It is the first time that the US targets a select number of EU countries, rather than the EU as a whole. This makes it highly vulnerable to court challenges and at the WTO, unless there is a declared national security emergency because of a direct threat from those target countries (of course beyond a post on TruthSocial).

It is the first time that the US targets a select number of EU countries, rather than the EU as a whole. This makes it highly vulnerable to court challenges and at the WTO, unless there is a declared national security emergency because of a direct threat from those target countries (of course beyond a post on TruthSocial).

Thank you.

Thank you.

I mean as identity of course. Which of all these instances is brandfromEU (covered also in the media) and which is not?

Rather than sarcastic, I feel confused. Is buyfromeu the same as goeuropean, go-european, madeineuropeeu? Where should I post? What is the difference between them? It seems like the EU itself (27 opinions, therefore 27 logos, websites, etc.)

To begin with, the Reddit instance lists a website (with three names of individuals involved in its about us section) and an app, all with different logos. The mess goes on on the socials (X with handle @madeineuropeeu, Bluesky (two handles, two logos), Lemmy (three instances), europe.pub and digg. I cannot make heads or tails about them. BuyfromEU has got some media coverage, but where do I join them?

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I come to this from an Italian perspective, where the EU is very much seen as a given, not something that needs to be continually construed. This leads to a certain passivity and lack of “propositivity”, which we can all witness. Italy has become a follower on EU matters. This is also manifest in national political and media discussions on everything EU-related: there is some discussion on what the EU should do, but hardly any on what Italian leaders can and should do to make that happen.

Here more:

Breaking Down the 31 UN Agencies Impacted by U.S. Withdrawal Better World Campaign, 8 January 2026

UN’s ‘responsibility to deliver’ will not waver, after US announces withdrawal from dozens of international organizations United Nations, 8 January 2026

What the US withdrawal from UN bodies could mean for climate, trade and development United Nations, 9 January 2026

Bert Hubert took time to answer substantially to Miguel De Bruyker.

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/ft-on-european-cloud/

Thanks. I doubt it is that simple for most people.

So, Mastodon is structurally libertarian, but de facto culturally pluralistic?

When it comes to privacy, Bluesky (owned by Bluesky Social, PBC or public benefit corporation) is not Signal (owned and operated by the Signal Foundation). Direct messages on Bluesky are unencrypted, and they collect quite a lot of personal data (see section 8B in their privacy policy), they use these data for marketing and “other purposes” (section 10), and share them with “third-party services” and “business partners” (section 11). Mastodon should get its act together.

I agree. The argument that the approach is not so different from choosing an email provider to be able to send email to anyone has been too little made.

I have seen it pointed out that some of these 66 agencies are really platforms, treaties and commissions, not organisations. Is there an analysis of this?

I posted it to make people aware of the European dimension to this decision, which is sofar not mentioned by policy makers or media. Perhaps someone reads it and will take it up in a discourse outside Lemmy.

When I arrived at the man from a small nation like Austria, I realised you were sarcastic. Well done.

Believe what exactly?

I posted it to understand how it was affecting the rest of the world, and Europe in particular, not to make a reflection on wider US policy. So far I haven’t heard reactions from the UN, from the EU, from the governments of EU member states, or from the mayors of the cities that host these organisations.