*honorary

Luckily it didn’t take that long in the end, but at one point the German university suggested to simply give me a honorable MA or some such so that I could get paid the correct amount. 😅

Hah, my LSE PhD didn’t puzzle a Berlin Bürgeramt at all. I had the same happening for employment at a German university though, who wanted that standing conference to confirm that my Cambridge MPhil was good enough to be equivalent to a German MA (apparently having a later PhD doesn’t matter).

It’s not shining…yet! UACES probably engineered this so that as many people as possible stay for all of the panels and don’t go sight-seeing!

As the article itself mentions, Berlin is both a city and a state, and policing and education are firmly in the hands of German states such as the one led by the mayor of Berlin.

For instance, now that Switzerland is facing 39% tariffs for exports to the US, most articles point out that this is the country‘s most important trade partner, when in reality it is the EU by a wide margin (just not individual EU countries).

Discontent with the coalition agreement most likely. There was disagreement especially amongst the youth wing of the Social Democrats over them having had to give up so many of their positions in the negotiations. This is an easy way to signal that discontent without having to do so in public.

In theory the new coalition should have a governing majority in parliament, but since the election of the chancellor is by secret ballot, this allows disgruntled members of parliament of the participating parties to send a signal.

So stellen einige EU-Staaten keine Visas zu touristischen Zwecken mehr an russische StaatsbürgerInnen aus, diese werden aber weiterhin bei Konsulaten anderer Staaten ausgestellt. Somit können russische TouristInnen weiterhin nach Schengen einreisen und dann in alle Schengen-Staaten weiterreisen.

Aktuell besonders spanned ist, dass diverse Medien entdeckt haben das es in einem Raum offener Grenzen unmöglich ist, eine verschiedene Visa-Politik zu haben.

The trade approach is also significantly less problematic from a legal standpoint. If more and more countries start introducing bilateral sanctions then this could ironically lead to Hungary challenging this in court and ultimately winning given that sanctions are an EU competence.

Das mit der „Europäischen Gemeinschaft“ war so auch schon im Sondierungspapier. Also sogar zwei verpasste Gelegenheiten das vielleicht einmal gegenlesen zu lassen.

A similar clause on ICC participation is also contained in various EU international agreements such as the Cotonou and new post-Cotonou one. While formulated to affect all state parties, I don’t think anyone thought of this being meant to incentivise EU member states rather than 3rd countries.

I look forward to seeing the boom of import-export businesses in EU territories such as Guadeloupe which unlike Réunion's 37% and the EU's 20% tariffs only get 10%.