This is your reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. For me: thinking about New York State summer.

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. (For once Zurich is good on a weekend because there’s Street Parade - meaning the city is not dead as always.)

Looks like investments into a manga theme park are not considered "sensitive" investments. I'm still a bit confused by this entire story, quite an interesting trilateral.

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. Photo: sunrise at Triphammer falls, Ithaca, NY

I wanted to link the Ankara summit declaration to an article I'm just writing, but.... apparently I won't.

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you.

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you.

Didn’t post my weekly reminder on Saturday because I was busily disconnecting (and obviously getting in my morning runs) in Paris this weekend, so take this as your Monday reminder to take breaks, do things that are good for you, and drink water during the heat wave in Europe.

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. Not a secret that I don’t particularly like this city (Zurich), but today it’s actually nice.

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. Earlier this week: sunny walk in Warsaw

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. Example: matcha in the sun

No, not everyone has become a realist just because they call for realpolitik or realistic steps. A piece I wanted to write for quite a while: geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/no-not-eve...

That’s your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. For me this week: finally a race day again!

Stay tuned, this here is coming next week (how else should I spend a rainy public holiday)?! Subscribe and get it to your inbox: geopoliticaleurope.substack.com

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. And yes, you should have ice cream for Europe day.

And yes, Europe is a lived reality of many citizens: three out of four say they feel they are a citizen of the EU.

60% are optimistic about the future of the EU - up ten points compared to the years of the euro crisis.

81% support a common security and defence policy among EU member states. That is four out of five citizens.

Newest Eurobarometer is out, and numbers are mind-blowing: 73% of EU citizens see the EU as a “pillar for peace and security in a troubled world”. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

So @politico.eu's EU influence leads with this as regular criticism about conferences. Let's be very clear: if you cannot find a woman panelist, you haven't done your homework. Check resources like Brussels Binder, Les Expertes, Speakerinnen, or just do decent AI research. Women experts do exist.

Did you know the German military strategy (published two weeks ago) was actually published in German, English, and French? Might seem like a detail, but Germany's role as a military power is a key question for its European partners - and communication matters.

Yes, I usually don't write on Sunday evenings... but I had a few thoughts on the events this weekend: geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/bracing-fo...

Just your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekends and do things that are good for you.

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. And Paris, of course, always is, at least for me.

Geopolitical Europe was on vacation break for a few weeks, but now its back - with a piece on EU order-building in the shadow of major power politics: geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/eu-order-b...

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you.

Back from two weeks of vacation - without news or emails but lots of sun, ruins (of course), and local food. Now you’ll read me again here, I promise!

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you. Earlier this week, on a work trip to Paris (ma ville 🫶🏽):

This is your regular reminder to disconnect on the weekend and do things that are good for you.

Another Macron speech, this time on France's nuclear posture, and another concept: dissuasion avancée. Short summary from me shortly...