Political scientist with a passion for EU affairs, Geek with a passion for technology. Senior Fellow in Europe Division at @SWP-Berlin.org. Associate Fellow @chathamhouse.bsky.social Europe Programme. All views are personal. Journey before Destination.
Super instructive analysis on the procedural and political angles of the European Parliament's vote on "chat control". We all need to pay more attention to Brussels politics and @nvondarza.bsky.social makes this very easy to follow.
Der (europäische) FöderalistA vote is passed if more MEPs vote yes than no, right? Well, not always – as could be seen in July's EP vote on chat control. Here's the monthly #EUanalytics review by NICOLAI VON ONDARZA:
By now, it seems that #Spain has been very able to manage the crisis, and no other member states were negatively affected in any way. The reactions from Italy & Co. have been truly shameful. This is how you destroy trust and solidarity in the EU.
Lorenzo PiccoliIf the concern is Spain’s capacity to manage an exceptional number of arrivals, there are other ways to respond, including supporting Spain, without restricting free movement across an internal Schengen border.
Well, the government has a seven page memo on devolution and England and... there is a lot in there! Will add some thoughts, but the most striking thing is the pace. A lot of the serious reforms are due to come in April 2028 - this is not a gradual roadmap! www.gov.uk/government/p...
Rewiring the State – Cabinet StatementThis publication sets out this government's plan to fundamentally rewire the state by shifting power, funding and accountability from Whitehall to local leaderswww.gov.uk
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
Can’t believe Glen Hansard is gone. What an unbelievable tragedy. I loved his and Lisa O’Neill’s rendition of Fairytale of New York at Shane MacGowan’s funeral: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ptay...
Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill Perform "Fairytale of New York" at Shane MacGowan's FuneralYouTube video by Consequencem.youtube.com
'Throughout his career, Glen made a particularly noteworthy effort to keep alive the work of all those who had gone before him, keeping alive the songs of previous generations of Irish musicians and singers who had influenced him, as well as the songs of departed friends'
Taoiseach, Ryan Tubridy and Michael D Higgins among those remembering ‘one of the greats’ Glen HansardThe Dubliner had recently finished off a tour across the UK and Irelandwww.independent.ieIt's also a sign of how crowded the far-right field is in Poland. Next to France and Czechia, it is the only member state that already has parties in all three far-right groups, so Morawiecki doesn't have an obvious place where to go.
www.euractiv.com/news/polish-... How the Law & Justice break-up is impacting Brussels | Paging @nvondarza.bsky.social
Polish politics spills over into Brussels | EuractivPiS infighting is having consequences at EU levelwww.euractiv.com
I tried to map these with the female participation in the workforce. The trend is not very clear. Italy is forcing a trend because of its absurd numbers. Because, of course, we are... 🫠 (the employment data comes from Eurostat's APIs)
Nicolai von OndarzaFun graph by the EU Commission on the length of summer holidays in the EU. To be frank, as a parent, even the six weeks in Germany feel long. How are parents supposed to bridge 14 weeks of summer holiday?
This is a fantastic PhD topic for comparative politics or social policy. It’s got everything- path dependency, public administration, gender, demographics, competition, norms, ideas, interest groups…
Nicolai von OndarzaFun graph by the EU Commission on the length of summer holidays in the EU. To be frank, as a parent, even the six weeks in Germany feel long. How are parents supposed to bridge 14 weeks of summer holiday?
I did the same some days ago, tried to find some good analysis of the referendum in Iceland. It is very telling that journalist, analyst and governments seem to underestimate the strategic importance of this vote.
For me the Fable-class models crossed a threshold from “That’s clever, and is the sort of technical detail I might have expected a human reviewer to catch” to “Huh, not sure I would have thought of taking this that direction, and it’s a real improvement.” Ngl, it’s been disconcerting.
Europe stands with France and Spain as they face devastating wildfires. 5 planes and 2 helicopters from the rescEU fleet are now deployed to France. And 4 planes are arriving in Spain today.
🚩 My 2010 PhD thesis is ‘70% AI’ I ran my 2010 PhD thesis through an AI detector. It flagged 70% as AI, then tried to sell me a ‘humanise’ fix. Either I am a time traveller, or these tools do not work. Link to my thesis in the comments to try yourself. #AIDetection #HigherEd 🧪 #AI
“The Netherlands, Iceland and Norway all stopped doing business with the Limerick refinery due to its Russian ownership. Russia simply picked up the spare product. It is not a great look for Ireland or Aughinish.” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Intriguing details but few answers in Government’s Aughinish Alumina reportAfter four months of investigating, officials have found no evidence to prove alumina is being used by Moscow’s military machine. By the same token, they can’t rule it outwww.irishtimes.com
Periodic reminder that if you are being asked by a captcha to type any kind of combinations of keys & especially if they look like shortcut key stroke combinations it is an attack called ClickFix. Basically the prompt is to fool you into downloading & installing malicious software. Stay vigilant!
Nicolai von OndarzaThis is new and completely wierd. To proof that I am not an AI, cloudflare now wants me to enter something in the terminal, of unknown origin. Sorry, no way.
OpenAI has reported its “unprecedented” security incident with Hugging Face to the EU’s AI Office, the European Commission confirmed today. It’s a key step for Europe’s AI rulebook just as enforcement is set to start next Sunday. Read my article at @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/openai-...
OpenAI notified EU of Hugging Face hack under AI Act | Euractiv'Unprecedented' cyber incident is first publicly known AI security breach reported under bloc's lawwww.euractiv.com