Project Europe
Providing updates of events and political developments in Europe. #StandWithUkraine #UnitedEurope 🇺🇦🇪🇺
- Welcome, Bulgaria! On 1 January 2026 Bulgaria will change their currency to the euro, which once more deepens the European unity. The euro is a shared instrument that binds the countries of the European Union, and makes the union of Eurozone stronger and more unified. 🇧🇬🇪🇺
- Pro-EU Dan has been elected president of Romania defeating eurosceptic Simion! 🇷🇴
- ✝️🇺🇦 Pope Leo XIV has come out strongly against Putin’s war: “This is an imperialist invasion. Russia wants to seize territory based on a belief in strength and superiority.” He stated that crimes against humanity are being committed in Ukraine and called for an immediate end to the violence.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he wants Europe to gain complete "independence" from the US, and has put forward the idea of creating a new European defense union to replace NATO, including nuclear cooperation with France and the UK. He is hawkish on Russia and supports more weapons to Ukraine. 🇩🇪
- A picture for the history books.
- Love this idea. Iceland, Greenland and Canada as part of the European Union. 🇪🇺 Talk about a powerhouse.
- European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says the EU stands ready to negotiate a zero for zero tariff deal with the United States. Diplomacy over bullying, we have to protect the European economy regardless of Trumps stupidities! 🇪🇺
- Germany's economy minister Robert Habeck says US calculations for tariffs are 'nonsense' 🇩🇪🇺🇸
- Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen: "Honest and direct meeting with Marco Rubio yesterday. I made it crystal clear that claims and statements about annexing Greenland are not only unacceptable and disrespectful. They amount to a violation of international law." 🇩🇰🇬🇱
- German stocks down 10% French stocks 6.5% UK stocks down 6% Trump’s tariffs are causing a economic mess!
- 🇪🇺🇺🇸 The European Union strikes back at Trump’s tariffs, placing duties on $28 billion worth of U.S. imports
- Support for the European Union has reached unprecedented levels, with 74% of citizens across member states believing that EU membership benefits their countries, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. It is the highest support since 1983.
- 🇫🇷🇪🇺 French President Emmanuel Macron slams Trump's 'brutal' tariffs on the EU, calling for a halt in European investments in the US until the situation is clarified.
- EU says a trade deal with Mercosur is a "massive opportunity" given U.S. tariffs
- According to the latest reports, EU has agreed to its first countermeasures against the US tariffs
- Europe needs to stay united more than ever in this time of crisis🇪🇺
- Never again, Europe needs independence now Buy European 🇪🇺
- 🇫🇷🇪🇺 France is ready for this trade war, says government spokeswoman Sophie Primas, commenting on the US announcement of 20 percent tariffs on products from the European Union. She announced that France will take steps in April in cooperation with the EU.
- The von der Leyen II Commission officially takes office today. Let’s hope they succeed in making a stronger and more united Europe. Best of luck! 🇪🇺
- 1 December 🇪🇺❤️
- Zelenskyy has appointed well-respected Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new head of Ukraine’s ground forces. He had an important role in the 2022 Kherson offensive. This year, he was responsible for the defense of Vovchansk. He’s famous for “the flying IFV” when Ukrainian forces retook Mariupol in 2014. 🇺🇦
- Irish voters are casting their ballots today as polling shows a tight election race that has the centre-right government parties of Fine Gael & Fianna Fail and the left-nationalist opposition Sinn Fein all around 20 percent support. Good luck Ireland, remember to vote! Results expected tonight. 🇮🇪
- “We cannot let the Kremlin dictate the relationship between Romania and Moldova." “Do not believe those who say being close to the Kremlin brings peace, prosperity. See what it does to its neighbors: blackmail, bomb them. See what it does to its citizens” - President Maia Sandu 🇲🇩
- Polls in Iceland show that EU membership has become popular, with 45% of voters in favour, 35% against and the rest undecided. Support for joining the EU was much lower in the recent past. Leading parties in the elections on Saturday also propose EU membership. Iceland could be EU’s next member.
- Mass protests have erupted in Georgia after the pro-Russian government halts EU application until 2028. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
- "Today marks the end of the constitutional coup unfolding for weeks. The course set months ago, taking us from Europe toward Russia, has now concluded. Today, this illegitimate government declared not peace, but war—on its own people, past, and future." - 🇬🇪 Salome Zourabichvili
- President Macron joined the Nordic, Baltic and Polish conversation on European security and support for Ukraine.
