RicSilvestre 🇪🇺 🇵🇹
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Social-Liberal. Europeanist. Atlanticist. Researcher and author in political science. Co-host of the 'Liberal Europe Podcast', a project supported by the European Parliament. Opinions my own.
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In my political commentary in #Portugal, a constant critique of mine it's the tendency in the media to attack the #EuropeanUnion with fallacious and bad-faith arguments. I'm incredibly grateful to @observadorpt.bsky.social for publishing this 'right of reply'. #Europe. observador.pt/opiniao/o-fa...
O falso argumento da União Europeia letárgica
é frustrante ver o debate na nossa sociedade sobre “a UE está atrasada, a UE não faz o suficiente, a UE está desnorteada” no que se trata da situação da Ucrânia
observador.pt
Will someone, someone, please give this statesman of peace a Nobel Prize?!?? Please!!
LOLOLOL!!! Alguém dê o Prémio Nobel a este estadista da paz hoje!! #USA
Trump threatens American boots on the ground in Gaza to fight Hamas
If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
He wants SO BAD to be validated by daddy Putin that is psychotic
Como orgulhoso aliado da comunidade americana democrata e liberal, estarei no encontro "No Kings" na Praça do Comércio. O que acontece nos #USA não afeta só a América, mas também #Portugal e o resto do mundo. É tempo, mais uma vez, de marcarmos presença!
As a proud ally of the American community in my country, I will be at the rally No Kings at Praça do Comércio. What happens in the #USA not only affects America, but also #Portugal and the rest of the world. Time, again, to rise-up and be counted!
mas...mas...mas, foi-me dito pelo "comentariado" em #Portugal que a União Europeia é impotente, incapaz, à deriva, sem ser capaz de se defender, que Trump e Putin poderiam entrar pela #Europa adentro até se sentarem na Torre Eiffel. Seguramente não estão enganados!!
From the Eastern Flank Watch and European Drone Defence Initiative to the European Air Shield and European Space Shield, we want to invest in innovation and new technologies that guard our borders, skies and future.
With Dasha Burns? The same Dasha Burns that was "please Mr. Trump, love me! Karoline can vouch for me, Mr. Trump! Please Mr. Trump!". That Dasha Burns?
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Is there still space for centrist politics in a populist age?
🎙️ In the new episode of Liberal Europe Podcast Leszek Jazdzewski talks with with Samuel Issacharoff, Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law.
🎧 Tune in: bit.ly/3IPWuI9
@emptywheel.bsky.social that will be news for the Chamber of Commerce and the American Enterprise Institute
Ei, @ec.europa.eu, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, @kajakallas.bsky.social, are we, #EuropeanUnion ever going to take a position on this?!? For the Rule of Law? Human Rights? International agreements?!? What the hell are we doing here?! #USA #Europe
Trump says he's now "looking at land" strikes on Venezuela
sorry...WHAT??!? #USA
Q: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?

TRUMP: They have emptied their prisons into the US. Prisoners from mental institutions, insane asylums ...
and that, my friends, it's the "ball game". Turn out the lights. The #USA will be done as an experiment in democracy.
Aside from losing many Democratic seats, Black representation in Congress will probably drop from around 14% of seats (nationally representative) to maybe 7 or 8% (not representative)?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
www.nytimes.com
Por causa do Epstein files no FBI, o Speaker Jonhson vai manter a Casa dos Representantes, e o governo, fechado até ao final do mandato do babuíno laranja, se for preciso, e com isso não vai haver dinheiro para pagar estas despesas com as forças armadas dos #USA
Isa, pode ter já um primeiro contacto com este flyer. Ainda hoje ou amanhã vou aqui colocar a promo do evento.
O meu objetivo é ter goons mascarados, sem identificação, a dizer que vêm da parte do Kash Patel do FBI e que me querem levar para Guantánamo.
Stay for the Freedom Games by Liberté Foundation! 😃
Incomoda-me imenso saber que o Pete Hegseth anda a ler os meus op-eds no @observadorpt.bsky.social, mas ei, o que for preciso para ajudar a #Europa e a União Europeia na sua defesa. observador.pt/opiniao/a-un...
Strong agree!! #EuropeanUnion
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.
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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The defence ministers of the 23 EU countries that are also part of #NATO will attend the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels today.

The EU-NATO partnership is crucial for maintaining security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area.

Find out more: link.europa.eu/JthWN4