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Guillaume Prieckaerts

@gprieckaerts.eurosky.social
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Trading, geopolitics and proud EU citizen NL/BE/IE. Keeping construction workers safe in Ireland. Ukraine must win, Europe will be stronger. We have a lot of work to do.

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Katerina Horbunova @blue-eyed.bsky.social · 23h
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Enlargement strengthens Europe's weight in the world. It has been our most successful foreign policy for decades. The new proposals by the Commission set out clear steps for progressive integration of those who want to join, safeguards to prevent backsliding & institutional adaptation on our side.
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Luigi di Angeli @luigidiangeli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... As a staunch European, I’m relieved the EU wants safeguards against delinquency. A useful warning for Britain, too: Rejoin won’t be a prodigal son’s homecoming. It’ll be an application on Europe’s terms, with trust to be earned.
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‘No more Viktor Orbán’: EU plans 15-year probation period for new member states
Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos outlines proposed safeguards to protect EU from undemocratic leaders
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Norbert Röttgen @nroettgen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Friedrich Merz sendet mit seinem Besuch Kiews die genau richtige Antwort auf Putins psychologische Kriegsführung und seine hybriden Angriffe: wir lassen uns nicht einschüchtern. Wir stehen für unsere Werte und Interessen ein. Und dazu gehört die Sicherheit der Ukraine.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At least 21 members of my extended family were arrested and sent from Lithuania to camps or exile colonies in this 1951 act of repression by the Soviet occupiers.
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Dr Stefanie Babst @stefaniedrbabst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Zur Verleihung des westfälischen Friedenspreises an die Nato: der westfälische Frieden begründete das moderne Völkerrecht. Das, was wir heute als regelbasierte Ordnung bezeichnen. Genau dafür interessiert sich Donald Trump nicht. Nach eigenen Angaben.
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
European political elites need to understand that if they say European security isn't possible without the US, they are actually saying that European security isn't possible. For many reasons, they don't want to accept that, but they urgently need to.
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Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
en er waren analisten die vonden dat het sturen van f-16s naar oekraine niet zinvol was.......
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Guillaume Prieckaerts @gprieckaerts.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
Handing back the Elgin marbles for example would be a litmus test for a changed attitude, but I’m not holding my breath
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No shortage of spending in these areas. There are plenty of more affluent areas that don't have such a playground. It's not lack of spending that's the problem.
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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In Oleshky wordt een stad systematisch uitgehongerd - een nieuwe Holodomor: vandaag, in Europa. Het gezicht van "vrede" met Rusland. Maar ja, laten we vandaag lekker allemaal meedoen aan een vredesdemonstratie op de Dam "tegen de militarisering van de samenleving".
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 27/09/2026
Swiss referendum on further strengthening neutrality fails even more spectacularly than anticipated. Looks like some 70% voted against.
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Schweizer lehnen starrere Neutralität ab – Rückenwind für den Bundesrat
Das Stimmvolk lehnt die Neutralitätsinitiative mit über 70 Prozent ab. Damit behält die Landesregierung in schwierigen Zeiten den nötigen Spielraum.
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just as a reminder Trump apologists, in the last 9 months Trump has: Threatened to invade Greenland Seized the leader Venezuela Launched a war against Iran without Congressional approval. Any state in the world needs to worry about him. Except Russia of course. Putin is safe.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
​These attacks cannot be normalized. This is state terrorism in the heart of Europe.
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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 25/09/2026
🇫🇮🇸🇪 On September 24, Finnish and Swedish fighter jets carried out their first joint mission to intercept and identify Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of Finland. militarnyi.com/en/news/finl...
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Finland and Sweden Jointly Intercept Russian Aircraft Over Gulf of Finland for the First Time
On September 24, Finnish and Swedish fighter jets carried out their first joint mission to intercept and identify Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Good morning to a wonderful #WildlifeWednesday with a cute and tiny reminder to be nice to your fellow creatures - be it men or mice. [📷 #Nikon5600 f/6,3 1/160 600mm ISO 3200] #nature #photography
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Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ESB announce completion of Clonin North Solar Farm in County Offaly, a 70MWp solar farm capable of generating enough clean electricity for 10,000 homes each year. These can be contentious but we need all the renewables we can get and I’ll never tell a farmer what they can do with their land.