- The incoming European Commission of Ursula von der Leyen has been approved by a majority in the European Parliament. It will take office on 1 December and serve to 2029. ✅ In favour: 370 ❌ Against: 282 Abstentions: 36
- NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Admiral Pierre Vandier said to Politico he hopes that next year's NATO summit in The Hague will send a message to the EU. Vandier believes Europe needs to take more risks, spend more, be faster and cut bureaucracy to win the new global arms race. 🇪🇺
- Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen says she agrees with Swedish prime minister Kristersson that the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 should be taken to Swedish waters. It’s currently suspected of destroying 2 undersea telecom cables linking Finland-Germany and Sweden-Lithuania.
- The European Union has to boost its defence role and arms industry as well as strengthen cooperation with NATO. 🇬🇷 - Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis
- Valérie Hayer, head of the Renew Europe group, wants to question the Chinese-owned TikTok chief executive in a European Parliament hearing as reports came about the platform promoting the disinformation of far-right Georgescu ahead of the first round in the Romanian presidential election.
- Cyprus in NATO? Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides reportedly presented a plan of Cyprus’ possible future accession to NATO to US President Joe Biden at their meeting in October 30 at the White House. According to Kathemerini, the plan is detailed, well-thought-out, with long-term planning. 🇨🇾
- With over 99% of the votes counted, liberal candidate Elena Lasconi (USR/RE) has widened her second place lead over Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu (PSD/S&D). She will face far-right Georgescu in the run-off held on 8 December. 🇷🇴
- This year United States became the European Union’s primary trade partner, surpassing China and Russia. 🇪🇺🇺🇸
- Polling stations are today open in Romania, it’s for the first presidential round. Project Europe endorsed Lasconi. Remember to go and vote! Every vote matters.🇷🇴
- Russian losses in Ukraine exceed 730,000 soldiers In the past day alone, Russia lost 1,020 soldiers, according to updated figures from Ukraine’s General Staff.
- France confirms Ukraine’s right to strike Russian territory with French missiles. 🇫🇷🇺🇦 French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said that Ukraine can use missiles to strike Russian territory in self-defense. He added: "There are no "red lines" when it comes to support for Ukraine."
- Trzaskowski has officially became KO’s candidate for President, he received 75% of the votes in the primary in which 22k KO members voted. Trzaskowski, the incumbent mayor of Warsaw, is strongly pro-Europe and leads the opinion polls to become the next president of Poland. 🇵🇱🇪🇺
- The new European Council president Costa on Trump’s peace plan: "I’m very curious about how Trump says that with two calls, he can finish the war in Ukraine in 24 hours." Costa added: "I also hope to finish the war in a just way, but ensure a lasting peace, not just for the time of our lunch.”
- Military advisors from North Korea have arrived in Russian-occupied Mariupol, CNN reports, citing a source in Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU). They have also been identified in occupied areas of Kharkiv Oblast, where they remain isolated, living, eating, and resting separately from other units. 🇰🇵🇷🇺
- The reason Ireland gave for not joining the Schengen area in 1985 was the existence of the CTA (Common Travel Area) with the UK, which would have disappeared if Ireland joined and the UK did not. As there is no physical border in Northern Ireland, Schengen would have required putting one in place.
- Former Portuguese prime minister António Costa will become the first person from an ethnic minority to be the president of the European Council. 🇪🇺 Costa is of Goan-Mozambican descent, and wants to use his Indian heritage to redefine Europe’s relationship with Asia, Africa and South America.
- One of Europe’s most beautiful capital cities: Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
- There are currently discussions in the EU Council to make Bulgaria and Romania full members of the Schengen Area in 2025. 🇪🇺
- Kaja Kallas has been designated as the European Union’s next foreign minister and is the leader Europe needs right now. 🇪🇺 Europe would be stronger if it merged all foreign ministries into one powerful under the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
- A dispute between Croatia and the European Union over who should investigate a high-profile corruption case involving a former minister has deepened. This comes after the EU’s chief prosecutor said Croatia has problems upholding the rule of law as it refused to let the EU investigate the case. 🇪🇺🇭🇷
- "Today, Putin admitted to taking a step toward expanding this war. A new ballistic missile was used. Putin struck our city of Dnipro, one of Ukraine’s largest cities. This is a severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war—a cynical violation of the UN Charter by Russia." - Zelenskyy 🇺🇦
- European Central Bank's chief economist Philip Lane, said global economic output would suffer a "sizeable" loss if trade became more fragmented and an immediate boost to inflation would only fade over a few years. 🇪🇺
