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Gregor Schusterschitz

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Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Austria to the EU since October 2025, until then Legal Adviser of @bmeia.gv.at

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Siigfried murecan

Siigfried murecan

Thank you Siegfried Mureșan, Carla Tavares, Angelika Winzig and Elisabeth Grossmann for your visit and the insightful discussions on MFF!
Close and constructive cooperation between EP and Council is essential to reach a timely agreement.
🧑‍🤝‍🧑We look forward to working with you! #MFF

04.02.2026 13:35 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Since so much attention is now on #Greenland. There is an interesting link to Austria on the eastern coast of the island

20.01.2026 14:59 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Extraordinary meeting of European Council in the following days #internationalLaw #EUCO #strongertogether

18.01.2026 21:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh, schade ☹️

16.01.2026 22:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Glad to be back in Innsbruck to teach #internationalLaw. Given the weather, however, not sure if I shouldn’t have opted for teaching skiing instead of law…

16.01.2026 17:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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🔴⚪ With the start of a new EU Council Presidency, 🇦🇹Austria’s PermRep-team meets for its biannual internal retreat. From an 🇦🇹 perspective, we discussed the priorities of #CY2026Presidency
💪2026, here we come!
#EU2026 #CY2026Presidency #EUCouncil #TeamAustria #Europe

12.01.2026 18:00 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Zukunft Forschung - Das Magazin für Wissenschaft und Forschung der Universität Innsbruck / 17 (2025) [24] Zukunft Forschung - Das Magazin für Wissenschaft und Forschung der Universität Innsbruck

Mein Interview zu Innsbruck, Europa und die Diplomatie ulb-dok.uibk.ac.at/ZuFo/periodi...?

15.12.2025 17:36 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Strong 🇦🇹 presence at Justice part of #JHA Council with Justice Minister Anna Sporrer and #Eurojust president Michael Schmid. Important discussion on cooperation with the Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine #STCA #NoImpunity

09.12.2025 11:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Successful #JHA Council for 🇦🇹 Minister Gerhard Karner and Team Austria with agreement on return regulation, solidarity pool etc.

08.12.2025 21:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Besuch der beiden Tiroler Landeshauptleute in der Ständigen Vertretung mit guten Diskussionen zu Wasserkraft, Verkehr und Tourismus #Tirol #Südtirol

19.11.2025 06:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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That’s what meetings of like-minded states look like during EU budget negotiations after 15 hours of talks

16.11.2025 11:31 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Back in Brussels earlier than expected, but looking forward to getting to know #Coreper2

15.10.2025 14:42 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thx 😊

01.10.2025 10:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Much has been said and written about yesterday’s advisory opinion of the #ICJ on the obligations of states in relation to the fight against #ClimateChange. What I find truly remarkable is the last paragraph on judicial self-restraint and on climate as a global challenge

24.07.2025 15:07 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

On #InternationalJusticeDay, we mark the adoption of the #RomeStatute in 1998 — laying the foundation for the
@IntlCrimCourt. Austria stands firmly behind a strong, independent #ICC that holds individuals accountable for international crimes. #Accountability #MoreJustWorld

17.07.2025 07:07 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Important but in no way surprising judgment on Russian #HumanRights abuses in Ukraine

10.07.2025 19:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Statement during the General Debate of the Special Session of the Assembly of States Parties on the review of the amendments on the crime of aggression, 7 July 2025 The statement was delivered by Germany on behalf of the Group of Friends for the Review of the Rome Statute.

Review Conference on crime of #aggression with the important task to align jurisdiction of International Criminal Court for aggression with other crimes #impunity #RuleOfLaw new-york-un.diplo.de/un-en/272626...

07.07.2025 20:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Neue Auflage unseres Kommentars zu Art 222 AEUV erschienen, allerdings waren unsere Funktionen in der Vorauflage interessanter…

03.07.2025 11:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Heute unterzeichneten die #Ukraine und der #Europarat den Vertrag für das #Sondertribunal über das Verbrechen der Aggression gegen die UA – ein starkes Zeichen gegen Straflosigkeit. 🇦🇹 hat aktiv an den Verhandlungen teilgenommen & war auch Gastgeber von Gesprächen in Wien.

25.06.2025 18:19 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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State Secretary Schellhorn is participating at the #UNOceanConference today. Sinking islands & melting glaciers threaten livelihoods of communities around the world. This also affects landlocked countries like #Austria. We want to be a partner to find effective solutions. #UNOC3

09.06.2025 09:01 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Week of speeches. Firstly, at workshop on counterterrorism and Rule of Law in Vienna on the important contribution of the ECJ and Austria to the ombudsperson at the UN Security Council. Secondly, at workshop on the review of the ICC Statute abd the crime of aggression #AT4UNSC

06.06.2025 13:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Very rich and productive meeting of the Bled Group 🇦🇹🇸🇮🇱🇮🇨🇭 on many topical issues of international law, in particular international criminal law, on the Rigi mountain in 🇨🇭

28.05.2025 07:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Intensive days in Addis Abeba, co-hosting a treaty law seminar together with UN legal office and two lecturers at universities on the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations and on the right of landlocked states to access to the sea #RuleOfLaw

22.05.2025 19:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Was vom Völkerrecht übrig ist - ORF Topos Seit dem Amtsantritt von US-Präsident Donald Trump scheint bei den Beziehungen zwischen den Staaten nichts mehr so zu sein wie vorher. So werden etwa internationale Handelsverträge durch die Einführun...

Lesenswerter Artikel zum Völkerrecht unter Druck topos.orf.at/voelkerrecht...

11.05.2025 21:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Das ist wirklich eine Freude, wenn man viel Herzblut in eine Sache steckt und dann ein Ergebnis da ist: Grundlagen für ein Tribunal zum russischen Aggressionskrieg gegen die Ukraine gelegt

09.05.2025 20:32 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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🎧 Die regelbasierte Weltordnung ist für uns in Österreich eine Art Lebensversicherung, sagt @gschusterschitz.bsky.social, der Leiter des Völkerrechtsbüros im Außenministerium im #ö1-#Europajournal. Wir besprechen, wie diese Ordnung gestärkt und beibehalten werden kann.
sound.orf.at/podcast/oe1/...

25.04.2025 18:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

New proposal to align ICC’s jurisdiction for the crime of aggression launched

08.04.2025 14:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Very clear statement #RuleOfLaw

03.04.2025 12:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sometimes the truth is so simple: Russia is the aggressor and Ukraine the victim #standwithUkraine

28.02.2025 21:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Good news for all comitologists! Commission to withdraw proposal on alignment of #comitology procedures with botched Articles 290 and 291 TFEU #PRACforever

13.02.2025 09:03 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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