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"If the EU Commission is still honestly committed to the climate and sustainability goals that it has set itself (...), it will have to be ambitious in its sustainable finance policies", ✍️ IDOS_research's S. Hilbrich and K. Berensmann on our blog developmentresearch.eu/?p=1988

Vorher: "Öffentliche Investionen in Klimaschutz sind zu teuer. Sie schränken unsere Wirtschaft ein. Treiben die Energiekosten in die Höhe." Nachher: "Der Staat muss jetzt schnell und unbürokratisch helfen. Die paar Milliarden zur Schadesbeseitigung müssen drin sein."

Vital piece by Sally Hayden in The Irish Times: Drones ‘tested over Gaza’ have been reappropriated by the EU to monitor migrants in the Mediterranean. irishtimes.com/world/middle-e…

Harris or Trump? Some claim that the future of Europe depends on the American elections, while it depends first and foremost on us. On condition Europe finally grows up and believes in its own strength. Whatever the outcome, the era of geopolitical outsourcing is over.

EU aid to least developed countries is trending way down devex.com/news/eu-aid-to… #Devex via @Devex

Je viens d’échanger avec le chancelier Olaf Scholz. Nous allons œuvrer pour une Europe plus unie, plus forte, plus souveraine dans ce nouveau contexte. En coopérant avec les États-Unis d’Amérique et en défendant nos intérêts et nos valeurs.

"Reconciling trade and development policy will undoubtedly remain a complex task for the EU – if not become even more difficult", write IDOS_research's Frederik Stender and Tim Vogel in our latest blog developmentresearch.eu/?p=2025

The First Ministerial Conference of Russia-Africa Partnership Forum that was taking place in Sochi just ended successfully. It was an opportune moment for the two partners to review progress since the first Summit held in Sochi 5 years ago and the second Summit convened in St

Following similar fundamental cuts in Swedish development cooperation, the Netherlands is now making considerable cuts to its funding of development NGOs ("reshape the way we work"...) - one of its key features with prior cross-party support

The EU has so much to offer It carries huge economic weight It has an immense power of attraction It is a rising security and long-standing geopolitical actor Today I am@Europarl_EN to ask for confidence of its members, to be the next EU HRVP for foreign and security policy

That's quite the mission creep for funding meant to promote socio-economic convergence, but why not...

The next EU foreign policy head Kaja Kallas confirmation hearing yesterday illustrated the European Commission's de-prioritizing its liberal approach to Africa. After NATO, the US, the UK, India, the African Union is mentioned for policy cooperation purposes.

Published today @ISP_Journal (Open Access ISA): Toward the future of #UnitedNations development work. Our suggestion: UN should embrace differentiated #universality and move beyond developed/developing divide. academic.oup.com/isp/advance-ar… IDOS_research

It’s official : the von der Leyen 2.0 Commission got the lowest parliamentary support ever, what translates in power grab by the EU Council and 27 governments: 417/567 Santer in 1995: 73.5 % 510/626 Prodi in 1999: 81 % 478/732 Barroso I in 2004: 65 % 488/736 Barroso II in 2010:

I am diversifying my procrastination diet and you will from now on also find me here: @nielskeijzer.bsky.social

The EU has published a new list of #GlobalGateway projects for 2025 — including finance to semiconductors and hydrogen infrastructure. What’s the EU’s wishlist 🎄 from the world under its ‘development cooperation’ strategy? A thread🧵(11):

Bundesbank head Joachim Nagel told the FT that Berlin needed more fiscal space to address a 'complicated' and 'weak' economic outlook. on.ft.com/4inrpbJ

Open letter by scientists: 31 organizations & 2262 individual signatories call EU policymakers to Revive the Green Deal. The planetary crisis risks millions in the EU & billions globally. Weakening THE instrument to tackle the crisis is unwise! Read here: zenodo.org/records/148642…