Justin Stares
@justinstares.bsky.social
Brussels-based journo covering the EU and Belgium. Author, This Is Belgium and The Moon at the Bottom of the Well
Starting to change my mind on this. After Macron’s public attack on X and continued dawn arrests on X users for opinion crimes in Germany (plus EU fines), the chance of a Europe-wide X takedown is no longer trivial.
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Starting to change my mind on this. After Macron’s public attack on X and continued dawn arrests on X users for opinion crimes in Germany (plus EU fines), the chance of a Europe-wide X takedown is no longer trivial.
If the British government acts stupidly, the British people can kick them out at the ballot box. EU citizens cannot kick out the European Commission.
February 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If the British government acts stupidly, the British people can kick them out at the ballot box. EU citizens cannot kick out the European Commission.
The UK didn’t give up the USA to indigenous Indians!
February 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The UK didn’t give up the USA to indigenous Indians!
Didn’t the UK give up the USA? Didn’t Spain give up Cuba? Didn’t France give up Algeria (which was considered an integral part of France)?
February 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Didn’t the UK give up the USA? Didn’t Spain give up Cuba? Didn’t France give up Algeria (which was considered an integral part of France)?
The main role of the federal government is to agree to new taxes and create more national debt. The former can be tricky, the latter is easy
December 13, 2024 at 11:12 PM
The main role of the federal government is to agree to new taxes and create more national debt. The former can be tricky, the latter is easy