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I may be a birdie, but this former "bird" site doesn't feel like home any more 😢

Who got his previous top role, the one on waterways?

Kick-starting the process towards a new @EU_Commission. Today’s discussion is a first between @Europarl_EN & @vonderleyen on structure and portfolios. It paves the way for Parliament to vet candidates as efficiently as possible. Parliamentary scrutiny will not cut corners.

Forget Paris and Berlin. Say hello to Europe’s “flank” states, lead by Poland. "As the EU gears up for a new legislative term, get ready to see the bloc’s eastern powers playing their cards much more systematically to shape EU and transatlantic policy." #driving-the-week-rise-of-the-east" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">politico.eu/newsletter/bru…

Back to the Brussels bubble ! #LaRentrée

The Russian way of war 1 Bomb hospitals to create refugees (pic 1) 2 Fund anti West & anti refugee political parties (pics 2 & 3) 3 Repeat Been at this since 2015 & not everyone realises it’s deliberate.

Quite right, @Adamstoon1 #Coronation

@mseltzermayr 🤦🏽

Suspected of taking freebies from Qatar? We’ll make you a “political advisor for international partnerships” #onlyinthecommission

OTD in 2022 I wished Russian women a happy international women's day and promised there would be no mobilization....

Everyone gets to go to Kiev except me. I remain a master strategist.

12 years ago today I was appointed Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office and moved into Downing Street. I’ve already outlasted four Prime Ministers and have been in charge here longer than Thatcher, Blair, Churchill and Disraeli.

Today, a russian rocket hit an old synagogue in the town of Gulyai Pole built in 1909. This is not the first synagogue damaged by Russian shelling. I expect world leaders to strongly condemn the criminal act.

This is not photoshopped. thecritic.co.uk/the-incredible…

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Auschwitz "did not fall from the sky". Auschwitz took time. The industrial murder was at the end of a long process which began with coining the idea. Words & propaganda reinforced stereotypes & prejudice. Legal exclusion and dehumanization was followed by escalating violence.

Spot Borrell 🤣 #EU2023SE

The European Parliament always wanted to go viral... but maybe not like this 😬