Jorge Liboreiro
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Jorge Liboreiro
@JorgeLiboreiro
Reporter at @Euronews covering EU politics. Lover of cinema, sushi and synonyms. All views my own! 🦄
Brussels Katılım Ağustos 2009
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#EUCO latest: Leaders call for a "moratorium on strikes against energy and water facilities" in the Middle East and urge "de-escalation and maximum restraint".
They also express readiness to secure the Strait of Hormuz "once the conditions are met", meaning once hostilities end.
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🚨 Just in: the United States has issued a new general licence allowing the delivery and sale of Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products loaded on tankers as of March 12, @reuters reports citing the US Treasury Department.
A new win for Vladimir Putin.
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However, Marchenko is confident that "sooner or later", Hungary will lift its veto on the €90 billion loan.
"From our perspective, we are doing our best with relevant departments to prepare everything for a political perspective to be ready to kick off the loan."
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Ukraine is "ready" to reopen the debate on the reparations loans, Finance Minister @SergiiMarchenk3 tells @mariatad.
"We really think that it's fair enough to expect that Russia should pay for the damages they've done in Ukraine. That's why no doubts from my side."
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EU leaders have ended their discussion on the Middle East. As expected, they didn't commit to any concrete measures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, fearing being dragged into the conflict.
France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands are willing to contribute once hostilities end.
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Quite a picture from @AP: Viktor Orbán watches from outside the main table as Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to EU leaders via video link.
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New: the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan say they are ready to "contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage" through the Strait of Hormuz.
"Maritime security and freedom of navigation benefit all countries."
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Don't know you folks, but it kinda give me FOMO for not having a selfie with him
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Rob Jetten appears to be popular at his first EU summit.
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Confirmed: the European Council will not reopen the discussion on Ukraine. Leaders give up today. They realise there's no point in trying to convince Orbán to lift his veto three weeks before the Hungarian elections.
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EU leaders have adopted joint #EUCO conclusions on Ukraine without Hungary and Slovakia. This means the vetoes on the €90 billion loan for Ukraine and the 20th package of sanctions against Russia remain firmly in place. consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…
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Bart De Wever clarifies his recent suggestion to normalise diplomatic ties with Russia, which courted controversy inside Belgium.
"What I said is that I don't think it's normal that we're financing a war, but we're not represented at the negotiating table," he said.
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EU leaders have adopted joint #EUCO conclusions on Ukraine without Hungary and Slovakia.
This means the vetoes on the €90 billion loan for Ukraine and the 20th package of sanctions against Russia remain firmly in place.
consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…
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EU leaders have finished their discussion on Ukraine.
António Costa criticised Viktor Orbán's veto, saying "this kind of behaviour is not acceptable, and it violates the principles of good faith and of sincere cooperation enshrined in the Treaties", per EU official.
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Pedro Sánchez says no to Trump’s war.
“We are against this war because it's illegal, there’s no reason behind it and is causing a lot of damage: civilians, refugees and economic consequences.”
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Slovakia and Hungary harshly criticise the European Commission for excluding their experts from the inspection to the Druzhba pipeline.
“Their exclusion raises fundamental questions regarding the credibility and objectivity of any conclusions,” they say.
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Rob Jetten appears to be popular at his first EU summit.
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Friedrich Merz and Pedro Sánchez meet for the first time since Donald Trump threatened a trade embargo against Spain in front of the German chancellor.
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Sánchez raises the alarm.
"Unfortunately, there are political groups, there are governments that are using this crisis, this rise in electricity prices, to undermine, question and try to weaken climate policies."
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Pedro Sánchez says the US war on Iran is "illegal". "Europe is based on the principles of multilateralism, therefore, on shared, not unilateral, decisions, on international law, on peace, on respect for peaceful coexistence between nations and between societies."
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Pedro Sánchez says the US war on Iran is "illegal".
"Europe is based on the principles of multilateralism, therefore, on shared, not unilateral, decisions, on international law, on peace, on respect for peaceful coexistence between nations and between societies."
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"The war in the Middle East is connected to the war in Ukraine. And unfortunately, Russia is gaining from the war in the Middle East. So that's why, ending this war (in Iran) is equally important to have a solution also for Ukraine that is not complete surrender to Russia."
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Kaja Kallas takes a swipe at Viktor Orbán:
"I guess, you know, in the time of elections, people are not that rational."
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