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Providing updates of events and political developments in Europe. #StandWithUkraine #UnitedEurope 🇺🇦🇪🇺

Welcome, Bulgaria! On 1 January 2026 Bulgaria will change their currency to the euro, which once more deepens the European unity. The euro is a shared instrument that binds the countries of the European Union, and makes the union of Eurozone stronger and more unified. 🇧🇬🇪🇺

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✝️🇺🇦 Pope Leo XIV has come out strongly against Putin’s war: “This is an imperialist invasion. Russia wants to seize territory based on a belief in strength and superiority.” He stated that crimes against humanity are being committed in Ukraine and called for an immediate end to the violence.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he wants Europe to gain complete "independence" from the US, and has put forward the idea of ​​creating a new European defense union to replace NATO, including nuclear cooperation with France and the UK. He is hawkish on Russia and supports more weapons to Ukraine. 🇩🇪

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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says the EU stands ready to negotiate a zero for zero tariff deal with the United States. Diplomacy over bullying, we have to protect the European economy regardless of Trumps stupidities! 🇪🇺

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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen: "Honest and direct meeting with Marco Rubio yesterday. I made it crystal clear that claims and statements about annexing Greenland are not only unacceptable and disrespectful. They amount to a violation of international law." 🇩🇰🇬🇱

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Support for the European Union has reached unprecedented levels, with 74% of citizens across member states believing that EU membership benefits their countries, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. It is the highest support since 1983.

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🇫🇷🇪🇺 France is ready for this trade war, says government spokeswoman Sophie Primas, commenting on the US announcement of 20 percent tariffs on products from the European Union. She announced that France will take steps in April in cooperation with the EU.

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Zelenskyy has appointed well-respected Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new head of Ukraine’s ground forces. He had an important role in the 2022 Kherson offensive. This year, he was responsible for the defense of Vovchansk. He’s famous for “the flying IFV” when Ukrainian forces retook Mariupol in 2014. 🇺🇦

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Irish voters are casting their ballots today as polling shows a tight election race that has the centre-right government parties of Fine Gael & Fianna Fail and the left-nationalist opposition Sinn Fein all around 20 percent support. Good luck Ireland, remember to vote! Results expected tonight. 🇮🇪

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“We cannot let the Kremlin dictate the relationship between Romania and Moldova." “Do not believe those who say being close to the Kremlin brings peace, prosperity. See what it does to its neighbors: blackmail, bomb them. See what it does to its citizens” - President Maia Sandu 🇲🇩

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Polls in Iceland show that EU membership has become popular, with 45% of voters in favour, 35% against and the rest undecided. Support for joining the EU was much lower in the recent past. Leading parties in the elections on Saturday also propose EU membership. Iceland could be EU’s next member.

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"Today marks the end of the constitutional coup unfolding for weeks. The course set months ago, taking us from Europe toward Russia, has now concluded. Today, this illegitimate government declared not peace, but war—on its own people, past, and future." - 🇬🇪 Salome Zourabichvili

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The incoming European Commission of Ursula von der Leyen has been approved by a majority in the European Parliament. It will take office on 1 December and serve to 2029. ✅ In favour: 370 ❌ Against: 282 Abstentions: 36

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NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Admiral Pierre Vandier said to Politico he hopes that next year's NATO summit in The Hague will send a message to the EU. Vandier believes Europe needs to take more risks, spend more, be faster and cut bureaucracy to win the new global arms race. 🇪🇺

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Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen says she agrees with Swedish prime minister Kristersson that the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 should be taken to Swedish waters. It’s currently suspected of destroying 2 undersea telecom cables linking Finland-Germany and Sweden-Lithuania.

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