Philipp Eitzinger

If goals are overrated and results are overrated, we're just left with performances, then! - Yes, we are. Team Lil' Dave. Kassettenkind. 🦋🦋🦋

[Pindo 🇪🇺 @POTFES]

Okay:

- Attached bottlecap
- Schengen, expanded to Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria
- The euro joined by Croatia and Bulgaria
- Air passenger rights (older, 2004, newly updated 2025)
- Galileo satellite navigation
- EU-Canada trade deal (CETA)
- EU-Mercosur trade deal
- EU-Japan trade deal
- EU-Singapore trade deal
- EU-Vietnam trade deal
- EU-Indonesia trade deal
- End of roaming charges, extended to 2032
- Price cap on calls and texts to other EU countries
- USB-C common charger
- Geo-blocking ban for online shopping
- Streaming subscriptions that work abroad
- Payment Services Directive (PSD2), no card surcharges and open banking
- Instant payments regulation
- EU Digital Identity Wallet
- eCall automatic crash alert in new cars
- Automatic emergency braking in new cars
- EU-Alert emergency warnings on phones
- Single Digital Gateway for cross-border admin
- No more apostille stamps between member states
- WiFi4EU free public wifi
- DiscoverEU free Interrail passes for 18-year-olds
- Erasmus+ (older, 2014), budget nearly doubled
- European Universities alliances
- European Solidarity Corps
- EU Digital COVID Certificate
- Joint COVID vaccine procurement
- Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)
- EU4Health
- Europe's Beating Cancer Plan
- European Health Data Space
- NextGenerationEU joint borrowing
- SURE short-time work loans
- 15% global minimum corporate tax
- European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3), euro clearing back in the EU
- Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
- European Green Bond Standard
- Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on defence
- European Defence Fund
- European Peace Facility arms for Ukraine
- EU military training mission for Ukrainian troops
- Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP)
- Strategic Compass and the 5,000-strong rapid deployment capacity
- European Defence Industrial Strategy
- Security Action for Europe (SAFE), €150bn joint defence loans
- ReArm Europe / Readiness 2030
- First ever Commissioner for Defence and Space
- Military mobility funding
- IRIS² sovereign satellite constellation
- EU Space Programme and the EU Agency for the Space Programme
- rescEU shared firefighting fleet
- 5G security toolbox
- Foreign investment screening
- Foreign Subsidies Regulation
- International Procurement Instrument
- Anti-Coercion Instrument
- Dual-use export control regulation
- Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees
- Candidate status and accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova
- Ukraine Facility
- €90bn joint-borrowing loan to Ukraine
- Sanctions on Russia (older, 2014), big packages from 2022
- Russian banks cut from SWIFT
- Russian oil embargo and oil price cap
- Russian gas import phase-out
- Western Balkans Growth Plan
- Global Gateway
- REPowerEU
- Gas storage regulation
- Joint gas buying through AggregateEU
- Coordinated gas demand cut
- Windfall levy on fossil energy profits
- Electricity market reform
- European Climate Law, net zero by 2050
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
- Emissions Trading System reform and the Social Climate Fund
- Renewable Energy Directive, 42.5% by 2030
- European Wind Power Package
- European Hydrogen Bank
- Methane regulation
- Nature Restoration Law
- Ambient air quality directive
- Drinking water directive
- Urban wastewater directive, polluter pays
- Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)
- Conflict minerals regulation
- European Chips Act
- Net-Zero Industry Act
- Batteries Regulation with battery passport
- European Battery Alliance
- Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on batteries and hydrogen
- EuroHPC supercomputers, including JUPITER
- InvestAI and the AI gigafactories
- Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Council
- Ecodesign regulation, no destroying unsold clothes
- Right to repair
- Ban on products made with forced labour
- Ban on vague greenwashing claims
- General Product Safety Regulation
- Common Agricultural Policy (older, 1962), current version 2023 to 2027
- Unfair trading practices directive protecting farmers
- Geographical indications reform for food, wine and spirits
- EU-China agreement protecting European regional products
- Geographical indications for crafts, like Murano glass and Delft Blue
- Creative Europe (older, 2014), current programme 2021
- Culture Moves Europe grants for artists
- Music Moves Europe
- European Year of Cultural Heritage
- European Capitals of Culture (older, 1985)
- New European Bauhaus
- European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage
- Ban on importing looted cultural goods
- 30% European content on streaming platforms
- Culture Compass for Europe
- European Media Freedom Act
- Anti-SLAPP directive protecting journalists
- European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
- Rule of law conditionality on EU funds
- Annual Rule of Law Report
- Article 7 against Hungary
- Whistleblower protection directive
- European Labour Authority
- Work-life balance directive, paternity leave
- Adequate minimum wages directive
- Pay transparency directive
- Women on boards directive
- Violence against women directive
- European Child Guarantee
- European Accessibility Act
- European Disability Card
- Rail passenger rights (older, 2007), recast 2021
- Trans-European Transport Network (older), revised 2024
- Single Market Emergency Instrument
- EU Inc (proposed)
- Digital euro (in negotiation)
- Next EU budget at close to €2 trillion (proposed)
- European Competitiveness Fund (proposed)
- AgoraEU culture and media programme (proposed)
- Savings and Investments Union (proposed)
- European supervision of big stock exchanges and crypto firms (proposed)
- Scaleup Europe Fund (launching)
- Startup and Scaleup Strategy
- Digital Omnibus simplification (proposed)
- European Business Wallet (proposed)
- European Innovation Act (expected)
- Quantum Act (expected)
- Cloud and AI Development Act (expected)
- Chips Act 2.0 (expected)
- Biotech Act (proposed)
- Advanced Materials Act (expected)
- Industrial Accelerator Act (expected)
- Circular Economy Act (expected)
- Critical Medicines Act (proposed)
- EU Space Act (proposed)
- European Grids Package (proposed)
- 2040 climate target of 90% (in negotiation)
- European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP)
- Defence Readiness Omnibus (proposed)
- Military mobility package (proposed)
- European Drone Defence Initiative and Eastern Flank Watch
- High-speed rail linking European capitals (plan)
- Single cross-border train ticketing (expected)
- EU Customs Authority (in negotiation)
- European Affordable Housing Plan
- Union of Skills and cross-border recognition of qualifications
- EU-India trade deal (in negotiation)
- Montenegro and Albania accession
- Qualified majority voting in foreign policy (under discussion)

