Anthony Zacharzewski
@anthonyzach.be
Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding, Polish roots. President of Demsoc.org
25 years of the Sinterklaasjournal - the daily 10 minute news show for kids in Nederland in the run-up to Sinterklaas on 5/6 December. Something always goes wrong with the boat on which Sinterklaas comes to Nederland from Spain, but there’s also a nod to real current events. This year, for instance
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
25 years of the Sinterklaasjournal - the daily 10 minute news show for kids in Nederland in the run-up to Sinterklaas on 5/6 December. Something always goes wrong with the boat on which Sinterklaas comes to Nederland from Spain, but there’s also a nod to real current events. This year, for instance
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The last Belgian soldier to be killed during WWI was a private called Marcel Terfve. He was shot at 10.42 on 11/11 by a German machine gun near the Gent-Terneuzen canal. He in the Belgian army since 1914 and sadly almost made it throught the entire war #armisticeday #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The last Belgian soldier to be killed during WWI was a private called Marcel Terfve. He was shot at 10.42 on 11/11 by a German machine gun near the Gent-Terneuzen canal. He in the Belgian army since 1914 and sadly almost made it throught the entire war #armisticeday #LestWeForget
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Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
Listening to @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social discussing the elections on Stuk Rood Vlees [NL]. A point in defence of NL’s very pure PR system I had not thought of - with no districts it’s really hard to have a very small margins and therefore « hanging chad » arguments.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Listening to @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social discussing the elections on Stuk Rood Vlees [NL]. A point in defence of NL’s very pure PR system I had not thought of - with no districts it’s really hard to have a very small margins and therefore « hanging chad » arguments.
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Rue de la Loi 159, now Justus Lipsius building. In 1882, an Antwerp lawyer was shot dead here by his wife's lover's brother who lured him there by posing as a steamship investor and gun collector. The 'Peltzer Affair' was turned into a hit play the following year and a Hollywood movie in 1934.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Rue de la Loi 159, now Justus Lipsius building. In 1882, an Antwerp lawyer was shot dead here by his wife's lover's brother who lured him there by posing as a steamship investor and gun collector. The 'Peltzer Affair' was turned into a hit play the following year and a Hollywood movie in 1934.
Dawn over the Med near Cagnes-sur-Mer. On my way to Marseille for a work day with a colleague.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Dawn over the Med near Cagnes-sur-Mer. On my way to Marseille for a work day with a colleague.
The Fondation Maeght in St-Paul-de-Vence has an amazing building and setting - a couple of the sculptures make me think of the public art in Hemel Hempstead.
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Fondation Maeght in St-Paul-de-Vence has an amazing building and setting - a couple of the sculptures make me think of the public art in Hemel Hempstead.
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Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
Brief stay with friends in the hills above Antibes and it looks like my one day here is going to be lucky with the weather.
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Brief stay with friends in the hills above Antibes and it looks like my one day here is going to be lucky with the weather.
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Helicopter shuttle from
Nice airport to Monaco feels like a transport service that will never be in my future, and I’m fine with that.
Nice airport to Monaco feels like a transport service that will never be in my future, and I’m fine with that.
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Helicopter shuttle from
Nice airport to Monaco feels like a transport service that will never be in my future, and I’m fine with that.
Nice airport to Monaco feels like a transport service that will never be in my future, and I’m fine with that.
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"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
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Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
Aside from the crucial voting system difference, the Social Democrats over this period have haemorrhaged votes to progressive parties and are currently on course for their worst result in 110yrs, while the Green Left are set for their best ever.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
what are the odds that the people in Downing Street briefing this out would also break out in hives at the mere mention of proportional representation?
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
Brunch with @dzyrl.bsky.social and @parool.nl before we go our separate ways for a couple of days - me to Marseille for work, her back home to Brussels.
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Brunch with @dzyrl.bsky.social and @parool.nl before we go our separate ways for a couple of days - me to Marseille for work, her back home to Brussels.
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As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
Every accusation is a confession
Ted Cruz: "I think right now the 2 frontrunners for the Democratic nomination in 2028 are AOC and Mamdani. Now, he's not even eligible, but what do they care? Law doesn't mean anything to them. That's where their party is."
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Every accusation is a confession
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People are dying to get in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Père-Lachaise: Paris launches lottery for burial plots among Morrison, Wilde and Piaf
Parisians can win burial spots in the world-famous cemeteries of Père-Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre as part of a monument restoration scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
People are dying to get in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
Oh no pathetic old Europeans will never be able to match these rampant capitalist stallions in the Valley.
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Oh no pathetic old Europeans will never be able to match these rampant capitalist stallions in the Valley.
Looking forward to my work trip to Albuquerque in December 🫠
BREAKING: The FAA announces a 10% reduction in airline traffic in 40 markets to maintain safety during ongoing government shutdown.
FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government shutdown.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Looking forward to my work trip to Albuquerque in December 🫠
Just finished watching the excellent new opera “Ali” at La Monnaie / De Munt. The true story of a Somali boy fleeing Al Shabab to Europe. Truly operatic in scale and emotion but with a fantastic score melding European, Arabic and Somali language and music. Strong recommend for Brusseleirs.
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Just finished watching the excellent new opera “Ali” at La Monnaie / De Munt. The true story of a Somali boy fleeing Al Shabab to Europe. Truly operatic in scale and emotion but with a fantastic score melding European, Arabic and Somali language and music. Strong recommend for Brusseleirs.
It's true Belgian surrealism that a government led by a rightist Flemish nationalist might fall because the Wallons want deeper spending cuts rather than tax rises, and a Flemish party won't agree to it. www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/l...
Live - Politiek. Premier De Wever roept N-VA-top bij zich rond de begrotingscrisis
Wat beweegt er op het politieke front, van de federale regering-De Wever tot de aanslepende Brusselse formatie? Volg al het politieke nieuws in de liveblog hieronder. Mis niets: download de app van De...
www.demorgen.be
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's true Belgian surrealism that a government led by a rightist Flemish nationalist might fall because the Wallons want deeper spending cuts rather than tax rises, and a Flemish party won't agree to it. www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/l...