๐ข Seismic win for @greenparty.org.uk, taking 40% in by-election and boosting them to five MPs. Labour and Reform sidelined.
๐ป Protest vote or political realignment?
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social weighs in ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2026/02/2...
@boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social @janalbrecht.bsky.social
Posts by Joan Lanfranco (he/him)
๐ข Bom dia from the 40th Congress of the @europeangreens.eu in Lisbon! ๐ป๐ต๐น๐ช๐บ
Weโre happy to meet so many committed people from around Europe & share our work with them.
This Congressโ theme is โLoud for People, Planet & Europeโ ๐๐ผ europeangreens.eu/lisbon2025-p...
@boell.de @janalbrecht.bsky.social
๐ข The @europeangreens.eu in 2025: ๐ป๐ณ๏ธ Record wins in Norway & Portugal, booming memberships in Germany & the UK, and first Green mayors in Copenhagen & Riga. Tobias Gerhard Schminke from @europeelects.bsky.social has the data and details! ๐๐
#EGPCongress #EGPCongress2025
It was certainly not the expected outcome for @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social, but the far right was defeated by charismatic @robjetten.bsky.social (social-liberal D66), which means that a reliable Netherlands is back on the EU and global stage, much needed in these uncertain and turbulent times ๐
I really enjoyed talking with @noortjethijssen.bsky.social from our sister green political foundation @wbgroenlinks.bsky.social, about the results of the Dutch snap elections! ๐ boell-europe.podigee.io/28-2025-elec...
Hot off the press! Timely ๐ Bรถll EU Brief by @rkefferputz.bsky.social & Anika Bruck, mapping 160+ bilateral defence partnerships in Europe, including some cool #dataviz by yours truly ๐ค๐๏ธ๐จ eu.boell.org/en/defence-p... #EUCO
The English edition of the Water Atlas, published by Heinrich-Bรถll-Stiftung, presents the complexity and urgency of global water issues in a visually compelling, accessible format. It provides facts, trends, case studies, and political context to inform public discourse and shape policy. From the unequal distribution of water and industrial pollution to climate-linked water insecurity and geopolitical tensions, the Atlas aims to sharpen understanding and support action toward more sustainable and equitable water governance. This event will serve as a platform to present the main findings of the Water Atlas and to discuss how Europe can contribute to a fairer and more resilient global water future: https://calendar.boell.de/en/water-atlas-launch
๐ข Overuse, pollution, climate change & weak governance are driving a global #water crisis.
๐ง @boell.de's English edition of the #WaterAtlas presents the complexity & urgency of global water issues in a clear, visual way.
๐๏ธ Join our launch on 5/11 in Brussels&online! calendar.boell.de/en/water-atl...
Congratulations to Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli, journalists from Belarus and Georgia, on winning the 2025 Sakharov Prize.
Their courage is a symbol of the fight for freedom, justice, and democracy.
Journalism is not a crime, but a cornerstone of democracy and a safeguard of our freedoms.
๐ข ๐ฏ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/10/1...
๐ซ๐ทโMacron is facing pressure at home & abroad. @jmlanfranco.bsky.social asked @marcberthold.bsky.social, Director of @boellfrit.bsky.social, what does this mean for France & Europe.
@boell.de
I'm honoured to have interviewed @remybonny.bsky.social on the new EU #LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy, for @boelleu.bsky.social. He does an amazing and courageous work at Forbidden Colours! ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ช๐บ
๐ข New BรถllยทEurope podcast! Andrej Babiลก makes a comeback ๐ฌ, the Greens return to parliament ๐ฅณ๐ป and populism takes a new shape ๐๐จ. I break down the election results with the great insights from @adelajureckova.bsky.social. Listen here ๐ง ๐ boell-europe.podigee.io/27-2025-elec...
๐ข ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ช๐บ @jmlanfranco.bsky.social asked 3 Questions on the election aftermath to @boell.de's Robert Sperfeld โก๏ธ eu.boell.org/en/2025/09/3...
#Moldova #Elections @nicustefanuta.bsky.social @lenaats.bsky.social @europeangreens.eu @janalbrecht.bsky.social
https://eu.boell.org/en/vacancies
๐ข We have 2๏ธโฃ opportunities for students/graduates!
๐ผ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ (full-time), from Oct 2025 to Feb 2026 ๐ eu.boell.org/en/vacancy-t...
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ (min 10 hours/week), from Sept to Dec 2025 ๐ eu.boell.org/en/student-a...
Deadline for both: ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ญ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง
๐ข ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐รถ๐น๐นยท๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ง๐ boell-europe.podigee.io/26-2025-elec...
๐ณ๏ธ @jmlanfranco.bsky.social talks to Maciej Makulski (@boell.de Warsaw office) about the narrow victory of Karol #Nawrocki (PiS).
#Poland #Podcast #elections @europeangreens.eu
๐ข I asked 3 questions to Kristian Brakel (Director of @boell.de's East Asia | Global Dialogue office in Seoul) on the presidential election results in South Korea. Check it out! ๐ฐ๐ท ๐ณ๏ธ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/06/0...
