We finally understood that we are hit by a crisis and that we need to invest in 🇪🇺 independent capabilities - as Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu said, we need to create independent Europe.
But independent, doesn’t mean alone. Independent, and strong together.
#BrusselsForum
But independent, doesn’t mean alone. Independent, and strong together.
#BrusselsForum
June 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We finally understood that we are hit by a crisis and that we need to invest in 🇪🇺 independent capabilities - as Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu said, we need to create independent Europe.
But independent, doesn’t mean alone. Independent, and strong together.
#BrusselsForum
But independent, doesn’t mean alone. Independent, and strong together.
#BrusselsForum
📅 GMF is excited to welcome these European leaders to the 20th year of #BrusselsForum, kicking off in just 60 days:
🇪🇺 @kajakallas.bsky.social, High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, @ec.europa.eu
🇱🇹 @glandsbergis.bsky.social, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
🇪🇺 @kajakallas.bsky.social, High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, @ec.europa.eu
🇱🇹 @glandsbergis.bsky.social, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
April 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
📅 GMF is excited to welcome these European leaders to the 20th year of #BrusselsForum, kicking off in just 60 days:
🇪🇺 @kajakallas.bsky.social, High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, @ec.europa.eu
🇱🇹 @glandsbergis.bsky.social, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
🇪🇺 @kajakallas.bsky.social, High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, @ec.europa.eu
🇱🇹 @glandsbergis.bsky.social, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
🎥 Our President @nadiacalvino.eib.org gives a strong message of hope and confidence in Europe’s capabilitities to meet security and defence challenges at the @gmfus.bsky.social #BrusselsForum
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June 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🎥 Our President @nadiacalvino.eib.org gives a strong message of hope and confidence in Europe’s capabilitities to meet security and defence challenges at the @gmfus.bsky.social #BrusselsForum
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🇺🇦 "Russians don't want peace. Putin wants war. He wants all of Ukraine." #BrusselsForum
🗣️ Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair of the Kyiv Security Forum, states the reality and urgency of the situation for Ukrainians.
🗣️ Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair of the Kyiv Security Forum, states the reality and urgency of the situation for Ukrainians.
June 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🇺🇦 "Russians don't want peace. Putin wants war. He wants all of Ukraine." #BrusselsForum
🗣️ Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair of the Kyiv Security Forum, states the reality and urgency of the situation for Ukrainians.
🗣️ Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair of the Kyiv Security Forum, states the reality and urgency of the situation for Ukrainians.
"China is building a surveillance state that is unparalleled in modern history."
Daniel Twining, President of International Republican Institute warns. #BrusselsForum
Daniel Twining, President of International Republican Institute warns. #BrusselsForum
June 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"China is building a surveillance state that is unparalleled in modern history."
Daniel Twining, President of International Republican Institute warns. #BrusselsForum
Daniel Twining, President of International Republican Institute warns. #BrusselsForum
"There is one country that still refuses to negotiate in good faith, and that is Vladimir Putin's Russia." #BrusselsForum
🗣️ French Minister Delegate Benjamin Haddad draws conclusions from the recent military escalation in Ukraine.
🗣️ French Minister Delegate Benjamin Haddad draws conclusions from the recent military escalation in Ukraine.
June 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"There is one country that still refuses to negotiate in good faith, and that is Vladimir Putin's Russia." #BrusselsForum
🗣️ French Minister Delegate Benjamin Haddad draws conclusions from the recent military escalation in Ukraine.
🗣️ French Minister Delegate Benjamin Haddad draws conclusions from the recent military escalation in Ukraine.
🔴 Next up at #BrusselsForum: GMF Senior Vice President @claudmajor.bsky.social, provides a scene setter on transatlantic security.
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Brussels Forum 2025 | June 11
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🔴 Next up at #BrusselsForum: GMF Senior Vice President @claudmajor.bsky.social, provides a scene setter on transatlantic security.
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🤝 "Our ambition is to bridge the Atlantic."
In her spotlight at #BrusselsForum, GMF's @claudmajor.bsky.social highlights the strong transatlantic infrastructure underpinning the work of GMF.
In her spotlight at #BrusselsForum, GMF's @claudmajor.bsky.social highlights the strong transatlantic infrastructure underpinning the work of GMF.
June 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🤝 "Our ambition is to bridge the Atlantic."
In her spotlight at #BrusselsForum, GMF's @claudmajor.bsky.social highlights the strong transatlantic infrastructure underpinning the work of GMF.
