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Nicolas Veron
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Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

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Nicolas Véron is a French economist. He is a senior fellow at Bruegel in Brussels, which he co-founded in 2002–05, and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC, which he joined in 2009. In 2012, he was included in the global 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine. .. more

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 1d
The male #refugees coming to Germany in 2015 had an employment ratio of 76% in 2024 (compared with 72% of the male population as a whole).

HT @johanneseber.bsky.social

www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/inhalt/jahr/...
Zehn Jahre nach 2015: Eine Arbeitsmarktbilanz
Der Wirtschaftsdienst publiziert jeden Monat Beiträge von namhaften Autoren aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis zu aktuellen Themen der Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik in Deutschland und der EU.
www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 1d
Ses succès sont incontestables, mais démontrent-ils l’existence d’un plan ?

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 2d
Ça dépend pour quoi ? (Par ailleurs, qui est on ?)

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 2d
Assuming there is a plan
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Trump's plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations. It's a scheme worthy of a mob boss. www.economist.com/the-americas...
Donald Trump wants to run Venezuela, and dominate the western hemisphere
Snatching Nicolás Maduro and attempting to take control of Venezuela and its oil is an extraordinary display of the new “Donroe doctrine”
www.economist.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d
Trump's plan appears to be for Venezuela to remain under the day-to-day rule of a senior chavista, with its democratically elected leaders excluded and its wealth controlled by American corporations. It's a scheme worthy of a mob boss. www.economist.com/the-americas...
Donald Trump wants to run Venezuela, and dominate the western hemisphere
Snatching Nicolás Maduro and attempting to take control of Venezuela and its oil is an extraordinary display of the new “Donroe doctrine”
www.economist.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d
Experts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns https://theonion.com/experts-point-to-long-glorious-history-of-successful-u-1819575498/
Experts Point To Long, Glorious History Of Successful U.S. Bombing Campaigns
WASHINGTON—In light of increased pressure on President Obama to order a military strike on Syria, leading historians and military experts on Tuesday simply pointed to the United States’ longstanding a...
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 3d
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3d
Measles may have been spread at a Noah’s Ark-themed creationist museum in Kentucky earlier this week, the state’s health authority said.
Health Authorities Issue Measles Alert at Creationist Museum
In 2025, the U.S. had the most infections of the vaccine-preventable disease since 1992.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4d
US retreats from Trump’s pasta tariffs, Italy says ft.trib.al/cFcqSIn
US retreats from Trump’s pasta tariffs, Italy says
Proposed levies of up to 92% on imported Italian pasta slashed
ft.trib.al

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 5d
It's official: Bulgaria is in the euro-zone.
An excerpt from an atypically emotional NYE address by the Central Bank governor:
"Thank you, friends. We are home.
This is not a protocol. It is a feeling.
In this sense, the euro is not just an economic solution...
www.bnb.bg/AboutUs/Pres...

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Yayaver @yayaver02.bsky.social · 7d
Ah, the irony of calling Russia a "white coloniser." India’s foreign policy is not built on sentimentality or skin colour but strategic autonomy.

Unlike Western empires, Russia never looted Indian wealth, converted our people, or imposed alien rule — a distinction our collective memory keeps.

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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 14d
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
One panel comic with one person saying to another: Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 15d
Separated by train paradise

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 15d
The Axis of Late Trains.

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 16d
For reference www.politico.eu/article/bart...
EU allies turn screws on Belgium over its tax income from Russia’s frozen assets
European governments are piling pressure on Bart De Wever to allow the Russian cash to go to Kyiv as a mega loan.
www.politico.eu

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 17d
Sanctions are not damaging Russian economy. We made "conscious decision" for it to get smaller.

I remain a master strategist

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 17d
That discussion was never about “giving Russia’s assets to Ukraine” tbh

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 17d
The evidence must come from the Belgian authorities, on its actual transfers of Euroclear-related tax income to Ukraine. Until that happens (if it hasn’t already), doubts will remain irrespective of this or that public speech

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 17d
If transfers have been made to Ukraine, I presume there must be a public record of them.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 17d
When Trump visited Mount Vernon in 2018, he couldn't understand why George Washington didn't name it after himself. “You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.” Reupping this prescient piece from @politico.com which seems pretty relevant today. www.politico.com/story/2019/0...
Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon
The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president's failure to name his historic compound after himself.
www.politico.com

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 17d
Has there been a public reporting of such transfers, and if so, can you please provide the reference?

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 17d
“plans”

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 18d
Indeed some transparency would be in order

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 18d
Why small chance?

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 18d
In this context, the fact that Belgium keeps making windfall revenue on immobilized Russian reserves (via taxation of Euroclear) must be re-examined. Belgium should transfer all that corporate tax income, with retroactive effect starting March 2022, to Ukraine in a transparent manner. Now. (2/2)

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 18d
One more point actually, about Belgium.

The Belgian authorities have indicated that they were vulnerable to Russian bullying. PM Bart De Wever has been commendably transparent that Putin's direct threats were among his motivations to oppose the Commission's proposal for a Reparations Loan. (1/2)

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Nicolas Veron @veron.bsky.social · 18d
Meanwhile, the Russian reserves remain immobilized and the Reparations Loan idea can be revived in future. Overall, a very consequential decision that boils down to a show of EU strength and commitment. Even though many will paint it otherwise. (5/5 - end)