Hosuk Lee-Makiyama
@leemakiyama
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@ECIPE director & @LSE Fellow. On diplomacy, trade & tech. Ex @SweMFA to @UNGeneva @WTO @EUCouncil
On an Airbus 350
Joined February 2009
Important:
Just learnt that @EU_Commission is withdrawing its Anti-Discrimination Directive on the equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation (COM(2008)426 final 2008/0140 (CNS)). Melissa Camara, Co-Chair of the @ARDIEuroParl Intergroup at the @Europarl_EN has called it a "direct attack on fundamental rights and equality in the EU." "For over 16 years, marginalised communities have waited for stronger protections, only to be abandoned at a time when discrimination is on the rise. This is not just a bureaucratic decision—it is a betrayal of millions of Europeans who face daily discrimination, she says. "We will not stand by as the EU turns its back on its commitments".
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Yes, the adults have agreed it should be governable.
It might’ve gone unnoticed—quietly announced in early January when many were still nursing their holiday hangovers—but the EU Commission has radically changed the way it operates. Here’s how Ursula von der Leyen reshaped the Commission in her own image. My take for @euronews
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Only issue Six-Party Talks could agree on is that Europe does not deserve to be at the table. Also, since the Korean War, the US has always carved up and negotiated away other people’s territory. I don’t see what’s new because it’s happening to people with blue eyes.
Politico writes that “Europeans are freaking out that they are not at the [negotiation] table”. Well, our politicians in the Brussels bubble, you cannot be surprised that talking about how we should, how we must, how we are united when we are not, and all other empty words didn't make the EU relevant.
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So in essence: Nothing changed.
Looks like that: - NATO is not brain-dead! - the US is no longer an ally! - the EU needs a plan B! That’s the view from EU-land
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@AlexLuck9 I’m not so much a glass half empty person, but “who drank out of my glass” kind of guy.
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@AlexLuck9 As someone who drafts statements rather than tweets for a living, i immediately look to what was omitted.
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@JJNews002 @AlexLuck9 I don’t think it is a matter of whether it’s beneficial. I would think in terms of inevitability.
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Some may be surprised but I vehemently disagree with those predicting doom of gloom for the EU. Usually by those who haven’t been in the game long enough to see European leaders do the absolutely unthinkable when no other options remain.
I honestly cannot see how the EU can survive this. Germany is not ready for any of these challenges and won’t be ready for another decade. France in ungovernable. Slovakia seems to be drifting towards Russia. Even Poland is internally divided. European Disunion.
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An old Cold War trope. That’s how we always end wars. But Ukraine without security guarantees is just bad negotiation.
Hope I am wrong but the contours of a Moscow-Washinton deal on Ukraine are starting to look like each side gets half of Ukraine
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Until quite recently, you could not support the EU and the Single Market without having a small-state libertarian streak.
I'm often asked how I marry my support for the EU with being a small-state libertarian. I believe the EU is a deregulatory project at heart. Take AI as an example. Yesterday the Commission announced that it would withdraw the AI Liability Directive. Big mistake. Means 1 European legislation is replaced with 27 national. So if you're rolling out an AI product across Europe, you are now subject to infinity more liability schemes.
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Ahead of @NATO ministerial + @MunSecConf: here's my thoughts on the submarine cable disruptions and trusted connectivity. Both NATO & EU competencies needed to secure the most important chokepoints in the western hemisphere.
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Hard times ahead for EU industry lobbyists. Commission is slowly but surely killing every issue to lobby against.
SEPs regulation also withdrawn 🤝🏼 Cc @ipfray @IPEuropeEU
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Europe's innovators and businesses are more enthusiastic about withdrawals of regulation than the Draghi plan. Somewhere there's a painful lesson for the Commissioners.
The Commission’s Work Programme lays out an ambitious vision for competitiveness, sustainability and simplification. But as expected cutting red tape could be more ambitious. At least the AI liability directive seems to be on the list of withdrawals. 👍👉
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Pretty huge indeed. AILD would have reversed the burden of proof, i.e. “guilty until proven innocent” for AI developers. Fair to say it would have been subject to legal challenge.
🚨HUGE: The European Commission has withdrawn the AI Liability Directive. "No foreseeable agreement - the Commission will assess whether another proposal should be tabled or another type of approach should be chosen."
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@RobFrancisEU @HennaVirkkunen I never blame politicians for trying but: None of the 17 countries actually manufacture anything that require imported GPU chipsets. This was a low.
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