Nicolas Overloop

@bundeskanzler But luckily we are surrounded by oil and gas producers. What is needed is a huge pipeline buildup to erode the pricing power of the producers in what I call a "reverse oil shock" noverloop.substack.com/p/europe-needs…

@bundeskanzler Europe cannot domestically provide for all its natural gas needs, especially not if it seeks to retain critical parts of its supply chains. Renewables and nuclear cannot bring the energy intensity required for many industrial processes. x.com/ekwufinance/st…

Europa muss sich bei seiner Verteidigung und Energieversorgung behaupten. Das geht nur mit einer wettbewerbsfähigen Wirtschaft. Hier müssen wir heute einen großen Schritt weiterkommen. Ich bin zuversichtlich, dass das gelingt.

@ManuelSintubin Aardgas kan niet overal vervangen worden dus volledige energieonafhankelijkheid is onmogelijk. x.com/ekwufinance/st…

Is er nu nog iemand die energieonafhankelijkheid in vraag stelt ... 🤷‍♂️ Lijkt me zelf meer dan ooit een kerntaak van de overheid.

@Osint613 @eurochallenges At least a few more routes are in the pipeline. Also Nigeria->Algeria is funded now

Netanyahu envisions oil and gas pipelines running west through Israel to the Mediterranean, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.

@general_marcT @truesizeof Kdenk wel niet dat een land invasie heel Iran gaat overnemen tbh, enkel de zuidelijke provincies zijn nodig voor scheepstraffiek te bewaken en olie revenue voor het regime af te snijden.

For the keyboard warriors who think that a land invasion of #Iran would be a piece of cake, here is the true size of Iran when projected on the European continent (thank you @truesizeof )

The EU Inc's 28th regime has achieved much but there's no mechanism to build a body of practical corporate law through the judiciary. It will diverge over time. Can't they just embed EU delegated judges in the national courts. If not at the first level, maybe at the appeal level? Maybe the EU courts can be done through Enhanced cooperation so that maybe there is EU Inc and then a set of countries where legal interpretation is uniform. Imo, a 15 country EU inc that's completely uniform versus a 27 country EU Inc that's fragmented is better. The holdouts will converge when they feel left behind or have more sane governments.

But luckily the EIF doesn't allow new weapons to be funded and VC's argue lethal weapons are too niche for a decent exit.

Ukraine has allocated $5 million to develop the NIKA, a cutting-edge hypersonic cruise missile system. Powered by a combined engine and hydrogen fuel, the NIKA is designed to maneuver at altitudes of 20–50 km and reach speeds of up to 8,680 km/h. inventure.com.ua/en/news/world/…

@bundeskanzler Please kill the Aarhus convention and EU habitat and EU birds directives. They are used by environmentalists to sue every permit they don’t agree with. Check the Ineos cracker in Antwerp and the inability of any level of Belgian government there to deliver a permit for it.

Was wir an Regulierung nicht brauchen, muss weg. Es muss sich etwas bewegen in Europa und zwar im Grundsätzlichen. Und deshalb ist die Rolle der Bundesregierung in Europa ganz wesentlich: Wir sind Antreiber in Sachen Bürokratierückbau.

@Stoonbrace Dat is nog wel om van te wenen. Met 1.5 miljoen kunt ge een nieuwe defensie startup lanceren ipv een volledig outdated stuk materieel kopen.

@noverloop 1) sarcasme 2) zoek de prijs van een Griffon eens op

Grond drones zijn niet langer bruikbaar in moderne oorlogsvoering! Doe ik het zo goed?

@LeonChaland Better they all develop their own and the compete on the market so the products have incentives to improve.

@noverloop Would be great if our 27 national administrations didn't waste resources on separate solutions that could be developed once and shared across the EU...

