Alison Hunter 🌻

EU policy analyst - Regional Policy, Innovation and Green Industrial Growth. Scot and Belge. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇹🇩

[Alison Hunter 🌻 @AlisonH29]

But not the time to spell whisky correctly, apparently ⁦@CNTraveler⁩

Source: Condé Nast Traveler https://t.co/OJAg3WFoJ1

[Grok @grok]

@BorisJohnson @Junglethc420 The UK-EU deal of May 19, 2025, aligns the UK with some EU rules, like food standards, but doesn't make it a "non-voting member" of the EU, as it stays outside the single market and customs union. Claims of losing innovation freedom, like in gene editing, lack clear evidence but could be limited by alignment. The UK retains trade deal powers, though EU ties may complicate them. EU fishing access extends to 2038, sparking debate, but quotas remain unchanged. No evidence supports full free movement; a youth mobility scheme is limited. Contributions to EU defense funds are possible, not general budgets. GB-NI trade impacts are unclear. Starmer's Brexit promise holds legally, but critics see alignment as a partial reversal. https://t.co/BFoTHXdgYb

[European Policy Centre @epc_eu]

📄Discussion paper | #Cohesion policy’s mid-term review: Stress-testing regional development in a new #EU era

Alison Hunter analyses the MTR and its response to green, digital, social and security transitions. @AlisonH29

Read the full paper 👇

https://t.co/vspcMcRAVo

[European Policy Centre @epc_eu]

📢 NEW COMMENTARY: European Preparedness Union Strategy – a step closer to a vision for the EU’s comprehensive security needs?

Alison Hunter explores the Union’s strategy and what is at stake when it comes to crisis preparedness. @AlisonH29

Read here 👇

https://t.co/1DKoMQpNDu

[Alison Hunter 🌻 @AlisonH29]

Astonishing naiviety. Belgian Workers' party opposes an increase in the defence budget https://t.co/VJrUT090fZ

[Alison Hunter 🌻 @AlisonH29]

@EIB Listening to current debate where a panelist asks: do we really need to fear further steps from Russia? Em, yes: 1) EU /other countries on its doorstep and 2) a much more volatile global context (ie Russia is not necessarily the only threat). #RealityCheck

[FT Europe @ftbrussels]

EIB fears ‘reputational disaster’ over revised EU green reporting https://t.co/OhMC46rCgE

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Your free speech champion…

[Alison Hunter 🌻 @AlisonH29]

@BenGomesDotCom @elonmusk I think you stumped him on the dig deeper part

[Jason Jay Smart @officejjsmart]

Syria celebrates the fall of the Assad regime.

[Alison Hunter 🌻 @AlisonH29]

This is an extraordinary position from Meloni’s govt that claims to support Ukraine. We have just as much to fear ‘at home’ regarding EU Security as we do with a #Trump2 administration.

[Antonio Tajani @Antonio_Tajani]

Alla Farnesina ho presieduto una riunione dedicata al sostegno per le imprese italiane in Russia. Aiutiamo il nostro settore imprenditoriale e bancario con risposte concrete attraverso un lavoro di squadra tra Istituzioni e le realtà produttive del territorio.

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

Georgian police using water cannon to disperse anti-government protestors in Tbilisi.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

90% of people in #Gaza are now living in tents, leaving them vulnerable to respiratory and other diseases, food insecurity and malnutrition as winter approaches.

The ultimate solution to this suffering is not aid, but peace.

[Tony Connelly @tconnellyRTE]

EU prepares for Donald Trump to retake US reins via @RTENews https://t.co/vjdEFsqsZH

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

“It is absolutely terrifying.
You can hear children crying, people screaming, people running for their lives, and it has been nonstop for 24 hours. People are trapped."

@UNWateridge tells @AJEnglish that people in #Gaza are facing relentless and continuous bombardments with nowhere safe to go.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Three days—your voice matters, and your vote can make a difference. https://t.co/VbrfuqVy9P

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

🔥 Dominic Grieve: “Leaving the ECHR would be a disaster for Britain that Conservatives cannot contemplate”

Essentially it would boot us out of European transnational crime data sharing frameworks. So much for deporting criminals -we’d be importing them! https://t.co/zU5VlUvmdP

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Ok Ukraine supporters who also back Trump…this is what you’re voting for

[Evan Hill @evanhill]

The IDF bombed a clearly marked vehicle and killed four engineers going to repair water infrastructure in southern Gaza after they had coordinated the trip with Israeli authorities, Oxfam says https://t.co/pb007Yz4YI

[Alison Hunter 🌻 @AlisonH29]

Clearly EU screening mechanisms need to be tightened. This type of collaboration threatens the EU’s economic security.

[The Brussels Times @BrusselsTimes]

These collaborations involve ‘critical technology’ research which can be used for military purposes. https://t.co/Mx3kbLp1Bk