In her spotlight at #BrusselsForum, GMF's @claudmajor.bsky.social highlights the strong transatlantic infrastructure underpinning the work of GMF.
🎤 At #BrusselsForum 2025, GMF will welcome these US leaders to join the debate on the issues and ideas shaping the transatlantic outlook:
- @neeratanden.bsky.social, President and CEO, @americanprogress.bsky.social
- Walter Russell-Mead, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
- @neeratanden.bsky.social, President and CEO, @americanprogress.bsky.social
- Walter Russell-Mead, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
May 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🎤 At #BrusselsForum 2025, GMF will welcome these US leaders to join the debate on the issues and ideas shaping the transatlantic outlook:
- @neeratanden.bsky.social, President and CEO, @americanprogress.bsky.social
- Walter Russell-Mead, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
- @neeratanden.bsky.social, President and CEO, @americanprogress.bsky.social
- Walter Russell-Mead, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute
My #1week1minute🎥
✔️Tripling intermediated finance for EU defence #SMEs
✔️Strong focus on security and defence at #EDSS2025, #BrusselsForum and #GLOBSEC2025
✔️Good meeting with Commissioner @martakos.ec.europa.eu
✔️EU🤝🏼Czechia President Pavel, Prime Minister Fiala, and Finance Minister Stanjura
✔️Tripling intermediated finance for EU defence #SMEs
✔️Strong focus on security and defence at #EDSS2025, #BrusselsForum and #GLOBSEC2025
✔️Good meeting with Commissioner @martakos.ec.europa.eu
✔️EU🤝🏼Czechia President Pavel, Prime Minister Fiala, and Finance Minister Stanjura
June 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
My #1week1minute🎥
✔️Tripling intermediated finance for EU defence #SMEs
✔️Strong focus on security and defence at #EDSS2025, #BrusselsForum and #GLOBSEC2025
✔️Good meeting with Commissioner @martakos.ec.europa.eu
✔️EU🤝🏼Czechia President Pavel, Prime Minister Fiala, and Finance Minister Stanjura
✔️Tripling intermediated finance for EU defence #SMEs
✔️Strong focus on security and defence at #EDSS2025, #BrusselsForum and #GLOBSEC2025
✔️Good meeting with Commissioner @martakos.ec.europa.eu
✔️EU🤝🏼Czechia President Pavel, Prime Minister Fiala, and Finance Minister Stanjura
Insightful exchange at the @gmfus.bsky.social #BrusselsForum.
We have to defend democracy and our European values in the new global order.
Every € invested by the @eib.org Group, from health to technological innovation, from energy to food security, contributes to a strong and secure Europe.
We have to defend democracy and our European values in the new global order.
Every € invested by the @eib.org Group, from health to technological innovation, from energy to food security, contributes to a strong and secure Europe.
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Insightful exchange at the @gmfus.bsky.social #BrusselsForum.
We have to defend democracy and our European values in the new global order.
Every € invested by the @eib.org Group, from health to technological innovation, from energy to food security, contributes to a strong and secure Europe.
We have to defend democracy and our European values in the new global order.
Every € invested by the @eib.org Group, from health to technological innovation, from energy to food security, contributes to a strong and secure Europe.
At #BrusselsForum, @henryjfoy.ft.com asks @kajakallas.bsky.social if she is worried that NATO member states have not come to a deal to increase to 5% defense spending.
"This time, the focus is very much on one thing and one thing only."
"This time, the focus is very much on one thing and one thing only."
June 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
At #BrusselsForum, @henryjfoy.ft.com asks @kajakallas.bsky.social if she is worried that NATO member states have not come to a deal to increase to 5% defense spending.
"This time, the focus is very much on one thing and one thing only."
"This time, the focus is very much on one thing and one thing only."
#BrusselsForum Rewind
🇨🇳 "China is building a surveillance state that is unparalleled in modern history."
🗣️ Watch as Daniel Twining, President of the International Republican Institute commented on Beijing’s unpredictability.
🇨🇳 "China is building a surveillance state that is unparalleled in modern history."
🗣️ Watch as Daniel Twining, President of the International Republican Institute commented on Beijing’s unpredictability.
June 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#BrusselsForum Rewind
🇨🇳 "China is building a surveillance state that is unparalleled in modern history."
🗣️ Watch as Daniel Twining, President of the International Republican Institute commented on Beijing’s unpredictability.
🇨🇳 "China is building a surveillance state that is unparalleled in modern history."