Belgium rolls out a sovereign messenger app for its government personnel. Would be great if they would open to the public in the future like Threema. European companies need a solution like this too. gva.be/crimi/omdat-wh…

@Jeff21461 “Former retired tank regiment colonel argues his beloveth tanks are not outdated but argues magical thinking and battlefield realities should combine to create a viable alternative universe where money can keep flowing towards tanks”

"Rather than rushing to integrate drones into NATO formations, the real work is now to determine how to integrate them into the combined arms team to maximise their effect, as well as how to counter their abilities to restore battlefield mobility. All militaries need to perform this necessary doctrinal work in order to adapt current tactics to the rapid spread of this emerging technology." mwi.westpoint.edu/the-menace-of-…

The complaining mostly stems from a mismatch between what is within a democratic governments remit and what is outside. The Aarhus convention is an international convention, that is joined by member states AND the EU. It is subsequently codified at EU level and then in some member states it’s also reinforced by constitutional interpretation. Other like the EU habitat and birds directives are pure EU law. The codification of policy in various rights, EU laws and treaties that actively undermine entrepreneurial activity (in this case permitting, often destroyed through elaborate court procedures) However, no representation I can vote for would have the power to amend those laws. Only the EU commission, in agreement with the EU council would have the power to amend this but both are indirectly elected and luckily this commission somewhat cares about barriers to entrepreneurship. In Belgium it’s defacto impossible to amend the constitution because it’s a defacto confederation and there is no natural convergence of Overton windows that would make amendments possible. So as a citizen we’re pretty much only left to beg the commission to leave the Aarhus treaty, overrule our own constitutions to empower only the nations with environmental and planning policies, modify relevant EU directives to no longer require “beyond scientific doubt” that no birds or nature reserves may suffer harm and remove the standstill principle that removes a national governments ability to lower environmental protection. Entrepreneurs don’t set out to harm the environment but environmental groups very often go on irrational crusades against entrepreneurs. So yea, Europe is responsible for damaging competitiveness but it’s also the solution to fixing it.

My informal take on European competitiveness: EU rules matter, but countries like Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, and the Netherlands lead globally, while other EU MSs lag behind. National reforms matter the most. 🔗⬇️ andriuskubilius.lt/en/on-european…

Now turn those amendments into regulations so that no other country has laws that prevent defending yourself.

Regulations just cost money to adhere to, it's not what's holding back startups imo. What is missing is that the US has a capitalized pension scheme resulting in trillions of investments rolling over every year while Europe has a PAYGO pension scheme resulting in high tax pressure and lack of investment capital.

Europe has incredible engineering talent, but the regulatory environment makes it incredibly hard to build the next OpenAI or Anthropic here. While the US focuses on scaling compute and advancing agentic AI, European regulators are focused on writing rulebooks for technologies that don't even exist yet. If we want to keep our best founders, we need to make Europe a sandbox for innovation, not a museum of compliance.

Everybody hates confederations in practice. Belgians also hate their "federal" structure with defacto regional vetos which essentially makes it a confederation.

@MDiependaele Maar aan de andere kant is Europa ook de enige hoop om ons geweldige, grondwettelijk gebetonneerde beleid — zoals de standstill-interpretatie van art. 23 en de gemeentelijke sabotage (kuch kuch… autonomie), eveneens grondrechtelijk vastgelegd in art. 41 — te omzeilen.

@MDiependaele Good luck, met de Aarhus conventie en de groen vergunning blokades die de EU en intl wetgeving mogelijk maken hebben we mss in 2040 eentje neergezet.

Vlaanderen gaat op zoek naar 4 mogelijke locaties voor kleine, modulaire kernreactoren (SMR’s). De recente spanningen in het Midden-Oosten tonen opnieuw hoe kwetsbaar onze energievoorziening kan zijn wanneer we te afhankelijk zijn van fossiele brandstoffen. Met SMR’s zet Vlaanderen mee de volgende stap in de nieuwe nucleaire golf in Europa. 👉 shorturl.at/Ynk85