Strategic autonomy isn't an ideological choice - it's a structural response to pressure.

But there's a delicate paradox: openly announcing a departure from the #US means provoking the very reaction #Europe is trying to avoid.

So the real realignment is happening in silence.

A new genre of #geopolitics: quietly rewiring an alliance without a press conference.

#StrategicAutonomy #EUPolicy #Transatlantic

https://tvpworld.com/93315982/-europe-strategic-autonomy-accelerates-as-us-reliability-fades

During the #ColdWar, #US - #USSR trade was negligible - deterrence was cleaner.

Today, superpower interdependence is measured in trillions, and that interdependence has become a weapon.

But #Europe sits in the same bottle - without its own #deterrence capacity.

The question isn't "who stings first" - it's how to get out of the bottle at all.

#Geopolitics #EUPolicy #StrategicAutonomy #ColdWar2

https://www.euractiv.com/news/stung-into-action-how-europe-can-deter-both-china-and-the-us/

WTH is "home-grown clean energy"?
https://energy.ec.europa.eu/news/joint-readout-between-commissioner-jorgensen-and-minister-bowen-2026-05-20_en

#RePowerEU #EUpolicy

Please join us for a guest lecture by Dr. Alexandra Bögner (Basel University, CH)

Dr. Bögner is researching how EU supply chain regulations and their enforcement are impacted by political pressure.

Co-presented by CIFAL Victoria, Environmental Governance Group (EGG), UNITAR & Kula

When: Tuesday, May 19, 12–1 PM,
Where: Kula Lounge, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library, UVic
Register: https://www.shorturl.at/99KAX

Admission is free!
Food & drinks provided!

@unibasel
@law
@Sustainability_Network
#SupplyChain #EUPolicy #Sustainability #UVic #AcademicMastodon

Very interesting @fosdem talk about risk misalignment for EU policy regarding digital sovereignty and free and open source software. It's a policy problem, not a technical problem!

I also really like the general bit of wisdom at the end:

"If we want to move somebody, [we must] first understand them. And this means standing where they stand, and not where you want them to stand."

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/XCQW98-why-eu-open-source-fails-locally/

#floss #foss #digitalsovereignty #eu #eupolicy #policy #freesoftware

A toy is never just a toy.

Our new EU in Practice piece looks at how EU toy safety rules protect children from hidden risks — from chemicals and small parts to unsafe online marketplace listings.

Because childhood should not have to negotiate with the marketplace.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/eu-toy-safety-rules-explained?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#ToySafety
#ChildSafety
#EuropeanUnion
#EUPolicy
#ConsumerProtection
#ProductSafety
#OnlineMarketplaces
#EUinPractice

ALASCA is proud to support OpenForum Europe's initiative towards an EU Sovereign Tech Fund in order to strenghten open-source technology and open standards.💪💯

The in the letter proposed EU Sovereign Tech Fund aims to be an initiative to secure, maintain and strengthen our open digital infrastructure here in Europe.

You can check out the whole letter here 👉 https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/EU-Sovereign-Tech-Fund-Public-Support-Letter_v5.pdf

#DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #EUPolicy #Cybersecurity #DigitalEurope

The ENISA Telecom Forum is happening live today in Nicosia! 🇨🇾

The official focus is on 5G and digital infrastructure, but there’s a big takeaway for hardware vendors: the Cyber Resilience Act (#CRA).

Even if it’s not the headline today, every router and switch entering the EU network must now comply with these mandatory security rules. Compliance is no longer a choice; it’s a market requirement.

#ENISA #CyberSecurity #CyberResilienceAct #EUPolicy #CRAevidence

Whistleblower:innen schützen = Korruption bekämpfen

Letzten Dienstag in Brüssel: Wir haben mit Expert:innen aus ganz Europa diskutiert, wie die EU-Whistleblower-Richtlinie endlich wirklich wirkt – nicht nur auf dem Papier. 🗣️💪

#Whistleblowing #AntiCorruption #EUPolicy