Thu Nguyen

Thu Nguyen

@onethuthree.bsky.social

Acting Co-Director, Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School | all things EU institutional | previously Assistant Prof of EU con law | podcast: EU to go - Der Podcast für Europapolitik

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Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

Driven by fear of the far right, the EU is losing its compass, whether on migration, climate or Gaza. By undermining its own principles, Europe weakens its global position and risks losing not just dignity but political agency. With @jannikjansen.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comIf Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik JansenEuropean leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre

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Jacques Delors Centre
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The event was closed by our Acting Co-Director, Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social, who noted that the JDC's work focuses on how Europe can become more competitive and deepen the single market. The 28th regime, she highlighted, is “a very central piece to that puzzle”.

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Luise Quaritsch
@luisequaritsch.eurosky.social

⬇️ New policy brief out now: Despite an extensive digital rulebook and billions in fines, US Big Tech’s dominance and problematic practices in the EU persist. I argue that digital sovereignty requires stronger regulatory action. 1/ www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...

delorscentre.euBeyond Dependency – Enforcing EU Rules Against US Big TechThis policy paper takes stock of US Big Tech’s dominant position and lays out why this dependency is a risk for European security and democracy.

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Jacques Delors Centre
@delorsberlin.bsky.social

📈 What if scaling a business across Europe were as simple as scaling it within one country? At our Research Meets Politics event in Paris, organised together with the German Embassy in France as part of the #PariserPlatzDialogue, we discussed the proposed #28thRegime for companies and EU Inc.

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Jacques Delors Centre
@delorsberlin.bsky.social

How can we give a push to competitiveness and make full use of the single market? Yesterday in Paris, we discussed the promises and pitfalls of the 28th regime for companies with Christophe Bories, Joachim Herrmann, Paul Oudin, and Anne Sanders.

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Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

Finally read the new AfD strategy paper on Europe. It casts 2029 as a “historic window” to reorient the EU’s foundations through Treaty change, with a right-wing majority in the EP and a German government with AfD participation both within reach. Thread on some notable points:

Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

Finally read the new AfD strategy paper on Europe. It casts 2029 as a “historic window” to reorient the EU’s foundations through Treaty change, with a right-wing majority in the EP and a German government with AfD participation both within reach. Thread on some notable points:

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7/ On timeline once the AfD is in government: reforms possible under existing Treaty framework within 2-3 years, Treaty change and ratification within 5-7 years. German veto on own resources decision as leverage to enforce reform, opt-outs in the meantime

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8/ The paper sets out a vision - and strategy - for an overhaul of the EU that would change it at its core. But unlike the 2025 programme, it does not mention replacing the EU or exiting the euro. This fits a shift many far-right parties have undergone: reshaping the EU from within to their liking

Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

Finally read the new AfD strategy paper on Europe. It casts 2029 as a “historic window” to reorient the EU’s foundations through Treaty change, with a right-wing majority in the EP and a German government with AfD participation both within reach. Thread on some notable points:

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5/ On primacy of EU law: National constitutions take precedence over EU secondary law, except in core tasks like internal market to ensure proper functioning. ECJ to become intergovernmental dispute settlement body, with no say on national competences or constitutional questions

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6/ On budget: “end of Germany’s paymaster role”. Capping and reduction of EU budget, abolition of VAT and plastics own resources. DE contribution drastically reduced, conditional on added value. No funding for values or democracy education programmes. Veto on ORD if no reform of EU financing system

Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

Finally read the new AfD strategy paper on Europe. It casts 2029 as a “historic window” to reorient the EU’s foundations through Treaty change, with a right-wing majority in the EP and a German government with AfD participation both within reach. Thread on some notable points:

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@onethuthree.bsky.social

3/ On opt-outs: use of opt-outs in other areas (migration, tax and social policy, defence, financial redistribution) as transitional “corrective” until competences have been returned to national level. Opt-outs to be coordinated with like-minded member states and later enshrined in Treaties

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4/ On institutions: No direct election of EP, but return to delegates from national parliaments. Commission reduced to “coordinating, executive” role, with European Council as central decision-maker. National right to veto in cases of subsidiarity breach

Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

Finally read the new AfD strategy paper on Europe. It casts 2029 as a “historic window” to reorient the EU’s foundations through Treaty change, with a right-wing majority in the EP and a German government with AfD participation both within reach. Thread on some notable points:

Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

1/ Goal is extensive slimming-down of EU along vision of Europe as confederation of sovereign nations and with preservation of cultural identity of European peoples as highest European task. If substantive changes cannot be achieved, a referendum is to be held on Germany’s future path in EU policy

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2/ On competences: EU cooperation to be limited to areas with added value (internal market, external border protection, industrial cooperation on armaments, research, “preservation of Christian-Occidental heritage”). Deregulation as core demand: moratorium on new EU rules, end of Green Deal

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Tarik Abou-Chadi
@tabouchadi.bsky.social

For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November

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Philipp Jäger
@ph-jaeg.bsky.social

Rejecting the IAA because of opt-in/opt-out would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Trade relations are, obviously, important. But the IAA can be implemented in a way that it doesn't harm them. And the threat of exclusion to EU market can even open some export markets for the EU.

Anna Hubert@annahbrt.bsky.social

💣 EPP heavyweights drop a bombshell by demanding the cancellation of the IAA, which introduces European preference in subsidies and public procurement for specific sectors.

