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Global Playbook Author and Associate Editor at POLITICO. Previously Washington, Dublin, Brussels. Contact: slynch @politico .eu Instagram:suzanne.lynch1

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5 years
Yes, it really is that green... #Chicago #ChicagoRiver #StPatricksDay
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“They’re not going to steal this election” says #Trump lawyer #RudyGiuliani at press conference in Philadelphia #Election2020 . Says Democrats “own” the media -“We’re going to fight for the people.”
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#ElizabethWarren meeting demonstrators outside #Homestead detention center for children in #Florida #immigration #BorderCrisis
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#JoeBiden showing his true Irish credentials with this throwaway line.... “My predecessor - as my mother would say God love him - failed to order enough vaccines” Quite the put down of #Trump ...
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This young man and his father emigrated to US from East Turkestan and have come to the Walter Reed to thank President #Trump for his role in highlighting the plight of the #Uyghurs #TrumpCovid #Uighurs
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3 years
Jill Biden wears jacket with word “LOVE” on back as the Bidens + Johnsons meet - immediately invoking comparisons with Melania Trump’s controversial jacket with the words “I really don’t care” in 2018 #G7
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Powerful @nytimes front page and inside display profiling the children lost in the #Gaza #Israel conflict - “They were just children”
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US Congressman @RepBrendanBoyle says the new legislation on #NorthernIreland "clearly violates international law." "Just last month the people of Northern Ireland held its Assembly election. Almost 60% of those elected support the Protocol....
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Spoke to senior Ukrainian officials last night—despite the constant conversation about sanctions in the West, the sense was they don't really care; it's too late. The help they want now is munitions.
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4 years
NEW: House Speaker #NancyPelosi has warned that there will be “absolutely no chance of a US-UK trade agreement passing the Congress” if #Britain reneges from international agreement and #GoodFridayAgreement is undermined #Brexit . Story on @IrishTimes shortly
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Some news: delighted to take up a new position as Chief Brussels Correspondent and Associate Editor with @POLITICOEurope in September. Also excited to be taking over as host of EU Confidential podcast - stay tuned :)) 🤗
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5 years
House Speaker #NancyPelosi has warned Britain that there will be no #trade agreement between the US and UK if the #GoodFridayAgreement is violated. Here’s a short clip of some of what she had to say tonight #brexit
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Spent my last day at the US Capitol as I wrap up my time with @IrishTimes as Washington Correspondent. How it started...How it's going...🙂 Paging @SiCarswell 🇺🇸🇮🇪😊
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4 years
Supporters of President #Trump have gathered outside the Walter Reed Medical Center to show their support for the President #TrumpCovid
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Demonstrators at the #Homestead children detention centre waving to children behind the fence. The #Florida center is the largest in the country. #ElizabethWarren due here shortly.. #immigration #BorderCrisis
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3 years
NEW- EU Commissioner @MarosSefcovic to join Irish foreign minister @simoncoveney in meeting with Friends of Ireland caucus on Capitol Hill scheduled for tomorrow amid concern in Washington about #NorthernIreland protocol, #Brexit
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#seanspicer has officially changed into his #StPatricksDay trousers ahead of reception with @campaignforleo @seanspicer
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#JoeBiden is swearing in new employees. He calls for “honesty and decency.” “I'm not joking when I say this: if you ever work with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot. No ifs, ands, or buts."
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NEW – I asked White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the latest development on #NorthernIreland protocol and prospects for US-UK #trade deal: "President #Biden has been unequivocal about his support for the #GoodFridayAgreement ."
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2 years
One official said #Putin has made one big miscalculation - not taking account of the Ukrainian people. "Putin thinks in terms of territory. But #Ukraine is more than the government buildings. It is the people. He doesn't understand this because he doesn't respect his own people."
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3 years
NEW - White House Press Secretary on violence in #NorthernIreland “We are concerned by the violence in Northern Ireland and we join the British,Irish and Northern Irish leaders in their call for calm.”
