tomposcz

🇨🇿 🇪🇺diplomat with 14yrs of life in Russia, also lived in 🇺🇾,🇺🇸,🇧🇪, 🇹🇷,🇸🇰, here personal views - RT&following ≠ endorsement

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

@Posledniskaut V dnesnim Russku je totiz totalni svoboda slova. Muzete kdykoliv klidne jit na Rude namesti a kritizovat EU a Zapad, jen co hrdlo raci! 😄

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

RT @vonderleyen: Hungary has chosen Europe.

Europe has always chosen Hungary.

A country reclaims its European path.

The Union grows stro…

[Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) @magyarpeterMP]

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just called to congratulate us on our victory.

[Czech Permanent Representation to the EU @CZtoEU_Brussels]

Ambassador @VladimirBaertl today signed the #EMPA Partnership Agreement between 🇪🇺 & the #Mercosur countries 🇧🇷🇺🇾🇦🇷🇵🇾 for 🇨🇿.

Its second, trade-related part, eliminating tariffs and other cross-border barriers, #iTA, will provisionally enter into force on 1/5 of this year.

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

Něco málo k pozitivním dopadům dohody mezi EU a Mercosur (společný trh velké části Jižní Ameriky)

https://t.co/H0JmW7qszT

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

The release of Europeans detained in Venezuela is a great relief for families and a positive step.

I spoke today with several released EU citizens.

This outcome is the result of persistent EU diplomacy and close coordination with Member States. Special thanks to @UEenVenezuela Delegation and @eu_eeas teams.

United, Europe stands strong for our citizens and for human rights.

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

@SeznamZpravy Bravo!👏🏻

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

@Aktualnecz Jen poznamka na okraj: Cokoliv napsané Nathalii Tocci, vyrazne levicove smýšlející proteze poradkyni byvale Vysoke představitelky EU Mogherini, je nutne brat se značnou rezervou a uvedomit si kontext toho, proč píše, co píše.

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

@MiroslavSinger HRVP Kallas už skutečně “neco rekla”, nicmene se jedna o prohlášení podpořené a zkonzultované s celou EU (tj i 🇨🇿)

https://t.co/WpUHqwBAqo

[EU Council Press @EUCouncilPress]

Statement of @KajaKallas on behalf of the EU on the situation in Iran.

👇
https://t.co/UK2aw1U56s

[Czech Permanent Representation to the EU @CZtoEU_Brussels]

Rada 🇪🇺 dnes písemnou procedurou formálně schválila rozhodnutí podepsat Dohodu o partnerství a Prozatímní obchodní dohodu mezi EU–MERCOSUR 🇪🇺-🇧🇷🇦🇷🇺🇾🇵🇾 #EMPA #iTA

Po 26 letech vyjednávání je to pro 🇨🇿 zásadní krok, jelikož dohoda:

✔️posílí náš export i snížením cel,
✔️otevře nové příležitosti pro investory i účast ve veřejných zakázkách a
✔️pomůže zajistit přístup ke kritickým surovinám našim firmám.

Dohoda také posiluje geo-ekonomickou váhu 🇪🇺 v Latinské Americe a přispívá k diverzifikaci obchodních vztahů.

Současně s dohodou byla projednána i přísná ochranná opatření pro evropský zemědělský sektor, tzv. #safeguards.

Otevírání dalších obchodních příležitostí v tomto regionu tak půjde ruku v ruce s ochranou našich domácích producentů.

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

Great news for the political prisoners in Venezuela!!! Lets hope that the Czech citizen Jan Darmovzal is among them #freejandarmovzal

[Infobae América @infobaeamerica]

🔴AHORA | Jorge Rodríguez anunció que está en marcha la liberación de “un número importante” de presos políticos venezolanos y extranjeros https://t.co/oHk3Y0Drdw

[Ryan Saavedra @RyanSaavedra]

🚨 Interesting details via NYT on why the Trump admin decided to not back María Corina Machado as Nicolas Maduro's replacement, and it has nothing to do with her winning the Noble Peace Prize:

-Trump was persuaded by arguments from senior officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said that if the United States tried to back the opposition, it could further destabilize the country and require a more robust military presence inside the country. A classified C.I.A. intelligence analysis reflected that view

-Senior U.S. officials had grown frustrated with her assessments of Maduro’s strength, feeling that she provided inaccurate reports. They also grew skeptical of her ability to seize power in Venezuela.

