The level of this speech is mind blowing and the delivery looks like a comic show. Unreal that the UK 🇬🇧, a country I first discovered when I was 13, and where I spent so many good years of my adult life is turned into this 😟
There’s nothing like starting something new.
Today, I am joining the
@epc_eu
as Associate Director & Head of Europe in the World Programme.
I am thrilled to join such an incredible team of talented & brilliant people & look forward to working together.
👉
Happy to see the reception
@Tsihanouskaya
received in Portugal.
Her fight & that of the Belarusian people is the same fight the Portuguese had almost 47years ago.
She was born in 1982 when 🇵🇹further consolidated its democracy.
Time to see in Minsk what Lisbon saw in 1974.
While not rejecting possibility of granting
#EU
🇪🇺 candidate status to Ukraine,
@antoniocostapm
misses opportunity to lead & think geopolitically long-term. That Portugal, a country that in 1970s/1980s needed all support it could get to enter
#EEC
, this is incomprehensible. 1/2
A Ukrainian victory in the war of aggression Russia launched should not be a new year’s wish. It should be the
#EU
,
#US
&
#G7
strategic goal for 2024. Strategic thinking should replace wishful thinking. Our goal: ‘to defeat Russia’, should be clear. Ways & means must follow now!
Oh, she did it again.
Whether you like or dislike her; whether you agree or disagree with her on policy or politics, whenever
#ChancellorMerkel
goes she will leave a ‘principled’ vacuum.
Here on
#integration
&
#bias
.
"But where are you REALLY from?"
I’m joining
@collegeofeurope
Department of EU International Relations & Diplomacy Studies as visiting scholar until December 2024. Very grateful to everyone for making me feel so welcomed. I should be in Bruges twice a week. Stop by if I can be useful.
📣
It’s been 7 years, but I can still relive almost every hour of that tragic day 22.03.2016.
Never forget. Honour the victims. Remember their families, friends and loved ones.
#BrusselsAttacks
🇧🇪🌹
After 3 wonderful years at
@epc_eu
, I start a new chapter today. I want to focus more time on writing & thinking about some of the issues that have accompanied my journey at the
#EU
since 2011: policymaking & politics, foresight & planning, geopolitics & European integration.
For all authoritarians, freedom is scary. This is how it looks like. The possibility to be who you are, love whom you want, vote as you like, say what you think, gather as you want, criticise, praise, or be indifferent. Freedom is the most precious gift that we have. Fight for it
One may disagree with Europe’s think-tanker-in-chief or dislike his style or approach, but at least
@EmmanuelMacron
has thought, even doctrine, on European affairs. It is always a great intellectual pleasure to read him. I just hope the think tanker has impact on the president.
My take on the last 7 days for the
#EU
.
“The European Commission went from geopolitical to geo-damaged in seven days and the worst may be yet to come.”
From a geopolitical to a ‘geo-damaged’ Commission –
@EURACTIV
@epc_eu
@eaGlobalEU
@alex_owski
Portugal’s
#democracy
turns 49 today! One year more than the sclerotic regime it deposed.
Current global trends are a reminder that freedoms, rights & democracy can’t be taken for granted.
Every day is a good day to celebrate & defend democracy & our open societies. Congrats🇵🇹!
Delighted to become an Associate Fellow at
@TheGCSP
prestigious Global Fellowship Initiative.
It’s a privilege to join a community of thought-leaders and experts in so many fields of policymaking and to contribute to the Centre’s mission to promote peace around the world ☮️🌍.
The sad thing is that we are all listening to this rumbling, live, and he will just go on and on…
This was never about
#NATO
. It’s about democracy, the liberal idea, freedom, the
#EU
and what it represents.
Hope 🇪🇺 countries finally wake-up for the world we are entering.
It’s been 10years since I came out. The most difficult decision, but so far the best of my life. There’s nothing like being oneself 100%. Know that you’re not alone. If you need support reach out, but do your own journey. Along the way you’ll become strong enough to be yourself.
🇵🇹🇺🇦O estado português devia imediatamente revogar, anular, cancelar (chamem-lhe o que quiserem) a nacionalidade portuguesa ao Sr.
#Abramovich
. O amigo do criminoso de guerra
#Putin
não deve ter o privilégio de poder dizer: “sou português!” Não é.
@antoniocostapm
@nestrangeiro_pt
What started today in 2011 as extraordinary 3-year opportunity to join
@JMDBarroso
team
@EU_Commission
, turned into a 10-year journey, still counting.
Brussels & the
#EU
mean personal growth, unique professional experiences, and a second home.
Above all, lasting friendships.🙏
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on board?
Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you
Me: Not now Dad
Dad: Not asking for a foresight adviser to help, are they?
Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now
Dad: Go and see if “shaping the future" helps
It’s been 4 weeks since this wonderful beautiful woman became a guiding ⭐️ She & my amazing sister - strong, intelligent & independent women - teach me every day why a 🌍 where women are excluded, discriminated, or much worse, makes absolutely no sense. We miss you Mum😘🙏
When my Mum mailed stuff to me, she would send some little notes like this one “Beijinhos e saudades da Mãe.” I found it yesterday cleaning up some papers. I miss you too 😘
This photo actually gives me some hope that there is a new generation of leaders that can continue building the
#European
project through the
#permacrisis
. We tend to always refer to the past for leadership references. Let’s rather find them amongst us.
@ZelenskyyUa
@EP_President
Believe it or not folks, it’s been 1 year at
@epc_eu
. What a ride so far.
Thank you to my wonderful colleagues and the extraordinary team at ‘Europe in the World’ for the busy and fun 12 months 🙏
More to come! 🇪🇺in🌍
My mother was a free, independent woman. She did almost everything she wanted, how she wanted, when she wanted. Painfully, sometimes. But she loved us intensely. Despite physical distances of many years she was near. Her life example lives with us.