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3 years
New - US State Department urges UK/EU to stay within “existing mechanisms” of #Brexit #NorthernIreland protocol ahead of key announcement by Boris Johnson tomorrow @StateDeptSpox
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The White House has dyed its fountain green this morning in honor of #StPatricksDay
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#JoeBiden is delivering remarks as the death toll in the US from #covid reaches 500,000 - America has lost “more lives than any other nation on earth” he says #COVID19
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3 years
Letter from Irish ambassador to the US @DanMulhall in today’s @nytimes calling out @paulkrugman on “leprechaun economics” term - calls it an “unacceptable slur”
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4 years
At press conference just now in the US Capitol, #NancyPelosi tells @IrishTimes that there will be no trade deal between the US- UK “What were they thinking?” she says. Accuses Britain of breaking international treaty... #Brexit #NorthernIreland
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...The people of Northern Ireland have spoken loud and clear. The British government needs to listen to them.” #Brexit #BorisJohnson
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3 years
#InaugurationDay !! Looking forward to attending today’s ceremony at the US Capitol as America welcomes a new president #Inauguration
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The scene tonight at the White House, #WashingtonDC . Crowds chanting #BlackLivesMatter in protest at death of #GeorgeFloyd in #Minneapolis
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3 years
The @UN Security Council has made its first statement on the situation in #Ethiopia #Tigray - the negotiations were led by Ireland.
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2 years
Speaking in Brussels, Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD says Gerry Adams should apologize for recent comments. “It is time for Sinn Fein to stop peddling the narrative that this was some just war… it was anything but. A lot of people were hurt, a lot of lives were destroyed.”
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Full Statement from Irish leader - “This is a particularly special day for the people of County Louth and of County Mayo who count President-elect Biden among their own.” #Election2020
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VP #KamalaHarris has sworn-in former Boston mayor and Irish-American Marty Walsh @marty_walsh as Labor Secretary this evening
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#Trump campaign advisor @JasonMillerinDC "By the end of this week it will be clear to the entire nation that President Trump and vice president Mike pence will be relected for another four years." Says #Arizona isn't over...
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Suzanne Lynch
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The president is going to push for the lowest corporate rate as possible says @SHSanders45 #trump #TaxReform
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New - US Congressman @RepRichardNeal tells Politico as delegation arrives in Brussels that the Good Friday Agreement “is an international agreement that must be adhered to” #Brexit #NorthernIreland
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@SamanthaJPower has been sworn-in by VP @KamalaHarris as the new head of @USAID
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President #Biden , #KamalaHarris and their spouses lead a moment of silence at a candlelight ceremony at the White House to honor the 500,000 who have lost their lives to #covid #COVID19
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#Biden becoming emotional as he references Irish writer James Joyce in his farewell speech in #Delaware #Inauguration
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Suzanne Lynch
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Excited to take on a new global role with @POLITICOEurope @Politico , covering the big international gatherings as POLITICO continues to build its global presence 🥳 (will still be based in Brussels, and hosting Europe's Number 1 politics podcast, EU Confidential (🇪🇺🎙️🎧)
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2 years
Big development this morning as leaders of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia announce visit to #Kyiv - effectively a war zone - in show of solidarity with #Ukraine
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3 years
As dusk arrives, the green lights are flicking into life at the White House... #StPatricksDay
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Former US ambassador @SamanthaJPower addressing an Irish-Americans for #Biden event “ #JoeBiden ’s Irishness is not just about the poets he can quote... not all about the Irish sorrow he projects after all he’s gone through... it’s also just a fierce pride in his Irishness”
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While Irish PM was one of the first to congratulate #JoeBiden , highlighting his Irish connections, no word yet from Downing St.... #Election2020 #Brexit
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3 years
Full Statement from Irish leader - “This is a particularly special day for the people of County Louth and of County Mayo who count President-elect Biden among their own.” #Election2020
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Ireland’s ambassador to the @UN Geraldine Byrne-Nason on situation in #Israel “No cause, no objective justifies such loss of innocent life” #Gaza
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Suzanne Lynch
7 years
Delighted to be moving to Washington with the @IrishTimes , replacing the inimitable @SiCarswell , after four great years in Brussels :)
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3 years
Awaiting comments from President #Biden as Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD + President #Biden hold their first virtual bilateral meeting in the Oval Office #StPatricksDay
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House speaker #NancyPelosi meets Gerry Adams at Irish American Democrats’ event to honour @RepRichardNeal in Washington tonight
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And here it is. President #Biden has recognized the #ArmenianGenocide in a statement today - a hugely significant move by the US which is likely to alienate #Turkey
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3 years
Following failure to agree a statement again today at UN Security Council, strong words from Ireland’s ambassador Geraldine Byrne-Nason: “Conflict is raging, resulting in utterly devastating humanitarian impact. The Security Council has yet to utter a single word publicly....
