I have long advocated for a Democracy 9 (D9): a group of like-minded democracies that collaborate more closely on trade, energy, technology, and security. With Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and other partners who do not want to be pawns. (translated)
If we look at the past months, we see that #Russia has shown no intention to stop the war in Ukraine. On the contrary. They have also further escalated hybrid warfare towards Europe to destabilize us and put us under increasing pressure. (translated)
In recent weeks, the topic of enlargement has often come up in #Europe again. About Ukraine, Moldova, and the Western Balkans. And rightly so: those countries deserve a serious European perspective. 👉 But enlargement also raises another question: is the European Union itself ready to become larger? (translated)
Today I spoke at @de_Markt_ on VRT about the European #BiotechAct, for which I am the rapporteur in the European Parliament. Europe has top science, strong researchers, and innovative biotech companies. But we are losing ground to the US and China. We need to reverse that. (translated)
What we have long suspected has become reality. That Iran deal is all about dropping trousers for the Iranian regime: lifting sanctions, 300 billion dollars for reconstruction, releasing frozen assets, tolling in the Strait of Hormuz... The art of a bad deal! (translated)
Europe is today too dependent on foreign technology. A figure to illustrate this: our European companies are more than 70% reliant on three major American cloud providers: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. This dependence is (translated)
The expansion of the EU is once again high on the agenda. The president of Montenegro spoke to the European Parliament to show that his country is ready to become a member. The first negotiation cluster has also been opened for Ukraine and Moldova. (translated)
Trump’s birthday wish: a favour from Tehran. Donald Trump turns eighty this today. It was supposed to be a moment of celebration, power and spectacle. But the reality looks very different. More than a hundred days after the start of the war with Iran, the United States looks https://t.co/Fy7oqdN1hz #TrumpBirthday #IranWar #USPolitics #IR #US
Today, the European Migration Pact comes into effect. With stronger external borders, faster procedures, and more cooperation between member states, we are taking a step towards a better-functioning European asylum system. Those in need of protection must receive it. But human smugglers and (translated)
Article 42.7 applies And it doesn't stop with Ukraine. Sweden and Finland have meanwhile joined NATO and thus strengthened the European footprint within the alliance, again exactly the opposite of what Putin intended. And the (translated)
Putin's war has now lasted as long as World War I. Today, the war in Ukraine has lasted exactly as many days as World War I did. That is long. Too long. And look where we are. Putin wanted to conquer Ukraine in a handful of days, but has horrifically... (translated)
That Europe cannot endlessly rely on American protection has been clear for some time. But gradually the realization is growing that we will also have to build the necessary structures ourselves. I noticed that as well at last week's parliamentary meeting of NATO. (translated)
The European Commission is launching the Chips Act 2.0 today, an important step to make Europe technologically stronger and more independent from the US and China. My response is on the front page of De Standaard today 👇 Microchips are just as strategic today for our (translated)
Earlier this year, Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, gave a compelling speech in Davos: "Medium-sized powers must join forces, because those who are not at the table are on the menu." Today I read in the newspaper that Canada wants to involve our country in a new. (translated)
A year ago, the signals from the European steel industry sounded very worrying. Today we see perspective again. It shows that a thoughtful industrial policy from Europe can work. The challenges remain vast: energy, permits, administrative (translated)
Last night a European agreement was reached on the EU-US deal. With this Trump, you can't make good deals. You can at most try to minimize the damage. In that context, this is perhaps the least bad outcome. For our European companies, stability and (translated)
Last night, a European agreement was reached regarding the EU-US deal. With this Trump, you cannot make good deals. You can at most try to mitigate the damage. In that context, this is perhaps the least bad outcome. For our European companies, stability and (translated)
Today, the European Parliament is awarding the European Order of Merit for the first time to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to European integration, democracy, and values. Among the laureates are Angela Merkel, Lech Wałęsa, and Volodymyr. (translated)
Tonight, the last negotiations about the EU-US deal may take place. The big question is whether we will succeed in providing our European companies with enough stability and predictability while also building in enough safeguards against Trump's whims. (translated)
RT @ManfredWeber: Tonight is the victory of the people of Hungary 🇭🇺! They confirm that our centre-right, people-first politics win electio… -
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