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Magnus Lund Nielsen
@magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social
Politics Journalist at @Euractiv.com 🇩🇰🇪🇺
✍️All things Parliament, Commission, Brussels and beyond 🇬🇱
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🚨🚨 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’).
June 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Golden passports no more!
April 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Interesting flag to find in the canteen of the European Council 👀
March 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This felt good
February 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🇺🇦🇺🇳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
February 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🇺🇦🇺🇸 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.
February 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🚨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)
February 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Touchdown 🇬🇱
January 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Back in absolutely lovely Nuuk, will be here through Jan 21 🇬🇱
January 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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/
January 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Prime Ministers of Greenland and Denmark are doing a joint press conference in Copenhagen at 16:30 CET to talk about "recent events" 👀
January 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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.
December 11, 2024 at 2:24 PM
This is the smallest margin to ever confirm an EU Commission👇
November 27, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Right-wing showed up in force. Very few vacant seats in the entire hemicycle.
November 27, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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
November 20, 2024 at 11:16 PM
ICYMI: The official agenda for next week's plenary already includes a vote on the Commission.
November 20, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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..
November 20, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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 👇
www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
November 14, 2024 at 11:19 PM