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Elena Lazarou

@ElenLazarou

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External Policies @EP_ThinkTank @Europarl_EN /Fellow @ChathamHouse / @FGVBrazil / @EUinLAC / @eliamepgr 📖 FP/defence/geopolitics 🇨🇾🇬🇷🇧🇷 🇪🇺

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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
4 years
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
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
2 years
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.
@PrimeministerGR
Prime Minister GR
2 years
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.
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
#Greece ’s @kmitsotakis in the top five of #EU leaders who held the highest number of bilateral meetings with their peers as reported on #twitter over an 18 month period reports my #europeancounciloversight colleague @RalfDrachenberg #diplomacy #foreignpolicy
@RalfDrachenberg
Ralf Drachenberg 🇩🇪🇮🇪🇪🇺
4 years
Who meets who in the #euco 🇪🇺? Not always who you think. Which #EUCO members had most bilateral meetings with his or her peers as reported on #Twitter over a 18 month period? Was it @macron 🇫🇷, @sanchezcastejon 🇪🇸, @MorawieckiM 🇵🇱, @antoniocostapm 🇵🇹, @MinPres 🇳🇱 or Merkel🇩🇪 @seiffert .
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
3 years
People. Look. Learn.
@eikeklapper
Eike Klapper 🇺🇦🇪🇺
3 years
Transition of power. German style.
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
Watchdog of democracy - literally! #elections #greece #εκλογες25_Ιουνιου credits @ertnewsofficial
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
3 years
This feeling finally explained with the right words. 👇
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
@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.
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
3 years
#disinformation / #fakenews related to #Greek #wildfires are of a surreal scale. As #Covid_19 has shown, today every crisis is a double challenge: to counter the crisis itself & to counter manipulation of #information surrounding it. #infodemic #factcheck 👉tips by @EP_ThinkTank
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
Let the #Greekend begin!
@PatelisAlex
Alex Patelis
2 years
What’s better than a weekend?
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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.
@Parlimag
The Parliament
3 years
Our managing editor recalls David Sassoli's finest hour as @EP_President early on in the pandemic. #DavidSassoli
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Elena Lazarou
4 months
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.
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
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.
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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:
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
I’m still saving this for posterity 😏
@RikeFranke
Ulrike Franke
3 years
Pretty nice how GMF is advertising my #NATO #BrusselsForum panel 😁😁. (No, I’m afraid I’m not on a panel with Angela Merkel, she’s just making a video statement) @terischultz @ElenLazarou
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
In my ideal multilateral world it would be "WHO vaccinates the world".
@OliverStuenkel
Oliver Stuenkel 🇧🇷
3 years
Who Vaccinates the World? via @WSJ
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
The numbers have spoken - the American dream is easier to achieve in Europe.
@wef
World Economic Forum
4 years
These are the 10 countries with the best social mobility
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Elena Lazarou
2 months
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
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
A side - but important - note: I don’t think I’ve ever seen Europeans (and other non- US Americans) so interested and excited about a #VicePresidentElect #KamalaHarris #Election2020results
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
5 years
Exciting times as I join @CH_Americas as a non-resident associate fellow contributing to the #LatinAmerica initiative. Thank you @ChrisSabatini and others at @ChathamHouse for the opportunity and people from #Brazil and the region, get in touch!
@ChrisSabatini
Christopher Sabatini
5 years
Excited to welcome @elenlazarou as the new @ChathamHouse associate fellow with the US-Americas team:
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
#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 .
@JoaoCravinho
João Cravinho
4 years
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.
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
10 months
The end of the end of history.
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
3 years
Looking forward to today’s debate on the #StrategicCompass at @EP_Defence with @DanielFiott @Nic_Koenig & @Ce_Moll . A quick snapshot on the Compass and it’s 4 baskets in our latest @EP_ThinkTank infographic 👉 👉livestream: at 9 am
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
4 months
That lovely #Brussels #spring welcome after a weekend in sunny #Greece
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
@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?
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
All set for our third annual @EP_ThinkTank Jean Monnet Seminar on the Return of #Geopolitics at #MaisondeJeanMonnet . Looking forward to two days of engaging and future looking discussions.
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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
@greekredcross
Ελληνικός Ερυθρός Σταυρός - Hellenic Red Cross
3 years
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
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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!
@PGiannakouris
Petros Giannakouris
3 years
yes .. A man skis at #Pnyx Hill with the ancient #Acropolis seen on the background #Athens #Greece #ski @AP_Europe @AP / @PGiannakouris
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
With @FedericaMog and @SanninoEU following our panel on the EU as a global power. What a great privilege to spend my morning in this company discussing #defence #trade #US #China #geopolitics and most importantly:cooperation! Thanks @spornschlegel @epc_eu
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
5 years
...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 )
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Elena Lazarou
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
"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.
