Sonila Metushi
@sonila88.bsky.social
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The European Commission has hit Greece with a fine of nearly €400 million for mismanaging EU farm funding and inadequate controls.
EU fines Greece €400M over farm aid debacle
Brussels imposes massive fine after finding systemic failings in Greece’s management of farm subsidies from 2016-23.
ow.ly
June 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The European Commission has hit Greece with a fine of nearly €400 million for mismanaging EU farm funding and inadequate controls.
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"This moment of change is an opportunity for Europe: it is a “global #euro” moment." says @president.ecb.europa.eu in the FT. www.ft.com/content/4d5d...
This is Europe’s ‘global euro’ moment
But greater international prominence will not happen by default — it must be earned
www.ft.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"This moment of change is an opportunity for Europe: it is a “global #euro” moment." says @president.ecb.europa.eu in the FT. www.ft.com/content/4d5d...
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Here is the link to the full column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them | Alberto Alemanno
Public opinion is clamouring for closer EU cooperation. The last thing we need is Ursula von der Leyen pandering to the far right, says Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet professor of EU law at HEC Paris
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Here is the link to the full column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨🚨"What’s missing is the political courage to articulate a compelling alternative to far-right messaging – one that makes an affirmative case for EU-wide action on the issues that matter most to Europeans: common security, managed migration & shared prosperity." @alemanno.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨🚨"What’s missing is the political courage to articulate a compelling alternative to far-right messaging – one that makes an affirmative case for EU-wide action on the issues that matter most to Europeans: common security, managed migration & shared prosperity." @alemanno.bsky.social
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Waar blijft de Democratische oppositie in Amerika? En welke lessen moet Europa trekken?
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/zo-s...
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/zo-s...
Zo snel kun je een land naar de verdoemenis helpen, bewijst Trump. En waar blijft de oppositie?
Zolang de Democraten niet inzetten op het fundamentele probleem van de ongelijkheid, blijft Trump ongenaakbaar, schrijft Caroline de Gruyter. Daar moet centrumlinks in Europa lessen uit trekken.
www.standaard.be
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Waar blijft de Democratische oppositie in Amerika? En welke lessen moet Europa trekken?
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/zo-s...
Mijn column in @standaard.be
www.standaard.be/opinies/zo-s...
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🚨New publication!🚨 With input from experts across @ecfr.eu, @taszuc.bsky.social, @camillelons.bsky.social, @arturovarvelli.bsky.social & I have explored the foreign policies of Europe's populist parties and how these might play out over coming years. Read the study here ⬇️
ecfr.eu/publication/...
ecfr.eu/publication/...
Rise to the challengers: Europe’s populist parties and its foreign policy future
An array of populist parties are challenging Europe’s foreign policy mainstream. To secure European sovereignty, its politicians need to adapt—which means preparing for a variety of future diplomatic…
ecfr.eu
June 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🚨New publication!🚨 With input from experts across @ecfr.eu, @taszuc.bsky.social, @camillelons.bsky.social, @arturovarvelli.bsky.social & I have explored the foreign policies of Europe's populist parties and how these might play out over coming years. Read the study here ⬇️
ecfr.eu/publication/...
ecfr.eu/publication/...
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Greening the Cloud | "How to power data centers – the digital engines of the AI revolution – is becoming a battleground in climate and competitiveness conflicts." Maciej Bukowski #TechPol
Greening the Cloud
How to power data centers – the digital engines of the AI revolution – is becoming a battleground in climate and competitiveness conflicts.
cepa.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Greening the Cloud | "How to power data centers – the digital engines of the AI revolution – is becoming a battleground in climate and competitiveness conflicts." Maciej Bukowski #TechPol
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Economists are ready to regulate digital platforms (as we do bread and cars: quality and safety and fraud)
In this week's "On Global Markets," @duncanweldon.bsky.social delves into the expert opinion on social media regulation: kentclarkcenter.org/filterable-c...
Social Media: Privacy and Harms - Clark Center Forum
The rise of social media is one of the big stories of the twenty-first century. Facebook may only be 21 years old, but, according to a Pew Research study of 2024, more than two-thirds of Americans now...
kentclarkcenter.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Economists are ready to regulate digital platforms (as we do bread and cars: quality and safety and fraud)
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With Friedrich Merz as German chancellor, Emmanuel Macron may finally have found the partner he needs for France and Germany to reshape European leadership, writes @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social (@cheurope.bsky.social).
