Giacomo Benedetto
@gbenedetto.bsky.social
European politics
FRSA
#T1D
Academic posts at @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social
FRSA
#T1D
Academic posts at @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social
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These #donations to #Reform have already gone through and the legislation is creating a short-term incentive for more large donations. The law should also radically cap national campaign spending.
September 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
These #donations to #Reform have already gone through and the legislation is creating a short-term incentive for more large donations. The law should also radically cap national campaign spending.
Happy Festival of the Recruitment
August 15, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Happy Festival of the Recruitment
Giving evidence last year on how financial rule breaking in 1996 led to the resignation of the European Commission in 1999 www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
March 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Giving evidence last year on how financial rule breaking in 1996 led to the resignation of the European Commission in 1999 www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
Welcome to England. A first glimpse of spring but with no right to roam.
February 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Welcome to England. A first glimpse of spring but with no right to roam.
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I am delighted to have been nominated for a @royalholloway.bsky.social Education Excellence Award. One of the comments from a nominating student said:
'From facilitating the greatest and most inspirational lectures and seminars...
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'From facilitating the greatest and most inspirational lectures and seminars...
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June 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I am delighted to have been nominated for a @royalholloway.bsky.social Education Excellence Award. One of the comments from a nominating student said:
'From facilitating the greatest and most inspirational lectures and seminars...
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'From facilitating the greatest and most inspirational lectures and seminars...
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I was just going through my old files when I found this: my calling out of Matt Goodwin on twitter from January 2017.
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I was just going through my old files when I found this: my calling out of Matt Goodwin on twitter from January 2017.
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This evening I attended a rejoin #Erasmus+ celebration at Westminster addressed by Europe Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds MP @europeanmovement.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This evening I attended a rejoin #Erasmus+ celebration at Westminster addressed by Europe Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds MP @europeanmovement.co.uk
If a Latin American head of state can be kidnapped, the same can happen to the head of government of a NATO country.
January 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
If a Latin American head of state can be kidnapped, the same can happen to the head of government of a NATO country.
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Bulgaria joins the eurozone as its 21st country after formally adopting the euro.
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Bulgaria joins the eurozone as its 21st country after formally adopting the euro.
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Some good news: UK to rejoin #Erasmus+ but let's cautiously wait until details are published tomorrow.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Some good news: UK to rejoin #Erasmus+ but let's cautiously wait until details are published tomorrow.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
In 2014, 24 MEPs were elected for #UKIP. In 2019, only 3 were reselected for the Brexit Party: Farage himself, Gill and one other www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... 1/2
UK to hold inquiry into foreign financial interference in domestic politics
Review, which will focus on effectiveness of political finance laws, follows conviction of former Reform politician for accepting bribes
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In 2014, 24 MEPs were elected for #UKIP. In 2019, only 3 were reselected for the Brexit Party: Farage himself, Gill and one other www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... 1/2
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🇪🇺🇬🇧At the 11th edition of the Oxford Symposium, the 3rd panel discusses redefining the state & public policies:
🔺 Giacomo Benedetto
🔺 Andy Western MP
🔺 Maria Jepsen @eurofound.europa.eu
🔺 Pascal Smet
🔺 @afscharian.bsky.social
🔺Joni Smith
🔺 @francoisbalate.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/GreatUnravel...
🔺 Giacomo Benedetto
🔺 Andy Western MP
🔺 Maria Jepsen @eurofound.europa.eu
🔺 Pascal Smet
🔺 @afscharian.bsky.social
🔺Joni Smith
🔺 @francoisbalate.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/GreatUnravel...
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🇪🇺🇬🇧At the 11th edition of the Oxford Symposium, the 3rd panel discusses redefining the state & public policies:
🔺 Giacomo Benedetto
🔺 Andy Western MP
🔺 Maria Jepsen @eurofound.europa.eu
🔺 Pascal Smet
🔺 @afscharian.bsky.social
🔺Joni Smith
🔺 @francoisbalate.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/GreatUnravel...
