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Note that the agreement on SAFE - the 150bn loan facility - comes in parallel to the EU-UK agreement, signalling that questions on how to integrate partners were central to the negotiations amongst member states:
May 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Note that the agreement on SAFE - the 150bn loan facility - comes in parallel to the EU-UK agreement, signalling that questions on how to integrate partners were central to the negotiations amongst member states:
Reposted by James Hammersley
NEW
Deal or no deal? EU prepares to engage US and China in high-wire bargaining act
My report on a precarious moment for Europe
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Deal or no deal? EU prepares to engage US and China in high-wire bargaining act
My report on a precarious moment for Europe
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Deal or no deal? EU engages US, China on high-wire bargaining act
Europe must navigate between the two powers, knowing that cutting an economic deal with one could make it impossible to do so with the other.
www.scmp.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
NEW
Deal or no deal? EU prepares to engage US and China in high-wire bargaining act
My report on a precarious moment for Europe
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Deal or no deal? EU prepares to engage US and China in high-wire bargaining act
My report on a precarious moment for Europe
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Europeans could have seen the threat of Trump coming. “But up until the eleventh hour, they actually increased their defence dependence on the US,” writes @nathalietocci.bsky.social
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Europe’s wake-up call on defence
For too long, Europeans ignored Russia’s growing threat and the United States’ waning interest in their security
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Europeans could have seen the threat of Trump coming. “But up until the eleventh hour, they actually increased their defence dependence on the US,” writes @nathalietocci.bsky.social
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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Former Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez tells my colleague Dewey Sim:
“Europe has to soothe ties with China because China is, today, a systemic partner.”
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
“Europe has to soothe ties with China because China is, today, a systemic partner.”
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
China should do ‘right thing’ to build trust with Europe, ex-top diplomat says
Beijing needs to address EU concerns including over Ukraine war for ‘functional relationship’, according to ex-Spanish foreign minister.
www.scmp.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Former Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez tells my colleague Dewey Sim:
“Europe has to soothe ties with China because China is, today, a systemic partner.”
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
“Europe has to soothe ties with China because China is, today, a systemic partner.”
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Essential reading by @nathalietocci.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s US doesn’t just think Europe is obsolete – it wants to see it dead | Nathalie Tocci
Whether it is by declaring a trade war or by bullying Greenland, visceral hatred is driving American policy, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Essential reading by @nathalietocci.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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February 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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New: Kaja Kallas plans to meet Wang Yi in Munich next month, in likely the first formal sit-down between the sides since a changing of the guard in Brussels.
Comes after von der Leyen briefly met Ding Xuexiang in Davos. "Just a handshake" her team says
www.scmp.com/news/china/a...
Comes after von der Leyen briefly met Ding Xuexiang in Davos. "Just a handshake" her team says
www.scmp.com/news/china/a...
High-level EU-China talks to resume as diplomats slated to meet in Munich
Kaja Kallas, who recently assumed EU post, and Wang Yi will sit down next month, after a brief handshake between senior officials in Davos.
www.scmp.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
New: Kaja Kallas plans to meet Wang Yi in Munich next month, in likely the first formal sit-down between the sides since a changing of the guard in Brussels.
Comes after von der Leyen briefly met Ding Xuexiang in Davos. "Just a handshake" her team says
www.scmp.com/news/china/a...
Comes after von der Leyen briefly met Ding Xuexiang in Davos. "Just a handshake" her team says
www.scmp.com/news/china/a...
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He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization.
He is who we think he is.
He is who we think he is.
Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade
January 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization.
He is who we think he is.
He is who we think he is.
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📖 To celebrate the migration to Bluesky I will put everyone who reposts this before Dec 2nd into a random drawing & send the winner a free paperback copy of my 2021 book Making the World Safe for Dictatorship anywhere they happen to be in the world. 📖
November 26, 2024 at 1:10 PM
📖 To celebrate the migration to Bluesky I will put everyone who reposts this before Dec 2nd into a random drawing & send the winner a free paperback copy of my 2021 book Making the World Safe for Dictatorship anywhere they happen to be in the world. 📖