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Daniel Hegedus

DanielHegedus82

THREAD 1/6Following the #Hungarian and #Polish veto of #MFF & #NextGenerationEU, EU institutions and member states have practically 2 and half strategic options:First, they can abandon the agreed #RuleOfLaw conditionality

Bronze Age Pervert

bronzeagemantis

Pro/con thred:In Trump favor: he was surrounded, as has now become clear, only by snakes and rats from beginning of his term. He had absolutely no support from anyone in

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

There is a common theme between the government's forthcoming approach to asylum (pick a fight with 'activist lawyers' over appeal rights) + its approach to the withdrawal agreement (pick a

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docrussjackson

Following the widely unreported news that Boris Johnson is facing growing condemnation for an “appalling” Tory alliance with neo-Nazi & anti-Muslim parties across Europe, it reminded me how little traction

Camino Mortera

CaminoMortera

I am new to budget negotiations, but since it has become a major element of the #RuleOfLaw debate, here is an attempt (and timeline) at understanding this evening's veto from

Giuseppe 🇪🇺🇭🇰

Giu_GiuM

ELECTIONS ROUMANIECe dimanche les électeurs roumains seront appelés à se rendre aux urnes afin de renouveler leur Parlement, composé du Sénat et de la Chambre des Députés.Voici un thread récapitulant

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docrussjackson

You might have come across James Lindsay's swish-looking 'New Discourses' website, "Pursuing the light of objective truth in subjective darkness!"It seems liberal, but appears to be owned by far right

Adam W 🍓

wegottheflow

Why the UK is NOT the victim of a Europe-wide conspiracy at Eurovision: 1) UK may not be part of a voting bloc, but neither are Germany, Austria, Portugal, Israel

Peter Ellis

almostconverge

Mini Hungarian language lesson: two towers.I often wonder what it would've been like to be born into a culture and language that had already gone global: English, French, Spanish...incidentally there

Jens 🇳🇱👑

ThaForsberg

Why do I support RB Leipzig?[THREAD] As many of you guys know im a supporter for the East German football club RB Leipzig. Many of you asked me how I

Luke McGee

lukemcgee

While EU is no stranger to perpetual crises, the past few weeks have shone a light on the bloc's inherent weaknesses. No one is suggesting it is going to collapse,

Andrew Levi

AndrewPRLevi

Whatever else you’ve heard about vaccines thisremains unavoidably true. Those who deny it either (a) had an idealised view of the EU they’re now shocked to find is wrong, (b)

Emiliano Grossman

e_grossman_fr

News from France: after Orban, Erdogan and a couple of other not-so-democratic heads government, Macron and his crowd are taking aim at academic freedom. 1/7 Today's focus is "islamo-leftism": a

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docrussjackson

Sociology of nationalism THREADWe've witnessed the rise of political leaders & parties relying on #populist #nationalist discourse: Trump, Orbán, Modi & Bolsanaro are united by their espousal of nationalism, majoritarianism,

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JaneFae

Second thread of the morn...the first was celebration of trans folk and our allies.The second is the bit where we take a look at the twerps who live the other

Kate Alexander Shaw

KAlexanderShaw

THREAD (long one this time)I’m reading 2 new books: Brett Christophers' Rentier Capitalism, and @PeterKGeoghegan'sDemocracy for Sale, and together they paint quite a picture. Let's explore... TL:DR Our rentier economy

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