Diego Velazquez
Journalist, Correspondent for Luxemburger Wort in Bruxelles. Show, don't tell. Or tell me first, so I'll show: diego.velazquez@wort.lu
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- That's interesting: how the party misread its voters or vice versa. Ceci dit: I had no idea FTA's were so popular. Was all the TTIP/Ceta trouble - including in Germany - mostly about anti-Americanism, then?
- The Brussels' hotel Jill has stopped selling alcohol. According to the manager, customers lost interest in drinking it. "The trend is here to stay", she says. Story via @wort.lu www.wort.lu/panorama/ein...
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezWhen center-left parties in Europe adopt anti-immigration positions to counter the far-right, it brings them no electoral benefit; if anything, researchers have found, strategies that “accommodate” right-wing positions bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-de…
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezIn less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires. I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
- Concessions éditoriales? Is Selenskyi negotiating with Georges Louis Bouchez?
- Out of a position of utter weakness, the european greens have secured a win on Mercosur. And yet, their German party wing manages to completely mess it up. Literally saying they only voted for the ecj check because they thought it'd fail to get a majority and will vote for the deal anyway.
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezHoogleraar politicologie @leoniedejonge.bsky.social raadt journalisten aan om te leren van de Walen. ‘Daar zeggen ze: wij zijn waakhonden van de democratie. We moeten durven blaffen, maar ook bijten. Een hele andere kijk dan in Nederland, waar de nadruk ligt op alle geluiden laten horen.’
- Reposted by Diego Velazquez"The other iron law of reactionary centrism – beyond the asymmetry that is hiding behind the seeming evenhandedness – is that only the left and liberals really have agency. The right just reacts – everything is always backlash, never a self-generated political project." This is really worth a read:
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- USG = écocide www.nieuwsblad.be/sport/voetba...
- He's right. Most customers don't do that. Therefore the political issue is not: Let's make it possible to buy diamonds taking the tram. but rather: Do diamond shops so far away from their customers make sense? Should the centre be a convenient shopping centre or a living space for its inhabitants?
- Damn these 3 points were important. #Rwdm
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezSelon une enquête du Guardian, ChatGPT serait "contaminé" par Grokipédia avec 9 requêtes sur 12 citant cette source complètement biaisée mise en place par EM pour concurrence @wikipedia.org . ChatGPT devrait être interdit dans les institutions & entreprises. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezAnyone surprised by this story has been living in a fantasy world. Since Jan 2025, the Trump administration has been using lots of different tactics to force Ukraine to commit strategic suicide. This is just the latest. The real story is that people have not grasped this reality.
- Mark Rutte came to the European Parliament to defend his paycheck, not the continent.
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezI present to you, the Swedish Armed Forces Pride campaign.
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezFurthermore, this US administration, way beyond Trump himself, is openly and actively hostile to Europe. They express it in very clear ways. Europeans were prepared for a difficult ride with Trump, but I think it’s understandable that no one quite foresaw the open hostility.
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezFinnish President Stubb: The cost of the war to Russia in December is 34,000 dead soldiers. And for what? For claiming that you took Kupiansk when you didn't? 🫳🎤
- On European defence without the US, I found this expert discussion rather helpful in order to move a bit away from the over politicized view too common to my trade (guilty as charged, hein). www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
- This by @eddywax.bsky.social and @nicolettaionta.bsky.social is very good. Indeed, it is obvious that von der Leyen isn't commanding the European Parliament. She never liked it. The lack of loyalty left of centre is obvious, the over reliance on the populist right by the EPP weakens it further.
- Even von der Leyen's speeches are written better
- Somebody give Trump a Ricola
- The Mercosur delay is another proof of how badly Weber’s strategic alliance with the far right is working. Because of his neglect of the centre-right’s traditional allies, socialists, liberals, and Greens no longer feel any obligation to show loyalty or act in a statesmanlike manner at key moments
- If need be, Luxembourg would support use of anti-coercition instrument, says PM Luc Frieden. Trump has managed to piss off even the most die hard Atlanticists among the Europeans. via @wort.lu www.wort.lu/politik/luc-...
- Reposted by Diego Velazquez« Les États-Unis ne veulent pas partir d’Europe, mais avoir des États qui leur sont soumis. » @taravarma.bsky.social Chercheuse, directrice au German Marshall Fund #CCeSoir ➡️ bit.ly/GroenlandEur... 🎧en podcast
- Reposted by Diego Velazquez*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
- You can hide your eyes but not your text messages
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- De Wever quoting Gramsci. EU leaders are ready to break taboos.
- Bart De Wever was a die hard atlaticist only a few months ago.
- The rebrand won't hide the fact that Open VLD is behaving in an irresponsible way that will hurt the middle classes it is supposed to represent. Their - very few - voters will remember.
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezWhat Mona says. We weaken ourselves if we continue this weird dichotomy of ACI=strong response and no ACI=weak response. That is bogus. The ACI is a process, not a measure in itself. What matters is what the EU is willing to do in terms of substance to threaten/hurt the US to make it back down.
