Andreas Gahleitner

Historic selfie. Ukraine’s government leadership always visit the sites of Russia’s drone and missile attacks. Today Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko just had to walk down the hall. This is the cabinet of ministers building in central Kyiv after the biggest Russian drone attack of the war.

"Once again, it has become clear that the Swiss government is no match for the power play of the mighty. Switzerland still believes that the laws of the rule-based post-war world apply today."

Switzerland's German-language paper of record on Trump's 39% tariff

www.nzz.ch/schweiz/trum...

Eine Hungersnot trifft immer zuerst die Schwächsten, also kranke Kinder.
Die Welt muss JETZT hinsehen, nicht erst wenn ein Massensterben beginnt.
Auch das Cover des Stern steht nun im Zentrum einer unsäglichen Debatte. Mein Gastbeitrag dazu aus der heutigen FAZ ohne Paywall:

If Germany were to achieve the same, I'd guess the discussion about EVs might be different here.

Ukrainians can count their protests over Zelensky stripping their anti-corruption bodies of independence–and then his U-turn–as another street victory. And proof Ukraine remains a burgeoning if imperfect democracy, despite creeping authoritarian tendencies of its leaders, and in contract to Russia.

The Rada corrected last week’s damaging vote undermining NABU’s & SAPO’s independence. Today’s law restores key safeguards, but challenges remain.

The EU supports 🇺🇦 citizens' demands for reform.

Upholding fundamental values & fighting corruption must remain the priority.

YouTube video by DW Global Media Forum Keynote: Marta Kos, European Commission

35 years ago, I started my career as a journalist for
@deutschewelle.bsky.social.

Today, I was back at the #GMF2025 to talk about what quality journalism needs today and what role it plays in the #EUEnlargement process.

Full keynote speech ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTp7...

Some clearly important diplomacy happening in Rome/Vatican City this morning

20,000 Ukrainian children will not be spending Easter with their families.

I’m sharing this today to say: #ChildrenAreNonNegotiable.

There can be no just and lasting peace without the children taken by Russia returning to their homes. #BringKidsBack

Cross-border cooperation also helps bilateral disputes disappear. We don’t need to invent the recipe for reconciliation. We already have it: European integration.

Nova Gorica & Gorizia, reunited as European Capital of Culture, are the proof.

My speech: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

I joined Raffaele Fitto at the opening of #InterregGO in Gorizia.

Cross-border cooperation has always been an incubator for EU enlargement. It encourages people to think and cooperate beyond their city or region. It inspires communities to think truly European.

#GOborderless

Moj prvi intervju za Radio Slovenija, kjer sem začela svojo novinarsko kariero; o aktualnih izzivih, s katerimi se sooča Evropska unija, o širitvi ter stališču EU do Srbije.

Več jutri zjutraj v programu Ob osmih.

Carlo Masala – Wenn der Bündnisfall scheitert: „Nato faktisch entkernt“ politikwissenschaftler-und-militaerexperte-carlo-masala-ueber-russland-europa-usa-wenn-der-buendnisfall-scheitert-nato-faktisch-entkernt

„Nun scheinen sich erste Teile dieses Szenarios zu bewahrheiten:“

www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...

Mistral Small 3.1 | Mistral AI SOTA. Multimodal. Multilingual. Apache 2.0

Meanwhile, French AI company Mistral continues to compete for Europe in the AI space, today with the release of Mistral Small 3.1, which beats comparable small models both from open source and US companies:

How Canada could get much closer to Europe In the face of economic tensions with the United States, Canada must explore new alliances. Would applying to join the European Union be a viable solution?

Excellent paper by @fredericmerand.bsky.social (également en Français) policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card The continent has an upper hand in its looming security competition with the United States.

New piece in foreign policy. The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over.

But Europe has an overlooked trump card: when it comes to manufacturing it blows the US out of the water, giving Europe the ability to rearm.

Thread on Monday.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...

According to this @zdfde.bsky.social Politbarometer poll, 76% of Germans are in favour of more defence spending with new debt.

This includes 90% of CDU voters, 52% of Die Linke voters and even 70% of FDP voters.

A fiscal public opinion revolution.

Wonderful speech - clear, correct and inspiring

Camille Grand on why Ukraine’s future turns on security guarantees A 20,000-strong European force would be a lot more potent with an American backstop, says the former NATO official

My paper in the @economist.com by invitation on why Ukraine’s future turns on security guarantees www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Some thoughts on the European response to the chaos now emanating from the White House - on Ukraine and more broadly, based on chats with senior European policymakers directly or indirectly involved in formulating the bloc's response 1/

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

1979 - Simone #Veil @europarl.europa.eu President:

#Peace is the most precious thing for the Europeans, despite all the disagreements.
The other priority is #Freedom. Dictatorships are spreading across the world, sorrounding the islands of peace. Europe is one of these islands"

Donald Trump calls Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ as US rift with Ukraine deepens [FREE TO READ] US president warns Ukrainian leader he ‘better move fast or he is not going to have a country left’

If Zelenskyy really was a dictator then surely Trump would love him? on.ft.com/41quIsg

Grateful to the EU for the Comprehensive Strategy for Energy Independence and Resilience and immediate support with the energy bills we signed with EU Commissioner Marta Kos today.

While Kremlin continues its blackmail and shuts off gas, the EU brings real solutions to people.

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

On the value of Twitter, btw - We had similar traffic from Bluesky, where the FT has 300 thousand followers, to what came from Twitter, where we supposedly have 6 million.

Montenegro planea entrar en la UE en 2026, mientras Bruselas lo ve posible hacia 2029 - EFE El primer ministro de Montenegro dijo que su país planea entrar en la UE a finales de 2026, una meta matizada por comisaria europea de Ampliación.

El primer ministro de #Montenegro, el europeísta Milojko Spajic, dijo este jueves que su país planea entrar en la #UE ya a finales de 2026, una meta matizada por comisaria europea de Ampliación, Marta Kos, al considerar que alcanzarla sería posible hacia 2029.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos visited the Maritime Safety Centre, Municipality of Bar, and held discussions with influential women of Montenegro   EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos visited the main control centre of the Vessel Traffic Monitoring and

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos visited the Maritime Safety Centre, Municipality of Bar, and held discussions with influential women of Montenegro

https://www.europesays.com/1774470/

  EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos visited the main control centre of the Vessel Traffic …