Barry Andrews MEP
@BarryAndrewsMEP
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Chair of the Development Committee | Member of Industry, Research and Energy Committee | EU-UK and Palestine Delegations 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 @FiannaFailParty @RenewEurope
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined November 2016
🎤 @Independent_ie interviewed me today on my 'working life'. It traces the ups and downs of my career as Irish Minister, CEO of @GOAL_Global, head of @iiea and now Chair of @EP_Development. I discuss my family, from today and past. Our dog, Stella 🐕. My morning routine, my
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Doing business online in Europe just got easier. We’re making digital rules simpler, clearer and faster – while safeguarding privacy, fairness and security. Our new Digital Package will save up to €5 billion in administrative costs by 2029 and unleash AI-driven innovation ↓
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‼️@EUCouncil backed the @EU_Commission proposal on the EU-#Mercosur bilateral safeguard regulation. The rules will ensure swift action to protect 🇪🇺 farmers form harmful imports surges. This does not prejudge ongoing work on the signing of the broader agreements. More here 👇
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Well said! 🇫🇷
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💔In Ternopil, the number of victims has risen to 16, with 64 injured, including 14 children
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📰 After just returning from #Ukraine, read my opinion piece in the @irishexaminer today on why #Ireland should continue its support. Their destiny is within the EU but they have a lot of work to do, including on corruption. 🛌 Also if cuts to Ukrainian refugee supports are
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📢 Dear @EP_President, We call on Northern Ireland representatives to be offered observer status in the @Europarl_EN given their special status: 1. Its people are entitled to EU citizenship. 2. It participates in the EU Single Market for goods. 3. It retains an automatic
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📰 Read my comments to @guardian in #London today on EU/EUK relations: “Given the current geopolitical situation, we should be absolutely racing towards agreement with the UK, and particularly on defence". https://t.co/3Ly6wYKMm4
theguardian.com
‘Politically realistic’ for UK to make financial contribution so it can access European single market, Irish minister says
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It was #Putin 🇷🇺, according to the Polish PM...
As a result of the investigation, we now know it was the Russian Secret Services that commissioned the blast of the Polish railway and recruited two Ukrainians to do it. We also know the identities of the perpetrators who immediately fled Poland for Belarus.
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Over the weekend, I paid my respects to fallen soldiers in Cemetery No.18 in #Kharkiv. The sheer number of graves was staggering - a brutal reminder of the human cost of this war. The sacrifice of the Ukrainian people since the Russian invasion of 2022 has been and continues to
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Zelenskyy is in Paris. He met with Brittany fishermen who gave their fishing nets to Ukraine to protect people from russian drones. 🇫🇷🫂🇺🇦
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📻 Yesterday evening, I talked to @drivetimerte on @RTERadio1 about the latest attack in #Poland 🇵🇱, about what I saw in #Ukraine 🇺🇦 over last weekend and the need for #Zelensky to continue the fight against corruption: https://t.co/dKy2ZEzj95
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In 2024, 44.1% of the EU population aged 25 to 34 had completed tertiary education. 🎓🏫 Highest in: 🇮🇪 Ireland (65.2%) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (63.8%) Lowest in: 🇷🇴 Romania (23.2%) 🇮🇹 Italy (31.6%) 👉 ➡️ https://t.co/iA88KhCecT
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What does the far-right have to hide from citizens? What are they afraid of showing? For the second time in a month, the Patriots for Europe Group, has requested a secret vote last week Read our letter to @EP_President with a proposal to end the abuse of secret voting 👇
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Blowing up the rail track on the Warsaw-Lublin route is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting directly the security of the Polish state and its civilians. This route is also crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine. We will catch the perpetrators, whoever they are.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that an explosion that damaged a key rail line used for aid to Ukraine was caused by sabotage. https://t.co/4l6FV4lPnr
thejournal.ie
Donald Tusk visited the site of the explosion on the Warsaw to Lublin train line – a key route into Ukraine for aid.
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Six people were killed at this apartment block on the outskirts of #Kyiv on Friday. Three of those killed were from the same family. 430 drones and 18 missiles were launched by Russia during this attack - a deliberate attempt to harm infrastructure and people. This is what
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🚨 One of the main train lines vital for European aid to #Ukraine has been been sabotaged by a explosive device. Last weekend near #Kharkiv, I saw the reality of Putin's invasion on the ground. Europe must stand firm. @donaldtusk has the full support of my committee
Blowing up the rail track on the Warsaw-Lublin route is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting directly the security of the Polish state and its civilians. This route is also crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine. We will catch the perpetrators, whoever they are.
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Six people were killed at this apartment block on the outskirts of #Kyiv on Friday. Three of those killed were from the same family. 430 drones and 18 missiles were launched by Russia during this attack - a deliberate attempt to harm infrastructure and people. This is what
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🚨 One of the main train lines vital for European aid to #Ukraine has been been sabotaged by a explosive device. Last weekend near #Kharkiv, I saw the reality of Putin's invasion on the ground. Europe must stand firm. @donaldtusk has the full support of my committee
Blowing up the rail track on the Warsaw-Lublin route is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting directly the security of the Polish state and its civilians. This route is also crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine. We will catch the perpetrators, whoever they are.
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