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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 3h

“Because this is no conventional parliamentary crisis, but a crise de régime. Inspired by Charles de Gaulle’s vision of executive pre-eminence vested in a quasi-monarchic presidential ascendancy, the governing system established by the Fifth Republic in 1958 no longer functions.”

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 3h

Excellent analysis about the French political crisis.

David Chance @davidchance.bsky.social · 3h

Nice to see some real analysis in The Guardian for a change instead of the usual hyperventilation by their own opinion page writers.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

France's political upheaval isn't temporary - it's a profound constitutional crisis | Pierre Purseigle

The old prime minister is back with a new team, but it can’t last: a democracy can’t have a president with the powers of a king, says French historian Pierre Purseigle

www.theguardian.com

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Krister Isaksson @kristerisaksson.bsky.social · 4h

Åland - en underbar plats att cykla på. Och de gör det vi sällan klarar av - de bygger cykelvägar utmed landsvägarna. alandsradio.ax/nyheter/alan...

Åland satsar över 200 000 på Bike4Baltic

Landskapsregeringen har beslutat att skicka in en ansökan om att delta i projektet Bike4Baltic.

alandsradio.ax

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 4h

Är helt oironisk ska kanske tilläggas.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 4h

Stor strejk idag i Bryssel. Cyklar förbi en manifestation och gillar att jag får ”varför strejkar du inte” kastat efter mig.

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Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 15h

To paraphrase AOC, I thought my future would be destroyed by evil masterminds. Not losers who think that the future European economy should be hybrid cars, imports of American weapons and ✨data centers✨

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Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 16h

3,5 years out from the invasion of Ukraine and EU member states are spending billions on Russian oil and gas. Tons of cancelled projects. Lots of firms racing to invest outside the EU. Seemingly huge lack of ambition on industrial policy in Brussels and capitals

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Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 16h

Feeling quite pessimistic on climate today. I had expected Trump to destroy much in the US and the Chinese to be slow in upping their targets as they never set targets they are not sure to achieve. However, I had not expected the slump in the EU to be so persistent

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 19h

Car manufacturers "took a conscious decision that customer convenience, which helped the industry sell more cars, was more important than reducing pollutants causing death”, court told

#dieselgate #airpollution
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Carmakers chose to cheat to sell cars rather than comply with emissions law, ‘dieselgate’ trial told

Mercedes, Ford, Renault, Nissan and Peugeot/Citroën face group action in which damages could exceed £6bn

www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 19h

I appreciate that Belgian butchers don't beat around the bush (as it were) when announcing the start of the game season.

A shotgun, empty cartridge and a dead duck. The text reads: Hi Anthony, the autumn is in its full glory and while natures clothes itself in warm colours and the evenings get colder, there's nothing better than coming together in a different way: through good companionship and the taste of the wild game season. The smell of fire, the rich aromas of the meat, the feel of coming home - for me, that's the real start of the game season.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 19h

Ja var likadant i Frankrike (och säkert lite varstans). Högertyckare skrev att han var devot katolik.

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 20h

Richly deserved prize for Aghion ...

... but I am equally interested in the paintings and the designer chair in the background.

Top and bottom left look like late Cubist (Bracque, Gris, Picasso). Far right looks like a Miro. No idea about the chair.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 20h

En av delarna är hur Meloni försöker använda dådet till att ena europeisk höger och extremhöger enligt italiensk modell.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 20h

Intressant analys av Le Monde av europeisk extremhögers reaktioner på mordet på Charlie Kirk, där Weimers roll ingår.

www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...

Assassinat de Charlie Kirk : comment l’extrême droite européenne a fait allégeance au trumpisme

Dans les heures qui ont suivi la mort du militant ultraconservateur américain, des représentants des extrêmes droites européennes ont repris à l’unisson le discours du monde MAGA, faisant de cet Améri...

www.lemonde.fr

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 21h

Vad säger du om Philippe Aghion & co idag förresten?

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 21h

Excellent question! Just gut feeling but parliamentary systems possibly has lower conflict levels overall?

Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 22h

Precis det jag trodde! Har hört att samhällsvetarna är värst.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 22h

Might very well be correct. I’m just inherently skeptical soon as I read, ”first”, ”only” etc.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 22h

Former head of state to be precise.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 22h

Interesting statement here, Sarkozy being the first head of state of a EU member state behind bars.

Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 1d

⚖️ L'ancien président français Nicolas Sarkozy, qui connaîtra lundi les modalités de son incarcération après sa condamnation à cinq ans de prison ferme, deviendra le premier ex-chef d'Etat d'un pays de l'Union européenne à aller derrière les barreaux.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 22h

Såhär ser dom ut, forskarna.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 22h

EU scientists may get new whistle to blow over colleagues’ use of AI

The European Research Area Act could also align rules on research security and using AI in science across countries

dlvr.it

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 23h

Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.

Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 22h

Congratulations to Philippe Aghion on receiving the Nobel Prize in economics.

A proud moment for Europe and a strong reminder that innovation and openness are the foundations of our shared prosperity.

Philippe’s contributions helped shape Mario Draghi’s vision for European competitiveness.

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 23h

Har inte läst alls om det här i svenska medier.

Nederländska staten tar kontrollen över halvledartillverkaren Nexperia med hänvisning till nationell (+europeisk) säkerhet.

Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 1d

A quiet bombshell in Europe’s tech world

The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere

Dutch govt accused of freezing operations of Chinese semiconductor giant's chipmaker Nexperia

Wingtech, the Shanghai-listed parent, denounces what it essentially calls a boardroom coup involving the Dutch government and local executives

open.substack.com

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 1d

The Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper has been saved. RDC will take over when SJ pulls out. May not run on some winter nights in future though: www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.

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