Virginia Mucchi
@virginiamucchi.bsky.social
Head of Outreach and Impact, @ecdpm.bsky.social. Interested in comms, EU politics, EU-Africa and international relations. Sudden fascination with AI. Views are mine.
If AI saves a team 10h a week, what do [think tanks] do with that time? Do they chase more outputs? Or do they invest in storytelling [] and engagement – the things that deepen impact? Asks @designbysoapbox.bsky.social @johnschwartz.bsky.social. Up to us all to make sure it's the latter. @ecdpm.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If AI saves a team 10h a week, what do [think tanks] do with that time? Do they chase more outputs? Or do they invest in storytelling [] and engagement – the things that deepen impact? Asks @designbysoapbox.bsky.social @johnschwartz.bsky.social. Up to us all to make sure it's the latter. @ecdpm.org
Writing for the algorithm? @cfieschi.bsky.social talking to @catherinedevries.bsky.social. Can something be 'shareable' without losing its complexity? What do you think @sbeverts.bsky.social @anthonyzach.be @garethbxl.bsky.social ?
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Writing for the algorithm? @cfieschi.bsky.social talking to @catherinedevries.bsky.social. Can something be 'shareable' without losing its complexity? What do you think @sbeverts.bsky.social @anthonyzach.be @garethbxl.bsky.social ?
At the #Dynamig conference in rainy and #EUCO locked Brussels.
‘Improving living conditions in countries of origin can be effective in reducing migration’s aspirations and migration pressures’.
One of the interesting findings that came from the analysis of #EUTF. Interesting policy implications
‘Improving living conditions in countries of origin can be effective in reducing migration’s aspirations and migration pressures’.
One of the interesting findings that came from the analysis of #EUTF. Interesting policy implications
October 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
@catherinedevries.bsky.social interviews @casmudde.bsky.social. Very interesting and insightful as usual.
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@catherinedevries.bsky.social interviews @casmudde.bsky.social. Very interesting and insightful as usual.
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
US ambo on #DMA & #DSA: “..if the intent is to inflict economic pain on competitors outside of Europe to help European companies, that’s something that the United States would object to […] You can’t have legislation that punishes companies from . . . your ally.” US tariffs then? @financialtimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
US ambo on #DMA & #DSA: “..if the intent is to inflict economic pain on competitors outside of Europe to help European companies, that’s something that the United States would object to […] You can’t have legislation that punishes companies from . . . your ally.” US tariffs then? @financialtimes.com
Immensely sad. RIP Robert Redford. 😢
September 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Immensely sad. RIP Robert Redford. 😢
Indeed, another spectacle of internal divisions that we could have easily done without.
European Parliament today:
Von der Leyen: "Europe is in a fight!"
EPP: It's the S&D fault, let's fight!
S&D: It's the EPP's fault, let's fight!
Patriots for Europe: It's her fault! Tables motion of Censure. Let's fight!
Left: It's her fault! Tables another motion of censure. Let's fight!
Von der Leyen: "Europe is in a fight!"
EPP: It's the S&D fault, let's fight!
S&D: It's the EPP's fault, let's fight!
Patriots for Europe: It's her fault! Tables motion of Censure. Let's fight!
Left: It's her fault! Tables another motion of censure. Let's fight!
When Ursula-chan can't get her teammates to work together
September 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Indeed, another spectacle of internal divisions that we could have easily done without.
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These Dutch guys deserve your support. They bring discarded fishing and flower bulb nets to Ukraine. To protect people and lives.
All volunteers doing the right things. But donations have dropped, so time we all step up.
All volunteers doing the right things. But donations have dropped, so time we all step up.
🕸️ Hundreds of lives saved. Millions in damage prevented. Don’t let us hit the brakes.
In recent months, we’ve been sending dozens of truckloads each month filled with discarded flower bulb and fishing nets to the front lines in Ukraine. (1/6)
In recent months, we’ve been sending dozens of truckloads each month filled with discarded flower bulb and fishing nets to the front lines in Ukraine. (1/6)
July 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
These Dutch guys deserve your support. They bring discarded fishing and flower bulb nets to Ukraine. To protect people and lives.
All volunteers doing the right things. But donations have dropped, so time we all step up.
All volunteers doing the right things. But donations have dropped, so time we all step up.
Everytime you want to override fear with numbers you will fail - advice to politicians by Kata Tüttő - president of CoR at the opening of #europcom
July 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Everytime you want to override fear with numbers you will fail - advice to politicians by Kata Tüttő - president of CoR at the opening of #europcom
A third of the @undp.org budget today comes for programmes countries themselves. UNDP Ahunna Eziakonwa on agency, multilateralism that goes beyond NY, Brussels and Geneva and not choosing sides.
