Hey @economist.com something seems very wrong with your chart on mayoral powers from your article on Zohran Mamdani‘s plans. The chart implies that the Berlin mayor has little control over things like education or policing, when the opposite is true. economist.com/united-state...

Duolingo has an important message today for Signal users in high level government circles:

In case you are still looking for a 🎄 present for all of those people out there who like to nerd out even over the holidays:
"The EU under strain" (co-edited with @mechthildroos.bsky.social) is now out as a paperback at @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

I'm not sure as to who writes breaking news stories for German public broadcaster ARD/Tagesschau, but apparently barely reaching a majority counts as a "broad majority" now. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro... #vdL #Commission

This is unlike anything I have seen before but ultimately makes a more detailed case on the need for border checks. Perhaps unsurprisingly the argumentation somewhat struggles to make the case for border checks all while acknowledging that irregular migration to the EU has actually fallen.

Luckily one can now take a look at the notification which Dutch asylum and immigration minister Marjolein Faber sent to the EU's institutions.

Unlike the earlier amateurish letter on migration policy opt-outs, which was clearly meant for public consumption, this one targets a professional audience.

Meanwhile the platform formerly known as Twitter is doing great…