AnnaCM

International politics, EU shenanigans and endless curiosity 🌍🚀🍿

[Sophie Pedder @PedderSophie]

France, marginalised in world affairs

April,

🇫🇷 conducts airlift + reassurance missions with 🇩🇰 in extreme conditions in Greenland

🇫🇷 Rafales intercept Russian fighter jets in NATO Baltic air policing

Rafales deployed from 🇫🇷 base in UAE defend Gulf allies from Iranian drones

[Marc Lerouge @LerougeMarc]

« Parler d’Europe de l’Est, c’est reconnaître que Vladimir Poutine a raison » ⁦@KenigsbArthur⁩ https://t.co/3UNzVwpxEh

[Štefan Auer @stefanauer_hku]

The EU was created in order to make sovereignty obsolete. This is one of the key reasons why it is unlikely ever to deliver on its many promises to Ukraine. It cannot act as a sovereign actor. Only nations of Europe can save Ukraine and Europe.

[Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 @alemannoEU]

EU leaders are scapegoating @vonderleyen for their own shortcomings ahead of #SOTEU

True: von der Leyen embodies EU weaknesses, yet those aren’t of her making.

Alone she can’t retaliate against the US, act decisively on Gaza, or broker Ukraine talks

My reaction to a great piece @VMalingre
https://t.co/zELHqwd0Ha #euco

[David Djaïz @DavidDjaiz]

Ce deal Europe - USA est en réalité un contrat léonin : l’Europe s’est couchée devant la démonstration de force brute de Trump et en sortira affaiblie aussi bien politiquement qu’économiquement. Alors qu’elle avait des arguments et des moyens d’imposer un accord plus équilibré.

[Anthologie de la répartie @Antho_Repartie]

Ne mettez jamais en doute le courage des Français, ce sont eux qui ont découvert que les escargots étaient comestibles.

Winston Churchill

[Mujtaba Rahman @Mij_Europe]

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[AnnaCM @Anna_Morin]

Interesting phrase I heard today:

“You are either a disrupter, or you are disrupted.”

😬

[AnnaCM @Anna_Morin]

Quite skeptical about this unifying effect.

There is a precipice between a call for action & actual action.

I am unsure the EU will act in unison, but rather that each nation will build up its defense & nurture alliances careless that it’s a zero sum game for the EU as a whole.

[Alberto Alemanno 🇪🇺 @alemannoEU]

Trump having a unifying effect on Europe, beyond expectations

[Gérard Araud @GerardAraud]

La surprise exprimée aujourd’hui par les Européens prouve leur aveuglement voire leur déni. Tout était annoncé, tout était prévisible.

[Julien Hoez @JulienHoez]

As a reminder: Macron-alone has been saying this for close to a decade now

Europe has been in mortal danger for a while, we’ve just stuck our heads in the sand & ignoring reality

Europe now has its back against the wall and needs to give itself the tools to fight & survive

[DG MEME 🇪🇺 @meme_ec]

And the same who said: "Kyiv will fall in three days".

[AnnaCM @Anna_Morin]

RT @SlawomirDebski: After four days of debates at the Munich Security Conference #MSC2025 and countless behind-the-scenes discussions with…

[≡ Mammbreizh ≡ @Mammbreizh]

La nouvelle carte du Golfe de #Bretagne 😁😅😇

[Cohérence @coherence_e]

« Ce n'est pas assez de critiquer son temps, il faut encore essayer de lui donner une forme, et un avenir. »
Albert Camus

[AnnaCM @Anna_Morin]

« Signalled their plan for Europe » 🙃

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good.
This is what we now know, and what we now have to do about it:🧵1/17

[AnnaCM @Anna_Morin]

On this one, afraid we might have to agree.

[Jorge Liboreiro @JorgeLiboreiro]

@CNBC And more: "To my European friends, I would say: get into the debate, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas, ramp up [defence] spending."
https://t.co/MEEnlLUrlX

[Mujtaba Rahman @Mij_Europe]

JD Vance's speech at MSC likely signals that Trump will bring EU regulation on digital/US tech into play, as in: you want a seat at the table in Ukraine negotiations, US security protection & no tariff war, then relax your regulations on our social media & tech platforms

[Alexandre Blaineau @AlBlaineau]

Les saisissants autoportraits de Rembrandt où l’on voit défiler les âges de sa vie