Political scientist & researcher
Senior Adviser EPC
Doctoral candidate Uni Maastricht
My book: https://www.droemer-knaur.de/buch/sophie-pornschlegel-am-ende-der-gewohnten-ordnung-9783426279090
Sophie Pornschlegel
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How to ensure that democracy is not an afterthought in the EU: New position paper on democracy support in the next EU budget for FIDE & @alliance4europe.bsky.social
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Sophie Pornschlegel
Ha, that "vegetarian vs omnivorous" talk reminds me of my own very beautifully composed #Europasaurus metaphor, which was duly deconstructed by @sophiepornschlegel.bsky.social, @nhelwig.bsky.social and Julian Plottka in a #EuropeanPolicyQuartet last year 😅
So looks like the rumored US "democracy promotion" funding may be indeed coming. Unclear how much but if the available ballpark is $1-200M that's not peanuts. CERV's expected civil society funding in the next MFF is ~€500M/year. (h/t @sophiepornschlegel.bsky.social) foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/01/s...
Viktor Orbán is gone – but the threat that the far right poses to the EU is far from over. A new #EuropeanPolicyQuartet on the state of play in the EU’s struggle against member states’ democratic backsliding.
With MANUEL MÜLLER, JULIAN PLOTTKA, and SOPHIE PORNSCHLEGEL
#Orbán #EUvalues #Art2TEU
Erst letztes Wochenende fand die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz statt, mit einer Rede von Marco Rubio.
Die US-amerikanische Regierung betont, Europa „verteidigen“ zu wollen – damit ist vor allem eine paternalistische Einmischung in unsere Politik gemeint. /1
And another Substack post! I need to get better at sharing these things.
This one is about the comments made by several artists at Berlinale, saying that they are 'apolitical', as if politics was an insult - and what this says about our times.
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