Federica Di Sario
@fededisa.bsky.social
Climate, energy & trade reporter for The Parliament Magazine
The European Union should play a bigger part in a US-brokered peace process in Israel-Palestine, a senior European Commission official said just ahead of a key donor conference the bloc is hosting Thursday focused on reforming the Palestinian Authority.
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EU Mediterranean Commissioner: 'We want to be players and not only payers'
With Brussels set to host the inaugural Palestine Donor Group on Thursday, Dubravka Šuica is calling for the bloc to play a more strategic role in ...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The European Union should play a bigger part in a US-brokered peace process in Israel-Palestine, a senior European Commission official said just ahead of a key donor conference the bloc is hosting Thursday focused on reforming the Palestinian Authority.
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In 1947, De Beers convinced the world that a diamond meant forever, and that an engagement ring should cost two months’ salary.
Today, the industry is betting it can pull off the same trick to persuade buyers that lab-grown diamonds are worthless merch
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Today, the industry is betting it can pull off the same trick to persuade buyers that lab-grown diamonds are worthless merch
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Inside Antwerp's battle to save the natural diamond trade
Squeezed by a boom in lab diamonds, sanctions, and fresh tariffs, the Belgian city is fighting back to persuade people the shiny natural rocks are ...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In 1947, De Beers convinced the world that a diamond meant forever, and that an engagement ring should cost two months’ salary.
Today, the industry is betting it can pull off the same trick to persuade buyers that lab-grown diamonds are worthless merch
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
Today, the industry is betting it can pull off the same trick to persuade buyers that lab-grown diamonds are worthless merch
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
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Some comments for this article by @fededisa.bsky.social
"What the Commission is doing is very tactical. They are trying to control damage, but they have clearly not given up on the medium- to long-term objective of acting autonomously and in line with the laws they have enacted”
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"What the Commission is doing is very tactical. They are trying to control damage, but they have clearly not given up on the medium- to long-term objective of acting autonomously and in line with the laws they have enacted”
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Blackmail or realpolitik? Why the EU blinked on Big Tech
Brussels has delayed a Google fine after fresh US threats over EU tech rules. While the move has been widely denounced as capitulation, some analys...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Some comments for this article by @fededisa.bsky.social
"What the Commission is doing is very tactical. They are trying to control damage, but they have clearly not given up on the medium- to long-term objective of acting autonomously and in line with the laws they have enacted”
shorturl.at/gzwz0
"What the Commission is doing is very tactical. They are trying to control damage, but they have clearly not given up on the medium- to long-term objective of acting autonomously and in line with the laws they have enacted”
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Tradwives & “alpha males” are winning over young Europeans — and shifting politics right.
Once a US trend, EU influencers are now promoting a return to strict gender roles by tapping into millennials and Gen Z’s economic anxiety and disillusionment.
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Once a US trend, EU influencers are now promoting a return to strict gender roles by tapping into millennials and Gen Z’s economic anxiety and disillusionment.
My latest for The Parli Mag
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How alpha men and tradwives are winning over young Europeans
The spread of right-leaning subcultures fetishising a return to traditional gender roles is reshaping European politics.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Tradwives & “alpha males” are winning over young Europeans — and shifting politics right.
Once a US trend, EU influencers are now promoting a return to strict gender roles by tapping into millennials and Gen Z’s economic anxiety and disillusionment.
My latest for The Parli Mag
sl1nk.com/lJLKI
Once a US trend, EU influencers are now promoting a return to strict gender roles by tapping into millennials and Gen Z’s economic anxiety and disillusionment.
My latest for The Parli Mag
sl1nk.com/lJLKI
For The Parliament, I reported from a plastic recycling factory in Malaysia to examine the EU’s attempts to crack down on the harmful — and morally dubious — practice of exporting plastic waste beyond its borders.
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Is the EU ready to face its mounting plastic waste problem?
The European Commission is participating in UN-led negotiations in Geneva this week to hash out the terms of a Global Plastics Treaty.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
For The Parliament, I reported from a plastic recycling factory in Malaysia to examine the EU’s attempts to crack down on the harmful — and morally dubious — practice of exporting plastic waste beyond its borders.
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Here it is.
The White House has published the executive order adjusting the so-called "reciprocal" tariffs and codifying the recent trade deals, including the one with the European Union.
The White House has published the executive order adjusting the so-called "reciprocal" tariffs and codifying the recent trade deals, including the one with the European Union.
Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
www.whitehouse.gov
August 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Here it is.
The White House has published the executive order adjusting the so-called "reciprocal" tariffs and codifying the recent trade deals, including the one with the European Union.
The White House has published the executive order adjusting the so-called "reciprocal" tariffs and codifying the recent trade deals, including the one with the European Union.
As EU officials tried to justify the new US tariff deal to a sceptical Brussels, they pointed to the “immediate relief” from even harsher measures. But for steel and aluminium, even that’s not guaranteed.
