Gilles Pittoors
@gillespittoors.bsky.social
Lecturer @ KU Leuven | Research Fellow @ GASPAR UGent | formerly EPRS, RUG & ULB | working on multi-level & transnational politics in the EU | history enthusiast | active in teaching politics & qualitative methods | 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
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Schrödinger’s immigrant - destitute yet able to buy a house.
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Schrödinger’s immigrant - destitute yet able to buy a house.
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Yesterday will mark a major turning point – the collapse of the European Parliament's decades-old centrist governing majority.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
The EU Parliament now has a right-wing majority
President von der Leyen's centre-right EPP yesterday broke the centrist coalition, joining with the far right in order to pass the climate deregulation demanded by Trump.
davekeating.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Yesterday will mark a major turning point – the collapse of the European Parliament's decades-old centrist governing majority.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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💡 Ook dichter bij huis neemt Gen Z het op voor meer democratie. Hoog tijd dat de leiders van de EU deze bondgenoten van het integratieproces openlijk steunen. 🇷🇸🇪🇺
👉 Mijn volledige opinie in @tijd kan je lezen via www.tijd.be/opinie/colum...
👉 Mijn volledige opinie in @tijd kan je lezen via www.tijd.be/opinie/colum...
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
💡 Ook dichter bij huis neemt Gen Z het op voor meer democratie. Hoog tijd dat de leiders van de EU deze bondgenoten van het integratieproces openlijk steunen. 🇷🇸🇪🇺
👉 Mijn volledige opinie in @tijd kan je lezen via www.tijd.be/opinie/colum...
👉 Mijn volledige opinie in @tijd kan je lezen via www.tijd.be/opinie/colum...
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📣 Compacte terugblik oktober actualiteit 🇪🇺 in 20 minuten
🎙️ Joris Vanderpoorten & Gilles Pittoors
✅ Euroclear en Bart De Wever 💶
✅ vereenvoudiging wetgeving 🗂️
✅ vertrouwensstemmingen Ursula von der Leyen 🗳️
✅ Westelijke Balkan 🌍
✅ verkiezingen Tsjechië 🇨🇿
👉 lnkd.in/egbgJ8u2
🎙️ Joris Vanderpoorten & Gilles Pittoors
✅ Euroclear en Bart De Wever 💶
✅ vereenvoudiging wetgeving 🗂️
✅ vertrouwensstemmingen Ursula von der Leyen 🗳️
✅ Westelijke Balkan 🌍
✅ verkiezingen Tsjechië 🇨🇿
👉 lnkd.in/egbgJ8u2
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📣 Compacte terugblik oktober actualiteit 🇪🇺 in 20 minuten
🎙️ Joris Vanderpoorten & Gilles Pittoors
✅ Euroclear en Bart De Wever 💶
✅ vereenvoudiging wetgeving 🗂️
✅ vertrouwensstemmingen Ursula von der Leyen 🗳️
✅ Westelijke Balkan 🌍
✅ verkiezingen Tsjechië 🇨🇿
👉 lnkd.in/egbgJ8u2
🎙️ Joris Vanderpoorten & Gilles Pittoors
✅ Euroclear en Bart De Wever 💶
✅ vereenvoudiging wetgeving 🗂️
✅ vertrouwensstemmingen Ursula von der Leyen 🗳️
✅ Westelijke Balkan 🌍
✅ verkiezingen Tsjechië 🇨🇿
👉 lnkd.in/egbgJ8u2
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Some people complain there’s too much polling in this life, but what is voting intention in the after life? Reform leads among both those who think they’d go to heaven & those who think they’d go to hell. Though their lead grows from 6 to 20 among (self selected) denizens of hell
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Some people complain there’s too much polling in this life, but what is voting intention in the after life? Reform leads among both those who think they’d go to heaven & those who think they’d go to hell. Though their lead grows from 6 to 20 among (self selected) denizens of hell
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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
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It’s very clear that he views it as personal property, and that speaks to so much of how he views the office of the presidency as well.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
White House begins demolishing part of East Wing for Trump ballroom
Demolition crews started the process of tearing down part of the White House East Wing on Monday to begin construction on President Trump’s planned ballroom. The Washington Post published a photog…
thehill.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s very clear that he views it as personal property, and that speaks to so much of how he views the office of the presidency as well.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Denken dat de dalende cijfers in heel Europa slechts aan je eigen “strenge beleid” te danken is? Men maakt zichzelf iets wijs. Voor diverse migratie(s) per groep per land spelen andere factoren mee. Van stabilisatie (Syrië) tot te zwak om te vluchten of hoge sterfte (Soedan/gaza)
October 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Denken dat de dalende cijfers in heel Europa slechts aan je eigen “strenge beleid” te danken is? Men maakt zichzelf iets wijs. Voor diverse migratie(s) per groep per land spelen andere factoren mee. Van stabilisatie (Syrië) tot te zwak om te vluchten of hoge sterfte (Soedan/gaza)
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Striking that the figure below has provoked much less response than @simonhix.bsky.social's preceding call for an electoral threshold in NL
It raises the genuine question how much fragmentation a party system can afford
The response can't just be: this is how we do things in NL
a few more thoughts:
It raises the genuine question how much fragmentation a party system can afford
The response can't just be: this is how we do things in NL
a few more thoughts:
What better to way to spend a Friday PM than calculating ENPV in NL?
