Mastodawn

The European Arctic is, above all, European — and it is time Brussels treated it that way.

https://euobserver.com/211611/the-high-north-is-not-elsewhere-europes-arctic-blind-spot/

The High North is not ‘elsewhere’: Europe’s Arctic blind spot

The European Arctic is, above all, European — and it is time Brussels treated it that way. The European Arctic produces a disproportionate share of Europe’s food security, energy supply and strategic raw materials. The gap between what this region contributes and what it receives in political attention is not a detail. It is a strategic failure

EUobserver

Alice Stollmeyer Apr 14

Contrary to rumours, international law is alive and kicking.

“The fact that certain laws are being violated does not, of course, mean those laws no longer exist.”

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#RuleOfLaw

https://euobserver.com/211170/contrary-to-rumours-international-law-is-alive-and-kicking/

Contrary to rumours, international law is alive and kicking

Autocrats and 'strongmen' want us to feel defeated on international law. But 'the fact that certain laws are being violated does not, of course, mean those laws no longer exist', writes Caroline de Gruyter.

EUobserver

Alice Stollmeyer Mar 31

Of course the more important tech fail is that EU Ministers are still using MAGA messenger Whatsapp.

Digital security and sovereignty, anyone?

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/europe-shows-up-for-kyiv/?hc=1#high-tech-comms

Alice Stollmeyer Mar 31

INVESTIGATION: Hungary colluded with Russia.

EVIDENCE: Hungary’s FM acted for the Kremlin.

AIM: weakening EU sanctions packages and delist sanctioned Russian oligarchs.

STOP PUTIN'S TROJAN HORSE IN THE EU!

Stop unanimity-based EU foreign policy!!

#DefendDemocracy
#StandWithUkraine
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#EUPOL #EUCO

Update: I forgot to add the link: https://vsquare.org/kremlin-hotline-hungary-colluded-with-russia-to-delist-sanctioned-oligarchs-companies-and-banks/

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Alice Stollmeyer Mar 25

My educated guess is that this 'phone call' took place on WhatsApp.

What does this mean for privacy and security?

Using WhatsApp equals sharing your metadata with Facebook.

Under the current U.S. administration this is downright dangerous.

#BigTech #HandsOffOurEU

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/01/12/meta-hires-former-trump-official-as-president/

Former Trump Official Dina Powell McCormick Hired As Meta President

Trump congratulated McCormick on Truth Social Monday.

Forbes

Alice Stollmeyer Mar 18

Do we want EUrope to be a geopolitical power?

And if so, are we ready to grant Brussels a genuine mandate?

But we're not having that debate.

Yet every non-decision has a price.

#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#DefendDemocracy
#EUCO #EUpol #geopolitics

https://landsbergis.com/the-end-of-europes-geopolitical-dream

The End of Europe’s Geopolitical Dream

Is anybody concerned by the lack of a "European" position?

Gabrielius Landsbergis

Alice Stollmeyer Mar 15

"When Moscow and Washington align around the same European leader, Europe cannot afford naïveté.

Our democracy, sovereignty and unity must never depend on external agendas."

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#EUCO #EUpol

original source (they're not on Mastodon?): https://bsky.app/profile/europeandemocrats.bsky.social/post/3mgtwv5zyw227

Alice Stollmeyer Mar 13

EU must stick together against Trump’s hostile tactics, says EU top diplomat.

“What is important for everybody to understand is that the US has been very clear that they want to divide Europe. They don’t like the European Union.”

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/13/they-dont-like-the-eu-europes-top-diplomat-says-washington-wants-to-divide-europe/

"They don't like the EU": Europe's top diplomat says Washington wants to divide Europe - Euromaidan Press

Kaja Kallas told the Financial Times that the United States "does not like the European Union" and has been "very clear" it wants to divide Europe — a charge she levelled as Washington launched new trade probes against the bloc this week.

Euromaidan Press

Defend Democracy Mar 11

Putin’s election fixers are already in Hungary to help the Kremlin's Trojan horse in the EU: Viktor Orbán.

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

https://vsquare.org/putins-gru-linked-election-fixers-are-already-in-budapest-to-help-orban/

Putin's GRU-linked Election Fixers Are Already in Budapest to Help Orbán - VSquare.org

Moscow has dispatched a team to Budapest to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 parliamentary elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The operation, overseen by Putin confidant Sergei Kiriyenko, is designed to keep Viktor Orbán in power — and follows the same blueprint Russia used in Moldova.

VSquare.org

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Alice Stollmeyer Mar 6

Glad to hear that the European Commission agrees our #EnergyTransition is “is crucial for our energy security, affordability & independence and, equally, for our competitiveness.”

#GreenDeal
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

https://bsky.app/profile/vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu/post/3mgfb457ng22q

Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu)

That is why we must continue improving the functioning of our energy market, attracting more investment in clean tech and moving forward with the transition towards clean, homegrown energy. This is crucial for our energy security, affordability & independence and, equally, for our competitiveness.

Bluesky Social