Paul Adamson (@padamson.bsky.social)

Musk, Starlink and Zelensky as seen by @schrankartoons.bsky.social in the Encompass cartoon gallery (encompass-europe.com/cartoons).

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As former European Commission Secretary General Catherine Day delivers her much anticipated report on reform of the services, a reminder of my podcast chat with her: The Case for Reforming the European Commission's Civil Service | Encompass Podcasts encompass-europe.com/podcasts/the...

encompass-europe.comThe Case for Reforming the European Commission's Civil Service | Encompass PodcastsThe Case for Reforming the European Commission's Civil Service

Paul Adamson

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Will Trump contest the mid-terms elections in the U.S. next week? Here is a clip from my conversation with @brucestokes.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social (Full conversation here: encompass-europe.com/podcasts)

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GMF's @brucestokes.bsky.social joined @padamson.bsky.social to discuss what the upcoming US midterm elections mean for the future of American politics, post-Trump governance, and transatlantic relations 👇

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIom... @brucestokes.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social

youtube.comThe Paul Adamson Conversation - Bruce StokesYouTube video by Encompass Europe

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Paul Adamson

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encompass-europe.com/comment/afte...

encompass-europe.comAfter everyone goes onlineEurope is already almost entirely connected to the internet. The latest completed annual Eurostat data, covering 2025, show that 93.8% of people aged 16 to 74 in the European Union had used…

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The great @schrankartoons.bsky.social in the Encompass cartoon gallery (encompass-europe.com/cartoons)...

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encompass-europe.com/comment/can-... @lscazzieri.bsky.social @ditrych.bsky.social @euiss.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comCan Europe and Ukraine deepen their defence industrial partnership?The strategic case for closer EU-Ukraine defence industrial cooperation is very strong. In its struggle with Russia, Ukraine has developed unique technologies and know, and extensive…

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Paul Adamson

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encompass-europe.com/comment/brit... @peterkellner.bsky.social

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encompass-europe.com/comment/brit... @peterkellner.bsky.social

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encompass-europe.com/comment/euro...

encompass-europe.comEurope needs housing finance that builds real valueEurope’s housing problem is not only that homes have become less affordable. It is also that a very large share of household wealth is tied to an asset whose supply often adjusts slowly…

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Paul Adamson

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIom... @brucestokes.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social

youtube.comThe Paul Adamson Conversation - Bruce StokesYouTube video by Encompass Europe

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Paul Adamson

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encompass-europe.com/comment/when... @peterbeckett.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comWhen AI meets weaponized incompetenceCould AI agents overwhelm the bureaucracies that make exercising our rights so difficult? I’ve been doing a fair few access to documents requests over the last few months,…

Paul Adamson

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encompass-europe.com/comment/can-... @lscazzieri.bsky.social @ditrych.bsky.social @euiss.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comCan Europe and Ukraine deepen their defence industrial partnership?The strategic case for closer EU-Ukraine defence industrial cooperation is very strong. In its struggle with Russia, Ukraine has developed unique technologies and know, and extensive…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

1w

encompass-europe.com/comment/when... @peterbeckett.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comWhen AI meets weaponized incompetenceCould AI agents overwhelm the bureaucracies that make exercising our rights so difficult? I’ve been doing a fair few access to documents requests over the last few months,…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

1w

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIom... @brucestokes.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social

youtube.comThe Paul Adamson Conversation - Bruce StokesYouTube video by Encompass Europe

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

1w

encompass-europe.com/comment/euro...

encompass-europe.comEurope needs housing finance that builds real valueEurope’s housing problem is not only that homes have become less affordable. It is also that a very large share of household wealth is tied to an asset whose supply often adjusts slowly…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

1w

encompass-europe.com/comment/afte...

encompass-europe.comAfter everyone goes onlineEurope is already almost entirely connected to the internet. The latest completed annual Eurostat data, covering 2025, show that 93.8% of people aged 16 to 74 in the European Union had used…

Paul Adamson

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1w

The great @schrankartoons.bsky.social in the Encompass cartoon gallery (encompass-europe.com/cartoons)...

