I always seem to have maot of my big press moments relating to the EP's trains 🇪🇺🚄 www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...

EU-parlamentariker evakuerade från tåg

Ett tåg på Strasbourgs station har behövt evakuera. Svenska Europaparlamentariker var ombord. ”Drama i Strasbourg när tåget mot Bryssel exploderade och därefter evakuerades”, skriver Emma Wiesner, EU-...

MEPs from the Left Group "welcoming" #Orbán with pictures of things that seem to scare him...

So basically Orban’s top aide is saying that if Putin wants to annex Hungary, that would be fine 🤔 @darthputinkgb.bsky.social#EUskywww.politico.eu/article/hung...

Hungary would have given in to Russia, says Orbán’s top aide

The political director of Hungary’s PM says that the Ukrainians killed fighting Russia died “for nothing.”

This ⬇️ As the EU moves towards a revision of the #tobacco products directive, I can't help but wonder how many more stories like this we will see.

IFianfraser.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 6:40pm

Furore over The Economist’s tobacco links. Commercial unit Economist Impact, which “partners with corporations, foundations, NGOs and governments across themes including sustainability, health and globalisation,” seems to have been captured by Philip Morris, Japan Tobacco International and BAT.

‘Crisis issue’: the unease at Economist over parent group’s tobacco links

Paid-for editorial content and event sponsorship at Economist Impact division is fuelling a growing backlash

Finally! This is the bare minimum that should be done.

PEpolitico.euSep 7, 2024 2:48pm

Prosecutors in Poland plan to press charges against three Belarusian suspects in the dramatic diversion of a Ryanair plane by the regime of dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko in 2021.

Poland wants 3 Belarusians behind bars for Ryanair diversion

The Ryanair flight was forced to to land in Minsk, where opposition blogger Raman Pratasevich and his partner were arrested.

Fascinating and important research by Andy Summers and co at LSE. Public perception that super rich will leave if taxes rise is based on a very biased signal from a tiny number who threaten to leave. The majority would never leave NY, London, Paris etc www.ft.com/content/4232...

Do the very wealthy relocate because of tax rises alone?

Access to the arts is more likely to govern a billionaire’s choice to stay in a cultural capital such as London — along with the political and economic security

Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty EU regulator: WHEREAS the volume of liquid in the vessel may be said to be equivalent to 50% of the volume of the vessel itself; NOTWITHSTANDING the presence of gaseous nitrogen in the ratio of approximately two to one in the remainin…

Fidesz MEPs continue the tradition of resigning in entertaining ways. This doesn't quite beat "tried escaping police by climbing down a gutter naked" rumours but still crazy #EUsky

#anticorruption#EurSky

NGgerstern.bsky.socialAug 30, 2024 2:19pm

"Durch den Wechsel von Petr Bystron ins Europaparlament wurden die Behörden bei den Ermittlungen gegen den AfD-Politiker unterbrochen. Nun hat die Staatsanwaltschaft München die Aussetzung seiner Immunität beantragt." www.rnd.de/politik/ermi...

Ermittler beantragen Aufhebung der Immunität gegen Bystron

Durch den Wechsel von Petr Bystron ins Europaparlament wurden die Behörden bei den Ermittlungen gegen den AfD-Politiker unterbrochen. Nun hat die Staatsanwaltschaft München die Aussetzung seiner Immun...

An ancient, Mesopotamian #Pazuzu#Exorcist movie?