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Jan 9, 2025 | 
politico.eu | Giulia Poloni
Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. And we’re back!After a couple of weeks spent hiding under the Southern European sun, Declassified is here, ready to pick up where we left off. And if 2024 went out with a bang, it seems that 2025 has started playing the same tune.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Giulia Poloni
After the two decades that seem to have passed since the beginning of January, the year is finally coming to an end. The United Nations called 2024 the “super year” of elections — which sounds accurate. It also said that the fact that 3.7 billion voters headed to ballot boxes in 72 countries was synonymous with “strengthening democracy and good governance.” That feels slightly less on the nose. For those of us in Europe, the super season kicked off with mystery. What on earth is a Spitzenkandidat?
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Giulia Poloni
Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. It’s the most goating time of the year in Scandinavia. All cultures have their quirky Christmas traditions — especially in Europe — from Catalonian poopers to the Alpine Krampus, so it’s no surprise that some Nordic countries build Yule goat figures to celebrate the holidays.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Giulia Poloni
Are you a (relatively) young man — with just a hint of toxic masculinity — trying to launch your political career but you don’t know where to start? All you have to do is to become a TikTok influencer. And if you are not clear on how to get there, Declassified is here to help.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Giulia Poloni
Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. I say we’ve waited long enough. Those among us who are passionate about the topic have followed every twist and turn of this epic drama — all the names whispered in the corridors, the not-so-secret backdoor deals leaked by insiders and the bold public statements.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
biorxiv.org | Paul Robinson |Giulia Poloni |Sophie Broadway-Stringer |Lisa Leinhos
AbstractThe ALPK3 gene encodes alpha-protein kinase 3, a cardiac pseudo-kinase of unknown function. Heterozygous truncating variants (ALPK3tv) can cause dominant adult-onset Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). Here we confirm an excess of ALPK3tv in sarcomere-gene negative HCM patients. Moreover, we generated a novel knock-in mouse model carrying an ALPK3tv (K201X). Homozygous animals displayed hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Giulia Poloni
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Sky News Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard with their guide to the election day ahead. This is day 23 of the campaign. Jack and Sam discuss the latest polling which shows Reform UK overtaking the Conservatives for the first time, the aftermath of Labour’s manifesto launch, and what the Lib Dems are up to in the so-called Tory Blue Wall. Email Jack and Sam: [email protected]...
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Giulia Poloni
The EU election is upon us, but who is going to get the most seats and will they be able to form a majority in the European Parliament? Our interactive tool lets you play around with the configurations in the Parliament. Simply click on the hemicycle or on a group name and see how the electoral math could work out. And you can also see the expected makeup of the Parliament on a country-by-country basis.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Aitor Hernández-Morales |Koen Verhelst |Charlie Duxbury |Nektaria Stamouli |Ketrin Jochecová |Victor Jack | +12 more
When EU voters head to the polls later this week, one thing is certain: Almost none of them will be thinking of Europe when they cast their ballot. A plethora of studies — and sky-high abstention rates — show that most of the bloc’s citizens neither understand nor care about the European Parliament vote. Because of this, they tend to vote based on domestic concerns instead of Brussels politics.
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May 30, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Ali Walker |Emma Krstic |Giulia Poloni
Are you the Nostradamus of the Brussels bubble? While the European Parliament election takes place next week, the real excitement will kick off once the results are announced, with EU countries and leaders maneuvering to get their preferred people into top jobs. Though some gigs have clear front-runners (looking at you, European Commission), nothing is set in stone — and, as 2019 proved, there’s nothing to stop leaders from throwing us all a massive von der Leyen-shaped curveball.
