The world order is shifting, and with it, so is NATO. What happens when its biggest supporter, 🇺🇸, threatens to pull out? The 🇪🇺 needs to stop being just a passenger princess and start taking the wheel more!

As much as I support Ukraine winning this war, I also support everyone in Ukraine fighting corruption. ✊🇺🇦

Both the EU and Ukraine are stronger together 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 EU membership for Ukraine is not an act of charity or just a reward for its fight for freedom and democratisch . It is also a strategic and geopolitical partnership

Happy to see President Costa making plans for a dedicated discussion on AI. The topic is too big to neglect.    We have no time to waste to minimise the risks of AI and seize the opportunities in a European way. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Irish trigger warning! 🇮🇪 I apologise to all listening Irishmen and women, for butchering the Gaelic language in my address to Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Just like the rest of my speech, it was spoken with great affection for Ireland and the Irish.

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NATO 3.0 can only be built with a European Defence Union

This is why at the Ankara summit, NATO will discuss how to turn increased spending into concrete capabilities. Meanwhile the US is withdrawing key capabilities: 5,000 troops will be removed from Germa...

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Talking about increased spending and planned budgets will not keep us safe.  While the NATO summit is going to be dominated by endless discussions about the exact percentages of spending required- the truth is we need to act and create European capabilities.

D66 heeft het vaak over Europa, maar zet daar geen daden achter. www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

Opinie: Een sterk Europa kost geld, dat zou juist Rob Jetten moeten weten

D66 wilde toch een ambitieus Europa met een ambitieuze begroting? Heel vreemd dat premier Jetten zich nu zelfs verzet tegen een kleine verhoging van het EU-budget, schrijven Volt-politici Sven Franck,...

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Appointed as rapporteur on the Cloud and AI Development Act!   The CADA is an essential building block for European Tech Sovereignity. It aims to cut our reliance on foreign cloud providers, triple our data-centre capacity before 2030, and set an EU-wide standard for what "sovereign" cloud means.

A few weeks ago at the @volteuropa.org  General Assembly in Bratislava I was really glad that the topic of EU electoral reform was on the agenda. A session on making EU elections fairer and truly European was co-hosted by myself and Suzana Carp

We can still turn the tide! ⚡️ European leaders must come together with a joint approach that puts society first - only then can Europe minimise the risks of AI and seize its full potential.

Frankrijk en het Verenigd Koninkrijk voegen daad bij het woord. Sancties instellen is één ding, ze handhaven is minstens zo belangrijk. Alleen zo voorkomen we dat Rusland Europese sancties blijft omzeilen.

Weer Europese actie tegen Russische schaduwvloot: Frankrijk onderschept tanker

Het is al de vijfde keer dat een schip dat illegaal Russische olie vervoert, wordt onderschept door de Fransen.

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Vanavond in Den Haag! Zie je daar? 👉 voltnederland.org/agenda/volt-...

Another European Council meeting, another missed opportunity to take real action. Break the cycle! Come join us on the 19th of June outside the European Council and let them know that another Europe is needed and another Europe is possible.

D66 = Pro Europees? Samen Europees investeren in defensie en digitalisering is goedkoper en beter, maar een grotere Europese begroting die dat mogelijk maakt? D66 premier: ‘nee, nee, nee’

De Nederlandse houding rond de EU-begroting oogst kritiek. ‘Als we deze kans niet grijpen, ben je zeven jaar af’

Begrotingsdiscussie: Een veel kleinere begroting: met die missie gaat premier Rob Jetten naar Brussel. Daarmee staart het kabinet zich blind op het geld, waarschuwen critici uit de wetenschap en het o...

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The Empire Strikes Back! Washington has just banned the international use of Anthropics most powerful AI models. But there's a New Hope. Europe will never win by building bigger and louder. We win by being smarter and better. How?

Authoritarian regimes are no longer stopping at their own borders. Today, they are actively tracking and silencing dissidents who have sought refuge right here in Europe. May you rest in peace Robert Kuzovkov. 🕊️ #StopTransnationalRepression

Russia is ramping up pressure - and testing the unity of both the EU and NATO. What happened in Romania was no accident. It was an attack. And Europe’s security can no longer be taken for granted. 🇪🇺🇷🇴 (note: this video was recorded last week, the attack is now 2 weeks ago)

A dependent or sovereign digital Europe? I know my preference. Europe cannot remain in a position where one decision made in Silicon Valley can disrupt our hospitals, schools, governments, or democratic debate. We need to hack our dependency. 🇪🇺

Imagine a person clinging to a tiny speck of rock in ocean. “I am the sovereign ruler of this land!”, the person shouts at the waves. This is the future nationalists and the far right want for European countries.

UPDATE Trump just U-turned on the Polish troop deployment, pledging an additional 5,000 troops. Knowing Trump, this will be followed by another U-turn next week. Regardless: we shouldn’t depend on Trump or any American president for our security- so let's take decisions into our own hands

Reinier Van Lanschot@reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 3mo ago

I DON’T EVEN BLAME TRUMP! He’s only doing what a wannabe dictator would do, by destabilising his allies and helping Putin!

We’ve been enjoying Pokémon games for 30 years! But with some modern games, the publisher can decide to take a perfectly good game away from you whenever they want. It’s not fair, and it has to end.

In Nederland moeten Joodse kinderen veilig naar school kunnen. Deze dreigementen op scholen en synagogen zijn onacceptabel.

Joodse school Cheider in Amsterdam dicht na dreigement

In maart ging 's nachts een explosief af bij de school.

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I DON’T EVEN BLAME TRUMP! He’s only doing what a wannabe dictator would do, by destabilising his allies and helping Putin!

Being elected as a MEP carries responsibilities that extend beyond 🇪🇺 borders. I aspire to be the voice of those who cannot speak freely.

We’ll also hear from @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org - co-founder of Volt Netherlands and MEP. In Brussels, he works on European defence, treaty reform and regulating Big Tech. streamyard.com/watch/NeRcQG...

Ik heb geen begrip voor de zorgen. En al helemaal geen begrip voor deze daden. Gelukkig is er niemand gewond geraakt. Overal zo snel mogelijk de spreidingswet doorvoeren. En alle politici moeten pal naast gemeentelijke bestuurders staan. nos.nl/l/2614145

Schandalig en totaal onacceptabel: bestuurders kwaad over geweld Loosdrecht

Premier Jetten noemt het geweld bij een noodopvanglocatie "ronduit schandalig". Ook andere politici spreken van "onacceptabel" geweld.

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“If you think Europe can ever defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming.”   That’s what Mark Rutte told us during a visit to the European Parliament.    When I heard it, I immediately thought: we need to prove him wrong.   This is not a dream, it's a necessity.

Europarlement tegen EU-landen: schiet eens op met Europese defensie

De vier grootste fracties in het Europees Parlement zijn klaar met het getreuzel van de lidstaten rond gezamenlijke defensieplannen. Ze willen dat er haast wordt gemaakt, want er is nog te veel plan e...

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So glad to be a part of this. A defence union will be one of those ideas that seem so natural and obvious when we finally build it. Let’s not wait for war to unite us, let’s unite to prevent war

Andrius Kubilius@andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 3mo ago

Congratulations to the 🇪🇺 MEP’s for pushing forward the idea of creating European Defence Union! That’s how Europe will become more united and stronger in defence. 🔗 www.euractiv.com/news/a-cross...

Any Russian presence at the Venice Biennale is an insult to every Ukrainian artist who can no longer create because of Russia’s war