🇪🇺 needs to be independent or at least be ready to be strong in geopolitical developments, including to have our plans on how peace in 🇺🇦 can be brought and to discuss them with our transatlantic partners. Interview @politico.eu w @jacopobarigazzi.bsky.social ⬇️ www.politico.eu/article/eu-n...

2) Ace colleague @jacopobarigazzi.bsky.social got hold of the draft proposal of the 19th sanctions package against Russia. We unpack the details of the text, with @victorjack.bsky.social 👇 pro.politico.eu/news/205158

The irony of the whole Brexit fuck-up, lost on most Brits, is that the UK (officials like Lord Cockfield) played a leading role in shaping the EU, as summarised by @jacopobarigazzi.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Many diplomats think that the European Parliament is not a serious institution, MEPs seem to love not missing chances to prove they are right, I saw pictures like that so many times that it’s just utterly depressing

#EUDefence: #Europe needs roadmap from #US on any troop pullout - says #Finnish defense minister, by @jacopobarigazzi.bsky.social | Politico

Waiting for the next Cohen brothers movie

We're hiring! Come join @jacopobarigazzi.bsky.social, @jancienski.bsky.social and me to cover defense policy in NATO and Berlin. jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/... jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/...

I'm afraid that as long as Putin or a Putin-like leader is in charge, this is true. I don't rule out the possibility of change - one could have written the same about permanently warlike Germany before 1945 - but it may take similar cataclysmic change to persuade Russia that imperialism doesn't pay.

New: The EU’s diplomatic body is proposing a plan for a coalition of countries to send up to €40 billion in military aid to Ukraine this year, according to a draft document seen by me

Portugal : élections anticipées en vue après un vote de confiance perdu par le gouvernement

It was indeed a great speech

NEW (#Energy) via @politico.eu's @gabrielgavin.bsky.social & @jacopobarigazzi.bsky.social: "European leaders have proposed restarting the flow of [#Russia's] pipeline gas as part of a compromise deal designed to prevent #Slovakia from vetoing support for #Ukraine." www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...

Breaking news: Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, in a major breakthrough including the release of Israeli hostages, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations.

Hundreds of employees at The Washington Post sent a letter to Jeff Bezos on Tuesday evening, asking the Amazon founder for a meeting amid widespread concern about the future of the newspaper.

Scoop: a German confidential document, that I got, on the future of the European Peace Facility, has created some anxiety on the future of military aid to Ukraine at EU level, this and much more on the Playbook that I wrote www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

Since 2021, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has been at a standstill, with Russia refusing to approve Estonia taking over as chair in 2024. Now a possible solution is emerging — but it is proving divisive for the EU.

Scoop: The EU is discussing ramping up sanctions against Iran over its support for Hamas, and three EU member states have also drawn up plans, seen by POLITICO, on how to further sanction Hamas, with @bmoens.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez has secured the crucial support he needed to stay in power as Spain’s prime minister.

No surprise here: Moldovan couple who painted 60 Stars of David on walls in Paris, were "guided by an individual in Russia" www.europe1.fr/societe/info...

Freedom of the press in Italy under Meloni coalition: if you criticize a politician for being a climate denier, he threatens to cut funding for your media Claudio Borghi is member of the Senate, elected by Salvini’s Lega Radio Radicale is paid by the government to broadcast the Italian parliament

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President Emmanuel Macron submitted language for an amendment that would make France the first country to enshrine a right to abortion in its constitution.

Why Russia and North Korea outpace the EU and Ukraine on ammo production @nikamelkozerova.bsky.social, @laukaya.bsky.social, @calebmlarson.bsky.social and @jacopobarigazzi.bsky.social, edited by @jancienski.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/vlad...

Extreme right+11, in Germany, in the midst of an economic downturn and with the fear of Islamic terrorism, ok this evening I get a drink

Joe Biden and top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu’s political days are numbered — a sentiment the U.S. president recently shared with the Israeli prime minister.