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Georg von Harrach
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Reporting on European affairs for @Channel4News & international broadcasters. Pundit. Tweets may not reflect my views. #EU #NATO #C4News
As @JunckerEU is forced to give a speech in English this evening, he jokes: "Everyone understands English, but nobody understands England" #brexit
00:00- EU expresses "deep concern" about UK releases of raw sewage into the sea. In the #brexit deal, the UK promised not to regress from existing EU environmental law. The European Commission is monitoring the situation, an official tells MEPs. @EP_Fisheries @VSinkevicius
00:00 - Ireland signs deal for electricity cable link with France, bypassing the UK. It will cost €1.6bn to build and be capable of carrying up to 700 MW of energy. "This will be Ireland's first interconnector with mainland Europe."
- Microphone picks up @campaignforleo warning @eucopresident: "they'll give you terrible trouble". Tusk nods and laughs
00:00 - Some MEPs wearing "Keep on Rocking" t-shirts for Finnish Prime Minister @MarinSanna's speech to the European Parliament. #sannamarin #EPlenary
00:00 - EU spokesman @MargSchinas says the UK needs to tell us "what they want, what they really, really want." #turnsoundOn #brexit #spicegirls
00:00 - Maroš Šefčovič: The EU doesn't work with threats and blackmail. Every time we make new proposals, the UK bats them away. Start negotiating with us, he pleads. @MarosSefcovic. #NIprotocol #brexit @Michael_Ellis1
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00:00- EU announces plans for "massive" sanctions against Russia following invasion of #Ukraine. Innocent men, women and children are dying. These are dark hours, says @vonderleyen
00:00 - EU Home Affairs Commissioner @YlvaJohansson doing her knitting whilst listening to @vonderleyen giving her State of the Union address. #SOTEU #EPlenary
00:00 - Greek PM @kmitsotakis overheard this morning after reports of a stormy exchange with Turkish President at European Political Community #EPC "Stood up and said to Erdogan...in your face"
00:00 - EU justifies #article16 Northern Ireland "mistake" saying, "only the Pope is infallible". #brexit #coronavirus #vaccine
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