Pete Pakarinen
@petepakarinen.bsky.social
Finnish media adviser @eppgroup.bsky.social, European parliament. Finnish, security and defence (SEDE), human rights (DROI) communications. Opinions are own, repost not endorsement. Fan of arts, music, history etc. Savonlinna - Brussels.
#SlavaUkraini
#SlavaUkraini
Parlamentin valiokunnat äänestivät. "Eroon Venäjän energiasta, Putinin sotakassan tukeminen lopetettava", vaativat Mika Aaltola ja Aura Salla
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Aaltola ja Salla:
Eroon Venäjän energiasta, Putinin sotakassan tukeminen lopetettava
Kansainvälisen kaupan valiokunta INTA ja Teollisuus-, tutkimus- ja energiavaliokunta ITRE hyväksyivät tänään yhteiskokouksessaan lainsäädäntömietinnön venäläisen maakaasun tuonnin vaiheittaisesta lope...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Parlamentin valiokunnat äänestivät. "Eroon Venäjän energiasta, Putinin sotakassan tukeminen lopetettava", vaativat Mika Aaltola ja Aura Salla
@kokoomus.bsky.social
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@kokoomus.bsky.social
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Debate is on! United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Debate is on! United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure.
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Infographic - For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban
✍️ Ciaran Sunderland
✍️ Ciaran Sunderland
Infographic - For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban
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October 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Infographic - For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban
✍️ Ciaran Sunderland
✍️ Ciaran Sunderland
"Russia is a terrorist state, and we, as Europeans, have the right to defend our own territory"
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From words to action: Defend our skies
The EPP Group is urging the EU to move from words to action and defend its airspace, warning that Russia’s escalating hybrid attacks against EU Member States amount to state-sponsored terrorism and de...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
"Russia is a terrorist state, and we, as Europeans, have the right to defend our own territory"
www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/fro... @eppgroup.bsky.social
www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/fro... @eppgroup.bsky.social
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Europe must defend the integrity of the Schengen area and act swiftly to counter hybrid threats, state-sponsored migration manipulation and regimes that exploit our openness.
🔗https://epp.group/3vyazm38 #EPlenary
🔗https://epp.group/3vyazm38 #EPlenary
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Europe must defend the integrity of the Schengen area and act swiftly to counter hybrid threats, state-sponsored migration manipulation and regimes that exploit our openness.
🔗https://epp.group/3vyazm38 #EPlenary
🔗https://epp.group/3vyazm38 #EPlenary
Stronger defence by stronger industry
@eppgroup.bsky.social welcomes cutting bureaucracy on European #defence industry #omnibus www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/str...
@eppgroup.bsky.social welcomes cutting bureaucracy on European #defence industry #omnibus www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/str...
Stronger defence by stronger industry
The EPP Group welcomes the European Commission’s Defence Omnibus Simplification proposal and stresses the need for its swift adoption to strengthen Europe’s defence capabilities."We need to invest mor...
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June 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Stronger defence by stronger industry
@eppgroup.bsky.social welcomes cutting bureaucracy on European #defence industry #omnibus www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/str...
@eppgroup.bsky.social welcomes cutting bureaucracy on European #defence industry #omnibus www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/str...
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Europe not only can, but must, ensure its security. For this, however, we need the courage to make bold decisions.
It is time to stop relying on others. It is time to take our security into our own hands.
We need more European tanks and less bureaucracy.
#EUDefence
It is time to stop relying on others. It is time to take our security into our own hands.
We need more European tanks and less bureaucracy.
#EUDefence
June 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Europe not only can, but must, ensure its security. For this, however, we need the courage to make bold decisions.
It is time to stop relying on others. It is time to take our security into our own hands.
We need more European tanks and less bureaucracy.
#EUDefence
It is time to stop relying on others. It is time to take our security into our own hands.
We need more European tanks and less bureaucracy.
#EUDefence
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Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin
Darren Beattie, who alarmed the State Department with his pro-Moscow views, is married to a woman whose uncle has ties to Vladimir Putin
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The EPP Group is driving efforts to boost
@europol-eu.bsky.social 's ability to fight the criminal networks behind migrant smuggling.
We’ve secured €50 million in extra funding and 50 new staff members to strengthen this fight.
Read more: epp.group/dmx3itdu
#EUmigration
@europol-eu.bsky.social 's ability to fight the criminal networks behind migrant smuggling.
