Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺

Research Partner, Economist, Writer. Author of The 50 Days That Changed Europe and Abraham Lincoln. Also: @TheChinaProject. Celebrate life 🌳

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Now we have a simple choice: either money today, or blood tomorrow. I’m not talking about Ukraine only, I’m talking about Europe. This is our decision to make. And only ours. All European leaders must finally rise to the challenge.

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

@GeertNoels Al hebben sommige Europese landen gezondere begrotingen dan andere, en dragen ze ook meer bij

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

#NMBS Eurocity trein Brussel-Rotterdam, die om de haverklap uitvalt: ‘Brol van voor den oorlog’ (woorden van treinconducteur). Dankuwel @nmbs voor stellar materiaal en dienstverlening #Not

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

Polish party on the last day of the Polish EU presidency. Music unites 🎺 #Brussels

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

Tommy Wieringa ❤️ https://t.co/cUfS5UaF96

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Europa się obudziła. Unia, Ukraina, Wielka Brytania, Norwegia, Turcja - wszyscy mówią jednym głosem o pomocy Ukrainie, potrzebie ścisłej współpracy transatlantyckiej i wzmocnieniu wschodniej granicy.

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

Belgium EU and NATO host country not invited/not present what an embarrassment

[Mujtaba Rahman @Mij_Europe]

Good line up in London today

🇬🇧 Starmer
🇺🇦 Zelenskyy
🇫🇷 Macron
🇩🇪 Scholz
🇮🇹 Meloni
🇨🇦 Trudeau
🇪🇸 Sánchez
🇵🇱 Tusk
🇩🇰 Frederiksen
🇳🇴 Støre
🇫🇮 Stubb
🇸🇪 Kristersson
🇳🇱 Schoof
🇨🇿 Fiala
🇷🇴 Bolojan
🇹🇷 Fidan
🇪🇺 Von der Leyen
🇪🇺 Costa
NATO’s Mark Rutte

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

‘In de raad ging tot nu toe matig. Mansholt heeft het woord ‘allerbelabberst’ gebruikt en dat bleek onvertaalbaar’ - opgetekend door mijn vader Stan Siebelink, die morgen 90 zou geworden zijn

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

London bookstore lady: ‘Are you a Graham Greene fan?’
Me: ‘Yes, can you tell?’
She: ‘There are clues .. ‘ 🌞🌞

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

Het voordeel van in #Brussel wonen is dat je spelenderwijs een geweldige avond mee kunt maken, zoals hier: Richard Powers geïnterviewd door Annelies Beck. Verrijkend! #Books #Playground

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Pages from Sir Isaac Newton's handwritten college notebook showing his study of mathematics especially infinite series, evolution of differential calculus, and binomial theorem, ca. 1664-65. Courtesy of Cambridge University Library.

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

Europe has become a museum:

• Great at preserving the past
• Terrible at building the future

Unless Europe slashes regulations and embraces risk-taking, the gap will only widen.

As a German, this pains me deeply. I love Europe...

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

#Brussel Rood Klooster regenboog 🎉🌈

[Lev Parnas @levparnas]

As someone who worked with and knew Donald Trump intimately for years, there is one phrase you'll never hear him say: "Forgive and forget"
Trump always seeks revenge (no matter how minor the infraction) and he's the type of person who will burn down a house with a flamethrower to get a fly. In my experience with the Trump, he would often discuss his deep admiration for authoritarians such as Putin. Therefore, I anticipate that Trump's next White House tenure will encompass unprecedented attacks against anyone (including American citizens). 
All US citizens (regardless of their political affiliation) must hold not only Trump but, all elected officials accountable for besmirching our fundamental rights.
I am greatly concerned for the next four years but, I am also hopeful as tyrants who reveal their hand tend to awaken the masses much faster.
I promise to keep fighting to get the truth out and hold those in Power accountable!

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

Tomorrow in Budapest a Germany whose government has just collapsed and a French government dependent on Marine le Pen will be lectured by @PM_ViktorOrban on the virtues of newly elected @realDonaldTrump
while #Ukraine desperately needs all the support we can give.
Ach, Europa.

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

And still, some positives: No civil war in the U.S and EU forced to get its act together (but will it?)

[Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce]

Twice America has put up a woman for president, and twice (it's now highly probable) Trump has beaten them. Sobering lesson on the reality of today's America.

[Craig Winneker @CraigWinneker]

If Trump gets elected we can expect the EU to start working on a blueprint for a strategy roadmap to deal with the foresight needed to take stock of the situation in five years

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

Damn ik vind het nog maar spannend hoor (Blij dat ik niet meer voor de US gov werk, niet al te dicht erbovenop) #ElectionDay

[Hanneke Siebelink 🇪🇺 @Europewatcher]

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[Alexander Fanta @FantaAlexx]

So proud to announce this 😁😁😁 - today, journalists from three media organizations – Follow the Money, EUobserver and Investigate Europe – are launching a new newsletter to expose the lack of transparency within the European Union.

We call it the Secrecy Tracker. Why...