@tobyvogel.bsky.social
Third-country national in Brussels writing on EU policies and politics, Balkans, migration, democracy, information manipulation. Former reporter (RFE/RL, European Voice). Co-founder @dpcglobal.bsky.social. Views personal; em dashes mine.
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialguys we shouldn't vote for Nazis because - wait for it - it's bad for business
@josefoshea.bsky.socialReposted by @tobyvogel.bsky.socialWhat a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
@tobyvogel.bsky.social"National security conservatives"
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialFair. But this is yet another dimension
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialStarts with f
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialUS media just getting acquainted with faraway places of which we know nothing
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialIran and Afghanistan, which also carry out public executions 🤷🏼
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialGazans are getting a peek into the genocidal, dystopian world that awaits us all
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialHard to disagree with Ossoff here. The list of institutions the Trumpkins have destroyed is long, but surely the military is near the top – the spectacular self-immolation of a tired superpower struggling to subdue a local hegemon
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialSplashed all over X by Evi Kokalari yesterday
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialNo idea what's going on at the FT, but how is this an exclusive? It's been extensively reported in the Bosnian media for weeks (e.g. federalna.ba/puljic-trump...), and anyone on X would have seen the pictures of her visiting the RS. Good that this is being reported, but an exclusive??
@tobyvogel.bsky.social@bernd-parusel.bsky.social is always worth reading if you're interested in migration and asylum, here about the EU's new return regulation
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialDistinctly unimpressed by the Commission's stonewalling at today's Midday regarding this story
@tobyvogel.bsky.social"Honey please I need $100,000 wired to me" Just checking if this actually works
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialStealing Charleroi's branding?
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialClassy: Belgium's interior minister blames antifa and claims protesting students are being "manipulated" after days of unrest in Liège Big student protest tomorrow in Brussels. There's real anger about the general neglect of education and the government's shortsighted austerity policies
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialReminder: nothing that Trump has ever done has been done for good reasons or with good outcomes. Nothing.
@tobyvogel.bsky.social“Twelve years ago, EU summit leaders announced they had a strategy to tackle unprecedented migrant arrivals. Next week, they will meet again in Brussels and to tell us something similar.”
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialI told @tvpworld.bsky.social that the European Commission's pre-enlargement review's focus on fundamental values and democratic standards is welcome but its proposals insufficient to prevent backsliding by new – or indeed, current – member states.
@tobyvogel.bsky.socialYeah that second bit always falls by the wayside