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Und die nächste rot-weiß-rote Niederlage von Venus Williams - 2:6, 2:6 gegen Lilli Tagger in Guangzhou.

Damit hält Williams, 46 Jahre alt und Nr. 599 im WTA-Ranking, bei 0 Siegen und 13 Niederlagen und man fragt sie, ob sie sich damit wirklich noch einen Gefallen tut.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Venus Williams hat in der Nacht gegen Anastasia Potapova verloren, das war ihre 3. Niederlage gegen eine für Österreich antretende Spielerin.

Die ersten beiden sind 25 Jahre bzw. 27 Jahre her (Schwartz und Schett, jeweils Roland Garros).

SIEBENUNDZWANZIG Jahre.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

BARCELONA

The Alex Palou GP, basically. Really didn't expect IndyCar going back to Europe anytime soon. Hell, they're not even ging to Mexico and they'd have all the Pato O'Wards in the World to sell the place out in two minutes.

[NTT INDYCAR SERIES @IndyCar]

All roads lead to race day 🗺

The 2027 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule has landed.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Hab dem 15-jährigen Nachbars-Buam - selber ein offenkundig recht talentierter Torhüter - erklärt, wer Friedl Koncilia ist.

Kannte er nicht. Finde, man darf auch als 15-Jähriger wissen, was für ein toller Torhüter der war.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

@1975_SLB @fmeetsdata To be fair though, the referee from Scotland gifted Sporting both goals - the penalty was very much a dive with feet touching on Irankunda's way down and the second one probably shouldn't have stood for a foul right before the assist happend.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Einfach mal for the record: Jon Ossoff wird 2028 der Präsidentschafts-Kandidat der Demokraten sein.