@boelleu.bsky.social
๐ข Where and how should the EU build effective cable diplomacy partnerships? Check our our NEW Bรถll EU Brief 03/2025 | ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐: ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ by @jonasfranken.bsky.social ๐ eu.boell.org/en/cable-dip...
@peasec.de @boell.de
๐ข I asked 3 questions to MEP & EP Vice-President @nicustefanuta.bsky.social about pro-European Nicuศor Dan's victory at yesterday's presidential run-off in #Romania ๐ท๐ด ๐ณ๏ธ ๐ช๐บ ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/05/1...
@greens-efa.eu @europeangreens.eu @boelleu.bsky.social @boell.de
๐ข NEW Bรถll EU Brief 02/2025 | ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐: ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐จ-๐จ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, by @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social (@ukandeu.bsky.social) ๐ eu.boell.org/en/beyond-br...
๐งต๐
#EU #UK #summit @boell.de @euinuk.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @lscazzieri.bsky.social
LGBTI human rights are under attack across Europe, and the brand new #RainbowMap clearly shows it www.ilga-europe.org/press-releas...
๐ข Five months into the new European Commission, we are releasing an updated ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ eu.boell.org/en/green-dea...
๐งต๐
@ieep.eu @boell.de @eeb.org @caneurope.org @ec.europa.eu @europeangreens.eu @greens-efa.eu @rkefferputz.bsky.social @juttapaulus.bsky.social
๐ข After a bumpy start for Friedrich Merz's chancellorship, we asked ๐ฏ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ @chantalkopf.bsky.social ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/05/0...
@boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social @sven-giegold.de
@europeangreens.eu @frausibylle.bsky.social
๐ข Apply now to be our next Head Programme - EU & International Politics at @boelleu.bsky.social! ๐
In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Bรถll Brief โTrading partners? Europe's options against Trumpโs tariffsโ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners
In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Bรถll Brief โTrading partners? Europe's options against Trumpโs tariffsโ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners
In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Bรถll Brief โTrading partners? Europe's options against Trumpโs tariffsโ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners
In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Bรถll Brief โTrading partners? Europe's options against Trumpโs tariffsโ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners
๐ข In a pivotal week for transatlantic #trade relations, we're publishing today the new EU Bรถll Brief โ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐? ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐โ ๐ eu.boell.org/en/trading-p...
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@boell.de @sonalichowdhry.bsky.social @julianhi.nz @hendrikmahlkow.com @kiel.institute @diw.de #Tariffs
๐ข Why was Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem ฤฐmamoฤlu arrested? What other issues are pushing Turkey's population to protest? What does this unrest mean for EU-Turkey relations? @jmlanfranco.bsky.social asked 3 Questions to @heinrichboelltr.bsky.social's Director Dawid Bartelt ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/03/2...
This week marks 100 days of the von der Leyen II European Commission. A deadline by which President von der Leyen promised a range of initiatives, as outlined in her 2024-2029 political guidelines. We take a look at the main initiatives launched, in a time when Europe is adapting to shifting geopolitical paradigms: https://eu.boell.org/en/2025/03/11/100-days-office-assessing-main-initiatives-von-der-leyen-ii-european-commission
๐ข ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: what has been delivered? โ
What is pending/delayed? โ
Our Heads of Programme take a closer look, in a time when Europe is adapting to shifting geopolitical paradigms ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/03/1...
@boell.de @ec.europa.eu
๐ข TODAY at 14:00 CET! What's the impact of Germany's #BTW25 election for the EU's unity, decarbonisation & competitiveness agenda, and ๐ช๐บ's role in the world?
Join the discussion ๐ eu.boell.org/BTW25
@boell.de @jpuglierin.bsky.social @sven-giegold.de @lgewessler.bsky.social @rkefferputz.bsky.social
Europe must step up its security โ no longer can we rely fully on the US to defend our values & Ukraineโs sovereignty.
Ukraineโs security is Europeโs security. No negotiations about Ukraine or European security without the EU.
@terryreintke.bsky.social, @baseickhout.bsky.social & other leadersโคต๏ธ
๐ข Trumpโs 1st month has launched an unprecedented assault on the US government, with global repercussions for security, health & economy. Join @boell.deโs online discussion on 17/02 to analyse these impacts ๐ calendar.boell.de/en/event/us-...
@janalbrecht.bsky.social @hannahwinnick.bsky.social
๐ข All eyes on #Germany! ๐๐ณ๏ธ What will the #BTW25 election results mean for ๐ช๐บ unity, decarbonisation & competitiveness agenda, and the EUโs role in the world?
Join the discussion on 26 Feb! ๐ eu.boell.org/BTW25
@boell.de @ecfr.eu @svengiegold.bsky.social @lgewessler.bsky.social @ifri.bsky.social
๐ข Press Release:
๐ณ๏ธโ๐โPride Museum is set to open in Brussels - A Cultural Landmark Dedicated to Queer Resistance, Resilience, and Expressionโ|
๐ More information:
English: bit.ly/40wpzNt
French: bit.ly/40tOLnT
#PrideMuseum #Brussels #Bruxelles