Pierre Benazet

I can't find anyone in Brussels who is surprised that Trump backed off of his 50% tariff threat against 🇪🇺- but they are surprised by how fast he reversed. We're now back to 9 July deadline set by the 'Liberation Day' tariff extension, and the EU is preparing major retaliation.

Si jamais vous n'êtes pas bien au clair de ce que les Allemands ont réussi en 40 pour percer à ce point-là une armée française qui avait de bien meilleurs chars, un extrait de cette masterclass sur les panzers par Jean Lopez.

Today I had phone calls with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of #Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, and #Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to express my concerns over the ongoing conflict in Eastern Congo. I hope for a constructive engagement in Dar es-Salam under the Southern African Development Community (@SADC_News) and the East African Community (@jumuiya) auspices. A long-term sustainable solution for the stability of the region must be found.

Gagauzia has a rich history which included scissors, hammers, and files.

La Matinale Européenne est sortie. Le décryptage sur les élections signé @CSpillmann: « L'extrême-droite fragilise Macron et Scholz, une chance pour von der Leyen » 👇 lamatinaleeuropeenne.substack.com/p/lextreme-dro…

We know by now that the centre held, and the far-right gains were confined to a couple of (important) member states. But what about the new & non-aligned parties? To get a better sense, I went through the 77 MEPs counted as new/non-aligned by @EuropeElects

Word fact of the day: ‘penguin’ is one of the few words in the dictionary of Welsh origin: it comes from ‘pen gwyn’, ‘white head’. (And a reminder that penguins were also once known affectionately as ‘arsefeet’.)

1/16 J’ai vu cette chose circuler dans certains cercles « de gauche », j’ai pour habitude d’ignorer les attaques et les mensonges (type Irak 2003), mais là ça touche à une fracture si cruciale que je vais le faire. Parler de mon combat. Et souligner le gouffre qui nous sépare.

La Matinale Européenne est sortie. L’analyse du jour: « Le Triangle de Weimar peut-il sauver la relation franco-allemande et prendre en main la sécurité de l’Europe ? » Avec @CSpillmann Pour lire et s’inscrire 👇 lamatinaleeuropeenne.substack.com/p/le-triangle-…

Avec mes collègues 🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇮🇫🇷🇳🇴🇺🇸 ambassadrices au conseil atlantique. Nous sommes 6 sur 32 alliés. Ce n’est pas rien. Mais on peut faire mieux. Davantage de mixité 🚻 dans les affaires diplomatiques et de sécurité, c’est à la fois➕juste et➕efficace. Voici pourquoi 🔽

Czechia shows diplomatic middle finger to pro-Russian Slovak Prime Minister: Extremely rare diplomatic move today. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico publicly lies about Czechia, claiming thaz we “support war in Ukraine”, in a sense that we like it. So yesterday Czech cabinet led by @P_Fiala suspends intergovernmental consultations with Slovak cabinet, several Czech Ministers refusing to “sit in one room with somebody who just shook hands with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov”. Today, Czech Prime Minister @P_Fiala welcomes leaders of Slovak opposition @MSimecka, publicly takes pictures with him at official set of Czech PMs where state visits are received. In diplomatic terms, this is an equivalent of a middle finger towards the pro-Russian Slovak cabinet. Czech-Slovak relations on governmental level are at worst stage in decades, because Slovak cabinet hugs Russian terrorists and lies about its (still) allies.

🚨 BREAKING: Member states slam door shut on #PlatformWork directive, failing to find QMV As I understand, 🇫🇷, 🇩🇪, 🇬🇷 & 🇪🇪 abstained - enough to form blocking minority This deals heavy blow for #gigwork regulation across the EU Likely no time to renegotiate ahead of elections

Il y a 50 ans, l’émetteur qui alimentait en télévision une grande partie de la Bretagne était attaqué par des militants indépendantistes. Un mois plus tard, les postes bretons étaient toujours éteints et certains habitants commençaient à trouver le temps long…

🔴 #Trump spoke of abandoning #NATO first time in Sept 1987, two months after his first visit to #Moscow on the invitation of Intourist, the Soviet cover for intelligence operations. He bought full-page ads in the NYT, WaPo, Boston Globe for $94,801. 🧵1.

We have a deal. #Unity All 27 leaders agreed on an additional €50 billion support package for Ukraine within the EU budget. This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for #Ukraine. EU is taking leadership & responsibility in support for Ukraine; we know what is at stake.

Ouzbékistan 🇺🇿

Moineau ? Corbeau ? Buse ? 🙃

My wall after Proximus Belgium ‘installed’ new fiber cable. 🤯