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Pierre Haroche

@pierreharoche.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of European and International Politics, Catholic University of Lille

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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
He's right. That's the key measure that would make the difference between vague collective ambitions and credible sustained implementation. Particularly in defence. #Macron : 'Now is the time for 🇪🇺 to launch a joint borrowing capacity, through eurobonds' www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
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Emmanuel Macron: 'Now is the time for the European Union to launch a joint borrowing capacity, through eurobonds'
Two days ahead of a meeting of European Union heads of state and government in Brussels, the president called on the 27 member states, in an interview with Le Monde and several other European newspape...
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ESPOL-Lab @espol-lab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Fresh out of the press @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org ! @pierreharoche.bsky.social explores power–dependence state relationships through three concepts: - limitation ⛔ - neutralisation ❌ - competition 🤜🤛
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
About Trump's "Board of Peace": Trump is nominally the Chairman, regardless of his role as POTUS. His term is for life, and he designates his successor. 👉This is thus an international organisation governed according to a dynastic principle. This is an empire. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 19/01/2026
#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social - Balancing or integrating? How power–dependence relations shape international politics - cup.org/45fg88u - @pierreharoche.bsky.social #FirstView
Cover of the "European Journal of International Security" featuring the hashtag #OpenAccess.
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ESPOL-Lab @espol-lab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Le contexte actuel de préparation à la #guerre 🪖 #readiness2030 donnera-t-il naissance à un État #européen 🇪🇺 ? @pierreharoche.bsky.social vous guide sur cette question jeudi à ESPOL pour sa leçon inaugurale ! 📅 15 janvier 2026 🕤 14h-16h 📍LW S122 Info & inscription 👉 espol.school/evenement/co...
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Pro-Trump media beginning to advocate for war against 🇻🇪 with exactly same arguments as 🇷🇺 in 🇺🇦: it's our 'backyard', our sphere of influence, it's the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 👉We 🇪🇺 must reject this logic everywhere. Or we will be its next victims.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🇧🇪 already thought in the past that by distancing itself from its allies, it would be spared by the aggressor. 👉The result is that the aggressor is strengthened and 🇧🇪 is not spared at all.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Pro-Trump media beginning to advocate for war against 🇻🇪 with exactly same arguments as 🇷🇺 in 🇺🇦: it's our 'backyard', our sphere of influence, it's the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 👉We 🇪🇺 must reject this logic everywhere. Or we will be its next victims.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
“A senior European diplomat in Beijing said China was conducting a “campaign” to court individual EU member states while blaming Brussels for strains in its relations with the bloc.” 👉 When empires blame Brussels, it means 🇪🇺 is doing its job.
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‘Unbearable imbalances’ cast shadow on Emmanuel Macron’s Beijing bonhomie
French president’s visit to China highlights growing fears about existential threat to European industries
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 06/12/2025
US National Security Strategy: clear evidence & plenty of arguments why Europe needs to build fast its own Defence Independence & its own Geopolitical Independence. We have #DefenceReadiness Roadmap for our Defence Independence. We need the same for our Geopolitical Independence.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Un nouveau journal 🗞️ en ligne qui parle de la place de l’Europe 🇪🇺 dans le monde 🌍 ! Des contributions transdisciplinaires, de l’art 🎨 aux sciences sociales 🏛️, écrites pour des non spécialistes. Un beau projet soutenu par @espol-lab.bsky.social 🥳 globaleuropejournal.org/issues/issue...
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Julien Navarro @juliennavarro.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
You enjoy working with students and want to share your knowledge? There is a great job opportunity in political science (and social sciences methods) at the @univcatholille.bsky.social 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/julien...
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💥 Vous aimez le contact avec les étudiants? Vous avez envie de partager vos connaissances? Vous avez un intérêt pour l'innovation pédagogique? La European School of Political and Social Sciences…...
💥 Vous aimez le contact avec les étudiants? Vous avez envie de partager vos connaissances? Vous avez un intérêt pour l'innovation pédagogique? La European School of Political and Social Sciences (ESP...
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
VDL is right. We should stop talking about defending “every inch” of European/NATO territory. Unconsciously, it’s a way to assume that it is primarily an American responsibility. It’s not. This is a mission for the metric system.
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Frédéric Rohart @frohart.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Interview éclairante avec @pierreharoche.bsky.social sur la position stratégique de l'Europe, aux côtés d'États-Unis toujours ambigus. Ou pourquoi les Européens doivent sans attendre assumer seuls la première ligne de dissuasion face à la Russie. www.lecho.be/dossiers/con...
