The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump.
The state of the union is jesus fucking christ
www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
The @eppgroup.bsky.social seemingly keen to continue emulating Orban and embracing Orbán-style NGO witch-hunt while it keeps digging itself into a hole on the back of the lies they have used to justify this witch-hunt to begin with
cc @alemanno.bsky.social @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social
Or Serbia... This unprincipled and shameless stance is highly toxic for the rule of law and the EU's credibility more broadly
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/27/s...
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Today in Encode/Decode @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social examine the consequences of #politicizing #international #institutions and the trade-offs facing executives double-hatting as #prosecutors and #policymakers. Read how data played a vital role: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
You are of course correct
A national shanda that should shame & embarrass every American, especially those Republicans in Congress who claim to be deeply concerned about American power, hegemony, & national security issues #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
💥Viktor Orbán had what no one else before: a lasting supermajority in parliament and—thanks to EU funds—more money to develop Hungary than at any time in a century.
The result after 16 years: a failing economy and disastrous public services.
🎬 Direkt36's new documentary, The Trap, is out soon!
it has been clear for months
excellent summary of where we are now - BUT analysis by Political Capital shows that Orban could win back his 2/3rds constitutional majority with 45% of the vote while Magyar would have to win 55% of the vote to get a simple majority. See my analysis here www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...
That's the literal opposite of what happened. Orwell is yelling from his grave, "Even Big Brother had more subtlety."
Emmanuel Macron’s softly-softly approach to Donald Trump is over, it appears. As you'll see below, the Elysée Palace has published a gif of Trump labelled with one of the US president’s own favourite slurs: “Fake news”.
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Who would’ve thought that threatening to annex a European country’s sovereign territory wouldn’t go down well with nationalist European parties.
Good luck with the ”civilisational agenda”
Parliament says Commission’s ‘Democracy Shield’ against disinformation too weak
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
The transatlantic alliance is being questioned. We do not want to speculate or escalate. We want to communicate with our U.S. partners, but we must be clear: any threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our member states is simply unacceptable.
This is so embarrassing. Impeach him, for the love of God
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
ICE has escalated from
Arresting undocumented migrants with criminal records to
Arresting undocumented migrants without criminal records to
Arresting legal migrants to
Arresting US citizens who 'look' like migrants to
Arresting US citizens protesting ICE to
Arresting random bystanders.
Who's next?
It follows that Trump leaked the most market-moving economic numbers that exist.
I have no idea how illegal this is, or if the law even matters any more.
But I do know this: It's unprecedented. No White House has ever before leaked such important market-moving numbers. No serious country does this
Paper reflects years of work/engagement with toolbox, relies on multiple docs secured via access requests, and of course excellent work of colleagues such @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social @kimlanelaw.bsky.social @tommasopavone.bsky.social @petrabard.bsky.social @profkochenov.bsky.social to name but a few
Paper now available here democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/lau...
For those of you familiar with the EU's rule of law toolbox, you can go straight to the section offering concrete/multiple examples of timid use, misuse and non-use of the main EU prevention/monitoring & response/enforcement tools
Von der Leyen says the return of the Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia must be a "crucial element" in any plan.
"Of all the horrors unleashed by Russia's war, none cuts deeper than this. Tens of thousands of boys and girls remain trapped in Russia. Frightened and longing for their loved ones."
Yes- @profpech.bsky.social & @onethuthree.bsky.social - earlier Weber tried to work with the far right inside EPP, now he tries to work with the right as partners to EPP. He is consistent in always being willing to work with the far right
Old enough to remember Weber sacrificing EPP values *for years* before being forced to confront Orban’s EPP membership and only earlier this week, he was lecturing us on importance of rule of law and EU values more generally…
www.euronews.com/2019/03/08/e...
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Not only is Trump making war on the past, but now he is making war on the pasta.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
That is quite rich coming from Weber who wrote so many years blocked any action against Orban. Better late than never I suppose
Ironic, then, that Weber for years was a crucial and enthusiastic supporter of the biggest Brussels basher in any national capital- Viktor Orban
