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19 Jun 2024
Out now: "Unblocking decision making in EU enlargement - qualified majority voting as a way forward?"
@Clingendaelorg @dgapev @eliamepgr & @SolutionBCCP policy brief, authored with @ZoranNechev @iioannides @Dimitrov_Nikola!
Read it here: clingendael.org/publication/…
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20 Jan 2025
Why do Italian hunters🩷Bosnia and Herzegovina?
We (@VanjaStokic @ajdinkamber and @livagianluca) set out to expose illicit poaching of quails in Livno. Read what we found out in @eTrafika today! @journalismfund
etrafika.net/eng/95650/itali…
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17 Jan 2025
Ik sprak met @demorgen over de gascrisis in Moldavië en Transnistrië:
demorgen.be/oorlog-in-oekrai…
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[Analysis] #EUEnlargement - #NorthMacedonia’s #EU path: Challenges and opportunities in 2025, by @Wouter_Zweers, @CouteauB, @DimitarBechev, @IlirianaG, @MilanN_inBerlin & @NikolaXaviereff | @Clingendaelorg
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2 Jan 2025
Ik sprak met @NUnl over aankomende verkiezingen in o.a. Moldavië (parlement) en Georgië (lokaal). Mooi dat die aandacht krijgen in het artikel naast verschillende EU-landen (Kosovo, Albanië, Belarus hebben het helaas niet gehaald)
nu.nl/buitenland/6338809/uit…
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20 Dec 2024
And here is the 🇪🇺 Commission proposal to suspend visa lib for 🇬🇪 diplomatic passports. Now up to EU member states (in January) to decide on it. the required majority is there
ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…
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19 Dec 2024
We published new internship opportunities at @Clingendaelorg for 2025!
The most interesting one is of course the position on EU enlargement, reform and Western Balkans;)
Feel free to reach out if you are interested or have any questions!
See: careers.clingendael.org/vaca…
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Speech van Rutte blijft angst veroorzaken onder kinderen. Ik sprak Kidsnieuws erover.
'Als je goed bent voorbereid op oorlog, dan heb je minder kans dat die er komt. Als wij een sterk leger hebben, dan durft Rusland ons niet eens aan te vallen.”
kidsweek.nl/nieuws/navo-mark…
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18 Dec 2024
Ik sprak vanuit @Clingendaelorg met @RTLnieuws over #Moldavië🇲🇩, waar de regering de noodtoestand heeft uitgeroepen wegens dreigende gastekorten:
rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/art…
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18 Dec 2024
Samen met @Clingendaelorg collega @MarinaOhan kom ik kort aan bod in de nieuwste @nosop3 explainer over de (geo)politieke spanningen in #Georgië 🇬🇪!
In een kwartier op de hoogte van de context rondom de huidige protesten? Zie:
youtube.com/watch?v=m9QC3gwE…
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17 Dec 2024
Interesting choice of words, given that the Council conclusions show Cluster 3 with Serbia remains unopened.
Also, nothing is frozen: Further negotiation clusters can be opened as soon as Serbia meets horizontal demands related to RoL and normalisation with Kosovo
17 Dec 2024
🎤 "The Council is expected to approve the annual enlargement conclusions that will pave the way to continuing the accession process with Serbia that has been frozen for three years now. "
➖ János Bóka, Minister for EU Affairs at #GAC in Brussels.
#HU24EU
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16 Dec 2024
Scoping trip to #TheHague with #Clingendael, #DGAP, #DelorsInstitute & #CarnegieEurope. Insights on Dutch view on #EUenlargement: parallels with #France on narrative & merit vs geopolitics, but unique with annual Parliament review of a gov letter on the topic. Thanks Clingendael!
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13 Dec 2024
The regular Dutch European Affairs committee parliamentary debate on #EU #enlargement prior to the #GAC did not take place in the end but was replaced by a written procedure followed by resolutions in plenary, especially on #Serbia and #Georgia. Some insights (short #thread):
4 Dec 2024
Just published: Dutch government appreciation letter of European Commission #Enlargement Package 2024. Debate in Parliament still to take place (12 december), but government intension is to
- Support opening cluster 6 🇦🇱
- Support closing chapters 🇲🇪
- Block opening cluster 3 🇷🇸
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13 Dec 2024
Replies of the @ministerBZ in the written procedure outline such avenues: NL is in favour of EU sanctions against individuals, installing EU visa requirements for holders of Georgian diplomatic passports, and a general suspension of visa free travel for Georgians to the EU
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13 Dec 2024
On individual travel bans to NL, @ministerBZ is more cautious: "While taking note positively of the Baltic initiative, NL usually installs travel bans only in EU or UN context. Nationally, it usually enforces travel bans on specific occasions like threats to national security"
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12 Dec 2024
New policy brief out now!
𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗘𝗨 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Joint paper of @DelorsInstitute, @Clingendaelorg @Carnegie_Europe & @dgapev
institutdelors.eu/en/publica…
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12 Dec 2024
See the thread by @CouteauB for an overview of the contents!
x.com/CouteauB/status/186721…
12 Dec 2024
What's next for North Macedonia’s #EU path in 2025? 🇲🇰
Amid tensions over the Constit'l Court’s delayed decision on a key inter-ethnic issue, explore the insights & recos from our joint mission @DelorsInstitute @Carnegie_Europe @Clingendaelorg @dgapev 👇🧶
institutdelors.eu/en/publica…
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