Maximilian Henning - on Mastodon / Bluesky

I created a map that visualises #Erasmus exchanges between 2008 and 2019! You can play around with it here: zarasophos.net/erasmus/ #dataviz #datascience #datajournalism #data #europe #opendata #GIS

@grok Weirdly metaphorical response but that works too I guess

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Hey @grok generate an image of Elon Musk bowing down to an EU flag, with Thierry Breton looking on approvingly in the background

We got pavlov'd on "EU" + "regulation" == bad In reality European businesses, esp startups, need standardized entities, EU stockmarkets, pan-european taxes, m&a law, etc There's tons to do, all regulation The problem isn't regulation, but fragmentation into 27+ markets 🇪🇺

Europe’s strategic autonomy, anyone? 🇪🇺

+++ Italy worried about Germany's political instability

Falls jemand selber erwägt, nach Brüssel zu kommen, und mit jemandem darüber reden möchte: Sehr gerne bei mir melden! Falls ich bei irgendwelchen Fragen helfen kann, tue ich das gern.

Klar, Geld ist im Journalismus immer knapp. Aber wenn ich mir die Zahlen im Verhältnis Brüssel zu Berlin anschaue, frage ich mich schon, ob ein bisschen der Ressourcen für Berlin in Brüssel nicht besser aufgehoben wären.

Der sehr nette @zeitungsboy lässt mich in einem Artikel bei @uebermedien zu Wort kommen. Darin geht es um #Journalismus über die EU - beziehungsweise darum, dass es davon nicht genug gibt. Die EU wird immer wichtiger für Bürger:innen, aber deutsche #Medien kriegen das nicht mit.

Jetzt ist wirklich Schluss: Wir verlassen als Redaktion das zur Plattform für Rechtsradikale verkommene Twitter – und freuen uns, wenn ihr uns woanders folgt. netzpolitik.org/2024/x-odus-wi…

In yet another episode of disrespect for workers’ voice and union busting, food delivery platforms in Portugal (Glovo, Uber Eats, Bolt) are doubling pay for deliveries during today’s courier strike for better wages & working conditions jn.pt/3936062706/glo…

Kritik von Lobby und Mitgliedstaaten, Jubel aus dem Parlament: EU beschließt doch noch Plattformarbeit-Gesetz. Gestern wurde eine abgeschwächte Richtlinie durchgewunken netzpolitik.org/2024/auf-letzt…

Habemus Platform Work Directive #PlatformWorkDirective #platformwork #eu #europeanunion #labourrights

Only one of the four countries that blocked the last time (France, Germany, Estonia, Greece) will need to change sides for the Directive to pass.

The #PlatformWorkDirective is still not dead, even after two defeats by the Member States. Now it's up to the bosses: The Social and Employment ministers will try to agree to the second trilogue compromise on March 11th. #EU #EuropeanUnion

Die FT schreibt über den bleibenden Schaden, den die FDP gerade in der EU verursacht. ft.com/content/162516… #EuropäischeUnion #EU #FDP

@Ben_Wray1989 In effect, the FDP is holding a gun to its own head and threatening to pull the trigger, and so they get what they want.

@Ben_Wray1989 The obvious reason is that if the FDP pulls out of the government, there will be new elections, in which the SPD will lose massively and the AfD will win massively. But the FDP will also lose - in fact, according to current polls, enough to put them out of Parliament.

I'm told that there's no deal. Member-states refuse to pass the Platform Work Directive. Blocked by France, Germany, Estonia and Greece. More to follow. #PlatformWork

@Ben_Wray1989 Hello Ben - I can tell you that the German Greens and Social Democrats are very much fuming that the FDP is blocking the German vote on this. It's also by far not the only file where that is the case.

Another way to look at this: Germany is home to Delivery Hero, one of 3 global food delivery firms (DoorDash & Uber Eats other 2). HQ is in Berlin but it operates in other EU countries (Greece, Austria, Sweden) & is struggling financially. Has German Gov protected their firm?