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Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 1d

🎯💯 Completing the inner market by 2028 is not a nice-to-have, but key for EUs economic strength, in a world now dominated by autocratic global adversaries & in of climate action.
EU is the only global power left to defend freedom & democracy, our future depends on it.
Letta et al:
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#EUsky #EUpol

Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 1d

"Europe must complete the single market by 2028"

A reminder that the European Single Market remains a work in progress.

Europe must complete the single market by 2028

This deadline shouldn’t be seen as a slogan — it’s a contract with Europeans who want results, not reassurances. And leaders must treat it as such.

www.politico.eu

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Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 4m

This also applies Denmark, where the government ignores men murdering their partner, despite gender based murder happens every second day and is one of the highest risk of homicide.
#dkpol

Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 2h

This entire thread:

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5h

Putin decriminalized domestic violence in Russia yrs ago. It's a required step in the fascist playbook; @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social documented this over a century of fascism.

This regime of state-sanctioned gender terrorism serves the same purpose in oppressing women as Jim Crow did toward PoC.

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Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 1h

Agree. Not to mention that Germanys politicians would sell out the Serbians, over the Lithium mine for the German car industry.
I did read that they had discovered Lithium in Germany, so perhaps that will help as well with a more principled stance for Serbians against Vucic, and on Kosovo...

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Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 2h

Not to mention Vucics work with Russia & Orban to subvert Moldovas election, possibly by coup.
Nor Serbias stance on Kosovo, where we are unfairly siding with Vucic, despite Kosovo being in right.... EU risk alinating both Serbians & Kosovars.

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Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 2h

You should demand concrete reforms for EU funds, eg fair and free elections & media reforms. EU paying Vucic, is supporting this below and his lack of sanctions on Russia.
EU should side with the Sebians.🫶

VBG @256bit.bsky.social · 23h

Vučić's police in #Serbia kidnapped one of our students two times and tortured her in the police basement. Her head was repeatedly hit against the table. After that they cuffed her to a radiator and kept beating her.

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VBG @256bit.bsky.social · 23h

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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 4h

#EUsky #EUdef

Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 4h

For the short run, its good for Ukraine, but its a Trump extortion scheme, where EU buys US arms for Ukraine. Is the US funding this too?
That keeps us, EU, dependent on US for arms & arms production. We need a plan to move to EU arms.
No, Germany, US or Israeli arms made in EU are not
European.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 16h

A majority of NATO members today said they were ready to cough up for a scheme spearheaded by Donald Trump that uses allied money to buy US weapons for Ukraine.

Pressure mounts on NATO allies to go all-in on Trump arms scheme for Ukraine

A majority of NATO countries have joined the PURL scheme, and the rest are under pressure “to put your money where your mouth is.”

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Rasmus Malver @rasmusmalver.dk · 16h

Hvorfor kommer farlige EU og forbyder den stolte danske tradition for bund-korrupte politikere?

Pro-tip: En anden måde at betale politikere og/eller værter på DR-programmer, er at invitere dem som “oplægsholdere” eller “ordstyrere”. Så kommer man måske selv mere i tv? #dkpol #dkjura

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 15h

As world leaders celebrate the release of Israeli captives, over 9,000 Palestinian prisoners still face torture, hunger, and isolation behind bars. Half of them are held by Israel without charge or trial.

mondoweiss.net/2025/10/the-...

#Palestine #Israel

The 9,100 Palestinians left behind in Israeli prisons after the ‘peace’ deal

mondoweiss.net

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 15h

Israel has told the UN it will only allow 300 aid trucks to enter Gaza everyday—half the amount agreed upon in the ceasefire deal.

Israel should not be allowed to control how much food, water, and fuel enter Gaza. Its illegal siege on Gaza must end.

Israeli aid limits hit Gaza as Trump issues new warning to Hamas

An Israeli tank opened fire in Gaza City, as Israel restricts aid into the Strip, citing the slow release of captive bodies.

www.newarab.com

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 1d

"The question of this moment is: is Europe going to be strong and independent, or is it going to be a vassal? That is the question." — @johnnyryan.bsky.social

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Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 1d

Cutting red tape is not the way to do it, nor should EU bend over for US, for a tarif rate of 15%. The national politicians are still cought in yesterdays Atlanticism thinking.

We need EU leadership as Draghi says.

Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD @googeliart.bsky.social · 1d

EU can cut red tape without bowing to Trump, says Denmark

Brussels should stand firm against Washington while seizing the moment to advance its own rule-cutting reforms, Danish foreign minister tells POLITICO.

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EU can cut red tape without bowing to Trump, says Denmark

Brussels should stand firm against Washington while seizing the moment to advance its own rule-cutting reforms, Danish foreign minister tells POLITICO.

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Ave Europa @aveeuropa.bsky.social · 23d

A year after Draghi’s report, the EU is still:

• Sending savings to U.S. companies
• Failing to complete the single market
• Falling behind in AI & innovation

Only 11% of his 383 fixes have been fully implemented.

❗️Time to cut red tape, unite capital markets, and invest in tech & defense ❗️

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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 1d

"Europe must complete the single market by 2028"

A reminder that the European Single Market remains a work in progress.

