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Our Secretary-General @JimCloos1 is talking ALL THINGS #Strategic Autonomy with @iiea RIGHT NOW💪

@iiea is our Member Institute from 🇮🇪

You can follow the livestream on @YouTube or stay tuned here from some highlights of Jim's intervention

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https://twitter.com/iiea/status/1372911989538881542

"All recent Euro-crises from the subprime mortgage crisis to the #COVID19 crisis originated outside the European Union, but hit us incredibly hard"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-Ge neral speaks to @iiea

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"Firstly the economic crises highlighted the imbalance within the #EMU, the flaws of the 'no bailtout' clause, which meant richer countries could only intervene as a last resort, and that the @ecb was not properly empowered against crises"

- @JimCloos1, speaks to @iiea

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"The #RefugeeCrisis showed also the flaws in our European conception of #migration

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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"Realpolitik with Turkey, which allows us to control migration flows, also allowed us to beef up our cooperation on border issues"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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"A reform of the Migration and Asylum system is, however, still an unresolved priority"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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"After #Trump and #Brexit - which I consider together - it was importnat for us to demonstrate our unity"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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"All our actions which have been taken 'on the hoof', as reactions. #StrategicAutonomy refers to the capacity to act on the global scene, and we have to draw lessons to go from improvisation to a policy framework"

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"On the international chessboard, where should we be between the US and China? What I find unacceptable is secondary sanctions on the EU by America - for instance via sanctions linked to #NordStream"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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"#ClimateChange is an existential crisis, and a geopolitical one. We are already leaders: we finance 75% of the money spent in this respect, we have strong regulation, we have led the #ParisAgreement"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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"The #SingleMarket is a huge asset we have: BUT in services and digital affairs, the Single Market is underused"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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"I was shocked when #Trump walked out of the #IranNuclearDeal. We defended the deal very well, but still suffered from secondary sanctions from the US: we need to use the Euro more on the international stage"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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"Strategic Autonomy cannot mean to take power from @NATO but it can mean an expansion of our joint foreign policy: we need a fresh look at this"

- @JimCloos1, TEPSA Secretary-General speaks to @iiea

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Our Secretary-General @JimCloos1 is currently answering a number of detailed questions from the audience at the @iiea event on #StrategicAutonomy

Get your questions in to the chat function!

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Thanks to all who joined us, and the @iiea for hosting such an interesting session on #StrategicAutonomy with our Secretary-General @JimCloos1

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