Merz and Macron can restart Europe’s Franco–German engine
As Friedrich Merz becomes German chancellor, Emmanuel Macron may finally have found the partner he needs for France and Germany to reshape European leadership.
www.chathamhouse.org
May 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
With Friedrich Merz as German chancellor, Emmanuel Macron may finally have found the partner he needs for France and Germany to reshape European leadership, writes @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social (@cheurope.bsky.social).
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A majority of EU countries are in favor of reviewing a wide-ranging political and economic agreement between Israel and the European Union amid concerns about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, two EU diplomats told POLITICO.
Majority of EU countries support review of EU-Israel diplomatic agreement
A Dutch-led initiative to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement has won support from other states.
www.politico.eu
May 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A majority of EU countries are in favor of reviewing a wide-ranging political and economic agreement between Israel and the European Union amid concerns about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, two EU diplomats told POLITICO.
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💧 Europe’s water is at a turning point ⏰
EU reps meet today to update pollution rules — long overdue.
PFAS, pharma waste & pesticides still slip through.
Clean water isn’t a luxury — it’s a right.
Time for bold action.
📢 Read our joint letter in the comments.
#CleanWater #ZeroPollution
EU reps meet today to update pollution rules — long overdue.
PFAS, pharma waste & pesticides still slip through.
Clean water isn’t a luxury — it’s a right.
Time for bold action.
📢 Read our joint letter in the comments.
#CleanWater #ZeroPollution
May 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
💧 Europe’s water is at a turning point ⏰
EU reps meet today to update pollution rules — long overdue.
PFAS, pharma waste & pesticides still slip through.
Clean water isn’t a luxury — it’s a right.
Time for bold action.
📢 Read our joint letter in the comments.
#CleanWater #ZeroPollution
EU reps meet today to update pollution rules — long overdue.
PFAS, pharma waste & pesticides still slip through.
Clean water isn’t a luxury — it’s a right.
Time for bold action.
📢 Read our joint letter in the comments.
#CleanWater #ZeroPollution
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Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.
Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.
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Interesting to see. Likely not a hugely substantive shift and I don't envisage Germany changing its internal opposition to nuclear power. But given recent steps by Belgium and Denmark to remove existing bans or phase-out plans, it does seem like the mood music on this topic is shifting in Europe. 🔌💡
Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France
Paris wins approval from Berlin to remove anti-nuclear bias in EU legislation, say officials
www.ft.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Interesting to see. Likely not a hugely substantive shift and I don't envisage Germany changing its internal opposition to nuclear power. But given recent steps by Belgium and Denmark to remove existing bans or phase-out plans, it does seem like the mood music on this topic is shifting in Europe. 🔌💡
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We’re eliminating programs that save millions of people from disease
And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more
Because we need to funnel resources into AI
Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease
Do I have that right?
And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more
Because we need to funnel resources into AI
Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease
Do I have that right?
April 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We’re eliminating programs that save millions of people from disease
And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more
Because we need to funnel resources into AI
Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease
Do I have that right?
And ending a lot of research that has cured diseases and will cure more
Because we need to funnel resources into AI
Because someday it may be able to figure out cures for disease
Do I have that right?
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🚨🚨 MAJOR NEWS: @ec.europa.eu fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking the rules of the EU Digital Markets Act, the first fines in the history of the act. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...
EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules
The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.
www.politico.eu
April 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🚨🚨 MAJOR NEWS: @ec.europa.eu fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking the rules of the EU Digital Markets Act, the first fines in the history of the act. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...
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Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to visit Paris on May 7 after taking office as expected the day before, according to four officials familiar with the plans.
Merz to visit Paris May 7, officials say
Germany’s chancellor-designate is planning a European tour that could take him to Paris, Warsaw and Kyiv
www.politico.eu
April 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Germany's incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to visit Paris on May 7 after taking office as expected the day before, according to four officials familiar with the plans.
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Countries adopt world’s first carbon levy at key shipping talks
Countries adopt world’s first carbon levy at key shipping talks
A credit trading scheme was also adopted under the new mechanism.
dlvr.it
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Countries adopt world’s first carbon levy at key shipping talks
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I was pleased to witness the signing of an agreement between Albania and @eib.org to reconstruct the railway between the port of Durres and Rrogozhine.
This will create new jobs, enhance trade, and improve connectivity, bringing Albania closer to its neighbours and the EU.
This will create new jobs, enhance trade, and improve connectivity, bringing Albania closer to its neighbours and the EU.
April 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I was pleased to witness the signing of an agreement between Albania and @eib.org to reconstruct the railway between the port of Durres and Rrogozhine.
This will create new jobs, enhance trade, and improve connectivity, bringing Albania closer to its neighbours and the EU.
