Defence
Belgian aid to Ukraine: a disgrace
“In the face of this Russian aggression and war crimes, the UN is challenged to fulfilits purpose. Everyone in this room, every country, will one day be asked: What did you do to stop this? […]
European People’s Party
Central/Eastern Europe
MEP Kubilius – The tragedy of Russia: main points
The European continent is facing a severe geopolitical crisis caused by Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. This has also revealed a phenomenon worthy of being called the “Tragedy of Russia”: a Russia that is failing […]
European Union
Five years of silence
It was an otherwise normal Maltese afternoon. One of those beautiful, balmy days, typical of late summer, characterised by the sun, surrounded by the poetic beauty of the blue sky. It was five years ago […]
Central/Eastern Europe
Military aid to Ukraine: the Belgian cavalry turns up late
Belgium has decided on a new military aid package for Ukraine worth €12 million. It includes heavy machine guns[i] and ammunition as well as non-lethal equipment such as helmets, winter clothing and vision equipment. Ambulances […]
Central/Eastern Europe
1000 Belgian military trucks for Ukraine
It makes for quite a list. 15 March: Mateusz Morawiecki and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish prime minister and deputy prime minister; Petr Fiala and Janez Jansa, Czech and Slovenian prime ministers. 1 April: Ingrida Šimonytė, prime […]
Central/Eastern Europe
Andrius Kubilius. Europe’s geopolitical crisis: causes, lessons, consequences
Russia’s war against Ukraine is a major geopolitical crisis for the entire European continent. It is the first such geopolitical crisis since the Second World War and since the creation of what we now call […]
Opinion
Juknevičienė. The Kremlin has gone back to the plan of testing the West
Recently, our political family, the European People’s Party, held an assembly. I was invited to give a presentation on Russia and Ukraine, in which I gave my assessment. What is happening today on the eastern […]
European Union
MEP Juknevičienė: the EU will have an effective tool for implementation of its global policy
The European Parliament is nearing the conclusion of approval procedures for the European Union’s largest financial aid instrument for non-EU states, Global Europe, which is to have a budget of 80 billion euro. One of […]
European Union
MEP A. Kubilius: Instability is becoming new trait of the Eastern Partnership region
Member of the European Parliament and chairman of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Andrius Kubilius stated on Tuesday during his opening speech for PA’s 9th plenary session that the Eastern Partnership region requires immediate attention and […]
Central/Eastern Europe
A. Kubilius: “would you like to have a power plant built by Lukashenko and Rosatom barely 30 km away from the European Parliament building?”
Last week, when the EP members expressed their concern regarding the started operation of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant and demanded that it did not commence any commercial activity until all EU safety recommendations are […]
Central/Eastern Europe
Juknevičienė: we must support nations seeking democracy and freedom
Member of the European Parliament and former president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rasa Juknevičienė participated in the virtual event NATO and Ukraine: Vision-2030 on Tuesday. The event was intended to discuss Ukraine’s NATO prospects, […]
European Union
Rasa Juknevičienė: COVID-19 lessons learned
‘Lessons learned’, as they say in the army. When I held the office of Minister of Defence of Lithuania, along with the commanders and other military representatives, we always discussed and outlined what lessons had […]
Politics
Liudas Mažylis on the danger of Astravyets: We have only one destiny – to be united
The opening of the first Astravyets nuclear power plant reactor is scheduled for the beginning of this year. At the same time, a movement against the power plant is being established in Lithuania. On the […]
European Union
Juknevičienė gathers MEPs to initiate a common EU strategy on European Remembrance
On 29 January at the initiative of Member of the European Parliament Rasa Juknevičienė and members of the European Parliament gathered for an informal parliamentary group For the Remembrance of Europe, which will act on […]
European Union
MEP Kubilius: European Parliament has adopted the main provisions proposed by us regarding the future East Partnership strategy and the EU Russia strategy
The European Parliament (EP) adopted an important report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy. It defined the main EU provisions in respect of this policy and its future directions, the Lithuanian […]
European Union
MEPs expressed support for Poland seeking to defend the real European and World War II history
On 15 January, the European Parliament members of the European People‘s Party group, Andrius Kubilius and Rasa Juknevičienė participated in the press conference “Distortion of European history and remembrance of the Second World War” in […]
CORPORATE
Hungarian lessons for Lithuania and Europe
There is a good old English term illiberal democracy that does not have a precise translation into Lithuanian. It defines the regimes that come to power through democratic means, but their representatives apparently aim at the never-ending reign trampling on the fundamental European values of democracy, freedom of speech, and the rule of law. Let us call them anti-democrats, and let me share some insights about them. […]
European Union
MEP Guoga shifts to right-wing political group
MEP Antanas Guoga, former member of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has transferred to the right wing European People’s Party (EPP) at the European Parliament. […]