Chris Powers
@chris.euractiv.com
Defence editor @euractiv.com - and keen follower of 🇪🇺-🇯🇵 & 🇪🇺-🇺🇦 relations.
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Assholery from China ✨
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Assholery from China ✨
But I haven’t yet wrapped my head around if there’s something like the British Territorial Army, that working-age people in Belgium can get on board with.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
But I haven’t yet wrapped my head around if there’s something like the British Territorial Army, that working-age people in Belgium can get on board with.
It’s Brussels, it’s November, and I’ve still got tomatoes ripening on the vine 🍅
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It’s Brussels, it’s November, and I’ve still got tomatoes ripening on the vine 🍅
Last night Brussels disrupted by drones, this morning Liège, again.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Last night Brussels disrupted by drones, this morning Liège, again.
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Zaventem airport closed again this evening – WTH
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November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Zaventem airport closed again this evening – WTH
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Teenage history student me is very excited about the strong and historic redemptive arc Germany is on these days. :’)
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Teenage history student me is very excited about the strong and historic redemptive arc Germany is on these days. :’)
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Nous investissons massivement dans des projets d’exploitation des minéraux critiques à travers le Canada.
Ces projets vont permettre de créer plus de carrières bien rémunérées, d’alimenter notre avenir axé sur l’énergie propre et de renforcer notre défense nationale.
Ces projets vont permettre de créer plus de carrières bien rémunérées, d’alimenter notre avenir axé sur l’énergie propre et de renforcer notre défense nationale.
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Nous investissons massivement dans des projets d’exploitation des minéraux critiques à travers le Canada.
Ces projets vont permettre de créer plus de carrières bien rémunérées, d’alimenter notre avenir axé sur l’énergie propre et de renforcer notre défense nationale.
Ces projets vont permettre de créer plus de carrières bien rémunérées, d’alimenter notre avenir axé sur l’énergie propre et de renforcer notre défense nationale.
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We’re investing big in critical mineral projects across Canada.
That’s going to create more high-paying careers, power our clean energy future, and strengthen our national defence.
That’s going to create more high-paying careers, power our clean energy future, and strengthen our national defence.
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We’re investing big in critical mineral projects across Canada.
That’s going to create more high-paying careers, power our clean energy future, and strengthen our national defence.
That’s going to create more high-paying careers, power our clean energy future, and strengthen our national defence.
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In een eerste reactie laat organisator Golazo weten verbaasd te zijn over de timing en de boodschap van de Stad Brussel.
Organisator Golazo: 'Marathon niet duurder dan een wedstrijd van Union of Anderlecht'
In een eerste reactie laat organisator Golazo weten verbaasd te zijn over de timing en de boodschap van de Stad Brussel.
short.bruzz.be
November 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In een eerste reactie laat organisator Golazo weten verbaasd te zijn over de timing en de boodschap van de Stad Brussel.
Wtf Brussels
Les autorités communales annoncent qu'il n'y aura plus de marathon de Bruxelles: voici pourquoi
www.lalibre.be/regions/brux...
And a reaction:
Organisator Golazo: 'Marathon niet duurder dan een wedstrijd van Union of Anderlecht'
www.bruzz.be/actua/sport/...
Les autorités communales annoncent qu'il n'y aura plus de marathon de Bruxelles: voici pourquoi
www.lalibre.be/regions/brux...
And a reaction:
Organisator Golazo: 'Marathon niet duurder dan een wedstrijd van Union of Anderlecht'
www.bruzz.be/actua/sport/...
Les autorités communales annoncent qu'il n'y aura plus de marathon de Bruxelles: voici pourquoi
La Ville de Bruxelles annonce qu'elle n'organisera plus cet événement sportif sur son territoire.
www.lalibre.be
November 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Wtf Brussels
Les autorités communales annoncent qu'il n'y aura plus de marathon de Bruxelles: voici pourquoi
www.lalibre.be/regions/brux...
And a reaction:
Organisator Golazo: 'Marathon niet duurder dan een wedstrijd van Union of Anderlecht'
www.bruzz.be/actua/sport/...
Les autorités communales annoncent qu'il n'y aura plus de marathon de Bruxelles: voici pourquoi
www.lalibre.be/regions/brux...
And a reaction:
Organisator Golazo: 'Marathon niet duurder dan een wedstrijd van Union of Anderlecht'
www.bruzz.be/actua/sport/...
Who knew Jacques Delors had something in common with @schwarzenegger.bsky.social
Be Useful – a very good book!
Pictured: Some new ideas for Europe by Enrico Letta.
Be Useful – a very good book!
Pictured: Some new ideas for Europe by Enrico Letta.
