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.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/01/12/meta-hires-former-trump-official-as-president/
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
"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
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.”
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.
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/
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.
Glad to hear that the European Commission agrees our #EnergyTransition is “is crucial for our energy security, affordability & independence and, equally, for our competitiveness.”
https://bsky.app/profile/vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu/post/3mgfb457ng22q
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.
Media must stop normalising the far right.
Every uncritical mention of far-right rhetoric is an editorial decision with political consequences.
Every headline, every clip, every click adds weight.
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
https://www.politico.eu/article/media-stop-normalize-far-right/
Today we contributed to a roundtable with senior EU stakeholders on tech sovereignty.
"Defend Democracy works at the nexus of democracy, security and technology, which is where hybrid warfare is taking place. The way out of the current geopolitical mess starts with digital sovereignty."
4 (or 12!) years of Russia’s war.
Ukraine ambassador tells EU:
“Don’t buy Putin’s bullshit.”
Ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian ambassador to the EU Vsevolod Chentsov warned that achieving peace with Russia requires real pressure on Moscow, cautions against normalising the war or engaging in 'premature' EU talks with Moscow, and sets the case for full EU membership.
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@DefendDemocracy/116092672588772338
For the 5th year in a row, Defend Democracy's February event was dedicated to Ukraine.
I very much hope that next year we will not be commemorating Russia's ongoing aggression, but celebrating Ukraine's victory.
Alice Stollmeyer
Defend Democracy