Political Scientist @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
Democracy, European Union politics, Social justice, Digital governance, Political theory
I analyse the EU’s AI Act and its place in the global governance of the AI.
Examining the economy of AI + the contents of the Act, I conclude that expecting a ‘Brussels effect’ is neither apt nor useful.
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On the other hand, to have fundamental decisions hinge on enhanced cooperation is a dangerous path for the EU to travel.
It will be unsustainable once Meloni sides with Orbán or Le Pen would come to power in France
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I have mixed feelings about the "solution" used yesterday to provide the 90 bn loan to Ukraine
On the one hand, this is the way that the European Council should have handled the Hungary-problem for long; much better than "bribing" them ...
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No force is immune to populism’s temptations, including those who claim to rescue us from it.
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A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
A short thread on how things stand as of 2024, with @chesdata.bsky.social, looking at salience, clarity, and unity of party positions towards the EU 🧵:
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Tomorrow the big HE strike! See you at Dam square!
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Striking thing is that my colleague Adam Tyler and I identified a similar 'Luddite coalition' against tech-run content filtering in the DSA
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I went through 51 final votes and 10 public Council votes for my latest EU-Analytics review – and found three different working majorities at play:
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I went through 51 final votes and 10 public Council votes for my latest EU-Analytics review – and found three different working majorities at play:
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There is so much work being produced, and so many competing demands on our time, that people rarely seem able to just closely read work and frankly say "yes, I believe this" or "no, I don't."
If we aren't doing this, what _are_ we doing?!
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What to learn from the Dublin system for solidarity in EU asylum governance? We recommend more transparency, better pressure assessment & prioritizing relocations from more to less pressured states.
@ftrauner.bsky.social & Philipp Stutz (VUB)
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I merged the CHES expert survey with EP composition data to visualize the political space of the current EP. The graphs make the center of gravity in the EP quite clear, on multiple dimensions and policy issues.
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A good start; ask any tech founder in Europe. But CMA has studied cloud in detail. Lock-in is clear. Will EC summon the will to enforce?
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Our leaders only want to talk about Russia. When it comes to disinformation, the EU's biggest threat is the one who cannot be named.
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Notably, the only bigger member state (>15M) not qualifying for solidarity is Romania! And after it come Portugal, Sweden and Hungary.
I very much doubt these are the countries that can shoulder the expected solidarity
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Europe must embrace a “break-and-build” strategy:
“break” entrenched monopolies and
“build” its own digital infrastructure and addressing on a sector-by-sector basis
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"Party Dynamics in the 2024 European Parliament Elections" can be found in the Annual Review Issue (S1) of @jcms-eu.bsky.social, page 80-90
Also other great articles
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