Heartbreaking, the testimony by human rights lawyer and Nobel Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk at
#ParisPeaceForum
. ‘We need to break circles of impunity which Russia enjoyed for decades’, and start trials now. She documented 56k episodes of crime by Russia in Ukraine
Concluding 10th
@CEPS_thinktank
Ideas Lab, first large scale again post-Covid. Great people and fascinating discussions. Thanks to entire CEPS team for a very inspiring two days
Big change ahead for Europe’s capital markets, with the Commission issuing 750bn triple A bonds. If approved, will create attractive long term € assets, not linked to a country
@TimothyDSnyder
Hence the West should not relax its efforts to put max pressure on Russia, with all available means, and as coordinated as possible among the EU, US, UK, CH, Japan, SKorea.
'Le président de la Cour de justice de l'UE, Koen Lenaerts, est un proche de Karel Pinxten, condamné par la CJUE en septembre.' Lecture pas trop amusant pour quelques un de
@quatremer
4. These are just two examples in a long list of ongoing oil tanker sales by Greece's shipping oligarchs to Putin's shadow fleet. The EU should have prohibited these sales a long time ago. It chose not to because of lobbying by Greece's shipping oligarchs. This has to stop now...
To end this year on a good note, so unforgettable, the gestures, the ovation. In history, individuals sometimes make the difference. Imagine what would have happened if this person would have fled Kyiv in the early days of the war, or with another President in the White House
Banks earn 3.75% on deposits with the ECB - about €140bn annually (whereas savers do net even get 1% in their deposits).
@pdegrauwe
proposes to drastically reduce the remuneration for banks and to use the reserves as a stability tool via
@CEPS_thinktank
Impressed to meet the 🇧🇾 President-elect
@Tsihanouskaya
, in Brussels for the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, and discuss the way forward in Belarus. Justice will prevail, and democracy restored!
@KennethManusama
Reminds me of what the late Madeline Albright once said during a dinner in Brussels, many years ago: ‘There are two fundamentalist countries in the world, Iran and the US’
@Kasparov63
But 'thanks' to Putin's actions over the last days, all doubts have gone that we need to act - see how rapidly the EU & the US decided on sanctions. Who the real Putin is is clear for all
@mvanhulten
@MarietjeSchaake
@TI_EU
Many of these actions against Russian dirty money could have been taken a long time ago. Why did it require to start of a war against Ukraine?
Totally unbalanced statement. What the EU has done in response to the Russian aggression demonstrates the opposite,
@Mij_Europe
. Ukraine and Moldava as candidate EU members, unanimous sanctions against Russia, military support for Ukraine shows big change in role
@markhleonard
Devastating critique of EU. You can add our increasing struggles to set a path on climate, China & regulations. Striking to see countries like Türkiye desperate to go to sco & Brics but sitting out the EPC meeting. We need some serious rethinking about EU foreign policy
Ook Vlaams Belang had banden met Putin’s Rusland. Twee partijleden namen volgens
@TimothyDSnyder
deel als waarnemers aan het referendum in de Krim in 2014, zie boek ‘The Road to Unfreedom’
@COdendahl
But Biontech, even if very European, is listed on Nasdaq. As in other domains, European capital markets, despite massive local savings, cannot fund such ventures
Ironic to see European leaders trying to participate in the glory of hero Zelensky and advancing EU enlargement, and at the same time using anti immigration rhetoric and discussing (EU funds for) hard border fences
@BernardodMiguel
@el_pais
Es positivo! Por la primera vez vamos a tener un activo europeo seguro, un AAA bono europeo, una manera para la UE de financiarse que es mas barato que un gran parte de sus miembros
Well-functioning investment fund markets are crucial building blocks for capital markets. In Europe, they could double in size if market imperfections are addressed, which the EU Commission is proposing in today’s Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) proposal, as discussed in
@FT
After 3 years, we are back with the real Ideas Lab,
#cepslab2023
, discussing a multitude of policy issues with which Europe is confronted. And we are celebrating our 40 years at
#Bozar
📢 TOMORROW/ Ideas Lab is back! This year,
#cepslab23
will examine how well the EU has fared in facing up to the challenges of 2022 and will critically examine what has worked and what still needs to be changed.
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CCPs: the big bone of EU-UK contention, and the ONLY domain where equivalence is still in place. This study is an urgent call to keep it in place, in the interest all, but also digs deeper into what it is all about
Stablecoins are not stable. As the EU is finalising its crypto rules, better to call a spade a spade, and not to create confusion. A light touch regime will not help investors
On this
#armisticeday
, remembering all those that fell in WW I (and II). My grandfather, below, told us many horrible stories of life in the trenches on the Yser, possibly best captured in Stefan Hertmans ‘War and Turpentine’ novel
Why would you buy blended honey? Stricter rules of origin to prevent honey laundering is indeed required,
@ian_c_johnston
. Lot’s of cheap honey today is a mix of EU and non-EU origins (see labels), which cannot be good.
‘Sunny personality, without sense of self importance, always asking others for their views’, Great words for Peter Praet at
#ECB
colloquium in his honour by President Draghi
Historic meeting of the G4 with Zelensky, and agreement for EU candidate status for Ukraine. But for what UA? No way out: we need to continue to support Ukraine to defend its territory
@KlausIohannis
@Odobes1Luminita
We are here together with President
@ZelenskyyUa
because we know it's our duty to act. It's our responsibility to keep this momentum & help our Ukrainian friends forge a new future. Focus on the need for peace, the reconstruction effort & the rebuilding of this country’s future.
