🇬🇧 The cost of the Withdrawal Agreement: it’s complicated
EU-UK citizens' rights were in the spotlight last week. At the Delegation to the EU-UK PPA, @sandrogozi & Members heard an overview of how the Withdrawal Agreement has affected EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens living in the EU.
Grateful for this timely exchange of views and important remarks from:
▪️Monique Hawkins, @monlouhawk , the3million,
▪️Michal Meduna, EU co–chair of the Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights, @EU_Commission,
▪️Fiona Godfrey, British in Europe,
▪️Miranda Biddle, Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements,
▪️Aliza Dee, Deputy Head for Justice and Home Affairs @cabinetofficeuk, and
▪️Myriam Watson, Head of the EU citizens' team @EudelegationUK .
Missed it? Rewatch it here 👉 https://t.co/eP1uajwtN1
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❄️🤝 Cooperation across the Arctic is not optional! Parliamentarians calls for cooperation to face the growing challenges from climate change and geopolitical tensions.
@europarl_en delegation led by @Andreas_Schwab joined the Conference of the Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region in Fairbanks, Alaska 🇺🇸, 17-19 April.
📌 Themes included security, research, environmental management, economic development, the specific challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples.
📌Members had the opportunity to engage with US Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Peter Welch (D-VT)
#DEEA Chair Schwab was on the first ever Arctic parliamentarian panel and highlighted the unique role elected representatives play in promoting the interests of citizens. 💫
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@emilylawford@NewStatesman Just finished Everybody Loves Our Dollars - How Money Laundering Won by Oliver Bullough which opens with Chinses students going to Bicester for shopping. Recommend the book, even it is one of the most depressing things you will read.
Every right-wing oligarch, podcaster, hack, Russian apologist, paid influencer, and bot has been activated in a coordinated manner to attack Europe after the EU fined Musk.
As the 🇬🇧 party conference season draws to a close, here is a short, non-exhaustive visual summary of what kept our team busy while attending the conferences of the @LibDems in Bournemouth, @LabourParty in Liverpool, and the @Conservatives in Manchester.
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If your race and culture, or your moral performance, or your politics, or anything but the love of God is a foundational source of your self-worth, when people threaten that positive self-image, you will not be able to listen to them...You will strike at them.
"Same values, same approach and shared solutions."
EP Vice-President Christel Schaldemose concluding at the 15th EU-West Nordic Council IPM at the Faroese Parliament, Tórshavn.
— joined by MEPs @ratasjuri@LukaszKohut Mika Aaltola
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In June 1940, the capitals of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania — and Paris — fell within days.
Paris was free again in 4 years.
For us, it took more than 50.
Freedom is never to be taken for granted.
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Baltic Way, when 2 million people joined hands across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in a powerful stand for freedom and independence, and against Soviet occupation. A historic moment of unity and resilience! 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 #BalticWay36
We remember the longing for freedom that Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian people demonstrated with the Baltic Way. We honor the unity these nations showed in defending their right to freedom and independence.
And today we highly appreciate the genuine solidarity of the Baltic states, in the face of dumb Russian imperialism. Just as you have, we are defending the right of our state and our people to independent life, and against the Russian attempt to subjugate us.
Together we will return durable peace and uphold human dignity on the European continent.
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