Anders Larson
@thisisanders.bsky.social
Chronically ill legal professional |
Occasional expert |
American | British | European
Echter Wiener | Citoyen | Philadelphian
European Federalist | #Renaissance | #Libdems
Occasional expert |
American | British | European
Echter Wiener | Citoyen | Philadelphian
European Federalist | #Renaissance | #Libdems
Reposted by Anders Larson
Oder vor dem 1. Dezember?
Dass die Adventmärkte derart früh öffnen, finde ich ärgerlich - das gilt auch für den Stephansplatz! Muss das wirklich alles vor dem 15. November sein?!
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Oder vor dem 1. Dezember?
Reposted by Anders Larson
Dass die Adventmärkte derart früh öffnen, finde ich ärgerlich - das gilt auch für den Stephansplatz! Muss das wirklich alles vor dem 15. November sein?!
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Dass die Adventmärkte derart früh öffnen, finde ich ärgerlich - das gilt auch für den Stephansplatz! Muss das wirklich alles vor dem 15. November sein?!
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Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily.
This is not good sign for our polity.
This is not good sign for our polity.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Depressing that the BBC has so little inherent institutional strength, it is kicked about so easily.
This is not good sign for our polity.
This is not good sign for our polity.
The BBC now commands only a fraction of its former audience. That loss of reach forces it to justify every £ to politicians and to chase approval from viewers. The result is a defensive organisation preoccupied with cheap, proven formulas instead of fulfilling its role as a national cultural hegemon
"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The BBC now commands only a fraction of its former audience. That loss of reach forces it to justify every £ to politicians and to chase approval from viewers. The result is a defensive organisation preoccupied with cheap, proven formulas instead of fulfilling its role as a national cultural hegemon
That's pretty hard to ignore
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
That's pretty hard to ignore
Some ( #Merz ) might see this as a reassertion of the Council’s intergovernmental character, but there is no theory of EU executive authority that permits this unconstitutional concentration of executive control by the Council for the convenience of the Council.
This turns EU law-making into an exercise in intergovernmentalism, implemented by a Commission increasingly detached from its guardianship role, at the expense of parliamentary scrutiny and with the effect of limiting meaningful judicial oversight over potentially unconstitutional Council decisions.
Interesting via @alemanno.bsky.social : Omnibus legislation achieves “simplification” by aggregating diverse legal measures under the centralized control of the Commission & Council, thereby obfuscating their legality & evading the procedural checks that give EU law its constitutional legitimacy.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Some ( #Merz ) might see this as a reassertion of the Council’s intergovernmental character, but there is no theory of EU executive authority that permits this unconstitutional concentration of executive control by the Council for the convenience of the Council.
This turns EU law-making into an exercise in intergovernmentalism, implemented by a Commission increasingly detached from its guardianship role, at the expense of parliamentary scrutiny and with the effect of limiting meaningful judicial oversight over potentially unconstitutional Council decisions.
Interesting via @alemanno.bsky.social : Omnibus legislation achieves “simplification” by aggregating diverse legal measures under the centralized control of the Commission & Council, thereby obfuscating their legality & evading the procedural checks that give EU law its constitutional legitimacy.
“The Omnibus fails to meet the constitutional standards the EU’s own legal order demands”.
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This turns EU law-making into an exercise in intergovernmentalism, implemented by a Commission increasingly detached from its guardianship role, at the expense of parliamentary scrutiny and with the effect of limiting meaningful judicial oversight over potentially unconstitutional Council decisions.
Interesting via @alemanno.bsky.social : Omnibus legislation achieves “simplification” by aggregating diverse legal measures under the centralized control of the Commission & Council, thereby obfuscating their legality & evading the procedural checks that give EU law its constitutional legitimacy.
“The Omnibus fails to meet the constitutional standards the EU’s own legal order demands”.
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Interesting via @alemanno.bsky.social : Omnibus legislation achieves “simplification” by aggregating diverse legal measures under the centralized control of the Commission & Council, thereby obfuscating their legality & evading the procedural checks that give EU law its constitutional legitimacy.
