🎧 Why did Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez call the election now? Where do the polls stand? And what are the central issues that Spaniards will vote on? https://ecfr.eu/podcasts/episode/sanchezs-biggest-gamble-yet/
Putin 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
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, pro-European candidates may find unexpected opportunities among voters of both the radical left and the far right. https://ecfr.eu/article/unlikely-europeans-the-hidden-voters-who-could-sway-frances-presidential-election/
A ECFR study by @kadriliik.bsky.social and @jkobzova.bsky.social offers a rare glimpse into how Russians see their country and the war, whom they consider friends and enemies, and how they perceive Europe, the United States or China.
Europeans should defend their rules on trade, investment and infrastructure—and, in so doing, change the logic that encourages Chinese retaliation, writes @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social
Factional struggles around the US president have left Europe at the mercy of competing foreign policy agendas. But European disunity only undermines European interests. https://ecfr.eu/article/faction-fight-how-europeans-can-better-influence-american-foreign-policy-battles/
🎧 Why did Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez call the election now? Where do the polls stand? And what are the central issues that Spaniards will vote on? https://ecfr.eu/podcasts/episode/sanchezs-biggest-gamble-yet/
Putin 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
On 13 October, our distinguished policy fellow @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social will be on the panel “Getting real. Increasing technological autonomy on AI” at the European Parliament, organized by @fesonline.bsky.social.
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[Commentary] #EUPolitics - Unlikely Europeans: The hidden voters who could sway #France’s presidential election, by Paweł Zerka | @ecfr.eu
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To better understand Spain’s political landscape, listen to the latest podcast episode from @ecfr.eu
🎧 Why did Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez call the election now? Where do the polls stand? And what are the central issues that Spaniards will vote on? https://ecfr.eu/podcasts/episode/sanchezs-biggest-gamble-yet/
Our @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
1/4 Europe faces a difficult China dilemma: how to protect its economy and security without triggering uncontrolled escalation, writes @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social.
We argue for “stable decoupling”, defending Europe’s rules while keeping room for negotiation with Beijing. 🧵
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Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, pro-European candidates may find unexpected opportunities among voters of both the radical left and the far right, writes Paweł Zerka. https://ecfr.eu/article/unlikely-europeans-the-hidden-voters-who-could-sway-frances-presidential-election/
Over the past decade, the country has reorganised politically around a single question: for or against Netanyahu. The project organises the four Jewish political camps according to their ideas of what kind of country Israel should be https://ecfr.eu/special/the-ideas-of-israel/ @ecfrmena.bsky.social
Factional struggles around the US president have left Europe at the mercy of competing foreign policy agendas. But European disunity only undermines European interests. https://ecfr.eu/article/faction-fight-how-europeans-can-better-influence-american-foreign-policy-battles/
America's approach to the AI race rests on a basic idea: if US labs do not double down, their Chinese competitors will pull ahead and reach AGI first - for @foreignpolicy.com I explore how Beijing could be running another, diffusion-first race that has no off switch
foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/07/c...
Europeans should defend their rules on trade, investment and infrastructure—and, in so doing, change the logic that encourages Chinese retaliation, writes @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social
🎙️"It has been a keystone project of the religious right wings since the 80s to tell people, listen Jewish identity is diametrically opposed to democracy", says Ariel David on ideas shaping Israel's national identity and politics in @ecfr.eu's "The ideas of Israel" episode buff.ly/j6u6ZPn
