🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu

Vice President/State Secretary @ANCOM, former Chairman of the Defence, Public order and National Security Committee in the Romanian Parliament

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

Am avut onoarea de a reprezenta România 🇷🇴 la United Nations Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, primul dialog global al @UN dedicat Inteligenței Artificiale, organizat în această săptămână la Geneva.

În plenara dedicată șefilor de stat, de guvern și miniștrilor, am luat cuvântul pentru a prezenta viziunea României pentru noua eră în care am pășit deja cu toții, era inteligenței artificiale.

Prin rolul său de coordonator național al legislației privind AI, @ANCOM_RO se afirmă tot mai puternic ca actor principal al României în cele mai importante foruri internaționale pe acest subiect. Ne ghidăm după un mindset clar: o reglementare suplă, dar sigură, centrată pe etică și pe protecția cetățenilor, dar și strâns conectată la realitatea din teren, realitate construită astăzi, zi de zi, de mediul privat și de marii jucători tehnologici.

Doar prin echilibrul între inovație, protecție și cooperare internațională vom reuși să transformăm AI-ul într-un instrument real de progres pentru umanitate.
Săptămâna aceasta, la Geneva, România și-a adus contribuția activă la modelarea viitorului digital global. Mai jos, intervenția mea în limba engleză.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #UNGovernance #DigitalRomania #ANCOM

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

“Happy 250th, America! All the best for the next millennium quarter! Greetings from Romania!”

„La mulți ani 250, America! Toate cele bune pentru următorul sfert de mileniu! Salutări din România!”

Acesta este mesajul pe care l-am transmis astăzi de la sute de km distanță din înaltul cerului, alături de prietenii noștri de la @RoInSpace , prin satelitul românesc 🇷🇴 EMISAR trimis în spațiu cu o rachetă @SpaceX

Pentru cel mai bun prieten al României, America 🇺🇸, pentru întreg poporul american, la finalul acestei zile, din nou: Happy 250th! 🎉🥳🎈🎊🥂🪅🚀

#bestfriendandpartner #strategicpartnership #freedom #250America
@StateDept
@AmbasadaSUA
@USAmbRO

https://t.co/sHxrJzzHuJ

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

TRUE

[Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou]

Let’s flip the scenario for a moment.

Imagine Iran killed Trump in the first 5 minutes of the war, established air superiority over the US mainland, wiped out the entire US Air Force, US Navy, killed half the Cabinet, flattened the US military industrial complex, then started building runways in Missouri to land Iranian troops without losing any casualties.

Would you say it was a US victory if the US managed to keep the Panama Canal closed throughout this all?

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

One of the finest Secretary Generals in the history of NATO was @jensstoltenberg . It is always a genuine pleasure to meet him and to exchange views in Norwegian 🇳🇴 about the Alliance.
NATO embodies leadership, vision, cohesion, defence, and shared values. Yet above all else, NATO means people. It is through individuals of Jens Stoltenberg’s calibre that the Alliance has reached its current strength and relevance.

I wish to recall a particularly episode, especially for those who today fall prey to online disinformation, antisemitism, or reflexive anti-Trump and anti-American sentiment:
“Donald Trump: Why was the increase so significant last year?
Jens Stoltenberg: It is also due to your leadership, Mr. President — to the clear and firm message you have delivered. Your message has had a real and tangible impact.”

This exchange took place on 11 July 2018, during the NATO Summit in Brussels. Jens Stoltenberg had just underscored the largest rise in defence spending in a generation among the European allies and Canada. 🇺🇸 President @realDonaldTrump promptly inquired why, and Stoltenberg replied directly, crediting the President’s leadership and unwavering pressure.
While Donald Trump was consistently pressing the European allies to assume greater responsibility and increase their defence expenditures, a prominent European leader 🇫🇷 publicly declared that NATO was experiencing “brain death.” In the end, it was precisely that leadership and determined pressure from President Trump that helped rescue and reinvigorate the Alliance.

Today, Romania 🇷🇴 commemorates 22 years since its accession to NATO. We have been, we remain, and we shall continue to be a steadfast and reliable partner of the Alliance and of all those who approach its future and its vital role with genuine seriousness.

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

@TaraBull @grok , is this true?

