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Having completely ignored the Europeans on Iran and berated their rejection of his war, @EmmanuelMacron manages to get @realDonaldTrump to sign the MoU in Versailles.
laurence norman
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laurence norman
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In Europe for The Wall Street Journal. Cover Iran nuclear, Ukraine war, EU, Europe foreign policy & anything else that comes my way. My RT, someone else's view.
- Thank god we didn’t send those modern tanks. Or Putin would have escalated.
- So...When Greece made itself too dependent on foreign debt, was tasked with getting finances sorted with European loans supposedly to be repaid in full. When Germany becomes too dependent on Russian gas, everyone supposed to pitch in. Fair parallel? In which case, how that work?
- Finland PM @MarinSanna asked about the @JoeBiden off ramp comments. “The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That’s the way out of the conflict.”
- EU Magnitsky act inching forward, at Dutch prodding. @JosepBorrellF promised today non-paper on it from @eu_eeas which was next stage in process. 23 countries in support at today's foreign mins mtg, source says. 5, including Greece, Cyprus, Italy, have reservations. #Russia
- EU's Magnitsky/global human rights sanctions regime has this morning been formally adopted. End of a 10 year fight. wsj.com/articles/after…
- Replying to @laurnormanOn a less sarcastic note, what does this say about Putin’s utter disrespect for institutions like UN and for those all too many heads of state trying to stay neutral on this? He does it right in the middle of UNGA where so many of the neutrals are pleasing for conflict end.
- If he wasn’t popular enough in the European Parliament already, this moment could get @ZelenskyyUa elected Parliament president next time around. Zelensky’s Victor Orban moment.Zełenski do Orbana: Viktor, czy wiesz co dzieje się w Mariupolu? A ty się wahasz - sankcje czy nie? Przepuszczać broń dla Ukrainy czy nie? Czy handlować z Rosją czy nie? Nie ma czasu na wahanie. To czas na decyzje ⬇️
00:00 - Source said #Merkel interrupted @theresa_may tonight numerous times to say but what is it you want? #Brexit #meltdown
- Replying to @laurnormanI wonder how Russia’s UN diplomats are feeling this morning as they try to win the narrative about western sanctions vs Putin’s war? Putin might as well have gone to NY and stood up and said: “it’s my war and I’m never going to give up my imperial conquest.”
- A senior European diplo tells me @SecPompeo came to Brussels for a photo op -- Europe and US stand against Iran. "He wanted a photo op. We declined and stuck to the plan." #Iran #EU @FedericaMog
- Macron has just said at the press conference right after Ukraine given candidate status that 1) NATO has said no to Ukraine. and that 2) over time, opening EU accession process to Ukraine is not the right geopolitical response. These are both highly problematic.
- Pretty stinging rebuke of Russia by IAEA board. 26 in favor and 2 against. (Russia, China), The board "expresses grave concern that the Russian Federation has not heeded the call of the Board to immediately cease all actions against and at nuclear facilities in Ukraine;" -1-
- A Baltic official said he told his colleagues he wanted to see a 7th Russian sanctions "KGB" package. K for Patriarch Kyrill. G for gas and B for (remaining) Russian bank sanctions.
