European Neighbourhood Council (ENC)
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Foreign Policy Research and Projects | Covering E. Europe, Balkans, Turkey, Caucasus, Central Asia & MENA | Academic Council | 🇪🇺-funded | [email protected]
Brussels, Belgium
Joined June 2016
ENC is proud to be 🇪🇺 youngest think tank on foreign policy, with an average age of 25! We work hard to train our future youth activists, academics & journalists from #Accession #ENP 🇧🇾🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪🇦🇿🇦🇲🇹🇷🇦🇱🇲🇰🇲🇪🇧🇦🇷🇸🇽🇰🇸🇾🇱🇧🇮🇱🇵🇸🇯🇴🇬🇫🇪🇬🇱🇾🇩🇿🇲🇦+🇰🇿🇺🇿🇹🇲🇰🇬🇹🇯Happy International Youth Day #YouthDay
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The EU is set to follow through this month on a plan to suspend visa liberalization for all Georgian diplomatic and service passport holders after saying Tbilisi has “violated numerous commitments undertaken during the visa liberalization dialogue.” https://t.co/Dmn1TqOGri
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The European Union is set to follow through this month on a plan to suspend visa liberalization for all Georgian diplomatic and service passport holders after saying Tbilisi has “violated numerous...
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❗️WEBINAR ALERT | On Jan 22, join leading experts for The Caspian at a Crossroads webinar via Zoom. Speakers include: -Samuel Doveri Vesterbye (@ENC_Europe) -Benjamin Godwin (PRISM) -Bruce Pannier (CPC) -Daria Isachenko (@SWPBerlin) Moderated by @JamesSharpUK (CPC) 🔗 Register
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🚨Our 3rd GEO-POWER-EU newsletter is out! https://t.co/663tA6aCvC What’s inside: 📊New research deliverables & blogs 🎙️2 new GEOPOWER Talks episodes on EU defence & enlargement 🔹Events & public engagement highlights ❓What’s next Subscribe ���🔗 https://t.co/9PwAU7tsds
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Achieving #StrategicAutonomy isn’t a binary choice. It’s incremental. Europe 🇪🇺 depends on Franco-German 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇺 motor (it’s no secret & @Amb_Delattre says it perfectly below). A functional Weimar Triangle 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇵🇱 however will also be key across many areas including
There is no middle ground between Europe as a power, master of its own destiny, and Europe as a prey, a playground for other powers. This is one of the most defining choices of our generation, for which Paris and Berlin together bear a special responsibility.
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As the year draws to a close, the European Neighbourhood Council wishes you Season’s Greetings.🎄 Thank you to our community, partners, and readers for engaging with our research and ideas throughout the year. We wish you a peaceful holiday season and a productive year ahead.
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I personally (along with @ENC_Europe) fully support and stand behind EU 🇪🇺 and Member States officials & diplomats who act in the best interest of Europe, including @ThierryBreton. US declaring Breton unwelcome due to his correct stance on #DigitalEurope is a disgrace. EU 🇪🇺
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
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📣Final infographic of the year—spotlight on #Georgia🇬🇪: 🔹Social media dominates political news (66%) 🔹Strong backing for 🇪🇺 membership (78%) & NATO (65%) 🔹🇷🇺 seen as top security threat (56%) 🔹71% favor neutrality on the 🇷🇺🇺🇦 war More ℹ️ https://t.co/oV7moF3noy
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Officers have repeatedly approached participants of the daily anti-government protests outside parliament in Tbilisi, deemed their presence there unlawful, and warned that the law would be enforced ‘with full severity’. https://t.co/E47zr74YeH
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The new law has sparked fears that protests could become subject to a permit system in Georgia.
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As the regional balance tilts against it, Turkey is left with a shrinking set of options to counter the tightening triangle of Greece, Cyprus and Israel and topping options is a maritime deal with Syria, @ezgi_akin reports
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Lebanon-Cyprus maritime agreements have further increased Turkey and Turkish Cypriots’ isolation in the Eastern Mediterranean amid growing Cypriot-Greek-Israeli alignment.
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@IICAinTashkent Meets European Neighbourhood Council IICA Director @JavlonVakhabov met with @ENC_Europe Managing Director @SamuelJsdv to discuss Uzbekistan–EU cooperation and strengthening think tank ties within the Central Asia–EU framework. 🔗 https://t.co/pCu6j2rS1s
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1/ How relevant is the Eastern Partnership (EaP) today and what structural factors limit its effectiveness today? 🧵 Let’s have a deep dive into the key findings of our report on “The Relevance of the Eastern Partnership (EaP)”: https://t.co/FD4ivRoaD0 👇
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The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+ 🇪🇺🇬🇧 We have concluded negotiations for the United Kingdom’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027, making further steps in our renewed EU-UK Strategic Partnership. More ↓ https://t.co/tFXdnhWjXN
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1/ How enlargement is perceived today and where gaps emerge between EU policies and candidates’ expectations? 🧵Insights from elite interviews conducted across the 🇪🇺, Western Balkans & Eastern Partnership for our report 👇
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🇪🇺🇹🇷 What sustains EU–Türkiye cooperation when political alignment is absent? 📘 New report by @RiccardoGasco, @selvinkorkmaz & @edgarsar91 draws on #Brussels fieldwork to show why “managed pragmatism” is the prevailing mode of engagement. A short 🧵👇 https://t.co/1S3zdi9Z4l
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EU–Türkiye relations are entering a new phase defined by constrained pragmatism rather than political ambition. Russia’s war in Ukraine, instab
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Erdoğan warns Russia and Ukraine against targeting civilian shipping in Black Sea
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that #Ankara has clearly warned both sides in the #Ukraine war against attacks on civilian and commercial vessels in the Black Sea, as recent...
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Congratulations, 🇲🇪#Montenegro! Today 🇲🇪 moves forward on its 🇪🇺 path, with the provisional closure of five negotiation chapters! It has been 14 years since so many chapters were closed at a single IGC. The accession process is delivering. Now key to maintain the momentum!
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US and European officials reportedly discussed NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine during peace talks in Berlin.
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Russian officials reacted coolly to reports of progress in US-European negotiations to end Moscow's all-out war on Ukraine, as the United States reportedly offered NATO-style security guarantees for...
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Leaders from eight EU states bordering Russia will use a summit in Helsinki today to press for dedicated defense funding in the bloc’s next long-term budget. They argue that frontline security can no longer be treated as a national expense alone. 🔗 https://t.co/NyT7OwzNl8
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📣This week we look at public opinion trends in 🇲🇩 🔹Social media leads for political news (59%) vs TV (37%) 🔹69% back 🇪🇺 membership 🔹NATO views split: 42% for, 46% against 🔹🇷🇺 seen as top threat (47%) 🔹43% favor neutrality for the war in🇺🇦 Moreℹ️ https://t.co/oV7moF3noy
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📣Public opinion in 🇺🇦 in 2025👇🏽 🔹84% support #EU membership 🔹80% back #NATO membership 🔹Media use: social media ~50%, messaging apps 45%, TV 30% 🔹Security threat: 🇷🇺 named by 92% 🔹Top expectations: military aid 67%, financial aid 47% Full survey 👉 https://t.co/oV7moF3noy
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