Europe must complete the single market by 2028

This deadline shouldn’t be seen as a slogan — it’s a contract with Europeans who want results, not reassurances. And leaders must treat it as such.

www.politico.eu

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Ørnekiggeren 🍉 @oernekiggeren.bsky.social · 1d

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Vula Tsetsi @vulatsetsi.bsky.social · 1d

“This is not a moment for photo opportunities and handshakes, but for courage and moral clarity” 🇷🇸

Our comments on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu visit to Serbia ⬇️

European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 1d

Von der Leyen’s visit to Vučić sends the wrong signal:
the EU must stand with Serbia’s citizens, not its autocrat.

Read more from @vulatsetsi.bsky.social & @ciarancuffe.bsky.social here: europeangreens.eu/news/von-der...

Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. At a moment when Serbian citizens are reeling from repression, violence, and grief, this visit is profoundly inappropriate and politically misguided. It risks signalling that the European Union’s values of democracy, freedom and accountability are negotiable.

“As the guardian of the EU treaties and the highest representative of all European citizens, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has a duty to defend the rule of law, freedom of expression, and the right to peaceful protest. It is deeply regrettable that von der Leyen honours Vučić with an official visit without visible reservations, while his regime unlawfully detains students and opposition members and violently represses protesters. This is not a moment for photo opportunities and handshakes, but for courage and moral clarity. The EU must stand up for the rights and freedoms of the Serbian people,” said Vula Tsetsi, Co-chair of the European Green Party.

The tragic collapse of the Novi Sad train station roof on 1 November 2024 killed 16 people and exposed chronic corruption and impunity at the heart of the Vučić’ regime. Nearly a year later, the victims’ families still await justice. Protests demanding accountability have been violently dispersed, while independent journalists continue to face intimidation.

"We Greens firmly believe that the people of Serbia must be allowed to join the EU community if they want so. We also support the legitimate aspirations of its people to live in a free, democratic and just society. The European Commission must use its political weight to push Vučić to free and fair elections in the short term, and a peaceful transition of power if that is the people’s choice. EU accession talks must serve as leverage for democracy, not a reward for repression. If the Commission allows this visit to proceed without clear conditions and outspoken demands for justice, it will be remembered as the moment Europe lost its moral compass, and caved in to another autocrat”, Co-chair Ciarán Cuffe of the European Green Party added.

The European Green Party calls on President von der Leyen to:
- Publicly demand Vučić for full accountability and transparency in the Novi Sad tragedy investigations.
- Condition EU funds and accession steps on tangible progress in judicial independence, media freedom, and election integrity.
- Stand visibly and vocally with the Serbian people who call for fair and free elections, and not with those who silence them. Students and the opposition are for months calling for elections.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Israel is using the failure to return the bodies of hostages as a pretext to violate the ceasefire themselves, but as Nour Odeh points out, the ceasefire agreement did not contain a timeline for the handing over of the bodies & Israel already knew it might take weeks or months.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 2d

France's political chaos is coming at the same time as a dangerous leadership vacuum in Europe, where all main leaders except Meloni are distracted by political problems at home.

Watch the full #SubstackLive here: davekeating.substack.com/p/video-what...

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

Greta is RIGHT
No one will silence the truth

Greta says she’s not scared of Israel but of a world that lost all sense of humanity

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Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed. We have 2 adversaries today, & we should treat them merit-based. Instead we need to team up with likeminded democracies like Canada.
Need to protect our companies from foreign takeover.
EU needs to federalise to survive, stay relevant while also have legitimacy in the eyes of EU citizens.
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 2d

Thought-provoking thread. By coincidence, this summer I read the sequel to the 3 bodY problem (The dark forest) whose main theme is how humanity deals with 'defeatism'.

I felt strongly reminded of today's Euro-pessimism that strongly shapes today's discourse on the EU's future.

Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 2d

New - Europe’s 3-body problem: collapsing global order sparks hunt for new trajectory

I got to write about one of my favourite Chinese sci-fi novels. Europe, realising it can’t fix systemic chaos, is instead trying to shift its own orbit.

Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed. We have two adversaries today, & we should treat them merit-based. Instead we need to team up with likeminded democracies like Canada.
Need to protect our companies from foreign takeover.
EU needs to federalise to survive, stay relevant while also have legitimacy in the eyes of EU citizens.

Troels Halken 🇪🇺 🇬🇪🇷🇸🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @halken.bsky.social · 2d

Biden could have made Israel heel too, instead of funding the genocide for a year. He chose not to & Harris lost the election, as ppl with mobile phones & roots in MENA had dead ppl on them, despite the medias collusion wiht Israel.

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Michaela Rousing 🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mirrou64.bsky.social · 2d

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Michaela Rousing 🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mirrou64.bsky.social · 3d

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Han ruskede i branchen og skød gang i 'laksegate' - og har fået flere kunder

Fiskehandler Jakob Clausen har de seneste ni måneder været bannerfører for laksegate - en debat om opdrættet fisk.

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