🚨🚨 Hungary "has significantly deviated from the model of a constitutional democracy" according to EU Court's advocate general.

The AG slams Hungary's anti-LGBT law in her opinion in Commission v Hungary (’Values of the European Union’).

Golden passports no more!

Interesting flag to find in the canteen of the European Council 👀

This felt good

🇺🇦🇺🇳UN Security Council passes resolution on Ukraine, not naming Russia the aggressor🇺🇦🇺🇳

A US-drafted resolution was passed with ten votes in favour (🇷🇺, 🇺🇸, 🇨🇳) and five abstaining(🇬🇧, 🇫🇷, 🇩🇰, 🇸🇮, 🇬🇷)

It is the first time since the full-scale invasion began that UNSC has passed a resolution on the conflict

🇺🇦🇺🇸 US opposes UN resolution condemning Russia's aggression in Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸

Signalling a major shift in US foreign policy, the US voted against a resolution blaming Russia for the war in Ukraine.

The US, Russia and 16 other countries voted against, 93 voted in favour. China and 64 others abstained.

🚨The US abstains from its own UN resolution after EU amendments condemn Russia. 🚨

The initial resolution made no mention of Russia's role as the aggressor

Amendments tabled by EU-countries reaffirmed "territorial integrity of Ukraine"

Passed: 93 in favour, 8 against (Russia), 73 abstained (US)

Touchdown 🇬🇱

Back in absolutely lovely Nuuk, will be here through Jan 21 🇬🇱

Polling from Dec 2024 suggest GL are open to more cooperation with the US, albeit support is slightly declining.

Study by @rasmusleander.bsky.social and Maria Ackrén 7/

The Prime Ministers of Greenland and Denmark are doing a joint press conference in Copenhagen at 16:30 CET to talk about "recent events" 👀

This is an insane bit from today's communication on migration from the EU Commission.

This would've been completely unthinkable rhetoric from the Commission just a few years ago.

This is the smallest margin to ever confirm an EU Commission👇

Right-wing showed up in force. Very few vacant seats in the entire hemicycle.

Update, midnight: After four hours of negotiations, ultimately coordinators found a way to pass remaining commissioners. But the lengthy talks doesn't boat well for future cooperation in the centrist family.
Tldr: Commissioners approved on the day of Brussels' first snow ❄️ - Goodnight

ICYMI: The official agenda for next week's plenary already includes a vote on the Commission.

Iraxte García Perez, leader of EP socialists, moments before walking into a group meeting trying to sell five years of second fiddling to EPP as a win..

Hey Bluesky! 👋

From my side, expect lots of EU Politics, Parliament hearsay, and complaints about Brussels' bike-infrastructure 💀

This week: Socialists and conservatives have found each a tree to climb, so VDL steps in to safe her Commission.

Read Decoded here 👇
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