@ftbrussels
FT Europe
4 years
Cyprus blocks EU sanctions on Belarus
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
Out today: EP_ThinkTank 2020 #Peace & #Security Outlook: ➡️ EU response to #threats incl. #cyber ; #conflict ; #climate ; #disinformation #nuclear ; #terrorism ➡️ #MFF ➡️ Impact of #Covid_19 ➡️ #foresight ➡️ #strategicautonomy ➡️ #CSDP ➡️ #EU neighbours …
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
3 years
On #sofagate : I quote the comment of @gpagoulatos on @vonderleyen & @eucopresident trip to #Turkey , from yesterday's @POLITICOEurope : "they must not allow Erdoğan to divide the EU”. Think about it.
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
#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🇬🇷
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
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:
@muk_ankita
Ankita M. Kumar
4 years
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.
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Elena Lazarou
4 months
Another #BrusselsForum &I can’t help remembering a much younger me speaking as the ‘next generation’ in BrusselsForum 2015 (totally nervous to be on a panel with @ChrisMurphyCT & @IlvesToomas ) on what we would be debating 10 years later(NOW!): #globalsouth & #demographics it was!
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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 🇲🇹 🇵🇹 🇮🇹 🇭🇷 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 & 🇬🇧
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
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!
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
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 🌊 🌊
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
I think we can safely say that this IS a geopolitical commission #RussiaUkraine #EU
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
Putin is increasingly reaching out to Iran and North Korea for more weapons says @jensstoltenberg urging for more support for Ukraine ‘not only because it is the right thing to do, it is also in our own interest’. #MSC2023 @MunSecConf #NATO #Russia #Ukraine
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
At the beautiful #Solvay library HR/VP @JosepBorrellF says @Europarl_EN MEPs ask where the political will is & “they are right”! An inspiring opening to the challenging year of #EUDefence , 2022, by @EU_ISS & @eu_eeas (with a sprinkle of #scifi & #superheroes by @FlorenceGaub )
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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
@e_amyna
e-Αmyna
3 years
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.
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
#Brussels skies have rarely looked so welcoming. Bonsoir Bruxelles! #nofilter
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
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
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
That #LoveActually #airport scene never felt as meaningful as it does right now #Brusselsairport #Christmas2020 #pandemictravel
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
Apparently it’s the perfect day to be reviewing this! #coincidence
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
The European #Peace Facility will become operational on July 1st. Today @EP_ThinkTank @BImmenkamp has published a comprehensive briefing on its scope, financing, priorities & contributions to #Africa - led peace operations. #CSDP #AfricanUnion #security 👉
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Elena Lazarou
2 months
And while they figure out the top jobs, we get to be the ones that have to make it all comprehensible! New season @EP_ThinkTank #teamwork #defence #externalpolicies #sneakpeak
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
“We can never be truly whole while #Cyprus remains split” says @RobertaMetsola in her first speech as president of the @Europarl_EN . 🇨🇾
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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.
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
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” 🤔
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
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
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Elena Lazarou
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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
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
Annual @EP_ThinkTank #EU #Peace and #Security Outlook 2020 just sent off for editing and publishing and now this beckons ☀️☀️☀️
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Elena Lazarou
3 months
Great meeting of #Brussels based @ChathamHouse Fellows / #NATO watchers - courtesy of @UKMisBrussels Always a “quality lift” to chat with the wise Jamie Shea @epc_eu @FriendsofEurope
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Elena Lazarou
6 months
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!
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@ElenLazarou
Elena Lazarou
5 years
@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!
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
Most times one misses #Athens in the summer but then there’s that once a year #snow with Mediterranean blue skies…Photo credits @Melia_Kreiling & mom #saudades
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Elena Lazarou
5 years
Discussing transitions and political leadership in #LatinAmerica and their effects - from #protests and #populism to #reforms and #regional integration - at @ChathamHouse Latin America Conference #CHLatAm @CH_Americas
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Elena Lazarou
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It’s the time of year where @EP_ThinkTank publishes our annual #Peace & #Security Outlook. 2021 edition covers EU action, including: 👉 #development 👉 #CSDP 👉 #democracy promotion 👉 #counterterrorism 👉 #climate And more! Featuring analysis on #strategicautonomy & #foresight .
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Elena Lazarou
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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
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
On Wednesday @EP_ThinkTank will be hearing from a stellar panel incl. @StevenErlanger @jana_puglierin @bruceestokes @FranBurwell @jfkirkegaard on @POTUS first #100days . Keynote by @Europarl_EN 1st VP @RobertaMetsola Information on how to watch live here:
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
Thank you @Europarl_EL for a night full of light - meeting so many shining young minds from NGOs and volunteer organisations in Greece. We spoke about #climate #genderequality #leadership and of course about research & @EP_ThinkTank 🙃
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
At @EP_ThinkTank we’ve been collecting data on the impact of the #RussianWar on Ukraine. Here’s a first set of observations 👉 Thanks to @anacapri_el @GRagonnaud #EricPichon @BoehmLasse & everyone else who contributes to our monitoring of events.
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
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.
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
#Sunset near the #EU ’s borders
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Elena Lazarou
1 year
Dinner in the spirit of the day #9May #EU
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
You will be seeing a lot from us @EP_ThinkTank on #transatlantic relations in the coming months, but here’s a first attempt by @JanaTitievskaia & me to outline a few issues on #US foreign policy after the #Elections2020 that matter for the #EU
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Elena Lazarou
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Good morning to this final day at @delphi_forum #DEF23 featuring our panels on #EUdefence and a range of interesting debates on #geopolitics Plus this magical view.
