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Rikard Jozwiak

@rikardjozwiak

Europe Editor Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty @RFERL. A friend of Sacha Distel. Views are mine

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the 🇪🇺 parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour (411 for, 100 against) of import duties on 🇷🇺🇧🇾 fertilizers from 1 July. they will become gradually higher with the goal of a complete phase out in 2028 at the latest.

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the 🇪🇺 commission will have so-called "confessionals" with EU member states this weekend over the next 🇷🇺sanctions package

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With Russia and Belarus looming large, the EU's new $170 billion defense program aims to fund weapons, boost joint procurement, and prepare for future crises. But it comes with strings attached. By Rikard Jozwiak rferl.org/a/eu-defense-s…

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its tuesday, its newsletter day. More on the 150 billion euro defense spending that 🇪🇺 just approved. And the new fertilizer "sanctions" on 🇷🇺🇧🇾 - which will work as a template for future energy sanctions on Russia rferl.org/a/wider-europe…

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on the new Black Sea strategy presented by the 🇪🇺 today🇲🇩🇺🇦 🇬🇪🇦🇲🇦🇿🇹🇷. the idea of creating a Black Sea Security hub is the main takeaway rferl.org/a/eu-black-sea…

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Marta Kos says all EU accession clusters with 🇺🇦🇲🇩 can be opened this year and is optimistic that cluster 1 can be opened still in June. 🇭🇺 has so far blocked Ukraine's start of 🇪🇺 negotiations

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NATO Sec Gen Rutte says he is convinced that there will be a very strong conventional 🇺🇸 military presence in Europe alongside the nuclear umbrella

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its Tuesday, that means newsletter! this time on the NATO defense ministerial later this week in which the alliance will agree on new defense spending targets + the latest 🇷🇺 sanctions. proposals still not sent out to 🇪🇺 member states! rferl.org/a/wider-europe…

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NATO Sec Gen Rutte confirms that 🇺🇦Zelenskiy is invited to the Hague Summit but not clear yet if there will be a specific NATO-Ukraine Council at the summit

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the 🇺🇸 NATO ambassador Whitaker say 🇺🇦 becoming a NATO member "is currently not on the table" and US is not the only NATO member backing that

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potential big win for 🇪🇺 sanctions against 🇷🇺 in 🇪🇺 court today. the Advocate General opinion is that the inclusion of leading 🇷🇺 businesspersons on restrictive measures lists is lawful there no need by Brussels to establish any specific conduct to link them with the Kremlin 🇺🇦

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🇪🇺 commission today received the final notification from 🇺🇦 on all laws passed to be part of the EU's "roam like home" area for mobile phone users. 🇲🇩 will soon notify as well. 🇲🇩🇺🇦 will join this area on 1 Jan, 2026.

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I know that the word "historic" is overused these days but this is exactly that. The "roam like home" cover all 27🇪🇺 countries + 🇮🇸🇳🇴🇱🇮. Its the first time it is extended to 🇪🇺 candidate countries. well deserved, 🇲🇩🇺🇦