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Patrick Costello

@patrickcostello.bsky.social

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EU official and diplomat for 27 years turned writer, adviser and thinktanker. European Partnership for Democracy, Election-Watch.EU, Kofi Annan Foundation, Mines Advisory Group.

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Patrick Costello @patrickcostello.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A pilgrimage to the source:

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Patrick Costello @patrickcostello.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Interview with me on Gaza in Egyptian newspaper Al-Dustour

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Patrick Costello @patrickcostello.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Written together with Glyn Ford, a piece in the latest issue of Chartist explaining why Europe’s security doesn’t require huge boosts in defence spending: “We could have the defence we need, neither playing Trump’s numbers game not at the expense of the welfare state.”

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Patrick Costello @patrickcostello.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Interview in the Catalan newspaper ARA on the implications for Europe of US withdrawal of the security umbrella

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Patrick Costello @patrickcostello.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Great panel in Barcelona last Thursday. A big thanks to the La Caixa foundation, to my co-panellist Aude Darnal, and to Mariano Aguirre for bringing me to Barcelona for this discussion. Our interventions were in English. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VaPJ...

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Patrick Costello @patrickcostello.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My piece in Chartist international supplement that was distributed at Labour Party conference this year. Pity about the clumsy communications on reparations around the recent Commonwealth Summit. chartist.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

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