Some personal news:as of 1 October I have taken on a new challenge as Acting Head of the External Policies Unit
@EP_ThinkTank
@Europarl_EN
Looking forward to working with our members,with my great colleagues & with our partners inside&outside the
#EU
institutions in this new role
This is scary - and not just for
#Greece
. The islands in red which are named by the
@PrimeministerGR
below are part of the EU’s territory and inhabited by EU citizens. This absurd map excludes them from the EU.
Take a good look at this map. Crete, Rhodes, Lesvos, Chios, Samos all consumed by Turkey. Α fever dream of extremists or Turkey’s official policy? Another provocation or the true goal?
President Erdogan must make his position clear on his junior coalition partner's latest antics.
@noahbarkin
The best thing about Europe is that European leadership is never only a one person job. Best thing about this post: female leadership transcending generations of Europeans.
One of our noblest moments
@EP_ThinkTank
was giving our office space to women in need of shelter - bc of domestic violence or other circumstances. It was
#DavidSassoli
who made that decision. While I did not know him personally, this will stay with me & speak to his character.
Opening of
@gmfus
#BrusselsForum
with
@Mike_Pence
making a vocal case against US isolationism quoting Reagan: “isolationism is never the answer to tyrannical regimes with expansionist intent”. Says majority of members of Congress understand that.
Speaking about investment & about 🇨🇾 foreign policy at
@delphi_forum
@Christodulides
also refers to economic engagement with Japan and India. Increasingly evident that ties with
#Indopacific
democracies are becoming part of individual EU member state goals and interests.
Lots of misleading information going around about the
#EU
-
#China
agreement on investment which so far has not received consent from
@Europarl_EN
. The new briefing by my colleague
@EP_ThinkTank
Gisela Grieger clears up the facts:
With
@EUNAVFORASPIDES
Commander, RADM Vasileios Gryparis 🇬🇷 following an important session on
#maritimesecurity
at
#SchumanForum
Since its launch in early 2024, ASPIDES has escorted> 68 vessels & repelled > 11 attacks. Freedom of navigation is a global public good
#Greece
and
#Portugal
sign bilateral agreement for cooperation in
#defence
. On the occasion the two defence ministers discussed their commitments in the context of
#EU
and
#NATO
, maritime security and
#PESCO
.
O Acordo entre Portugal e a Grécia cria um novo instrumento para reforçar a cooperação na Defesa entre os nossos países. Apesar da Covid e da tensão no Mediterrâneo oriental, o meu homólogo
@npanagioto
manteve a visita, sinal da relevância que atribuimos ao trabalho conjunto.
@barbarosyayla
@GreekAnalyst
So UK has no coastline (and related rights)?Australia?Iceland?Much of Denmark?The more I write,the longer the list gets in my head.I try not to comment on these issues as the twitter noise is deafening, but really, islands don’t count? On a planet mostly made up of water?
Hellenic Red Cross is collecting money&food for those affected by
#wildfires
in
#Greece
. IBAN in post below. I’m translating this for those who asked for info in EN. Hoping that foreign governments send more planes&support. 🇬🇷 firefighters are being superhuman but it’s not enough
Ο Ε.Ε.Σ, αναγνωρίζοντας τη κρισιμότητα της κατάστασης, διευρύνει το κάλεσμα του στον κόσμο για συγκέντρωση χρημάτων και τροφίμων προς τους πυρόπληκτους σε #Βαρυμπόμπη, #Πάτρα, #Ρόδο, Β. Εύβοια, Αρχαία Ολυμπία.
#ΑρχαιαΟλυμπια
#hellenicredcross
#redcross
#Πυρκαγια #φωτια_ευβοια
In light of
#womensday2021
update of our briefing on Women in Foreign Affairs & International Security with data by on:
➡️ women in foreign&defence ministerial positions
➡️% of women in military & diplomacy
➡️women in foreign policy in the
@Europarl_EN
A new way of sightseeing for fans of Ancient Greece - skiing on Pnyx, the site of the ancient Athenian assembly, one of the earliest sites of
#democracy
!
#snow
#Athens
#Acropolis
. Never thought I’d think of Plato and skiing at the same time!
...όταν το βιβλίο σου σε «κρατάει» τόσο πολύ που ξεχνάς να μπεις στη θάλασσα 😊Congratulations
@Elbarbie
@v_dendrinou
It’s not everyday that a book about a complex political&financial issue becomes a summer
#bestseller
#blofan
club (credits to
@mlle_vilma
)
"Nicosia has publicly endorsed the idea of Belarus sanctions, but says it wants its fellow EU states to follow through on promises for a tougher approach to Turkey". This is not about Russia.
@Mikepeeljourno
would know, he has written a great piece about the RU-CY relationship.
#Greece
activates scientific committee headed by
#Nobel
laureate Prof.Pissarides to design growth strategy incl.
#RecoveryFund
financing management. This “science first” approach is being referred to as the
#Tsiodras
model, after the physician in charge of managing
#COVID19
in🇬🇷
The 2020
#Climate
Transparency report notes that
#India
is the only
#G20
country on track to meet its climate commitments. For more on how the
#EU
and India cooperate in the face of this major global threat, read relevant
@EP_ThinkTank
recent briefing:
In my latest report for DW, I note that India is the only country on track among the G20 nations to meet its climate change mitigation commitments. However, its efforts still fall short of the Paris Agreement's long-term goal of limiting global warming.