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Pierre Haroche:
Pour Pierre Haroche, spécialiste de la sécurité européenne, les Européens doivent sans attendre assumer un nouveau rôle: la première ligne de dissuasion face à la Russie.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Land robots are the new drones! 👉 That's another reason for sending 🇪🇺 troops to 🇺🇦 after ceasefire. If we don't want to have to defend Europe with millions of soldiers 🫡at the eastern border, we can learn from 🇺🇦 how to do it with machines 🤖. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Ukrainian forces turn to unmanned ground vehicles to counter drones
Specialized Ukrainian units using unmanned ground vehicles are emerging across all brigades. These machines already carry out most supply runs and evacuations on the front lines.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Fascinating to compare these two polls. 👉Defence and international relations are top concerns of 🇪🇺; the least important for 🇺🇸. 👉 🇪🇺 citizens are aware of the threats; member states & 🇪🇺 should be more ambitious.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Les citoyens, obnubilés par les enjeux domestiques, ne s’intéressent pas aux questions internationales? 👉Faux.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Ce ne sont pas les citoyens qui entravent l’intégration 🇪🇺 en matière de défense, mais les bureaucraties. Même dans un climat de montée des populismes, les citoyens comprennent que l’union fait la force.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
👉For centuries, there was intense military competition between European states for the conquest of the 🌍. 👉Then Europeans delegated security to extra-European superpowers. 👉Today, Europe itself has to become a power. #EuropeDay
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My presentation @eesc.bsky.social : 3. Why we need a 🇪🇺🇺🇦 alliance
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My presentation @eesc.bsky.social : 2. We need a common 🇪🇺 defence budget.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My presentation @eesc.bsky.social : 1. Why 🇪🇺 weakness might actually lead to war.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
To clarify the debate: 👉It is essential to send 🇪🇺 troops to 🇺🇦 because 🇷🇺 will always be tempted to attack a 🇺🇦 fighting on its own; however 🇷🇺 will be deterred if it is convinced that an attack on 🇺🇦 is an attack on 🇪🇺. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
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Europe ‘would struggle to put 25,000 troops on the ground in Ukraine’
Defence chiefs’ hopes of a 64,000-strong ‘deterrence’ force is unlikely to be fulfilled, sources say
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
L’enjeu crucial, ce n’est pas le plan de #Trump, ce sont les garanties de sécurité, l’alliance 🇪🇺🇺🇦. Seule une présence 🇪🇺 en 🇺🇦 peut dissuader 🇷🇺 d’attaquer à nouveau 🇺🇦; seule 🇺🇦 peut permettre à 🇪🇺 d’être réellement militairement autonome et crédible.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Que ce soit pour compenser le désengagement 🇺🇸, financer une présence 🇫🇷 terrestre en 🇺🇦, ou renforcer l'armée 🇺🇦, on butte toujours sur la question du financement. Un budget 🇪🇺 de défense commun est plus urgent que jamais. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
lemonde.fr
Cessez-le-feu en Ukraine : pourquoi les discussions entre les alliés sont si difficiles
Les divergences sur l’envoi de troupes en Ukraine ne sont que la face visible de négociations beaucoup plus âpres sur la « militarisation » du pays, admettent de plus en plus ouvertement de nombreuses...
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Merci à @sebagobert.bsky.social pour cette vidéo, qui a été l'occasion de revenir sur l'argument de mon livre #DansLaForgeDuMonde mais aussi de parler de l'avenir: budget de défense commun, garanties de sécurité, alliance avec 🇺🇦... www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3il...
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"L'Ukraine, alliée essentielle de l'autonomie stratégique européenne" Entretien avec PIERRE HAROCHE
YouTube video by Sébastien Gobert
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Why Eurobonds or bust? 1. It generates a lot of cash fast, meaning big orders can be done fast to address big gaps: ammo, long range strike, tanks, air defense, artillery, air-tanker/transport, etc. 2. It's equitable! Debt servicing paid out of the EU budget so all member states contribute. 1/
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Hylke Dijkstra @hdijkstra.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For the EU, the implications are massive, but my hunch would be that this fastens decoupling and "strategic autonomy" from the US Particularly a strong incentive to stimulate own tech sector and to reduce dependency of Silicon Valley (since we can't use that trump card now) 3/5
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
That is why it is even more important than before to anchor 🇺🇦 in 🇪🇺 security architecture. We need to build a solid rampart from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Depuis des décennies les 🇪🇺 ont vécu avec l’idée que le seul allié fiable était 🇺🇸; aujourd’hui nous peut-être l’occasion de créer un nouveau moment fondateur dans lequel c’est la solidarité entre 🇪🇺 qui aura été décisive.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Our most important ally is no longer 🇺🇸, but 🇺🇦, which has shown that it is able and willing to stop 🇷🇺. With 🇺🇦 anchored in 🇪🇺, we have serious chance of deterring 🇷🇺. Without 🇺🇦 there is a serious risk of 🇪🇺 demoralisation and opportunistic 🇷🇺 attack. institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...
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Towards an EU–Ukraine alliance: A plan for an EU–Ukraine Joint Training Mission - Institut Jacques Delors
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Daniel Keohane @keohanedan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
If the Europe I know is worth having, and it sure is, it’s worth defending.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Glad to hear confirmation from #Macron that Europeans will deploy reassurance troops to 🇺🇦, and that this decision is not subject to either 🇷🇺 acceptance or 🇺🇸 support. This is #StrategicAutonomy.