The “China bus problem” is really a European software-sovereignty problem. It’s not that Chinese tech is uniquely evil (all EVs have a 'kill switch') it’s that Europe doesn’t yet have its own secure, regulated digital infrastructure to replace it. Without China we grind to a halt.
And again... should we worry that any product coming from China could become a national security threat? What about US products? Or from anywhere else? There is a big difference between sensible risk management and outright paranoia. www.ft.com/content/07ec...
UK investigates whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar
Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The “China bus problem” is really a European software-sovereignty problem. It’s not that Chinese tech is uniquely evil (all EVs have a 'kill switch') it’s that Europe doesn’t yet have its own secure, regulated digital infrastructure to replace it. Without China we grind to a halt.
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“The Omnibus fails to meet the constitutional standards the EU’s own legal order demands”.
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
“The Omnibus fails to meet the constitutional standards the EU’s own legal order demands”.
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent.
Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Your regular reminder that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from Trump to torture/GWB to Iran-Contra to Watergate to EO9066 all the way back to 1865 - is because there are never any consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Your regular reminder that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from Trump to torture/GWB to Iran-Contra to Watergate to EO9066 all the way back to 1865 - is because there are never any consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
Aside from the crucial voting system difference, the Social Democrats over this period have haemorrhaged votes to progressive parties and are currently on course for their worst result in 110yrs, while the Green Left are set for their best ever.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
what are the odds that the people in Downing Street briefing this out would also break out in hives at the mere mention of proportional representation?
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
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the orcas have gone too far and must moderate in order to reach heartland voters
New drone videos show orcas stalking and disemboweling young great white sharks, flipping them over and plucking out their nutritious livers.
Orca vs. great white shark: An unusual battle between apex predators
Great white sharks have virtually no predators. But newly released video shows orcas flipping great whites and eating their livers near Mexico.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
the orcas have gone too far and must moderate in order to reach heartland voters
Basically.
It looks like Trump and the GOP’s whole shutdown plan was:
1) Lie that a shutdown gives the president vast new powers and they’ll use them to do what they’ve already been doing
2) Pretend the minority is in charge of govt
3) Hurt America more
4) Democrats fold and validate Trump’s lawbreaking
1) Lie that a shutdown gives the president vast new powers and they’ll use them to do what they’ve already been doing
2) Pretend the minority is in charge of govt
3) Hurt America more
4) Democrats fold and validate Trump’s lawbreaking
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Basically.
Succinct
In a sense, by largely surrendering the intellectual space of military history for a wider audience to the right, liberals and the left have allowed the discussion of a key dimension of empire and state formation to be shaped by at times more reactionary ideological agendas
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Succinct
I don’t mean to be the obnoxious American, but there’s a real and fundamental difference between the DSA and the Democrats. Pretending otherwise, or even worse pushing them to be more like each other, just ignores the tension that already exists and pours salt on very open wounds.
This isn't the only takeaway of Mamdani's victory, but it is the most important one www.ft.com/content/92bf...
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I don’t mean to be the obnoxious American, but there’s a real and fundamental difference between the DSA and the Democrats. Pretending otherwise, or even worse pushing them to be more like each other, just ignores the tension that already exists and pours salt on very open wounds.
This has been a brutal year.
This would be a pretty stunning climbdown from the Dutch, but altogether predictable.
Europe simply doesn't have the pain threshold to continue, its industries are banging down the door to end this.
The optics, a week after the US and China reached a deal on Nexperia, are not great.
Europe simply doesn't have the pain threshold to continue, its industries are banging down the door to end this.
The optics, a week after the US and China reached a deal on Nexperia, are not great.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This has been a brutal year.
Free Markets underpin our European way of life. His wealth now distorts the global free market. He can now personally buy industries; crush rivals; single-handedly manipulate markets through distorting investments; acquire public infrastructure and shape public priorities through vanity politics.
Trillionaires shouldn't exist.
Even the idea of it is utterly obscene.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560444...
Even the idea of it is utterly obscene.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560444...
'Utterly obscene': Elon Musk blasted over trillion-dollar pay deal announcement
ELON Musk has been blasted after it was announced the Tesla CEO is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire
www.thenational.scot
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Free Markets underpin our European way of life. His wealth now distorts the global free market. He can now personally buy industries; crush rivals; single-handedly manipulate markets through distorting investments; acquire public infrastructure and shape public priorities through vanity politics.