Paul Adamson

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2w

encompass-europe.com/comment/the-...

encompass-europe.comThe best defence is a good offence: Europe’s telecoms advantage in an age of economic dependenceEconomic dependence has become a fixture of Brusses speak. It is an obsession born of repeated shocks. The pandemic exposed Europe’s reliance on foreign masks and Russia’s…

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Part of my recent wide-ranging conversation with @president.europarl.europa.eu. Full conversation here: encompass-europe.com/podcasts

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Paul Adamson

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2w

encompass-europe.com/comment/ai-c...

encompass-europe.comAI can still be a headwind for the EU economyIn 2024, former ECB President Mario Draghi published his landmark report for the European Commission, The future of European competitiveness. Draghi argued that the productivity gap with the…

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encompass-europe.com/comment/brit... by Nick Westcott @soasuni.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comBritain needs more diplomacy, not lessThe UN General Assembly high level week has been a good opportunity to take stock of Britain’s place in the world. It is worrying. The British media focussed overwhelmingly on…

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Paul Adamson

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Canada as an ‘associate member’ of the EU? A big idea in search of a definition encompass-europe.com/comment/cana... @ceps.eu

encompass-europe.comCanada as an ‘associate member’ of the EU? A big idea in search of a definitionIn her State of the Union address, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made one of the most significant statements of the speech in just one sentence. Having set out an ambitious agenda…

Paul Adamson

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2w

Part of my recent wide-ranging conversation with @president.europarl.europa.eu. Full conversation here: encompass-europe.com/podcasts

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

2w

encompass-europe.com/comment/ai-c...

encompass-europe.comAI can still be a headwind for the EU economyIn 2024, former ECB President Mario Draghi published his landmark report for the European Commission, The future of European competitiveness. Draghi argued that the productivity gap with the…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

2w

encompass-europe.com/comment/brit... by Nick Westcott @soasuni.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comBritain needs more diplomacy, not lessThe UN General Assembly high level week has been a good opportunity to take stock of Britain’s place in the world. It is worrying. The British media focussed overwhelmingly on…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

3w

Canada as an ‘associate member’ of the EU? A big idea in search of a definition encompass-europe.com/comment/cana... @ceps.eu

encompass-europe.comCanada as an ‘associate member’ of the EU? A big idea in search of a definitionIn her State of the Union address, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made one of the most significant statements of the speech in just one sentence. Having set out an ambitious agenda…

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Paul Adamson

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3w

encompass-europe.com/comment/how-...

encompass-europe.comHow Europe can close its annual €120 billion investment gapWalk into any Brussels policy debate this autumn and you will hear the same refrain: Europe is losing the investment race. Mario Draghi said as much two years ago, and the message has only…

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Paul Adamson

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3w

encompass-europe.com/comment/stop... by Janek Vahk @zerowasteeurope.eu

encompass-europe.comStop fighting the carbon price. Make it work for the circular economyFor years, environmental organisations have called for a carbon price on waste incineration. Now that the EU is finally moving in that direction, the priority should be to help make the…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

3w

encompass-europe.com/comment/stop... by Janek Vahk @zerowasteeurope.eu

encompass-europe.comStop fighting the carbon price. Make it work for the circular economyFor years, environmental organisations have called for a carbon price on waste incineration. Now that the EU is finally moving in that direction, the priority should be to help make the…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

3w

encompass-europe.com/comment/how-...

encompass-europe.comHow Europe can close its annual €120 billion investment gapWalk into any Brussels policy debate this autumn and you will hear the same refrain: Europe is losing the investment race. Mario Draghi said as much two years ago, and the message has only…

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Paul Adamson

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3w

Increasing the European Parliament's influence | Encompass Podcasts encompass-europe.com/podcasts/inc... @president.europarl.europa.eu

encompass-europe.comIncreasing the European Parliament's influence | Encompass Podcasts

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

3w

Increasing the European Parliament's influence | Encompass Podcasts encompass-europe.com/podcasts/inc... @president.europarl.europa.eu

encompass-europe.comIncreasing the European Parliament's influence | Encompass Podcasts

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Merz and the AfD as seen by the great @schrankartoons.bsky.social in the Encompass cartoon gallery...(encompass-europe.com/cartoons)

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Paul Adamson

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encompass-europe.com/comment/drea... by Nick Boles.

encompass-europe.comDreaming of Europe's future“Nothing but dreams! What is he smoking? When will the British ever learn?” When I wrote my recent paper arguing for a new deal between the UK, Ukraine and Europe and the…

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Paul Adamson

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In my first video podcast I chat with Henry Foy, Brussels bureau chief of @financialtimes.com about the extent of and limits to the authority and influence of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu. Here is a short clip. The full conversation can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=glOP....

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

4w

encompass-europe.com/comment/drea... by Nick Boles.

encompass-europe.comDreaming of Europe's future“Nothing but dreams! What is he smoking? When will the British ever learn?” When I wrote my recent paper arguing for a new deal between the UK, Ukraine and Europe and the…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

4w

In my first video podcast I chat with Henry Foy, Brussels bureau chief of @financialtimes.com about the extent of and limits to the authority and influence of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu. Here is a short clip. The full conversation can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=glOP....

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Paul Adamson

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21 Sept

youtu.be/glOPV-g0j9I?... with guest @henryjfoy.ft.com, Brussels bureau chief of @financialtimes.com

youtu.beThe Paul Adamson Conversation - Episode 1 - Henry FoyYouTube video by Encompass Europe

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Paul Adamson

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22 Sept

We need to talk about Ursula von der Leyen… encompass-europe.com/comment/we-n... @pellechristy.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comWe need to talk about Ursula von der Leyen…From going rogue on offers of a new and undefined “associate EU-membership” without seemingly consulting anyone, or even defining what it is; over trade negotiations without…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

4w

Merz and the AfD as seen by the great @schrankartoons.bsky.social in the Encompass cartoon gallery...(encompass-europe.com/cartoons)

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

22 Sept

We need to talk about Ursula von der Leyen… encompass-europe.com/comment/we-n... @pellechristy.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comWe need to talk about Ursula von der Leyen…From going rogue on offers of a new and undefined “associate EU-membership” without seemingly consulting anyone, or even defining what it is; over trade negotiations without…

Paul Adamson

@padamson.bsky.social

21 Sept

youtu.be/glOPV-g0j9I?... with guest @henryjfoy.ft.com, Brussels bureau chief of @financialtimes.com

youtu.beThe Paul Adamson Conversation - Episode 1 - Henry FoyYouTube video by Encompass Europe

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Paul Adamson

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18 Sept

encompass-europe.com/comment/brex...

encompass-europe.comBrexit and universities: how EU student mobility has changedBrexit changed the conditions under which EU students access at UK universities. The shift became particularly visible in the 2021/22 academic year, when tuition fee and funding rules, as…

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Paul Adamson

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18 Sept

encompass-europe.com/comment/how-... @rgwhitman.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comHow to create a European Security CouncilIdeas in European security can have a long shelf life. The European Security Council is a good example. The idea has been knocking around since the end of the cold war. German and French…

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Richard G. Whitman

@rgwhitman.bsky.social

18 Sept

Thanks to @padamson.bsky.social for the chance to offer my view on how to deliver on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu proposal for the move to create a European Security Council.

Paul Adamson @padamson.bsky.social

encompass-europe.com/comment/how-... @rgwhitman.bsky.social

encompass-europe.comHow to create a European Security CouncilIdeas in European security can have a long shelf life. The European Security Council is a good example. The idea has been knocking around since the end of the cold war. German and French…