Iana Dreyer
@ianadreyer.bsky.social
Founder of @borderlex.net - the leading European trade policy news outlet.
Here only personal views on all things Europe, France, UK, state of world. Occasional personal trade policy takes.
Here only personal views on all things Europe, France, UK, state of world. Occasional personal trade policy takes.
Well well. This, if it happens, could get out of hand. Not that such intelligence is not needed but centralising it in pdts office instead of reforming and revamping means trouble and potentially troubling developments ahead. Another vdL stink bomb.
EU to set up a new spy unit under Ursula von der Leyen
"The move is opposed by senior officials at the EU’s diplomatic service, who fear it will duplicate the unit’s role and threaten its future"
"The move is opposed by senior officials at the EU’s diplomatic service, who fear it will duplicate the unit’s role and threaten its future"
EU to set up new intelligence unit under Ursula von der Leyen
Body to collate material from national agencies and improve its operational use
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Well well. This, if it happens, could get out of hand. Not that such intelligence is not needed but centralising it in pdts office instead of reforming and revamping means trouble and potentially troubling developments ahead. Another vdL stink bomb.
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🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 I keep thinking about this story, how the rule of law gladiator @profpech.bsky.social pushed back against the composition of a rule of law seminar organised by AFCO and, in the end, in a very Laurent Pech fashion, withdrew entirely. What kind of "bad people" do we want to talk to? 1/
How is the EU Parliament selecting experts to its public hearings and seminars?
AFCO first disinvited me from a public hearing on EU electoral law, and then created the conditions for @profpech.bsky.social to step back seminar thegoodlobby.eu/how-the-eu-p...
AFCO first disinvited me from a public hearing on EU electoral law, and then created the conditions for @profpech.bsky.social to step back seminar thegoodlobby.eu/how-the-eu-p...
How the EU Parliament Selects its Experts? | The Good Lobby
Recent incidents involving the EU Parliament's AFCO Committee have raised questions about the instrumentalisation of parliamentary procedures.
thegoodlobby.eu
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🇪🇺⚖️🇵🇱 I keep thinking about this story, how the rule of law gladiator @profpech.bsky.social pushed back against the composition of a rule of law seminar organised by AFCO and, in the end, in a very Laurent Pech fashion, withdrew entirely. What kind of "bad people" do we want to talk to? 1/
REMOANERS!
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
REMOANERS!
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One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Late to this: but spot on -
Scary how the EU is seemingly abolishing itself.
@euscream.bsky.social
@alemanno.bsky.social
euscream.com/pod-ep-121-u...
Scary how the EU is seemingly abolishing itself.
@euscream.bsky.social
@alemanno.bsky.social
euscream.com/pod-ep-121-u...
Ep.121: Ungoverning the EU
Alberto Alemanno on an unwelcome Transatlantic alignment.
euscream.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Late to this: but spot on -
Scary how the EU is seemingly abolishing itself.
@euscream.bsky.social
@alemanno.bsky.social
euscream.com/pod-ep-121-u...
Scary how the EU is seemingly abolishing itself.
@euscream.bsky.social
@alemanno.bsky.social
euscream.com/pod-ep-121-u...
“the inability of moderate parties to produce a structuring narrative, particularly with regard to the rule of law, remains a major political issue.”
@nicolastenzer.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/tenzerst...
@nicolastenzer.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/tenzerst...
Public Intellectuals At Dusk
Truth, Ignorance, and Betrayal
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
“the inability of moderate parties to produce a structuring narrative, particularly with regard to the rule of law, remains a major political issue.”
@nicolastenzer.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/tenzerst...
@nicolastenzer.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/tenzerst...
Article excellentissime!
Turnberry : la longue durée d’une dérive
Trump et l'Europe : Turnberry, la longue durée d'une dérive
Le non-droit a fini par gagner l’Europe. Mais Trump n'est qu'un moment de l'histoire. La méditation d’un ancien directeur général de la Commission pour comprendre les causes profondes d'une humiliation — et comment contenir la dérive.
legrandcontinent.eu
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Article excellentissime!
