Paolo Destilo

Founder and Host of @EuropeMatters_ exploring European identity through conversations with inspiring guests. Thinking and talking about the future of Europe.

[Free Journal Network @freejournalnet]

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[CAN EUROPE @CANEurope]

⏰ Alarm bells are ringing ⏰

New IMF report reveals: In 2022, global fossil fuel subsidies surged to $7 trillion.

$122 billion of this was spent by EU countries on fossil fuel subsidies. Adding unpaid damages, this reaches 2,9% of the EU GDP.

Here’s what these numbers mean🧵

[Extinction Rebellion Nederland @NLRebellion]

Extinction Rebellion schort A12-blokkades vanwege de motie Kröger en Boucke. Lees ons persbericht!

#StopFossieleSubsidies #Klimaatrechtvaardigheid

https://t.co/yx81G5C1C7

[Titia Ketelaar @titia_k]

Net gesprekje met conducteur. Het klopt inderdaad @Markla94 dat er 10 euro wordt afgeschreven als je langer dan een uur op een perron bent (omdat er geen enkele trein rijdt)

[Paolo Destilo @PaoloDestilo]

@NLRebellion Is het mogelijk om het kort geding weer te bekijken na afloop van de livestream? Zo ja, waar?

[Paolo Destilo @PaoloDestilo]

@alemannoEU Unfortunately he is highly skilled at it... to get his new job!

[Extinction Rebellion Nederland @NLRebellion]

Dag 24 van de A12-blokkades. Jaarlijks 39,7 tot 46,4 miljard euro fossiele subsidies. Dat pikken wij niet.

Iedere dag blokkade, 12:00 uur #A12. Doe mee: https://t.co/7NU9xEV15J

Livestream: https://t.co/Ihj1R1ypmh

#StopFossieleSubsidies #Klimaatrechtvaardigheid

[kcire kcnagem ⭕️ @kcirekcnagem]

@Newsroom070 Auto’s blokkeren elke dag fietspaden en voetpaden, maken een teringherrie (want sportuitlaat), rijden te hard. Maar ik zie bij het Hildebrandplein in Laak nooit handhaving. Maar als een autoweg wordt geblokkeerd dan wordt een hele politiemacht uit de hoge hoed getoverd

[Paolo Destilo @PaoloDestilo]

Do you remember when you joined X? I don't! Because I joined Twitter 11 years ago, a very different platform with different values at the time. #MyTwitterAnniversary

[GiveDirectly💸 @GiveDirectly]

The most common critique of giving cash to people in poverty without conditions is a fear of dependency ("teach a man to fish..."). It's wrong. 🧵/6

[Enrico Le Noci @NutsGuitar]

It's been a long time since my last activity on this platform, and a lot has changed!
So to keep everyone updated I would love to share my new website, curated by the great @PaoloDestilo
Check it out to catch up with everything that happened!
https://t.co/tJgXJE51hV

[european campaign playbook @c_playbook_eu]

During our last lunch&learn, we learned firsthand tips and tricks to rock it with your podcast with @PaoloDestilo, founder of the podcast @europematters_ 🇪🇺

Here is a short recap to get some of them. 😉

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[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

In the US, the two people Viktor Orbán invested in - and betted on - were Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson.

Hungary contracted a company for DC lobbying where Tucker’s father is a director, then flew Tucker to Hungary to speak at a government-funded organization’s event.

Meanwhile, Orbán and his people received tons or airtime and praise from Tucker on Fox News - and everyone seemed happy.

So happy that Hungary’s government even sacraficed bilateral relations with the US administration in favor of courting Trump and Tucker. And bracing for a radical right-wing shift in US politics.

In 2022, they betted on a landslide win for the Republicans in the midterms, and on Trump’s subsequent return - plus on Tucker remaining as influential as ever.

This genius strategy, of course, costed millions for us, Hungarian taxpayers, through the lobbying contracts and other money flows using Hungarian front organizations, think tanks and GONGOs.

#Tucker #TuckerCarlson

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

Military spending, 2022.

China: $291 billion
India: $66 billion
Russia: $61 billion
UK: $55 billion
France: $51 billion
Japan: $48 billion
Germany: $46 billion
Italy: $33 billion
Brazil: $20 billion
Iran: $6 billion

Total: $677 billion

US military spending, 2022: $877 billion

[Paolo Destilo @PaoloDestilo]

@moylato @FlixBus Why not partner with the municipality and design a proper bus station, where both the pedestrian and cyclist are at the center of the design with safety in mind? So cycle path behind the bus stop, pedestrians and cyclist are safer in that way.

[Stefania Maurizi @SMaurizi]

I have been experiencing such furious and vitriolic attacks just for questioning the UK's decision of sending weapons with #DepletedUranium to #Ukraine: who controls these networks of trolls and haters?

[Paolo Destilo @PaoloDestilo]

🎉 Just launched my new website! Offering website development, podcast production & video editing services to help you elevate your business. Explore my services: https://t.co/bfbU8XNfwb #WebDev #Podcast #VideoEditing

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

A society that rushes to bail out banks, but doesn't provide universal health care to its people is politically and morally corrupt.

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

Indict George W. Bush.

Indict Tony Blair.

Indict David Frum.

Indict Alastair Campbell.

[Stefania Maurizi @SMaurizi]

d'ora in poi, NON pubblicherò più tweet sulle scuole e università in cui vengo invitata a parlare del caso Julian #Assange e #WikiLeaks e del mio libro #IlPotereSegreto, perché sono stata avvertita che verrò "attenzionata" alle autorità per questi inviti che ricevo dalle scuole