At ECFR’s townhall discussion in #Sarajevo on results of the 🇧🇦 state-level Parliament’s Investigative Committee on Judiciary & steps needed.

With Piotr Buras Damir Arnaut MP Branislav Borenović Manuel Sarrazin US Embassy Sarajevo OSCE Mission to BiH 🇧🇦 Leila Bicakcic…

The door to start #EU accession negotiations for #NorthMacedonia and #Albania is finally wide open! We hope this historic opportunity won’t be missed and both countries continue on their path to EU membership. #Enlargement #web6 #WesternBalkans

I am glad Věra Jourová correctly points to the main and fundamental problem of the new Polish law on the disciplinary regime for judges. The so called muzzle law must be removed before the recovery money is released for Poland.
Michał Wawrykiewicz🇺🇦

'Der Westen muss sich nach Kräften bemühen, auf die Regierungen Russlands und der Ukraine einzuwirken, die Kampfhandlungen auszusetzen.'

Also, Kiev drängen, seine Selbstverteidigung einzustellen?? zeit.de/2022/27/ukrain… przez ZEIT ONLINE

'To ensure that enlargement remains an effective instrument at a time of heightened competition between great powers, the EU 🇪🇺 will need to judiciously manage frustrations to its east and in the Western Balkans.'

- Engjellushe Morina

ECFR Wider Europe

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To understand politics #FinlandNATO , #Italy , #Poland , #Bulgaria , #czechia vs war in #UkraineRussiaWar , see this talk, with Martin Ehl,Ruzha Smilova, Piotr Buras,Laura Saarikoski,Lorenzo Pregliasco
Presseclub Concordia Europe's Futures - Ideas for Action ERSTE Foundation
youtube.com/watch?v=T9w6M1…

ZDF heute journal Gustav C. Gressel Die einfachste Lösung Gustav C. Gressel Sie ÜBERNEHMEN die Beratung und beziehen alle Verbündeten mit ein! Von den vielen Experten denen ich seit 4 Monaten zuhöre, fühle ich mich bestens informiert, aber auf eine ansprechend sachlicher Art. Sie und Wolfgang Ischinger zusammen 🙏

W wywiadzie dla Rzeczpospolita Kai-Olaf Lang wyjaśnia, że Niemcy zrywają z Putinem, ale nie z Rosją.

Cały wywiad można znaleźć tutaj 👇

rp.pl/dyplomacja/art…

'The disconnect between Poland & the rest of Europe on how Russia's war in Ukraine is perceived could revive historical resentments, degenerate into Euroscepticism, and lead to political self-isolation of 🇵🇱.'

Or Piotr Buras & I as helpful Cassandras 👇
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SWP Europe Piotr Buras ECFR Wider Europe I am strongly recommanding paper Piotr Buras & Kai-Olaf Lang. EU can't forget its commitment to the Western Balkans as this will make its generous decision on Ukraine and Moldova unreliable. It is not mater of frustration for those waiting but of credibility for those promising

'The contours of Europe’s future relations with #Russia – including the question of whether these can become a moderately cooperative relationship – will be drawn on today’s battlefields'.
A great commentary by Kadri Liik (@ECFRWiderEurope)

ecfr.eu/article/putins… via ECFR

Good morning Piotr Buras and thank you for your early report on BBC News (UK) BBC Business with Tadhg Enright

What Europeans think about Ukraine's EU aspirations and how to sustain public support for them - an interesting piece by my colleagues Malgorzata Piaskowska
and Tefta Kelmendi based on a new ECFR opinion poll ecfr.eu/article/join-f…

Policy brief by ECFR & Piotr Buras. 'The #EU should establish a Partnership for Enlargement that offers #Ukraine , #Moldova , #Georgia , and #WesternBalkans states concrete steps towards deeper integration – and a pathway to eventual membership. ecfr.eu/publication/pa…

Sometimes it's fun to be on a panel, even more when it is improvised and you share it with Tara_Varma and Lykke Friis ECFR