EC's Midday Minions
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EC's Midday Minions
@MiddayMinions
#MiddayFollies Minions for #TeamUrsula @EU_Commission. Parody.

Productive meetings today in Ljubljana with Prime Minister @JJansaSDS and Minister @aleshojs ahead of the Slovenian Presidency. Thank you for prioritising resilience, recovery, migration, security and the European way of life. Veliko uspeha Slovenija!

The Midday Beefing - A bunch of journalists complain at each other about how bad the commission's daily press conference is. #EUpodcastpitches



Losing a battle, but winning the bigger war. #AppleTax



The President recorded a short sound bite for use in a video involving a number of EPP politicians. It was meant as a contribution in her personal capacity. Regrettably, this was not made clear in the final version of the video.

1/ This is either remarkably unconscionable or profoundly negligent from the European Commission. A SHORT THREAD. I recently found out that President @vonderleyen met the CEO of one of the US's most controversial big data analytics firms, Palantir, at Davos this year...




Untrustworthy! This text signals that the decision to accept Chinese censorship was the right thing to do and everything is alright. That is astonishing, taking into account that Brussels said the decision to go along with censorship was wrong. eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ch…

To dispel any possible misunderstanding: I have no intention of getting involved in Italian politics nor to support any particular party. My message is only one of shared solidarity with #Italy.

The first virtual #EC press conference with the questions asked directly (not by email). It went surprisingly well despite more than 100 participants. #EU

Like so many institutions, the European Commission has taken its press conferences entirely online. But when it comes to crisis comms, the EC's fabled midday briefing faces unique challenges. New🎙️episode with @EU_Commission Chief Spokesperson @MamerEric: euscream.com/crisis-communi…







