Thank you. Also really ugly site.

In Italian (where the letter “w” doesn’t exist) it could work: vuvu 😆

We simply don’t know that. I can’t find a website yet, so it is too early to make statements about their use of ActivityPub.

Cristina Caffarra (two “r”'s) is someone to explore though. See my Lemmy post about her.

In the Netherlands, where Kaag is either much admired and quite untouchable (by those in the center) or hated (by those on the right), it definitely is a minefield. I don’t want to express me about that (as I am not from that country). I think in this particular instance which has little to do with the Netherlands, she is throwing her reputation to grabs for a highly contentious initiative. De facto her boss is now Trump (as chairman of that initiative). So far she has not commented, which is also a bit odd.

What concerns me is that with all these letters, statements and actions (and with America 250 coming up), it is becoming very difficult to imagine that he would back down. The situation is dire.

There is unfortunately. 60 countries were invited. Two (Vietnam and Hungary) have accepted. At least two others (Canada and Italy) are considering it.

Still perplexed. It could be a career ruining move. What does this community think her political motivations might have been (I exclude economic/financial reasons, given her history)?

It is the first time that the US targets a select number of EU countries, rather than the EU as a whole. This makes it highly vulnerable to court challenges and at the WTO, unless there is a declared national security emergency because of a direct threat from those target countries (of course beyond a post on TruthSocial).

It is the first time that the US targets a select number of EU countries, rather than the EU as a whole. This makes it highly vulnerable to court challenges and at the WTO, unless there is a declared national security emergency because of a direct threat from those target countries (of course beyond a post on TruthSocial).

Thank you.

Thank you.

I mean as identity of course. Which of all these instances is brandfromEU (covered also in the media) and which is not?

Rather than sarcastic, I feel confused. Is buyfromeu the same as goeuropean, go-european, madeineuropeeu? Where should I post? What is the difference between them? It seems like the EU itself (27 opinions, therefore 27 logos, websites, etc.)

To begin with, the Reddit instance lists a website (with three names of individuals involved in its about us section) and an app, all with different logos. The mess goes on on the socials (X with handle @madeineuropeeu, Bluesky (two handles, two logos), Lemmy (three instances), europe.pub and digg. I cannot make heads or tails about them. BuyfromEU has got some media coverage, but where do I join them?

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I come to this from an Italian perspective, where the EU is very much seen as a given, not something that needs to be continually construed. This leads to a certain passivity and lack of “propositivity”, which we can all witness. Italy has become a follower on EU matters. This is also manifest in national political and media discussions on everything EU-related: there is some discussion on what the EU should do, but hardly any on what Italian leaders can and should do to make that happen.

Here more:

Breaking Down the 31 UN Agencies Impacted by U.S. Withdrawal Better World Campaign, 8 January 2026

UN’s ‘responsibility to deliver’ will not waver, after US announces withdrawal from dozens of international organizations United Nations, 8 January 2026

What the US withdrawal from UN bodies could mean for climate, trade and development United Nations, 9 January 2026

Bert Hubert took time to answer substantially to Miguel De Bruyker.

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/ft-on-european-cloud/

When it comes to privacy, Bluesky (owned by Bluesky Social, PBC or public benefit corporation) is not Signal (owned and operated by the Signal Foundation). Direct messages on Bluesky are unencrypted, and they collect quite a lot of personal data (see section 8B in their privacy policy), they use these data for marketing and “other purposes” (section 10), and share them with “third-party services” and “business partners” (section 11). Mastodon should get its act together.