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Kresten @kresten2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The EU MSs chose to stand together, not allowing the UK to affect us with the consequences of their decision. That was both just and smart. I didn’t choose for the UK to backstab its neighbours and become a threat. The UK did. Voluntarily. The EU is all about cooperation. A rather noble cause…
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Finland’s first F-35 fighters have arrived in Finland. Giving massive boost to #Nato Eastern flank security. ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finland...
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Finland’s first F-35 fighters have arrived in Finland
The first two of Finland’s F-35s arrived at Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi on 18 September. The arrival of the aircraft marks the beginning of a new era for the Finnish Defence Forces.
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
2 civilians murdered and 8+ injured by #Russia guided aerial bomb that struck a high-rise residential building in #Sumy 13-year-old girl among those injured - 3 in serious condition 4 people, including a child, have been rescued from under the rubble - More people could be trapped #Ukraine
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 17/09/2026
The question is not whether kids should have access to social media. The question is whether social media platforms should have access to our children. Read more: link.europa.eu/hqXnQj
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 17/09/2026
⚡️ "Stop calling it hybrid. We are under attack," Latvian MEP Rihards Kols urged the European Parliament, listing acts of Russian sabotage across Europe and demanding decisive action against Moscow's networks.
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Grand Continent @grandcontinent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Entre l’illusion d’une souveraineté technologique totale et la résignation à une vassalisation brutale, l’Europe doit inventer une troisième voie dans la course à l’IA. Une pièce de doctrine signée Anu Bradford.
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Pour une souveraineté technologique sélective
Entre l’illusion d’une souveraineté technologique totale et la résignation à une vassalisation brutale, l’Europe doit inventer une troisième voie dans la course à l’IA
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Rob @robtmackinnon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Carney is in fact handing an incredible boost to the EU’s global standing on a silver plate. He is providing the political imagination and vision that no one in Europe currently has. It would be extremely foolish and strategically illiterate for the EU to not grab that opportunity"
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026
Ukrainians have proven countless times that their spirit cannot be broken. And this summer, Sasha has shown the whole world the true essence of this ↓
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Europe’s horizon should be measured not in election cycles, but in centuries
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Europäische Bewegung Deutschland e.V. @netzwerk-ebd.de · 14/09/2026
🇪🇺 Am 16. September hält @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu ihre Rede zur Lage der EU. #EBDpräsidentin @praesidentin.netzwerk-ebd.de Dr. Anna-Maija Mertens erwartet von der @ec.europa.eu einen klaren Fokus auf die Weiterentwicklung Europas und seine Handlungsfähigkeit. #SOTEU26 #EBDanalyse #EUSky
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Syzran oil refinery in russia this morning 🔥 It is a good sign. Ukraine shouldn't abandon its defense strategy just because someone posted something, not until clear rules are finalized, agreed upon, and publicly confirmed.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
49% of Canadians support EU membership, while 30% oppose it and 21% are unsure, according to a new poll by Abacus Data. 🇨🇦🤝🇪🇺
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If there was a way for Canada to join the European Economic Area (EEA), which Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein are members of, we could see a wild timeline where EEA actually becomes a viable and attractive model instead of this weird corner Iceland and Norway have been sitting in
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Reinier Van Lanschot @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 13/09/2026
This was not the train I was on this morning, but the one behind it. Russian bombed this at the Ukrainian-Polish border. Thankfully the alarm system works well, people where evacuated in time, and no one got hurt. Russia escalates. Again and again. We should give Ukraine the means to win!
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Donald: "can you please stop striking Russian diesel refineries?" Zelensky: "Sorry, but you don't have any cards"
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Russian invasion has always been about destroying Ukrainian statehood.​ Surrendering more land won't just doom thousands of our people to a horrific death under occupation, it will guarantee an even larger war in a few years. It's a pity that special envoys don't understand this.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 12/09/2026
And another one www.dw.com/en/bulgaria-...
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Bulgaria: Fire at factory making munitions for Ukraine
Bulgarian authorities are investigating a fire at a munitions factory for links to an explosion at a similar facility in August. Arms maker EMCO says no human error was involved, as investigators look...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12/09/2026
⚡️'Immoral and self-destructive' — Zelensky blasts EU for considering lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs. "Five hundred Shahed drones per day is certainly not the right time to even begin a discussion about easing sanctions," Zelensky said.
