Caroline de Gruyter
@carolinedegruyter.bsky.social
Europe observer.
Brussels correspondent/columnist for NRC, Foreign Policy, De Standaard, EUobserver. www.carolinedegruyter.eu
Book: what the EU can learn from the Habsburg Empire - available in five languages
Brussels correspondent/columnist for NRC, Foreign Policy, De Standaard, EUobserver. www.carolinedegruyter.eu
Book: what the EU can learn from the Habsburg Empire - available in five languages
Today’s cartoon in Le Monde
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Today’s cartoon in Le Monde
EU external borders: irregular crossings fall 22% in the first 9 months of 2025
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
October 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
EU external borders: irregular crossings fall 22% in the first 9 months of 2025
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
So much for the European single market
September 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
So much for the European single market
This photo will haunt Keir Starmer for a long time
September 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This photo will haunt Keir Starmer for a long time
10 years ago today, I took this photo in one of the first trains full of Syrian refugees from Vienna to Munich.
Many asked me: was it exciting? Well, no. It was one of the most quiet train rides in my life. Almost all Syrians were exhausted and fell asleep immediately. All I heard was snoring.
Many asked me: was it exciting? Well, no. It was one of the most quiet train rides in my life. Almost all Syrians were exhausted and fell asleep immediately. All I heard was snoring.
September 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
10 years ago today, I took this photo in one of the first trains full of Syrian refugees from Vienna to Munich.
Many asked me: was it exciting? Well, no. It was one of the most quiet train rides in my life. Almost all Syrians were exhausted and fell asleep immediately. All I heard was snoring.
Many asked me: was it exciting? Well, no. It was one of the most quiet train rides in my life. Almost all Syrians were exhausted and fell asleep immediately. All I heard was snoring.
@katjaberlin.bsky.social,
always bang-on
always bang-on
August 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@katjaberlin.bsky.social,
always bang-on
always bang-on
Out of office.
August 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Out of office.
Trump’s royal blunder: turns out, the Belgian crown princess is among Harvard students threatened with expulsion
May 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Trump’s royal blunder: turns out, the Belgian crown princess is among Harvard students threatened with expulsion
Power cut at Brussels south station…
(Didn’t know they had so much sun and wind energy in this country)
(Didn’t know they had so much sun and wind energy in this country)
May 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Power cut at Brussels south station…
(Didn’t know they had so much sun and wind energy in this country)
(Didn’t know they had so much sun and wind energy in this country)
Sometimes it is just enough to look at the man himself
May 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Sometimes it is just enough to look at the man himself
Loo paper rolls, Sunday market, Lviv
April 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Loo paper rolls, Sunday market, Lviv
The first thing I see when my train from Vienna pulls into Budapest Keleti station: Viktor Orbán has started his anti-European campaign again
April 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The first thing I see when my train from Vienna pulls into Budapest Keleti station: Viktor Orbán has started his anti-European campaign again
Quite the photo
April 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Quite the photo
The number of irregular border crossings into the EU fell by 31% in the first quarter of 2025, according to preliminary data collected by Frontex
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
April 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The number of irregular border crossings into the EU fell by 31% in the first quarter of 2025, according to preliminary data collected by Frontex
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
This SIPRI chart tells you everything you want to know about the debate on where we (want to) buy our weapons - in the US or in Europe?
H/t @alejandrotauber.bsky.social
H/t @alejandrotauber.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This SIPRI chart tells you everything you want to know about the debate on where we (want to) buy our weapons - in the US or in Europe?
H/t @alejandrotauber.bsky.social
H/t @alejandrotauber.bsky.social
“In 2024, China has installed more solar panels than the US in all its history”
Bruno Maçaes at the Warsaw European Conversation 2025, about what Europe can do to boost its electricity supply
Bruno Maçaes at the Warsaw European Conversation 2025, about what Europe can do to boost its electricity supply
March 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“In 2024, China has installed more solar panels than the US in all its history”
Bruno Maçaes at the Warsaw European Conversation 2025, about what Europe can do to boost its electricity supply
Bruno Maçaes at the Warsaw European Conversation 2025, about what Europe can do to boost its electricity supply
MAGA in one chart
(h/t @shahinvallee.bsky.social)
(h/t @shahinvallee.bsky.social)
March 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
MAGA in one chart
(h/t @shahinvallee.bsky.social)
(h/t @shahinvallee.bsky.social)
Sublime cover.
February 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sublime cover.
The things you get on your timeline…
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The things you get on your timeline…
If the judiciary cannot control the executive, the executive will go overboard. What made America great is that it had independent institutions holding government and capitalism in check. Without this, it will become a lawless jungle. Great minds will go elsewhere - including to Europe.
February 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If the judiciary cannot control the executive, the executive will go overboard. What made America great is that it had independent institutions holding government and capitalism in check. Without this, it will become a lawless jungle. Great minds will go elsewhere - including to Europe.
“A remarkable volte-face” indeed - but probably inevitable since other big powers are already giving their own companies preferential access
January 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“A remarkable volte-face” indeed - but probably inevitable since other big powers are already giving their own companies preferential access
Brilliant: the cover of Private Eye
January 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Brilliant: the cover of Private Eye
