Fascinating read, especially the takes at the end.

This is Georgia: the protestors sing together at the main intersection of the capital 🇬🇪

One element that stands out of Macron’s recent statements (Sorbonne, The Economist itvw) is his new mental map of Europe’s political geography.
Shaped by the changing security environment, this new vision partly explains 🇫🇷 shifts vav 🇷🇺, enlargement, security discussions.
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Yeay, there's yet again momentum towards something.

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The area around the parliament building is crowded as Ode to Joy is played #Tbilisi #Foreignagentslaw

Not, I think, an exaggeration to say this was the greatest day in modern European history.

The reality of Putin's war on civilisation, in Odesa.

While Greece, Spain, hold on to Patriot systems, joggers in Ukraine are cut down by cluster munitions.

Protect those who want freedom! 🙏

This is a problem.

Denmark deserves a medal. They are 4th worldwide in total monetary value of military aid to Ukraine.
Almost as high as the UK (!)
Almost half of what Germany has done (!)

Denmark's population is only 6 million.
(UK has ~ 11 times more people, GER ~ 14)

Footage of a rally of thousands against the draft law 'on foreign agents' in #Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue

Video by Mtavari

Ahead of #EUCO summit on 🇪🇺competitiveness, Mario Draghi says🇺🇸is no longer playing by the free-market rules it invented, and EU must respond radically.

“Our response has been constrained because our organisation [is] designed for the world of yesterday'
euractiv.com/section/econom…

#draghi

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Rather direct message by the Norwegian Foreign Minister in Kyiv today.

'None of us does enough.'

'We all need to do more, we need to do better. We need to think more strategically, about how we can help Ukraine to win and hence Russia to loose'

Georgia's destination is Europe. Don't derail that dream.

The entire world witnessed allied action in the skies above Israel and neighboring countries. It demonstrated how truly effective unity in defending against terror can be when it is based on sufficient political will.

Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and…

Future generations may call us ‘the sleepwalkers’.

If they are kind.

Do as I say, not as I do:

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez often talks about his support for Ukraine -- but Spain has also **doubled** its purchases of Russian gas since the invasion of Ukraine, throwing a financial lifeline to Putin

~20% of the gas Spain imported in 2023 was Russian