Happy birthday, Mum. 77 💫
Europe🇪🇺in Transition in a🌍in Transition
My new paper looks at:
1️⃣Long-term structural changes to the international system
2️⃣Global trends that impact Europe’s power & influence
3️⃣Frontier domains that spring from interplay of 1️⃣+2️⃣
Read:
🧵1/9
Indeed
When I came out to my parents (very late), my 70yr-old dad said: ‘I would prefer you not to be...’
‘Well, me too,’ I thought at the time.
Today, no way. It’s what I am, but not what defines me.
Character, ethics & respect towards others is what defines us. Don’t hate!
Being gay is not an ideology, it’s who you are. Just like being black or white or a woman or a man. In Europe, nobody should be attacked or excluded for who they are. LGBTI-free zones are a manifestation of an ideology that brought Europe only misery and violence. Say NO to hate!
As the saying goes: “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” The 2023
#EPCOutlookPaper
is out. A yearlong
@epc_eu
team effort w/16 contributors (8🚺-8🚹) from 12 different countries🇧🇪🇮🇹🇬🇪🇩🇪🇳🇴🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸🇨🇭🇹🇷🇬🇧🇺🇦. See the result:
🇵🇹
#Portugal
is a better country today. 50 years of freedom. Imperfect, but free. Military coup. Revolution. Democratic transition. Civilian control of the military. Democratic consolidation. Europe🇪🇺. Growth and development. Lots still to do. 50 more in democracy and freedom ❤️🎉
Really excited to be in
#Singapore
as Visiting Researcher at Civil Service College for a month project on
#StrategicForesight
. Thanks
This is a rare opportunity to learn from some of the best as well as to share the
#EU
’s foresight journey of the last years
@ECThinkTank
#ESPAS
Timothy Garton Ash’s life has been about Europe & Freedom. Meeting him almost 17yrs ago & learning from him has been a privilege of my European journey. Thanks
@fromTGA
for signing my HOMELANDS & for continuing sharing your personal history with us in pursuit of Europe’s History.
.
@ZelenskyyUa
devia falar à Assembleia da República no dia 25 de abril quando Portugal celebra 48 de democracia e liberdade. Marca também o mês 2 da invasão russa da Ucrânia🇺🇦
É tb pela democracia e liberdade da Europa que ucranianos se têm sacrificado e derramado o seu sangue.
Um texto muito bonito da
@speraltalisboa
no
@Publico
de hoje.
“Só nessa altura percebi que a língua de emigrante, seja ela de onde for, é afinal um “local de encontro”, como refere um texto de Pedro Rosa Mendes…”
#VOTE
🇪🇺 > 23-26 May
As the saying goes ‘you campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose.’
The prose in Constantine Cavafy’s poem ‘Walls’ below is however quite powerful.
Don’t be fooled into walls you didn’t choose.
Participate. Debate. Vote
#ThisTimeImVoting
Visto de Bruxelas, vai ser uma crónica quinzenal sobre temas europeus e globais. O objetivo é olhar para o mundo e para Portugal a partir daquilo que se passa na União Europeia, vulgarmente chamada ‘Bruxelas.’
Obg
@ntpinto23
pelo desafio!
@revistasabado
:
The argument that
#EU
disunity is a gift to Mr Putin is correct, but it is even a bigger gift to Mr Putin to tell Ukraine 'you do not belong in EU' - this will be the message that the Kremlin's propaganda machine will drive full speed if Kyiv is not granted candidate status.
First week at
@epc_eu
, excellent team, great welcome, longer working days, first commentary, and a big smile😊on my face.
Thank you also for all the kind and enthusiastic messages I received over the last few days 🙏
📝💉🇪🇺🛡
The EU🇪🇺 has a Compass for Security & Defence.
@NATO
has a new Strategic Concept.
.
@Rita_Lobo_
& I had a look at both & did some homework for you!
Read our piece in
@TransatlanticPQ
that compares & contrasts both docs & looks into potential challenges➡️
Good start to the day speaking at an away day for a team at
@EU_Commission
’s Sec-Gen on the EU’s learning the language of power. In
#Permacrisis
conditions the EU needs to be more strategic, executive, horizontal, agile & anticipatory. Thanks for the invite.
@epc_eu
It’s been a year (-1 day) that I said goodbye to the
@EU_Commission
after 8,5 years full of fun, friendships and learning.
Don’t know if anyone ever read the note I left on the wall, but 2020 was an odd year anyway.
Life is a collection of experiences— have as many as you can.
.
@vonderleyen
’s 🇪🇺🇨🇳 Econ De-risking COMPASS:
1️⃣RESILIENCE & competitiveness of EU economy
2️⃣ENFORCEMENT of current toolbox of trade instruments
3️⃣BRIDGING vulnerabilities w/new defensive tools in frontier tech
4️⃣PARTNERS
Full speech
@epc_eu
@merics_eu
▶️
In the
@epc_eu
aquarium like a happy fish 🐟.
First day in the office since starting the job in February and it feels good to see some colleagues in 3D and not squared in a screen.
Mask off for the celebratory selfie!
Dear Prime-Minister
@Sophie_Wilmes
, can you please get a grip on this?
I am far from perfect in following all the health and security advice, but this is too much.
Are we all going to spend another 3 months locked at home because of a bunch of irresponsible idiots?
Thank you!
If the ‘collage’ to Macron’s ideas and to the sceptic camp is an indicator that
#Costa
is still eyeing an
#EU
top job, he may come to regret this when
@eucopresident
job is up for grabs in 2024. 2/2