Timothy Garton Ash

Historian, author. Latest book: Homelands: A Personal History of Europe. Substack: Bluesky:

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

It took me just 50 years to write this book, about the real Europe, where you can be 'at home abroad'. Now in 24 languages. Here's the English paperback:
https://t.co/qc9y1Glnqq

[Anita Orban @_OrbanAnita]

Together with @magyarpeterMP, we visited the plaque at the Reichstag commemorating Hungary’s role in opening the border in 1989. This decision helped pave the way for German reunification and a free Europe.

Its message remains powerful today:

“For the friendship of the Hungarian and German people,
for a united Germany,
for an independent Hungary,
for a democratic Europe.”

This is the foundation on which 🇭🇺–🇩🇪 dialogue should stand today as well.

[Hoover Institution @HooverInst]

Hoover Senior Fellow @fromTGA outlines eight ways democracies can defeat Vladimir Putin's "external ambitions," from staying the course in Ukraine to deterring a Russian attack on NATO territory in the high-risk 2027–28 window. Read more here: https://t.co/bROiCztBHq

[Joop Nijssen @JoopNijssen]

Convincing plea by @fromTGA for ‘strategic patience’. Having lived in Kyiv for almost a year now, this is exactly what I perceive being put into practice on a daily basis, with increasing success - This is how to defeat Vladimir Putin | Timothy Garton Ash https://t.co/ag6X9XyVge

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

How to defeat Vladimir Putin…
https://t.co/sOqqXfgquo

[Anita Orban @_OrbanAnita]

Hungarian–Polish relations are entering a new phase. In the coming days, we will arrive in Poland with a high-level delegation, with the shared goal of placing our cooperation on new foundations.

A new era requires a new approach. Therefore, I have decided to recall Hungary’s Ambassador to Warsaw, as I believe that the renewed direction of our foreign policy should be represented by a new envoy who can credibly and consistently advance it in the period ahead.

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

What the Russian papers are saying about the massive Ukrainian drone strike: one paper calls it “audacious”, another: “one of Ukraine’s largest aerial attacks.” “It’s increasingly difficult to cut the flow of weaponry to the Ukrainian army,” concedes another. #ReadingRussia

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

To state the bleeding obvious, you can only be 'at the heart of Europe' if you're a member of the European Union.
@Keir_Starmer https://t.co/se0NGgqLCs

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

🇭🇺 Hungary's new PM Péter Magyar, in his first speech, apologizes to victims of the Orbán government's smear campaigns and harassment — journalists, civil society, public figures. For 16 years, dozens of us endured surveillance, lawsuits and pressure. A timely, welcomed gesture.

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

Europe's political fragmentation, my conversation with @Yascha_Mounk https://t.co/tiTt1iH6QQ

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

🇭🇺🎶 For the first time in Hungarian history, 'The forest is green / Pădure vergyé', the Hungarian Roma community's anthem—which gained that status after a 1993 civil rights protest—was played in parliament, at PM Péter Magyar's suggestion.

Many MPs were in tears, and so was I.

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

Europe's political fragmentation, by @fromTGA https://t.co/tiTt1iH6QQ

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

My message to @bundeskanzler on this 8./9. Mai
https://t.co/ccRFj7zfzQ

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

If, like me, you have read with fascination Walter Scheidel's The Great Leveller & Escape from Rome, you can listen to him combining the two in Oxford today at 5 pm @ESCStAntonys
https://t.co/f6spsBi2NV

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

As we think about 8 May 1945, 2026…
https://t.co/DZ7WPKxjcK

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Canadian PM Mark Carney:

It’s my strong personal view that the international order will be rebuilt — but it will be rebuilt out of Europe.

[David Richards @DavidJRichardss]

@fromTGA Constitutional monarchies actually doing better on Democracy Index overall than republics. See in yellow.

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

@MattFieldUK enjoy the true Budweiser

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

Dear American friends – hand on heart, wouldn't you rather have a constitutional monarch like this rather than an elected would-be-George III like Donald Trump? Just asking…

https://t.co/LZQIFisSWP

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

💥"Yesterday you could feel a huge relief among leaders. Because it was for the first time in years that there were no Russians in the room, if you know what I'm talking about. But..."

And then Robert Fico walks in while Donald Tusk winks at the reporters. Pure perfection.

[Timothy Garton Ash @fromTGA]

How to survive another 1000 days of Trump.... https://t.co/rAHCwui3MG