I’m in a somewhat
#Greek
mood after our event on 40 years of Greece’s EU membership, so here is a reminder that at
@EP_ThinkTank
we also do some publications and infographics in 🇬🇷 Most recently the
#EU
#maritime
security landscape also available in 🇲🇹 🇵🇹 🇮🇹 🇭🇷 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 & 🇬🇧
On the first working day of 2023, I wish everyone a happy new year: may it surprise us positively in the way that the Greek mountains surprise many who think of
#Greece
as a summer destination only!
Ahead of the presentation of the EU’s new
#maritime
#security
strategy, read the updated
@EP_ThinkTank
briefing on the EU as a maritime security actor, including analysis on the way forward in implementing the
#StrategicCompass
commitments at 🌊 🌊
The big news in the Greek press yesterday - according to media the mutual defence clause will also apply in case of ‘threat’ as well as ‘attack’. Waiting for the actual details today.
#defence
France and Greece will announce a huge defense deal on Sep. 28. It will include commitments from Greece to purchase €5 billion worth of French frigates, corvettes and fighter jets, as well as a clause on mutual defense assistance.
The upside of not travelling is that you try that little bit harder to see the beauty of the place where you live.
#Brussels
, November 2020.
#ixelles
#elsene
My 6 year old niece casually told me someone is “lucky” because they are having the Johnson vaccine, so they only have to have it once.I then realised she knows the names of all the vaccines. It struck me that this pandemic has become part of what children now perceive as normal.
For a person much of whose day to day work is reading, I seem to have flagged and saved an awful lot of things as “things to read over Christmas when you can finally enjoy reading time” 🤔
Feeling a bit like an Ancient Greek philosopher as I walk among the olive trees and reflect on…
#EU
defence procurement 😄 That’s the beauty of
#Delphi
#delphiforum
#EDIRPA
Today
@EU_Commission
will publish the European Defense Industry Strategy & Programme with the aim to boost EU defence capabilities. Quick reminder of existing EU capability development planning by
@EP_ThinkTank
@clapp_sebastian
here
With
@OliverStuenkel
- debating the perils of the (global) North - South divide since 2010 (& occasionally the Rio - São Paulo divide)! Grateful to
@FGVRI
for this lasting friendship and meeting of minds!
@gDragonGiant
@GreekAnalyst
Μου φτιάξατε τη μέρα - μεγάλο μέρος της οποίας έχει αναλωθεί σε αναζήτησή του proficiency (έτους 1993) για να πειστεί το ελληνικό δημόσιο ότι γνωρίζω αγγλικά. Μεταπτυχιακό, διδακτορικό και καμία 15αρια χρόνια δημοσιεύσεων στα αγγλικά δεν αποτελούν επαρκή απόδειξη. Good luck!
As
@Europarl_EN
committees including
@EP_Defence
form in STR, we
@EP_EPRS
have mapped out the main actors & tools of
#EUdefence
policy in a user friendly poster. As work advances on defence industrial & operational issue,
#hybrid
threats,
#Ukraine
& more, key to utilise all means
Opening night of the
@MunSecConf
Defence Roundtable in Paris yesterday: at the Salon de l'Horloge du Quai d’Orsay where Robert Schuman presented the Schuman Declaration on 9 May 1950 (it’s my week with the founding fathers of the
#EU
). Looking forward to discussions today.
In
#Berlin
today speaking at the 15th
#CSDP
High Level Course “Altiero Spinelli” to an incredible group of military and policy planners - and nerdily digging into the long history of this venue!
#Germany
#EUdefence
#ESDC
#. Next module of this course will be in
#Athens
😊
Main two events on my Twitter feed/ 👉NATO adopts new
#StrategicConcept
👉
@DanielFiott
leaves
@EU_ISS
Daniel, that’s how important you are in our
#EUdefence
community - which you have been an architect of! Hoping to keep working with you in the future and wishing all the best!
Working on
@EP_ThinkTank
#EU
#Peace
&
#Security
Outlook 2020, looking at a very different threat environment in a
#covid19world
. Today's fact: the number of people in low&middle-income countries facing acute food insecurity could double in 2020. Need to adapt security strategies.
Looking for a catchy
#strategicautonomy
quote? From
@general_ben
: "The incoming Biden administration will expect our European allies and partners [...] to do more and be a European pillar instead of a European pillow"
#EUdefence
@alex_owski
I feel incredibly indebted to these very successful women who don’t shy away from being truthful and human about how hard it is to balance it all.
#Respect
The
@washingtonpost
reports
@JohnKerry
has been designated by
@JoeBiden
as the future special presidential envoy for
#climate
. Remember that Kerry was one of few senators who tried to pass an ambitious climate bill as early as 2009 & has since worked to fight the
#ClimateCrisis
I learnt most of what I know about the EU from my British professors.I learnt to be critical of things (incl. the EU) in the UK,but that being critical does not mean abandoning a project,but trying to improve it.
#Brexit
is a loss for both
#EU
&
#UK
. I hope some wisdom will
#remain
Perhaps the single best result of today's election in
#Greece
is the drainage of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, with the party struggling to even beat the 3.0% threshold to enter the parliament, after a number of years.
#ekloges2019
Third country participation in
#PESCO
moves from paper to practice - door is open for more PESCO projects to include 3rd countries & for a larger set of countries to be invited - on condition that they share EU democratic values & do not contravene EU security & defence interests
Some things are only once a year - like our 10 issues to watch
@EP_ThinkTank
event!
Tune in and watch at 13.30 today for a mix of facts, insights, analysis, optimism and pragmatism about the challenges ahead for the
#EU
and the world.
Livestream👉
Just wrapped up another topical leadership session. Today,
@ElenLazarou
joined us to shed light on Brazilian politics and Bolsonaro's stance toward COVID-19, tackling an incredible number of issues ranging from informal economy to the situation of indigenous populations.