Ohne echte Begründung, nur Bauchgefühl.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Man fragt sich, wie es Wolfsburg geschafft hat, gegen DIESES Inter auszuscheiden. Die sind ja komfortabel das schlechtere Team in der ersten Halbzeit gegen die Austria.

#uwcl

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

@mid_5 Hey Tom, es war mit gestern eine Freude, endlich dien Gelegenheit zu haben, mit dir zu plaudern!

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

@Matty_leeds15 @F1 Having two Qualifyings

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

If we had 10-6-4-3-2-1 scoring in 2026, Kimi Antonelli would have nearly double the points of George Russell in P2... that's some Mansell-1992-type levels of dominance right there.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Ovale: 1 Malukas, 2 O'Ward, 3 McLaughlin, 4 Newgarden, 5 Palou, 6 Rinus, 7 Rosenqvist

Stadt: 1 Palou, 2 Kirkwood, 3 Ericsson, 4 Lundgaard, 5 O'Ward, 6 Power, 7 McLaughlin

Klassische: 1 Lundgaard, 2 Palou, 3 Malukas, 4 Kirkwood, 5 Power, 6 McLaughlin, 7 Rosenqvist

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Alex Palou mit dem fünften IndyCar-Titel in sechs Jahren, wieder mal ungefährdet, der Kerl ist all-round einfach eine Klasse für sich. Holt oft sogar beim Reifenschonen und Spritsparen noch Zeit heraus. Spätestens in Detroit war klar, wer am Ende wieder vorne sein wird.

Chapeau.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Kirkwood macht das Rennen um P2, konstant flott, aber längst nicht mit der Erbarmungslosigkeit Palous. Malukas rechtfertigt das Penske-Vertrauen, aber der Sieg will einfach nicht gelingen.

Ob's von McLaren richtig ist, den Lundgaard durch den altersschwachen Dixon zu tauschen?

[Football Meets Data @fmeetsdata]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Celtic's unpleasant streak continues as they've failed to survive 🔵 UCL qualifiers for SIXTH consecutive time:

❌ 2026: v 🇦🇹 LASK in 🔵 PO
❌ 2025: v 🇰🇿 Kairat in 🔵 PO
❌ 2021: v 🇩🇰 Midtjylland in 🔵 Q2
❌ 2020: v 🇭🇺 Ferencvaros in 🔵 Q2
❌ 2019: v 🇷🇴 CFR Cluj in 🔵 Q3
❌ 2018: v 🇬🇷 AEK Athens in 🔵 Q3
✅ 2017: beat 🇰🇿 Astana in 🔵 PO

Their last three 🔵 UCL participations came after qualifying directly (2022, 2023, 2024)

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

Not to read too much into this, aber... was sagt das über dich als Parteichef aus, der Premierminister werden will, wenn du in deinem eigenen Wahlkreis gegen einen sprechenden Mistkübel antrittst und nur 63 Prozent der Stimmen bekommst?

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

@Clement_Motivat @ESPNAfrica Couple of years ago there was an Europa League group where all four teams finished on 8 pts.

Get 8 pts from 6 matches and still finish bottom while the group winner has exactly the same amount of points, THAT's harsh.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

@yinkanubi It very much seemed like players didn't know. There was no sense of emergency after Malawi scored, even to the point that they seemed to try to see out the 2-1 win.

I though though that Nora Häuptle knew, when I saw her dejected demeanor after the final whistle.

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

@everywheretalk I understand why they do it like that, but I also understand the downsides. Probably a bit of "damned if you do, damned if you don't".

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

@everywheretalk @CAFwomen Yes, but pnly in matches against each other of course

MWI - 4-4 goals
NGA - 3-3 goals
ZAM - 2-2 goals

Malawi win group, Zambia are out

[Philipp Eitzinger @PEitzinger]

@emekaanichebe18 @FIFAWWC @CAFwomen No, Head to head with all teams on 6 points

MWI - 3 pts - 4-4 goals
NGA - 3 pts - 3-3 goals
ZAM - 3 pts - 2-2 goals

Malawi win group, Zambia are out