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The link says ‘shocking’ UNESCO-report about the rise of antisemitism. Yet they attacked and ignored UN-reports about the genocide in Gaza. This ultraconservative party does not allow women to hold office, supported Apartheid South Africa untill the end. They do not care about equal rights!
#EU #UN
#EU #UN
EP-member Bert Jan Ruissen abuses UNESCO-report on antisemitism to progressive institutions that boycott Israel.
He is not worried about the denial of the holocaust and Nazi-sympathies among pupils. THAT is the real threat mentioned in the report. #Unesco #EP #Israel
youtu.be/b-n6hU1hVck?...
He is not worried about the denial of the holocaust and Nazi-sympathies among pupils. THAT is the real threat mentioned in the report. #Unesco #EP #Israel
youtu.be/b-n6hU1hVck?...
SGP-Europarlementariër Bert-Jan Ruissen over schokkend UNESCO-rapport antisemitisme op scholen in EU
YouTube video by SGP Europees Parlement
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 AM
🇪🇺 European Judicial Training Strategy 2025–2030
Judges across Europe aren’t equally equipped for digital courts or cross-border cases. Training varies by country, so does the quality of justice.
Brussels responds: upskill legal professionals in EU law and digital tools by 2030.
#Commission #Law
Judges across Europe aren’t equally equipped for digital courts or cross-border cases. Training varies by country, so does the quality of justice.
Brussels responds: upskill legal professionals in EU law and digital tools by 2030.
#Commission #Law
January 31, 2026 at 9:59 AM
🇪🇺 European Judicial Training Strategy 2025–2030
Judges across Europe aren’t equally equipped for digital courts or cross-border cases. Training varies by country, so does the quality of justice.
Brussels responds: upskill legal professionals in EU law and digital tools by 2030.
#Commission #Law
Judges across Europe aren’t equally equipped for digital courts or cross-border cases. Training varies by country, so does the quality of justice.
Brussels responds: upskill legal professionals in EU law and digital tools by 2030.
#Commission #Law
EP-member Bert Jan Ruissen abuses UNESCO-report on antisemitism to progressive institutions that boycott Israel.
He is not worried about the denial of the holocaust and Nazi-sympathies among pupils. THAT is the real threat mentioned in the report. #Unesco #EP #Israel
youtu.be/b-n6hU1hVck?...
He is not worried about the denial of the holocaust and Nazi-sympathies among pupils. THAT is the real threat mentioned in the report. #Unesco #EP #Israel
youtu.be/b-n6hU1hVck?...
SGP-Europarlementariër Bert-Jan Ruissen over schokkend UNESCO-rapport antisemitisme op scholen in EU
YouTube video by SGP Europees Parlement
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 9:36 AM
EP-member Bert Jan Ruissen abuses UNESCO-report on antisemitism to progressive institutions that boycott Israel.
He is not worried about the denial of the holocaust and Nazi-sympathies among pupils. THAT is the real threat mentioned in the report. #Unesco #EP #Israel
youtu.be/b-n6hU1hVck?...
He is not worried about the denial of the holocaust and Nazi-sympathies among pupils. THAT is the real threat mentioned in the report. #Unesco #EP #Israel
youtu.be/b-n6hU1hVck?...
Digital Justice:
Cross-border legal cases in the EU still run on fax and post. Commission’s Digital Justice@2030 strategy proposes shared IT tools and videoconferencing standards. 14 actions in total. Member states support it. Unnecessary duplication and costs should be avoided. #Justice #Digital
Cross-border legal cases in the EU still run on fax and post. Commission’s Digital Justice@2030 strategy proposes shared IT tools and videoconferencing standards. 14 actions in total. Member states support it. Unnecessary duplication and costs should be avoided. #Justice #Digital
January 31, 2026 at 8:52 AM
On Ukraine, the Netherlands position is unequivocal: military and financial support continues 3 billion euros per year. The coalition states Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” toward EU and NATO membership.
#SlavaUkraini #Zelensky #Netherlands #Coalition #Agreement
#SlavaUkraini #Zelensky #Netherlands #Coalition #Agreement
January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
On Ukraine, the Netherlands position is unequivocal: military and financial support continues 3 billion euros per year. The coalition states Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” toward EU and NATO membership.
#SlavaUkraini #Zelensky #Netherlands #Coalition #Agreement
#SlavaUkraini #Zelensky #Netherlands #Coalition #Agreement
What stands out is the NL's strong stance on the rule of law. Hungary and Slovakia are named as countries “ undermining Europe”. Rule of law is top of the Dutch agenda. They want to push for a simplification of the Art. 7 procedure.
#Coalition #Agreement #EU #Netherlands #Hungary #Slovakia #Renew
#Coalition #Agreement #EU #Netherlands #Hungary #Slovakia #Renew
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What stands out is the NL's strong stance on the rule of law. Hungary and Slovakia are named as countries “ undermining Europe”. Rule of law is top of the Dutch agenda. They want to push for a simplification of the Art. 7 procedure.
