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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11h

Lib Dem's Daisy Cooper calls for an assessment into the threat Elon Musk poses to UK democracy after Tommy Robinson said Musk is paying for his legal fees

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 7h

We remain fully behind North Macedonia on its EU path.

You can count on us.

The next and only step before the opening of the negotiations is clear.

You need to make the agreed constitutional change.

The ball is in your court. The EU is ready.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 5h

Letter to the editor:
£5bn over ten years to “restore pride” in Britain’s poorest areas?

That’s less than the EU, in its time, gave us every year.

Ambitious? Hardly.

Letter to the editor: £5bn over ten years isn’t ‘ambitious’ – it’s a fraction of what the EU once gave

Letter to the editor

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 4h

The Georgian Dream PM Kobakhidze says that they'll be banning "up to 10" parties.

You probably won't be surprised when I say that this is the entirety of democratic opposition.

#TerrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 7h

The Venice Commission has published an opinion on the so-called foreign funding laws.

According to the opinion, the following should be repealed:

Ivanishvili's FARA;

Restrictions of the Law on Grants;

Restrictions of the Law on Broadcasting;

www.coe.int/en/web/venic...

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 1d

#Farage - the party leader most people blame for #BrexitShambles - as a @yorkshirepost.co.uk letter notes. Brexiters keep trying (and failing) to present our #EuropeanUnion departure as a success. Just making stuff up again? #RejoinEU

This letter appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 14 October 2025. The writer takes issue with claims by a previous correspondent of exports increasing since Britain left the European Union.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10h

It's time for Starmer to abandon the race to keep up with the economy-sapping immigration policies of the man who brought us Brexit in the first place. Until he takes that step, the “severe and long-lasting” impact of leaving the EU, identified by Reeves today, will only keep getting worse.

Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy

The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bi...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 9h

The ability to discuss Brexit without fear is nothing less than the ability to discuss objective reality inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 7h

The so-called "Russian Federation" is an empire rather than a nation state, with wealth being transferred from the colonised and exploited Central, Southern and Eastern provinces to metropolitan Russia in the West.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 12h

Here are Putins' pet toad, Orban, and his pet frog Farage.

Farage says they are fighting for the nation state. Yes, they are... they are fighting for Russia.

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 8h

Over 55,000 people have called on the government to keep Britain in the European Convention on Human Rights, standing against a reckless push to repeat the mistakes of Brexit. Today their names were handed in, a reminder that this country still believes in cooperation, justice and the rule of law.

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 9h

Good to read today that the UK plans to join the EU in using nearly €300 billion in frozen Russian central bank assets held by G7 nations to fund loans for Ukraine that will ultimately be paid by Russia in reparations.

The UK holds about £25 billion of the total.

english.nv.ua/nation/uk-an...

$300 billion in reparations: UK and Canada to join EU plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

The UK and Canada will join an EU initiative to use part of the $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank assets held by G7 nations to boost financial support for Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Oct....

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 10h

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made it clear Serbia cannot join the EU without imposing sanctions on Russia. This comes after the Serbian president reaffirmed that EU membership remains Serbia’s strategic goal and top foreign policy priority.

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 12h

Rather than "slowly undoing some of that damage" the government’s response should be to move ambitiously to rapidly undo ALL of the Brexit damage.

#Brexit has failed.

It's time to prepare and plan seriously to rejoin the EU.

#RejoinEU

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impact

Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 1d

Today, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Elina Valtonen joined the #GeorgiaProtests on Rustaveli Avenue, marking the 321st consecutive day of demonstrations. 1/2

@elinavaltonen.bsky.social

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 1d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d

The European Council has agreed to reduce and eliminate duties on a range of Ukrainian agricultural products, paving the way for the first significant update to tariffs under an EU-Ukraine trade agreement since it was adopted in 2016.

EU, Ukraine move forward with new trade agreement, deepening ties

The European Council has agreed to reduce and eliminate duties on a range of Ukrainian agricultural products, paving the way for the first significant update to tariffs under an EU-Ukraine trade agree...

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 1d

For the first time in years, senior Labour figures are saying it plainly.

Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”

The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.

Starmer and Streeting break silence on Brexit’s damage

We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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Young European Movement @yem1.bsky.social · 1d

Join us and @cambsforeurope.bsky.social on Tuesday 4th November in Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, to discuss the proposed EU-UK Youth Mobility scheme and the case for the UK to rejoin Erasmus+.

RSVP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-...

#ERASMUS #ERASMUSplus #YouthMobility

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 1d

Join our in-person panel discussion on Erasmus+ & Youth Mobility.

🗓Tues 4 Nov,

📍Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Alfred Quantrill, President @yem1.bsky.social

Maria Kurinna, Youth for Inclusive Europe

Prof. Ian James, University of Cambridge

FREE tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-...

In-person panel discussion 'Restoring Lost Freedoms' on Erasmus+ & Youth Mobility on Tuesday 4 November at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, with:

Alfred Quantrill, President, Young European Movement UK

Maria Kurinna, Youth for Inclusive Europe

Prof.Ian James, University of Cambridge

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 1d

TBF, we expect that as soon as a serious discussion about rejoining the Single Market begins, it will quickly turn to rejoining the EU itself.

The UK could create a Customs Union with the EU as an interim measure, but politically only full EU membership makes sense.

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 2d

"The services being targeted are not optional extras ... They are lifelines – particularly for the elderly, disabled and low-income residents – whose right to live in the UK was meant to be protected after Brexit."

Camilla Cucinotta on Tory proposals to limit EU citizens' access to public services.

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2d

Letter to the editor | East Anglia Bylines

Letter to the editor: A civilised society does not withhold care based on citizenship

Letter to the editor

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 1d

What data is this figure is based on?

Germany - Europe's largest donor of military aid to Ukraine - has stopped publishing what it transfers.

Models for military support for Ukraine have also changed, with greater emphasis on supporting Ukrainian (co)production.

www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacj...

German military aid for Ukraine: a new model of support?

On 14 July, during a visit to Washington, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) confirmed that Germany was prepared to acquire two Patriot air defence systems. These would most likely replace ...

www.osw.waw.pl

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 1d

Good that the govt is willing to name the problem - Brexit - but what are they going to do about it?

Muddling through isn't good enough.

The UK needs a much more ambitious plan to rejoin the Single Market, Customs Union, and of course ultimately the EU!

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/join2025

Join the European Movement in 2025

Become a member this year and help return our country to its rightful place at the heart of Europe.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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