We’ve secured €50 million in extra funding and 50 new staff members to strengthen this fight.
Read more: epp.group/dmx3itdu
#EUmigration
More money, more staff, more muscle for Europol
The EPP Group is driving efforts to boost Europol's ability to fight the criminal networks behind migrant smuggling.“Right now, the Europol regulation still falls short in several areas, preventing th...
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May 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The EPP Group is driving efforts to boost
@europol-eu.bsky.social 's ability to fight the criminal networks behind migrant smuggling.
We’ve secured €50 million in extra funding and 50 new staff members to strengthen this fight.
Read more: epp.group/dmx3itdu
#EUmigration
@europol-eu.bsky.social 's ability to fight the criminal networks behind migrant smuggling.
We’ve secured €50 million in extra funding and 50 new staff members to strengthen this fight.
Read more: epp.group/dmx3itdu
#EUmigration
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Finnish MoD announces that to reach 1 million reservist target, age of possible service will be raised across private-NCO-officer scale to 65 years. In practice it'll apply to specialists w war-time assignment.
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www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...
Suomelle 1 000 000 sotilasta
Puolustusministeri Antti Häkkänen (kok): ”Vahvistuva reservi lisää Suomen turvallisuutta.”
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May 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Finnish MoD announces that to reach 1 million reservist target, age of possible service will be raised across private-NCO-officer scale to 65 years. In practice it'll apply to specialists w war-time assignment.
www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...
www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...
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Vote✅
After years of pressure from the EPP Group, the European Parliament is finally loosening the rigid protection status of wolves.
European farmers urgently need these new, clear rules to help them and rural communities across Europe ease the growing anxiety.
epp.group/70e9liro
After years of pressure from the EPP Group, the European Parliament is finally loosening the rigid protection status of wolves.
European farmers urgently need these new, clear rules to help them and rural communities across Europe ease the growing anxiety.
epp.group/70e9liro
EPP Group secures reform to wolves’ protection status
After years of pressure from the EPP Group, the European Parliament has today voted to amend the protection status of wolves under the EU Habitats Directive.“Farmers can now breathe a sigh of relief. ...
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May 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Vote✅
After years of pressure from the EPP Group, the European Parliament is finally loosening the rigid protection status of wolves.
European farmers urgently need these new, clear rules to help them and rural communities across Europe ease the growing anxiety.
epp.group/70e9liro
After years of pressure from the EPP Group, the European Parliament is finally loosening the rigid protection status of wolves.
European farmers urgently need these new, clear rules to help them and rural communities across Europe ease the growing anxiety.
epp.group/70e9liro
Welcome journalists to a @eppgroup.bsky.social press briefing on Wednesday with Nicolas Pascual de la Parte MEP, on the EPP Group‘s priorities in the new Security and Defence Committee. More info from the link and from me!
www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/wee...
www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/wee...
EPP Group Highlights (27 January - 02 February 2025)
Take a look at what we have coming up over the next seven days.Explore our EPP Group agenda and the main issues we’ll be focusing on in the week ahead: from upcoming debates in the European Parliament...
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January 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Welcome journalists to a @eppgroup.bsky.social press briefing on Wednesday with Nicolas Pascual de la Parte MEP, on the EPP Group‘s priorities in the new Security and Defence Committee. More info from the link and from me!
www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/wee...
www.eppgroup.eu/newsroom/wee...
Change of duties took place. Thank you and good bye AGRI, now into security and defence (SEDE) and human rights (DROI) @eppgroup.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Change of duties took place. Thank you and good bye AGRI, now into security and defence (SEDE) and human rights (DROI) @eppgroup.bsky.social
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"Ask not what America can do for Europe and its security - ask what we ourselves can do for it. Europe was, is, and will always be great."
Inspiring @donald-tusk.bsky.social in European Parliament today ❤️🤍🇪🇺
Inspiring @donald-tusk.bsky.social in European Parliament today ❤️🤍🇪🇺
Welcome back to the European Parliament, Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
In these challenging times, the EU needs to protect its citizens and strengthen Europe’s security in all its dimensions.
We believe that the Polish Presidency will provide our Union with a fresh impetus.
#Poland25eu
In these challenging times, the EU needs to protect its citizens and strengthen Europe’s security in all its dimensions.
We believe that the Polish Presidency will provide our Union with a fresh impetus.
