Spanish Pablo

🇺🇦 Economist, MBA, passed all 3 CFA exams. Not that serious. European

[Spanish Pablo @SpanishPablo]

Sofia Corradi #MammaErasmus has passed away in Rome were she was born.

She left the consideration of education as a human right, a better #Europe & more than 1 million #Eurobabys 👶 that wouldn’t have born without #Erasmus

Riposa in pace 🕯️

[Bla B @bla_bidza]

EXCLUSIVE: Ruud Gullit calls on Gianni Infantino to resign amid growing World Cup controversy

"I have stayed quiet for a long time because I wanted to judge this World Cup on football matters. But the deeper we get into the preparations, the more it becomes clear that football is no longer the main story. For that reason, I believe Gianni Infantino should seriously consider stepping down as FIFA President.

A World Cup should unite people. Instead, this tournament is becoming a symbol of division, political disputes, travel restrictions, and administrative failures.

We are hearing reports that Iranian supporters have had their ticket allocations withdrawn. We have seen the case of Somali referee Omar Artan, selected by FIFA on merit to officiate at the highest level, yet reportedly denied entry into the host country. These are not minor issues. They strike at the heart of what the World Cup is supposed to represent.

FIFA cannot continue promoting football as a universal game while qualified supporters, officials, and participants face barriers that appear unrelated to football itself. The organisation's first responsibility is to protect the integrity and accessibility of the competition.

What concerns me most is that these problems were foreseeable. FIFA awarded the tournament, FIFA approved the arrangements, and FIFA repeatedly assured the football world that everyone would be welcomed. If those assurances are proving unreliable, then accountability must start at the very top.

Leadership is not about appearing in photographs with politicians or celebrating commercial success. Leadership is about taking responsibility when things go wrong. That is why I believe Mr Infantino must ask himself whether he is still the right person to lead world football.

The rising cost of attending matches is another serious concern. Many loyal supporters who follow their countries through qualification campaigns can no longer afford to attend the tournament. Football risks becoming an exclusive event for corporations and wealthy spectators rather than the ordinary fans who built the game.

The World Cup belongs to the world, not to governments, political interests, or football administrators. It belongs to the players, the referees, and the supporters.

If FIFA cannot guarantee that all three are treated fairly and equally, then it has failed in its most fundamental duty.

The football world deserves answers, accountability, and leadership. If those cannot be provided under the current administration, then perhaps the time has come for new leadership at FIFA."

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

There are different people around Putin. Half of them want to continue this war and the other half want to stop it. Businessmen understand that the Russian economy is in a terrible situation.

If Western countries – Europe, Canada, and the U.S. – don’t lift their sanctions, put more pressure on the Russian shadow fleet and other sectors, and Ukraine stays strong on the battlefield, then we will be closer to peace.

I told this businessman, who came to deliver the message about a potential framework of diplomatic negotiations, that we were ready to speak from the very beginning. We didn't want this war, and we want to stop it.

Yesterday I told the journalists that in Anchorage, Russia and the U.S. decided to speak about Ukraine without Ukraine. It was a mistake, especially for America, because Putin weakened the U.S. position. I think he was lying to the President of the United States.

Anyway, we are ready to speak, but we won’t give up our territory.

From an interview with The Guardian. (2/3)

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We are grateful to all the people of Estonia, President @AlarKaris, and First Lady Sirje Karis for their constant and unwavering support for Ukraine and our people. Today in Tallinn, important meetings are planned with all the Nordic and Baltic countries. The main goal is to secure more strength to protect our people, as well as to prepare for the negotiations and decisions we all expect from the European Union, G7, and NATO summits.

The First Lady’s agenda includes taking part in the expansion of the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies, the opening of a Ukrainian-language audio guide in Estonia, and a meeting with representatives of the Estonian Center for International Development to implement joint projects in support of Ukrainian families.

We appreciate the solidarity of Estonia and all our partners who help Ukraine withstand and bring a just peace closer. We thank everyone who supports us.

[Justin Ng @justin_ng]

Good to see @EmmanuelMacron and @bundeskanzler knows who comes out of downing street first.

[Elisa Mosini 🇪🇺🇮🇹 @MosiniElisa]

Pope Leo XIV in Madrid: “I encourage you to nurture the process of European Union, which is not merely a counterweight to other powers, but a gift to humanity.”

Wonderful.
A powerful reminder of how beautiful and hopeful the European project truly is.

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[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

I congratulate Sweden, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson @SwedishPM, and all Swedish people on their National Day.

The Ukrainian people will always remember the significant contribution Sweden has made to the defense of our country and of all Europe. We thank you for all your support, for every aid package, and especially for strengthening our combat aviation. We are working hard to ensure that Swedish Gripen aircraft reinforce Ukrainian skies as soon as possible.