June 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A third of the @undp.org budget today comes for programmes countries themselves. UNDP Ahunna Eziakonwa on agency, multilateralism that goes beyond NY, Brussels and Geneva and not choosing sides.
At the European Parliament for the @ettg.bsky.social conference on the next steps for Eu development policy. @shirinwheeler.bsky.social moderating @billgates.bsky.social and International Partnerships commissioner Síkela.
Cuts and changing policy priorities obviously centre stage.
Cuts and changing policy priorities obviously centre stage.
June 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
At the European Parliament for the @ettg.bsky.social conference on the next steps for Eu development policy. @shirinwheeler.bsky.social moderating @billgates.bsky.social and International Partnerships commissioner Síkela.
Cuts and changing policy priorities obviously centre stage.
Cuts and changing policy priorities obviously centre stage.
🙃 Sad that while outside #Italy they call it a crucial #referendum, the current government is pushing people not to bother voting to prevent reaching the 50% threshold. 🙃 #iovoto
June 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🙃 Sad that while outside #Italy they call it a crucial #referendum, the current government is pushing people not to bother voting to prevent reaching the 50% threshold. 🙃 #iovoto
@adamtooze.bsky.social loved your FT piece today. The sort of stop-and-think articles I am happy to start my day with. More EU cooperation of course, but how would you push current leaders to actually do it? #EUdefence
June 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
@adamtooze.bsky.social loved your FT piece today. The sort of stop-and-think articles I am happy to start my day with. More EU cooperation of course, but how would you push current leaders to actually do it? #EUdefence
✏️ Very good and useful read on how to shape a better research question. And, more generally, a place to help you write better. ✏️
Good resource for us @ecdpm.org
Good resource for us @ecdpm.org
You don’t need more ideas.
You need a better question.
A thread on clarity, chaos, & what a Nobel Prize winner, a mosquito net & a PhD meltdown taught me about writing (+ thinking) better.
🪨 Here’s my new Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/you-dont-n...
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You need a better question.
A thread on clarity, chaos, & what a Nobel Prize winner, a mosquito net & a PhD meltdown taught me about writing (+ thinking) better.
🪨 Here’s my new Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/you-dont-n...
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You Don’t Need More Ideas. You Need a Better Question
What Michelangelo, a Nobel Laureate, and a PhD Meltdown Taught Me about Research Questions
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
✏️ Very good and useful read on how to shape a better research question. And, more generally, a place to help you write better. ✏️
Good resource for us @ecdpm.org
Good resource for us @ecdpm.org
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[Commentary] #GlobalEurope: The #AU-#EU partnership - Closer ties or common worries? By @virginiamucchi.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
The AU-EU partnership: Closer ties or common worries? - PubAffairs Bruxelles
A flawless ministerial, top marks, a shared commitment to multilateral institutions and a common goal to reform them, topped off by a determination to deliver results at the upcoming AU-EU summit. Tha...
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu
June 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
[Commentary] #GlobalEurope: The #AU-#EU partnership - Closer ties or common worries? By @virginiamucchi.bsky.social | @ecdpm.org
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...
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Very glad that in a crowded policy space @euiss.bsky.social and @ecdpm.org joined forces to put the spotlight on EU-AU relations.
Partners in the storm we called it - attracting a room full of people and energy.
Doesn’t happen every day in Brussels. Read here what it all means:
Partners in the storm we called it - attracting a room full of people and energy.
Doesn’t happen every day in Brussels. Read here what it all means:
After the meeting between European and African ministers we organised a debrief to hear how things went...Very well, they told us. But is it true? My write-up.
@ecdpm.org
@euiss.bsky.social
@ecdpm.org
@euiss.bsky.social
📣 As African and European representatives express great satisfaction about the outcome of the recent EU-AU ministerial, is the relationship finally evolving, or is it too good to be true?
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4jrVgix
✍️ @virginiamucchi.bsky.social
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4jrVgix
✍️ @virginiamucchi.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Very glad that in a crowded policy space @euiss.bsky.social and @ecdpm.org joined forces to put the spotlight on EU-AU relations.
Partners in the storm we called it - attracting a room full of people and energy.
Doesn’t happen every day in Brussels. Read here what it all means:
Partners in the storm we called it - attracting a room full of people and energy.
