René Smits
@rs-lawsociety.bsky.social
EU law and integration, sustainable finance, central banking, financial sanctions, rule of law, societal connection
prachtig inzichtgevend boek van
@diederiksamsom.bsky.social over de voortrekkersrol van de EU bij de groene transitie, de noodzaak biodiversiteit mee te nemen in de Green Deal en de urgentie van sociale rechtvaardigheid - met Sinterklaas gekregen van mijn jongste kleinzoon en in een ruk uitgelezen
@diederiksamsom.bsky.social over de voortrekkersrol van de EU bij de groene transitie, de noodzaak biodiversiteit mee te nemen in de Green Deal en de urgentie van sociale rechtvaardigheid - met Sinterklaas gekregen van mijn jongste kleinzoon en in een ruk uitgelezen
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
prachtig inzichtgevend boek van
@diederiksamsom.bsky.social over de voortrekkersrol van de EU bij de groene transitie, de noodzaak biodiversiteit mee te nemen in de Green Deal en de urgentie van sociale rechtvaardigheid - met Sinterklaas gekregen van mijn jongste kleinzoon en in een ruk uitgelezen
@diederiksamsom.bsky.social over de voortrekkersrol van de EU bij de groene transitie, de noodzaak biodiversiteit mee te nemen in de Green Deal en de urgentie van sociale rechtvaardigheid - met Sinterklaas gekregen van mijn jongste kleinzoon en in een ruk uitgelezen
urgent call to decouple: three elements of a plan to make Europe stand (in its own feet) again - recommended reading for EU politicians & entrepreneurs by @martinsandbu.ft.com @volteuropa.org @reneweurope.bsky.social @ecb.europa.eu
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
urgent call to decouple: three elements of a plan to make Europe stand (in its own feet) again - recommended reading for EU politicians & entrepreneurs by @martinsandbu.ft.com @volteuropa.org @reneweurope.bsky.social @ecb.europa.eu
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
on.ft.com/3Y0QwI8 Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
Unrest in Tanzania as reported by Semafor Africa @semafor.com www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Unrest in Tanzania as reported by Semafor Africa @semafor.com www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
nationwide protests against election rigging and suppression of opposition in Tanzania 🇹🇿 probably ongoing but without internet unverifiable what’s actually happening #FreeTunduLissu @mariastsehai.bsky.social @eastafricapaper.bsky.social @africanunion.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
nationwide protests against election rigging and suppression of opposition in Tanzania 🇹🇿 probably ongoing but without internet unverifiable what’s actually happening #FreeTunduLissu @mariastsehai.bsky.social @eastafricapaper.bsky.social @africanunion.bsky.social
A @financialtimes.com reader rightly imploring the newspaper to give prominence to climate science findings on ecosystems collapse (given a dismissive heading by the editors) @gilliantett.bsky.social
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Letter: A reader’s plaintive climate change plea
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Letter: A reader’s plaintive climate change plea
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A @financialtimes.com reader rightly imploring the newspaper to give prominence to climate science findings on ecosystems collapse (given a dismissive heading by the editors) @gilliantett.bsky.social
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Letter: A reader’s plaintive climate change plea
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Letter: A reader’s plaintive climate change plea
repression in Tanzania 🇹🇿 @mariastsehai.bsky.social and in Uganda 🇺🇬 @bobiwine1.bsky.social and Kenya 🇰🇪 as reported in @nrc.nl
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
repression in Tanzania 🇹🇿 @mariastsehai.bsky.social and in Uganda 🇺🇬 @bobiwine1.bsky.social and Kenya 🇰🇪 as reported in @nrc.nl
now including the 💜 party listed as #14
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
now including the 💜 party listed as #14
Tanzanian imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu isolated on death row in jail - grave violations of human rights - #FreeTunduLissu #JusticeForLissu 🇹🇿 action needed by @ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @ukparliament.parliament.uk @primeministeruk.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tanzanian imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu isolated on death row in jail - grave violations of human rights - #FreeTunduLissu #JusticeForLissu 🇹🇿 action needed by @ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @ukparliament.parliament.uk @primeministeruk.bsky.social
good analysis by @martinsandbu.ft.com in today’s @financialtimes.com
on.ft.com/427ffgt The EU should see public anger at Trump as an opportunity
on.ft.com/427ffgt The EU should see public anger at Trump as an opportunity
September 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
good analysis by @martinsandbu.ft.com in today’s @financialtimes.com
on.ft.com/427ffgt The EU should see public anger at Trump as an opportunity
on.ft.com/427ffgt The EU should see public anger at Trump as an opportunity
September 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
@tjeerdroyaards.com in @trouw.nl vanochtend
September 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
@tjeerdroyaards.com in @trouw.nl vanochtend
September 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Happy to share the slides of my presentation at yesterday’s 11th banking union conference in Frankfurt, organised by @freshfields.bsky.social and the @goetheuni.bsky.social: my perspective on 11 years of the European courts’ oversight of ECB banking supervision in 30 minutes
September 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Happy to share the slides of my presentation at yesterday’s 11th banking union conference in Frankfurt, organised by @freshfields.bsky.social and the @goetheuni.bsky.social: my perspective on 11 years of the European courts’ oversight of ECB banking supervision in 30 minutes
powerful insights into tech platforms beating traditional political parties by herding voters towards issues politicised by these same platforms’ ultra rich owners under the guise of giving the platform users (‘citizens’ in name only) a voice 1/
July 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
powerful insights into tech platforms beating traditional political parties by herding voters towards issues politicised by these same platforms’ ultra rich owners under the guise of giving the platform users (‘citizens’ in name only) a voice 1/
@voltnederland.org neem deze waarschuwing ter harte: @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social over Amerika’s strijd tegen democratische krachten in Europa - export van Project 2025 naar de EU - Trump wil regime change in Europa, ook in Nederland www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
June 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
@voltnederland.org neem deze waarschuwing ter harte: @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social over Amerika’s strijd tegen democratische krachten in Europa - export van Project 2025 naar de EU - Trump wil regime change in Europa, ook in Nederland www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
excellent analysis about the need for joint procurement across Member State boundaries in the EU for joint defence @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org @volteuropa.org @franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl @president.europarl.europa.eu
on.ft.com/4449Cky The emperor has no tanks
on.ft.com/4449Cky The emperor has no tanks
June 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
excellent analysis about the need for joint procurement across Member State boundaries in the EU for joint defence @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org @volteuropa.org @franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl @president.europarl.europa.eu
on.ft.com/4449Cky The emperor has no tanks
on.ft.com/4449Cky The emperor has no tanks
