EU's Kaja Kallas: Coming from a country that is number two in the Press Freedom Index, hearing criticism regarding press freedom from a country that is fifty-eighth on this list (the U.S.) is interesting.

Polish Foreign Minister @sikorskiradek just schooled Czech Deputy Prime Minister @petr_macinka into accepting that the European Union operates as a democracy. Populists have nowhere to hide when met with hard facts. An extraordinary exchange. Well worth a watch.

Prediction: In less than 90 days, all channels that we thought were safe from spam & automation will be so flooded that they will no longer be usable in any functional sense: iMessage, phone calls, Gmail. And we will have no way to stop it.

Will 2026 be the year that Europe finally starts to wean itself off the US IT stack? 1. Recent developments highlight Europe’s renewed push to get off US tech. France announced it will end government use of Zoom/Teams in favor of a local product, and France’s SecNumCloud will

Investigating child sexual abuse material isn’t controversial. Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn’t fly in France.

So much for Putin’s promise to @POTUS

The short energy ceasefire in Ukraine is over. Last night, Russia resumed massive air attacks against energy facilities and homes, in winter temperatures below –20°C. Making people freeze in their homes and striking trains and hospitals does not look like Russia wants to end the

Soldiers tied to trees with tape. Locked in cages. Tortured with vibrators. This is how commanders in Putin's army punish troops who refuse to die on the front line—and extort money from them.

😱 the EU’s "secret order" was finally found 23 days after it was published on the commission’s website.

I welcome that both France and Italy have changed their position and are now in favour of the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the EU’s list of terrorist organisations. Sweden has pushed for this for a long time, and I will do so again at the Foreign

Also something I noticed in a vestibule area that connects the West Wing to the residence that I hadn’t see before: a framed photo of Presidents Trump and Putin at their summer summit in Alaska. Lower photo is President Trump with one of his grandchildren.

Hey, big man, @elonmusk, why don't you stop the Russians from using Starlinks to target Ukrainian cities. Making money on war crimes may damage your brand.

Tänään solmittu Intian ja EU:n välinen vapaakauppasopimus on merkittävä virstanpylväs suhteissamme. Esitän kiitokseni kaikille Euroopan johtajille vuosien aikana heidän osoittamastaan rakentavasta hengestä ja sitoutumisesta, joiden ansiosta tämä sopimus oli mahdollista saavuttaa.

To somebody with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. This being said: (Re Greenland TACO, bond yields and dollar moves) If there was today a deep liquid euro bond market, I suspect that the US/EU bond market reactions would lead Trump to be a bit more careful.

🤝 After a year of tireless engagement and more than a decade in the making, we've delivered the biggest FTA ever. High tariffs down, opportunity unleashed. Proof that win-win trade is real and that genuine partnership, like with Minister @PiyushGoyal, is always worth the effort.

🇫🇷🇫🇮 French cadets are experiencing extreme cold conditions 🥶 in Finland for their Arctic survival training. It was made easier by the warm welcome from their Finnish hosts! 🤝 #StrongerTogether @SaintCyrCoet @mpkkfi

A fascinating interview with BERTRAND RUSSELL from 1952 that has him talking about his Grandfather meeting Napoleon, and about life in Europe in the 1800’s.

Tällä viikolla EU osoitti, että silläkin on rajansa. @JarnoHa avaa, miten Donald Trumpille luotiin kunniallinen tie ulos hänen itse luomastaan umpikujasta. https://t.co/GdzWKQTdos

As a founding member of @WHO, the United States of America has contributed significantly to many of WHO’s greatest achievements, including the eradication of smallpox. WHO has always engaged with the US, and all Member States, with full respect for their sovereignty.

Trump: "NATO has treated the US very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything." Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the US in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.