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Letter from @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu to @pmviktororban.bsky.social in response to Orban’s Saturday missive threatening to sabotage Thursday’s EU summit - Costa notes “no objections” to Europe defence plans and that they broadly agree on how to move forward on Ukraine
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Touché
March 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Letter from @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu to @pmviktororban.bsky.social in response to Orban’s Saturday missive threatening to sabotage Thursday’s EU summit - Costa notes “no objections” to Europe defence plans and that they broadly agree on how to move forward on Ukraine
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Trump-Vance knew their friend Putin doesn’t want a truce with any meaningful sec guarantees. They needed to blame Zelensky for it. It’s as transparent as it gets. Europe now knows there’s no fence to sit on. It confronts Russia alone and against the US. United we can do this
March 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Trump-Vance knew their friend Putin doesn’t want a truce with any meaningful sec guarantees. They needed to blame Zelensky for it. It’s as transparent as it gets. Europe now knows there’s no fence to sit on. It confronts Russia alone and against the US. United we can do this
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I agree 👇
The clarity we all need.
Time to move on.
The clarity we all need.
Time to move on.
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I agree 👇
The clarity we all need.
Time to move on.
The clarity we all need.
Time to move on.
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Interesting format, with a full pre-briefing of EU Heads of State and Government on Macron's visit to Trump. This follows the emergency summits organised by Macron in Paris, but also the informal #EUCO on transatlantic relations in early February.
I am getting two different vibes on it:
I am getting two different vibes on it:
To prepare for the Special European Council on 6 March, I am organizing a videoconference of the members of the @consilium.europa.eu, tomorrow morning, to hear a debriefing from President Macron on his recent visit to Washington, D.C.
#EUCO
#EUCO
February 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Interesting format, with a full pre-briefing of EU Heads of State and Government on Macron's visit to Trump. This follows the emergency summits organised by Macron in Paris, but also the informal #EUCO on transatlantic relations in early February.
I am getting two different vibes on it:
I am getting two different vibes on it:
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strengthening European Defence and contributing decisively to peace on our continent and long-term security of Ukraine.
I will continue to work together with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and all Member States to be ready to take decisions on 6 March.
#EUCO
I will continue to work together with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and all Member States to be ready to take decisions on 6 March.
#EUCO
February 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
strengthening European Defence and contributing decisively to peace on our continent and long-term security of Ukraine.
I will continue to work together with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and all Member States to be ready to take decisions on 6 March.
#EUCO
I will continue to work together with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and all Member States to be ready to take decisions on 6 March.
#EUCO
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I have decided to convene a special European Council on 6 March.
We are living a defining moment for Ukraine and European security.
In my consultations with European leaders, I’ve heard a shared commitment to meet those challenges at EU level:
We are living a defining moment for Ukraine and European security.
In my consultations with European leaders, I’ve heard a shared commitment to meet those challenges at EU level:
February 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I have decided to convene a special European Council on 6 March.
We are living a defining moment for Ukraine and European security.
In my consultations with European leaders, I’ve heard a shared commitment to meet those challenges at EU level:
We are living a defining moment for Ukraine and European security.
In my consultations with European leaders, I’ve heard a shared commitment to meet those challenges at EU level:
This thread…
🇺🇸🇵🇱🇭🇺 I'm afraid that all the expert output about the rule of law crisis in Hungary/Poland being a consequence of these countries being "young, not yet fully developed democracies without a long history of developing trust in institutions" is about to age very badly.
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This thread…
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Good to see 🇪🇺 two President's VdL and Costa working so seamlessly together. Perfectly co-ordinated messaging. Marks a good break from the acrimony that existed between VdL and Michel
February 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Good to see 🇪🇺 two President's VdL and Costa working so seamlessly together. Perfectly co-ordinated messaging. Marks a good break from the acrimony that existed between VdL and Michel
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“Tariffs are essentially taxes.” 👏
EU Commission response to Trump's announcement of steel and aluminium tariffs ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
February 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“Tariffs are essentially taxes.” 👏
That’s also a way to look at it, admittedly…
All those boomers who didn't listen to us Millenials screaming that autistic Warhammer 40k Reddit kids will be a problem someday are now seeing that, well, they are a problem!
February 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
That’s also a way to look at it, admittedly…
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Actually there’s nothing Roman about the so-called “Roman salute.” Historians of Ancient Rome have consistently refuted its existence, pointing out that no clear evidence of such a gesture — as we understand it today —appears in Roman art, sculpture or literature.