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- iT Will be interestING to watch how parties on far right adapt to Trump's imperialism and the fact that it is deeply unpopular in Europe.
- We yet have too see the results of @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu's "strategic" discussions at the EUCO.
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezPretty clear statement from Lars Klingbeil just now on Trump’s tariff threat: the EU has no interest in escalation — but it won’t be blackmailed. For now, that means the trade deal is on ice and the already agreed €93bn countermeasures package is back on the table. 1/2
- I don't know if he's dying, but certainly @mashagessen.bsky.social is right: Trump's old age conditions the speed of his actions - internally and externallay. Even in the best of scenarios, the man hasn't much time left.
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezDonald Trump tied his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in a letter to Norway's prime minister obtained by Bloomberg News. Full story: bloom.bg/3LPd10i 📷: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezSince this is about Greenland economic counter-measures may be only a (small) part of the picture. But the lesson the EU previously drew - to placate Trump - has now been falsified. Brussels should punch back to raise the costs for the US and get Trump to back down, 8/8
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezPlus, the notion that international law says that if you can’t defend a territory (against a more powerful aggressor) then it’s not yours is … not accurate, to say the least.
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- EU governments will very soon notice that appeasement has little popular support.
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezHonestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezRien, mais rien ne va dans ce texte. Aucun § n'est correct, dès le 1er avec "À l’image de cette nouvelle icône ayant allumé sa cigarette avec son portrait en flammes", qui était une femme au Canada il y a quelques années. Encore et toujours déformer la réalité sans aider les personnes concernées
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezMy apartment in Kharkiv has no heating, and part of the city also has no power due to a russian attack on our infrastructure today. The temperature outside is -12°C.
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezWithin the next decade the radical right is going to be the main force on the right in Europe (national and EU level). This includes far-right parties and formerly centre-right parties shifting their position. Moderate conservatism and Christian democracy will largely disappear on the right. 1/
- Union Saint-Gilloise = écocide www.rtbf.be/article/un-p...
- Why is French do damn illogical to write? This podcast gives some historical explanations. Fascinating! parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
- Nicolas Schmit is disappointed about the EU's attitude towards Elon Musk's questionable products www.wort.lu/politik/schm...
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezPourquoi la langue française est-elle si difficile, avec homophones, lettres muettes et exceptions absconses? Cela vient de la longue histoire de sa mise par écrit, explique Gabriella Parussa au micro du podcast autour de son livre. Bonne écoute et bonne semaine ! parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
- Reposted by Diego Velazquez(Thought)provoking proposal by ex-German minister Habeck and Andreas Raspotnik to offer Greenland to come back into the EU:
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezPutin doesn’t want peace, Russia’s reply to diplomacy is more missiles and destruction. This deadly pattern of recurring major Russian strikes will repeat itself until we help Ukraine break it. (1/3)
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezIl va falloir sérieusement questionner ceux (nombreux) qui restent encore sur X. Ce n'est plus du tout acceptable de continuer à poster exclusif du contenu là-bas, ce qui revient à donner des financements à un réseau néo-nazi, ouvertement anti-démocratique (outre la promotion de la criminalité).
- Unsurprisingly, farmers aren't happy www.wort.lu/politik/baue...
- Luxembourg's Agriculture Minister Martine Hansen, who likes to present herself as the voice of agricultors in politics, says she doesn't really know the safeguards of the Mercosur agreement, but supports it nevertheless. via @wort.lu www.wort.lu/politik/mart...
- Luxembourg's Agriculture Minister Martine Hansen, who likes to present herself as the voice of agricultors in politics, says she doesn't really know the safeguards of the Mercosur agreement, but supports it nevertheless. via @wort.lu www.wort.lu/politik/mart...
- The US is now at the shooting people on the streets stage of authoritarianism.
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezSenior EU officials believe Trump simply wants to be the President who paints the stars and stripes – and maybe his own name – on the giant white island which appears to dwarf the United States on traditional maps and globes. This is far from over ENDS
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezIt's just a very odd newscycle when Europeans are working alongside America to offer security guarantees in Ukraine while also wondering if America is going to invade Greenland. The whole thing makes no sense.
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezThat this statement has to be written is frankly insane.
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezSans minorer les aspects idéologiques ou géopolitiques de l’intervention américaine au Venezuela, on ne peut comprendre l’enlèvement de Nicolas Maduro si l’on ignore les masses financières colossales associées à un changement de régime à Caracas. Par @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Diego VelazquezI broadly agree with this. But the key question is not whether Europeans condemn Trump's action, but whether they draw policy conclusions from the last year, & act on them. In Feb '25 Merz spoke of achieving independence from the US. He was right - but how much have the EU & UK done since then?
- Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- "The fall of a regime through an illegal military attack by a foreign country and the establishment of a quasi-colonial protectorate constitutes a violation of the most basic norms of sovereignty and independence on which European security is built. It is Russia’s dream for Europe."
- Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezEurope’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- that's the business model dead angle: Generative AI is becoming lame very quickly.
- Reposted by Diego VelazquezMILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want? M: *yells*
