Europeans on democracy’s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…

Is X radicaler geworden na de overname door Elon Musk? Ja, zegt dit onderzoek. Het aantal haatdragende berichten op X nam na de entree van Musk met liefst 50 procent toe: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

🧵 Words from a Ukrainian friend this morning.🇺🇦 An insight to how they are feeling. Please time the time to read. 🙏 ———————————————— The Mood in Ukraine Amidst Recent Global Political Events. To describe the mood of Ukrainians in a single word, it would be devastation.

Ouch. " If European Commission photocopiers could win wars, Moscow would long ago have surrendered." theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…

"It is as if history has reverted. We westernised to achieve democratic maturity. Now it is western Europe that has to “easternise” to achieve maturity in security and defence." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Onze onbekende tweelingsbuur #NRW #EuropesHeartbeat

On my way to the ECB in Frankfurt where I will be addressing an audience of EU public access to documents specialists at their annual seminar with a lecture entitled “From maximal transparency to optimal transparency – finally settling the visibility conundrum?”

On this day, my mind wanders to Andrzej Duda. Where hither for him? NGO director? Olympic bobo? Television pundit? Back to the ivory tower? All I was able to find was this inclusive months-old gossip-y piece: eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2024/…