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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Ich schätze Ihre umweltpolitischen Kommentare aber das ist nur noch beschämend und menschenverachtend.
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
He was never going to get anywhere with his European ideas without German support, and it was not forthcoming.

by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Faced with Trumps' tariff chaos, the EU needs to reach a understanding with China, to reduce disruption. But it cannot be based on China massively diverting sales from US to EU while curtailing exports of critical materials for European production and clean tech on.ft.com/42FMvvI
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by Andrew Watt — Reposted by Francesco Saraceno

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@fsaraceno.bsky.social on Europe's failure to kickstart investment, one year after the Draghi Report
fsaraceno.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/t...
The Draghi Report, One Year Later: Europe Still at the Starting Blocks
One year after the Draghi Report, Europe remains trapped in a cycle of low productivity and weak investment
fsaraceno.wordpress.com
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Update
There is currently a practical example of this strategy: Germany.
Public investment & support for private investment are more than offsetting negative external shocks, bolstering domestic demand. Next year the German economy is expected to grow by 1.4%
www.boeckler.de/de/boeckler-...
Ende der Durststrecke
Die Inlandsnachfrage dürfte die deutsche Wirtschaft bald wieder in Schwung bringen – vor allem dank der geplanten öffentlichen Investitionen.
www.boeckler.de
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
The key message in the Draghi report was not deregulation but the need to boost public and private investment. This new paper underlines the positive role public investment can play in such a strategy.
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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 8d
In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
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by Philipp Heimberger — Reposted by Andrew Watt, Benjamin Braun, Lisa Dellmuth , and 2 more

heimbergecon.bsky.social
In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Europe, take note. Act accordingly.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15d
If you’ve heard about Trump’s unprecedented and deeply frightening “speech” to all US military leaders today, but you didn’t watch it and aren’t sure what the concern is, this is worth watching. And if you’re still not frightened yet, you should be. youtu.be/v-7bB_UHmRc?...
Trump’s unlawful call for ‘war’ on citizens met with stony silence from generals 
YouTube video by MSNBC
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Reposted by Andrew Watt

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If you’ve heard about Trump’s unprecedented and deeply frightening “speech” to all US military leaders today, but you didn’t watch it and aren’t sure what the concern is, this is worth watching. And if you’re still not frightened yet, you should be. youtu.be/v-7bB_UHmRc?...
Trump’s unlawful call for ‘war’ on citizens met with stony silence from generals 
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Don't trust right wing parties when they say they are for ordinary workers, which they do, because they are not.
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Right-wing governments talking the pro-worker talk and walking all over the workers.
Finland edition
bsky.app/profile/jmko...
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 20d
This graph shows #unemployment in the Eurozone and #Finland.

Can you spot when the most right wing government in Finland’s history took power?

Please learn from the mistakes of others.
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Ville Niinistö @villeniinisto.vihreat.fi · 20d
Mitä tapahtui 2023?

- Orpon hallitus.
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Reposted by Andrew Watt

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This graph shows #unemployment in the Eurozone and #Finland.

Can you spot when the most right wing government in Finland’s history took power?

Please learn from the mistakes of others.
villeniinisto.vihreat.fi
Ville Niinistö @villeniinisto.vihreat.fi · 20d
Mitä tapahtui 2023?

- Orpon hallitus.
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by Andrew Watt — Reposted by Steve Peers

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
The #Draghi Report rightly drew attention to the difficulties that European companies face in scaling up.
One of the proposed solutions is an EU-wide "28th regime" for innovative companies.
This analysis shows that serious pitfalls must be avoided & safeguards instituted if this proposal is to work.
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 21d
⚖️ ⚠️ Evidence shows that the European Commission's #28thRegime proposal will have an inevitable impact in areas beyond company law, such as labour law, taxation, insolvency and social security

🧵 👇
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Reposted by Andrew Watt

etui.bsky.social
⚖️ ⚠️ Evidence shows that the European Commission's #28thRegime proposal will have an inevitable impact in areas beyond company law, such as labour law, taxation, insolvency and social security

🧵 👇
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by Andrew Watt — Reposted by Katja Rietzler