🔺 Giacomo Benedetto
🔺 Andy Western MP
🔺 Maria Jepsen @eurofound.europa.eu
🔺 Pascal Smet
🔺 @afscharian.bsky.social
🔺Joni Smith
🔺 @francoisbalate.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/GreatUnravel...
I am very pleased to have taken part in the @feps-europe.eu Oxford Symposium 2025 feps-europe.eu/event/11th-o... 1/2
11th Oxford Symposium - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
FEPS, Progressive Britain, and the Karl-Renner-Institut are proud to co-organise yet another edition (11th) of […]
feps-europe.eu
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I am very pleased to have taken part in the @feps-europe.eu Oxford Symposium 2025 feps-europe.eu/event/11th-o... 1/2
#NigelFarage reference in a 2014 Guardian interview with UKIP's founder Alan Sked, 1/2
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#NigelFarage reference in a 2014 Guardian interview with UKIP's founder Alan Sked, 1/2
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Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.
I'll not forget what Alan Sked told me at the LSE about the attitudes that Farage had when he and Sked first met in the early 1990s, a decade after the reported incidents at Dulwich www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
The Reform UK leader doubts people can recall their abuse from years ago. I’ve never forgotten his – it felt malicious
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I'll not forget what Alan Sked told me at the LSE about the attitudes that Farage had when he and Sked first met in the early 1990s, a decade after the reported incidents at Dulwich www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Dans le Nord, des activistes anglais d’extrême droite veulent stopper les migrants
Dans le Nord, des activistes anglais d’extrême droite veulent stopper les migrants
www.lemonde.fr
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dans le Nord, des activistes anglais d’extrême droite veulent stopper les migrants
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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Regional government elections are being held today in Veneto, Puglia & Campania. If things go as predicted there should be easy wins for the centre-right in Veneto & the centre-left in Puglia. Campania should also go to the centre-left by a smaller majority. Voting continues tomorrow until 3 p.m.
Urne aperte in Veneto, Campania e Puglia: oggi e lunedì si vota
Il presidente uscente Luca Zaia ha votato a San Vendemiano accompagnato dalla moglie
www.lasicilia.it
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Regional government elections are being held today in Veneto, Puglia & Campania. If things go as predicted there should be easy wins for the centre-right in Veneto & the centre-left in Puglia. Campania should also go to the centre-left by a smaller majority. Voting continues tomorrow until 3 p.m.
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Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russia bribes
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a "grave betrayal" of the electorate's trust and inflicted "profound harm".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russia bribes
There is a perception that #Erasmus-plus is only for middle class language students @labour4europe.bsky.social. The new proposal is open to negotation but it is clear about including 'Learning mobility of vocational education', Art. 4(1)b: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
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eur-lex.europa.eu
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There is a perception that #Erasmus-plus is only for middle class language students @labour4europe.bsky.social. The new proposal is open to negotation but it is clear about including 'Learning mobility of vocational education', Art. 4(1)b: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
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FT reporting that the Brits want to rejoin Erasmus+ but with a 50% rebate. I'll just let that sink in #EUreset #Erasmus on.ft.com/43d4lGI
EU demands UK pay into budget as part of relationship ‘reset’
Growing tension between London and Brussels just six months after summit set out to build stronger ties
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
FT reporting that the Brits want to rejoin Erasmus+ but with a 50% rebate. I'll just let that sink in #EUreset #Erasmus on.ft.com/43d4lGI
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The European Commisson should steer well clear of adding pension reform as an item of conditionality to the #EUbudget #MFF www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...
EU considers withholding funds from countries that don’t fix pension systems
Brussels fears Europe’s aging population will cause fiscal crises unless member countries address unsustainable retirement systems.
www.politico.eu
October 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The European Commisson should steer well clear of adding pension reform as an item of conditionality to the #EUbudget #MFF www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...