Sebastian Schäffer

Director @IDMVienna
Associate Fellow @GLOBSEC
Founder and CEO @SSCEurope

[Sebastian Schäffer @sschaefferIDM]

„Vor 100 Jahren in der Zukunft“ ist nun in adaptierter und textlich erweiterter Form bei https://t.co/3e6DcjpUXp erschienen.

https://t.co/eX24lpfY8Y

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What IDM says. It was an ok run. Or as my son would say „da da“ 👋

Find me @sschaeffer.bsky.social

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Today is #BlueMonday, allegedly the most depressing day of the year.

But for us, there’s a #BlueSky! After careful consideration, we’ve decided to #eXit. Last year we posted in parallel, but we will now use BlueSky exclusively.

This account will remain inactive.

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Wir erweitern unser Team!

In Kooperation mit dem slowenischen Institut Iskriva setzen wir das transnationale Projekt „Culture trAnSforming communiTies and economies“ (CAST) um. Hierfür suchen wir zum 1. April 2025 eine Projektassistenz.

Mehr Infos👉https://t.co/UC8elTvt5Y

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Third and final webinar in our series with the Research Service of the Verkhovna Rada. We discussed Europe’s future, different integration models like staged accession or the Greater European Council. Again 100 participants, great questions, fantastic experience. Tbc in Kyiv!

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Yesterday, I continued the @IDMVienna webinar series for the Research Service of the @verkhovna_rada🇺🇦. This time we tackled challenges of EU enlargement, but I also ended with some opportunities. Up to 100 participants joined the discussion, thank you for this privilege!

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🤔Do you know who established the Institute for the Danube Region (IDM) and what its original name was? Do you know where the first headquarters of the IDM were located?
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New year, new challenges and new resolutions! Our team brainstormed today where the journey continues, and how we can better cater to your needs and expectations!💡And what are your suggestions? Feel free to share them in comments 👇 or through private messages.

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„When you have no future, you vote for the past“, a sentence I read today in Georgi Gospodinovs „Time Shelter“ and it resonates more than it should.

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Balazs Orbán recently received his PhD (under, let's say, interesting circumstances). @derStandardat already appoints him as a university professor, but conceals who he actually is.

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It’s a wrap for season 4(!) of our podcast Central Europe Explained, which contains some of my favourite of the now 60+ episodes. It has been another challenging but also interesting year, listen to the IDM team’s outlook and me struggling to find an optimistic approach for 2025

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#Milanović wins by a landslide. A defeat for #Plenković? Not at all. A more right-wing #HDZ candidate could have challenged Milanović – but Plenković had no interest in empowering the far-right in his party or risking Milanović’s return to #SDP leadership. #croatia #izboriHR

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@RO_in_AT @EmilHurezeanu Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

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Dear Followers! It has become a tradition for us to recommend movies📽️ and TV series from or about our region that are perfect for the winter season.☃️🎄

Check out the IDM team’s suggestions for what to watch this winter (Link in the comment)!👇
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[Sebastian Schäffer @sschaefferIDM]

Yesterday, I continued the @IDMVienna webinar series for the Research Service of the @verkhovna_rada🇺🇦. This time we tackled challenges of EU enlargement, but I also ended with some opportunities. Up to 100 participants joined the discussion, thank you for this privilege!

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Today I held the first of three webinars for the Research Service of the Verkhovna Rada of #Ukraine as part of the MoU signed with @IDMVienna. It was an honor and a pleasure to exchange with almost 50 participants and I look forward to continue the discussion next month!

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Fun facts: 1. Damit wurde doppelt so oft mit der Vertrauensfrage der Bundestag vorzeitig aufgelöst, als der*dem Kanzler*in die Mehrheit zu sichern bzw. die Koalition hinter sich zu bringen. 2. Grund für die Vertrauensfrage war in den meisten Fällen die FDP.

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Also schauen wir uns an, was das bedeutet und warum es eigentlich nicht so im Grundgesetz vorgesehen ist, einen Wunschwahltermin auszuhandeln:

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Helmut Schmidt und Gerhard Schröder nutzten die Vertrauensfrage 1982 und 2001 zur Disziplinierung der eigene Mehrheit im Bundestag. Letzterer stellte die Vertrauensfrage 2005 erneut, dieses Mal mit dem Ziel Neuwahlen.

Das wird nun auch im heutigen Fall die Konsequenz sein.