Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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Russia’s war in Ukraine is causing concern in Bosnia. Here’s why | Euronews euronews.com/my-europe/2022…
Apologies for forgetting to tag @brezaleksandar
Mon 12 Sep 2022 · on Twitter
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Links from the week of 12 September 2022
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Links from the week of 5 September 2022
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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‘Brussel is niet langer België’, maar België wordt wel steeds meer Brussel (€) standaard.be/cnt/dmf2022090…
Mon 5 Sep 2022 · on Twitter
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This is an excellent article about What Happens Next, with the psychological reckoning one of the biggest parts of it. amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/m…
Thu 8 Sep 2022 · on Twitter
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This is a decent climate plan first draft from Wallonia. And despite the headline, about much more than speed limits. lesoir.be/464567/article…
Sun 11 Sep 2022 · on Twitter
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As a former EDS person, this feels like an odd move.
As a former EDS person, this feels like an odd move. EDS is (or at least was) the machinery for compromise making and co-ordination. It’s not and can’t be a driving force, given its structure and the need to keep all Depts on side. twitter.com/nmdacosta/stat…
I don’t particularly like the presidentialism of No 10 but I also know that if you want to make things happen (particularly at times of crisis like now) you need strong driving power from the centre.
My compromis-a-la-belge broad-alliances side likes the idea of coordination and brokering as the core functions of the governmental centre, but UK system isn’t really set up for it.
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 7 September 2022. View the original thread.
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Pleased that things are moving at @demsoc as I prepare to step down as director-general…
Pleased that things are moving at @demsoc as I prepare to step down as director-general on 31/10. @MarianCramers & @68melstevens are jointly taking over as interim DGs while I finalise handover and plan for my new role as President. Thanks and good luck to them!
As President I won’t be running the organisation day to day any more, but will focus on strategy, writing, network-building and our internal governance and membership – though still here to support and advise the team.
The advert for the DG will be out in the coming weeks.
(I’ll also stay involved in some of our key projects such as @NetZeroCitiesEU for at least a while longer)
Originally posted as a thread of 4 tweets on Twitter on 6 September 2022. View the original thread.
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Links from the week of 29 August 2022
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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According to Het Belang van Limburg @hbvl (but not official), Dutch is – rightly imo – going to be restored as first foreign language taught in Walloon schools – as it already is in Brussels.hbvl.be/cnt/dmf2022082…
Wed 31 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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Links from the week of 22 August 2022
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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If there are any people who want to put $1.6bn into participation, democracy and governance reform, my contact details are on Demsoc.org twitter.com/ShaneGoldmache…
Mon 22 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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I’m glad to live in a country where the immigration agency’s response to an influx of asylum seekers is “this crisis is unworthy of us” and not “sENd thEm bAck!!1!” (and hopefully the problem will be swiftly addressed). lesoir.be/461158/article…
Compare and contrast ☹️ twitter.com/SkyNews/status…
Tue 23 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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What the …?
Une trentaine d’hommes attaquent le Falstaff – dhnet.be/regions/bruxel…
Wed 24 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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This is all pretty bad but hearing “unseasonably warm and dry until November” I still had the “oh warm weather, nice!” reaction (rather than 😧) rtbf.be/article/secher…
Thu 25 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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Doesn’t look like the van driving onto a terrace in Bxl this afternoon was anything to do with terrorism, which will disappoint various far right conclusion-jumpers on this site. rtbf.be/article/bruxel…
Fri 26 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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Hausse des prix de l’énergie: Alexander De Croo souhaite réunir un comité de concertation lesoir.be/461924/article…
Sat 27 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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Negative piece in @ladh on politics of Brussels Parliament’s joint citizen/MP panels -…
Negative piece in @ladh on politics of Brussels Parliament’s joint citizen/MP panels – headline calls it “Noddy Politics”. Notable for me is how the parties quoted are more critical the further to the political right they are. Eg the right-liberal MR: dhnet.be/regions/bruxel…
The other notable points (for me) are:
1. Citizens profited from the experience
2. Follow up is essential (and seen to be lacking, though that’s hardly the fault of the process)
3. The link made between citizen assemblies and the intention of abolishing representative democracyThe last one is a risk for those of us who want to continue experimenting with these approaches without seeing them as an alternative to representation.
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 26 August 2022. View the original thread.
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Links from the week of 15 August 2022
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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Short answer: no.
Long answer: when will Silicon Valley idiot savants stop inventing “the welfare state but I make a fast buck out of it” ? newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…Thu 18 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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Unhelpful clarification of the day
Unhelpful clarification of the day.
From newsweek.com/nuclear-fusion… – and I bet it isn’t really 100mph either.
Apparently it is! twitter.com/Martinned81/st…
Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 13 August 2022. View the original thread.
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Links from the week of 8 August 2022
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
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The dastardly Germano-Russo-Lesbian alliance to enslave Poland strikes again! (But seriously, I don’t understand how this sort of barking insanity gets 40% in the polls, while 80% of Poles want to stay in the EU). notesfrompoland.com/2022/08/08/we-…
Mon 8 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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<3 exetercityfc.co.uk/news/2022/augu…
Wed 10 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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This interview (🇫🇷) made me think about how we sell products by appeals to individualism and agency in a world where the core problems need collective awareness and action – and what you would need to do to create that collective culture. confinews.net/post/la-public…
Sat 13 Aug 2022 · on Twitter
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