"Be prepared" not to remind you the song from #TheLionKing but rather be prepared for 1st calls for the Connecting #Europe Facility #Digital to be launched this month January 2022! Below #mythread on CEF Digital Connecting Europe Facility #CEFDigital#MyPhoto 2021 #connectivity
CEF #Digital supports the following actions: 1. the deployment of #5G infrastructures in #Europe along cross-border corridors and 5G for smart communities. 1/1
2. The deployment of new or significant upgrade of existing backbone networks #cloud, ultra-secure #quantum communication infrastructures, submarine cables, to improve #electronic communications networks within & btw Member States and btw the #Union and #thirdcountries. 1/3
3.The implementation of #digitalconnectivity infrastructures related to cross-border #projects in the areas of transport or energy and/or supporting operational digital platforms directly associated to #transport or #energy infrastructures. 1/4
A budget of up to €2 billion until 2027, Connecting Europe Facility - #Digital will support the digital transformation/#Europe's Digital Decade targets for fixed/mobile connectivity, supports investment in trans-European digital, transport/energy networks, €33.7 billion 2021-27
Believe it or not, I am also #French. Proud of #EU2022FR. Too many debats about the presence of 🇪🇺 at #ArcDeTriomphe. Something valid in "noblesse oblige" To annoy Ms #LePen, I illustrate my thread below with a #photo taken during my visit of the largest heros cemetery in #EU 1/1
Nobless oblige! #EU2022FR Almost 400 events relating to #France’s presidency will take place across the next six months...political meetings, cultural programmes and citizens’ events. Thematic summits will also be organised in various #French cities. 1/2
The red thread of #PFUE2022 would be "Recovery, Power, Belonging" (“Relance, puissance, appartenance”). France would not impose an agenda, but would serve as an accelerator for the way forward on ideas and dossiers. #EU#Europe 1/2
#BreakingNews : #Italy Several media report that Italy's budget bill has been presented to the Senate today, with contentious points being €8 billion set aside for tax reductions, the citizenship wage and pension reforms #LaStampa, #Repubblica - #photography#lucianomortula 1/1
PM #Draghi is also to meet trade unions as they mobilize for possible strikes amid claims the budget proposal doesn't go far enough to combat inequalities 1/2
The Democratic Party has proposed formal talks between party leaders to ensure cross-party agreement over the main points of the budget and avoid interference with the upcoming presidential election 1/3
Excellent question @AlemannouEU! EU/#EEAS has a limited body of intelligence to support a political decision. @eu_eeas Remember @vonderleyen clarified the issue after her visit to @POTUS stating: it is not a migration issue, it is a hybrid attack. 1/1
That leads to me the conclusion: @eu_eeas has limited capacity of assessing the situation, incorporating different types of information/assessment. That could change the information/options presented to decision makers. Quid implication of @Europarl_EN? @SanninoEU@JosepBorrellF
Only by asking the right questions we can make progress! @eu_eeas needs to get stronger, to get stronger, it needs to get #intelligence from #EU Member States; @Europarl_EN should be carefully involved; trust is a matter of experience, respect, and coordination! @SanninoEU End
Fantastic news! Starting from the presumption I do not know nothing as tweeted by @RickRubin! 1. Good if @EU_Commission will provide enlightening and interactive information session. It will alleviate the asymmetry of information & knowhow knowledge btw EU States/people 1/1
2. According to #EU Structural Funds Programs, it will be good if national administrations will explain these policies rather than to sit in their office, providing local guidance. These practices were promoted by France and Nordics with the aim of absorbing funds. Same here. 1/2
3. It will be good if national administrations will be able to set up basis for bilateral #twinning between #EU Member States. These can be supervised from Brussels under a shared responsibility and according to Financial Regulations. It worked before. 1/3
An interesting article indeed. I was once political director at a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (I resigned since my 3 y old child was in Brussels, and could not commute btw 2 capitals). Here is my view, maybe a different approach: 1. #Diplomacy is about relations among states!1/1
2. I do not think that government is the diplomat’s principal occupation. A diplomat shall go beyond states and governments and for this, he/she needs extensive expertise. 1/2
3. It takes decades to acquire, and after that...it is a battlefield… because of inertia or democratic variations. Crafting diplomatic relationship is a very difficult task challenging task, it is about civilizational and strategic convergence. 1/3 End