https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1633871522342531072Maybe the Treasury and the rest of the UK government will only realise that an inability to do the basics of transport infrastructure is a bit of a problem for Britain after the East Europeans have finished their high speed rail systems
https://twitter.com/Alidogalli/status/1633603598868180996You can guess what Hudapar will ask for in return for its support if Erdogan wins
https://twitter.com/Ian_Willoughby/status/1615620704581328897
https://twitter.com/Lindadalew/status/1615179176323219457The EU has a lot of structural challenges of its own to tackle. But too often analysis of Europe defaults to banal cultural pessimism that overplays EU weaknesses and underestimates structural dysfunctions other societies face that hasn't moved on from Spengler's ramblings
https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1614949295987527680Some pensioners might go back home to get valid ID. Others will shrug and not go back to the polling station. Other people have limited time windows to vote because they need to go to work. Especially if they work as tradesmen, manufacturing or retail
https://twitter.com/DrRadchenko/status/1614516129447157761The war in Algeria was deemed existential by a succession of French governments until the events of May 1958 forced a realisation that pursuing the war might collapse the stability of the state and lead to something close to civil conflict
https://twitter.com/JeremyCliffe/status/1601904646078996481There is a deep streak of Gaullism embedded in the DNA of European integration that many in the US and UK feel deeply uncomfortable with and tend to gloss over. Interesting thing is how CEE, Ukraine, Italy want to harness and redirect "Gaullist" impulses rather than reject them
https://twitter.com/DavidHenigUK/status/1600780605905854465Never could get certain audiences to take Polish or Romanian birthrate and inward migration powerpoint slides seriously
https://twitter.com/stefanobottoni1/status/1600243815587143685Even if Orban were to fall tomorrow, keeping the Hungarian economy from completely cratering because of his legacy of mismanagement, corruption and incompetence will be a huge mess to deal with for the EU Commission.
https://twitter.com/ArtyomLukin/status/1598641308217679873Moscow's definition of due respect was Ukraine not aligning with the EU system, not developing a strong army and subordinating itself to every Moscow-led geopolitical structure. Demands for due respect enforced by military threats are part of the usual components of imperialism