Guy Verhofstadt @GuyVerhofstadt@respublicae.eu

For the first time since 1979, there will be no European elections in 🇬🇧
"Take back control" = no say on European affairs. A nonsense & a disgrace!
Here's to Brits & Ukrainians participating in the next European 🇪🇺 elections of 2029!

[2024-06-06 14:07 UTC]

For five years, centrists in
https://nitter.privacydev.net/RenewEurope
played a strong role as pro- 🇪🇺 kingmakers in the European Parliament.
Curtailing EPP & Socialist excesses, exposing the far right.
We demanded more from Europe, on Covid, Ukraine. Ahead of
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EP2024
, make a plan to vote. Vote liberal!

[2024-06-06 09:19 UTC]

To repel Putin we need a European Defence Union integrated from procurement to deployment.
It can be done… if we finally start NOW !
https://www.dw.com/en/german-defense-minister-calls-for-war-readiness-by-2029/a-69276059

[2024-06-06 08:07 UTC]

Today, we remember the heroes of D-Day. 80 years ago, the fight to free Europe from fascism began.
Cherish the freedoms they died to give us. Individual thought, democratic choice.
Know the far right threat today is real. Use your vote in the coming days for a 🇪🇺 of peace!

[2024-06-06 06:51 UTC]

RT by @GuyVerhofstadt: Well done @KeirStarmer on a robust defence of the ECHR. 👏

100% right that it had Churchill’s fingerprints on it.

In fact, it was 75 years ago this month, when the European Movement submitted the first draft of the ECHR to the Council.

See the names on the document below.

[2024-06-04 22:17 UTC]

4 June 1989 is the day hope for a more humane China was crushed… but it will never die !

[2024-06-04 18:30 UTC]

Europe is so backward thinking about national sovereignty it criminally neglects our common security.
We need a European Defence Union with own resources to finance it & common political structures to lead it. Everything less is useless… & dangerous.
https://www.ft.com/content/5953405f-d91a-4598-8b6b-6345452ca328

[2024-06-04 14:26 UTC]

EU has been patient too long… now we get an Orbán presidency at a crucial political moment & his relations with Putin and Trump are potentially destructive.
Stop this madness — use Art 7 !
Drop the veto & reform the EU into a functional Union !
https://www.politico.eu/article/hadja-lahbib-hungary-belgium-eu-governments-nuclear-option-article-7-sanction-budapest/

[2024-06-03 12:15 UTC]

The big question for Europe is: What happens when Trump returns?!
We need a refoundation: a new treaty establishing a real Union, capable to defend its interests and security… without the US if necessary !
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/what-if-trump-guilty-prison-fine

[2024-06-02 12:17 UTC]

He admires Putin and thinks the American system stinks…
Farage is more than ever an enemy of liberal democracy !
<p>
https://nitter.privacydev.net/SkyNews/status/1796576593684365435#m
</p>

[2024-05-31 17:48 UTC]

European democracy needs reform: engage citizens more, to find common gound not increase divisions between them.
🇪🇺
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23TalkingEurope
<p>
https://nitter.privacydev.net/EMInternational/status/1796195109446340636#m
</p>

[2024-05-31 12:21 UTC]

America faces a stark choice: To be a country where the law applies to all… or one where the powerful like Trump get away with anything.
The second option is a one-way road to authoritarianism !
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-30-24/index.html

[2024-05-31 06:08 UTC]

Reminder: Ukraine, Georgia, Europe and beyond will only be at peace when Russia returns to freedom…
Free media and civil society are the most important sign !
<p>
https://nitter.privacydev.net/SuneEngel/status/1795836193281859816#m
</p>

[2024-05-30 16:49 UTC]

Nationalism does not offer solutions…only fragmentation, blockages, weakness… a Europe divided and ineffective.
We need the exact opposite ! Time to decide !

[2024-05-29 10:44 UTC]

Good !
But it would be even beter if the EU were in the lead to deliver jets and weapons to Ukraine.
For Ukraine to become an EU member, it first needs to win the war !
🇺🇦✊🏻🇪🇺
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2024/05/28/president-zelensky-visits-belgium-ukraine-to-receive-30-f-16-fi/

[2024-05-28 14:13 UTC]

Freedom in Hong Kong is dead….
China’s credibility as an international partner is dead too… it will settle for nothing less than total domination.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/28/china/hong-kong-security-arrests-hnk-intl/index.html

[2024-05-28 12:04 UTC]

This is unlimited warfare…
The international community must pressure both sides to come to the table and outline a peaceful future for both Israeli's and Palestinians… and stop the unlimited suffering of innocent people !
https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-05-27-24/index.html

[2024-05-27 15:02 UTC]

A far - right Europe is a recipe for paralysis!
Shame on Ursula von der Leyen for seeking an alliance with Giorgia Meloni, who targets LGBTIQ families.
Less than two weeks for pro - Europeans to make a plan to vote &amp; save Europe from stagnation !
https://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-giorgia-meloni-italy-france-eu-election-far-right-block-european-parliament/

[2024-05-27 06:20 UTC]

It’s criminal not to deliver additional air-defense and it’s even more criminal not to allow Ukraine to strike military targets in Russia !
How many civilians have to die before Western leaders change course !

[2024-05-25 18:16 UTC]

Meloni is taking Italy down a dangerous path, undermining its media freedom.
https://nitter.privacydev.net/EMInternational
demands the Commission
https://nitter.privacydev.net/VeraJourova
start an investigation &amp; guarantee an open campaign for the EU elections !
🇮🇹 🇪🇺

[2024-05-25 09:44 UTC]