EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the EU has given €35bn to Vladimir Putin in energy payments since the start of the war, compared to €1bn given to Ukraine in arms and weapons.
Jennifer Rankin
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Jennifer Rankin
@JenniferMerode
Brussels
Joined September 2010
- Zelenskiy's speech to EU leaders is extraordinary in so many ways, not least the namecheck of every single EU member state. "We believe in the European Union and we believe that Germany will also be with us at the crucial moment. "
- Why didn't UK take part in EU procurement? No 10: 'We didn't get the email in time'. Michael Gove: "Communication confusion". NEW: Official minutes show UK took part in four EU meetings where bulk buying supplies discussed. The first was 31 January.
- Spotted a copy of this on the wall of a Brussels office today.
- Michael Gove fails to explain how being inside the EU prevented Conservative governments from tackling inequality, when questioned on Today. Not a single example. Because the main levers - public services and tax - have always been at national level. #bbcradio4
- The UK is not participating in EU procurement schemes to buy ventilators, protective gear for hospital staff or coronavirus testing kit. Confirmed by UK and EU sources.
- Incredible admission by leadingTory Brexiteer Steve Baker. They were told to vote for WA without reading it “on the basis Michael Gove articulated: we could change it later”. So they voted for it. And now discover there will be an border in the Irish Sea.
- Angela Merkel: 'I did not set 30-day deadline'. "I said that what one can achieve in three or two years can also be achieved in 30 days." "It is not about 30 days. The 30 days were meant as an example to highlight the fact that we need to achieve it in a short time." @Reuters
- Fifty years ago today, 30 June 1970, the UK began negotiations to join the European Community, along with Ire, Den, Nor. UK chief negotiator Con O’Neill: “What mattered was to get in.. (and) restore our position at the centre of European affairs, which since 1958, we had lost.”
- Michel Barnier showed this slide to EU leaders last week. For EU shows how UK red lines leave FTA as only option.
- Michael Gove: "Outside the EU, with a good trade deal in place, we can tackle the injustices and inequalities that have held Britain back." The UK did not need to leave the EU to tackle injustices and inequalities at home. Not a new point, but true. thetimes.co.uk/article/michae…
- Replying to @JenniferMerodeThe part about Hungary is something else. "Hungary I want to stop here and be honest once and for all You have to decide for yourself who you are with… Listen, Viktor do you know what’s going on in Mariupol?"
- One more time: the EU did not ban crown stamps on British pint glasses.
- Party that voted for Brexit now sees advantage in closer economic ties with the EU.The DUP says it now sees the "advantage" of a Brexit deal that contains backstop features it originally disliked bbc.in/3eyZUdy