@PeterDeKeyzer
Het gaat hier niet om zwakke of sterke landen, het gaat om hard getroffen en (tot nu toe) minder hard getroffen landen. Gezamelijke schuldfinanciering is een voordeel voor alle landen, zie wat de VS doet.
With
@CBeaune
and German Ambassador discussing french Presidency priorities in splendid Hotel de Beauharnais. Digital, green and social, that’s what it will be
@MaximEristavi
Untrue. Many in Europe are extremely concerned about what is happening in the East. LIfe goes on, but the world has changed profoundly for the Europeans in one month
Dear Prime Minister, what an honour to get a direct answer to my tweet on a Saturday evening! In answer to your question I enclose a screenshot of your tweet of Nov 5. Not invented, your tweet.
Shocking to hear Nobel Prize Nadia Murad’s account of violence against women and silence of international community. It is 4 years now, and many are still waiting for justice
#DohaForum
@michaeldweiss
Even the Ancient Greeks took a pause in their multiple wars to give a dignified burial to their death soldiers. Russia, 2500y later, still does not
@vtchakarova
On EU vs US GDP, this stat from the same source is probably more telling, we have both been declining at a very comparable pace, and see who is winning the race
@vtchakarova
@COdendahl
Crypto house FTX’ collapse: a byzantine structure, with the head office in Antigua and Barbuda, and more offshore. EU licence in Cyprus!, which got an ultimatum from
@ESMA
in August to put its house in order.
What is European liberal democracy? What are the European values? What will EU27 agree at the Sibiu summit? It seems there is no agreement, even in
#CEPSLab19
panel
Honoured to be sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. I will continue to work with full dedication together with my colleagues from
@MAERomania
to ensure that our foreign policy is delivering for 🇷🇴 citizens.
EPC remains a strange new entity, what will be its role? Some positive outcomes of the 1st meeting (
@trussliz
attended, UK joins PESCO), but many questions: will it be replacement for enlargement? First
@CEPS_thinktank
lunchtime meeting since Covid!
Our first virtual
#CEPSlab21
starts in a few hours. We will miss the many encounters with friends, but hope to meet you virtually in the chatroom. Lot's to discuss, Europe and the world moved on during the lockdown
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#CEPSlab21
! For this 8th edition, our team of researchers, leading experts and high-level policymakers will cover five themes over five days.
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Great art in Munich musea, apart from security discussions at
#MSC2019
. Pre-ww1 art of Der blaue Reiter, with Kandinsky, Münter, Marc & Macke. Last two died very young in WW1, Kandinsky returned home to Moscow
Bakmuth, we never thought this still possible on European soil in 21st century. Senseless destruction. We will need to reform the UN Security Council once this war is over
@carlbildt
‘We need to strengthen EU military cooperation within NATO’. No word about European Defense Union in the Leccion Comemorativa van
@MinPres
Mark Rutte voor de Fundacion
@CarlosdeAmberes
Voor Joris Lannoo, mijn grootvader, was 100 jaar geleden ook de gruwelijke oorlog voorbij. Hij moest echter nog tot juli 1919 wachten vooraleer hij gedemobiliseerd werd en naar huis mocht, om zijn bedrijf verder te zetten
Ook dit is Piet Mondriaan. Merkwaardige overzichts-tentoonstelling in
@fond_Beyeler
— misschien wel de beste kunst galerij in Europa — over de evolutie van een portret- en landschapsschilder tot de bekende abstract kunstenaar
Commissioner McGuinness announcing three important Commission proposals on capital markets at
@ECMI_CEPS
annual conference opening dinner: 1) making clearing more attractive, 2) an upgraded listing act, 3) insolvency harmonisation. Stay tuned at
@CEPS_thinktank
OPEC is a cartel we should have tackled ages ago. Inflated prices have distorted the world economy since decades. Le jour où le marché pétrolier a craqué via
@lemondefr
@MehreenKhn
This is the danger of politicised 'standard setters'. Sustainable finance standards should be, like accounting standards, set by independent bodies
@remkorteweg
@FT
The first exchange was in Antwerp, de 'gemeyne borze', with its own trading floor from 1531, before London. With the fall of Antwerp in 1585, the activity moved to the North
Story of Greek crisis, now 10y, by finance minister
@gpapak
. About Titanic tasks, lenghty ecofin councils and emerging populism. And a painful trial as farewell
With today's draft legislation on the
#NIProtocol
, London is unilaterally breaking agreements. And doing so for motives easy to see through. This is not acceptable for the
#EU
. To this breach of trust, we will stand united in our response. 1/2
EU kost veel minder dan het opbrengt, dat realiseren zelfs de Britten zich reeds. EU heeft meer middelen nodig voor gezamelijke taken die ze nu niet kan opnemen, zoals migratie, grenscontrole
De totale toelage van België aan de EU bedraagt 3,6 miljard euro. Dat is meer dan de totale subsidie aan het openbaar vervoer (NMBS+De Lijn =3 mia). EU moet zuiniger met budget leren omspringen.
Watch this space:
@vonderleyen
meeting
@PMOIndia
in New Delhi, in the geopolitical earthquake in which we are. Will India align closer to Europe, away from Russia, and will EU move on with the FTA