Fernando Andresen Guimaraes

Strictly personal thoughts on international affairs and other human activities

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Russia's aggression against Ukraine is illegal and unacceptable.

The Union remains united in its support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

A first package of sanctions will be formally tabled today.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

The hijacking of the Ryanair plane by the Belarus regime is an attack on democracy.

An attack on freedom of expression.

An attack on European sovereignty.

Roman Pratasevich & Sofia Sapega must be released immediately.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

We made steady progress on vaccination in EU:

•300 million doses delivered
•245 million vaccinations
•46% of the EU adult population has received at least one dose.

This week we'll reach a new milestone: half of EU adults will have received their 1st dose #StrongerTogether

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

🇪🇺🇯🇵 are like-minded partners.

We launched our Green Alliance to cooperate on climate action and the green transition.

We’ll work together on sustainable finance, carbon pricing, or clean energy.

Our common goal: become climate neutral by 2050. https://t.co/oI6ATlQjn0

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Glad to speak again to @ZelenskyyUa

I reiterated the EU’s unyielding support for Ukraine’s reforms and territorial integrity.

We announced new aid worth €25.4 million to help people suffering from the conflict.

We also stands by Ukraine in the fight against #COVID19.

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

Fascinating conversation with Robert Cooper, Margaret MacMillan and Gideon Rachman! Key recurrent insight: putting your house in order as grand strategy! https://t.co/zMc5SPXEYm via @ecfr.

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

@tonylgardner Playing the nativist card, methinks. And not that well. Beady eyes on 2024?

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

@sbeverts Yes, it was so powerful and, from a 22 year old, surely a source of hope.

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

Sharp focus on the key questions facing the EU in its relations with China (and the US) and on how to approach them: “work on our own problems”. CER podcast: How should the EU approach China? https://t.co/bsuhPGEOjy

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

Tracking European solidarity during covid-19: Lessons from the first wave: https://t.co/82eFowIJ9P via @ecfr

Good use of data to dispel myths around Europe’s and China’s respective actions early on in the coronavirus crisis.

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

Excellent podcast on the regulatory and geopolitical choices before the EU in deciding its digital future. Hint: referees don’t win games. https://t.co/a5g8XhxHvx

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

It’s entirely up to us to make the world more human - James Baldwin

[ECFR @ecfr]

The #Kremlin knows that intervening militarily would lose it the goodwill of the Belarusian people. But it does not rule out a managed transition to a candidate of its choice, argues our senior policy fellow @GresselGustav https://t.co/NM62MpbqW8 #BelarusProtest #Belarus

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

“To ensure a smooth process, Belarus’s external orientation should be kept off the table. The election and broader struggle must be solely about democracy within the country, and nothing else.” https://t.co/KdmQ9XtJ3p

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

@AlexAndBooks_ I can’t not.

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

Incredible speech from #Merkel after a major U-turn on EU debt. Declares "the nation state alone has no future."

"Germany will only do well when Europe does well, in respect to freedom and peace as well as economics and prosperity"
(Frieden & Freiheit, Wirtschaft & Wohlstand)

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

Very good @AdamsonPaul conversation with @CLefflerEU on the @eu_eeas and EU foreign policy, to which Christian Leffler contributed so much.

[Paul Adamson @AdamsonPaul]

In my latest podcast I chat to @CLefflerEU about the creation of the European External Action Service and challenges in forging EU foreign and security policy https://t.co/C0P3tXA2RR @EncompassEurope

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

@tribelaw Helping anyone around the world slow or prevent the spread of the virus helps everyone, no?

[Fernando Andresen Guimaraes @fernandguim]

via @NYTimes - Scientists show us the only way to tackle the world’s challenges: cooperate! https://t.co/R5cPzte4s8