In a joyful Budapest, I see the chance of an unprecedented transition | Timothy Garton Ash With the ejection of Trumpian hero Viktor Orbán, Hungarians demanded a restored democracy. Now, Europe must support them, says historian, political writer and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Can Hungary show the way out of deep populism? I write from Budapest…
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France is switching from Microsoft to Linux

"We must become less reliant on American tools and regain control of our digital destiny. We can no longer accept that our data, our infrastructure, our strategic decisions depend on solutions whose rules, pricing, evolution, and risks we do not control."

I just came back from some days in Africa.
Here’s what you find on the streets of Dakar.
russia’s propaganda channel is running outdoor adverts.
One of the slogans reads ‘the future belongs to you.’
Reality check: they’re using Africans as cannon fodder, when their militias aren’t murdering them.

Georgian Dream MPs and high-ranking officials appeared at the April 9 Memorial, where they were met with protest chants.

#GeorgiaProtests

How the EU made Viktor Orbán Hungary’s illiberal champion has benefited from the misjudgments and complacency of other leaders

‘Building an illiberal democracy in the heart of Europe started with taking advantage of the generous EU budget while relentlessly attacking what were viewed as Brussels’ infringements on Hungary’s sovereignty. EU cohesion funds financed over half of public investments’ www.ft.com/content/e04b...

Call for submissions: Henrik Enderlein Prize The fifth Franco-German research prize will be given to exceptional scholars under 40 whose work contributes to solving the future challenges of Europe.

📅 Deadline extended to 30 March 2026!

Apply for the 5th Henrik Enderlein Prize, honouring our founding director’s legacy of European engagement & academic excellence.

€10,000 award by @hertieschool.bsky.social, @sciencespo.bsky.social, @diplo.de & the French Ministry for Europe & Foreign Affairs ⬇️

Quoi ???

Les aveuglés de Sylvie Kauffmann

📖 Je recommande fortement la lecture des Aveuglés de @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social pour comprendre le chemin parcouru par la France & l'Allemagne ces 30 dernières années concernant leur relation à la Russie & aux pays d'Europe centrale & orientale.

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Guerre en Iran : « L’Europe a dit non aux Etats-Unis. C’est nouveau, et c’est un fait majeur » CHRONIQUE. Le refus des Européens de s’engager aux côtés de Washington dans la guerre au Moyen-Orient marque un éloignement transatlantique plus profond encore que celui de la crise irakienne en 2003,...

Guerre en Iran : « L’Europe a dit non aux Etats-Unis. C’est nouveau, et c’est un fait majeur »

Chronique @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social

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Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine.

It’s Official: Trump’s Tariffs Have Failed Americans are paying, reindustrialization isn’t happening, and China profits.

Trump is not winning on trade: for @foreignpolicy.com I dig into 2025 data and find that by his own yardstick—making foreigners pay for doing business with America, fuelling a manufacturing boom, narrowing the trade deficit and punishing China—tariffs have failed
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Macron’s remarkable nuclear proposal faces a culture clash The longstanding independence of France’s ‘force de frappe’ may stand in the way of successful co-ordination with allies

Macron’s remarkable nuclear proposal faces a culture clash—
France has long protected the independence of its nuclear deterrent, choosing to stay out of Nato’s nuclear planning group in 1966. The French nuclear doctrine… www.ft.com/content/cd6a... @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Macron’s remarkable nuclear proposal faces a culture clash The longstanding independence of France’s ‘force de frappe’ may stand in the way of successful co-ordination with allies

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I'm struggling to understand the present-day "peace through strength" concept — where some dictators are eliminated, while one particular dictator is offered generous business opportunities and full impunity for genocide.

I spent yesterday afternoon teaching my students about the Trump AI strategy that Dean largely wrote, with additional material from his substack. This is a remarkable statement for him to make.

Remember when Rubio criticised Hungary's democratic backsliding?

What changed? Certainly not Hungary's democratic backsliding

Marco Rubio says Viktor Orbán’s leadership is ‘essential’ to US interests US secretary of state hails ‘golden era’ in relations with Hungary and its pro-Russian premier

Voilà

Photo of Prime Minister Carney with President von der Leyen of the European Commission and President Costa of the European Council.

Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.

In substance, Rubio's message in Munich was the same as Vance's NEWS ANALYSIS. While the US secretary of state struck a less aggressive tone toward Europe than the American vice president had a year earlier, the substance of the speech changed little.

Our takeaway from Munich and how that standing ovation came to happen @lemonde.fr

A la Conférence de Munich sur la sécurité, « le message de Rubio était le même, sur le fond, que celui de Vance » ANALYSE. Si le secrétaire d’Etat américain s’est montré, dans le ton, moins agressif vis-à-vis de l’Europe que le vice-président américain, un an auparavant, le fond du discours n’a guère changé.

Qui a lancé la standing ovation pour Rubio à Munich? Réponse 👇Mais elle n'a pas convaincu tout le monde @lemonde.fr

Relevant feedback on @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social, which reminds us that everything is already in The Beatles’ lyrics: woke up, got out of bed… (A Day in the Life)

Cash-strapped Kremlin is increasingly resorting to old nationalisation trick
• Russia confiscated record US$41bn worth of property in 2025, four times the 2024 amount
• High borrowing costs curb Moscow's ability to sell seized assets while also depressing prices
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La France, sous un feu croisé de désinformation russe et américaine Depuis le début d’année, les réseaux prorusses et les comptes institutionnels trumpistes ciblent de plus en plus la France. Avec des méthodes différentes mais un récit convergent, ils représentent un ...

La France est la cible de campagnes de désinformation venant à la fois de Russie et de comptes trumpistes aux Etats-Unis

Share of Russian oil shipments to undisclosed buyers is rising sharply
• Many tankers are idling in India or Chinese waters in search of buyer among refineries
• Data highlight growing impact of tighter US sanctions on Russian crude exports - and thus Russian oil income
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Six European economies vow to drive progress on stalled projects Ministers from six leading European economies including Germany and France vowed to be the drivers of European progress as they tackled how to advance projects stalled by the EU's complex decision-mak...

Six European economies vow to drive progress on stalled projects www.reuters.com/business/ger...

USS Cole bombing : 2000 - 26 years ago. Bali bombing: 2005.

Plus de 50 % des moins de 25 ans en France s’informent via les réseaux sociaux et outils d’IA Réseaux sociaux, plateformes vidéo et outils d’intelligence artificielle sont devenus le principal moyen d’accès aux informations pour 54 % des moins de 25 ans et pour un cinquième des Français de tous âges, selon un baromètre de l’Arcom.

Plus de 50 % des moins de 25 ans en France s’informent via les réseaux sociaux et outils d’IA

Don’t look down: How Europeans can escape China’s clean-tech gravity – European Council on Foreign Relations China’s manufacturing surge and trade tactics are dampening Europe’s clean-tech goals. Europeans need to forge coalitions across wary member states to secure th

Europe needs green tech.
Europe needs to be resilient against Chinese coercion.

Two imperatives, two camps. How to reconcile them? @byfordt.bsky.social just published the definitive study for @ecfr.eu. Read it ⬇️

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