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#Ireland looks set to top the EU for vaccination by end of July, come close to 70% of population vaccinated by end of the month 👏
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Awaiting President #Biden at my final Washington press event in the East Room of the White House #longgoodbye
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Good morning from Brussels! Here's today's @politico Brussels Playbook - the first of many - as we bring you the latest EU news each morning:
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield has secured enough votes in the Senate to become the next US ambassador to the @UN
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Scenes at the UN deeply troubling… #Russia accusing the US and Ukraine of bizarre plot to spread biological agents including through birds. France joining US in warning that it could be a prelude to Russia using chemical + biological weapons #UkraineWar
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Caught up with presidential candidate #PeteButtigieg on the campaign trail in South Carolina. He tells me he has a “soft spot” for #Ireland - “It’s a really important and fruitful relationship” #Election2020 @PeteButtigieg #MayorPete
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The ambassadors of #Finland and #Sweden are due at #NATO headquarters in Brussels tomorrow morning at 8 am to hand in their application for membership. A few months ago this would have seemed impossible – a reminder of how #Putin 's war in #Ukraine has backfired
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Big escalation in tensions - Treasury Secretary Steve #Mnuchin says administration is preparing to designate Iranian Foreign Minister @JZarif #Zarif later this week #Iran #IranSanctions
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Very strong words on #Poland from the Irish leader ahead of #EUCO summit - "We in Ireland are very concerned...we believe the primacy of EU law and the Court of Justice is critical for the protection of citizens all across Europe.” #RuleOfLaw
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Russian embassy in Ireland in danger of running out of fuel as companies refuse to deliver. Embassy has written to the Irish government asking for help.
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#Lithuania has expelled the Russian ambassador and recalled its own envoy from Moscow #Ukraine
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#WhiteHouse issues statement after #Trump unexpectedly travels to Walter Reed hospital for a medical-“The President remains healthy + energetic without complaints, as demonstrated by his repeated vigorous rally performances in front of thousands of Americans several times a week”
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French economy minister Bruno Le Maire says France supports blocking Russia from access to the #SWIFT payment system. “We have no misgivings about using all the necessary financial instruments without exception against Putin’s Russia," he says,but notes needs unanimous support
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This is likely to haunt the next few months of the #Trump presidency.. #coronavirus #pandemic
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3 years
Here’s the clip referenced by @olivercallan when #JoeBiden was door-stepped by the BBC. “BBC? I’m Irish” (delivered with a smile it has to be said :) #Election2020
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Ireland now formally requesting clarification from the European Commission. “We have seen the tweet issued earlier this afternoon by Commissioner Varhelyi...our understanding is that there is no legal basis for a unilateral decision of this kind by an individual Commissioner."
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EU suspends #Palestinian funding in wake of #Hamas attack on #Israel
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Women-only @IrishTimes front page today to mark #repealth8th #abortionreferendum - including @KittyHollandIT who broke #SavitaHalappanavar story and helped change Irish history
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#JoeBiden has just introduced his pick for Labour Secretary, #Boston mayor #MartyWalsh - jokes that he comes from #Galway instead of #Mayo ;) #Ireland #IrishAmerica
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2 years
As Foreign Affairs Ministers meet virtually, expect three strands to be definitively signed-off on tonight by EU — closure of EU airspace — sanctions on Russia's central bank —European Peace Facility which includes sending lethal defense weapons to #Ukraine
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Statement from Irish President @PresidentIRL Michael D Higgins following his meeting with #MikePence says he discussed the “importance of responding adequately and compassionately” to the needs of migrants and #refugees , noting role played by Irish migrants in US
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@SamanthaJPower has just been confirmed by the US Senate as the new head of @USAID
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“Don’t mess with the Good Friday accords” says #NancyPelosi just now
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Speaking at the UN on #Israel #Palestine , Secretary General @antonioguterres says: "If there is a hell on earth, it is the lives of children in #Gaza today."