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„Es ist schlicht und ergreifend widerlich, wie die FPÖ an ihrer Verehrung für einen Antisemiten, Nazi und Arisierungs-Profiteur festhält und diese schönredet", so SOS-Mitmensch über Dinghofer-Event der FPÖ. www.ots.at/presseaussen...
SOS Mitmensch: FPÖ verhöhnt die tatsächlichen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
Widerliche Geschichtsverdrehung soll Veranstaltung zu Ehren von Antisemiten und NSDAP-Mitglied rechtfertigen
www.ots.at
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
„Es ist schlicht und ergreifend widerlich, wie die FPÖ an ihrer Verehrung für einen Antisemiten, Nazi und Arisierungs-Profiteur festhält und diese schönredet", so SOS-Mitmensch über Dinghofer-Event der FPÖ. www.ots.at/presseaussen...
The #EPP is under the delusion that they can co-opt, tolerate, or even replicate the far-right "responsibly" while maintaining the EU’s political and legal order. The floor is rotting beneath them, and the far-right is exploiting their complacency to slowly corrupt and dismantle the EU through them
Regulatory and judicial capture; clientelism, and inverting the legal order to make the illegal legal, especially regarding state intimidation and harrasment of minorities. The far-right has the same playbook continentally.
Le plan de Jordan Bardella et du RN pour faire de la France le « pays le plus répressif d’Europe »
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/mPa
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/mPa
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The #EPP is under the delusion that they can co-opt, tolerate, or even replicate the far-right "responsibly" while maintaining the EU’s political and legal order. The floor is rotting beneath them, and the far-right is exploiting their complacency to slowly corrupt and dismantle the EU through them
Regulatory and judicial capture; clientelism, and inverting the legal order to make the illegal legal, especially regarding state intimidation and harrasment of minorities. The far-right has the same playbook continentally.
Le plan de Jordan Bardella et du RN pour faire de la France le « pays le plus répressif d’Europe »
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/mPa
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/mPa
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Regulatory and judicial capture; clientelism, and inverting the legal order to make the illegal legal, especially regarding state intimidation and harrasment of minorities. The far-right has the same playbook continentally.
Surely this is a no-brainer.
Europe should own the AI it wants to use in defence, Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch said today. For him, that means: Buy European.
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/europe-...
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/europe-...
Europe should pump defence cash into its own AI, urges Mistral CEO | Euractiv
Arthur Mensch, co-founder of the French AI darling, has warned against Europe's big push on defence being allowed to enrich the usual US digital giants
www.euractiv.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Surely this is a no-brainer.
"Fiala said Okamura’s appointment stemmed from a political deal “to secure impunity” for both Okamura and Babiš. The incoming coalition parties shares a common interest in shielding themselves from corruption investigations."
Another test for our continental commitment to the rule of law.
Another test for our continental commitment to the rule of law.
Czech PM warns of ‘xenophobic’ leadership as far right takes control of parliament | Euractiv
Petr Fiala condemned the election of Tomio Okamura as speaker of the lower house, calling it a dangerous trade-off that hands a parliament gavel to a man known for hate speech and conspiracy politics
www.euractiv.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"Fiala said Okamura’s appointment stemmed from a political deal “to secure impunity” for both Okamura and Babiš. The incoming coalition parties shares a common interest in shielding themselves from corruption investigations."
Another test for our continental commitment to the rule of law.
Another test for our continental commitment to the rule of law.
So depressing. There is no silver bullet, but if we were serious about strategic investment, single market oversight, & a fully functioning Capital Markets Union we would be in a far stronger position to resist these external pressures against our digital rulebook, green transition and legal order
As predicted, the EU is ready to dismantle its Digital Rulebook as it did with the Green Deal.
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure.
It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure
Brussels is set to water down part of its strict digital rule book as it aims to make bloc more competitive
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
So depressing. There is no silver bullet, but if we were serious about strategic investment, single market oversight, & a fully functioning Capital Markets Union we would be in a far stronger position to resist these external pressures against our digital rulebook, green transition and legal order