📢 Calling all energy & climate security experts! Do you want to shape the future of EU #energy & climate policy? Join our team in #Paris to conduct in-depth research, provide expert analysis & inform decision-makers. 📌 Apply by 26 Sept, 12:00 (CEST)⤵️ iss.europa.eu/content/associ…

#Commission presentation: Ursula von der Leyen mentions #GlobalGateway first when outlining the International Partnerships portfolio confirming that #connectivity will be a key tool for #EU engagement with developing countries.Important to watch how this plays out in budgetary terms

What happens next? No better way to find out that to read this excellent European Parliamentary Research Service briefing by my colleague Kamil Baranik #EU #Commission europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/d… via European Parliament

Interestingly #economicsecurity grouped with #trade & not #industry portfolio giving it a clear external dimension. + important for #defence policy in terms of supply chain issues, dual use tech, export controls, hybrid threats/critical infrastructure issues & more #vonderLeyenII

Mission letter for the #Commissioner designate for #Defence and #Space ( with lots of elements from the #Draghi report included in it) commission.europa.eu/document/downl…

“My concern is that over time we will become […] less free to choose our destiny”. #Draghi’s version of EU strategic autonomy & the dangers of lack thereof rings very powerfully in this chamber.

#BREAKING UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution demanding that Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and do so within 12 months Voting result In favor: 124 Against: 14 Abstain: 43

European Parliament to discuss challenges of the future in the UN Roberta Metsola Metsola & a group of 15 MEPs including DEVE Committee Press Chair Barry Andrews MEP are in New York on 20-24 Sept to meet with representatives of several UN & intl orgs Details ⤵️europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…

I welcomed the opportunity to present the #EU #security and #defence landscape to the members of the European Court of Auditors today, in a truly Alsatian setting. A timely discussion following the presentation of #Draghi report & first ever designation of a Commissioner for Defence & Space

#BREAKING UN General Assembly ADOPTS by consensus the Pact of the Future, and its annexes Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations #OurCommonFuture

Heavy agenda for the female "troika" of the new European Commission: their mission, challenges & political profile Special thanks to my great colleagues: Nacho Alarcón & Nuno Martins

✔️ “Kubilius said he had no wish to duplicate the role of Nato. Officials at the US-dominated alliance have criticised the EU’s alternative set of equipment standards and procurement efforts” 👀 “Kubilius said EU defence plans could include the UK” ft.com/content/8616b4…

French incoming Junior Minister for Europe Benjamin Haddad lays out 3 guiding lines: 1/ Strategic autonomy, investing in European competitiveness 2/ Engaging w/foreign media, conferences, partners 3/ Deepening new partnerships esp w/Central and Eastern Europe "Crucial, strategic"

Thumbs up to our #audiovisual colleagues at European Parliament who magically turned our briefing into a comprehensible 8 minute #podcast on….(you guessed it!) Financing the European #defence industry Listen here & follow European Parliamentary Research Service podcasts for more:youtu.be/WXvo9S2SBgA?si… via YouTube

#UNGA79 general debate: Day 1 morning Expected speakers: 🇺🇳 UN Secretary-General António Guterres 🇺🇳 President of the General Assembly UN GA President 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇺🇸 United States 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇿🇦 South Africa [1/2] #UNGA

Ahead of the #BRICS summit in October, the latest economics and trade infographics by European Parliamentary Research Service and GlobalStat European University Institute cover economic indicators for the expanded BRICS + as well as trade with #EU. Lots of interesting data to digest 🔗europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/d… via European Parliament

Mark your diaries. On October 2, the day after the Vice Presidential elections, I will be chairing a stellar panel ⁦Chatham House⁩ with Justin Webb ⁦justin webb⁩ ⁦Brian Klaas⁩ ⁦Sarah Baxter⁩ ⁦⁦JohnZogbyStrategies⁩ chathamhouse.org/events/all/mem…

Excited for our continuing partnership between European Parliamentary Research Service IEP Global Peace Index Région Normandie to produce the annual #NormandyIndex which maps threats to #peace & #democracy worldwide, now in its 7th year! Look for our publication at #NormandiepourlaPaix & at europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/info…

The new 🇪🇺Defense Commissioner faces three key tasks: securing appropriate funding for defense, improving EU defense planning by aligning resources w/core needs & developing EU-NATO cooperation in defense industrial policy, Fiot Daniel writes lnternationale Politik Quarterly ip-quarterly.com/en/european-de…