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Steel industry waits in purgatory as dust settles on EU-US trade deal
A preliminary agreement between the EU and the US left European steel producers the promise of a quota system to be negotiated — and 50% tariffs un...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
As EU officials tried to justify the new US tariff deal to a sceptical Brussels, they pointed to the “immediate relief” from even harsher measures. But for steel and aluminium, even that’s not guaranteed.
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A lopsided trade deal with the US leaves the EU in a weakened position — but Brussels insists it has narrowly avoided a far more damaging full-scale trade war
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My latest for The Parliament mag
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Europe’s ‘good as it gets’ trade deal redefines ties with Washington
A profoundly asymmetric trade deal with the US leaves the EU weakened, but Brussels says it could have been a lot worse.
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July 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A lopsided trade deal with the US leaves the EU in a weakened position — but Brussels insists it has narrowly avoided a far more damaging full-scale trade war
My latest for The Parliament mag
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
My latest for The Parliament mag
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"It's clear that the world that was there before the 2nd of April is gone," Maroš Šefčovič, the EU's commissioner for trade and economic security, told a press conference on Monday, referring to Trump's Liberation Day. "I'm 100% sure that this deal is better than a trade war with the US."
July 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"It's clear that the world that was there before the 2nd of April is gone," Maroš Šefčovič, the EU's commissioner for trade and economic security, told a press conference on Monday, referring to Trump's Liberation Day. "I'm 100% sure that this deal is better than a trade war with the US."
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Really don't envy EU folks having to cut that deal and get the hell out of dodge with their hides intact.
But selling it as the "biggest trade deal ever" and praising Trump to high heaven looks brutal. Similar to the obsequiousness at Nato last month, not a good look to the rest of the world
But selling it as the "biggest trade deal ever" and praising Trump to high heaven looks brutal. Similar to the obsequiousness at Nato last month, not a good look to the rest of the world
July 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Really don't envy EU folks having to cut that deal and get the hell out of dodge with their hides intact.
But selling it as the "biggest trade deal ever" and praising Trump to high heaven looks brutal. Similar to the obsequiousness at Nato last month, not a good look to the rest of the world
But selling it as the "biggest trade deal ever" and praising Trump to high heaven looks brutal. Similar to the obsequiousness at Nato last month, not a good look to the rest of the world
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More details - Trump and EU sign trade deal after 4 months of talks.
- 15% baseline tariffs.
- 50% tariffs on steel to continue
- pharma and semi-conductors not in deal
- EU to purchase $750bn of energy from US
- EU promises $600bn investment
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- 15% baseline tariffs.
- 50% tariffs on steel to continue
- pharma and semi-conductors not in deal
- EU to purchase $750bn of energy from US
- EU promises $600bn investment
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump and von der Leyen announce US-EU trade deal
Agreement includes 15% baseline tariff for most EU exports to US after deal reached at Scotland crunch talks
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
More details - Trump and EU sign trade deal after 4 months of talks.
- 15% baseline tariffs.
- 50% tariffs on steel to continue
- pharma and semi-conductors not in deal
- EU to purchase $750bn of energy from US
- EU promises $600bn investment
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- 15% baseline tariffs.
- 50% tariffs on steel to continue
- pharma and semi-conductors not in deal
- EU to purchase $750bn of energy from US
- EU promises $600bn investment
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she will travel to Scotland this weekend to meet with President Trump, as the two sides aim to conclude a trade deal ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline
EU’s Von der Leyen to Meet Trump in Bid to Clinch Trade Deal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she will travel to Scotland this weekend to meet with US President Donald Trump, as the two sides aim to conclude a trade deal ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline when 30% tariffs on the bloc’s exports are otherwise due to kick in.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she will travel to Scotland this weekend to meet with President Trump, as the two sides aim to conclude a trade deal ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline
For a brief moment, it looked like the turmoil sparked by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs might defrost relations between the EU and China, with this week’s summit widely hoped to be the culmination of that thaw.
Except, none of it happened.
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Except, none of it happened.
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China snubs Europe, dashing hopes of summit breakthrough
Hopes that this week’s EU-China summit would herald closer relations are now a distant memory, with Beijing showing no intention of fixing spiralli...
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July 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
For a brief moment, it looked like the turmoil sparked by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs might defrost relations between the EU and China, with this week’s summit widely hoped to be the culmination of that thaw.
Except, none of it happened.
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Except, none of it happened.
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"Beyond stacking institutions with loyalists and demanding ideological purity, there’s another — arguably more effective — way for governments to dominate cultural centres: cut off their funding." By @fededisa.bsky.social
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Folk art and Soviet-style purges: How Europe’s populists are hijacking arts and culture
Across the EU, far-right and populist governments are defunding museums, censoring artists and stacking cultural institutions with loyalists, often...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Beyond stacking institutions with loyalists and demanding ideological purity, there’s another — arguably more effective — way for governments to dominate cultural centres: cut off their funding." By @fededisa.bsky.social
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A powerful alliance of aristocrats, ultra-conservative tech moguls, and ideologically aligned businesses funnelled $1.18 billion into efforts to roll back women’s and LGBTQ+ rights across Europe.
