๐ข Today we were happy to welcome @robert-habeck.de to our EU Office! ๐๐ป๐ช๐บ We exchanged views on the Arctic and his recent visit to Greenland, political developments in Germany, and Europeโs role amid growing geopolitical tensions. @boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social
Joan Lanfranco (he/him)
@jmlanfranco.bsky.social
Head of Communications and Outreach at @boelleu.bsky.social ๐ Brussels Posts on ๐ช๐บ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ธ๐ฎ๐น๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ฒ๐ป LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlanfranco/
๐ข Seismic win for @greenparty.org.uk, taking 40% in by-election and boosting them to five MPs. Labour and Reform sidelined. ๐ป Protest vote or political realignment? @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social weighs in ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2026/02/2... @boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social @janalbrecht.bsky.social
๐ข Bom dia from the 40th Congress of the @europeangreens.eu in Lisbon! ๐ป๐ต๐น๐ช๐บ Weโre happy to meet so many committed people from around Europe & share our work with them. This Congressโ theme is โLoud for People, Planet & Europeโ ๐๐ผ europeangreens.eu/lisbon2025-p... @boell.de @janalbrecht.bsky.social
๐ข The @europeangreens.eu in 2025: ๐ป๐ณ๏ธ Record wins in Norway & Portugal, booming memberships in Germany & the UK, and first Green mayors in Copenhagen & Riga. Tobias Gerhard Schminke from @europeelects.bsky.social has the data and details! ๐๐ #EGPCongress #EGPCongress2025
Historic highs, local lows: the European Green Party in 2025 | Heinrich Bรถll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union
2025 brought mixed fortunes for the European Green Party: record election results in Norway and Portugal, historic membership surges in Germany and the UK, and the election of the first Green mayor in...
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I really enjoyed talking with @noortjethijssen.bsky.social from our sister green political foundation @wbgroenlinks.bsky.social, about the results of the Dutch snap elections! ๐ boell-europe.podigee.io/28-2025-elec...
๐ข ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฝรถ๐ก๐กยท๐๐ช๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๏ธ๐ง๐ boell-europe.podigee.io/28-2025-elec... ๐งต๐ @noortjethijssen.bsky.social @wbgroenlinks.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu @europeangreens.eu @boell.de @janalbrecht.bsky.social @rkefferputz.bsky.social
Hot off the press! Timely ๐ Bรถll EU Brief by @rkefferputz.bsky.social & Anika Bruck, mapping 160+ bilateral defence partnerships in Europe, including some cool #dataviz by yours truly ๐ค๐๏ธ๐จ eu.boell.org/en/defence-p... #EUCO
Bรถll EU Brief 05/2025 | Phalanx of defence pacts? | Heinrich Bรถll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union
Europeโs defence map is being redrawn. Our new Bรถll EU Brief tracks over 160 defence partnerships signed since 2014 among EU countries, the UK and Ukraine โ most of them after Russiaโs full-scale inva...
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๐ข ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐? ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ | ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐รถ๐น๐น ๐๐จ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฑ/๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ by @rkefferputz.bsky.social & Anika Bruck ๐ eu.boell.org/en/defence-p... ๐งต๐ @boell.de @janalbrecht.bsky.social @verabenatar.bsky.social @philks.bsky.social #EUCO
๐ข Overuse, pollution, climate change & weak governance are driving a global #water crisis. ๐ง @boell.de's English edition of the #WaterAtlas presents the complexity & urgency of global water issues in a clear, visual way. ๐๏ธ Join our launch on 5/11 in Brussels&online! calendar.boell.de/en/water-atl...
Congratulations to Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli, journalists from Belarus and Georgia, on winning the 2025 Sakharov Prize. Their courage is a symbol of the fight for freedom, justice, and democracy. Journalism is not a crime, but a cornerstone of democracy and a safeguard of our freedoms.
๐ข ๐ฏ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/10/1... ๐ซ๐ทโMacron is facing pressure at home & abroad. @jmlanfranco.bsky.social asked @marcberthold.bsky.social, Director of @boellfrit.bsky.social, what does this mean for France & Europe. @boell.de
I'm honoured to have interviewed @remybonny.bsky.social on the new EU #LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy, for @boelleu.bsky.social. He does an amazing and courageous work at Forbidden Colours! ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ช๐บ
๐ข ๐ฏ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ #๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ค+ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ @remybonny.bsky.social ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/10/0... ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ช๐บ How can the EU counter #disinformation & violence? Why defending LGBTIQ+ rights has become a test of Europeโs #democracy itself? @boell.de @jmlanfranco.bsky.social
๐ข New BรถllยทEurope podcast! Andrej Babiลก makes a comeback ๐ฌ, the Greens return to parliament ๐ฅณ๐ป and populism takes a new shape ๐๐จ. I break down the election results with the great insights from @adelajureckova.bsky.social. Listen here ๐ง ๐ boell-europe.podigee.io/27-2025-elec...
