I post mostly on Brexit. I try to think carefully before I post.
Wow.. This is a big one: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Japan officially joins Horizon EuropeAs of today, Japan is officially associated to Horizon Europe. Home to 123 million people, Japan is the most populous country associated to the programme, adding one of the world\'s most advanced rese...ec.europa.euWhat a graph: It shows that Brexit led to a large drop in the variety of different products traded between EU and UK. This is like a live economy 101 experiment. Note that this was published in a newsletter in which the loss of UK 'regulatory freedom' due to closer ties with EU was discussed...
Jacob ÖbergPeter's letter also contains a great chart based on the #brexit impact analysis by Jun Du, @shepotylo.bsky.social & Yujie Shi who demonstrate how regulatory barriers led to a huge fall in the variety of different products being traded between the EU and UK.
Keep this in mind whenever Trump utters a word: It can mean anything, so it means nothing.
Ron FilipkowskiNo one can ever believe anything Trump pledges, says or puts in writing. With Trump, a deal is never a deal and nobody can count on the US for anything while he’s president. His word is garbage, agreements mean nothing, and he lies about everything.
Even though the UK got many, many opt-outs it was never enough, and the UK did Brexit. For the EU - but certainly also for the UK - it is better to grant UK zero opt-outs in case of a Rejoin.
YouGov10 years after the EU referendum, most French and German people support the UK rejoining the EU - but they are divided if it meant we kept our old opt-outs Generic UK rejoin 🇫🇷 58% support / 19% oppose 🇩🇪 63% / 15% UK rejoin with opt-outs 🇫🇷 36%/40% 🇩🇪 39%/40% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
UK car industry wants to keep producing combustion engines... It bears repeating: we in EU should finally phase in our EV battery tariffs. This will boost battery and EV car manufacturing in Europe and will bring jobs and growth. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be easedwww.theguardian.comSix million people - including me - have voted already on the new EU banknotes: en.ilsole24ore.com/art/take-a-l...
Six million people have already voted on the new banknotesEuropeans are turning out in large numbers to help choose the new banknotes, voting on ten designs that celebrate culture and nature: every citizen can cast their vote by 21 Septemberen.ilsole24ore.comThe EU should not seek a compromise on this issue. Tuition fees are already huge in UK with more than 1000 Euro/year. EU students should not be asked to cover for the failings of the UK HE sector. More importantly however is the general thrust of this: (1/x) www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...
EU pitches Brexit reset tuition fees compromiseNegotiations between London and Brussels are continuing ahead of a summit, which has yet to be rescheduled after Britain’s change of government.www.politico.euThis may be a bit painful, but Saudi Arabia tried only a few months ago to get US to attack Iran. Be careful what you wish for. (1/2) edition.cnn.com/2026/07/29/m...
Saudi Arabia is getting dragged into a war it has tried desperately to avoid | CNNSaudi Arabia has spent five months trying not to get dragged into a regional conflict, keeping open channels of communication with Tehran even as Iranian drones targeted its oil industry.edition.cnn.comRegulatory divergence is 'normal' and a natural consequence of Brexit. For the EU the important thing here is that EU regulatory autonomy is preserved, and that the instruments are available to enforce compliance to the EU regulatory framework on business done with EU.
fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEUPost-Brexit regulatory divergence isn't a clean break—it's an endless bureaucratic death by a thousand cuts. Assuming UK-EU equivalence is now pure fantasy as the EU pushes DORA and MiCA while the UK overhauls MiFID. Are we underestimating this compliance drain? 📉 #RegTech
No 3 Euro handling fee for small packages moving from UK to NI. This is good, as long as it will not be abused by TEMU, SHEIN or similar to flood the EU Single Market with small packages via this route. If and when that happens, we will know, and we can adjust.
David PhinnemoreOn the Windsor Framework... and for the next EU-UK Joint Committee... clarification that the end of EU customs duty relief for low value items does not entail handling charges for consumer parcels moving from GB into Northern Ireland. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Excellent. Any patrol to secure the Strait of Hormuz is futile and dangerous while there is fighting going on. Given the current unreliability of the US, it would be like voluntarily sitting on a gunpowder keg, with a toddler holding the matches.
Graham LanktreeEuropean allies are refusing to support a U.S. push to create a joint Strait of Hormuz patrol until they see an enduring ceasefire in the Iran war — the latest sign that Washington’s repeated bashing of its closest friends has carried consequences. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
This is true. Brexit was hijacked by extremists to be as complete as possible. And now every day the UK is making the active choice to continue with that hard Brexit.
Andrew HesseldenMy regular reminder…. “Nobody voted to leave the single market” And let’s be frank: the EU referendum was “advisory” too. #VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM #Brexit #ExitBrexit #BrexitDisaster
It is good that France/Europe calls out the behaviour of the US.
Holger HestermeyerThe conflict between the US and its ally France over the extention of the mandate of Volker Türk www.france24.com/en/france/20...
Note that this is excellent: Europe taking care of its own security is more sustainable, provides more security and enhances our autonomy.
Ulrike FrankeUS undersecretary of defence Colby announces that the US forces’ “Europe Posture Review” has begun. This is about creating a “NATO 3.0”, aka NATO with less US.
It would be nice if the UK gov knew this, but it is simply too much to hope for: Knowlege - and quite frankly interest - is slipping away in UK.
Nicolai von OndarzaSecond: This decision was of course done by the Council of the EU, not the European Council. I know this is a technicality, but the UK Mission to the EU of all UK public institutions should know one EU institution from another, even if they sound similiar...
This is fun, but very far off the mark. Surely you can theme-park your trip to Europe, but you do not have to. And half the Europeans lack the money for an annual 4 day trip from home? lol...
The EconomistPick among prize European destinations wisely and the continent still offers the discerning traveller an unrivalled chance to commune with its timeless soul. Just kidding bit.ly/3RraXi0 Illustration: Peter Schrank
The dismal state of UK media, even from so-called 'quality' newspapers. It is an unending stream of nonsense, factually wrong articles, one-sided framing or just pure garbage. You could post something like this every day:
Jonathan PortesThe Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