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Inside Europe’s billion-dollar anti-gender movement
A new report reveals how groups critical of so-called gender ideology across the EU raised $1.18 billion to target abortion, sex education and LGBT...
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June 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
A powerful alliance of aristocrats, ultra-conservative tech moguls, and ideologically aligned businesses funnelled $1.18 billion into efforts to roll back women’s and LGBTQ+ rights across Europe.
My latest for The Parliament Mag
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My latest for The Parliament Mag
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‘Keep calm and carry on.’
That’s how the EU’s trade stance vis-a-vis the US could be summarised in a nutshell — even as it contends with a 50% tariff on steel and aluminium that could wipe out the bloc’s metals industry.
Read my latest: bit.ly/4jScdCU
That’s how the EU’s trade stance vis-a-vis the US could be summarised in a nutshell — even as it contends with a 50% tariff on steel and aluminium that could wipe out the bloc’s metals industry.
Read my latest: bit.ly/4jScdCU
Keep calm and carry on: The EU’s Trump trade doctrine
Brussels' measured response to the US president's trade tirades points to a disconnect with European industries that are grappling with already cri...
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June 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
‘Keep calm and carry on.’
That’s how the EU’s trade stance vis-a-vis the US could be summarised in a nutshell — even as it contends with a 50% tariff on steel and aluminium that could wipe out the bloc’s metals industry.
Read my latest: bit.ly/4jScdCU
That’s how the EU’s trade stance vis-a-vis the US could be summarised in a nutshell — even as it contends with a 50% tariff on steel and aluminium that could wipe out the bloc’s metals industry.
Read my latest: bit.ly/4jScdCU
In my first story for the
Parliament Magazine,I delved into whether the widely-held belief that loosening regulations will stimulate economic growth still holds true when the very foundations of the EU model may be at risk of being undermined.
Parliament Magazine,I delved into whether the widely-held belief that loosening regulations will stimulate economic growth still holds true when the very foundations of the EU model may be at risk of being undermined.
Cutting red tape or cutting corners? The EU 'simplification’ dilemma
Brussels’ ‘unprecedented’ effort to make the EU more business-friendly hopes to do away with onerous regulation. It could also harm the foundation ...
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February 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In my first story for the
Parliament Magazine,I delved into whether the widely-held belief that loosening regulations will stimulate economic growth still holds true when the very foundations of the EU model may be at risk of being undermined.
Parliament Magazine,I delved into whether the widely-held belief that loosening regulations will stimulate economic growth still holds true when the very foundations of the EU model may be at risk of being undermined.
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ANALYSIS: A flurry of green steel projects led by some of the leading steelmakers has hit a major roadblock in recent months, underscoring how difficult it is to clean up an industry already teetering on the edge of decline. @fededisa.bsky.social investigates ⬇️
Delays and broken promises: Can Europe’s steel production go clean?
A flurry of green steel projects led by some of the leading steelmakers has hit a major roadblock in recent months, underscoring just how difficult it is to clean up an industry already teetering on t...
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February 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
ANALYSIS: A flurry of green steel projects led by some of the leading steelmakers has hit a major roadblock in recent months, underscoring how difficult it is to clean up an industry already teetering on the edge of decline. @fededisa.bsky.social investigates ⬇️
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And the last of my pieces to be published over the holiday break! Here I check out with @fededisa.bsky.social why the bougie gyms of Brussels are becoming the new power lobbying spot. 🤸♂️🏋️🤸♂️
Forget Place Lux, power lunch and Aperol Spritz — the hot new spot for Brussels wheeling and dealing is the upmarket gym.
Sweatworking: How the gym became Brussels’ new power lobbying spot
Which bubble stalwarts can you find at Aspria? And who is graduating from Basic-Fit to ANIMO?
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January 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
And the last of my pieces to be published over the holiday break! Here I check out with @fededisa.bsky.social why the bougie gyms of Brussels are becoming the new power lobbying spot. 🤸♂️🏋️🤸♂️
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A refinery in Bulgaria is the latest hole to be found in the "Swiss cheese" of the EU's Russia sanctions. Read @victorjack.bsky.social's story here www.politico.eu/article/how-...
Putin rakes in extra €1B for his war chest via Bulgaria sanctions loophole
Last year, the EU gave Sofia a sanctions exemption to protect its citizens from energy shortages. Since then, Russia has profited.
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November 9, 2023 at 9:59 AM
A refinery in Bulgaria is the latest hole to be found in the "Swiss cheese" of the EU's Russia sanctions. Read @victorjack.bsky.social's story here www.politico.eu/article/how-...