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Update
Exhibit 2 (from the very next day).
Reminder: this is the man EU leaders imagine they achieve trade policy stability with?
bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d
Trump to the UN: "The 'carbon footprint' is a hoax made up by people with evil intentions, and they're heading down a path of total destruction."
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Reposted by Andrew Watt, Anne Applebaum, Jussi T. Eronen , and 1 more

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Trump to the UN: "The 'carbon footprint' is a hoax made up by people with evil intentions, and they're heading down a path of total destruction."
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by Andrew Watt — Reposted by Katja Rietzler

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Is there a doctor in the house?
The most powerful person on the planet glaringly obviously has serious mental health problems and no-one is doing anything about it.
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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 23d
This is madness.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
But the EU is not imposing tariffs.
If anything US tariffs will push EU inflation down.

by Iikka Korhonen — Reposted by Andrew Watt

iikkakorhonen.bsky.social
This is madness.
atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Kudos, indeed, to Spain and PM Sanchez for breaking the taboo in Europe.
At the same time it is worth noting that, from a global perspective, Europe/OECD lags well behind world opinion on Palestine.

(Source: @theguardian.com )
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Update
More on the intellectual confusion (or cynicism) in the US administration on monetary policy. bsky.app/profile/wend...
Now it's Miran tying himself in knots. 👇
His only intellectually honest way out would be to say the labour market is crashing. Bet he doesn't go there....
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Wendy Edelberg @wendyedelberg.bsky.social · 25d
Core inflation is running ~1 pp ABOVE Fed’s target. The reason to look at inflation & yet still cut would be BECAUSE you think inflation is being temporarily boosted by tariffs. If Miran doesn’t think it’s tariffs that are boosting inflation, surely that would make him MORE worried about inflation??
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Reposted by Andrew Watt, Claudia Sahm

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Core inflation is running ~1 pp ABOVE Fed’s target. The reason to look at inflation & yet still cut would be BECAUSE you think inflation is being temporarily boosted by tariffs. If Miran doesn’t think it’s tariffs that are boosting inflation, surely that would make him MORE worried about inflation??
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by Andrew Watt — Reposted by Guillaume Duval

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Update
Fossil fuels also play an outsized role in Trump's foreign policy, as @guillaumeduval.bsky.social shows:
institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...
The apparent welcome tilt towards Ukraine is largely about safeguarding US fossil fuel interests.
All the more reason for EU to double down on renewwables
Why Trump wants to ban Russia from selling its oil - Institut Jacques Delors
institutdelors.eu
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Trump makes a Bond Villain look like a cute kitten.
In hock to the fossil fuel industry, his administration is systematically seeking to destroy the renewable energy industry in order to restore "carbon dominance". This is risking the lives of millions of people for financial and political gain.
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Sep 8
The Trump administration appears to be trying to make a global war on renewables. I spoke to @mkblyth.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social about the strategy of carbon dominance, how this is shaping politics not just in the US but everywhere, and what that means for the future.
Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere
The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.
drilled.media
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Reposted by Andrew Watt

etui.bsky.social
🗣️ Last week at the #ILERA 2025 European Congress (International Labour and Employment Relations Association) @durham-university.bsky.social 👇

What can the ETUI's latest research in the industrial relations field tell us about the state of #SocialEurope today?

Key points of discussion included... 🧵
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
🚨 Publication alert 🚨
New e-book available on European Industrial Policy via Social Europe
ebooks.socialeurope.eu/9/industrial...
ebooks.socialeurope.eu
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
Aber in einem westdeutschen BL.
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Reposted by Andrew Watt, Rupert Read, Martin Tomko , and 2 more

roycerk2.bsky.social
The Trump administration appears to be trying to make a global war on renewables. I spoke to @mkblyth.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social about the strategy of carbon dominance, how this is shaping politics not just in the US but everywhere, and what that means for the future.
Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere
The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.
drilled.media
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
My stomach is not iron clad enough to prevent acute nausea whenever Mandelson talks about Trump. And I am fine with that.
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by Andrew Watt

andrewwatteu.bsky.social
And if they'd have asked you before your Zivildienst whether you'd rather not?
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