RT @EP_President: San Francisco is home to so many Europeans and EU companies.

Thank you to Mayor @DanielLurie for the very warm welcome here and for our very good discussions today as we keep our conversation going on tech, trade and the transatlantic relationship 🇪🇺🇺🇸 https://t.co/EtkdHof988

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RT @vonderleyen: On the phone with President @ZelenskyyUA, I reiterated Europe’s full support for Ukraine as Russia doubles down on its brutal war of aggression.

Air defence and drone and counter-drone capabilities are among Europe’s most urgent defence priorities.

And Ukraine will be fully integrated into these efforts.

The Ukraine Support Loan will make a vital contribution.

This year alone, it will provide €28.3 billion to help cover Ukraine’s military needs.

We also spoke about Ukraine’s path to EU membership.

The coming weeks will be important to take decisive steps forward in the accession process.

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RT @vonderleyen: On the phone with President @ZelenskyyUA, I reiterated Europe’s full support for Ukraine as Russia doubles down on its brutal war of aggression.

Air defence and drone and counter-drone capabilities are among Europe’s most urgent defence priorities.

And Ukraine will be fully integrated into these efforts.

The Ukraine Support Loan will make a vital contribution.

This year alone, it will provide €28.3 billion to help cover Ukraine’s military needs.

We also spoke about Ukraine’s path to EU membership.

The coming weeks will be important to take decisive steps forward in the accession process.

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RT @andrii_sybiha: I had a productive and forward-looking meeting with @kajakallas on the margins of today’s informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.

First, we focused on Ukraine’s path toward EU membership. Opening all negotiating clusters next month would be a strategic investment in a stronger and more secure Europe. Ukraine’s membership is about Europe’s security, strength, and geopolitical role in the new turbulent reality.

We also discussed the evolving battlefield dynamics and Ukraine’s growing initiative. As Russia fails to achieve its strategic goals, Europe must move faster and act more decisively.

This is the moment for Europe to turn its political and economic leverage into concrete decisions that strengthen our common security. The time has come to use this strength fully.

Particular attention was paid to increasing pressure on Russia through stronger sanctions, the use of frozen Russian assets, and further strengthening Ukraine’s defence capabilities.

Our joint assessment is clear: Russia will stop this war only when the cost of continuing aggression becomes unbearable.

I also stressed that Europe’s role in peace efforts is becoming increasingly important. A lasting peace cannot be built on hesitation, artificial compromises, or outdated ideas of spheres of influence.

This war has already changed all of us. Europe is becoming stronger, more resilient, and more aware of its geopolitical responsibility. Now is the time to use this strength to bring peace closer.

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RT @andrii_sybiha: Ukraine has cards. Europe has cards. We have a strong hand. It is time to play it.

Tonight in Limassol, I addressed my EU colleagues at the informal Gymnich dinner.

As the dynamics of the war are shifting and Ukraine’s asymmetric strategy is bringing results, this is the moment for Europe to step in with real strength and bring peace closer — as a complementary effort to the main U.S.-led track.

We should start with precise, doable steps: an airports or seaports ceasefire, the return of civilian detainees, the demilitarization of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, or a humanitarian corridor to occupied Oleshky in the Kherson region, where people have been suffering for weeks without food, water, and medicine.

We do not need to start by choosing a person or a group to lead the effort. We need to clarify the mandate — and it must represent one united European voice.

Europe has the leverage to achieve tangible results — sanctions and frozen Russian assets, for starters.

Tonight, I also called on colleagues to act now and open all six negotiation clusters for Ukraine in June. Our people need and deserve this recognition. Ukraine needs the EU — and the EU needs Ukraine.

Right now, our new and promising bilateral dynamic with Hungary opens a window of opportunity. We cannot afford to miss it.

Last but not least, I thanked my colleagues for standing firm in the face of Russia’s threats against foreign diplomats in Kyiv. This intimidation might have worked years ago. Not anymore.

Europe has changed.
Europe has leverage.
Europe must act.

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RT @ep_diplomacy: 🇲🇽🇪🇺 Ahead of #EuroLat's formal opening today, the four EuroLat Standing Committees got to work yesterday at @senadomexicano. Key moments included @EIB President @NadiaCalvino's intervention and a bilateral between MEPs and Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary @r_velascoa ahead of his inaugural address today.

📰 This week's agenda tackles AI in democracy & the fight against organised crime, protection of minors online, marine environmental resilience, and the strategic EU-Mexico Modernised Global Agreement. It will also include the participation of our international partners (@the_IDB, @ilo, @FAO and @eulacfoundation), a civil society forum and women's forum.

A strong start to a landmark week as #EuroLat marks its 20th anniversary🌍

👉 For more detailed information 🔗 #LINKINBIO

@GabrielMatoA #LeirePAJÍN @lpajin @javilopezEU @TonoEPP @HerbertDorfmann @anamirandapaz @FidanzaCarlo @nevado_campo @Laura_Ripani @DCaggiani

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