Joan Lanfranco (he/him)

@jmlanfranco.bsky.social

Head of Communications and Outreach at @boelleu.bsky.social ๐Ÿ“ Brussels Posts on ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿšฒ๐ŸŒป LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlanfranco/

Hot off the press! Timely ๐Ÿ†• Bรถll EU Brief by @rkefferputz.bsky.social & Anika Bruck, mapping 160+ bilateral defence partnerships in Europe, including some cool #dataviz by yours truly ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ“Š๏ธ๐ŸŽจ eu.boell.org/en/defence-p... #EUCO

Bรถll EU Brief 05/2025 | Phalanx of defence pacts? | Heinrich Bรถll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union

Europeโ€™s 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 Russiaโ€™s full-scale inva...

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Heinrich-Bรถll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue@boelleu.bsky.social ยท 11mo ago

๐ŸŸข ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜… ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€? ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ | ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—•รถ๐—น๐—น ๐—˜๐—จ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ by @rkefferputz.bsky.social & Anika Bruck ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/defence-p... ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ @boell.de @janalbrecht.bsky.social @verabenatar.bsky.social @philks.bsky.social #EUCO

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.

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๐ŸŸข ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/2025/10/1... ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทโ“Macron 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! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

Heinrich-Bรถll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue@boelleu.bsky.social ยท 12mo ago

๐ŸŸข ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐—จ #๐—Ÿ๐—š๐—•๐—ง๐—œ๐—ค+ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ @remybonny.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/2025/10/0... ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ How can the EU counter #disinformation & violence? Why defending LGBTIQ+ rights has become a test of Europeโ€™s #democracy itself? @boell.de @jmlanfranco.bsky.social

๐ŸŸข ๐— ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ @jmlanfranco.bsky.social asked 3 Questions on the election aftermath to @boell.de's Robert Sperfeld โžก๏ธ eu.boell.org/en/2025/09/3... #Moldova #Elections @nicustefanuta.bsky.social @lenaats.bsky.social @europeangreens.eu @janalbrecht.bsky.social

๐ŸŸข We have 2๏ธโƒฃ opportunities for students/graduates! ๐Ÿ’ผ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ (full-time), from Oct 2025 to Feb 2026 ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/vacancy-t... ๐ŸŽ“ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ (min 10 hours/week), from Sept to Dec 2025 ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/student-a... Deadline for both: ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿต ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง

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๐ŸŸข ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—•รถ๐—น๐—นยท๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ‘‰ boell-europe.podigee.io/26-2025-elec... ๐Ÿ—ณ๏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

๐ŸŸข 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! ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/2025/06/0... @boelleu.bsky.social

3 Questions on South Koreaโ€™s presidential election results to Kristian Brakel | Heinrich Bรถll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union

South Koreaโ€™s 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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Heinrich-Bรถll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue@boelleu.bsky.social ยท last yr.

๐ŸŸข Amid political turmoil, #SouthKorea elected Lee Jae-myung as their new President. His win signals public demand for reform & credible leadership. We asked 3๏ธโƒฃ key questions to Kristian Brakel, Director of @boell.de's East Asia | Global Dialogue office in Seoul ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/2025/06/0...

๐ŸŸข Where and how should the EU build effective cable diplomacy partnerships? Check our our NEW Bรถll EU Brief 03/2025 | ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†: ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ by @jonasfranken.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/cable-dip... @peasec.de @boell.de

๐ŸŸข NEW Bรถll EU Brief 02/2025 | ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜: ๐—” ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—จ-๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, by @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social (@ukandeu.bsky.social) ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/beyond-br... ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ #EU #UK #summit @boell.de @euinuk.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @lscazzieri.bsky.social

๐ŸŸข Five months into the new European Commission, we are releasing an updated ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/green-dea... ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ @ieep.eu @boell.de @eeb.org @caneurope.org @ec.europa.eu @europeangreens.eu @greens-efa.eu @rkefferputz.bsky.social @juttapaulus.bsky.social

๐ŸŸข After a bumpy start for Friedrich Merz's chancellorship, we asked ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฑ๐—• @chantalkopf.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/2025/05/0... @boell.de @rkefferputz.bsky.social @sven-giegold.de @europeangreens.eu @frausibylle.bsky.social

๐ŸŸข In a pivotal week for transatlantic #trade relations, we're publishing today the new EU Bรถll Brief โ€œ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€? ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐˜€โ€œ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/trading-p... ๐Ÿงต @boell.de @sonalichowdhry.bsky.social @julianhi.nz @hendrikmahlkow.com @kiel.institute @diw.de #Tariffs

In a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Bรถll Brief โ€œTrading partners? Europe's options against Trumpโ€™s tariffsโ€œ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partnersIn a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Bรถll Brief โ€œTrading partners? Europe's options against Trumpโ€™s tariffsโ€œ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partnersIn a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Bรถll Brief โ€œTrading partners? Europe's options against Trumpโ€™s tariffsโ€œ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partnersIn a pivotal week for transatlantic trade relations, the new EU Bรถll Brief โ€œTrading partners? Europe's options against Trumpโ€™s tariffsโ€œ analyses the potential consequences of rising US tariffs on European trade and explores strategic responses available to the EU, highlighting the economic risks of a tariff war for each individual EU Member State and outlining alternative strategies for the EU to safeguard its economic interests: https://eu.boell.org/en/trading-partners

๐ŸŸข ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—œ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: what has been delivered? โœ… What is pending/delayed? โŒ Our Heads of Programme take a closer look, in a time when Europe is adapting to shifting geopolitical paradigms ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/en/2025/03/1... @boell.de @ec.europa.eu

This week marks 100 days of the von der Leyen II European Commission. A deadline by which President von der Leyen promised a range of initiatives, as outlined in her 2024-2029 political guidelines. We take a look at the main initiatives launched, in a time when Europe is adapting to shifting geopolitical paradigms: https://eu.boell.org/en/2025/03/11/100-days-office-assessing-main-initiatives-von-der-leyen-ii-european-commission

๐ŸŸข TODAY at 14:00 CET! What's the impact of Germany's #BTW25 election for the EU's unity, decarbonisation & competitiveness agenda, and ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ's role in the world? Join the discussion ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/BTW25 @boell.de @jpuglierin.bsky.social @sven-giegold.de @lgewessler.bsky.social @rkefferputz.bsky.social

Heinrich-Bรถll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue@boelleu.bsky.social ยท 2y ago

๐ŸŸข All eyes on #Germany! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ What will the #BTW25 election results mean for ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ unity, decarbonisation & competitiveness agenda, and the EUโ€™s role in the world? Join the discussion on 26 Feb! ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu.boell.org/BTW25 @boell.de @ecfr.eu @svengiegold.bsky.social @lgewessler.bsky.social @ifri.bsky.social