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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓

@francesconicoli.bsky.social

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All things Europe, in all things European.

Neofunctionalist-in-chief, trilemmer, sci-fi & fantasy nerd.

Political economist, associate professor at Politecnico of Turin, former fellow at Bruegel.

" Europe will be made through crises...." .. more

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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · Jan 9

First paper of 2026, and I should add, absolutely topical.

www.fondazionecsf.it/en/activitie...

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 2h

Are you really talking about "pizza dough"? SUSPICIOUS!

#pizzagate

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 4h

The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump administration seems to have deliberately starved Ukraine of Patriot missiles just when Putin was ramping up the Russian campaign to freeze and kill Ukrainian civilians.

Raise your hand if you think it is a coincidence.

newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/empty-p...

Empty Patriot launchers, Ukraine faced air defense gaps amid Russia's energy strikes — FT

newsukraine.rbc.ua

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11h

😮😮😮😮

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EUGOV Research Group @eugovresearch.bsky.social · 13h

📢📢 Next EUGOV Seminar

"Social Europe in the Eyes of Citizens: The Interplay of Identity, Trust, and Economic Interests"

by Mervé Butorac, Irina Ciornei, @francesconicoli.bsky.social

12 feb, 13:00

Sala Europa, Centre de Documentació Europea, @uab.cat

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸❗️Trump has failed to impose any effective sanctions on Russia, - BBC.

He has twice tried to hit the ruble, but both strikes have been meager.

Russia’s oil revenues have fallen, but not because of the US but because of the Europeans. Trump will never dare to put pressure on Putin.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously.
www.reuters.com/world/poland...

Poland to probe possible links between Epstein and Russia, PM Tusk says

Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tues...

www.reuters.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

Tulsi Gabbard and the White House killed a whistleblower report that someone close to Trump was talking to foreign intelligence.

Trump and his allies are in the Epstein files, and likely controlled through blackmail by foreign intelligence.

The Trump administration is a national security threat.

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 3d

I tried to enter the "contest" but XAI won't allow me to make fun of Elon Musk in any way

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Display name redacted @mynameredacted.bsky.social · 3d

Epstein and Thiel sharing notes on how Brexit and division in Europe can be exploited by the oligarchy:

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Marcello Graziano 🇺🇦 @marcellograz.bsky.social · 3d

Very smart folks on #EconSky may be able to run a quasi-experimental research

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Kate McNamara @katemcnamara.bsky.social · 5d

Looked over on the other site to see which of the extraordinary journalists I admire have been laid off at WaPo (answer: most of them). Such a tragic day for democracy & for my hometown. BUT the vitriol and (a lot of bot-generated) hatred in the comments is incredible. Glad to have left that behind.

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Mark English @markemuk.bsky.social · 5d

The only viable, economically game-changing EU-UK reset possible is for UK to join (at least) the single market.
🧵1/5

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5d

🇪🇸😉 Always loved tapas...

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/spain-says-it-absolutely-supports-the-uk-rejoining-the-eu-402971/

Spain says it 'absolutely' supports the UK rejoining the EU

Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez has said he would "absolutely" support the UK rejoining the European Union.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 5d

The results of the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing:

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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 5d

Possibly the biggest burn in this year, and this says a lot when reflecting the last 4 weeks. The French MFA absolutely torched Elon Musk.

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 5d

I mean Epstein had a point.

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Paul Singh @paulsingh.bsky.social · 5d

Epstein emails - Russia mostly funded Marie Le Pen’s far right party.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 5d

The General Staff of Ukraine reported over 12,000 documented cases of Russian chemical weapon use during the war, including 224 incidents in January 2026 alone. Russian forces regularly deploy munitions filled with chemical irritants alongside conventional firepower.
t.me/c/1792312281...

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 5d

When asked about the Russian attacks, Trump replied that he believes Putin has kept his promise.
Really?

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 5d

🇵🇱🇺🇸👀 Polish PM Tusk on Epstein:

In the documents published so far, there are over 1,000 documents directly concerning Vladimir Putin and 9,000 concerning Moscow.

I am talking about Russian political environment. The FBI says it had information that Mr. Epstein was managing part of Putin's fortune.

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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 6d

Trump humiliating again and again..

The American moron chases Russian riches while Putin promises not to bomb Ukraine's cities.

Largest attack of the war. Trump really is Putin's bitch.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7d

❗️❗️Today Russia has resumed its “energy terror”. Throughout the day, the enemy has been striking coal mines. The “Shahed” attacks are being carried out on facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk region that supply fuel to the CHP.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7d

🤬 Russia tripled production of Iskander missiles thanks to supplies from China, — CSIS

➡️ In 2025, Russia produced about 50 9M723 missiles per month, while from February 2022 to January 2023, only 36 missiles were produced in total.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 8d

💔 Death toll rises to 16 in Russian attack on bus in Dnipropetrovsk region, says Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction Oleksiy Kuleba

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 8d

War crimes. Russian forces deliberately attacked civilians in Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Flash. A Shahed drone hit a civilian bus, causing a crash. As passengers evacuated, a second drone deliberately struck people outside the vehicle. #Ukraine

Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 8d

Break time at the monthly @volteuropa.org meeting in Torino

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Fella T 🇨🇿🇪🇺 @fellat.bsky.social · 8d

Only 1k?

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10d

😄👀 The situation in one of the Kyiv courtyards.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 11d

“Greenland is not for sale and cannot be annexed. Greenland’s future is determined by Greenland”

Macron, speaking Greenlandic (!!!) during visit by 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 PMs to Paris

The worldwide attention is down. But the crisis is not over.