"Differentiated Integration is currently in the news as one possible way out of the current Rule of Law/Recovery Fund issue. This framework for integration is what we will be discussion within the #InDivEU Project"
In today's final session, we are discussing the "Geopolitics of Europe and European Defence" with @Isabelle_kumar (@euronews), the French Minister of State for European Affairs @CBeaune, and experts from the TEPSA network
Here are the best bits⤵️
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"It feels like Europe is at a watershed moment, when we look at all the crises we face. I will ask each of our speakers asking where we think Europe is today"
French Minister of State for European Affairs @CBeaune is the first to speak, clarifying the French perspective of European Security: "Our aim is not to go out of the existing frameworks, the idea is to get the tools to act - ultimately - when we need to act"
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The floor goes immediately to Jim Cloos, who begins his presentation with three introductory remarks, before giving a history of the July agreement, and his assessment of the road ahead
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"The Council is a club of national leaders with national political resources. If you look at the Council's crisis management over the last twelve years, we have always been in crisis mode"
- Jim Cloos, Director-General, Secretariat of the EU Council of Ministers (@EUCouncil)
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We're now hearing our opening remarks from Nuno Severiano Teixeira, Director of @iprinova
As always, we'll be collecting the great highlights of our first session here on Twitter
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Nuno Severiano Teixeira, Director of @iprinova, gives his remarks about the chief topic of #PPCLisbon: #EU2021PT!
"Europe is in a crucial moment, facing internal and international challenges. #EU2021PT will have to deal with this"
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"On the international side, we have good news: @JoeBiden's election will allow us to rebuild the trans-Atlantic alliance, the liberal international order, multilateralism including the Paris Agreement, and the defence of rule of law"