Jacob Öberg
@profjacob.bsky.social
PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law/Deputy HoD at @sdu.dk. EU & #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Crim Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social
🚨🚨"In crisis after crisis, Europe’s role is not only small but shrinking still. The question is, when will Europeans decide they’ve had enough of this weakness and irrelevance?". Great piece by @sbeverts.bsky.social @euiss.bsky.social on "Europe’s psychology of weakness":
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🚨🚨"In crisis after crisis, Europe’s role is not only small but shrinking still. The question is, when will Europeans decide they’ve had enough of this weakness and irrelevance?". Great piece by @sbeverts.bsky.social @euiss.bsky.social on "Europe’s psychology of weakness":
🚨🚨I think this is very good and nuanced paper by @davidheniguk.bsky.social on the general #Brussels approach to EU-UK relationship in a geopolitical reality of many more pressing policy issues that the EU needs to resolve.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨🚨I think this is very good and nuanced paper by @davidheniguk.bsky.social on the general #Brussels approach to EU-UK relationship in a geopolitical reality of many more pressing policy issues that the EU needs to resolve.
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🚨🚨"Whatever the reason Witkoff is prolonging the conflict. He is not promoting peace. If this were a normal American administration, he would be fired immediately. But nothing about this negotiation, or this administration, is normal at all." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's damning verdict on #witkoff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨🚨"Whatever the reason Witkoff is prolonging the conflict. He is not promoting peace. If this were a normal American administration, he would be fired immediately. But nothing about this negotiation, or this administration, is normal at all." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's damning verdict on #witkoff.
🚨🚨OBR: We expect UK & global trade intensity to fall in the coming years, as a result of the recent resurgence in global protectionism on top of the enduring effects of #Brexit. We have not changed our assessment that Brexit will reduce the level of UK productivity by around 4 % after 15 years.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨🚨OBR: We expect UK & global trade intensity to fall in the coming years, as a result of the recent resurgence in global protectionism on top of the enduring effects of #Brexit. We have not changed our assessment that Brexit will reduce the level of UK productivity by around 4 % after 15 years.
🚨🚨"It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else." Excellent piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨🚨"It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else." Excellent piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
Kyiv still partly holds Luhansk & Donetsk which together make up the Donbas industrial belt on the frontline of the war. Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014. Areas from which Ukraine has withdrawn in Donetsk would be deemed a demilitarised zone which Russian forces will not enter.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Kyiv still partly holds Luhansk & Donetsk which together make up the Donbas industrial belt on the frontline of the war. Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014. Areas from which Ukraine has withdrawn in Donetsk would be deemed a demilitarised zone which Russian forces will not enter.
🚨🚨 "Brussels is a bureaucracy. It is good at process and law. But it is incapable of acting quickly and ruthlessly like the European great powers of the past, or like the US and China today." Excellent piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the "Scramble for Europe".
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🚨🚨 "Brussels is a bureaucracy. It is good at process and law. But it is incapable of acting quickly and ruthlessly like the European great powers of the past, or like the US and China today." Excellent piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the "Scramble for Europe".
after a year of attempts, as well as at other points along the front like Novopavlivka village in Dnipropetrovsk and in the central Zaporizhzhia region. “Fog or rain hinders flights of drones, creating the opportunity for safer logistics, rotation or local operations...
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
after a year of attempts, as well as at other points along the front like Novopavlivka village in Dnipropetrovsk and in the central Zaporizhzhia region. “Fog or rain hinders flights of drones, creating the opportunity for safer logistics, rotation or local operations...
🚨🚨"The new European parliament, which has the job of endorsing the Von der Leyen 2.0 commission, is the most right wing in EU history". Great piece by @alemanno.bsky.social reflecting on a drastically changed EU political landscape.
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🚨🚨"The new European parliament, which has the job of endorsing the Von der Leyen 2.0 commission, is the most right wing in EU history". Great piece by @alemanno.bsky.social reflecting on a drastically changed EU political landscape.
“Let the Americans negotiate with the Russians, and then the Europeans should also negotiate with the Russians and then see whether we can unify the position of the Americans and Europeans,” Orbán said.
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“Let the Americans negotiate with the Russians, and then the Europeans should also negotiate with the Russians and then see whether we can unify the position of the Americans and Europeans,” Orbán said.
“Politics is not a game of denominations, tricks and posturing. We have been elected with a program and we need to deliver on what we have promised. This is how we do and understand politics, and this is how we have worked and we will continue to work," said EPP spokesperson Pedro López de Pablo.
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Politics is not a game of denominations, tricks and posturing. We have been elected with a program and we need to deliver on what we have promised. This is how we do and understand politics, and this is how we have worked and we will continue to work," said EPP spokesperson Pedro López de Pablo.
