📣It's a wrap!

Three days of enriching and fruitful discussions, diving deep into policy challenges at our ECFR Annual Staff Retreat. We're ready to tackle what lies ahead!

Con la sesta elezione in tre anni, l'instabilità politica della 🇧🇬​ rischia di marginalizzare il ruolo di #Sofia nell'🇪🇺​, mentre le campagne politiche #proUE non devono perdere di vista la posizione internazionale del Paese Maria Simeonova ECFR Sofia👇 buff.ly/3xOPTI2

.ИДСЦС-IDSCS initial talks with SEE Programme ELIAMEP on N. Macedonia🇲🇰bilateral agreement with #Greece 🇬🇷and the effects on our #EU 🇪🇺accession process. Same approach for #Bulgaria 🇧🇬with ECFR Sofia.

Efforts supported by 🇩🇪GIZ.

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A constant stream of elections easily descends into damaging and unpopular tit-for-tat politics, distracting those in Sofia from their seat at the EU table. Read Maria Simeonova's latest commentary ECFR Sofia👇
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Facing its 6th election in 3 years, Bulgaria’s political instability risks marginalising Sofia’s role within the EU. The campaigns of pro-EU politicians in the country must not lose sight of Bulgaria’s international position Maria Simeonova ECFR Sofia 👇
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👉 After a long day of discussion, we concluded our special #EuropeFutureForum2024 🇪🇺

The event commenced with a speech by MFA Undersecretary of State Jakub Wiśniewski, followed by insightful presentations from Maria Simeonova (@ECFRWiderEurope ), Marta Prochwicz-Jazowska 🇵🇱 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 (@gmfus),…

Even of there is rise of radicals the EU will not divert from enlargement
#EuStrategicAgenda 🇪🇺
🎧 New episode of the Visegrad Insight Podcast with Maria Simeonova ECFR ECFR Wider Europe
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Recorded yesterday at #EuropeFutureForum in Warsaw 🫶🇵🇱
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Great workshop on Tuesday on the synergies between EU enlargement and the 2030 SDG Agenda at Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺

Thank you to all speakers Maria Simeonova Dionis Cenușa Agon Maliqi Iulian Groza Zeynep Alemdar Damien Barchiche Olena Kovalova, Tamila Barkalaia, Paul Alexis Berthezène

🚨ЕСВП София търси своя #стажант !🚨
Присъединете се към ЕСВП София като кандидатствате преди 20 март 2024. ⏳ ⬇
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📰 How important is the support of the Western Balkans to Ukraine? Find out what Maria Simeonova thinks in European Western Balkans 🇪🇺 today ➡️ europeanwesternbalkans.com/2024/03/11/tir…

Искате да станете част от нашия екип? Сега имате шанса!🔥 ECFR
➡ ЕСВП София търси своя следващ #стажант . Повече информация ще намерите в обявата 👇
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Посещението на българската делегация в #Киев беше както символичен акт и препотвърждаване на категоричната подкрепа на #България за #Украйна , така и посещение с конкретика. bnr.bg/post/101954833

On the way back to Berlin, I try to put some thoughts on #MSC2024 into a thread. Each attendee had their own unique experience of the conference, and the large number of parallel events means that it is only ever possible to experience a small section of the overall program. 1

Връщайки се в Русия, #Навални утвърди своята легитимност да определя политическия дневен ред – като се противопоставя на режима на основата на морала, а не на политиката. DUMOULIN Marie ECFR Wider Europe
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Check out this latest collaborative policy paper which includes some of our ECFR colleagues Maria Simeonova and Szymon Kardaś below 👇

The paper seeks to analyze the perspectives of the different climate debates in CEE+ Region before the 2024 Election 🌱

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I met with Bulgaria's National Assembly President, Rosen Zhelyazkov, and Bulgarian MPs.

I thanked them for their assistance in bolstering Ukraine's defense capabilities and facilitating our path to the EU and NATO.

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🎧 European leaders must address the security challenges of tomorrow. #ECFRDefence aims to strengthen Europe's role as a geopolitical actor and global power. Listen to Mark Leonard's and Camille Grand's thoughts about the future of EU defence👇
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New year, new Europe: Today, ECFR launches its new defence initiative in Brussels. It enables political leaders in Europe to meet the security challenges of tomorrow by focusing on strategy, capabilities and cooperation. #ECFRDefence

#ECFRDefence ⁦Sylvie Kauffmann⁩ leads the first panel “Age of confrontation” with EU, ⁦NATO⁩ and US leading voices: ⁦Boris Ruge⁩ Charles Fries ⁦European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺⁩ ⁦and Rachel Ellehus Rachel Ellehuus⁩

Good news for 🇷🇴-🇧🇬 connectivity! As of late March a direct train will link #Bucharest to #Ruse . Bulgarians will reach @Otopeni airport in abt 1 hour. Romanians will more often go 4 lunch on the Danube to Ruse😊.
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