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  Message from Europe, To our American friends:

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  Both #Meloni and #Trump have elections upcoming. But why are other #EU leaders joining their fact-free demagoguery? They won't beat the far-right on #migration: You cannot out-stink a skunk 🦨 @anneapplebaum@journa.host on when we saw #Ceuta-like distortion before: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/ceuta-spain-far-right/688154/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3wipE_bl_f9oPIM6O7b0BPo

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  #Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister: "We have detected intensive #Russia propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from #Ceuta to sow destabilisation." Far-right from #EU (& US!) falls with open eyes for hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration, even fan the flames. #unity #solidarity

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  “Climate breakdown is not a natural disaster. It is a business model that privatises profit and socialises cost.” #StopFossilFuelSubsidies #MakePollutersPay #ParisAgreement #ClimateCrisis #GreenDeal https://euobserver.com/226432/as-europe-swelters-paris-judges-say-consumers-arent-to-blame-totalenergies-is/

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  Teresa Ribera —EU Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just & Competitive Transition and EU Commissioner for Competition— responds to Trump threatening additional tariffs on EUropean countries using digital service taxes: “We Europeans will always defend our regulatory autonomy.” #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

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  W seems for Boomers who don't get tech? 🤑 for-profit 🔒 now closed source? 🕵️ may use your data to train AI 🦹‍♂️ dodgy tech bro on the Board 🪪 needs govt ID verification & face scanning 🤖 40 million existing ATP users are NOT verified Building EU Big Tech won't save democracy! h/t @_elena@mastodon.social https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/

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  European Commission has updated its follow buttons. ✅ Mastodon and Bluesky are in; ⛔ X, Facebook, YouTube are out. (Only when you scroll all the way down, FB and YT are still there, but no longer X.) https://commission.europa.eu/index_en

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  Very happy with my strategy of not putting all my eggs in a single basket: While #Bluesky - and #Eurosky! - are currently down, #Mastodon is up and running 😊 #tech #resilience #EUpol

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  Council of European IT experts urge EU Parliament to stick to its recent decision and to reject a re-vote of #ChatControl. Untargeted mass surveillance of private messages is unreliable, ineffective & violates fundamental rights. EU Parliament must save privacy! https://cepis.org/cepis-calls-to-oppose-chat-control-vote/

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  @debacle @mindaugas But the phone number is only used for verification purposes. And it does not have to be the same as on the device's SIM card; it can be a VoIP number or even a landline. And the number can be hidden from other users. Regarding servers: Signal has created a global server network, using large providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure and others around the world. As s a small nonprofit organisation, this is a smart strategy to minimise r...

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  “Wanneer weet je dat de periode die je beschrijft de geschiedenis zal veranderen?” VVD steunde FvD om ‘antifa’ aan te merken als terroristische organisatie. Na extreem-rechtse rellen negeerde VVD dringend advies van NCTV om te zeggen dat het rechts-extremistisch was. #NLpol #politiek #democratie https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/03/27/zaken-doen-met-uiterst-rechts-is-geen-punt-meer-in-politiek-den-haag-tijd-om-te-gaan-a4923368

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  Trump’s ‘gut’ let him down in Iran — and we’re all paying the price of his failed diplomacy. by former U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-war-donald-trump-failed-diplomacy-price-gulf-conflict-bombing/

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  INVESTIGATION: Hungary colluded with Russia. EVIDENCE: Hungary’s FM acted for the Kremlin. AIM: weakening EU sanctions packages and delist sanctioned Russian oligarchs. STOP PUTIN'S TROJAN HORSE IN THE EU! Stop unanimity-based EU foreign policy!! #DefendDemocracy #StandWithUkraine #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 #EUPOL #EUCO Update: I forgot to add the link: https://vsquare.org/kremlin-hotline-hungary-colluded-with-russia-to-delist-sanctioned-oligarchs-companies-and-banks/

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  Of course the more important tech fail is that EU Ministers are still using MAGA messenger Whatsapp. Digital security and sovereignty, anyone? #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/europe-shows-up-for-kyiv/?hc=1#high-tech-comms

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  #DefendDemocracy is excited to launch a new phase: We will shift our focus to contributing more concretely to building preparedness, resilience and tech sovereignty. We also have a great job opening! And I am looking forward to my sabbatical, starting this summer 😊 https://defenddemocracy.eu/new-phase/

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  Don’t waste a good crisis: the EU must prepare strategic autonomy. “The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.” #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-america-allies-eu-diplomats-greenland/

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  A private phone call between an EU official and a journalist talking about Hungary and Ukraine was intercepted and published online. An internal security review “found no evidence that any devices, networks or systems have been compromised.” #DefendDemocracy #EUpol https://www.politico.eu/article/politico-journalist-call-intercept-published-hacking-security-review-hungary-ukraine/

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  The European Democracy Shield is fighting yesterday's war. Read why in my policy brief: 'Time to connect the dots. How (not) to defend democracy.' https://defenddemocracy.eu/how-not-to-defend-european-democracy/ #DefendDemocracy #EUpol #geopolitics #BigTech

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  EU must stick together against Trump’s hostile tactics, says EU top diplomat. “What is important for everybody to understand is that the US has been very clear that they want to divide Europe. They don’t like the European Union.” #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/13/they-dont-like-the-eu-europes-top-diplomat-says-washington-wants-to-divide-europe/

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  "It makes more sense if you realise he's working for Russia." @DarthPutinKGB #Trump #Iran #Oil #Russia

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  RE: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/116221707505255698 Gaat lekker zo, met onze digitale autonomie 🤦‍♀️ Wat vindt @stasdigi hier van?

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  Do we want EUrope to be a geopolitical power? And if so, are we ready to grant Brussels a genuine mandate? But we're not having that debate. Yet every non-decision has a price. #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 #DefendDemocracy #EUCO #EUpol #geopolitics https://landsbergis.com/the-end-of-europes-geopolitical-dream

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  Home sweet home after 3 days in Leuven, working with 30 experts on European, democracy-friendly tech. We stayed at the historic Irish College, built in 1611. And I managed a quick visit to Belgium’s oldest botanical garden (1738) and the Begijnhof (1232).

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  "When Moscow and Washington align around the same European leader, Europe cannot afford naïveté. Our democracy, sovereignty and unity must never depend on external agendas." #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 #EUCO #EUpol original source (they're not on Mastodon?): https://bsky.app/profile/europeandemocrats.bsky.social/post/3mgtwv5zyw227

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  "Never forget that a political, economical or religious crisis is enough to cast doubt on women's rights. These rights will never be vested. You have to stay vigilant your whole life." Simone de Beauvoir, 1949 #WomensDay #IWD2026 #8M

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  BREAKING: TikTok's addictive design breaches EU law. (Features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, highly personalised recommender system.) The EU is finally drawing a line: TikTok has to turn off their addictive tricks. We should be in control of our own time & attention, not Big Tech, be it 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇪🇺 #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_312 Kudos to MEPs @kimvsparrentak@eupolicy.social and @alexandrageese@bonn....

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  RE: https://eupolicy.social/@AliceStollmeyer/115985119155091648 In October, Netherlands' intelligence agencies said they would stop sharing certain information with their U.S. counterparts, citing political interference and human rights concerns. Now, Netherlands’ incoming govt proposes to create a European equivalent of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance 🕵️🕵️🕵️