BรถllยทEurope Podcast - 2025 parliamentary election in Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ
We analyse Czechia's 2025 parliamentary election results with Adรฉla Jureฤkovรก, Director of the Heinrich-Bรถll-Stiftung Prague office.
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๐ข Andrej Babiลก makes a comeback, the Greens return to parliament and populism takes a new shape. @jmlanfranco.bsky.social talks with @adelajureckova.bsky.social about the key takeaways from #Czechia's election ๐ง๐ boell-europe.podigee.io/27-2025-elec... @boell.de @europeangreens.eu @zeleni.cz
๐ข ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ช๐บ @jmlanfranco.bsky.social asked 3 Questions on the election aftermath to @boell.de's Robert Sperfeld โก๏ธ eu.boell.org/en/2025/09/3... #Moldova #Elections @nicustefanuta.bsky.social @lenaats.bsky.social @europeangreens.eu @janalbrecht.bsky.social
๐ข We have 2๏ธโฃ opportunities for students/graduates! ๐ผ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ (full-time), from Oct 2025 to Feb 2026 ๐ eu.boell.org/en/vacancy-t... ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ (min 10 hours/week), from Sept to Dec 2025 ๐ eu.boell.org/en/student-a... Deadline for both: ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ญ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง
๐ข ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐รถ๐น๐นยท๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ง๐ boell-europe.podigee.io/26-2025-elec... ๐ณ๏ธ @jmlanfranco.bsky.social talks to Maciej Makulski (@boell.de Warsaw office) about the narrow victory of Karol #Nawrocki (PiS). #Poland #Podcast #elections @europeangreens.eu
๐ข I asked 3 questions to Kristian Brakel (Director of @boell.de's East Asia | Global Dialogue office in Seoul) on the presidential election results in South Korea. Check it out! ๐ฐ๐ท ๐ณ๏ธ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/06/0... @boelleu.bsky.social
3 Questions on South Koreaโs presidential election results to Kristian Brakel | Heinrich Bรถll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union
South Koreaโs presidential election on 3 June 2025 took place amid intense political upheaval and institutional crisis. Widespread public discontent over corruption scandals, executive-judiciary tensi...
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๐ข Amid political turmoil, #SouthKorea elected Lee Jae-myung as their new President. His win signals public demand for reform & credible leadership. We asked 3๏ธโฃ key questions to Kristian Brakel, Director of @boell.de's East Asia | Global Dialogue office in Seoul ๐ฐ๐ท๐ณ๏ธ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/06/0...
๐ข Where and how should the EU build effective cable diplomacy partnerships? Check our our NEW Bรถll EU Brief 03/2025 | ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐: ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ by @jonasfranken.bsky.social ๐ eu.boell.org/en/cable-dip... @peasec.de @boell.de
๐ข I asked 3 questions to MEP & EP Vice-President @nicustefanuta.bsky.social about pro-European Nicuศor Dan's victory at yesterday's presidential run-off in #Romania ๐ท๐ด ๐ณ๏ธ ๐ช๐บ ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/05/1... @greens-efa.eu @europeangreens.eu @boelleu.bsky.social @boell.de
3 Questions on Romaniaโs presidential election results to MEP Nicu ศtefฤnuศฤ | Heinrich Bรถll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union
The failed Presidential election in Romania last year, fuelled by a wave of disinformation, triggered an unprecedented period of political instability in this EU and NATO Member State. A rerun took pl...
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๐ข Pro-European Mayor of Bucharest #NicuศorDan won yesterday's presidential election run-off ๐ณ๏ธ๐ท๐ด ๐ก๐ช๐บ We asked 3 questions about results, geopolitics, #disinformation & Romania's role in the EU to MEP @nicustefanuta.bsky.social ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/05/1... @greens-efa.eu @europeangreens.eu @boell.de
๐ข NEW Bรถll EU Brief 02/2025 | ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐: ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐จ-๐จ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, by @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social (@ukandeu.bsky.social) ๐ eu.boell.org/en/beyond-br... ๐งต๐ #EU #UK #summit @boell.de @euinuk.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @lscazzieri.bsky.social
LGBTI human rights are under attack across Europe, and the brand new #RainbowMap clearly shows it www.ilga-europe.org/press-releas...
