Guy Verhofstadt @GuyVerhofstadt@respublicae.eu

Russia holding elections in Ukrainian occupied territory tells you everything: Putin despises international law… and won’t stop until the whole of Ukraine is under his thumb !

[2024-03-15 09:51 UTC]

I hear a lot about increasing defence spending… not much about the real problem: duplication.
Only one fourth of European investments are collaborative. Our defence structures are disjointed from start to finish.
A Defence paper or Commissioner won’t help that.
We need a European Defence Union… as foreseen in 1954… as a solid pillar of NATO.
Going into the 3rd year of Putin’s war and with Trump maybe back next year, we are nowhere near where we should be !

[2024-03-14 17:15 UTC]

I condemn the disgraceful assault of Navalny’s advisor,
https://nitter.privacydev.net/leonidvolkov
.
I hope that Lithuanian authorities do all they can to find and identify the perpetrators behind this cowardly attack, even as there is little doubt of Russian involvement !

[2024-03-12 21:14 UTC]

Whoever wants to be the next European president will have to make sure ‘not a penny’ goes to Orbán as long as he continues to undermine democracy and the rule of law… and plays the puppet for autocrats like Trump, Putin and Xi.
Enough !
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/11/trump-ukraine-war-viktor-orban

[2024-03-12 07:39 UTC]

The idiocy of Brexit isn’t enough for some British Conservatives. They want to go further!
The ECHR was Churchill’s baby. Inspired by the Holocaust. Written by British lawyers.
Departure would put Britain in the same company as Russia, Belarus!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13177923/MPs-want-Boris-European-referendum-General-Election-quit-ECHR.html

[2024-03-11 11:59 UTC]

Showing Putin the “white flag” is not courageous, it’s suicidal !
Ask the Chechens, the Georgians, the Crimeans…
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-says-ukraine-should-have-courage-white-flag-negotiations-2024-03-09/

[2024-03-10 14:52 UTC]

Politics is like wine.
When it’s good, it ages well… when it’s bad, it becomes vinegar

[2024-03-10 11:56 UTC]

More than 25.000 women and children killed in Gaza… a dark
International Women’s Dayy that recalls our commitment to do everything we can to protect the weakest in society !
Ceasefire now !
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/1/more-than-25000-women-and-children-killed-in-gaza-us-defence-secretary

[2024-03-08 12:32 UTC]

As PM Orbán meets Steve Bannon to discuss national sovereignty, we learn Chinese Communist Party officers could soon be policing the streets of Budapest, thanks to a deal he signed with China!
So much for the fantasy "sovereignty," they champion.

[2024-03-08 08:48 UTC]

Welcome Sweden to NATO !
32 members… 1 front !
Collective security means as much as ever… let’s together push the EU with a European Defense Union to fully take its responsibility as part of NATO !

[2024-03-07 17:58 UTC]

Russian democracy is perfect… and people who disagree will end up dead.
It would be funny, if it weren’t absolute hell for millions of Russians and Ukrainians !

[2024-03-06 16:59 UTC]

4 out of 5 people support France writing abortion rights into the constitution.
Human rights are popular as ever… while populist politicians everywhere are out to take them away.
Time to push back !
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/04/france-to-hold-final-vote-on-enshrining-abortion-as-a-constitutional-right

[2024-03-06 06:27 UTC]

It’s not just an ‘information war’, it’s a war against everything Europe stands for.
When will German politicians finally see that… and act accordingly to help Ukraine win it for us?!
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-defense-minister-accuses-moscow-of-a-disinformation-attack-in-leaking-call-by-senior-officers-taurus-pistorius-ukraine-war/

[2024-03-04 15:07 UTC]

Yesterday…
While Russians dream of a future without Putin… Orbans FA minister courts Putin’s henchman Lavrov… and seems to find that very funny…

[2024-03-03 11:02 UTC]

Residential buildings hit in Odessa…
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23RussiaTerroristState

[2024-03-02 12:39 UTC]

Russians paying tribute to Navalny… showing more courage in 5 minutes than EU politicians in the last 2 years…

[2024-03-01 18:03 UTC]

BREAKING — European Parliament calls again for in-depth treaty revision, especially to abolish veto’s !

[2024-02-29 11:43 UTC]

BREAKING — European Parliament urges member states to dramatically speed up their financial and military support to Ukraine !

[2024-02-29 11:38 UTC]

BREAKING — European Parliament massively endorsed our call of yesterday to launch immediately a sanctions package against all those involved in the murder of Navalny !

[2024-02-29 11:36 UTC]

Outrageous…
Biden took 500 sanctions… and Europe?
Applause won’t honour Navalny’s memory nor help his cause. Slap Magnitsky sanctions on those responsible, sanction the full 6.000 people Navalny list, seize Russian assets…
Stop talking. Time for action !

[2024-02-28 13:33 UTC]