🗣️ Watch as Daniel Twining, President of the International Republican Institute commented on Beijing’s unpredictability.
#BrusselsForum Rewind
🇺🇦 "The only way to help Ukraine is to stay united and that we are running out of time. Putin only cares about actions. It's time to act and to win."
🗣️ Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair, Kyiv Security Forum
🇺🇦 "The only way to help Ukraine is to stay united and that we are running out of time. Putin only cares about actions. It's time to act and to win."
🗣️ Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair, Kyiv Security Forum
June 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#BrusselsForum Rewind
🇺🇦 "The only way to help Ukraine is to stay united and that we are running out of time. Putin only cares about actions. It's time to act and to win."
🗣️ Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair, Kyiv Security Forum
🇺🇦 "The only way to help Ukraine is to stay united and that we are running out of time. Putin only cares about actions. It's time to act and to win."
🗣️ Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair, Kyiv Security Forum
In China, says businessman and author Desmond Shum, America is seen as unpredictable and as a sworn enemy. #BrusselsForum
June 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In China, says businessman and author Desmond Shum, America is seen as unpredictable and as a sworn enemy. #BrusselsForum
Jaishankar: "China and India stand out because they are the only two countries with over 1 billion people and are some kind of civilizational state."
Asked if Europeans are naive on China: "No, but with a caveat - different countries move at different speeds."
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Asked if Europeans are naive on China: "No, but with a caveat - different countries move at different speeds."
#BrusselsForum
June 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Jaishankar: "China and India stand out because they are the only two countries with over 1 billion people and are some kind of civilizational state."
Asked if Europeans are naive on China: "No, but with a caveat - different countries move at different speeds."
#BrusselsForum
Asked if Europeans are naive on China: "No, but with a caveat - different countries move at different speeds."
#BrusselsForum
🎬 That's a wrap on #BrusselsForum 2025 Day 2!
💬 Listen as GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer gives the closing remarks.
🤝 Thank you to all speakers, partners, and participants for enriching discussions.
🔴 Watch the recording of all the conversations on GMF's website: buff.ly/QuQyPwU
💬 Listen as GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer gives the closing remarks.
🤝 Thank you to all speakers, partners, and participants for enriching discussions.
🔴 Watch the recording of all the conversations on GMF's website: buff.ly/QuQyPwU
June 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🎬 That's a wrap on #BrusselsForum 2025 Day 2!
💬 Listen as GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer gives the closing remarks.
🤝 Thank you to all speakers, partners, and participants for enriching discussions.
🔴 Watch the recording of all the conversations on GMF's website: buff.ly/QuQyPwU
💬 Listen as GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer gives the closing remarks.
🤝 Thank you to all speakers, partners, and participants for enriching discussions.
🔴 Watch the recording of all the conversations on GMF's website: buff.ly/QuQyPwU
"Future generations will curse the name of the people who have been leading the United States and Europe in the last thirty years for willful blindness."
Hudson Institute Fellow Walter Russell Mead speaks at #BrusselsForum 2025.
Hudson Institute Fellow Walter Russell Mead speaks at #BrusselsForum 2025.
June 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"Future generations will curse the name of the people who have been leading the United States and Europe in the last thirty years for willful blindness."
Hudson Institute Fellow Walter Russell Mead speaks at #BrusselsForum 2025.
Hudson Institute Fellow Walter Russell Mead speaks at #BrusselsForum 2025.
🇺🇦 "On Ukraine joining NATO, Russia should not have a veto power. That should be up to the 32 allies to decide."
🗣️ Permanent Representative for the US Mission to NATO, Matthew Whitaker speaks at #BrusselsForum 2025.
🗣️ Permanent Representative for the US Mission to NATO, Matthew Whitaker speaks at #BrusselsForum 2025.
June 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🇺🇦 "On Ukraine joining NATO, Russia should not have a veto power. That should be up to the 32 allies to decide."
🗣️ Permanent Representative for the US Mission to NATO, Matthew Whitaker speaks at #BrusselsForum 2025.
🗣️ Permanent Representative for the US Mission to NATO, Matthew Whitaker speaks at #BrusselsForum 2025.
📢 HAPPENING TOMORROW! #BrusselsForum 2025
🔵 GMF is holding its annual #BrusselsForum, dedicating the twentieth edition to shaping the transatlantic outlook for prosperity, democracy, and security against a backdrop of unprecedented disruption.
