Ben Crum
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Ben Crum
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Political Scientist @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
Democracy, European Union politics, Social justice, Digital governance, Political theory
Very interesting!
Notably, the only bigger member state (>15M) not qualifying for solidarity is Romania! And after it come Portugal, Sweden and Hungary.
I very much doubt these are the countries that can shoulder the expected solidarity
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Assuming Wilders' PVV is excluded, the most obvious coalition is a centre coalition of GL/PvdA-D66-CDA-VVD

But VVD says it excludes a coalition with GL/PvdA (and PVV)

This may give centre-parties CU and Volt a pivotal role in pulling the D66-CDA tandem to the right (VVD) or the left (GL/PvdA)
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also, all parties that formed the government last year (PVV, VVD, NSC & BBB) are likely to loose seats; from a combined majority of 88/150 seats to less than 50

So what may new majority coalitions look like?

2/3
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Ben Crum
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM