Alice Stollmeyer

Proud to represent @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social at today’s EU Commission high-level event on democracy. It’s the last event before taking a mini sabbatical & going offline. Have a great summer; see you on the other side. From 1 September I’m available for coffees & new opportunities 😊

Very useful insights here. The bit about how everyone thinks they’re the comms expert hero is painfully familiar. I’d say all this is also in tension with investing resources in our own digital infrastructure, where we wouldn’t need to do all this. Unfortunately, an overlooked long-term strategy.

"Good candidates, campaigns, movements can still win" from the far-right. And unless they want our democracies to become autocracies, the centre-right should finally learn an old lesson: You cannot out-stink a skunk. By trying to, you're actually helping move the Overton window to the far-right.

After Hungary and Poland, Serbia becomes the third Central/Eastern European country in few years where massive youth mobilization has contributed to the electoral defeat of the ruling autocratic party.

The same US president who treats our friend Canada as an enemy is trying to give Alaska to Russia, a country whose absolutely overt foreign policy is to destroy us. This superpower suicide has to be stopped. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

In defiance of Trump’s sanctions, the Hague-based International Criminal Court wins EU’s top human rights prize. "The ICC must be free to pursue its mission, independently, and without pressure or intimidation." #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU euobserver.com/244343/inter...

President of European Council: "Russia’s hybrid campaigns —including acts of sabotage and repeated violations of European airspace and territorial waters— remind us that THE SECURITY OF UKRAINE AND THE SECURITY OF EUROPE ARE INSEPARABLE." #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺🇺🇦 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

“The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” - quote commonly attributed to Lenin

EU’s digital sovereignty push runs up against budget cuts. “Policymakers have doubled down on funding digital infrastructure. But Europe has yet to earmark similar public support for the democratic accountability layer necessary to hold such technology to account.” techpolicy.press/eus-digital-...

Woest word ik van deze onverschillige, waardeloze roofdieren. Hun harteloze, op geld gerichte machtshonger over de rug van Oekraïense burgers is ver buiten schaamteloos. Er is niks dat ons ervan weerhoudt om los van hen te komen, behalve politiek leiderschap. Een draadje 🧵 1/7

No technological independence allowed, apparently: "European companies face “devastating” retaliation from Washington if Brussels presses ahead with plans to restrict American rivals such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX from parts of the European market, the US ambassador to the EU has warned."

Het verschil tussen rechtstatelijke partijen en de rest! 😞

Why do sanctions matter? For example: to prevent Russia from developing new technologies to first kill Ukrainians and second give them the ability to better fight the rest of the west www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...

Important to remember in these dark times: there are still good Americans out there.

While Trump obeys his master Putin, New York City strongly stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraïni #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

Trump is trying to "end the war"... by helping Russia win.

2027: election year during which several EU radical right parties are expected to do well. However, it is clearer by the day how their strategy on key issues, such as NATO and Ukraine, now diverge. Here is Meloni's statement to the Senate today. Gone are the day of 'building bridges' with Trump...

Spotted at European Parliament this morning: "Wars, poverty, climate crisis: Burning gas steals our future." Cool action by @greenpeace.eu climbers ! www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

Ik werd door een TV programma benaderd om in de studio commentaar te geven, in het bijzonder over een statelijke actor en een eventuele link met een bijeenkomst vandaag. Dat leek me vergezocht; we spraken af dat we niet gaan speculeren en dat ik een andere keer kom praten over hybride oorlog.

When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it

Germany and the other Northern austerity frugals say the EU budget is "bloated". Here's how that "bloated" 🇪🇺budget compares: Federations: 🇪🇺: 1% of GDP 🇩🇪: 12% 🇺🇸: 24% Unitary states: 🇳🇱: 46% 🇫🇷: 57%

Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO Allies. Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war.

The larger public in Europe may miss this. But every diplomat and international relations expert and pundit here sees this and will remember for a generation: after the US promised to protect Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, it is now openly supporting Russia. The great American betrayal.

Beste wapen tegen digitale oorlog: sociale cohesie. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 fd.nl/opinie/16146...

In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law – national and international – underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently. Peace requires justice.

An honour to share my expertise on the EU's preparedness and resilience against hybrid warfare with a group of future crisis managers. They were visiting Brussels for the 'Master of Crisis and Public order Management', on the importance of European collaboration and solidarity in times of crisis.

Dankzij dit mini-college over Rusland's hybride oorlog door @huibmodderkolk.bsky.social snapt mijn familie eindelijk waar ik al 12,5 jaar voor waarschuw en aan werk. 📺 19:55-35:00 cc @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social eva.avrotros.nl/artikel/de-t...

Of course when Russia said Ukraine had bioweapons labs what they really meant was that they did. There's a lot we don't know about the current situation. Russia should be bringing in experts from the WHO to clarify and advise. Will they? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” - quote commonly attributed to Lenin

the appropriate way to convey this is that trump, musk, huang, amodei, zuck, altman, bezos & pichai agree to maintain a system of impunity for AI harms.

Auch österreichische Gerichts-Sachverständige gehören zu den Kunden. Wir werden vermutlich nie erfahren, in welchen Gerichtsverfahren die Software eingesetzt wurde. Einer der SVs dürfte ein besonderes Pech bei IT-Security haben. Er veröffentlichte Kontoauszüge und ließ sie von Google indexieren.

The writing has been on the wall for more than a decade. We must acknowledge that Russia is waging a hybrid war against democracies, especially in Europe* Hybrid threats and attacks are real and know no border. The frontline is everywhere. And everyone is on it. #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

Oligarch solidarity www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.

European Parliament demands firmer EU response to hybrid threats. 'EU must move from a reactive to a proactive strategy.' 'Cooperation with NATO needed to strengthen European preparedness, resilience and deterrence.' #DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Netherlands' annual State of the Union coincides with International Democracy Day. King Willem Alexander urges all of us to protect and maintain democracy, as: "Democracy is a state of mind, which needs to be alive in all of us."

Joseph Stiglitz’s pillars for a progressive AI agenda for the economy: First one is competition policy. Second one is regulation & accountability. The most important (third) one: using the increased productivity to create a better society — to get what we value. 💪 www.ft.com/content/49c0...

The fact that AI is sending unintendedly pregnant women to anti-abortion clubs is a direct danger to women in Europe. And it happens to play right into the agenda of Trump and his tech oligarchs. Together with @maritmaij.bsky.social and 74 other colleagues, I am submitting written questions today.

‘Even today [in the Trump & Putin era], Europeans are “children of an age of comfort”.. who scarcely realise that humanity is not a passive state but a conscious act.’ * To use the words of Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince by @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social euobserver.com/235975/why-i...

20,000 mail accounts. 20,000 blogs. 5,000 mailing lists. 1,500 websites. In Europe. Run by volunteers, perfectly legal, and decidedly antifascist, feminist, queer. Destroyed and shut down by Trump's administration, extra legally. It is astonishingly quiet. ⁨#Autistici⁩