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The chair of the Elders, Mary Robinson, has called for the UN Security Council to act ahead of today’s meeting on Middle East “The slaughter of innocents is intolerable and must stop, now. The peoples of Israel and Palestine will be able to live in peace....
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Most important news in this morning’s Brussels Playbook! 🥳
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NEW - Congressman Richard Neal weighs-in on #Brexit #NorthernIreland protocol issue - calls move by London “arbitrary and capricious;” warns that US-UK #trade deal is dependent on #GoodFridayAgreement being upheld via @IrishTimes
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Bad news for Irish passengers as Norwegian Air to stop transatlantic routes from Ireland via @IrishTimesBiz
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Norwegian Air to discontinue transatlantic routes from Ireland
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#StPatricksDay is on the way...came across these wonderful Irish dancers from the District Irish Dance Academy in Dupont Circle, Washington DC today
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90% of adults over 18 in Ireland are now fully vaccinated 👏
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We’ve reached two major milestones in our Vaccine Rollout. 90% of adults over 18 are now fully vaccinated. And by the end of today, 7 million #Covidvaccines will have been administered.
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New - @NathalieLoiseau ,chair of the European Parliament's delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) responds to the #NorthernIreland Bill: "The EU will remain calm, we will remain united. There will be no renegotiation of the Protocol."
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The first excerpt of #BarackObama ’s memoir has been published this morning by @NewYorker
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So pledges this morning from #Macron , the Netherlands for more weaponry will be welcome.
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#Macron - "It's not a crisis; it's a war" #Russia #Ukraine
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Much of the munitions are likely to come through Poland by land. As per this post by Polish defense minister last night showing a convoy carrying ammunition for #Ukraine
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Mariusz Błaszczak
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Konwój z amunicją, którą przekazujemy Ukrainie dotarł już do naszych sąsiadów. Wspieramy Ukraińców, jesteśmy solidarni i stanowczo sprzeciwiamy się rosyjskiej agresji.
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Here is pic from this year’s St Patrick’s Day lunch in the US Capitol - #KimDarroch sitting across from #DonaldTrump - despite #Trump saying he doesn’t know him. Irish ambassador @DanMulhall to left of @POTUS
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The Prime Ministers of #Finland + #Sweden have held a joint press conference outlining plans for #NATO membership. Finnish PM @MarinSanna says decision will happen "within weeks, not within months" #Russia #Ukraine
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"We welcome the provisions in both the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement and the #NorthernIreland protocol which help protect the gains of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement" says @PressSec Jen Psaki
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US army lieutenant is suing two police officers after this arrest- the incident took place in Virginia in December
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“The Good Friday Agreement... has been the bedrock of peace, stability and prosperity for all the people of #NorthernIreland ,” says WH press secretary. “We also welcome cooperation between our British and Irish counterparts on the Northern Irish protocol....
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Over 60 Irish-American leaders - many of whom accompanied the late #JohnLewis on civil rights trip to Ireland - have written to Rep #karenbass outlining support for racial justice. Also urge boycott of “Irish Lives Matter” t-shirts for sale on Amazon, Walmart #BlackLivesMatter
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“It's something that we are watching" says US State Department on UK announcement on #NorthernIreland protocol. "We encourage them to negotiate within the existing mechanisms when differences do arise.”
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Very clear message from Paris this morning on further EU sanctions. “What just happened in Bucha requires a new set of sanctions and very clear measures,” says #Macron , says he's in favor of hitting Russian coal + oil #energy #ukraine #Bucha
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How long can the EU (particularly Germany) justify sending billions of euro to #Russia for energy? Manfred Weber, one of the senior German politicians in EU, tells Playbook he wants ban on Russian oil + gas should be stopped “as soon as possible” More in this morning’s Playbook
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