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Jacques Delors Centre
@delorsberlin.bsky.social

#PariserPlatzDialogue is heading to Paris! In cooperation with the German Embassy in Paris, we invite you to the next Research Meets Politics event: What should a 28th regime for businesses look like? Which priorities and decisions are needed to ensure real added value for companies across Europe?

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Jacques Delors Centre
@delorsberlin.bsky.social

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Opened by our Acting Co-Director @onethuthree.bsky.social and moderated by climate and energy policy strategist Jesse Scott, the debate highlighted the importance of stable policy frameworks, enabling infrastructure, and the conditions needed to turn climate targets into real-world investments.

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Robert Pausch
@bertpsch.bsky.social

„Mit solchen Worten schadet man der Erinnerungskultur mehr als der Linken. Man kann schließlich nicht auf der einen Seite die Singularität des Holocausts betonen und auf der anderen Seite Auschwitz als tagespolitisches Kleingeld benutzen, wenn man nur Elif Eralp bekämpfen will“

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Catherine E. de Vries
@catherinedevries.bsky.social

Europe is heading into a super election year in 2027. Those elections will take place against a precarious security backdrop: war in Ukraine and Iran, a retreating US & Europeans increasingly worried about their own security. So shouldn’t this benefit the political centre? Not so fast. 🧵

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Nicolai von Ondarza
@nvondarza.bsky.social

The vote today in the EP on Ceuta was another case of the EPP voting together with the far-right (via @howtheyvote.eu). It was also a vote the EPP claimed showing a divide 'between those for stand for a strong Union' with EPP and far-right groups together on one side.

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Luise Quaritsch
@luisequaritsch.eurosky.social

State of the Union address 2026: Democracy and tech regulation highlights⬇️ In the section on democracy, von der Leyen starts by saying European democracy is being threatened by disinformation and foreign interference "seeking to divide us". 1/

Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

Back from summer and very much looking forward to this conversation with Eurogroup President Pierrakakis. Join us next week in Berlin!

Jacques Delors Centre@delorsberlin.bsky.social

📈 What will it take to put Europe back on a stronger growth path? Join us as we welcome Kyriakos Pierrakakis, President of the Eurogroup & Greece's Minister of Economy and Finance, for a conversation on the outlook for the euro area. Moderated by @onethuthree.bsky.social and followed by a Q&A.

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Nils Redeker
@nilsredeker.bsky.social

So, in the first half of 2026, German exports: 🇺🇸 to the US: −6.1% 🇨🇳 to China: −12.2% 🇪🇺 to the rest of the EU: +7.5% Since Germany is looking for a new growth model, there might be a clue somewhere in here.

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Nils Redeker
@nilsredeker.bsky.social

Gestern hat Friedrich Merz gemeinsam mit anderem Staats- und Regierungschef gefordert, der Vorschlag zum nächsten EU-Haushalt müsse um „mehrere Hundert Milliarden“ gekürzt werden. Durch die deutsche Debatte geistern dabei wieder ein paar Mondzahlen. Daher nochmal der Versuch einer Einordnung.

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Nils Redeker
@nilsredeker.bsky.social

Often overlooked in the EU budget debate: In 2021-27, EU funding through the budget and NGEU amounted to 1.53% of GNI. Even under the Commission proposal - bound to be cut - real spending power would fall to 1.15%. Europe is heading for a sharp drop in EU money for investment and stabilisation.

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Steffen Lüdke
@stluedke.bsky.social

Die Drohungen mit dem Ausschluss aus dem Schengenraum sind ein gefährlicher Präzedenzfall. Statt ihr gesamtes Gewicht in die Waagschale zu werfen, zerstritt sich die EU. Die Migrationspanik ist ein Geschenk an jeden, der Europa erpressen will. www.spiegel.de/ausland/ceut...

spiegel.de(S+) Meinung: Ceuta: Diesen Mangel an Solidarität werden die Spanier nicht vergessen - KommentarStatt wegen des Flüchtlingsdramas in Ceuta den Druck auf Marokko zu erhöhen, fielen viele EU-Partner über Madrid her. Die Migrationspanik ist ein Geschenk an jeden, der Europa erpressen will.
Thu Nguyen
@onethuthree.bsky.social

Over a year into the Merz government, the contours of Berlin’s new approach to EU policy is taking shape. As much as Merz insists on strong Europe with Germany at its centre, his skepticism toward EU as it exists is just as pronounced. My latest for @ipq.bsky.social: ip-quarterly.com/en/leading-e...

ip-quarterly.comLeading Europe, AloneChancellor Friedrich Merz wants to take on a greater leadership role in the European Union. But his own methods are his greatest obstacle.

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Yann Wernert
@wernertyann.bsky.social

Am 7. Juli entscheidet sich Marine Le Pens politisches Schicksal. Oder doch nicht? Ich durfte dazu ein paar Gedanken für den Spiegel beisteuern. Die Kurzfassung: Le Pen und Bardella brauchen die Loyalität des jeweils anderen, um 2027 zu gewinnen. Es wird schwierig. www.spiegel.de/ausland/mari...

spiegel.de(S+) Marine Le Pen: Jetzt beginnt für Frankreichs Rechtspopulisten die schwerste PhaseJordan Bardella, Chef des Rassemblement National, löst sich Schritt für Schritt von seiner Ziehmutter Marine Le Pen. Am 7. Juli entscheidet ein Gericht, wer von beiden ins Rennen um den Élysée geht.