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Meloni op weg naar een nederlaag?

Szijjarto, the foreign minister, made regular phone calls during breaks at E.U. meetings to provide his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, with “live reports on what’s been discussed” and possible solutions, one of the European security officials said. washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/…

Minister Prévot na uitspraken van premier De Wever: "Spreken over normalisering van relatie met Rusland is signaal van verzwakking" vrtnws.be/p.ewm6x7X7B

Would have been useful to consult someone who knew something about the Middle East

If there are two people called Daniel Attard, the entire Belgian judicial system just collapses. Absolutely ridiculous. politico.eu/article/belgia…

Geen Belgen, want België (Kamer, Senaat, premier) droeg geen Belgen voor

It looked strange, and European allies will have noticed, that Merz didn’t defend Spain or his close E3 buddy Starmer. Arguably, on Trump’s U.K. rant, Merz’ ability to help was limited. But on Spain he did nada to defend EU unity and instead even joined the beating of Sánchez.

Well. Maybe Fidias should go to Teheran and negotiate a capitulation calling it peace as he’s asking Ukraine to do with Russia.

I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question.  Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year. Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls “weak,” but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the “strong Trump”? Photo Liz Landers

@alemannoEU An echo of Charles De Gaule?

Is the far-right’s anti-Trump stance a form of Euro-populism or genuine pro-European response?

American imperialists will ignore this. The leader of Greenland (in Danish) today in Copenhagen: "If we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU"

Minus fifteen. This is no longer weather. This is a weapon. Russia struck thermal power plants. Not the front line. Not the army. Heat. Light. Survival. Kyiv is dark. Dnipro is dark. Odesa is dark. Minus fifteen. People will die now without bleeding. From cold rooms. From silence. From systems turned off. From the outside, it looks like a blackout. From the inside, it is a concentration of human warmth; the last place where light truly refuses to leave. Everywhere else, just look, it is also dark and cold. The rooms are warm and bright. But full of cowardice or indifference. Russia switches off electricity. The world switches off conscience. And yet, if human light still exists, it is not where comfort is preserved, it is where people sit in the dark and choose not to freeze into numbness. Ukraine.

@EddyWax @Euractiv In Belgium also the national government is divided.

This story on Mercosur now leading the @Euractiv website The landmark EU-South America trade deal could still be derailed by the European Parliament or the EU's top court euractiv.com/news/eu-countr…

@gannemans @elonmusk Misschien wel in strijd met de Digital Services Act: "With the DSA, providers of intermediary services, including online platforms, must communicate to their users why they have removed their content, or why access to an account has been restricted."

Een van de best gedocumenteerde EU-critische stemmen in Vlaanderen namelijk de X-account van Lode Goukens werd vannacht zonder opgave van reden uit de ether geplukt. Men kan ook niet nagaan waar dat aan kan gelegen hebben : alles is gewoon verdwenen. Hallo Elon? @elonmusk

@peterlejeune Niet meer godzijdank

@heirbar komen weekend plannen niet in gevaar?

Straffe stoot van @Bart_DeWever . De EU leent 90 miljard om Oekraïne te financieren in 2026-2027. De Russische tegoeden bij Euroclear blijven onaangeroerd

In 2014, Russia shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board. The majority of passengers and crew, 196 people, were from the Netherlands. Something worth remembering.

Europees president Costa over Euroclear: "Dit is geen gevecht tussen Europa en België, we werken samen aan een oplossing" vrtnws.be/p.w7a5qpZPy

The US National Security Strategy is in full swing

@P_VanElsuwege "Cash balances ... do not constitute sovereign assets"

In comparison to the Commission proposal, the explicit link with the reparations loan (art. 4 on balance sheet management transactions) is deleted ... but the door to the reparations loan is left open in recital 26.

The text of 'Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2600 of 12 December 2025 on emergency measures addressing the serious economic difficulties caused by Russia’s actions in the context of the war of aggression against Ukraine' is now available @EURLex eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…