@ckcedric
Political economist interested in globalisation & democracy. I work on european & international economic policy and the rise of populism. Author: 'The People' vs the Liberal International Order? (OUP 2024) Previously: @FESonline @WZB_Berlin @giz_gmbh
In der Debatte um den nächsten EU-Haushalt fordert die Bundesregierung Kürzungen. Das wäre gefährlich, denn Zukunftsinvestitionen sind dringend nötig, schreiben @ckcedric.bsky.social und Dominika Biegon.
I read this, listened to it, then read it again. I very much hope that people are receptive to this message. I have not read a better case for what is needed to win elections again. I know that will take make conversations but this essay is an excellent place to start.
Zusammen mit dem Monitoring-Bericht zur Energiewende hat Katherina Reiche in der letzten Woche einen Zehn-Punkte-Plan vorgestellt. Dieser weist sprachlich wie inhaltlich große Ähnlichkeiten zu einem Papier von RWE und Eon aus dem Frühjahr auf. Ein längerer Thread mit Links und Beispielen. (1/19)
Very well written piece by Thu Nguyen & Jannik Jansen. I cannot agree more. What European leaders call strategic pragmatism is costing the EU its dignity and agency.
If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Lars Klingbeil plant, relativ sicher kommende Milliarden-Strafen durch die EU für verfehlte #Klimaschutzziele künftig ausgerechnet durch Kürzungen beim #Klimaschutz zu bezahlen. Findet den Fehler.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Es wird ja gerade so dargestellt, als ob radikale Strukturreformen, aka Sozialabbau, Schwächung von Arbeitnehmerrechten und Gewerkschaften und staatliche Kürzungspolitik absolut unvermeidbar und sozusagen die letzte Patrone gegen die AfD wären.
Das ist leider totaler Unsinn! Ein kleiner 🧵/1
leere Fläche
Gestern hat Israel bei einem Angriff auf ein Krankenhaus in #Gaza 20 Menschen getötet, darunter 5 Journalisten. Das hier ist die komplette Berichterstattung darüber in den heutigen Print-Ausgaben von „Welt“ und „Bild“:
New paper out!
Together with colleagues from DGB, Franziska Korn and I analyse in it the EU and Germany's new International Partnership policy.
Short thread with main messages below.
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These recommendations matter today: The new "Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships" of the EU Commission provide a promising opportunity for reform.
The new German government should use this opportunity & the EU budget negotiations this summer to advance & improve the partnership agenda.
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3. To more convincingly implement the partnership approach requires
a) more funding,
b) greater willingness to integrate industrial policy into trade relations,
c) protecting environmental and human rights in ways that limit costs and economic risks for partners.
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2. Progressive partners welcome the new approach, but care mainly about their own dev strategies & have no tolerance for empty promises.
In this age of geoeconomic competition and EU dependencies in key supply chains, we cannot afford to make lofty promises without following through.
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Our main messages:
1. Partnership instruments remain legally weak, fragmented & underfunded. More powerful trade and investment agreements can contradict the new instruments and themselves lack partnership elements.
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We disentangle the different existing political instruments, collect and report perspectives from key progressive partners across three world regions, and develop recommendations to improve partnership policy especially in the green sector.
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New paper out!
Together with colleagues from DGB, Franziska Korn and I analyse in it the EU and Germany's new International Partnership policy.
Short thread with main messages below.
1/x
💕 Deutschland und die #EU werben 🌍 um Handelspartner für die Versorgung mit u.a. kritischen Rohstoffen & nachhaltiger Energie. Doch ist der neue Ansatz für #Partnerschaftsabkommen auch attraktiv für Partnerländer? Unsere neue Studie mit dem #DGB gibt Antworten: 1/4
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Reminder: Le Pen's trial is not a witch hunt, corrupt politicians are regularly condemned to ineligibility for public office in France, from all political parties. There are 103 pages on Wikipedia covering only the most significant ones: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%C3%....
Because it fears a change of the EU fiscal rules, the Commission is resorting to a very far-reaching interpretation of the rules to make room for much more defense spending. This is a shortsighted mistake because it risks accidentally killing the rules altogether at the worst moment.
Here is why:
Good outcome at the #EuCo on EU fiscal rules: National escape clause is branded as „immediate measure“ but the Commission is asked to explore further options (read: opening the rules). The insight seems to have kicked in that a prolonged use of the escape clause is probably not a good idea.
Advice from Canada
Rather quick movement in German coalition scoping talks - likely on the question of a new special fund for defence as news from the US becomes more radical by the day:
Reminder that the Census determines how federal dollars, and House seats, are allocated. This is, yet another, five alarm fire.
If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.
BREAKING: Foreign-born leader comes to Oval Office, dressed down in a disrespectful manner, having already received billions from America, asking for American taxpayers to keep paying him more billions, subsidizing him for years to come:
The ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu was issued amongst others for the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare. Last time the Netanyahu government disputed the amount of aid it allowed into Gaza. That does not seem to be the case now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
#NoOtherLand
The Soviet Union also used to falsify statistics
Modelled on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), it would be free of the baggage of procedures and constraints that hamper existing institutions. All EU countries plus the UK and Norway would be invited to be shareholders. It would lend money for the purchase of military hardware, focusing first on ammunition, and for the financing of the investments required by the defence industry to increase production capacity. It would be financed by the capital subscribed by the member countries (say €100bn) of which only 10 per cent would be called and paid in upfront. It would then be able to borrow the balance in the capital markets with a triple A rating, giving it €100bn lending power without significantly affecting the member countries’ own borrowing capacity. Furthermore, it could be a catalyst for improving military procurement practices, which are currently plagued by parochial attitudes.
So funktioniert die Wiederaufrüstungsbank:
An EU-Strukturen vorbei ohne Ungarn und Slowakei, aber mit UK und Norwegen... "Koalition der Willigen" zahlt zunächst 10% Eigenkapital ein, mit dem die Bank AAA-Anleihen begibt, dann verteilt und koordiniert sie die Mittelflüsse...
Der nach seiner Weltpremiere auf der Berlinale 2024 als vermeintlich antisemitisch gebrandmarkte Film "No Other Land" gewinnt einen Oscar für den besten Dokumentarfilm. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/m...
There's no way "over half of Gen Z want a dictator" - our new study gets more like 6%
This is vital to get right - we're sowing generational division, giving fake momentum to the sense that young people are rejecting democracy + missing the real message
theconversation.com/only-6-of-ge...
Alle sprechen über die #Schuldenbremse. Klar ist - es braucht langfristig eine kluge Reform, um die Handlungsfähigkeit der Bundesrepublik sicherzustellen. Das @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social hat dazu einen Reformvorschlag für Bund und Länder geliefert. 🧵 (1/5)