Nous avons souligné l'importance du soutien à 🇺🇦 aussi à long terme. J'ai salué l'engagement de la France en faveur de garanties de sécurité solides. Il est essentiel que 🇪🇺 assume davantage de responsabilités pour son propre continent. Ensemble nous y investissons activement. 2/2
Merci @jnbarrot.bsky.social pour une excellente réunion. Nous travaillons en étroite collaboration avec la France sur les défis communs et pour une UE forte et sûre. Nous avons longuement discuté du conflit iranien, la dimension régionale et de notre engagement à aider nos compatriotes. 1/2
Blueprint style illustration of a factory with two chimneys, drawn in white lines on a dark blue grid background. The drawing includes measurement markings and dimensions around the building. The title “Made in Europe” appears at the top, with “Scale 1:200, dimensions indicative” at the bottom left and the European Commission logo at the bottom right.
Strong industry. Strong jobs. Strong Europe.
Today, we adopt the Industrial Accelerator Act to boost demand for low-carbon and European-made products in strategic sectors.
It will also simplify permits, and set conditions for foreign investments.
More: link.europa.eu/w8wPgG
Macron confirms carrier task force Charles de Gaulle being sent from 🇸🇪 to Med. Rafale providing cover to 🇫🇷 facilities in Abu Dhabi. Indicates Iranian drones had been shot down by 🇫🇷 a/c from day 1. Stresses defence commitments with 🇶🇦,🇰🇼 & signally UAE 🇦🇪, plus 🇯🇴🇮🇶. Sending frigate to Cyprus 🇨🇾
Great discussion on European Security Council and future of European defence at #CEPSLab2026 w President Sauli Niinistö, who leads special @ceps.eu Task Force on the European pillar for NATO. Glad to see we have similar views on most of the ideas!
#REUNIR Panel at the @ceps.eu Ideas Lab!
On March 2, 50+ policymakers, diplomats and experts gathered for a high-level debate on Europe’s security architecture and the future of #EUenlargement
🌐 Read the news on our website tinyurl.com/4wkfwykp
@horizoneu.bsky.social @stevenblockmans.bsky.social
New NL PM Rob Jetten is telling it like it is.
Unanimity too often leads to paralysis.
Impossible to sell to the public that we are still stuck on the 90bn loan for Ukraine.
Glad to speak with my colleague FM Badr Albusaidi and to thank Oman for facilitating tonight’s first KLM flight with stranded Dutch citizens. We jointly condemned Iran’s widespread attacks across the Gulf. The Netherlands stands with Oman and values its ongoing diplomatic efforts.
Relentless Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure continue to cause great suffering to Ukrainians.
In my first exchange with Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal, I reaffirmed Dutch support.
We stand with Ukraine and will help sustain their energy system for as long as it takes.
De situatie in het Midden-Oosten heeft onze volledige aandacht. Onze onmiddellijke prioriteit ligt nu bij de veiligheid van Nederlanders in de regio.
De collega's van @minbz.bsky.social, hier in Den Haag en op de posten, zetten zich dag en nacht in om zo goed mogelijk te ondersteunen. 1/2
Since the Wennink report was mentioned in this sessies in #CEPSlab2026 here the link to the Wennink report: www.rapportwennink.nl/english/
Veiligheid in Europa vraagt dat we meer verantwoordelijkheid nemen. Daarom gaan we met Frankrijk en andere bondgenoten de dialoog aan over een sterkere Europese dimensie van afschrikking.
@DefensieMin en ik hebben zojuist de @2eKamertweets geïnformeerd:
www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken...
#cepsideaslab #cepslab2026 Letta
One Europe - One market
🗓️ Join policy, business and finance leaders online 3–5 March for the #EIBForum 2026.
Follow the discussions on what it takes to ensure a strong Europe in a changing world, and the investment choices shaping its future.
🔗https://go.eib.org/EIBGforum26
Efforts for a stronger and more resilient Europe are at the core of our foreign policy.
Very good exchange with @kajakallas.bsky.social on EU cooperation and key challenges, including Ukraine. Our focus: more EU support for Ukraine, more pressure on Russia.
Let’s continue our partnership.
Good to connect with Danish FM Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Our countries are close friends who naturally find each other in the EU and NATO.
We spoke about European solidarity, Arctic security and competitiveness, among other things.
Great to strengthen a partnership that already runs deep.
German firms are running out of chip supply as the AI memory demand spike creates scarcity. German firms have few stockpiles and resupply wait time surges to 1y.
Why are German firms always the first to run into supply chain crunches?
hbapp.handelsblatt.com/cmsid/100201...
Today marks four years of Ukrainian resistance against Russia's war of aggression. A fight for freedom and for our security in Europe.
Strong support is more crucial than ever. As is maximum pressure on Russia.
To our Ukrainian friends I say: we will remain firmly by your side.
Europa vs. Trump: Machtlos? Von wegen!
@philippasigl.bsky.social und @therealmaxpower.bsky.social zeigen: Die EU hat massive Hebel – von Tech-Regulierung bis zu US-Staatsanleihen. Wir müssen aufhören, Prozessballett zu tanzen, und unsere Trümpfe ausspielen. 🃏
dezernatzukunft.org/europas-true...
Internationale samenwerking is cruciaal voor Nederland. Zeker in deze onrustige wereld.
Met @ministerbz.bsky.social en de collega’s van @minbz.bsky.social wil ik mij inzetten voor een sterk handelsbeleid en investeren in ontwikkelingssamenwerking.
We kunnen ons niet terugtrekken achter onze dijken. Juist nu is het belangrijk om samen te werken met landen die onze waarden delen en nieuwe strategische partnerschappen op te bouwen. Dat is hoe we onze vrede, veiligheid en welvaart behouden - in Nederland en Europa.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Berendsen and Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Sjoerd Sjoerdsma have been sworn in as members of the government led by Prime Minister Rob Jetten.
We welcome them at our ministry!
www.government.nl/latest/news/...
They have officially started! Today, we welcomed our new ministers Tom Berendsen and Sjoerd Sjoerdsma to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We look forward to working with them.
📸 RVD
The EU’s #SAFE instrument will make nearly €150bn of loans available for Member States to buy weaponry and defence systems. Investment plans for FR, CZ and HU are still under assessment by the Commission - but for 16 others, the Council of the #EU is now releasing the funds. Here's who gets what. ⬇️
A must read for policy planning. Thank you @celiabelin.bsky.social
Supporting Ukraine is not charity—it is European self-interest. Persistent funding, joint industrial ventures, and rapid lesson-sharing strengthen both Kyiv and NATO.
More in new HCSS report:
Some Europeans have still not caught up to a world profoundly shaped by Chinas industrial policy.
A lot of hard pushback on targeted buy-European because it would reduce European competitiveness and product quality.
Reality, created by China, would disagree.
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On the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” Finnish President Alexander Stubb discusses today’s geopolitical challenges in China, Greenland, Russia, and Ukraine, and the future of the transatlantic alliance. Listen here: https://fam.ag/45MbjDN
Ich errinere mich gut an Rita Süssmuth, und ihren Einsatz für die deutsch-niederländischen Beziehungen im Rahmen des Deutsch-Niederländischen Forums. Wir verdanken Süssmuth sehr viel für unsere gute Beziehungen.
