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Grateful to @EtienneMarcuz for having me on Let’s Talk Deterrence. We covered: 🇪🇺 Strains on the U.S. extended deterrent 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 The role of UK & French nuclear forces 🔄 Proposals to strengthen European deterrence within the existing framework, not against it. 🎧 Happy listening!

A great project that makes progress. Thank you 🇪🇺 for financing 85%. European Commission Catherine Trautmann EU Transport

Opening panel #lennartmericonference in Tallinn. That’s Matthew Whitaker, the US ambassador to NATO, on the right. NATO dep sec’y general next to him. She says in early June all allies should agree on “very ambitious” set of capability targets that are 30% higher than last ones.

Putin has woken a giant. He has yet no idea of how costly this is going to be for him. We, the EU, are a 19 trillion dolar economy. Together with Canada, since President Trump first came to power, we’ve doubled our defence spending (1/2).

📍North Atlantic | Aster launch! 💥 A French FREMM frigate fired an ASTER 30 missile during NATO’s #FormidableShield25. 🎯 Supersonic sea-skimming target intercepted. 👉 Proof of our weapon systems' precision and Allied cohesion in facing today’s most advanced threats.

its tuesday, its newsletter day. This time views from 🇪🇪 and #LennartMeriConference. - On the upcoming NATO summit in the Hague🇳🇱 - The 🇷🇺Putin - 🇺🇸 Trump talks - 🇺🇸 troops presence in Europe rferl.org/a/wider-europe…

💬 "The NB8 has become, if not the, then a powerhouse of Europe, and other states gravitate towards us." — Espen Barth Eide, Foreign Minister of Norway MFA 🇳🇴 🔹 How to Make the NB8 the New Powerhouse of Europe? #LennartMeriConference

🇱🇹❤️🇩🇪 Despite the rain, a large crowd gathered in Vilnius’ Cathedral Square for the historic inauguration of a German brigade in Lithuania. As 🇱🇹DefMin Dovilė Šakalienė said: we are no longer alone – every inch of our land will be protected and defended with our allies.

Read my last piece for ICDS Tallinn on the treaty recently signed between France and Poland in Nancy which includes an interesting section on (European) defence 👇

Read the latest brief of the ICDS Tallinn EU series on the key issue of military mobility written by Mihai Chihaia European Policy Centre

The Bucharest Nine and Nordic Countries Transport Ministerial in Vilnius 🇱🇹 today gives a new impetus to military mobility in 🇪🇺 Military mobility is an indispensable enabler for European defence readiness. We need a ‘military Schengen’!

📍Baltic Sea |  #BalticSentry Under NATO Maritime Command command, FS Aconit reinforced the Alliance’s deterrence protecting critical infrastructure and securing Europe's northern flank. 🛡️ No contest, no compromise. #WeAreNATO

Good exchange with Ministers Eugenijus Sabutis🇱🇹, Kuldar Leis🇪🇪, Atis Švinka🇱🇻, and Dariusz Klimczak🇵🇱 on strategic importance of effective military mobility for the countries bordering aggressive Russia. 🇪🇺instruments such as SAFE & Cohesion funds will help us achieve it faster.

Politico published good analysis of my today’s key-note statement in Aachen ⬇️ politico.eu/article/us-wit…

Ukraine's security service estimated that its attack caused more than $7bn in damage, claiming 34 percent of Russia's strategic cruise missile carriers were hit. ft.com/content/16f33b…

Mark this one. Danish PM «last time we played a leading role in the Frugal Four. Next time we’ll play a leading in another group…Most important thing is rearm Europe. If we cannot defend ourselves, its game over….we need a new (European) budget and a new profile on the budget.»

Vēsturiska diena Latvijai - pirmo reizi esam ievēlēti ANO Drošības padomē! Paldies @arlietas un visiem iesaistītajiem par neatlaidīgu darbu daudzu gadu garumā. Strādāsim taisnīgam un ilgtspējīgam mieram Ukrainā, starptautiskās sistēmas un globālās drošības stiprināšanai. 🇱🇻 🇺🇳

Big announcement today: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, The Netherlands and Estonia have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) on cooperation around the Swedish Infantry Fighting Vehicle CV90. It includes coordinated acquisition of expected several hundred CV90s. (1/3)

Today, on the eve of #DDay81, we hosted a group of Second World War Veterans from the United States for a special tour of the Memorial and a meet and greet with local school children. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷 Best Defense Foundation 📷 British Normandy Memorial / Florence Marsac

A year ago, during the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day