket despite empty seats, a few days ago. A police officer said to passengers asking why, “For your safety, foreigners travel at night.” The intercity bus director confirmed this racist policy, citing a '14 law to justify the #segregation of #migrants 1/

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 29
#2025ECPRgc #Thessaloniki

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 29
#2025ECPRgc #Thessaloniki

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 25
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Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 25
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Mario Draghi: How Do We Change Our Continent’s Trajectory? - Groupe d'études géopolitiques
Europe as a spectator For years, the European Union, with its 450 million consumers, believed that its economic weight came along with geopolitical power and influence in international trade relations...
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 25
On a scale of 1-10, how good is it to share a birthday with Ivan the Terrible, Erich Honecker, Wayne Shorter, Tim Burton, ElvisCostello and Rob Halford?

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 24
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Mario Draghi’s Full Speech: Europe’s Harsh Reality — Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · Aug 24
Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?‬) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon.

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Mario Draghi’s Full Speech: Europe’s Harsh Reality — Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-
YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 13
Class struggle
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 12
Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:

-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC

It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 13
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Remembering the Battle of Lewisham
On this day in 1977 British fascism suffered its most humiliating defeat since Cable Street.
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 13
The ‘battle of Lewisham’ took place #OTD in 1977 www.gold.ac.uk/history/rese... cc @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social
What was the 'Battle of Lewisham'?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 12
Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:

-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC

It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.

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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 12
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Kritik an Friedrich Merz wegen Israel-Entscheidung: Manche machen es sich zu leicht
Es ist auch für die deutsche Politik schwieriger geworden, Israel gerecht zu werden. Manche Kritiker des Bundeskanzlers machen es sich zu leicht.
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Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos @dimitrakopoulos.bsky.social · Aug 11
There is a name for the discrepancy between the strength of Trump’s radical political agenda and the inadequacy of the European response to it: “vassalisation heureuse” a sort of willing submission."

Spot on

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Europe’s ‘happy vassal’ complex
The EU is willingly colluding in its own subjugation to Trump’s geopolitical agenda
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