Doesn’t happen every day in Brussels. Read here what it all means:
After the meeting between European and African ministers we organised a debrief to hear how things went...Very well, they told us. But is it true? My write-up.
@ecdpm.org
@euiss.bsky.social
@ecdpm.org
@euiss.bsky.social
📣 As African and European representatives express great satisfaction about the outcome of the recent EU-AU ministerial, is the relationship finally evolving, or is it too good to be true?
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4jrVgix
✍️ @virginiamucchi.bsky.social
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4jrVgix
✍️ @virginiamucchi.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
After the meeting between European and African ministers we organised a debrief to hear how things went...Very well, they told us. But is it true? My write-up.
@ecdpm.org
@euiss.bsky.social
@ecdpm.org
@euiss.bsky.social
As the next #EUAU ministerial approaches, we suggest different ways to move the relationship between the two continents forward.
@ec.europa.eu
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social
📣 As the EU and AU celebrate 25 years of "robust" summits and the vague, unmonitored commitments that result from them, is it time to embrace new, more pragmatic methods of engaging?
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/433AFL5
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/433AFL5
May 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As the next #EUAU ministerial approaches, we suggest different ways to move the relationship between the two continents forward.
@ec.europa.eu
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social
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📝 EU investment in the Lobito Corridor is sometimes seen as a ploy to disrupt Chinese infrastructure dominance in Africa, but the reality on the ground is more complicated, and EU investments unclear.
Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3
Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3
The Lobito Corridor: Between European geopolitics and African agency
The Lobito Corridor, connecting the DRC, Zambia and Angola, is often discussed in terms of geopolitical competition – with the EU and the US on one side and China on the other – while African agency i...
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April 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📝 EU investment in the Lobito Corridor is sometimes seen as a ploy to disrupt Chinese infrastructure dominance in Africa, but the reality on the ground is more complicated, and EU investments unclear.
Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3
Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3
Our latest paper on the Lobito corridor...
📝 Connecting the DRC, Zambia and Angola, the Lobito Corridor is often seen through a West vs China lens, but what is the reality on the ground in terms of real investments, activity and African country interests?
Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3
@poorvak.bsky.social
Read the paper 👉 bit.ly/4lAPbT3
@poorvak.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Our latest paper on the Lobito corridor...
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Love "Democrats show a pulse" 😂
About time.
About time.
Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.
Here are six takeaways from the night’s results.
Here are six takeaways from the night’s results.
Democrats Show a Pulse: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Love "Democrats show a pulse" 😂
About time.
About time.
It's all about strategic #differentiation.
Our latest commentary by @chloeteevan.bsky.social @amedinil.bsky.social and Karim Karaki on making the EU more competitive through smart partnerships.
Our latest commentary by @chloeteevan.bsky.social @amedinil.bsky.social and Karim Karaki on making the EU more competitive through smart partnerships.
📣 As Trump sows economic chaos, the EU's economic future depends on forging smart global partnerships – especially in tech, energy, and resources – rather than turning inward or limiting its economic horizons.
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/3DIc6eh
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/3DIc6eh
March 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It's all about strategic #differentiation.
Our latest commentary by @chloeteevan.bsky.social @amedinil.bsky.social and Karim Karaki on making the EU more competitive through smart partnerships.
Our latest commentary by @chloeteevan.bsky.social @amedinil.bsky.social and Karim Karaki on making the EU more competitive through smart partnerships.
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📅 Next week!
We are hosting the Kenyan ambassador to the EU and others in our Brussels office to discuss how the EU can rethink its approach to international partnerships in the face of emerging challenges.
Registration and info 👉 bit.ly/3R0uNMW
We are hosting the Kenyan ambassador to the EU and others in our Brussels office to discuss how the EU can rethink its approach to international partnerships in the face of emerging challenges.
Registration and info 👉 bit.ly/3R0uNMW
March 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
📅 Next week!
We are hosting the Kenyan ambassador to the EU and others in our Brussels office to discuss how the EU can rethink its approach to international partnerships in the face of emerging challenges.
Registration and info 👉 bit.ly/3R0uNMW
We are hosting the Kenyan ambassador to the EU and others in our Brussels office to discuss how the EU can rethink its approach to international partnerships in the face of emerging challenges.
Registration and info 👉 bit.ly/3R0uNMW
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📣 The retreat of USAID disrupts development aims across the globe. The EU will have to respond to maintain its development ambitions - but how?
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4ioX7on
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4ioX7on
March 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
📣 The retreat of USAID disrupts development aims across the globe. The EU will have to respond to maintain its development ambitions - but how?
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4ioX7on
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4ioX7on