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
Our @EP_ThinkTank website on #Peace & #Security is online with a section on the #NormandyIndex , links to studies on #Colombia #Sahel #Balkans & #EU FP, #foresight & more . Visualise data on threats for 136 countries & #EU developed with @GlobPeaceIndex :
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Elena Lazarou
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Goodbye to the woman who taught us that sometimes love has nothing to do with it but when it does, it’s simply the best #RIP #TinaTurner
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Elena Lazarou
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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 😊
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
Always great to speak at #ESDC about the role of @Europarl_EN in #EUdefence , but even more so when it’s in #Cyprus ! @Europarl_CY @CyprusinEU
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
Weather-wise #Brussels has officially turned into #Riodejaneiro . Now can we have some palm trees and sea please! Jokes aside #climatechange 😔
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
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!
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
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.
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Elena Lazarou
23 days
One of everything please #booklovers #DCBookshops
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
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
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
#BrightBrussels festival right outside my office - not a bad way to end a working day. We could get used to that @VilleBruxelles !
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Elena Lazarou
5 years
Today we officially launch the #Normandyindex developed by @EP_ThinkTank and @GlobPeaceIndex to measure the aggregate level of #threats to #peace mentioned in the #EU #GlobalStrategy across 136 countries (incl. #EU28 ). Hopefully a #foreignpolicy tool for our newly elected #MEPs .
@EP_EPRS
European Parliamentary Research Service
5 years
Lack of conflict gives an illusion of stability For more nuance, ‘Normandy Index’ measures risks to peace: 💥 #ClimateChange 💥 #EconomicCrisis 💥 #EnergyDependence 💥 #PressFreedom 💥 #Democracy 💥 #Terrorism 💥 #WMDs #NormandiePourLaPaix
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
As #EU #Ministers gather today in #Coimbra to discuss #foresight & open #strategic autonomy,incl. #vulnerabilities ,draw on @EP_ThinkTank latest briefing on #criticalrawmaterials in #EU external policies to understand how the EU boosts its access to CRMs. 👉
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
At @EP_ThinkTank we kept busy through #COVID__19 , including by mapping structural #risks for the #EU in a post-coronavirus world - ranging from deteriorating #US - #China relations, to a hard #Brexit , and #genderinequality . This & more available here
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
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
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
Very excited to have our own @TaniaLatici selected to be part of this great and visionary group of young professionals who will debate with @jensstoltenberg & other leaders! (and yes #DreamWIthAmbition - to all the young women in #internationalsecurity ) Great initiative #NATO2030
@ischinger
Wolfgang Ischinger
4 years
Interested in international security? Watch the proceedings of the #NATO2030 Youth Summit tomorrow, Monday / supported by @MunSecConf , at
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Elena Lazarou
5 years
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
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
How do you say Zeitenwende in Danish?
@EuropeElects
Europe Elects
2 years
Denmark (EU defence cooperation referendum), Megafon exit poll: Yes: 66.6% No: 33.4% ➤
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Elena Lazarou
2 years
Check out @EP_ThinkTank easy to use (but non exhaustive) visual on #StrategicCompass deliverables #EUdefence 👇 Available in 24 languages.
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Elena Lazarou
5 years
My thought exactly!! Any fears that the protracted crisis would lead more Greeks to the extreme far right have been proven wrong! Such good news!
@GreekAnalyst
The Greek Analyst
5 years
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
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Elena Lazarou
6 months
Roses are red etc etc but sometimes this is what one finds in one’s pigeonhole on #ValentinesDay 🙃 #MSC2024
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
#Indopacific on the #foreign affairs @EUCouncil agenda today, but what region exactly does it cover?Have a look at the graphics of @EP_ThinkTank recent briefing on the #QUAD for some thought provoking comparisons. 👉 Also check out @raisinadialogue panels!
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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
@EUCouncilPress
EU Council Press
3 years
#PESCO : Canada 🇨🇦, Norway 🇳🇴 and the United States 🇺🇸 will be invited to participate in the project Military Mobility. Read the press release 👇
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
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👉
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
!!!!!!!! Can’t say I was expecting to see this! 👏👏 @NikosDendias @kmitsotakis @npanagioto @GreeceMFA
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Elena Lazarou
4 years
Stepped out of my Brussels shoes for an hour to speak to the wonderful group of the @QEII_Academy @ChathamHouse about #Brazil , #COVID19 , #Bolsonaro and more. Was rewarded by a great Q&A session and the best #Zoom background of #Ipanema #RiodeJaneiro , courtesy of the moderator!
@QEII_Academy
QE II Academy
4 years
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.
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Elena Lazarou
3 years
Looking forward to chairing a panel of renown colleagues from @eliamepgr @HO_LSE , incl. Loukas Tsoukalis, Kevin Featherstone& @stella_ladi , in @EP_ThinkTank event on 40 years of #Greece ’s #EU membership.Featuring @MariaSpyraki @EvaKaili @papadimoulis 👉
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