This will create new jobs, enhance trade, and improve connectivity, bringing Albania closer to its neighbours and the EU.
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This is a moment that #US should watch closely: Europeans are responding to Trump by rallying around the #EU flag. My latest for @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social with @louiseblomqvist.bsky.social
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
Europeans are responding to Trump by rallying around the EU flag
The Trump administration’s stances toward Europe have led to increased support for the European Union among the bloc’s citizens.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is a moment that #US should watch closely: Europeans are responding to Trump by rallying around the #EU flag. My latest for @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social with @louiseblomqvist.bsky.social
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
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We must close defence capability gaps. Not only for the wars of today, but also for the wars of tomorrow.
First of all, we must:
➡️Ramp up production
➡️Develop strategic enablers
➡️ Implement big defence projects of common European interest
➡️ Improve military mobility
First of all, we must:
➡️Ramp up production
➡️Develop strategic enablers
➡️ Implement big defence projects of common European interest
➡️ Improve military mobility
April 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We must close defence capability gaps. Not only for the wars of today, but also for the wars of tomorrow.
First of all, we must:
➡️Ramp up production
➡️Develop strategic enablers
➡️ Implement big defence projects of common European interest
➡️ Improve military mobility
First of all, we must:
➡️Ramp up production
➡️Develop strategic enablers
➡️ Implement big defence projects of common European interest
➡️ Improve military mobility
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🚨🚨 #techlaw and #trump: @ec.europa.eu is preparing fines against Apple and Meta for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA), according to sources familiar with the investigations. 🧵
english.elpais.com/economy-and-...
english.elpais.com/economy-and-...
EU preparing first fines against tech giants Apple and Meta
Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera is getting ready to impose sanctions on the tech giants for non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act. But European authorities are not expected to impose the ...
english.elpais.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🚨🚨 #techlaw and #trump: @ec.europa.eu is preparing fines against Apple and Meta for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA), according to sources familiar with the investigations. 🧵
english.elpais.com/economy-and-...
english.elpais.com/economy-and-...
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Just spoke with Keir Starmer and shared my concern over the impact of the US tariffs on the global economy.
We also discussed security & defence and the upcoming EU-UK Summit.
Read-out ↓
europa.eu/!mdYpw8
We also discussed security & defence and the upcoming EU-UK Summit.
Read-out ↓
europa.eu/!mdYpw8
April 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just spoke with Keir Starmer and shared my concern over the impact of the US tariffs on the global economy.
We also discussed security & defence and the upcoming EU-UK Summit.
Read-out ↓
europa.eu/!mdYpw8
We also discussed security & defence and the upcoming EU-UK Summit.
Read-out ↓
europa.eu/!mdYpw8
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Europe did not start the tariff confrontation.
Tariffs are taxes, paid by the people.
But Europe has everything to protect our people and our prosperity.
We will always promote & defend our interests and values.
And we will always stand up for Europe.
Full speech
→ europa.eu/!GDTK6R
Tariffs are taxes, paid by the people.
But Europe has everything to protect our people and our prosperity.
We will always promote & defend our interests and values.
And we will always stand up for Europe.
Full speech
→ europa.eu/!GDTK6R
April 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Europe did not start the tariff confrontation.
Tariffs are taxes, paid by the people.
But Europe has everything to protect our people and our prosperity.
We will always promote & defend our interests and values.
And we will always stand up for Europe.
Full speech
→ europa.eu/!GDTK6R
Tariffs are taxes, paid by the people.
But Europe has everything to protect our people and our prosperity.
We will always promote & defend our interests and values.
And we will always stand up for Europe.
Full speech
→ europa.eu/!GDTK6R
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Fascinating line from Czech PM Petr Fiala on EU power dynamics.
“I was always in peacetime against the strong role of France and Germany . . . but in such a difficult time, it’s important that the strongest countries are active and accept their own leadership.”
www.ft.com/content/a5c2...
“I was always in peacetime against the strong role of France and Germany . . . but in such a difficult time, it’s important that the strongest countries are active and accept their own leadership.”
www.ft.com/content/a5c2...
France and UK now leaders of hard power in Europe, says Czech PM
Petr Fiala says power balance is shifting in response to Russian threat and US pressure
www.ft.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Fascinating line from Czech PM Petr Fiala on EU power dynamics.
“I was always in peacetime against the strong role of France and Germany . . . but in such a difficult time, it’s important that the strongest countries are active and accept their own leadership.”
www.ft.com/content/a5c2...
“I was always in peacetime against the strong role of France and Germany . . . but in such a difficult time, it’s important that the strongest countries are active and accept their own leadership.”
www.ft.com/content/a5c2...