“On assiste simultanément à une reddition extérieure vis-à-vis des États-Unis et à une violation, par au moins un État membre puissant, d’une des règles les plus importantes du Traité sur le fonctionnement de l’Union, établissant une politique commerciale commune”
Turnberry : la longue durée d’une dérive
Trump et l'Europe : Turnberry, la longue durée d'une dérive
Le non-droit a fini par gagner l’Europe. Mais Trump n'est qu'un moment de l'histoire. La méditation d’un ancien directeur général de la Commission pour comprendre les causes profondes d'une humiliation — et comment contenir la dérive.
legrandcontinent.eu
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“On assiste simultanément à une reddition extérieure vis-à-vis des États-Unis et à une violation, par au moins un État membre puissant, d’une des règles les plus importantes du Traité sur le fonctionnement de l’Union, établissant une politique commerciale commune”
Ah, France will always be France. 😉
Pierrick Bougerolle, charcutier en Côte-d’Or, a remporté le championnat de «l’oreiller de la belle Aurore» : 8 viandes, marinées séparément 48 heures à l'avance. ➡️ bit.ly/47wODZC
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ah, France will always be France. 😉
that s why they ll fight hard to stay in power including through illegal means
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
that s why they ll fight hard to stay in power including through illegal means
😉😂
UK trade deal with US state Oregon 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
“explicit support for the Paris agreement on climate change (…) and for its support for clean energy and green technology.”
writes @chrishorseman.bsky.social
“explicit support for the Paris agreement on climate change (…) and for its support for clean energy and green technology.”
writes @chrishorseman.bsky.social
UK signs trade cooperation deal with Oregon - Borderlex - European trade policy
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f.mtr.cool
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
😉😂
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
Strategic autonomy for ya
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure on.ft.com/4r4SAfR
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure on.ft.com/4r4SAfR
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure
Brussels is set to water down part of its strict digital rule book as it aims to make bloc more competitive
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Strategic autonomy for ya
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure on.ft.com/4r4SAfR
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure on.ft.com/4r4SAfR
Having fun again w a transcription AI, one of the best I've found: can generally manage non native English speaker accents. A parliament session this week:
"left-wing" =>"lesbian"
Can't identify "EU" - always weird words
Leon Delvaux = Leon De Beau (nice!)
two-state solution = "twisted solution"
"left-wing" =>"lesbian"
Can't identify "EU" - always weird words
Leon Delvaux = Leon De Beau (nice!)
two-state solution = "twisted solution"
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Having fun again w a transcription AI, one of the best I've found: can generally manage non native English speaker accents. A parliament session this week:
"left-wing" =>"lesbian"
Can't identify "EU" - always weird words
Leon Delvaux = Leon De Beau (nice!)
two-state solution = "twisted solution"
"left-wing" =>"lesbian"
Can't identify "EU" - always weird words
Leon Delvaux = Leon De Beau (nice!)
two-state solution = "twisted solution"
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It’s right of course that Reform’s mad economic policies are scrutinised, but it’s still quite weird to frame “What a Reform government would really look like” as if it was just a bit of trouble making budget cuts, while omitting the ICE-style mass thuggery as they aim to deport 1% of the population
What a UK government led by Reform would really look like
What the party's first six months at the helm at local level shows about how they govern - and whether they can keep their promises
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It’s right of course that Reform’s mad economic policies are scrutinised, but it’s still quite weird to frame “What a Reform government would really look like” as if it was just a bit of trouble making budget cuts, while omitting the ICE-style mass thuggery as they aim to deport 1% of the population
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New tariff, new tariff, tariff pause, tariff cut, new tariff, tariff pause, tariff deal, new tariff ..
@financialtimes.com
@financialtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New tariff, new tariff, tariff pause, tariff cut, new tariff, tariff pause, tariff deal, new tariff ..
@financialtimes.com
@financialtimes.com
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The think tank pieces that caught our editor’s attention this week:
- #ISPI booklet on EU free trade agrmts
- Kommerskollegium on EU #economicsecurity
- #Hinrich on Malaysian dilemmas w Trump
- #ISPI booklet on EU free trade agrmts
- Kommerskollegium on EU #economicsecurity
- #Hinrich on Malaysian dilemmas w Trump
THINK TANK: Geopolitical FTAs, EU economic security, Malaysian Trump deal - Borderlex - European trade policy
Here’s a curation of recent think tank reports of potential interest to the international trade policy community in Europe.
f.mtr.cool
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The think tank pieces that caught our editor’s attention this week:
- #ISPI booklet on EU free trade agrmts
- Kommerskollegium on EU #economicsecurity
- #Hinrich on Malaysian dilemmas w Trump
- #ISPI booklet on EU free trade agrmts
- Kommerskollegium on EU #economicsecurity
- #Hinrich on Malaysian dilemmas w Trump
Good to be making a point here, @profpech.bsky.social
A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform “fake judges and pseudo experts” linked to Poland’s rule of law crisis.