More info:
🔵 GMF is holding its annual #BrusselsForum, dedicating the twentieth edition to shaping the transatlantic outlook for prosperity, democracy, and security against a backdrop of unprecedented disruption.
More info:
Brussels Forum 2025
Brussels Forum 2025 will take place June 11 and 12, at Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, Belgium Brussels Forum 2025 will take place June 11 and 12, at Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, Belgium
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June 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📢 HAPPENING TOMORROW! #BrusselsForum 2025
🔵 GMF is holding its annual #BrusselsForum, dedicating the twentieth edition to shaping the transatlantic outlook for prosperity, democracy, and security against a backdrop of unprecedented disruption.
More info:
🔵 GMF is holding its annual #BrusselsForum, dedicating the twentieth edition to shaping the transatlantic outlook for prosperity, democracy, and security against a backdrop of unprecedented disruption.
More info:
🔴 LIVE: a preview of this summer's NATO Summit: a conversation between US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker and Helene Cooper, @nytimes.com correspondent and GMF Trustee. #BrusselsForum
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Brussels Forum 2025 | June 11
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🔴 LIVE: a preview of this summer's NATO Summit: a conversation between US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker and Helene Cooper, @nytimes.com correspondent and GMF Trustee. #BrusselsForum
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🔴 Starting at 12:00 CEST:
Day 1 of #BrusselsForum 2025—tune in for 2 days of critical conversations on the theme: Partnership Disrupted: How Can Transatlantic Cooperation Endure?
📺 Stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsIN...
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Day 1 of #BrusselsForum 2025—tune in for 2 days of critical conversations on the theme: Partnership Disrupted: How Can Transatlantic Cooperation Endure?
📺 Stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsIN...
🔎 View the agenda: www.gmfus.org/brussels-for...
Brussels Forum | June 11
Day 1 of GMF's Brussels Forum.
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June 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
🔴 Starting at 12:00 CEST:
Day 1 of #BrusselsForum 2025—tune in for 2 days of critical conversations on the theme: Partnership Disrupted: How Can Transatlantic Cooperation Endure?
📺 Stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsIN...
🔎 View the agenda: www.gmfus.org/brussels-for...
Day 1 of #BrusselsForum 2025—tune in for 2 days of critical conversations on the theme: Partnership Disrupted: How Can Transatlantic Cooperation Endure?
📺 Stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsIN...
🔎 View the agenda: www.gmfus.org/brussels-for...
💡 "In China, the technology and political ideology are harmonized. In the US and Europe, we're at a major conflict."
Frank McCourt, Founder of @projectliberty.io analyzes the current challenges in the technology industry for transatlantic allies.
#BrusselsForum
Frank McCourt, Founder of @projectliberty.io analyzes the current challenges in the technology industry for transatlantic allies.
#BrusselsForum
June 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
💡 "In China, the technology and political ideology are harmonized. In the US and Europe, we're at a major conflict."
Frank McCourt, Founder of @projectliberty.io analyzes the current challenges in the technology industry for transatlantic allies.
#BrusselsForum
Frank McCourt, Founder of @projectliberty.io analyzes the current challenges in the technology industry for transatlantic allies.
#BrusselsForum
🇺🇸 🇪🇺 "We wouldn't have been anywhere near as effective with regards to our (Russian) sanctions but for the partnership with Europe." #BrusselsForum
Former US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, shares the most important lesson learned from leading Russian sanctioning efforts.
Former US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, shares the most important lesson learned from leading Russian sanctioning efforts.
June 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🇺🇸 🇪🇺 "We wouldn't have been anywhere near as effective with regards to our (Russian) sanctions but for the partnership with Europe." #BrusselsForum
Former US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, shares the most important lesson learned from leading Russian sanctioning efforts.
Former US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, shares the most important lesson learned from leading Russian sanctioning efforts.
#BrusselsForum
🇺🇦 Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair of Kyiv Security Forum, explains that the only way to help Ukraine is to stay united and that we are running out of time. Putin only cares about actions. It's time to act and to win.
🇺🇦 Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair of Kyiv Security Forum, explains that the only way to help Ukraine is to stay united and that we are running out of time. Putin only cares about actions. It's time to act and to win.
June 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#BrusselsForum
🇺🇦 Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair of Kyiv Security Forum, explains that the only way to help Ukraine is to stay united and that we are running out of time. Putin only cares about actions. It's time to act and to win.
🇺🇦 Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chair of Kyiv Security Forum, explains that the only way to help Ukraine is to stay united and that we are running out of time. Putin only cares about actions. It's time to act and to win.