Außenminister Jan Lipavský: Die Bedrohung durch russische Geheimdienste in Europa ist eine Realität. Volle Unterstützung für die entschlossene Reaktion Deutschlands. Wir müssen neue Instrumente entwickeln, um der russischen Spionagebedrohung zu begegnen. Am Montag wird

Very good background talk of our ‘Balkan Hub’ network with the French 🇫🇷 Special Envoy for WB region, Rene Troccaz. Delighted to participated along with our visiting fellow Zoran Nechev 🇲🇰🇪🇺

Thanks Sébastien Maillard for putting it together!

It seems #Croatia is heading towards a constitutional crisis after the Constitutional Court declared at an extraordinary session today that Zoran Milanović can't be given a mandate to form a gov't even if he resigns today as president

Without integrating energy, digital and telecom markets, the EU will not be able to continue to guarantee its economic security.

Watch tomorrow’s livestream on YouTube, where Enrico Letta presents the findings and recommendation of his report to the European Council

Welche Prioritäten sollte die European Commission in der Legislatur 2024-2029 nach der #Europawahl2024 setzen? Unsere Expert*innen geben einen Überblick & zeigen die wichtigsten Themen auf, von Handels- & Sicherheitspolitik über EU-Erweiterung bis hin zu Cyber & Gesundheitspolitik. 🧵

With Milan Nic and Frauke Seebass, we argue that enlargement should be at the top of the agenda for the next European Commission. There should be a successful case by the end of 2029 with closing accession talks with Montenegro and perhaps more candidates🇪🇺

Ad 🇪🇺 #enlargement & item #2 on Nathalie Tocci list:

▪️reducing no. of veto points part of COMM proposal for Negotiating Framework with 🇺🇦🇲🇩

▪️ our talks in Budapest with govt officials (PM Office; Ministry for EU Affairs) confirmed: 🇭🇺 strictly against; also 4-5 other MS

North #Macedonia  🇲🇰 will co-sponsor the UNGA Resolution on Genocide in #Srebrenica . So does #Slovenia  🇸🇮 from the ex-Yu block (no word on 🇭🇷 and 🇲🇪 yet). Will certainly anger Belgrade, even though the Macedonian MFA says it won't hurt 🇲🇰-🇷🇸 relations: slobodenpecat.mk/en/makedonija-…

🤭 I must have said something conspicuous on DE/HU/SK dynamics that made Peter Kreko wondering at today’s discussion in #Budapest hosted by Political Capital with 🇩🇪 Botschafterin Julia Gross

Insightful discussion on Hungarian🇭🇺-German relations 🇩🇪, support to 🇺🇦 , EU and future of HU’s EU 🇪🇺presidency with Julia Gross. DGAP Political Capital

Our DGAP team trip to #Budapest via 🚂 has started. Learning about the upcoming HU 🇪🇺 Presidency ✌️

Long interview for Denník Postoj (in Slovak) on 🇸🇰 PM Fico’s foreign policy

Also covered:
▪️relations with 🇩🇪
▪️dominance of domestic agenda ⤴️ pro-Russian drift, deals with #Orban
▪️strategic blindness
▪️outlook for the President-elect #Pellegrini

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Slowakei: 'Minister Taraba hat den Direktor des hydrometrischen Instituts entlassen. Auf unserem gesamten Gebiet wird nun das wahre und einzige slowakische Wetter herrschen, ohne fremde Einflussnahme.'
Karikatur: Shooty, Denník N