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Who knew Jacques Delors had something in common with @schwarzenegger.bsky.social
Be Useful – a very good book!
Pictured: Some new ideas for Europe by Enrico Letta.
Be Useful – a very good book!
Pictured: Some new ideas for Europe by Enrico Letta.
A vision of the year 2000, from Clarice Lispector in 1969 – always cool to see what did and didn’t come true. Some things still in progress. Some we are beginning to worry about. And others, we would LOVE to have.
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A vision of the year 2000, from Clarice Lispector in 1969 – always cool to see what did and didn’t come true. Some things still in progress. Some we are beginning to worry about. And others, we would LOVE to have.
I love that the president of the US is picking a fight with a comedian over whether an aircraft carrier catapult should be working with steam or electricity.
The EU simply doesn’t have these kinds of policy debates.
The EU simply doesn’t have these kinds of policy debates.
November 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I love that the president of the US is picking a fight with a comedian over whether an aircraft carrier catapult should be working with steam or electricity.
The EU simply doesn’t have these kinds of policy debates.
The EU simply doesn’t have these kinds of policy debates.
The EU & Japan risk getting spit-roasted by the US and China in this new world order...
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The EU & Japan risk getting spit-roasted by the US and China in this new world order...
Well this story aged very well!
🇯🇵 🇪🇺 My favourite story yet written for @euractiv.com
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
October 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Well this story aged very well!
Reposted by Chris Powers
Nice piece by @chris.euractiv.com and Thomas Moller-Nielsen. www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d... A must read !
Tokyo drift: Why the EU is going all-in on Japan | Euractiv
China’s export restrictions on rare earths have prompted a surge of diplomatic engagement between Brussels and Tokyo
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October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Nice piece by @chris.euractiv.com and Thomas Moller-Nielsen. www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d... A must read !
🇯🇵 🇪🇺 My favourite story yet written for @euractiv.com
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🇯🇵 🇪🇺 My favourite story yet written for @euractiv.com
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
I’d been watching Commissioners go to Japan all through September. Could not leave that phenomenon unremarked!
With my colleague Tom, I think we made something you’ll like :-)
www.euractiv.com/news/tokyo-d...
Nooooo :-(
Pour la première fois, des moustiques ont été découverts en Islande
Pour la première fois, des moustiques ont été découverts en Islande - RTBF Actus
www.rtbf.be
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Nooooo :-(
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Once a narrative takes hold, it is very difficult to shift, whether it is based on truth or not.
Belgium in Brief: The truth is out there
Belgium in Brief: The truth is out there
www.brusselstimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Once a narrative takes hold, it is very difficult to shift, whether it is based on truth or not.
The real reason they're in Eurovision www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Australia Pitches to Be Trump’s Fix for China Rare Earths Curbs
Australia’s prime minister is set to pitch his nation’s vast resource holdings as a solution to China’s rare earth curbs at a meeting Monday with President Donald Trump, as the US and other countries ...
www.bloomberg.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The real reason they're in Eurovision www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
One big news out of today’s NATO meeting, perhaps unwittingly, an endorsement of our newsletter FIREPOWER.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
One big news out of today’s NATO meeting, perhaps unwittingly, an endorsement of our newsletter FIREPOWER.
Read today’s issue here / get a trial to read it for free:
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🇮🇪 Reading a potted history of Ireland and it’s already changed forever how I’ll think about AOC’s ‘squad’ in the US, given Michael Collins also had one.
October 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
🇮🇪 Reading a potted history of Ireland and it’s already changed forever how I’ll think about AOC’s ‘squad’ in the US, given Michael Collins also had one.
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Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.”
For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
www.euractiv.com/news/german-...
For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
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German spy chief says Russia won't shy from military confrontation | Euractiv
Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. J...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.”
For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
www.euractiv.com/news/german-...
For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
www.euractiv.com/news/german-...
Bit of a word salad that one
October 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bit of a word salad that one
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The European Defence Community - idea promoted by Jean Monnet and 🇪🇺founding fathers - failed in 1950s. We need to draw inspiration from that attempt to create a new European security architecture, involving also Ukraine 🇺🇦
Full remarks 🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Full remarks 🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Welcome message by Commissioner Kubilius for the International colloquium ”European Security in Global Disorder” (recorded)
Good evening,\nI very much regret I cannot be there with you.\nI see Jean Monnet as a great historic example. And you are discussing the most important issue of our time: our security.\nLet me start w...
ec.europa.eu
October 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The European Defence Community - idea promoted by Jean Monnet and 🇪🇺founding fathers - failed in 1950s. We need to draw inspiration from that attempt to create a new European security architecture, involving also Ukraine 🇺🇦
Full remarks 🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Full remarks 🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...