Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social
Acting Co-Director, Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School | all things EU institutional | previously Assistant Prof of EU con law | podcast: EU to go - Der Podcast für Europapolitik
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Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social
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If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen
European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre
www.theguardian.com
Driven by fear of the far right, the EU is losing its compass, whether on migration, climate or Gaza. By undermining its own principles, Europe weakens its global position and risks losing not just dignity but political agency.
With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🎧 Kritischer Rohstoff für die Ohren: Zum Wochenende bespricht @onethuthree.bsky.social in einer neuen Folge des EU to go-Podcast mit @aleichthammer.bsky.social die wirtschaftlichen Abhängigkeiten der #EU und das Potential der #ReSourceEU Initiative. Jetzt reinhören 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/72Ih...
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🎧 Kritischer Rohstoff für die Ohren: Zum Wochenende bespricht @onethuthree.bsky.social in einer neuen Folge des EU to go-Podcast mit @aleichthammer.bsky.social die wirtschaftlichen Abhängigkeiten der #EU und das Potential der #ReSourceEU Initiative. Jetzt reinhören 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/72Ih...
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1/ This year revealed how the EU's critical raw materials dependence has become an economic security vulnerability. ReSourceEU is the EU’s most serious attempt yet to remedy this. To end the year, I dive into what it does and whether it can shift the trajectory: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
The EU's critical raw materials predicament: ReSourceEU to the Rescue?
The EU’s dependence on highly concentrated critical raw material (CRM) supply chains, above all on China, has emerged as a central economic security vulnerability.
www.delorscentre.eu
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
1/ This year revealed how the EU's critical raw materials dependence has become an economic security vulnerability. ReSourceEU is the EU’s most serious attempt yet to remedy this. To end the year, I dive into what it does and whether it can shift the trajectory: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
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As Donald Tusk’s rhetoric increasingly echoes Orbán, WOJCIECH ZOMERSKI sounds a warning for democratic restoration:
No force is immune to populism’s temptations, including those who claim to rescue us from it.
verfassungsblog.de/populism-pol...
No force is immune to populism’s temptations, including those who claim to rescue us from it.
verfassungsblog.de/populism-pol...
December 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As Donald Tusk’s rhetoric increasingly echoes Orbán, WOJCIECH ZOMERSKI sounds a warning for democratic restoration:
No force is immune to populism’s temptations, including those who claim to rescue us from it.
verfassungsblog.de/populism-pol...
No force is immune to populism’s temptations, including those who claim to rescue us from it.
verfassungsblog.de/populism-pol...
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How do the German government's clean competitiveness policies fit with the agenda in Brussels?
I shared a few thoughts in this short interview with Clean Energy Wire on the priorities of the German coalition, and what they imply for the EU's initiatives scheduled for 2026👇
I shared a few thoughts in this short interview with Clean Energy Wire on the priorities of the German coalition, and what they imply for the EU's initiatives scheduled for 2026👇
#Preview2026: Germany urged to fight harder to protect EU emissions trading ambition – researcher
Weakening the ETS w/o strengthening other policies risks collapsing climate action structure, "tanking overall clean investments," says @ph-jaeg.bsky.social
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/preview...
Weakening the ETS w/o strengthening other policies risks collapsing climate action structure, "tanking overall clean investments," says @ph-jaeg.bsky.social
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/preview...
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
How do the German government's clean competitiveness policies fit with the agenda in Brussels?
I shared a few thoughts in this short interview with Clean Energy Wire on the priorities of the German coalition, and what they imply for the EU's initiatives scheduled for 2026👇
I shared a few thoughts in this short interview with Clean Energy Wire on the priorities of the German coalition, and what they imply for the EU's initiatives scheduled for 2026👇
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The Commission’s new Democracy Shield🛡️raised high expectations but proposes mostly additions to existing frameworks rather than attempt innovation.
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
The European Democracy Shield – Papering over the cracks
Protecting European democracy requires consistent commitment to democratic values both at EU and at national level – not just the creation of additional strategies.
www.delorscentre.eu
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The Commission’s new Democracy Shield🛡️raised high expectations but proposes mostly additions to existing frameworks rather than attempt innovation.