๐ข Five months into the new European Commission, we are releasing an updated ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ eu.boell.org/en/green-dea... ๐งต๐ @ieep.eu @boell.de @eeb.org @caneurope.org @ec.europa.eu @europeangreens.eu @greens-efa.eu @rkefferputz.bsky.social @juttapaulus.bsky.social
๐ข After a bumpy start for Friedrich Merz's chancellorship, we asked ๐ฏ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ @chantalkopf.bsky.social ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/05/0... @boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social @sven-giegold.de @europeangreens.eu @frausibylle.bsky.social
๐ข Apply now to be our next Head Programme - EU & International Politics at @boelleu.bsky.social! ๐
๐ข New job alert! ๐ฃ ๐ Head of Programme โ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ at @boelleu.bsky.social in #Brussels ๐ Full-time, to start ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ All info ๐ eu.boell.org/en/vacancy-h... โณ Deadline for applications ๐ฆ๐๐ป ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง #Vacancy #Jobs @boell.de @verabenatar.bsky.social @philks.bsky.social
๐ข In a pivotal week for transatlantic #trade relations, we're publishing today the new EU Bรถll Brief โ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐? ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐โ ๐ eu.boell.org/en/trading-p... ๐งต @boell.de @sonalichowdhry.bsky.social @julianhi.nz @hendrikmahlkow.com @kiel.institute @diw.de #Tariffs
๐ข Why was Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem ฤฐmamoฤlu arrested? What other issues are pushing Turkey's population to protest? What does this unrest mean for EU-Turkey relations? @jmlanfranco.bsky.social asked 3 Questions to @heinrichboelltr.bsky.social's Director Dawid Bartelt ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/03/2...
3 Questions on the political crisis in Turkey to Dawid Bartelt | Heinrich Bรถll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union
The arrest of Istanbulโs Mayor Ekrem ฤฐmamoฤlu has sent shockwaves through Turkeyโs political landscape. Civil society has been protesting every day, amidst a media crackdown that attempts to contain t...
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๐ข ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: what has been delivered? โ What is pending/delayed? โ Our Heads of Programme take a closer look, in a time when Europe is adapting to shifting geopolitical paradigms ๐ eu.boell.org/en/2025/03/1... @boell.de @ec.europa.eu
๐ข TODAY at 14:00 CET! What's the impact of Germany's #BTW25 election for the EU's unity, decarbonisation & competitiveness agenda, and ๐ช๐บ's role in the world? Join the discussion ๐ eu.boell.org/BTW25 @boell.de @jpuglierin.bsky.social @sven-giegold.de @lgewessler.bsky.social @rkefferputz.bsky.social
๐ข All eyes on #Germany! ๐๐ณ๏ธ What will the #BTW25 election results mean for ๐ช๐บ unity, decarbonisation & competitiveness agenda, and the EUโs role in the world? Join the discussion on 26 Feb! ๐ eu.boell.org/BTW25 @boell.de @ecfr.eu @svengiegold.bsky.social @lgewessler.bsky.social @ifri.bsky.social
Europe must step up its security โ no longer can we rely fully on the US to defend our values & Ukraineโs sovereignty. Ukraineโs security is Europeโs security. No negotiations about Ukraine or European security without the EU. @terryreintke.bsky.social, @baseickhout.bsky.social & other leadersโคต๏ธ
๐ข Trumpโs 1st month has launched an unprecedented assault on the US government, with global repercussions for security, health & economy. Join @boell.deโs online discussion on 17/02 to analyse these impacts ๐ calendar.boell.de/en/event/us-... @janalbrecht.bsky.social @hannahwinnick.bsky.social
US Briefings: Trumpโs Rapid-Fire Dismantling of US Democracy
The second Trump Administration took office less than one month ago. But already, media and international observers seem at a loss for words to describe the scale and pace of attacks on democratic ins...
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๐ข All eyes on #Germany! ๐๐ณ๏ธ What will the #BTW25 election results mean for ๐ช๐บ unity, decarbonisation & competitiveness agenda, and the EUโs role in the world? Join the discussion on 26 Feb! ๐ eu.boell.org/BTW25 @boell.de @ecfr.eu @svengiegold.bsky.social @lgewessler.bsky.social @ifri.bsky.social
๐ข Press Release: ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โPride Museum is set to open in Brussels - A Cultural Landmark Dedicated to Queer Resistance, Resilience, and Expressionโ| ๐ More information: English: bit.ly/40wpzNt French: bit.ly/40tOLnT #PrideMuseum #Brussels #Bruxelles