-Richard Grenell, Trump’s envoy, met with Machado’s representatives and asked them to arrange an in-person meeting with Machado in Caracas and for a list of political prisoners they wanted liberated. But the in-person meeting never happened. Machado, despite promises from the American delegation that she would be protected, refused to meet with Grenell.

-Over time the relationship deteriorated, according to people briefed on the interactions. Machado and her team ignored the request for a list of political prisoners

-Grenell repeatedly pressed Machado to outline her plan for putting her surrogate candidate, Edmundo González, into office after she was barred from running. He grew frustrated when she expressed no concrete ideas of how to put the democratically elected government into power.

-Machado was upset that Grenell did not forcefully denounce Maduro as illegitimate. Grenell told colleagues that such a statement, while true, would have undercut his diplomatic outreach.

-Categorical rejection of any talks or contact with Maduro’s government has been a bedrock of Machado’s political strategy, but it has crippled her ability to build a broader coalition capable of enabling her bid for power.

-Machado’s unequivocal support of sanctions has destroyed her relations with Venezuela’s business elite, which had built a modus vivendi with Maduro to continue working in the country after a quarter-century of his government’s rule.

-Machado’s economic advisers have argued that every dollar going into Venezuela was a dollar for Mr. Maduro, a radical stance that had alienated many members of Venezuela’s civil society working to improve living conditions in the country. Her message had increasingly begun to mirror the views of the diaspora and deviated from the realities of people who remained in Venezuela.

-Machado’s team and allies in exile took to social media to attack and discredit public figures whose work deviated from their views. These actions cost Machado the support of members of the Democratic Party and many businesspeople, American and Venezuelan, who had interests in Venezuela and influence in Mr. Trump’s orbit.

-Orlando J. Pérez, a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, said of Machado and her allies: “They don’t have the levers of power. They don’t have the institutions, and without us over assistance, they’re not going to get back into power in Venezuela.”

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

🇺🇸 US Air Force C-17 Globemaster headed south-eastward from Germany, currently in Middle East airspace, with second plane appearing to follow similar initial path.

[Karoline Leavitt @PressSec]

STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

Scoop: Trump gave the U.S. military the green light to conduct land strikes in Venezuela days ago, U.S. officials told @CBSNews. U.S. was ready on Christmas day but airstrikes in Nigeria against ISIS targets took precedence, sources said. The days following Christmas opened more potential strike windows but the operation was postponed partly due to weather. U.S. military wanted weather conditions that were advantageous to mission success. Via @JimLaPorta and me
https://t.co/w6cMiXUcq0

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

Zcela nevánoční longread o úspěchu uruguayské energetické transformace

Un periodico checo sobre el exito de la transformacion energética 🇺🇾!

https://t.co/VuRC4ItCkk

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

“Keep sleeping, it doesn’t concern us”

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

Born in 1981, i will turn 45 next year, in case someone is looking for a present for me! 😅😆

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

A rare bottle of champagne from the 1981 marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer failed to find a buyer when it was auctioned in Denmark on Thursday.
https://t.co/OAngBDn83n

[EU Council @EUCouncil]

🎂 Happy birthday to the European flag! 🇪🇺

🗓️ In 1985, it became the EU’s emblem, but did you know it was first adopted 70 years ago today by the Council of Europe?

Learn more about the EU flag facts and figures ➡️ https://t.co/OqLGZ6nkCG

[tomposcz @tomposcz]

Brussels today

[Euractiv @Euractiv]

Former EEAS chief Mogherini, top Commission official arrested in fraud probe https://t.co/rwWY5Sj3wr