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

@elonmusk @FedorovMykhailo @Gwynne_Shotwell Thank you @elonmusk & @Gwynne_Shotwell for helping with this! You’re the best. Now it’s on us, Europe, to understand that we need to change the EPFD limits globally ASAP. Romania 🇷🇴 supports this officially, as we were mandated by our government.

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

Their CEO is a total idiot! Wait until we lift the EPFD limits in Europe and people will go crazy with internet in the sky. Any European would pay 1$ extra per flight for the internet (you hide it inside the price). 30% of the people flying on Ryan Air/WizzAir, spend an average of 7$/flight on snacks and beverages (and the flights are short). Buy @elonmusk, buy!

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

“President” Maduro - as he liked to call himself, a criminal dictator who kept the Venezuelan people in darkness, poverty, fear, terror, and humiliation for 25 years, almost completely robbing them of any chance at a bright future, officially appeared on the U.S. enemies list with a $50 million bounty on his head.
His defiance of the United States ended today.
President @realDonaldTrump has liberated Venezuela.
No other American president in recent decades had the courage to make such a move - in one of the most complicated moments in recent human history. A move precious not only for the Venezuelan people, but for the entire free world.

Trump’s critics are in shock. Especially those clueless people who accuse him daily of being “in bed” with Putin and fail to understand that Trump’s game with Russia (and China) is a very long chess match. Finally, a global superpower has grasped the value of long-term strategy.

Voices in the free world - including some in Europe - who condemn the U.S. intervention in Venezuela are nothing but the ultimate proof of the devastation that communist-socialist doctrine inflicts on new generations.
As a Romanian born in Timișoara, I thank President Trump today for the United States’ fight against the cancer called communism and the dictators who still keep it alive.
To those complaining about Trump and the new American administration:
Wake up. Adapt. Sit at the table. Play the game.
The world has changed.

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

@elonmusk , you support this? :)

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

Internal sources about this picture:
@DeptofWar : “President, put this @Nike tech on you.”
Maduro: “I don’t want.”
@DeptofWar : “ Just DO IT.”

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

«For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.» Jeremiah 29:11

Happy New Year!

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

Dec 8-12, 2025: intensive working visit to Washington DC 🇷🇴🤝🇺🇸
• Great meeting & strategic talks with @BrendanCarrFCC (@FCC Chairman) on ANCOM - FCC cooperation, ITU, freedom of speech & safe digital environment
• White House meeting @WhiteHouse OSTP - US AI strategy & potential bilateral projects
• Reunion with @RepMoolenaar and @ChinaSelect - strengthening strategic partnership & alignment on AI + critical technologies
• Great meeting with Adam Cassady (U.S. @CommerceGov/@NTIAgov - Romania as European leader in telecom & tech alignment
• Speaker at PI-SF Parliamentary Forum + ALIANȚA 2025 Summit & Gala

Dec 22: great call with @UnderSecPD Sarah B. Rogers, such an amazing leader! We firmly defend freedom of expression & build a safe online space, especially for children!
Romania must solidify as a trusted strategic partner of the US in democratic values & the digital future! 💪
#StrategicPartnership #RomaniaUS #AI #DigitalFuture

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

Timișoara, 20 decembrie 1989: „Noi suntem poporul!”, „Armata e cu noi!”, „Nu vă fie frică, Ceaușescu pică!”
Primii care ne-am eliberat de comunism!
#libertate #mândrucasunttimișorean

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

@MedvedevRussiaE Bullshit. More pressure on you now. You’ll need to stop the war or you economy will ve destroyed. You know this, you see the whole support that @POTUS gained all around the world. USA is back. Game over for you.

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

On Romania’s 🇷🇴 National Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the memory of 280,000-380,000 Jews and 11.000 Roma killed during the Holocaust. Let’s reflect and commit to a world of respect and humanity. #NeverAgain #HolocaustRemembrance #October9 #Romania

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

Excited to join the Bucharest Cybersecurity Conference 2025 next week, on 07.10 for the panel:
“When the telecom network breaks, everything stops – From surveillance companies to APTs, building resilience into telecom security.”

#BCC2025 #Cybersecurity

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

România/Moldova - Rusia: 2:0 🇷🇴🇲🇩

[🇷🇴 Pavel Popescu @tweetescu]

Best of luck, Moldovan brothers 🇲🇩! Tomorrow, the path must not only remain, but grow stronger toward the United States 🇺🇸 and Europe 🇪🇺. Romania stands with you 🇷🇴!