
The Dutch DigiD Veto: When 'Strategic Autonomy' Stops Being a Slogan
An American ambassador objects, a Dutch minister calls Europe naïve, and the EU's new investment screening machinery faces its first real stress test.
Sophie Marchand ·
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2024(2 years ago)
A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured.
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2005(21 years ago)
The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
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Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in the 2000 Mexican general election.
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1997(29 years ago)
The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
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An American ambassador objects, a Dutch minister calls Europe naïve, and the EU's new investment screening machinery faces its first real stress test.
Sophie Marchand ·

The Hague reversed itself on the Migration Pact. The mechanics of that reversal tell you more about EU enforcement than any Commission press conference.
Sophie Marchand ·

The high-risk classification regime is leaving the page and entering the procurement contract. Gulf vendors are reading the fine print, finally.
Sophie Marchand ·

Markets shrugged upward today. They should have read the Commission's latest designation decisions instead.
Sophie Marchand ·

The Dutch decision to ban imports from the Occupied Territories tests whether Member State practice can do what the Council has refused to do.
Sophie Marchand ·

A national measure on goods from the Occupied Territories looks like foreign policy. Read closely, it is a stress test of EU customs competence.
Sophie Marchand ·

Von der Leyen courts Sheinbaum while the Strait of Hormuz crisis exposes the limits of Europe's diversification doctrine.
Sophie Marchand ·

A Dutch city asking for its own engineering school in 2026 is not a local story. It is a verdict on the EU's industrial strategy.
Sophie Marchand ·

The provisional deal removing duties on American goods buys peace with Washington. It also rewrites the terms of trade for European manufacturers — quietly.
Sophie Marchand ·

Trump says he paused an Iran strike at the request of three Gulf capitals. Brussels should be taking notes — and asking why its own phone never rings.
Sophie Marchand ·

If Vox extracts a regional preference doctrine in exchange for governing support, Brussels will have a single-market problem on its hands.
Sophie Marchand ·

A transport minister flying to Japan to talk green hydrogen is not a photo-op. It is a confession about where EU industrial policy actually stands.
Sophie Marchand ·

Tandis que Netanyahou met en avant les relations avec les Émirats, la direction émiratie préfère garder une certaine réserve concernant les liens bilatéraux.
Yusuf Al-Saadi ·