We’re cooked…. He just did the Roman Salute twice on stage.
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Actually there’s nothing Roman about the so-called “Roman salute.” Historians of Ancient Rome have consistently refuted its existence, pointing out that no clear evidence of such a gesture — as we understand it today —appears in Roman art, sculpture or literature.
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Scary stuff. Is that what Trump means by Make America Great Again?
January 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Scary stuff. Is that what Trump means by Make America Great Again?
Better get used to ‘unusually programmatic’…
Very interesting and unusually programmatic invitation letter by @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu to the informal European Council early February with a big focus on European defence under the shadow of Trump.
Three things stand out to me:
Three things stand out to me:
Europe needs to assume greater responsibility for its own defence. We have a common interest in doing more and better at European level.
That’s why I have invited leaders to discuss European defence on 3 February at the Château de Limont. #LimontRetreat
Read it here ↓
europa.eu/!vGg6QY
That’s why I have invited leaders to discuss European defence on 3 February at the Château de Limont. #LimontRetreat
Read it here ↓
europa.eu/!vGg6QY
January 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Better get used to ‘unusually programmatic’…
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As Trump enters the fray, the danger is that a nationalist Europe will fragment, not stick together. My latest @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Trump enters the fray, the danger is that a nationalist Europe will fragment, not stick together | Nathalie Tocci
Rightwing leaders such as Meloni and Orbán set themselves up as Trump whisperers – but they only want to preserve their own interests, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
As Trump enters the fray, the danger is that a nationalist Europe will fragment, not stick together. My latest @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Side effects of excessive ‘presidentialisation’?
Apparently an unpopular opinion, but I think also an EU Commission president has the right to privacy? I find this Politico headline quite odd, even more so as von der Leyen is no Commander-in-Chief or has executive power compared to a head of state/ government.
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Brussels hushed up Ursula von der Leyen’s week in hospital with pneumonia
Revelation is set to fuel more transparency questions for the EU’s most powerful official.
www.politico.eu
January 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Side effects of excessive ‘presidentialisation’?
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One of the things I think European (Including the EU, UK, EFTA, etc states in this) policymakers have to start thinking about is which US Big Tech products are "too big to fail" for European consumers and so represent a strategic vulnerability, and which aren't
January 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
One of the things I think European (Including the EU, UK, EFTA, etc states in this) policymakers have to start thinking about is which US Big Tech products are "too big to fail" for European consumers and so represent a strategic vulnerability, and which aren't
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1/ This goes beyond a criticism of the EU Digital Services Act (on the grounds that the US First Amendment should apply worldwide). It argues the EU should not apply its *competition* law to US tech companies on the EU market either. A rejection of the very idea of the EU regulation of its market.
🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. government under incoming President Donald Trump should intervene to stop the EU from fining American tech companies for breaching antitrust rules and other violations, Meta chief exec Mark Zuckerberg said late Friday.
Full story: trib.al/IWW9g57
Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.
trib.al
January 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
1/ This goes beyond a criticism of the EU Digital Services Act (on the grounds that the US First Amendment should apply worldwide). It argues the EU should not apply its *competition* law to US tech companies on the EU market either. A rejection of the very idea of the EU regulation of its market.
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Encore une fois sur nos représentations de la Russie et de l'Ukraine.
Il y a une chose que j'aurais dû trouver frappante il y a des années déjà, et pourtant, ce n'est que depuis 2022 que j'en ai pris conscience: une différence de taille dans la construction des enquêtes d'opinion en Ru et Ukr.
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Il y a une chose que j'aurais dû trouver frappante il y a des années déjà, et pourtant, ce n'est que depuis 2022 que j'en ai pris conscience: une différence de taille dans la construction des enquêtes d'opinion en Ru et Ukr.
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January 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Encore une fois sur nos représentations de la Russie et de l'Ukraine.
Il y a une chose que j'aurais dû trouver frappante il y a des années déjà, et pourtant, ce n'est que depuis 2022 que j'en ai pris conscience: une différence de taille dans la construction des enquêtes d'opinion en Ru et Ukr.
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Il y a une chose que j'aurais dû trouver frappante il y a des années déjà, et pourtant, ce n'est que depuis 2022 que j'en ai pris conscience: une différence de taille dans la construction des enquêtes d'opinion en Ru et Ukr.
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