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵
www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
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"If you don't support the far-right, you need to get much better at selling your vision for the EU."
📺 Rewatch our online panel with @georginaewright.bsky.social, Daniela Schwarzer, @shahinvallee.bsky.social and @onethuthree.bsky.social following the #PariserPlatzDialogue.👉 youtu.be/4TGVw3pkY8Y?...
📺 Rewatch our online panel with @georginaewright.bsky.social, Daniela Schwarzer, @shahinvallee.bsky.social and @onethuthree.bsky.social following the #PariserPlatzDialogue.👉 youtu.be/4TGVw3pkY8Y?...
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"If you don't support the far-right, you need to get much better at selling your vision for the EU."
📺 Rewatch our online panel with @georginaewright.bsky.social, Daniela Schwarzer, @shahinvallee.bsky.social and @onethuthree.bsky.social following the #PariserPlatzDialogue.👉 youtu.be/4TGVw3pkY8Y?...
📺 Rewatch our online panel with @georginaewright.bsky.social, Daniela Schwarzer, @shahinvallee.bsky.social and @onethuthree.bsky.social following the #PariserPlatzDialogue.👉 youtu.be/4TGVw3pkY8Y?...
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🥐 Das letzte EU to go-Frühstück des Jahres steht an! Am Mi., 17.12. um 8:30 Uhr geht es um das EU-Autopaket und die europäische Autoindustrie. Mit dabei: Unser Co-Direktor @nilsredeker.bsky.social & Senior Policy Fellow @jannikjansen.bsky.social. Jetzt anmelden 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🥐 Das letzte EU to go-Frühstück des Jahres steht an! Am Mi., 17.12. um 8:30 Uhr geht es um das EU-Autopaket und die europäische Autoindustrie. Mit dabei: Unser Co-Direktor @nilsredeker.bsky.social & Senior Policy Fellow @jannikjansen.bsky.social. Jetzt anmelden 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
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“I am not opposed to any discussion about the future of our [ECHR] system,” the President said. “But such a discussion must not be driven by political spectacle, by populism or by the pursuit of short-term gains. It requires calm reflection, depth and intellectual honesty.” #ECHR #migration
Discussion on the European Convention on Human Rights and migration must be "rooted in our values" says PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, addressing @coe.int ministers in Strasbourg.
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1014...
#ECHR
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1014...
#ECHR
Discussion on the European Convention on Human Rights and migration must be ‘rooted in our values’ says PACE President
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, addressing an informal meeting of Council of Europe ministers in Strasbourg, has welcomed the beginning of a discussion about the European Convention and Human Ri...
pace.coe.int
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“I am not opposed to any discussion about the future of our [ECHR] system,” the President said. “But such a discussion must not be driven by political spectacle, by populism or by the pursuit of short-term gains. It requires calm reflection, depth and intellectual honesty.” #ECHR #migration
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EU clean tech is under pressure: in the US, the phaseout of green subsidies dampens EU exports and Trump's tariffs re-direct trade, while Chinese over-capacities create very tough price competition.
Our new policy brief shows how these drivers interact - and what the EU should do in response (1/4)
Our new policy brief shows how these drivers interact - and what the EU should do in response (1/4)
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
EU clean tech is under pressure: in the US, the phaseout of green subsidies dampens EU exports and Trump's tariffs re-direct trade, while Chinese over-capacities create very tough price competition.
Our new policy brief shows how these drivers interact - and what the EU should do in response (1/4)
Our new policy brief shows how these drivers interact - and what the EU should do in response (1/4)
Still buzzing from our Pariser Platz Dialogue last week. If you also haven’t had enough and want to continue the discussion, join us today at 14:00 for the public panel with @dschwarzer.bsky.social, @shahinvallee.bsky.social and @georginaewright.bsky.social: www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Still buzzing from our Pariser Platz Dialogue last week. If you also haven’t had enough and want to continue the discussion, join us today at 14:00 for the public panel with @dschwarzer.bsky.social, @shahinvallee.bsky.social and @georginaewright.bsky.social: www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
I think the reinterpretation of the ECHR they seek has been clarified elsewhere: less protection for "the wrong people" (sic!), incl. a limitation of the scope of protection under art. 8 (right to private and family life) and art. 3 (prohibition of torture and degrading treatment).
