Carl Bildt

Co-Chair European Council on Foreign Relations @ecfr. Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden. På svenska på @cbildt.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

It was no less than 33 years ago that 🇪🇺 set out the prospect of membership for the Western Balkans. It’s been a slow slog, mildly speaking, but at the summit in Tivat there is some light with the real prospect of 🇲🇪 becoming a member in 2028.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

A tragic and potentially dangerous breakdown of international cooperation on stability for 🇧🇦. Weak and vacillating 🇪🇺 role one of the reasons, but primarily radical shift in 🇺🇸 priorities. Let’s see what next few weeks brings. https://t.co/0diJdgbPqK

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

The outcome of 🇦🇲 election is open, but the result will be important. Everyone should have an interest in the continuation of the peace process with 🇦🇿 and the improvement of relations also with 🇹🇷, but 🇷🇺 fears losing its dominance in the region. https://t.co/w8b3AbZ83d

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

As 🇷🇺 puts increasing pressure on 🇦🇲 prior to tomorrows election, including now also stopping importing its flowers, 🇪🇺 opens its markets with flowers from 🇦🇲 now coming to 🇱🇻 and 🇳🇱.

[EU Armenia @EU_Armenia]

Today, 🇱🇻 and🇪🇺 worked together to bring 10,000 🇦🇲 flowers to the 🇱🇻 market. This is real, practical support for 🇦🇲’s floriculture sector during a challenging time.🇪🇺is also preparing over €50 million in immediate support for 🇦🇲’s trade and export sectors. The 🇪🇺stands with🇦🇲

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

A day of dialogue 🇪🇺🇺🇸 🇨🇳 at the Stockholm China Forum. Here trying to digest what come out of the recent Trump visit to Beijing. What does ”constructive strategic stability” really mean?. #scf33

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

The voice and wisdom of Sir Alex Younger 🇬🇧 will most certainly be missed. RIP

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

What does Alexander Dugin 🇷🇺 mean with this? Doesn’t he trust the existing Kremlin elite any longer?

[Russia Direct @RussiaDirect]

“We are approaching a dangerous threshold, and with the current elite, the chances of victory — or even of simply holding Russia together — are critically low,” warns philosopher Aleksandr Dugin.

🔗 Source: https://t.co/gVNnOK2FHj

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

The militants in 🇷🇺 no longer trust the ability of the 🇷🇺 army to bring victory in their war against 🇺🇦 and see the only solution in the use of nuclear weapons. Can Putin go that far- or will he at some point in time accept a ceasefire? No one knows.

[Russia Direct @RussiaDirect]

Given the current battlefield situation, a decisive victory is possible only through the use of weapons of mass destruction, which Russia should deploy without delay, writes influential businessman, investor, and media entrepreneur Konstantin Malofeev.

🔗 Source: https://t.co/WJYq8xVviy

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

The 🇺🇦 drone attacks on refineries in 🇷🇺 is evidently starting to have an effect. Will it affect the conduct of the war? Not immediately, but over time it might contribute to convincing Moscow that they are on a downward trajectory.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

The flagship 🇷🇺 economic conference in St Petersburg will be opened by Putin today, but 🇺🇦 was obviously in town first this morning. I guess Putin is fuming with anger over the failure of his air defence.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

The situation along the front lines is difficult for the 🇷🇺 forces, and now it looks as if Putin is forced to ask 🇰🇵 fur help again as he did in countering the 🇺🇦 Kursk incursion last summer. If correct, then this is a true sign of weakness.

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

WATCH: Russia is airlifting huge amounts of North Korean soldiers and Equipment to the frontlines In Ukraine, I have noted over the last 3 days at least 10 flights of AN-148 troop transfers and ll-76md military cargo flights flying from Vladivostok to Eastern Russia.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

@forsman_karl That’s factually incorrect. The DCFTA agreement with 🇪🇺 was perfectly compatible with continuation of the free trade agreement with 🇷🇺. But Putin wanted to pressure 🇺🇦 into a customs union agreement with 🇷🇺, and even Yanukovich didn’t want that.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

In the run up to the 🇦🇲 election this weekend, Putin 🇷🇺 is ramping up pressure on the country in direct copy of what he did against 🇺🇦 in 2013 trying to block its cooperation with 🇪🇺. He’s afraid of losing influence in Southern Caucasus. https://t.co/B5uEimldrx

[Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov @vseviov]

Mastering technology with @carlbildt.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

@Rus_Tego That could be a competitor.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

I believe the 20 minute flight between Helsinki 🇫🇮 and Tallinn 🇪🇪 is the shortest flight between two capital cities in our world.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

@FluxAlert Yes, but no regular flight connection.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

Very good news with 🇺🇦 and 🇲🇩 starting formal 🇪🇺 accession talks in the middle of this month. Then speed of talks then will depend on 🇺🇦 🇲🇩 reform speed and 🇪🇺 consensus. https://t.co/lTWLb0SdU3

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

During the night 🇷🇺 launched another massive combined missile and drone attack against 🇺🇦. Kyiv was in focus but also other cities were attacked.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

I find the concept of “overcapacity” ridiculous. Does Germany have an overcapacity in cars? France one in wine? Sweden in heavy trucks? Italy in fashion? And don’t tell me that European food exports aren’t subsidized. https://t.co/Bl2yiF8hdg