Croatia’s President Called ‘Rudest And Possibly Most Stupid Man Alive’ After Making Finland’s PM Wait For Meeting bellowed Le Chou on Tuesday.
Croatia's President Called 'Rudest And Possibly Most Stupid Man Alive' After Making Finland's PM Wait For Meeting pic.twitter.com/bQLryjb2Mu
— Le Chou News (@LeChouNews) June 21, 2022
Jan Smit declared: Marin rocks! She takes it with a smile and does what she wants
Marin rocks! Iron lady. She takes it with a smile and does what she wants
— Jan Smit (@smitschagen) June 22, 2022
Klärchen said it gave her the chance to look super regal for 2 whole minutes. One nil.
Gave her the chance to look super regal for 2 whole minutes.
0-1.
— Klärchen (Vanilla) (@klrchmrch) June 22, 2022
Charles Bergen speculated that at their lunch afterwards, Milanović insisted on splitting the check..
Apparently at their lunch afterwards, he insisted on splitting the check..
— Charles Bergen (@CharlesBergen3) June 21, 2022
Dick Pachinko reckons as time goes on, Milanović emanates more and more Trump energy.
As time goes on, Milanović emanates more and more Trump energy.
— Dick Pachinko (@Dick_Pachinko) June 21, 2022
But in Portugal she would have been received this way…
In Portugal she would have been received this way… pic.twitter.com/rquxUAEo0m
— MASTER (@tugamisto) June 23, 2022
Armindo Chaves wondered whether Milanović went to take an urgent pee!!!…
Went to take an urgent pee!!!…
— Armindo Chaves (@ArchiMountbatte) June 23, 2022
But Mirko Skojot was not impressed!
“Two minutes?? Did you say two minutes?? Not 3 or 4?? Or maybe 5 minutes?? Poor baby, such a long waiting time.”
Two minutes?? Did you say two minutes?? Not 3 or 4?? Or maybe 5 minutes?? Poor baby, such a long waiting time ☺️
— Mirko Skojot (@MSkojot) June 21, 2022
FFS it’s not like it was two hours or something.
Two MINUTES?
FFS it's not like it was two hours or something.
— Oberst Oskar ? (@OskarJaeger) June 22, 2022
And Sanna herself put The Great Waiting in perspective:
“I want to focus on the issues, two minutes of my life is not a long time.”
So @MarinSanna just responded to a question @ipsego about The Waiting.
"I want to focus on the issues, two minutes of my life is not a long time."
?@RTLtelevizija pic.twitter.com/2LHNKyuSNb
— Ivan Skorin (@IvanSkorin) June 21, 2022
Council President Charles Michel says he is convinced the European Council will grant EU candidate status to Ukraine.
⚡️Michel says he is convinced European Council will grant EU candidate status to Ukraine.
President of the European Council Charles Michel said he was confident that the EU members will grant Ukraine and Moldova the status of a candidate for EU membership on June 23.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 23, 2022
Viktor Orbán’s mouthpiece tweeted that it was time for the EU to realise it cannot succeed without the Western Balkans. It is first and foremost in our own interest to speed up their EU accession process.
#EUCO summit has begun in Brussels today! The first item on the agenda: the accession of the #WesternBalkans. It is time for all m/s to realize that the EU cannot succeed without the Western Balkans. It is first&foremost in our own interest to speed up their EU accession process. pic.twitter.com/CYoaTNyXN7
— Balázs Orbán (@BalazsOrban_HU) June 23, 2022
Others showing unexpected solidarity: the Prime Ministers of Albania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia who supported granting EU candidate status to Ukraine.
Big. Prime Ministers of Albania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia supported granting EU candidate status to Ukraine.
Grateful for standing with us. We all have the same goal to strengthen our states and Europe as a whole.#EmbraceUkraine #StrengthenTheUnion pic.twitter.com/WV0w6DE4SL
— Olga Stefanishyna (@StefanishynaO) June 16, 2022
That’s one in the eye for Olaf Scholz who had claimed that an EU shortcut for Ukraine would be unfair to the Western Balkans’ countries!
??@Bundeskanzler: An ??EU shortcut for Ukraine would be unfair to the Western Balkans' countries!
??Albania, ??Montenegro and??North Macedonia: support granting Ukraine the EU candidate status.
— Danylo Mokryk (@DMokryk) June 15, 2022
And just look at that body language…
The body language… https://t.co/gAvNiTQDEM
— Genc von Genf (@GencVonGenf) June 23, 2022
Finally this week. Lithuania found itself in the eye of the storm as it started implementing sanctions on goods to Kaliningrad.
Lithuania says sanctions on goods to Kaliningrad take effect https://t.co/ujYoztddMx
— EURACTIV (@EURACTIV) June 20, 2022
However as Dave Keating explained there are no specific “Kaliningrad sanctions” there are sanctions on Russian goods entering EU territory, which they must do to get to Kaliningrad by rail.
The phrase “Kaliningrad sanctions” is appearing in many headlines.
There are no Kaliningrad sanctions. There are #Russia sanctions that apply to Russian goods entering ?? territory, which they must to get to Kgrad. This makes it sound like ?? specifically sanctioned #Kaliningrad pic.twitter.com/TlpvBvJRjd
— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) June 22, 2022
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte was also quick to point out the mistake: Any talk of a blockade of Kaliningrad is a lie. Lithuania is complying with the sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia for its aggression and war against Ukraine.
Any talk of a blockade of Kaliningrad is a lie.
Lithuania is complying with the sanctions imposed by the ?? on Russia for its aggression and war against ??.
The sanctions were agreed by all the EU member states on March 15. pic.twitter.com/Z0Q3JIhw63
— Ingrida Šimonytė (@IngridaSimonyte) June 22, 2022
It’s not a “blockade” of Kaliningrad, it’s a special transportation operation, snarked Anna.
It’s not a “blockade” of Kaliningrad, it’s a special transportation operation.
— A n n a ? (@tweet4anna) June 19, 2022
Chess champ and human rights activist Garry Kasparov called for a clear statement from the US and other NATO leaders that every inch of Lithuanian territory will be defended? It’s no longer hypothetical.
A clear threat to a NATO country from Putin. Can we hear a clear statement from Biden and other NATO leaders that every inch of Lithuanian territory will be defended? It's no longer hypothetical. https://t.co/3nSIJpeMvM
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) June 23, 2022
I don’t know if it’s actually funny, but it’s darkly ironic to hear Russians spluttering about “precedent” and “international law” in reaction to news Lithuania will enforce EU sanctions. *Now* they care about precedent, international law? Tweeted Anne Applebaum.
I don't know if it's actually funny, but it's darkly ironic to hear Russians spluttering about "precedent" and "international law" in reaction to news Lithuania will enforce EU sanctions on goods traveling into Kaliningrad.
*Now* they care about precedent, international law?
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) June 22, 2022
Source: euractiv.com