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'Immoral and self-destructive' — Zelensky blasts EU for considering lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs
"Five hundred Shahed drones per day is certainly not the right time to even begin a discussion about easing sanctions," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sept. 12, after France reportedly joined Sl...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Imagine for a second, just for a brief second, that what happened in the German elections had happened in Ukraine, with people voting for the openly far right. You would stomp us into the dirt, your press would destroy us, your societies would refuse to support our resistance, and they would say we
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Guillaume Prieckaerts @gprieckaerts.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026
RTÉ News: Over 30 women allege harassment and misogyny in ambulance service
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Sara | Europe Tomorrow @sara-rey.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
In this context, nationalist parties are selling out sovereignty to the highest bidder when they oppose the EU. Their so-called nationalism is a lie in this geopolitical climate. We need the EU more than ever today. If we value deciding our own fate, the EU should live up to its full potential. 🧵5
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Kim van Sparrentak @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The fact that AI is sending unintendedly pregnant women to anti-abortion clubs is a direct danger to women in Europe. And it happens to play right into the agenda of Trump and his tech oligarchs. Together with @maritmaij.bsky.social and 74 other colleagues, I am submitting written questions today.
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Guillaume Prieckaerts @gprieckaerts.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
This is just a great story for a Belgian start-up techfundingnews.com/aerospacelab...
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Aerospacelab wins €2.4B contract  to build 264 satellites for IRIS — TFN
Aerospacelab has been selected as a key prime contractor for the low Earth orbit, or LEO, segment of the European Union's IRIS² secure connectivity programme, in a contract worth €2.4 billion.
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Sebastian Bohrn Mena @bohrn-mena.at · 10/09/2026
Die AfD will die Rüstungsindustrie für Massendeportationen nutzen. Das sagt Siegmund heute in einer Pressekonferenz. Wenige Tage nach der Wahl fallen jetzt die letzten Masken. Und ich frage mich: Was muss einer wehrhaften Demokratie noch angetan werden, bis sie beginnt sich zu wehren?
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Sara | Europe Tomorrow @sara-rey.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026
Wie zegt dat wij geen bedrijven meer kunnen bouwen? België heeft er een nieuwe trots bij: Aerospacelab bouwt bijna alle onderdelen zelf en levert 75% van alle satellieten van het Europese project Iris2. vrtnws.be/p.JNGByqBxG
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Waalse Aerospacelab sluit megadeal van 2,4 miljard euro om Starlink-alternatief te bouwen:  "Grootste contract in Europese ruimtevaartgeschiedenis" | VRT NWS Nieuws
Satellietenbouwer Aerospacelab uit Charleroi heeft een contract binnengehaald ter waarde van 2,4 miljard euro. Het zal 264 satellieten bouwen voor het Europese netwerk Iris², goed voor driekwart van a...
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
True reconciliation cannot be built on revisionism, the denial of genocide or the honouring of perpetrators. Serbia's path into the EU requires an unequivocal commitment to fundamental European values and historical truth. There is no place in Europe for the glorification of war criminals. (2/2)
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Would say no comment but its actually unfair towards Chamberlain who didn't look for personal handouts
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Better late than never. German rocket reaches space as Europe enters satellite launch race, marking first commercial flight to reach orbit from continental Europe launched from Norway's Arctic Andoeya Spaceport. #space www.yahoo.com/news/science...
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German rocket reaches space as Europe enters satellite launch race
(Corrects title of minister in paragraph 4) OSLO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - German startup Isar Aerospace on Saturday launched its first rocket into space from a site in Arctic Norway, bringing ‌Europe clos...
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Luigi di Angeli @luigidiangeli.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In Andrew’s “mind” it’s probably less effort to persuade an entire continent to change its position than to persuade his own countrymen to change theirs.
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Tom Hayes @tomhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Interesting article. "We've lost our industrial jobs, so we are going to vote for Farage". Do they think Farage will get them their jobs back? The man whose life's work was to pull the UK out of the biggest market in the world, the EU. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times | Aditya Chakrabortty
Abandoned by the company they worked for, let down by Labour and their unions – now they watch their friends turn to Reform for answers, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reposting this since Trump said today that Putin is not going to attack NATO territory. Well, he already is.
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