RT @EPPGroup: @apmassaro3 How can we stop Putin's nuclear madness?
MEP Andrius Kubilius:
"Putin's nuclear threat is an additional & serious reason for the West to give 🇺🇦 much more modern weapons to win the war immediately. He needs to fear the consequences of his own threats, not us."
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1578610052268974081
@vkaramurza faces freshly fabricated charges on account of "high treason". This is how Putin's Russia deals with the critics of the regime.
We think of brave Russian patriots him. Vladimir, you are Russia's future and hope.
Russia will be free!
RT @4freerussia_org: Opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza charged with high treason. Prosecutors allege that he worked for organizations based in NATO member states, he…
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1578034410393571328
RT @EU_Budget: 🛡️ Looking forward to our great panel on "Investing in deterrence": @rjukneviciene , @ThierryBreton , Alessandro Profuno (@Leonardo_live ) @Mircea_Geoana!
@paolatamma @POLITICOEurope will moderate the discussion – it will certainly be interesting!
🔗https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/annual-eu-budget-conference-2022-enhancing-eu-strategic-autonomy-budget-geopolitical-europe-2022-oct-10_en
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1577999496671371267
- Kremlin wants and needs those fear-inspiring headlines about high prices and nuclear threats to continue its intimidation
- Our response must be refusal to give in to his bullying
Let's finally #deputinise our fears and our political systems!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1577670752639254529
Key messages from my address to @europarl_en on 🇷🇺's propaganda:
- Putin's main export for 20 years has been corruption
- Kremlin takes advantage of the openness of our democracies to spread lies (and we (un)knowingly present Kremlin-friendly takes as "alternative opinions")
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1577670747778162691
More than agree!
RT @TimothyDSnyder: To consider regarding nuclear blackmail: when you give in to it, you empower dictators to do it again, encourage worldwide nuclear proliferation, and make nuclear war much, much more likely.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1577565327294177280
Timely call to think on post-Putin Russia Opinion | Alexei Navalny op-ed: How to build a peaceful post-Putin Russia - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/alexei-navalny-parliamentary-republic-russia-ukraine/
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1577182696723435520
RT @LiberecoPHR: 300+ European parliamentarians have adopted a political prisoner from Belarus & many of them seek contact with the prisoner they adopted, like these examples from the past few months: @rjukneviciene, @IvanStefanec, @tonihofreiter & @teamBeate.
#standwithBelarus #westandBYyou
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1576200714816479238
Ultimately, every member of the @EPPGroup political family must stand firmly on the side of democracy and freedom all over the world. This is the only way forward. 9/9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092592743972865
Deputinisation of the group's foreign policy:
- EPP must become a safeguard and the cleanest political community in the 🇪🇺
- No foreign policy coordination, no dialogue, nor business as usual with the Kremlin's gremlins
8/9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092590130925568
On security and defense of the 🇪🇺 at large:
- 🇪🇺's strongest army is in 🇺🇦 right now
- 🇪🇺 needs to take its defense capabilities much more seriously
- European Peace Facility is an effective tool but a lacking one - its financial firepower should be strengthened
7/9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092587517841409
on 🇨🇳:
- it is closely following the developments in 🇺🇦, especially because of 🇹🇼
- approach and actions of the 🇪🇺 and the 🇺🇸 in terms of 🇨🇳must be coordinated
- support for 🇹🇼's democracy
6/9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092584845672449
on the Global South:
- Kremlin is trying to assemble an anti-Western coalition in the GS
- therefore we need stronger engagement with countries in the GS to combat 🇷🇺's lies that are prevalent there
5/9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092582086250496
on 🇪🇺 Enlargement:
- new stage of the disintegration of the former USSR empire is currently underway - 🇪🇺 must be ready to accept this challenge of European unification
- enlargement to Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries is equally important
4/9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092579376328711
on 🇷🇺:
- it is NOT a power we should fear
- establishment of the special tribunal for crime of aggression for Putin, otherwise “Never again” slogans will have been empty words
- we should accept a challenge to help 🇷🇺 become a non-aggressive and a democratic state
3/9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092576503275520
On 🇺🇦:
- all possible military assistance to ensure victory ASAP
- reconstruction and recovery assistance
- EU and NATO memberships in the nearest possible future
-🇺🇦 is a key 🇪🇺 state - must help it to become a flagship of freedom and democracy for the entire region
2/9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092573831835648
@EPPGroup is discussing its 2024 priorities today. As the group’s VP in charge of foreign policy, my key message was that the world after 24/02 is different.
I presented the following policy points that would allow 🇪🇺 to act accordingly in the changing geopolitical landscape.🧵
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/RJukneviciene/status/1575092570023399424
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