As a former EU Health-expert, I know that poverty
also has a devastating effect on public health. Poverty is associated with a higher disease burden, a reduced life expectancy and and it fuels chronic stress through ongoing insecurity and deprivation #EndPoverty
📣REMIND: "18 EU MS will not be able to meet their targets for investment in #schools, #hospitals & #housing. New 🇪🇺 #economic #governance rules being voted later this month would mean a return to #austerity."👇#TogetherAgainstAusterity
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I created these two images last year on an Instagram account of mine. I’m sharing them here because it’s important to keep the historical context in mind. Wishing the beautiful people of Iran strength in these difficult times. #Iran #Mossadegh #MiddleEast #HumanRights
“Journalists are being killed in record numbers at a time when access to information is more important than ever. We are all at risk when journalists are killed for reporting the news.” — CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social
Read CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549
Moroccan Jewish activist Abraham Serfaty warned in the 1980s that Israel’s internal divisions were so deep that its leaders would keep redirecting that tension outward by producing new external enemies.
Now watch who the enemy is according to Naftali Bennett.”
#Israel #Turkey #MiddleEast #Iran
I can’t believe the EU-Israel Association Agreement is still in effect. How can the EU keep this framework in place while claiming to stand for human rights and international law? #EU #Israel #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #Gaza
Open-source flight trackers show a noticeable uptick in military air traffic over Europe in recent hours/days. That could reflect routine rotations, exercises, or logistics, but it’s a signal worth monitoring. #OSINT #AirTraffic #USAF #Europe #Attack #Iran #OpenSource
Protect our health and our planet instead!
Millions of hectares go to alcohol crops. Pesticides + an energy-intensive supply chain (smelting glass) hit biodiversity and climate. And alcohol causes at least 7 cancers.
#Alcohol #Climate #Green #Health #EU #WHO
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For the legislative music nerds (yes, they exist): a reminder of the EU’s critical raw materials act, curated as a playlist.
#CRM #EU #Breton #StrategicAutonomy
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EU rules are estimated to keep up to 1.3 billion plastic caps out of nature every year.
Regulation is a tough sell to companies, yet brands market the result as their own eco success. #TetheredCaps #EULegislation #PlasticWaste #EU
Amendment: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
RESourceEU + CRMA Amendment
Critical raw material supply chains challenges. RESourceEU accelerates implementation of existing rules, and introduces labelling and recycled content requirements for magnets.
Current action plan: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Expand ESMA's direct supervisory powers, establish a single rulebook for cross-border investment, and reduce administrative burdens for companies raising capital across borders. The objective: investing in #Milan should be as straightforward as investing in #Amsterdam, #Paris or #Frankfurt.
Capital Markets Integration and Supervisory Package
One of the EU's answers to the Draghi-report. This legislation seeks to dismantle barriers, harmonise rules, and consolidate EU-level oversight. A substantive move toward a single market. #Draghi #Capital finance.ec.europa.eu/publications...
Anti-coercion instrument is one of the existing in this commprehensive roadmap. Furthermore, Member states will share risk assessments and coordinate responses to economic pressure.
Economic Security of the EU
The EU remains exposed to economic coercion, technology leakage, and strategic dependencies. This Communication outlines a framework for earlier threat detection and coordinated response alongside member states and industry.
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🌍 On World Wetlands Day, discover how Europe is scaling wetland restoration through science, community action & innovative governance.
This #EUGreenDeal success story shows how healthy wetlands build long-term resilience for nature & people: link.europa.eu/FVhfMD
The link says ‘shocking’ UNESCO-report about the rise of antisemitism. Yet they attacked and ignored UN-reports about the genocide in Gaza. This ultraconservative party does not allow women to hold office, supported Apartheid South Africa untill the end. They do not care about equal rights!
#EU #UN
🇪🇺 European Judicial Training Strategy 2025–2030
Judges across Europe aren’t equally equipped for digital courts or cross-border cases. Training varies by country, so does the quality of justice.
Brussels responds: upskill legal professionals in EU law and digital tools by 2030.
#Commission #Law
EP-member Bert Jan Ruissen abuses UNESCO-report on antisemitism to progressive institutions that boycott Israel.
He is not worried about the denial of the holocaust and Nazi-sympathies among pupils. THAT is the real threat mentioned in the report. #Unesco #EP #Israel
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Digital Justice:
Cross-border legal cases in the EU still run on fax and post. Commission’s Digital Justice@2030 strategy proposes shared IT tools and videoconferencing standards. 14 actions in total. Member states support it. Unnecessary duplication and costs should be avoided. #Justice #Digital
No you don't. I am sorry to say this. The EU has lost all credibility during the destruction of Gaza. You kept supporting Israël. #Gaza
On Ukraine, the Netherlands position is unequivocal: military and financial support continues 3 billion euros per year. The coalition states Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” toward EU and NATO membership.
#SlavaUkraini #Zelensky #Netherlands #Coalition #Agreement
Dutch explicit support for European Defence Fund, the SAFE lending instrument, and a proposed new European Defence Mechanism for joint procurement. With UK, Norway and Canada.
#Defence #EU #SAFE #UK #Canada #Norway #Netherlands
What stands out is the NL's strong stance on the rule of law. Hungary and Slovakia are named as countries “ undermining Europe”. Rule of law is top of the Dutch agenda. They want to push for a simplification of the Art. 7 procedure.
#Coalition #Agreement #EU #Netherlands #Hungary #Slovakia #Renew
#Netherlands just dropped its coalition agreement. The incoming Jetten government will have its youngest and first #gay and first progressive-liberal #PM in #Dutch history. Source photo ANP.
#CharlieHebdo #France #EU #Minnesota #ICE
To be continued. A 2nd thread on the Mark Rutte en LBJ's parallels is coming soon.
4) In #Congress: LBJ was a reliable ally of Southern segregationists. Untill he became #President. Then he used all his political capital to push through reforms: #CivilRights Act of 1964 and 1968, #VotingRights Act (1965), #Medicare & #Medicaid (1965). Improving social rights, banning racist laws.
3) #LBJ was a machiavellian genius who despised idealists and "beautiful talkers." He believed in deals and results.
#Rutte is a machiavellian pragmatist who despised beautiful visionary talks. He also believed in deals and results. Lying was second nature to them both.
