Europe Unpacked
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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 open.spotify.com/playlist/54J...
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
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- 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
- 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 youtu.be/b-n6hU1hVck?...
- 🇪🇺 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 youtu.be/b-n6hU1hVck?...
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2) They were both teachers. #LBJ started his career #teaching poor Mexican-American children in rural Texas. The experience marked him for life. #Rutte taught every Thursday morning at a secondary school in a poor neighborhood in The Hague, even during his 14-year tenure as PM. #Nato #SG
- 1) If you want to understand #NATO SG Mark #Rutte, read R. Caro's biography on Lyndon Johnson. #LBJ could be brutal, transactional during his rise to the top, and then pivoted into a civil-rights president. Rutte is huge fan of the LBJ-biographies. The parallels between the two are striking.
- Reposted by Europe UnpackedU.S. diplomats asked a French magistrate last year whether she could intervene over Marine Le Pen’s election ban. The previously unreported details of the meeting will refocus attention on American efforts to back the European far right. 🔗 #[politi.co/4qxwpy9
- 🇪🇺 New #EU Supplementary #Pension Package proposes IORP II & PEPP reforms to boost pension savings and mobilise long-term capital. NL supportive but flags subsidiarity concerns on fiscal incentives and proportionality re EIOPA's role. Source photo: grenzenloos.nl open.overheid.nl/documenten/3...
- #European #Business #Wallet 💼 Proposed European Business Wallet Regulation aims to cut red tape via secure B2B/B2G data exchange, building on eIDAS. NL positive on market-driven approach but questions proportionality of mandatory use by public bodies. open.overheid.nl/documenten/8...
- #VAT Fraud / EOM-OLAF 🔍 #Commission wants to give EOM & OLAF access to #EU-wide VAT data to combat cross-border fraud. NL backs the goal but stresses: access must be strictly necessary, well-defined, and mindful of data security + implementation burden. open.overheid.nl/documenten/4...
- 3) no it is not just bureaucracy, it is our best line of defense against monsters like Peter #Thiel, Elon #Musk, Alex #Karp, and Larry Ellison, men who've made fortunes building the infrastructure of #surveillance while positioning themselves as #libertarian visionaries.
- 2)What do crony #capitalism and #communism have in common? Concentration of power by a few. Laws for fair #EU competition, public procurement, DSA and DMA are strong laws that prevent that power concentration. #Bigtech frames EU-regulation as burdensome and unnecessary bureaucracy.
- 2)What do crony #capitalism and #communism have in common? Concentration of power by a few. Laws for fair #EU competition, public procurement, DSA and DMA are strong laws that prevent that power concentration. #Bigtech frames EU-regulation as burdensome and unnecessary bureaucracy.
- 1) #VonderLeyen's #EUInc announcement at #Davos tackles the scaling barriers for European companies, 48-hour digital incorporation, one rulebook across all 27 states instead of fragmented national systems. Her advice should be heeded, but we must safeguard fair #competition at all cost.
- 1) #VonderLeyen's #EUInc announcement at #Davos tackles the scaling barriers for European companies, 48-hour digital incorporation, one rulebook across all 27 states instead of fragmented national systems. Her advice should be heeded, but we must safeguard fair #competition at all cost.
- Reposted by Europe UnpackedSome perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
- #GeertWilders #PVV-party is almost 20 years old. What did Wilders achieve? Lied about climate Lied about healthcare Lied about Islam He stoke fear amongst millions of people Walked away from 2 cabinets Lost 7 MPs today Thank you Geert for being so ineffective. #Netherlands #TweedeKamer
- One of the most racist parties in EU just got gutted from the inside. 7 MPs broke away from Wilders' PVV today. Wilders wrote in Breitbart once that Europe needs 'Zionism for the nations of Europe', praising Israel as an ethnostate model. apnews.com/article/wild...
- High level 'Diplomacy' #Trump to #Norway's PM: "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize... I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace." A toddler throwing a tantrum with a lit match in a room full of gasoline. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- EU's retaliation playbook against Trump's #Greenland tariffs is surgical: bourbon (Kentucky), H. Davidsons (Wisconsin), Boeing (Washington), soybeans (Midwest). All targeting the #Republican heartland. Plus "trade bazooka" is on the table, blocking US firms from #EU contracts & markets.
- The road to 2029: #Netherlands officially launches organisational preparations for its EU Council Presidency. Preparation starts early while the baton is first passing to #Cyprus → #Ireland → #Lithuania → #Greece → #Italy → #Latvia → #Luxembourg before reaching NL.
- Good luck with imposing those #tariffs. In the EU’s single market, supply chains are pan-European, tariffs based on ‘country’ origin will be a bureaucratic nightmare (rules of origin, mixed components, re-exports). #Trump #EU #US #TradeWar #Greenland
- New #EU #Biotech rules are on the way. EU is rolling out a biotech boost package: easier access to capital, space for regulatory sandboxes, AI testbeds, and more focus on biosimilars. Clearer guidance for faster scaling. #HealthTech #Regulation #EUHealth health.ec.europa.eu/publications...
- A reminder that youth-led projects shape Europe’s future. The Charlemagne Youth Prize, awarded by the European Parliament and the Charlemagne Prize Foundation, highlights initiatives with real impact. 👉 Apply before 2 February: link.europa.eu/cTCyTV #EUYouth #CharlemagneYouthPrize #YouthLeadership
- Are you young and dedicated to changing the world? The European Charlemagne Youth Prize celebrates the powerful work that young people do that makes a lasting impact on Europe’s future. Apply before 2 February: link.europa.eu/cTCyTV
- Last year, Greenpeace said Sweden’s Budget 2026 would push emissions up, not down, and urged Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari to step down. Sweden’s Climate Policy Council also said the current policy isn’t enough to hit 2030 targets. #EUClimate #Sweden
- #NATO can be considered dead. Any concession to the USA will only encourage to demand more. Time for #consumer #boycotts of American products from red states—starting with items the #EuropeanCommission targeted under Trump I: #Americanwhiskey #bourbon, #motorcycles #Pecan
- How the Netherlands has moved from being one of the EU’s smaller member states to a medium-sized, at least by population. Romania is shrinking. Demographic imbalances have gradually become one of EU’s most important challenges. #EU #Demographics #Population #NL #Land #Ageing
- Reposted by Europe UnpackedI have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela. The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
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- #Connecting EU by rail, #EU doesn’t lack tracks. It lacks #interoperability. Different voltages, signalling systems and standards still turn borders into bottlenecks. The EC’s #2040 high-speed plan tries to unstick that ERTMS rollout, EU-wide approvals, simpler driver rules, cross-border ticketing.
- Why do US Big Tech libertarians hate the EU? Because the EU is their biggest obstacle towards global market dominance and unchecked power over billions consumers. #DigitalMarketsAct #EUtech #PlatformRegulation #BigTech #Antitrust #DigitalSovereignty
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