It is precisely this unity and joint work with our partners that is needed to bring the end of Russia’s war closer. We wish Sweden peace and further development.

[Sweden in EU @SwedeninEU]

”Last year almost 500 000 Russian tourists were let into Europe, while Ukrainians were dying on the battlefield. This situation needs to be stopped.

That is why we, together with 10 other Member States, have put forward an initiative for new EU visa restrictions for Russian citizens.” @JohanForssell at JHA

[Spanish Pablo @SpanishPablo]

@Tiefseher Well it is not the same thing, but that reasoning would apply to the Tulips back then ... their fundamentals didn't change that much ...

[Solange 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @Solange__C]

🔴Jamie Dimon président de la banque américaine JPMorgan @LesEchos au sujet de @EmmanuelMacron 🗣️
« Je trouve que vous avez un président exceptionnel. Je sais que la politique, c'est difficile, ce n'est pas ce dont je parle. Il est intelligent, il s'est entouré des bonnes personnes, et il a fait la plupart de ce qu'il avait dit dans un contexte très difficile. Au moment du Brexit, lorsque nous avons commencé à réfléchir à l'endroit où nous pouvions placer nos opérations européennes, Paris n'était même pas sur la liste.

La France nous a envoyé Christian Noyer, qui a su nous convaincre des avantages de Paris. La France attire désormais plus de flux de capitaux, d'investissements, d'innovation. Et cet afflux bénéficie aux Français, y compris aux bas revenus. Les gens pensent souvent que c'est l'inverse, c'est cela qui fait que la politique est si difficile. »
@LesEchos
#EmmanuelMacron #FierteFrancaise

[Mikhail Khodorkovsky @khodorkovsky_en]

Remember the pig heads at the Paris mosques? Or the Jewish centers painted green?

I knew exactly whose work it was the moment I saw it. Now — I finally have the proof. 🧵 [1/19]

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I follow with concern the war in #Ukraine, which is experiencing a sharp intensification in these days. I wish to express my closeness to all those suffering due to recent attacks carried out even against civilians. War does not solve problems but worsens them. It does not create security but multiplies suffering and hatred. Where missiles and drones fall, hopes also fall; homes and places of prayer are destroyed, and innocent lives are broken. I entrust all peoples wounded by war to the protection of the Virgin Mary, Queen of #Peace.

[DocHollyday7 @DHollyday7]

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[Spanish Pablo @SpanishPablo]

@NathalieLoiseau 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👍
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[Nathalie Loiseau @NathalieLoiseau]

Toujours mieux d’être en mocassins à Kyiv qu’à la botte du Kremlin à Paris.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

🇮🇹 Italy Just Told Boeing to Get in the Bin

Let’s be clear about what’s happened here. Italy, a country that has been loyally refuelling its air force from American-built tankers for fifteen years, has just written a €1.39 billion cheque to Airbus. Six A330 MRTTs, signed on 16 April, quietly published to the EU procurement portal on 19 May, and absolutely devastating in its implications.

This is not a procurement decision. Procurement decisions are boring. Men in grey suits argue about maintenance contracts and through-life costs and nobody outside a defence ministry cares. This is a statement, delivered in the universal language of very large sums of money.

And the statement is: we’re done.

You have to appreciate the audacity of it. Italy is a NATO member. Italy hosts American troops. Italy has spent a decade and a half operating Boeing’s KC-767, which is, by most accounts, a perfectly serviceable aircraft. There was no catastrophic failure here, no scandal, no tanker that caught fire over the Adriatic. The Italians simply looked at the current state of American reliability, looked at an Airbus catalogue, and made a decision that any sensible person watching Washington in 2026 would probably also make.

The A330 MRTT is, for what it’s worth, an exceptional machine. It is larger, more capable, and rather more elegant than what it replaces. But nobody is writing about it because of its impressive fuel offload capacity. They’re writing about it because Italy just became the latest European country to quietly redirect a billion-plus euros away from American industry, and toward the continent it actually lives on.

Boeing, meanwhile, continues to have what can only be described as a very bad decade.

If you like what you read, follow Gandalv on X: @Microinteracti1

[Spanish Pablo @SpanishPablo]

or years ....

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

US-Iran deal could take weeks to complete according to sources that talked to Al Arabiya.

[Spanish Pablo @SpanishPablo]

@WarMonitor3 round and disastrous ... similarly as now

In 1.000 years could have evolved a bit... but consider this:

We are closer to Cleopatra in history (~2100 years) than she was to Cheops (~2400 years b4 her) the one of the big pyramids

[MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA]

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[French Response @FrenchResponse]

Companies voluntarily operating in Europe, then discovering Europe has laws, remains one of the great recurring dramas of our time.

[Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza]

Shame on @Apple for collaborating with Putin’s dictatorship to continue making money in Russia.