This is what UK "rejoin" need to counterbalance, and the debate in UK about future application to become a candidate country of the Union is still in its infancy. Moreover, Europe should develop its own platforms to support its own narrative. It's not up to Americans and other third countries.

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The EU never gets praise even when it acts. There is so much constant EU negging that commentators struggle to praise when it delivers. The EU did what it needed to do. Take the win. Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project. First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/

This is an historic step for Europe.

Sad reality. But this needs to be clearly expressed and explained to voters to re-link decision-making to accountability. Treaty change is necessary now!

È dovuta, da tempo, un’indagine approfondita sui rapporti tra Limes e la Russia.

Che dire...meglio tardi che mai. Tre studiosi lasciano Limes. Argentieri: 'nube tossica su Ucraina' www.adnkronos.com/internaziona...

A very interesting post, and thread. Also to note the preponderance of UK media, which can partly explain the saturation in European public discourse with anglosphere biases and language. An easy indicator of this issue is the use of "bloc" instead of "union" when referring to the EU.

Regardless of what happens to the reparations loan, which is still under intense negotiations, the Russian assets will be protected from undue interference. It's a bold decision and an act of defiance. The Europeans are finally playing their cards.

The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion. I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans. 🧵 Long thread.

💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv. The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.

Interesting to see that while all the focus and pressure piles up on Belgium and the EU more broadly, other countries also have Russian funds but aren’t neither disclosing information nor acting on those. It seems to be a double standard to the detriment of the EU, which is counterproductive.

With the use of "just" in the framing of the story, and the comparison of apples and oranges (Canada and UK), many media outlet fall into the trap of UK-centric spins and narrative. Unfortunately, not the first nor the last, but something to address to better inform European citizens and readers.

For now Europe dominates the global export of pharmaceuticals. Source: buff.ly/6bWCvGj

Excellent channel to learn more about Europe, EU affairs and ongoing international issues.

Insightful overview matched with concrete proposals.

Interesting reflection on how "reset" and "rebalance" are (mis-)understood beyond the Manche, often simply resulting in rhetorical efforts that ultimately keep trying to push the same exceptionalist ideas. As the European polity emerges, European interests will be increasingly strongly protected.

Extremely interesting piece.

This is an incredibly impressive articulation by the Belgium Prime Minister of the complications of seizing Russian assets. My view is 1) just do Eurobonds and save yourself the headache! 2) Still, it‘s a war, seize the assets. 3) The EU will figure this out. audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/vid...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Utlimately, any UK-based pundit will reiterate that the EU can only do important things if it involves the UK. "albeit serious thought will have to go into how best to involve non-EU European states such as the UK, Norway, Switzerland and even Canada". But... 1/n

Curious to know if he could be prosecuted by the European Parliament and authorities for corruption. This is presumably an illegal behavior under EU law, but there could be a prescription timeline or conditions that would stop this from being prosecuted.

I partly agree, but I don’t think everything to do with the European Union starts and ends with trade and economics. As many in UK tend to do (dr Peers is not the one I’m talking about). Retaliation would be primarily political and in many different areas, where the EU already has cards to play.

There’s a lot going on, but what’s happening in Georgia must remain in the spotlight. Georgia is Europe.

A catch 22 issue here. Will the EU will grant freer cross-border access to the EU that would allow the UK to make these facilities (and personnel) redundant without the UK first proving it does control its borders effectively (thus setting up the infrastructure, software, and hiring the personnel)?

29th August 1991, Cosa Nostra kills entrepreneur Libero Grassi (photo, right), the first business owner in Palermo to publically refuse to pay protection money. At his funeral (photo, left) his son Davide makes the sign of victory while carrying his father's coffin.

A big hug to the colleagues of the EU Delegation to Ukraine.

This is an excellent point.

This song remains incredibly relevant in 2025. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ft Teddy Pendergrass performing "wake up everybody"

Must watch.

1/ This EU-US deal delay is exactly what I expected. The headlines in July were all about the big announcement. Tariff ceilings, energy commitments, a "deal" with the EU. But as predicted, the real fights were just getting started. buff.ly/BiGPnUS

It surprises me that this keeps happening (apparently) without citizens firing back with assault rifles, in the country where so many carry guns to do their groceries. This contradiction between pro-gun fantasies of resisting tyrannical government (by carrying guns) and reality is impressive.

"Remain" does NOT equal "rejoin". Tired of this recurrent and purely UK-centric conversation about their place in the Union. Brexit means brexit, and it's not in UK's power to change it. At most, it can apply to become a candidate country, with ultimate decision always lying with the Union.

Putin wanted so desperately to achieve the visible humiliation of America that he was willing to sacrifice Russia's long term interests for the short term personal satisfaction of watching a US President squirm

Three months after filming ended for Christopher Nolan's new film "The Odyssey" in the Aeolian Islands, divers continue to find dummy skeletons that were evidently dumped in the sea after filming finished.

There's no shame left.

European leaders, however, would be wise not to wait. While the White House and the Kremlin are preparing their summit, Europe can calmly set the terms of the debate, outlining what a sustainable peace does and doesn’t look like. And they can prepare a worse-case response. /8

‘We are Europe’: students burn frontier post in support of a united Europe – archive, 1950

Then again, if federal states work better than the EU does, perhaps we should also dedicate a bit more effort to reforming EU institutions. In the long term, that might just be a more pragmatic approach than constantly finding new suboptimal sui-generis ways of policymaking.

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Believe it or not, the EU-US trade deal just got messier. The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events. Let's take a closer look.

1/ If you target me with tariffs, that's bad for your consumers who have to pay more to buy my products, and it's bad for my producers who will probably sell you fewer things. For my government, the negative impact on your consumers is irrelevant unless it changes your behaviour.

A relevant question for European institutions and member states.

Unfortunately Politico (and other media) often play in the hands of foreign hostile disinformation agents. As proposed by many, the Union should develop its own media strategy and ecosystem that is independent from US, UK or other third countries.

Don't miss out on the Schengen march this Saturday, July 19th! All updated info here: volteuropa.org/events/open-...

Just had the opportunity to read this fully. This is hands down the best overview of where we are, and why we are where we are, that I have read in a long time. Also, the patterns of institutional erosion, politicised governance, fiscal fragility map disturbingly well onto post-Brexit UK (1/4)

Might threaten Amazon’s place in Europe in the next years. Especially when Ukraine joins the Union.

🇺🇦💔 Ukrainian rescuers in Kyiv today!

BCG was only following (purchase) orders.

Is this the kernel of the problem? Is it the unwillingness to acknowledge that Europe is a legitimate world actor. At this point, it's a hang-up And is that reflex rejection what is actually stopping the UK moving towards Europe? The history is interesting. A 🧵