Historically, far-right parties in Brussels have been relatively dormant, using the institutions as a means to boost their profile back home more than engaging in the day-to-day thrust of EU policymaking. /8
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Historically, far-right parties in Brussels have been relatively dormant, using the institutions as a means to boost their profile back home more than engaging in the day-to-day thrust of EU policymaking. /8
🚨🚨 " The BBC is far from perfect but it remains the most trusted news source in the world. To live up to its promises, it needs more independence, not less. More secure funding, not less. It needs to be set free, not shackled; defended, not attacked." Great stuff by @chrischirp.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🚨🚨 " The BBC is far from perfect but it remains the most trusted news source in the world. To live up to its promises, it needs more independence, not less. More secure funding, not less. It needs to be set free, not shackled; defended, not attacked." Great stuff by @chrischirp.bsky.social
A total of 382 MEPs voted in favor of the EPP and ECR's proposal, 249 against and 13 abstained in the final vote, which followed booing from the left-side of the hemicycle. “The machines are tired,” joked @president.europarl.europa.eu -after voting machines started to
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A total of 382 MEPs voted in favor of the EPP and ECR's proposal, 249 against and 13 abstained in the final vote, which followed booing from the left-side of the hemicycle. “The machines are tired,” joked @president.europarl.europa.eu -after voting machines started to
"So let's please get our act together and not repeat the mistakes of the past." Mary Khan-Hohloch, a German MEP and member of the far-right Alternative for Germany, said: "Today is a historic day for German and European companies and for democracy. With the fall of the cordon sanitaire
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"So let's please get our act together and not repeat the mistakes of the past." Mary Khan-Hohloch, a German MEP and member of the far-right Alternative for Germany, said: "Today is a historic day for German and European companies and for democracy. With the fall of the cordon sanitaire
🚨🚨 @anneapplebaum.bsky.social has done some excellent work on the #Hungarian model as a template for Autocratic takeovers suggesting that America under #Trump is spinning quickly in the direction of Hungarian populism, Hungarian politics, and Hungarian justice.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🚨🚨 @anneapplebaum.bsky.social has done some excellent work on the #Hungarian model as a template for Autocratic takeovers suggesting that America under #Trump is spinning quickly in the direction of Hungarian populism, Hungarian politics, and Hungarian justice.
🚨🚨 I am very delighted to peer over my proofs to a new quite comprehensive article analysing the European Public Prosecutor's Office ( #EPPO) to be published in the December issue of #europeanlawreview. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🚨🚨 I am very delighted to peer over my proofs to a new quite comprehensive article analysing the European Public Prosecutor's Office ( #EPPO) to be published in the December issue of #europeanlawreview. 🧵
An X spokesperson told Sky News that the algorithm will soon be fully AI-powered, at which point X "will open source the algorithm every two weeks or so". By December, they say users will be able to adjust their feeds "dynamically", by asking X's AI tool Grok. /8
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
An X spokesperson told Sky News that the algorithm will soon be fully AI-powered, at which point X "will open source the algorithm every two weeks or so". By December, they say users will be able to adjust their feeds "dynamically", by asking X's AI tool Grok. /8
headquarters with a sink and a promise: to turn the platform into a haven for free speech.
He has criticised other social media companies for being "controlled by far-left activists", with the content "filtered through a far-left San Francisco Berkeley lens". /6
He has criticised other social media companies for being "controlled by far-left activists", with the content "filtered through a far-left San Francisco Berkeley lens". /6
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
headquarters with a sink and a promise: to turn the platform into a haven for free speech.
He has criticised other social media companies for being "controlled by far-left activists", with the content "filtered through a far-left San Francisco Berkeley lens". /6
He has criticised other social media companies for being "controlled by far-left activists", with the content "filtered through a far-left San Francisco Berkeley lens". /6
He does, however, have power to control narratives on X, formerly Twitter.
And now, a @news.sky.com investigation can reveal the platform is boosting right-wing content, extreme content, and politicians Musk favours. It has been over three years since Musk walked into what was then Twitter's
And now, a @news.sky.com investigation can reveal the platform is boosting right-wing content, extreme content, and politicians Musk favours. It has been over three years since Musk walked into what was then Twitter's
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
He does, however, have power to control narratives on X, formerly Twitter.
And now, a @news.sky.com investigation can reveal the platform is boosting right-wing content, extreme content, and politicians Musk favours. It has been over three years since Musk walked into what was then Twitter's
And now, a @news.sky.com investigation can reveal the platform is boosting right-wing content, extreme content, and politicians Musk favours. It has been over three years since Musk walked into what was then Twitter's
Recently he compared illegal immigrants to monstrous fictional characters in Tolkien's LOTR & suggested all English people would die if they did not support Mr Robinson. With these comments Musk is flexing his ability to influence the political debate in a country where he holds no formal authority.
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Recently he compared illegal immigrants to monstrous fictional characters in Tolkien's LOTR & suggested all English people would die if they did not support Mr Robinson. With these comments Musk is flexing his ability to influence the political debate in a country where he holds no formal authority.
Musk dialled in from America, his face appearing on a screen above a huge crowd in Westminster.
His speech was also live-streamed on X.
The image of Musk in front of a sea of adoring fans was symbolic of the tech tycoon's increasingly prominent role in British politics. /4
His speech was also live-streamed on X.
The image of Musk in front of a sea of adoring fans was symbolic of the tech tycoon's increasingly prominent role in British politics. /4
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Musk dialled in from America, his face appearing on a screen above a huge crowd in Westminster.
His speech was also live-streamed on X.
The image of Musk in front of a sea of adoring fans was symbolic of the tech tycoon's increasingly prominent role in British politics. /4
His speech was also live-streamed on X.
The image of Musk in front of a sea of adoring fans was symbolic of the tech tycoon's increasingly prominent role in British politics. /4
"We don't want sanctions. We want freedom of speech." Amy's view is one resonating with a growing number of British people. A month after we met Amy, thousands chanted Musk's name at the Unite the Kingdom march - a political rally organised by the anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson. /3
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"We don't want sanctions. We want freedom of speech." Amy's view is one resonating with a growing number of British people. A month after we met Amy, thousands chanted Musk's name at the Unite the Kingdom march - a political rally organised by the anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson. /3
🚨🚨Very interesting @bestforbritain.org report based on @yougov.co.uk polling suggests there is some alignment over party lines on #brexit being a failure.
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨🚨Very interesting @bestforbritain.org report based on @yougov.co.uk polling suggests there is some alignment over party lines on #brexit being a failure.
🚨🚨Breaking: EU adopts 19th #sanctions package against #Russia, including LNG import ban. 🧵
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October 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚨🚨Breaking: EU adopts 19th #sanctions package against #Russia, including LNG import ban. 🧵
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