Dimitar Lilkov

Senior research officer @MartensCentre for Digital and Energy | Host of #BrusselsBytes pod on technology |
# Energy # Digital # LSE

✉️: [email protected]

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

🚨New policy brief is out! I took a deep dive into China`s energy mix and tried to go beyond all the 'clean energy' hype.
Energy security remains the main focus of the Communist leadership. Reliance on fossils is a conscious, long-term feature of China`s future⚡️policy.

[Martens Centre @MartensCentre]

🇨🇳Delve into #China’s #energy mix & its global implications🌍from burning more #coal than anyone else to unsettling the #LNG market.

📚 Read our new publication: Evaluating China’s Energy Outlook - by @D_Lilkov - for key insight.

👉https://t.co/GGdaggMgWj

#FocusFuture

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

Banger

[adidas UK @adidasUK]

CHOOSE SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆

@ScotlandNT @LewisCapaldi

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

humans remain undefeated

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

Amen.

[Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham]

Wow - Merz

"Legal assessments under international law will achieve relatively little in this regard, and this applies all the more if they largely remain without consequences. […] That is why now is not the moment to lecture our partners and allies"

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

<3

[Pablo Antonio @PabloAntonio]

Jobs after AGI:

- Hunting
- Gathering

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

There was probably more genuine discussions in the Soviet politburo.

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

Absolutely.

[Nicholas Vinocur ✍️ @NicholasVinocur]

The weakness of the EU's fine against X has obviously emboldened Musk to go much harder against Europe

When X tried to defy the Brazilian government, Brazil simply shut the platform down

X quietly complied and was reinstated

Weakness invites aggression

[Nicholas Vinocur ✍️ @NicholasVinocur]

The weakness of the EU's fine against X has obviously emboldened Musk to go much harder against Europe

When X tried to defy the Brazilian government, Brazil simply shut the platform down

X quietly complied and was reinstated

Weakness invites aggression

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

That's why I love Twitter

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

How about we scrape it altogether and save Europeans lots of money ??

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Postponing the start of the EU's new carbon levy for building and road transport emissions by one year to 2028 is going to cost European governments lots of money, according to a top Danish official.
https://t.co/CkwXup1Eni

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

Friendship is sending each other funny Tweets and wacko threads DMs until one of you dies.

[Luis Garicano 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @lugaricano]

AND IT IS OUT!
We have had enough reports saying Europe is stagnating. Change is not possible if we do not change the way the EU works. With Bengt Holmstrom and @competitionprof , I argue the EU should focus on prosperity and stop regulating everything.
https://t.co/iZnCssIiP7

[Sky Sports @SkySports]

Introducing Sir David Beckham! 🎖️

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

Give this man the Pulitzer!

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

One of the strategic necessities of our Union for 2030.

[LSE Blogs @LSEblogs]

Attention is all you need – why Europe should decouple from US technology.

@D_Lilkov @MartensCentre for @LSEEuroppblog.

https://t.co/ahe4JAHEUO

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

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[Gita Gopinath @GitaGopinath]

The exposure of the world to US equities is at record levels. A stock market correction would have more severe and global consequences as compared to what followed the dot-com crash. The tariff wars and lack of fiscal space compounds the problem. The underlying problem is not 'unbalanced trade' but 'unbalanced growth.' There is a need for higher growth and returns in more countries/regions of the world, not just in the US. The full piece can be read here: https://t.co/FAPKS9k7Vg

[LSE EUROPP blog @LSEEuroppblog]

The rise of AI makes it more critical than ever that Europe decouples from US technology.

✍ @D_Lilkov @MartensCentre https://t.co/1WMx8QNQl2

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

"There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles."

from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib"

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

💯🤝

[Ebba Busch @BuschEbba]

Sweden joins the global nuclear race!

Today marks the start for Sweden in the global nuclear power race.

Vattenfall's decision to take the next step to build new nuclear power is not just a choice of path for our country's future - it is the start of something bigger. Sweden now takes its place in the global nuclear power race that is currently underway.

Right now, over 60 reactors are being built around the world. 15 EU countries are interested in, or already building, new nuclear power. Sweden is a strong voice in the European Nuclear Alliance and is now also taking a position as a hub for new nuclear power in the Baltic Sea region.

This shows that the government's policy is working: we create long-term conditions for investors, put technology before ideology and safety before short-term solutions. Nuclear power strengthens Sweden in three crucial areas:

✅ Energy security - independence from authoritarian states
✅ Competitiveness - stable prices for households and businesses
✅ Defense - robust systems in an uncertain time

This is the beginning of something bigger, in many ways. The question is no longer whether we should build new nuclear power – but how quickly and how much.

[Dimitar Lilkov @D_Lilkov]

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