Today's commemoration of the brutal 1949 deportations is particularly painful.

🚨Because Putin's Russia is as cruel as the Soviets
🚨Russia started a war in Europe
🚨Russia continues crimes against humanity in Ukraine

Read our thread about the story behind this picture:⤵️ 1/12 On March 25th, 2022, we commemorate a crime against humanity: the deportation of 95.000 Estonians 🇪🇪, Latvians 🇱🇻 and Lithuanians 🇱🇹 to Siberia.

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Europe has been a safe harbour for critics of autocrats from all over the world. They know that if they were back home they would have been arrested, beaten or tortured for speaking out against the regime, but in the EU they are safe.

#Lisbon proved this was wrong.

Read🧵⤵️ Instead of protecting activists, #Lisbon's municipality served the Kremlin its opponents' on a silver platter.

As required by the law, demonstration organisers who spoke against the arrest of @navalny submitted their names, ID numbers and addresses to the city hall.

The 🇪🇺🇺🇸 can thrive only when there is a strong transatlantic bond.

Today, the #EUUSsummit is the first in-person meeting since 2017.

Both Allies must prove they are the driving force in fighting climate change, confronting autocracies and ensuring fair international trade.

👇 US President Joe Biden is a reliable ally of Europe.
We do not have to agree on everything but we can do many things together:

✅strengthen democracies;
✅fight tax evasion;
✅ show a united front towards Russia and China.

#EUUSsummit

Today we welcome Greek Prime Minister @kmitsotakis to our Group meeting. We will not accept that #Turkey is pursuing an expansionist policy, destabilising the entire region. We firmly stand with #Greece and #Cyprus in defending their borders and territorial waters. #EastMed Our reaction must be given on two levels:
1⃣#EUCO to define the conditions under which we could trigger new economic sanctions. If the provocations continue, #Erdogan must be hit where it hurts most - in his wallet. #EastMed