And the second - a request:

Security, prosperity & a strong Czechia at the heart of Europe, this is the choice in front of the Czech people for the parliamentary elections. 🇨🇿🇪🇺 Unity is the answer. Europe is our strength—for our European way of life. Great to be in Prague KDU-ČSL TOP 09 Starostové a nezávislí.

📢 Come work with us! Join us EPP Group as a Press and Communications Assistant in Brussels 🇪🇺 Come and apply your communication skills and political awareness at the heart of the EU! Read more & apply by 3 October 2025🔗➡️ epp.group/shps8n4l

✅ Deal reached to give Europol stronger powers to fight migrant smuggling: €50 million extra funding, 50 new staff and reinforced tools to dismantle criminal networks. A decisive step to protect lives and secure our borders. 🔗epp.group/l4t15xlk #EUmigration

We urge the EU to move from words to action and defend its airspace, warning that Russia’s escalating hybrid attacks against EU Member States amount to state-sponsored terrorism and demand an immediate, coordinated European response. epp.group/0mkaldpi #EPlenary

What are the main changes to CSDDD in the Parliament’s position on Omnibus I? Look below 👇

✅️We welcome tonight’s agreement between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the European Defence Industry Programme (#EDIP). It will strengthen Europe’s defence industry capabilities and support Ukraine. Read more: epp.group/4krm645b

As Vice-Chair of EPP Group responsible for Omnibus proposals, I want to be clear to all colleagues in European Parliament. We must cut red tape and reduce burdens and costs for businesses if we want a competitive and prosperous Europe where jobs thrive. 🧵

✅A good day for European businesses and competitiveness! The EPP promised voters to cut red tape, simplify existing regulations, and remove unnecessary burdens for European companies. Today we delivered! We show our small and medium-sized enterprises, which are struggling

V nové americké bezpečnostní strategii se o Evropě nepíše nic hezkého. Jasně, je spousta věcí, které bychom měli dělat lépe. Na druhou stranu… 1⃣Délka života: USA 77 x EU 81 let. 2⃣Počet vězňů: USA 5× více. 3⃣Vraždy: USA 6× více. 4⃣Předávkování drogami: USA 10× více. 5⃣Kojenecká

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Very, very good and poignant diagnosis of public debate in Europe by Sławomir Dębski in connection with Trump's action in Venezuela.

The EPP is in favour of the EU–U.S. trade deal, but given Donald Trump’s threats regarding Greenland, approval is not possible at this stage. The 0% tariffs on U.S. products must be put on hold. #EuropeanUnity

STOP BULLYING ALLIES The European Union must stay united and respond firmly to President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against allies. It should do so by boosting strategic autonomy, completing the single market, strengthening cooperation with like-minded partners, and improving

'Great minds think alike,' even when it comes to the headlines of our time :) Henry Foy Eddy Wax ✍️ Nicoletta Ionta :)

Havel died 15 years ago, but his lucid, logical way of thinking remains timeless. Can't remember "The Power of the Powerless" being quoted in such an apposite manner at such a pivotal moment.

Yesterday it was impossible to walk down the street in Davos without people stopping to want to talk about the Orange Man Baby. Today it is Mark Carney they want to talk about. Doubtless the OMB will have some petty act of revenge lined up but that speech today was real

Apart from brilliant Havel reference, it’s crazy what a difference it makes when you see a global leader deliver a speech he actually wrote and actually believes in - and not one that was performatively written for him by others.

'A very conditional offer to cooperate with Europe ... on Trump's terms' – chatting with Guardian's diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour about the state of EU-US relations after *that* Marco Rubio speech at the #MSC26 earlier today.

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