Gianmarco Ambrosino
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Gianmarco Ambrosino
@broes25.bsky.social
Liberal genovese europeista
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Will the reparations loan to Ukraine be adopted? What consequences if it isn't? And what are the other options on the table?

@sbeverts.bsky.social & @ditrych.bsky.social unpack the strategic stakes of the European Council.

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December 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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"We are going in the right direction" to find a solution for Ukraine, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden told Euronews in an interview for Europe Today morning show ahead of the European Council on Thursday.
'We need to give Ukraine means to survive the war', Luxembourg PM says
"We are going in the right direction" to find a solution for Ukraine, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden told Euronews in an interview for Europe Today morning show ahead of the European Council on Thursday.
l.euronews.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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È uno dei Consigli più importanti della storia recente e potrebbe andare per le lunghe: i leader devono decidere se usare i beni russi congelati, e alcuni paesi (tra cui l’Italia) sono contrari

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È iniziato il Consiglio Europeo sui soldi all'Ucraina - Il Post
Uno dei più importanti degli ultimi tempi: i leader devono decidere se usare i beni russi congelati, ma potrebbe andare per le lunghe
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December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Since the Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government, the funds from the sale have been frozen. PM Starmer is now allowing him to use it, but only for one cause: to help Ukraine.
UK to transfer €2.8bn of Abramovich’s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund
Since the Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government, the funds from the sale have been frozen. PM Starmer is now allowing him to use it, but only for one cause: to help Ukraine.
l.euronews.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Henry James’s Venice was a “city of intense beauty and deep secrets” that he transformed into novels, letters, stories, and essays during his visits in the late 19th century.

Anne Applebaum set out to experience that version of the sinking city:
Henry James’s Venice Is Still Here
Henry James’s Venice was a “city of intense beauty and deep secrets” that he transformed into novels, letters, stories, and essays during his visits in the late 19th century. @anneapplebaum set out to experience that version of the sinking city:
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December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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On Putin, the strategy of exporting chaos, how it works, why it ultimately (hopefully) fails www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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The coming year could mark the start of the great geothermal renaissance. Find out why in The World Ahead
Geothermal energy looks set to go from niche to necessary
Competition between startups including Fervo Energy, Eavo and XGS Energy is hotting up. 2026 looks set to mark the start of the great geothermal renaissance
econ.st
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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At a crunch leaders meeting in Berlin, Giorgia Meloni was sat at Zelenskyy’s elbow and cast as a core European player.

Her fellow leaders hope that message sunk in as the Italian Premier weighs up her position on two key issues this week where she holds a casting vote

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Giorgia Meloni’s European moment comes with a price
[FREE TO READ] Italy’s enigmatic leader holds a casting vote this week on two crucial issues for the EU
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December 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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British students will once again be able to take part in the EU's Erasmus+ exchange scheme from January 2027 — following a six-year hiatus due to Brexit.
UK rejoins EU’s Erasmus exchange scheme after Brexit hiatus
Brussels and London also say they will finish talks on carbon and agri-food deals by middle of 2026
www.politico.eu
December 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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My last @borderlex.net Perspectives column of the year - how the UK-US pharmaceuticals deal is part of a wider failure of independent UK trade policy that is part of the reason why attention is switching back to EU relations - including on red lines. borderlex.net/2025/12/16/p...
Perspectives:  UK trade policy sets sights on Brussels - Borderlex - European trade policy
The United Kingdom’s post-Brexit ‘global Britain’ trade policy has not delivered the expected results nor offered a good alternative to deep ties with the European Union. In the British debate, ten ye...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Europe must end its "track-change" diplomacy of reacting while Americans & Russians set the agenda. This week it faces a choice: keep doing more of the same or mobilise its resources & power to shape its own course, writes @sbeverts.bsky.social 🔗 ow.ly/eFOo50XJH76
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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La società belga al centro della questione dei beni russi congelati
La società belga al centro della questione dei beni russi congelati
Cos'è questa Euroclear, che tra le altre cose detiene i 185 miliardi di beni con cui l'Unione Europea vorrebbe finanziare la resistenza ucraina
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December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Agree Mercosur trade deal or give up on the EU’s global reputation as a reliable partner, Brussels’ trade chief @marossefcovic.bsky.social tells @financialtimes.com

“This is a matter of the credibility and predictability of the EU” he warned

w @andybounds.bsky.social

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EU will lose face if it rejects Mercosur deal, warns trade commissioner
[FREE TO READ] Maroš Šefčovič says bloc must not delay vote on pact with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
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December 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The author of the national security strategy that committed the US to aiding the far right in Europe is a race-obsessed hysteric and paranoid fantasist
Piece from me (Free to read but please subscribe)
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Michael Anton: An American fanatic
Trump’s hacks make their hatred for us clear
comment.press
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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America’s allies fear that the Trump administration’s foreign policy may move in a worse direction. Hoping it won’t is too sanguine. Better to plan for the worst
More reasons for America’s friends to plan for the worst
A strategy that scorns Europe, bullies Latin America and is vague on Asia
econ.st
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"The most likely medium-term outcome in the United States is neither entrenched authoritarianism nor a return to stable democracy. Rather, it is regime instability: a protracted struggle between authoritarian impulses and democratic solidarity." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What can reverse democratic decline?
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Companies say the EU’s deregulation efforts are insufficient against Trump's “carrot-and-stick” strategy of pairing generous US tax incentives with a punitive 15% tariff on imports from the EU.
Analysis: Trump's trade policies set to widen EU-US innovation gap
Companies say the EU’s deregulation efforts are insufficient against Trump's “carrot-and-stick” strategy of pairing generous US tax incentives with a punitive 15% tariff on imports from the EU.
l.euronews.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Cala l'import, esplode l'export: così la Cina si sta divorando l'Europa (Ue+UK). Nel frattempo, ferve il dibbbbattito su come trattare con Pechino.
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Senior Western military officials and front-line Ukrainian officers say that Russia’s military isn’t on the verge of a breakthrough.
Trump Says Ukraine Is Losing the War. Officers on the Front Line Disagree.
Kyiv’s military faces major challenges against Moscow’s massive army, but analysts say a Russian breakthrough is highly unlikely.
on.wsj.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The Trump administration’s national security strategy left many policymakers in a panic. How worried should they be? Unfortunately, the answer is very, for two reasons
More reasons for America’s friends to plan for the worst
A strategy that scorns Europe, bullies Latin America and is vague on Asia
econ.st
December 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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In the same way that "The Handmaid’s Tale" looms over abortion politics, or "The Terminator" lurks over artificial intelligence, "The Camp of the Saints" hangs over immigration politics, Idrees Kalhoon writes:
The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book
What an apocalyptic French novel about a migrant invasion reveals about the worldview of nationalist conservatives
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December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Trump’s return as US president is far more significant for voters in Germany, France and the UK than the election of their own national leaders, according to respondents to the first international POLITICO Poll.
Trump dominates democracy in Europe, international POLITICO Poll shows
Europeans share Trump’s view that their leaders are weak — at least compared with the U.S. president — and see him as more decisive.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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“Perhaps the gravest worry is that [Donald] Trump will deploy the armed forces under the Insurrection Act,” argue two leading lawyers in a guest essay. Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer outline the potential risks for the 2026 midterm elections
Donald Trump might challenge election results in 2026, say two leading lawyers
Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer, lawyers under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, explain how Donald Trump could challenge 2026 midterms results he dislikes
econ.st
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM