“"I just wanted to find the right person and do it in the right fashion and then, shit happens," Margrethe Vestager told a POLITICO reporter on Friday at the Unamido Japanese ramen restaurant near Flagey square in Brussels.”
Georgian President Salome Zourabishvili and Moldovan President Maia Sandu condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine & illegal annexations and expressed their EU aspirations once again, in Chisinau, this morning. It's the first time in 12 years since a Georgian leader visited Moldova
8/9 Stop issuing tourist visas to Russians. Visiting #Europe is a privilege, not a human right. Air travel from RU is shut down. It means while Schengen countries issue visas, neighbours to Russia carry the burden (FI, EE, LV – sole access points). Time to end tourism from Russia now
7/16 “I urge you to do the utmost to pressure the German Government to do what it should do according to its size and responsibility within #NATO and the EU,” stated @gahler_michael, who called on @JensStoltenberg to sustain a constant flow of weapons to #Ukraine. Hear more ⤵️
7/11 Later, when Georgia was denied candidate status, the government suggested that it was because the country was not involved in the war, even insinuating that the West, with the help of the Georgian opposition, wanted to drag Georgia into the war.”
7/6 An ally of Welle and of former Parliament President Antonio Tajani, Chiocchetti was previously an assistant to Marcello Dell’Utri, the Italian politician and Silvio Berlusconi lieutenant convicted and sentenced to prison for seven years for his ties to the Sicilian mafia.
‘Disaster, regrettable’: why some are criticising German leader’s China trip
Meloni Wants Italy to Be Europe’s New ‘Bridge’ to Africa
Margrethe Vestager on failed US hire: ‘Shit happens’
Is the EU Starting to Wobble on Freezing Out Assad?
China cancels trip by top EU diplomat Josep Borrell
Brussels Playbook: Zelenskyy in Moldova — Harassment rife in Parliament — Macron’s ‘Zeitenwende’
Kazakhstan's balancing act between the EU and Russia – DW – 10/25/2022
https://twitter.com/paulaerizanu/status/1581932533960187909
Bulgaria's Stanishev to step down as EU socialist party leader
Christo Grozev on Twitter: "Dear @PACE_President. How did a high-ranking Russian GRU officer know in March 2021 that you will be elected presid… https://t.co/tril1qhEhq"
Viola von Cramon 🇺🇦🇪🇺 on Twitter: "1/3 🧵 #Azerbaijan is not a "trustworthy" partner as @vonderleyen claimed. 🇦🇿 attacked 🇦🇲#Armenia's border in the mi… https://t.co/LoxvIRbubr"
Russia's Chizhov lashes out at EU in farewell speech
https://twitter.com/ulrichspeck/status/1560865722154340357?s=12&t=Lb_gwKmn01k3J9sZpF7xLw
https://twitter.com/kajakallas/status/1556903576726896642
EPP Group on Twitter: "“I urge you to do the utmost to pressure the German Government to do what it should do according to its size and re… https://t.co/7lzar7bRgL"
Georgians fear their government is sabotaging EU hopes
European Parliament plots backroom deal to appoint top bureaucrat
EU chief warns of danger of complete cut-off of Russian gas
https://twitter.com/cer_grant/status/1542281713853861888?s=12&t=apCE-sCw-bebdFkhtYvbtA
Gas crisis in one EU country would swiftly spread, Dutch minister warns