#Poland25eu
January 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"Ask not what America can do for Europe and its security - ask what we ourselves can do for it. Europe was, is, and will always be great."
Inspiring @donald-tusk.bsky.social in European Parliament today ❤️🤍🇪🇺
Inspiring @donald-tusk.bsky.social in European Parliament today ❤️🤍🇪🇺
Suomelle sataa parlamentin keskustelussa kiitoksia päättäväisestä toiminnasta Venäjän varjolaivaston suhteen. Hyvä huomata myös kuinka laajasti sabotaasitoimet tuomitaan ja varjolaivasto halutaan pysäyttää.
January 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Suomelle sataa parlamentin keskustelussa kiitoksia päättäväisestä toiminnasta Venäjän varjolaivaston suhteen. Hyvä huomata myös kuinka laajasti sabotaasitoimet tuomitaan ja varjolaivasto halutaan pysäyttää.
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Russia has attempted both to jam and illuminate as target the French airplane taking part in defending Baltic sea cables from Russian sabotage. www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
Un avion de la marine française volant pour l'Otan ciblé par l'armée russe
L’aéronef effectuait un vol de surveillance dans le cadre d’un déploiement de l’Alliance en réaction aux dégradations de câbles sous-marins au-dessus de la mer Baltique.
www.lefigaro.fr
January 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Russia has attempted both to jam and illuminate as target the French airplane taking part in defending Baltic sea cables from Russian sabotage. www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
Demokratialla ei mene hyvin ja suurin yksittäinen syyllinen siihen on Venäjä.
Venäjä on massiivinen uhka demokratialle | Verkkouutiset
Venäjä on massiivinen uhka demokratialle | Verkkouutiset
www.verkkouutiset.fi
January 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Demokratialla ei mene hyvin ja suurin yksittäinen syyllinen siihen on Venäjä.
Tärkeä esitys ajatellen esimerkiksi omaa taannoista Vastaamo-tapaustamme.
EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks
EU health care sector pummeled with cyberattacks in recent years.
www.politico.eu
January 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tärkeä esitys ajatellen esimerkiksi omaa taannoista Vastaamo-tapaustamme.
Kokoomuksen meppiryhmän vetäjäksi valittiin tänään @mikaaaltola.bsky.social www.eppgroup.eu/fi/mita-me-t...
Mika Aaltola Kokoomusmeppien puheenjohtajaksi
Kokoomusmepit valitsivat keskiviikkoaamuna uudeksi puheenjohtajakseen Mika Aaltolan. Valinta tehtiin meppiryhmän aiemman puheenjohtajan, Henna Virkkusen tultua valituksi Euroopan komission varapuheenj...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Kokoomuksen meppiryhmän vetäjäksi valittiin tänään @mikaaaltola.bsky.social www.eppgroup.eu/fi/mita-me-t...
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The European Commission is set to propose new rules on deporting migrants entering the bloc illegally.
EU to propose new migration rules in latest rightward shift
One of the policies under discussion is restricting the freedom of movement of migrants set for deportation.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2024 at 1:50 PM
The European Commission is set to propose new rules on deporting migrants entering the bloc illegally.
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🚨 New #podcast alert!
This episode of “EU Decoded” brings you the two most important topics from this week’s #EPlenary session:
🔵 Approval of the new Commission
🔵 2025 EU budget
Don’t miss it! ⬇️
This episode of “EU Decoded” brings you the two most important topics from this week’s #EPlenary session:
🔵 Approval of the new Commission
🔵 2025 EU budget
Don’t miss it! ⬇️
Plenary wrap-up: The new Commission and 2025 EU budget
EU Decoded · Episode
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November 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Onnea uudelle komissiolle!
November 27, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Onnea uudelle komissiolle!
Parasta ohjelmaa juuri nyt. Keskustelu uudesta komissiosta suorana Euroopan parlamentista. www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
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November 27, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Parasta ohjelmaa juuri nyt. Keskustelu uudesta komissiosta suorana Euroopan parlamentista. www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
Tervetuloa keskustelemaan Kokoomusmeppien kanssa Eurooppasaliin perjantaina 15.30-17.00 @mikaaaltola.bsky.social @kokoomus.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Tervetuloa keskustelemaan Kokoomusmeppien kanssa Eurooppasaliin perjantaina 15.30-17.00 @mikaaaltola.bsky.social @kokoomus.bsky.social