#Coalition #Agreement #EU #Netherlands #Hungary #Slovakia #Renew
#Coalition #Agreement #EU #Netherlands #Hungary #Slovakia #Renew
#Netherlands just dropped its coalition agreement. The incoming Jetten government will have its youngest and first #gay and first progressive-liberal #PM in #Dutch history. Source photo ANP.
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
#Netherlands just dropped its coalition agreement. The incoming Jetten government will have its youngest and first #gay and first progressive-liberal #PM in #Dutch history. Source photo ANP.
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 PM
To be continued. A 2nd thread on the Mark Rutte en LBJ's parallels is coming soon.
4) In #Congress: LBJ was a reliable ally of Southern segregationists. Untill he became #President. Then he used all his political capital to push through reforms: #CivilRights Act of 1964 and 1968, #VotingRights Act (1965), #Medicare & #Medicaid (1965). Improving social rights, banning racist laws.
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
To be continued. A 2nd thread on the Mark Rutte en LBJ's parallels is coming soon.
4) In #Congress: LBJ was a reliable ally of Southern segregationists. Untill he became #President. Then he used all his political capital to push through reforms: #CivilRights Act of 1964 and 1968, #VotingRights Act (1965), #Medicare & #Medicaid (1965). Improving social rights, banning racist laws.
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
4) In #Congress: LBJ was a reliable ally of Southern segregationists. Untill he became #President. Then he used all his political capital to push through reforms: #CivilRights Act of 1964 and 1968, #VotingRights Act (1965), #Medicare & #Medicaid (1965). Improving social rights, banning racist laws.
2) They were both teachers.
#LBJ started his career #teaching poor Mexican-American children in rural Texas. The experience marked him for life.
#Rutte taught every Thursday morning at a secondary school in a poor neighborhood in The Hague, even during his 14-year tenure as PM. #Nato #SG
#LBJ started his career #teaching poor Mexican-American children in rural Texas. The experience marked him for life.
#Rutte taught every Thursday morning at a secondary school in a poor neighborhood in The Hague, even during his 14-year tenure as PM. #Nato #SG
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 AM
1) If you want to understand #NATO SG Mark #Rutte, read R. Caro's biography on Lyndon Johnson.
#LBJ could be brutal, transactional during his rise to the top, and then pivoted into a civil-rights president.
Rutte is huge fan of the LBJ-biographies.
The parallels between the two are striking.
#LBJ could be brutal, transactional during his rise to the top, and then pivoted into a civil-rights president.
Rutte is huge fan of the LBJ-biographies.
The parallels between the two are striking.
January 28, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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U.S. diplomats asked a French magistrate last year whether she could intervene over Marine Le Pen’s election ban.
The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right.
🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right.
🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
January 21, 2026 at 1:27 PM
U.S. diplomats asked a French magistrate last year whether she could intervene over Marine Le Pen’s election ban.
The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right.
🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right.
🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
🇪🇺 New #EU Supplementary #Pension Package proposes IORP II & PEPP reforms to boost pension savings and mobilise long-term capital. NL supportive but flags subsidiarity concerns on fiscal incentives and proportionality re EIOPA's role. Source photo: grenzenloos.nl
open.overheid.nl/documenten/3...
open.overheid.nl/documenten/3...
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 AM
🇪🇺 New #EU Supplementary #Pension Package proposes IORP II & PEPP reforms to boost pension savings and mobilise long-term capital. NL supportive but flags subsidiarity concerns on fiscal incentives and proportionality re EIOPA's role. Source photo: grenzenloos.nl
open.overheid.nl/documenten/3...
open.overheid.nl/documenten/3...
#European #Business #Wallet
💼 Proposed European Business Wallet Regulation aims to cut red tape via secure B2B/B2G data exchange, building on eIDAS. NL positive on market-driven approach but questions proportionality of mandatory use by public bodies.
open.overheid.nl/documenten/8...
💼 Proposed European Business Wallet Regulation aims to cut red tape via secure B2B/B2G data exchange, building on eIDAS. NL positive on market-driven approach but questions proportionality of mandatory use by public bodies.
open.overheid.nl/documenten/8...
open.overheid.nl
January 21, 2026 at 10:42 AM
#European #Business #Wallet
💼 Proposed European Business Wallet Regulation aims to cut red tape via secure B2B/B2G data exchange, building on eIDAS. NL positive on market-driven approach but questions proportionality of mandatory use by public bodies.
open.overheid.nl/documenten/8...
💼 Proposed European Business Wallet Regulation aims to cut red tape via secure B2B/B2G data exchange, building on eIDAS. NL positive on market-driven approach but questions proportionality of mandatory use by public bodies.
open.overheid.nl/documenten/8...
#VAT Fraud / EOM-OLAF
🔍 #Commission wants to give EOM & OLAF access to #EU-wide VAT data to combat cross-border fraud. NL backs the goal but stresses: access must be strictly necessary, well-defined, and mindful of data security + implementation burden.
open.overheid.nl/documenten/4...