It's dystopian.
It's dystopian.
Two of the few remaining centre-left prime ministers in Europe (🇩🇰 & 🇬🇧) come together to write a joint op-ed on ... harder migration policy.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
We must protect our borders to defend our democracies. Here's how
This is our strong message to our friends in Europe. Unless responsible governments reflect their citizens’ concerns, populists will win, say British PM Keir Starmer and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I think the reinterpretation of the ECHR they seek has been clarified elsewhere: less protection for "the wrong people" (sic!), incl. a limitation of the scope of protection under art. 8 (right to private and family life) and art. 3 (prohibition of torture and degrading treatment).
It's dystopian.
It's dystopian.
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‼️Last chance to register!
Today at 2pm CET, we have the pleasure to host this fantastic group of experts for our online panel following the #PariserPlatzDialogue.
Register by 12pm and find out how the #EU can become more resilient amid global power shifts. 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
Today at 2pm CET, we have the pleasure to host this fantastic group of experts for our online panel following the #PariserPlatzDialogue.
Register by 12pm and find out how the #EU can become more resilient amid global power shifts. 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
‼️Last chance to register!
Today at 2pm CET, we have the pleasure to host this fantastic group of experts for our online panel following the #PariserPlatzDialogue.
Register by 12pm and find out how the #EU can become more resilient amid global power shifts. 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
Today at 2pm CET, we have the pleasure to host this fantastic group of experts for our online panel following the #PariserPlatzDialogue.
Register by 12pm and find out how the #EU can become more resilient amid global power shifts. 👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
Join us tomorrow afternoon!
How can the EU build stronger resilience amid global power shifts & unprecedented threats to its democracy, economy, security? Join us on 10 Dec for a discussion w/ excellent speakers @dschwarzer.bsky.social @shahinvallee.bsky.social @georginaewright.bsky.social
www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join us tomorrow afternoon!
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How can the EU build stronger resilience amid global power shifts & unprecedented threats to its democracy, economy, security? Join us on 10 Dec for a discussion w/ excellent speakers @dschwarzer.bsky.social @shahinvallee.bsky.social @georginaewright.bsky.social
www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
How can the EU build stronger resilience amid global power shifts & unprecedented threats to its democracy, economy, security? Join us on 10 Dec for a discussion w/ excellent speakers @dschwarzer.bsky.social @shahinvallee.bsky.social @georginaewright.bsky.social
www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
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Quite an all-star lineup here.
Find out what has been discussed at our public online panel next Wednesday (10 Dec) at 2 pm - register here: www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
Public Panel: Europe’s Moment. Franco-German Action in the Wake of an Eroding Global Order
We cordially invite you to join this virtual conversation on 10 December 2025 as part of this year’s Pariser Platz Dialogue.
www.delorscentre.eu
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Quite an all-star lineup here.
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Find out what has been discussed at our public online panel next Wednesday (10 Dec) at 2 pm - register here: www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
Public Panel: Europe’s Moment. Franco-German Action in the Wake of an Eroding Global Order
We cordially invite you to join this virtual conversation on 10 December 2025 as part of this year’s Pariser Platz Dialogue.
www.delorscentre.eu
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Find out what has been discussed at our public online panel next Wednesday (10 Dec) at 2 pm - register here: www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
EUCO President @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu reacting to US National Security Strategy at annual conference of our sister institute in Paris @delorsinstitute.bsky.social: "Allies do not threaten to interfere in the lives and domestic political choices of their allies" @matellysy.bsky.social
Allies must act as allies.
We must respect each other's sovereignty.
Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.
We must respect each other's sovereignty.
Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
EUCO President @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu reacting to US National Security Strategy at annual conference of our sister institute in Paris @delorsinstitute.bsky.social: "Allies do not threaten to interfere in the lives and domestic political choices of their allies" @matellysy.bsky.social
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Allies must act as allies.
We must respect each other's sovereignty.
Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.
We must respect each other's sovereignty.
Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Allies must act as allies.
We must respect each other's sovereignty.
Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.
We must respect each other's sovereignty.
Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.
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Happy to have joined the @delorsberlin.bsky.social in Berlin for the Pariser Platz Dialogue to speak about “Funding Europe’s Future: Priorities of the upcoming EU budget”
Thank you for a constructive and forward-looking exchange on the next MFF and the upcoming negotiations
Thank you for a constructive and forward-looking exchange on the next MFF and the upcoming negotiations
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Happy to have joined the @delorsberlin.bsky.social in Berlin for the Pariser Platz Dialogue to speak about “Funding Europe’s Future: Priorities of the upcoming EU budget”
Thank you for a constructive and forward-looking exchange on the next MFF and the upcoming negotiations
Thank you for a constructive and forward-looking exchange on the next MFF and the upcoming negotiations
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After Europe had a weekend to digest the confrontative new US National Security Strategy, time to ponder the questions raised by @maxbergmann.bsky.social in this excellent piece:
The NSS That Could Destroy the NATO Alliance
The latest U.S. National Security Strategy doesn’t just sideline Europe—it seeks to reshape its politics, backing nationalist parties and challenging the European Union in ways that could push the tra...
www.csis.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
After Europe had a weekend to digest the confrontative new US National Security Strategy, time to ponder the questions raised by @maxbergmann.bsky.social in this excellent piece:
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For the final discussion, we're looking at collaboration in the EU: Weimar+, coalitions of the the willing and the need for a European avant-garde. Speaking are Pascal Lamy, Oliver Linz, Aleksandra Maatsch and @nvondarza.bsky.social, with moderation by @onethuthree.bsky.social. #PariserPlatzDialogue
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
For the final discussion, we're looking at collaboration in the EU: Weimar+, coalitions of the the willing and the need for a European avant-garde. Speaking are Pascal Lamy, Oliver Linz, Aleksandra Maatsch and @nvondarza.bsky.social, with moderation by @onethuthree.bsky.social. #PariserPlatzDialogue
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Final point of order: Closing remarks by Pascal Lamy and our Acting Co-Directors @onethuthree.bsky.social and @nilsredeker.bsky.social, summarizing the discussions and thanking all attendees and organisers over lunch. #PariserPlatzDialogue #PPD2025
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Final point of order: Closing remarks by Pascal Lamy and our Acting Co-Directors @onethuthree.bsky.social and @nilsredeker.bsky.social, summarizing the discussions and thanking all attendees and organisers over lunch. #PariserPlatzDialogue #PPD2025
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November was a month of high tension in the European Parliament.
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:
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:
EU Analytics November 2025 review
The breakdown of the Cordon Sanitaire amid three different majorities
substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
November was a month of high tension in the European Parliament.
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:
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:
Sehr empfehlenswertes Interview mit @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social über Demokratie und warum sie die beste Staatsform ist.
www.zeit.de/2025-11/jan-...
www.zeit.de/2025-11/jan-...
Nur eine Frage: Ist Demokratie die beste Staatsform, Jan-Werner Müller?
Können Demokratien noch Antworten finden auf die Krisen der Welt? Der Politikwissenschaftler Jan-Werner Müller sagt: Ja, auch wenn sie bei Weitem nicht perfekt sind.
www.zeit.de
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sehr empfehlenswertes Interview mit @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social über Demokratie und warum sie die beste Staatsform ist.
www.zeit.de/2025-11/jan-...
www.zeit.de/2025-11/jan-...
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Very much looking forward!
How can the EU build stronger resilience amid global power shifts & unprecedented threats to its democracy, economy, security? Join us on 10 Dec for a discussion w/ excellent speakers @dschwarzer.bsky.social @shahinvallee.bsky.social @georginaewright.bsky.social
www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
www.delorscentre.eu/en/events-at...
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Very much looking forward!