Bet City are glad they're not playing Palace on Sunday.. #CPFC

And Brexit has played into the hands of dictators and authoritarians and made geopolitical danger worse while multiplying economic risks to UK....

FT asks: 'Can Europe’s economy ever hope to rival the US again?'

A reminder that once you strip out population and dollar strength (which doesn't impact living standards in Europe), countries in the EU are *converging* with the US, not falling behind. ft.com/content/93f882…

🇪🇺HAPPY EUROPE DAY EVERYONE!!🇪🇺

On this Europe Day, European Movement UK is 75 years old - we’ll be celebrating Europe Day jointly with the National Liberal Club.

Guy Verhofstadt is coming over for the day and Kira Rudik has a video address to strengthen our Ukrainian links.…

If anyone doubts the effect of Europe, compare life in Poland with Belarus; Estonia with Russia; Slovakia with Moldova; Slovenia with Bosnia; Cyprus with Syria.

#EuropeWorks
#ThankEU

Brexit took away Erasmus+ from UK youth, limiting their opportunities to study, work, and travel in Europe. Sign our petition to urge the government to rejoin Erasmus+. Together, we can restore the valuable exchange of talent and culture.

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Guess whose dad is standing for the Belgian federal parliament after years in the Brussels assembly and as mayor of a Brussels locality? Talented family....

Wasn't planned...but nice way to get into London for some meetings when there are no trains!

Quick turnaround...but he deserves it after last night's win! #CPFC

Once you embrace a massive lie like Brexit, it becomes easier to lie to the world and to yourself about everything else.

'Rishi Sunak: Britain faces hung parliament at general election'

thetimes.co.uk/article/rishi-…

I understand Ms Cates is a doctor's daughter who went to Cambridge, which indeed seems to have 'backfired spectacularly...' and led to her being 'detached from the real world..'But for many people from ordinary backgrounds, university is a lifechanger and a lifeline...

Belgium a failed state? Don’t make me laugh - it’s one of the most successful in the world. My latest column for ⁦The Brussels Times⁩ hitting back at Belgium-bashers who delight in trash-talking the country. brusselstimes.com/1031799/belgiu…

Finding it a bit challenging to understand how anyone can conclude from local and mayoral election results that a very right-wing - or indeed very left-wing - approach is the route to political success in 2024 UK....

Dominic Grieve on the Government and its failure to 'Make Brexit Work', despite the 'Oven Ready' deal that was supposed to 'Get Britain Moving'.

Important and interesting thread.

❤️theguardian.com/society/articl…

Cheers/Santé
La saison des guinguettes est officiellement lancée à Bruxelles
rtbf.be/article/la-sai…

Feels a million miles from Holyrood shenanigans. And two million from Westminster or Brussels.

20 years today since the great eastward enlargement of the EU on 1 May 2004 brought some 75 million Europeans closer to secure freedom. Despite all the subsequent problems (Putin, Orbán), still something to celebrate with a large 🍷
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Today, we are celebrating 20 years since the great EU enlargement!

On 1 May 2004, the citizens of 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇭🇺 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇲🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 became citizens of the EU.

Over the past two decades, the pace of change across our Union has been remarkable.

#20YearsTogether