@jeremycliffe.bsky.social
Editorial Director and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (@ecfr.eu)
@ecfr.euReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialPutin wants to make politicians out of Ukraine war veterans. After the recent election, 60 now sit in the Duma. But voters seem less keen than the official vote share suggests, and that could become a problem for the Kremlin, writes @kominmo.bsky.social
@juliusk.bsky.socialReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialGreat thread by Vincent on what may help explain the party’s breakthrough last month. Looking across Berlin’s 1,500 precincts, a higher share of households renting was weakly associated with higher support for Die Linke in 2023. By 2026, that relationship had become markedly stronger. (1/3) 🧵
@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialGermany: SPD reclaiming national symbols from AfD; Linke-Green-SPD coalition emerging in Berlin France: Pupils protesting eloquently for substantive change Spain: Sánchez harnessing housing protests to fight election as underdog There is life yet in the European left.
@ecfrpower.bsky.socialReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialOur @jeremycliffe.bsky.social joined @csis.org to discuss Germany’s politics, the rise of the AfD, the outlook for the German right and left, and what it all means for Europe. 🎧️ Listen 👇️ buff.ly/sxOotGB
@erep.csis.orgReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.social🎧 The Eurofile is now on video!
This week, Max & Otto discuss Burnham's EU push, the Greenland deal and escalating Russian hybrid attacks. Plus, @jeremycliffe.bsky.social unpacks the AfD's regional wins and Merz's political future. Watch or listen below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qV...
@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialGood on the SPD, good on Boris Pistorius, for this defiant refusal to cede the territory of national pride to the far-right - on the day an AfD politician became the president of a state parliament for the first time.
@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialJoined @maxbergmann.bsky.social on the @csis.org Eurofile podcast to discuss Germany’s politics, the rise of the AfD, the outlook for the German right and left, and what it all means for Europe ⬇️
@ecfr.euReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialThis is not the “old Israel” and Europeans need to reckon with that reality. Its liberal forces have weakened while its ultra-nationalist ones are ascendant. These shifts will endure far beyond Netanyahu. @ecfrmena.bsky.social
Check it out:
https://ecfr.eu/special/the-ideas-of-israel/
@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialThis is a big deal. Hanning led German foreign intelligence ("C" in UK system) 1998-2005 and was state secretary in the interior ministry.
The key question --> how secure are the intelligence services of a country (🇩🇪) that is becoming Europe's preeminent military power?
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@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialJoined @maxbergmann.bsky.social on the @csis.org Eurofile podcast to discuss Germany’s politics, the rise of the AfD, the outlook for the German right and left, and what it all means for Europe ⬇️
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@jorgleijten.bsky.socialReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialAlso in 2027: the Dutch Senate is elected through an indirect electoral system. Under a minority government, the composition of the Senate partly determines the government’s room for manoeuvre and the balance of power within it.
@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialWith that, Europe's "super election year" starts early. To come in 2027: French presidential & legislative elections plus general elections in Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and major state elections in Germany. Roughly 6 in 10 EU voters at polls in a span of c.12 months.
@nvondarza.bsky.socialReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialEU super election year - with elections scheduled in France, Poland, Italy, Spain plus more equalling about a third of the EU - has been moved forward and is now starting in November 2026:
@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialSánchez calls elections for November 29. Odds strongly against him but history suggests it would be unwise to write off the great survivor of Spanish politics entirely. The timing is typically canny: seizing moment where the national conversation has turned from migration to housing.
@davidheniguk.bsky.socialReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialFT reporting a Franco-German carve-up to weaken auto emission rules and put up the Made in EU barriers so consumers can "benefit" from worse more expensive cars, and manufacturers can presumably ignore export markets... Slide into Peronism continues.
@jeremycliffe.bsky.socialMélenchon gaining momentum in French presidential polling while the centrist field remains fragmented and weak ⬇️
@ecfrpower.bsky.socialReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.social1/1 Marine Le Pen is running for the French presidency in 2027.
For Europe, that means preparing for the possibility of a France very different from the one it knows today, write @celiabelin.bsky.social, @jeremycliffe.bsky.social, @camillelons.bsky.social and Constance Victor. A 🧵
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@ecfr.euReposted by @jeremycliffe.bsky.socialHouthi advances now threaten Saudi Arabia’s most viable oil-export route. Europeans should strengthen Riyadh’s maritime and air defences, and mobilise a wider diplomatic coalition to end the US-Iran war, write @jbdacey.bsky.social, Cinzia Bianco & Ellie Geranmayeh
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