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[Ben Judah @b_judah]

Northern Ireland remaining in the EU single market for goods means we have an entire region running as a counterfactual on how much wealthier we’d have been had we stayed. It’s actually outperformed London.

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@AlbertoBagnai E grazie a vari governi che si sono succeduti in Italia la spesa in ricerca e sviluppo ammonta a un misero 1,37% del pil, tra i valori più bassi nell'area OCSE. Non sarebbe il caso di portarla almeno al 2?

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@vtchakarova China is seriously damaging our industrial base, and inaction is no longer an option. A firm and decisive response is necessary. https://t.co/xqitbQOShr

[Sander Tordoir @SanderTordoir]

Germany is the epicentre of the China Shock 2.0 reverberating in global markets

In a new paper, @Brad_Setser and I show the shock is a key driver of Germany’s economic malaise. And it's accelerating

Berlin needs to stop admiring the problem, and join efforts to fight back

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[Mat @matty_mrg]

@AlbertoBagnai Ogni volta che si è derogato al patto di stabilità la politica ha speso in mance elettorali, bonus e altri interventi inutili. Nulla si è tradotto in crescita vera e sostenuta. Perché questa volta dovrebbe essere diverso se i politici sono sempre gli stessi.

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@nonexpedit Dovremmmo celebrare l’inflazione, brindare ai voli cancellati e applaudire allo spudorato insider trading di Trump&co. All’orizzonte ci aspetta una vita frugale tra casa e chiesa, il sogno bagnato della destra involuta. Nel frattempo Hormuz rimane sotto balzello iraniano

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@OttoVonBismatt @fdragoni Non sono comunista, ma obbiettivo. È chiaramente una vittoria tattica e una sconfitta strategica

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@diTerralba Perché partecipare a una missione indefinita che non é in grado di garantire il libero transito navale ed espone i nostri militari a sicuri attacchi lungo lo stretto?

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@fdragoni Notizia già smentita https://t.co/k1ptx0l9Ww

[French Response @FrenchResponse]

No. The 🇫🇷 aircraft carrier strike group remains in the Eastern Mediterranean.
France’s posture is unchanged:
✔️ Defensive
✔️ Protective

🫷🏼 Stop the scaremongering.

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

New details are emerging about a heated meeting on Saturday afternoon at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich between several senators and members of Congress and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, along with Greenland’s Premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

It was during this meeting that Senator Lindsey Graham reportedly went completely off the rails.

The American outlet Puck had previously described how so-called “f-bombs” (f short for the word “fuck,” ed.) were thrown around the room.

“Imagine Graham on his worst day,” a source told Puck.

But Berlingske can now reveal that events unfolded even more violently than previously reported — and that Graham’s outburst was directed in particular at Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

“He called her ‘little lady,’” a source who was in the room told Berlingske.

However, the prime minister did not appear affected by what everyone present perceived as extremely degrading and outright sexist.

“She seemed cool,” the source said.

When Graham had finished, Frederiksen simply responded:

“When you’re done with that, the meeting can continue.”

Earlier, Graham had also stressed to Frederiksen and Nielsen that Donald Trump was the President of the United States — and thus the most powerful man in the world.

The implication: neither Denmark nor Greenland should believe they are anything in comparison with the mighty United States.

This “rant,” as a Danish source who was present in the room described it, came across as extremely demeaning toward Denmark and Greenland — particularly after the “little lady” remark directed at Mette Frederiksen.

Graham’s behavior was described by a source as outright “disturbing,” “shocking,” and “extremely inappropriate.”

An almost theatrical scene also unfolded between Graham and Premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

“Graham yawned directly in his face in a way that could only be interpreted as mocking,” the source told Berlingske.

It became too much for some of the American participants at the meeting, and Senator Elissa Slotkin (Democrat) was reportedly so shocked that she stood up and left the meeting.

In a sense, the meeting marked the culmination of Graham’s angry outbursts.

Already on Friday, he had stunned observers on live television when asked about Greenland.

“Who the hell cares who owns Greenland?” Graham said, according to CSPAN.

Participants at the meeting described his conduct as “completely out of line.”

According to Berlingske’s information, there was quiet speculation afterward as to whether the senator from South Carolina had lost his composure entirely — whether he was not in his right mind when meeting the Danish and Greenlandic leaders.

Only Graham himself likely knows the answer to that.

—Berlingske

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@durezzadelviver Chiaro che faccia comodo ai paesi esportatori tra cui l'ITALIA

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@TCommodity Non mi sembra un'analisi obbiettiva, l'UE ha solo minacciato rappresaglie ed è riuscita a preservare la sovranità danese sulla Groenlandia. Mentre gli USA non hanno ottenuto praticamente nulla rispetto a quanto avevano già.

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@fdragoni L'unico favore che ci sta facendo Trump è rendere radioattivi o far spostare su posizioni più europeiste i partiti sovranisti di tutta Europa

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@TheStalwart Yes we also read the polls on fox news. The average American doesn't give a f* about Greenland. They want their administration to focus on grocery prices and internal problems.

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@madforfree @GBB75 Il giornale internazionale sarebbe la verità ? Quello che dice @madforfree è ció che viene riportato dalle intelligence, compresa quella americana

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@ClaudioBorghi La dignità della nostra nazione, così come quella delle altre nazioni europee, dovrebbe prevalere su qualsiasi potenziale vantaggio economico. Credevo di condividere questa posizione con i sovranisti, ma mi sbagliavo.

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@giuslit Quindi è giusto che la Danimarca venga sanzionata per aver mandato legittimamente soldati sul proprio territorio?? É stato passato il segno, é giusto alzare i toni

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@cryptodemedici @GordonGChang Europe (EU+UK) is the United States’ leading trading partner, the main buyer of American weapons and products, as well as an essential platform for projecting power across Eurasia. Without Europe, there can be no American empire.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Greenland is not mentioned once in the official Trump administration National Security Strategy, issued less than two months ago.

[Mat @matty_mrg]

@SaP011 Non hanno fatto nessuna marcia indietro, era già deciso anzitempo che la missione si sarebbe conclusa oggi. Non dovremmo aiutare i nostri alleati contro una plateale coercizione ?