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Jacques Delors Institute @delorsinstitute.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
📑 #Ukraine The European Union has a pivotal role in supporting Ukraine through various means, including economic aid, political backing, and security assistance. Have a look at @pierreharoche.bsky.social's last brief 👇
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Towards an EU–Ukraine alliance: A plan for an EU–Ukraine Joint Training Mission - Institut Jacques Delors
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It is not just 🇺🇦 that needs 🇪🇺 security guarantees; it is 🇪🇺 that needs 🇺🇦 protection. 👉My latest policy brief for Delors Institute 'Towards an EU–Ukraine alliance' institutdelors.eu/en/publicati...
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Towards an EU–Ukraine alliance: A plan for an EU–Ukraine Joint Training Mission - Institut Jacques Delors
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 21/03/2025
Good phone calls with defence ministers of 🇬🇧 and 🇨🇦. Told them our €150bn loans programme SAFE is open to EU & non-EU collaboration. It invites friends to build deeper defence industry partnerships of mutual benefit with us.
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
J’espère que ce ne sera pas ça le plan 🇬🇧🇫🇷. On sait depuis la guerre d’ex Yougoslavie que les casques bleus ne protègent rien du tout et sont même un boulet car ils risquent d’être pris en otage. 👉En PLUS des garanties de sécurité oui, mais pas à la place. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Macron exploring UN alternative to Starmer’s Ukraine plan
French president and Prime Minister have been leading push to form a ‘coalition of the willing’
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Plutôt que de parler de garanties de sécurité pour 🇺🇦, il faudrait parler d’alliance 🇪🇺🇺🇦.
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 12/03/2025
It is crucial for 🇪🇺 not to hesitate when it comes to strengthening European defence. That's why we are proposing the #ReArm Europe package & finalising the White Paper, that will give the EU guidance on how to ramp up production in 🇪🇺 & increase our defence readiness. #PDSF2025
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
At #PDSF with 🇪🇺 Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, Admiral Cavo Dragone, Chair of #NATO Military Committee & Admiral Vandier, NATO SACT, taking about the way forward: 👉 new 🇪🇺 budgetary instruments 👉 European pillar within NATO 👉 old & new technologies
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
👉58% of 🇫🇷 people in favour of increased military aid to 🇺🇦; 👉64% in favour of 🇫🇷 protecting other 🇪🇺 countries under its “nuclear umbrella”; 👉65% approve deploying the 🇫🇷 army to Ukraine. www.odoxa.fr/sondage/ukra...
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Ukraine : Les Français soutiennent massivement les mesures présentées par Emmanuel Macron et le Conseil européen - Odoxa
L'Opinion tranchée
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Some thoughts from Brussels. Europe is awoken and believes America is all but gone. As such huge efforts on defense funding from EU, Germany, and others. This is real. BUT... Europe is still not reckoning yet with its major structural security problem: No one does European defense. 1/
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
In this sense, US selling out Europe but staying in the Alliance might be the worst of all worlds for Europe, as it makes NATO organizationally defunct. Like an OSCE. Thus, Europe needs to begin seriously think about how to structurally defend itself as Europe without NATO. 7/
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
La dissuasion nucléaire 🇷🇺 couvre ses alliés et des dizaines de bombes 🇷🇺 sont stationnées sur le territoire 🇧🇾. 👉 Probablement, #Poutine est un imbécile qui a renoncé à la souveraineté nationale et à ses instruments régaliens. apnews.com/article/russ...
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Belarus has dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and is ready for its newest missile, its leader says
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is hosting dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and will prepare facilities for the planned deployment of Moscow’s newest hypersonic...
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Bastien François @bfrancois-scpo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
C’est le moment de (re)lire le livre de @pierreharoche.bsky.social, « Dans la forge du monde »
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Pierre Haroche @pierreharoche.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
We are the Europeans. Let us live up to this heritage. Let us stop hoping that the rest of the world will solve our problems for us. Let us forge our own destiny. So that our children will remember our generation as those who passed on a Europe that was free, safe and strong.
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
European summitry next week needs to get real. Time for Eurobonds, move on frozen Russian assets, and what Europe really needs is a rapid Draghi-like plan to reorganize itself on defense.
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Okay, I went there. It's time to reconsider a European army. I outline what it could look like. Hint: It doesn't replace Europe's big militaries but serves as a pan-Euro compliment. I sketch out some ideas what it could look like. It is time for some out of box thinking. www.csis.org/analysis/why...
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Why It’s Time to Reconsider a European Army
Europe defending itself with separate militaries, without U.S. support, is neither logical nor practical. It is time to reconsider a common European army.
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Kate McNamara @katemcnamara.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Well, as America implodes from within, it’d be a *great* time for the EU to finally do official Eurobonds. It’d likely be very attractive as a safe haven given the destruction of US hegemony & spillover to US T-bills. Bonus: Eurobonds can finance a desperately needed European security build up! 🇪🇺💶 ‼️
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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