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1. Dutch voters have no problem coordinating in EP elections, where the effective threshold is 3.1% (100 / 31+1);
2. The party system would still be fragmented in the TK with a 4% threshold, but with fewer parties overall.
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1. Dutch voters have no problem coordinating in EP elections, where the effective threshold is 3.1% (100 / 31+1);
2. The party system would still be fragmented in the TK with a 4% threshold, but with fewer parties overall.
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Striking that the figure below has provoked much less response than @simonhix.bsky.social's preceding call for an electoral threshold in NL
It raises the genuine question how much fragmentation a party system can afford
The response can't just be: this is how we do things in NL
a few more thoughts:
It raises the genuine question how much fragmentation a party system can afford
The response can't just be: this is how we do things in NL
a few more thoughts:
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In our new article, @tevoelker.bsky.social and I show how far-right actors have increased their influence on mainstream parties' agenda-setting.
For the @euobserver.com, Hannah Kriwah has written about our study, and I had the pleasure to comment on it.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
For the @euobserver.com, Hannah Kriwah has written about our study, and I had the pleasure to comment on it.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In our new article, @tevoelker.bsky.social and I show how far-right actors have increased their influence on mainstream parties' agenda-setting.
For the @euobserver.com, Hannah Kriwah has written about our study, and I had the pleasure to comment on it.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
For the @euobserver.com, Hannah Kriwah has written about our study, and I had the pleasure to comment on it.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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![Vertical comic structured like flow chart. (1) Einstein had an insight that overturned physics, thus proving his value. (2) I hope *I* have value. I’ll try to have an insight that overturns physics, to check. (3) [Time Passes] (4) Oh no! My insight didn’t overturn physics! But I don’t think I’m worthless… [arrows to two different options] (5a) Healthy Path: Maybe this was not a well-thought-out test of my value. (5b) Path of Ruin: The establishment must be *suppressing* my insight!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihhxykbw72fblbjeupqscutarbdowk73mhsdkqrtzjwrpzqzamjem@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans
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It's going up to $40 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It's going up to $40 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
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Everyone, please read this by @vjosamusliu.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Everyone, please read this by @vjosamusliu.bsky.social
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"Some of the jokes made me laugh, you have to laugh or else you'll cry at how wonderful and amazing our planet is...and how little time we have left to be with her." Elaine on Goodreads
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"Some of the jokes made me laugh, you have to laugh or else you'll cry at how wonderful and amazing our planet is...and how little time we have left to be with her." Elaine on Goodreads
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October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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"Some of the jokes made me laugh, you have to laugh or else you'll cry at how wonderful and amazing our planet is...and how little time we have left to be with her." Elaine on Goodreads
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Some of the jokes made me laugh, you have to laugh or else you'll cry at how wonderful and amazing our planet is...and how little time we have left to be with her." Elaine on Goodreads
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🗣️ #ProEU MEPs pursue #democratisation based on institutional mimicry.
🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens.
👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2
🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens.
👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2
Why the EU’s democratic deficit persists
Pro-EU MEPs have long pursued a logic of democratisation based on institutional mimicry. But as Jan Pieter Beetz, Gilles Pittoors and Wouter Wolfs argue, this path has become ideologically entrenched ...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🗣️ #ProEU MEPs pursue #democratisation based on institutional mimicry.
🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens.
👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2
🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens.
👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2
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Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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@jdceulaer.bsky.social, Mark Elchardus, Rudi Laermans, ... zijn geen fan van gelote burgerpanels.
Filip De Rynck onderzoekt de scherpe kritiek én belicht de verrassende meerwaarde in de praktijk.
Filip De Rynck onderzoekt de scherpe kritiek én belicht de verrassende meerwaarde in de praktijk.
Gelote burgerpanels: versterking of uitholling van de democratie
Zijn gelote burgerpanels een verrijking van de democratie of een elitaire illusie? Ik onderzoek de scherpe kritiek én belicht de verrassende meerwaarde in de praktijk.
www.sampol.be
October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@jdceulaer.bsky.social, Mark Elchardus, Rudi Laermans, ... zijn geen fan van gelote burgerpanels.
Filip De Rynck onderzoekt de scherpe kritiek én belicht de verrassende meerwaarde in de praktijk.
Filip De Rynck onderzoekt de scherpe kritiek én belicht de verrassende meerwaarde in de praktijk.
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Op de tweede verjaardag van een oorlog die uitgroeide tot een genocide, staat Gaza aan de vooravond van wat velen “vrede” hopen te noemen. Maar wie goed kijkt, ziet: deze vrede werd en cours de route al verwrongen en gekoloniseerd.
apache.be/2025/10/07/v...
apache.be/2025/10/07/v...
De vredesonderhandelingen rond Gaza zijn nu al doordrenkt van koloniaal onrecht
Na twee jaar oorlog heerst ook in het vredesplan de straffeloosheid.
apache.be
October 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Op de tweede verjaardag van een oorlog die uitgroeide tot een genocide, staat Gaza aan de vooravond van wat velen “vrede” hopen te noemen. Maar wie goed kijkt, ziet: deze vrede werd en cours de route al verwrongen en gekoloniseerd.
apache.be/2025/10/07/v...
apache.be/2025/10/07/v...
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How is anyone going to do the work that leads up to those big grants? You need loads of small bits of financial support for most humanities research (or, well, job security and non-overload with teaching & admin but 🤷♀️) and to support the groundwork. Only massive grants skew the research environment.
'“We need a more long-term strategic partnership,” he said, noting that this could mean fewer but larger grants being awarded across the research landscape.' 2/3
October 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
How is anyone going to do the work that leads up to those big grants? You need loads of small bits of financial support for most humanities research (or, well, job security and non-overload with teaching & admin but 🤷♀️) and to support the groundwork. Only massive grants skew the research environment.
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📣 Call for Proposals is now 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
🏛️ 13th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union @ecprsgeu.bsky.social
✅ Submit Panels & Papers across 18 Sections buff.ly/to6v8Km
📆 1 – 3 July 2026 📍Università di Catania
🔔 Deadline: Wed 10 Dec buff.ly/a3kcN3s
🏛️ 13th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union @ecprsgeu.bsky.social
✅ Submit Panels & Papers across 18 Sections buff.ly/to6v8Km
📆 1 – 3 July 2026 📍Università di Catania
🔔 Deadline: Wed 10 Dec buff.ly/a3kcN3s
October 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📣 Call for Proposals is now 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
🏛️ 13th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union @ecprsgeu.bsky.social
✅ Submit Panels & Papers across 18 Sections buff.ly/to6v8Km
📆 1 – 3 July 2026 📍Università di Catania
🔔 Deadline: Wed 10 Dec buff.ly/a3kcN3s
🏛️ 13th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union @ecprsgeu.bsky.social
✅ Submit Panels & Papers across 18 Sections buff.ly/to6v8Km
📆 1 – 3 July 2026 📍Università di Catania
🔔 Deadline: Wed 10 Dec buff.ly/a3kcN3s