🔍 #Commission wants to give EOM & OLAF access to #EU-wide VAT data to combat cross-border fraud. NL backs the goal but stresses: access must be strictly necessary, well-defined, and mindful of data security + implementation burden.
open.overheid.nl/documenten/4...
open.overheid.nl
January 21, 2026 at 10:41 AM
#VAT Fraud / EOM-OLAF
🔍 #Commission wants to give EOM & OLAF access to #EU-wide VAT data to combat cross-border fraud. NL backs the goal but stresses: access must be strictly necessary, well-defined, and mindful of data security + implementation burden.
open.overheid.nl/documenten/4...
🔍 #Commission wants to give EOM & OLAF access to #EU-wide VAT data to combat cross-border fraud. NL backs the goal but stresses: access must be strictly necessary, well-defined, and mindful of data security + implementation burden.
open.overheid.nl/documenten/4...
3) no it is not just bureaucracy, it is our best line of defense against monsters like Peter #Thiel, Elon #Musk, Alex #Karp, and Larry Ellison, men who've made fortunes building the infrastructure of #surveillance while positioning themselves as #libertarian visionaries.
2)What do crony #capitalism and #communism have in common? Concentration of power by a few. Laws for fair #EU competition, public procurement, DSA and DMA are strong laws that prevent that power concentration. #Bigtech frames EU-regulation as burdensome and unnecessary bureaucracy.
January 21, 2026 at 10:09 AM
3) no it is not just bureaucracy, it is our best line of defense against monsters like Peter #Thiel, Elon #Musk, Alex #Karp, and Larry Ellison, men who've made fortunes building the infrastructure of #surveillance while positioning themselves as #libertarian visionaries.
2)What do crony #capitalism and #communism have in common? Concentration of power by a few. Laws for fair #EU competition, public procurement, DSA and DMA are strong laws that prevent that power concentration. #Bigtech frames EU-regulation as burdensome and unnecessary bureaucracy.
January 21, 2026 at 9:57 AM
2)What do crony #capitalism and #communism have in common? Concentration of power by a few. Laws for fair #EU competition, public procurement, DSA and DMA are strong laws that prevent that power concentration. #Bigtech frames EU-regulation as burdensome and unnecessary bureaucracy.
1) #VonderLeyen's #EUInc announcement at #Davos tackles the scaling barriers for European companies, 48-hour digital incorporation, one rulebook across all 27 states instead of fragmented national systems. Her advice should be heeded, but we must safeguard fair #competition at all cost.
January 21, 2026 at 9:54 AM
1) #VonderLeyen's #EUInc announcement at #Davos tackles the scaling barriers for European companies, 48-hour digital incorporation, one rulebook across all 27 states instead of fragmented national systems. Her advice should be heeded, but we must safeguard fair #competition at all cost.
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
#GeertWilders #PVV-party is almost 20 years old.
What did Wilders achieve?
Lied about climate
Lied about healthcare
Lied about Islam
He stoke fear amongst millions of people
Walked away from 2 cabinets
Lost 7 MPs today
Thank you Geert for being so ineffective. #Netherlands #TweedeKamer
What did Wilders achieve?
Lied about climate
Lied about healthcare
Lied about Islam
He stoke fear amongst millions of people
Walked away from 2 cabinets
Lost 7 MPs today
Thank you Geert for being so ineffective. #Netherlands #TweedeKamer
January 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
#GeertWilders #PVV-party is almost 20 years old.
What did Wilders achieve?
Lied about climate
Lied about healthcare
Lied about Islam
He stoke fear amongst millions of people
Walked away from 2 cabinets
Lost 7 MPs today
Thank you Geert for being so ineffective. #Netherlands #TweedeKamer
What did Wilders achieve?
Lied about climate
Lied about healthcare
Lied about Islam
He stoke fear amongst millions of people
Walked away from 2 cabinets
Lost 7 MPs today
Thank you Geert for being so ineffective. #Netherlands #TweedeKamer
One of the most racist parties in EU just got gutted from the inside. 7 MPs broke away from Wilders' PVV today. Wilders wrote in Breitbart once that Europe needs 'Zionism for the nations of Europe', praising Israel as an ethnostate model. apnews.com/article/wild...
7 lawmakers quit Geert Wilders' far-right party in stunning setback for Dutch anti-Islam firebrand
Seven lawmakers have quit Geert Wilders' far-right political party, dealing a major blow to the Dutch anti-Islam leader.
apnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
One of the most racist parties in EU just got gutted from the inside. 7 MPs broke away from Wilders' PVV today. Wilders wrote in Breitbart once that Europe needs 'Zionism for the nations of Europe', praising Israel as an ethnostate model. apnews.com/article/wild...
High level 'Diplomacy' #Trump to #Norway's PM: "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize... I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace." A toddler throwing a tantrum with a lit match in a room full of gasoline.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
High level 'Diplomacy' #Trump to #Norway's PM: "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize... I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace." A toddler throwing a tantrum with a lit match in a room full of gasoline.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...