Žaneta Vegnere

12 Member States request activation of the national escape clause in a coordinated move to boost defence spending To date, 12 Member States have submitted a request to the Commission to activate the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact, as part of the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 package...

12 EU countries have submitted a request in writing to @EU_Commission to activate the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact. These are:

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More requests expected 👇🏼

europa.eu/!k9H4nr

Dombrovskis: Tariffs are unjustified—they hurt the EU and hit the US even harder Valdis Dombrovskis, EU Commissioner for Economy, discussed EU-US trade talks, China's role in global trade, and the EU's strategy to de-risk by diversifying partnerships, not decoupling.

.@valdisdombrovskis.ec.europa.eu on the Worldwide Exchange on @cnbc.com this morning:

www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

In essence, @valdisdombrovskis.ec.europa.eu ahead of the 2025 IMF and World Bank meetings in #Washington

Best quote on the new portfolio so far: “simplification is complicated”.

Syrians just opened up Assad’s presidential garage. This is what the Ba’ath Party’s Arab Socialism looks like.

Fake news work “drop by drop”: eventually ppl don’t know why they think what they think.

Level up is foreign meddling in elections: recently in #Moldova, #Romania.

Given the cost of a day of war in 🇺🇦, Russia clearly sees benefits of installing pro-Putin govs in 🇪🇺 countries.

See @EVvsDisinfo.eu

La Cathédrale #NotreDameDeParis se dévoile éblouissante, sublime, d’une grâce incomparable.

Hommage touchant aux bâtisseurs, artisans, ouvriers et aux sapeurs-pompiers.

L’importance de la solidarité internationale est aussi soulignée. Notre Dame a su connecter les âmes.