Irish academic withdraws from rule of law summit over ‘fake judges’
A senior Irish legal academic has withdrawn from a major EU symposium on the rule of law after organisers proposed to platform “fake judges and pseudo experts” linked to Poland’s rule of law crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Good to be making a point here, @profpech.bsky.social
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There is relief for EU industry at a truce on China #REE rare earth and semiconductor export controls - but it's not the EU that brokered it.
By our editor @ianadreyer.bsky.social
By our editor @ianadreyer.bsky.social
Comment: China export controls: EU unable to resolve problems autonomously - Borderlex - European trade policy
It appears the EU has escaped the worst in terms of an imminent crunch on imports of automotive related semiconductors in the wake of China’s response to the Netherlands’ expelling of the Chinese investor Wingtech in its flagship semiconductor company Nexperia.
borderlex.net
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
There is relief for EU industry at a truce on China #REE rare earth and semiconductor export controls - but it's not the EU that brokered it.
By our editor @ianadreyer.bsky.social
By our editor @ianadreyer.bsky.social
Je le dis souvent à demi mot et en plaisantant à peine: c’est lobby de la betterave à sucre et du colza qui gouvernent en France et par ricochet en Europe.
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Je le dis souvent à demi mot et en plaisantant à peine: c’est lobby de la betterave à sucre et du colza qui gouvernent en France et par ricochet en Europe.
The latest by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social
on state of US democracy one year into Trump 2:
“A system that is democratic no more, but also not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
The political conflict isn’t over, nor is democracy’s fate sealed for good”
democracyamericana.com/posts/218802...
on state of US democracy one year into Trump 2:
“A system that is democratic no more, but also not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
The political conflict isn’t over, nor is democracy’s fate sealed for good”
democracyamericana.com/posts/218802...
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
democracyamericana.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The latest by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social
on state of US democracy one year into Trump 2:
“A system that is democratic no more, but also not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
The political conflict isn’t over, nor is democracy’s fate sealed for good”
democracyamericana.com/posts/218802...
on state of US democracy one year into Trump 2:
“A system that is democratic no more, but also not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
The political conflict isn’t over, nor is democracy’s fate sealed for good”
democracyamericana.com/posts/218802...
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a secretariat for CPTPP is a great idea
The CPTPP has so many applicants that it is now mulling setting up a secretariat - great scoop from our roving Pacific reporter (he wishes!) @chrishorseman.bsky.social borderlex.net/2025/11/03/c...
CPTPP members mull forming secretariat as applicant numbers swell - Borderlex - European trade policy
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November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
a secretariat for CPTPP is a great idea
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Last week at a Brussels thinktank conference I heard the US openly referred to as "our former ally".
This week we learn that the US climate delegation is going around threatening to put European climate negotiators on the US sanctions list if they don't agree to wreck our climate.
This week we learn that the US climate delegation is going around threatening to put European climate negotiators on the US sanctions list if they don't agree to wreck our climate.
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Last week at a Brussels thinktank conference I heard the US openly referred to as "our former ally".
This week we learn that the US climate delegation is going around threatening to put European climate negotiators on the US sanctions list if they don't agree to wreck our climate.
This week we learn that the US climate delegation is going around threatening to put European climate negotiators on the US sanctions list if they don't agree to wreck our climate.
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China export controls #REEs #Nexperia
"Don’t think the coming relief for the EU auto sector is the outcome of skillful EU diplomacy"
By our editor @ianadreyer.bsky.social
"Don’t think the coming relief for the EU auto sector is the outcome of skillful EU diplomacy"
By our editor @ianadreyer.bsky.social
Comment: China export controls: EU unable to resolve problems autonomously - Borderlex - European trade policy
It appears the EU has escaped the worst in terms of an imminent crunch on imports of automotive related semiconductors in the wake of China’s response to the Netherlands’ expelling of the Chinese investor Wingtech in its flagship semiconductor company Nexperia.
borderlex.net
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
China export controls #REEs #Nexperia
"Don’t think the coming relief for the EU auto sector is the outcome of skillful EU diplomacy"
By our editor @ianadreyer.bsky.social
"Don’t think the coming relief for the EU auto sector is the outcome of skillful EU diplomacy"
By our editor @ianadreyer.bsky.social