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    Exclusive/ The chairman of the Freedom Party, Ilir Meta: “The will of the citizens will triumph in Albania, as it did in North Macedonia”

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    The first anniversary of the appointment as Archbishop at the head of the Catholic Church/ Mons. Arjan Dodaj: Only God can be the author of our walk!

    Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Anar Huseynov: President Aliyev’s visit to Albania opened a new page in our relations through the specific accords reached

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    Only praises and prolises for Meloni! Facts versus untruths! Immediate ceasefire and genuine peace, no deal for new occupation! Back after 60 years !

    US nuclear tariff bomb!! Europa fires back! NATO ok, but with or without Article 5? Kallas urges reforms!

    Europe riarmed! Germany’s epochal shift! Spoiled soup! EU Commissioner Kos demands reforms!

    Europe tightens the ranks! The Euro-Atlantic Alliance in danger! USA-1945!! A true Peace, not new occupation!

    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

    The law of force over the force of law! Multilateral diplomacy is the victim! Euro-Atlantism in danger! Munchen split the West!

    Packages with gifts  for extremism! A major bonus for  Giorgia Meloni! The head, then the feet! A great step to the long – awaited peace!

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    10th OSCE RFoM South East Europe Media Conference concludes with call for co-ordinated action to strengthen media viability

    Russia Proposes Second Round of Ukraine Peace Talks in Istanbul on June 2

    Charlemagne Prize/ Von der Leyen honoured for advancing European unity

    How the EU Abandoned Democracy in Kosovo

    Kallas visits Western Balkans: EU enlargement to this region our most significant geopolitical project

    EU Integrity for Sale: Tirana Edition

    The Engaged Democracy Convention Vol. 3: Engage, Inspire, Empower! will be organised in Skopje,  May 21-23

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Europe is awake, united and more valuable than ever before

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By Jean-Dominique Giuliani*

The Russian aggression in Ukraine, i.e. the return, once again, of war to the European continent, prompted it to react.

It did so with unexpected speed. The Union set about its work in conditions that no one could have imagined a few days before 24 February 2022.

It unanimously adopted ten packages of sanctions affecting 1, 484 individuals and 212 entities.

The emergency measures adopted jointly to break off the numerous energy relations with Russia were immediate, going, for example, for gas, from a dependence of almost 50% to less than 10% in a few months.

Support for Ukraine has been massive and has not caused any serious divisions. More than €67 billion has been spent, including €12 billion in military aid.

More than 8 million refugees have been welcomed in Europe and temporary protection status has been granted to almost 5 million of them by virtue of an exceptional European decision taken in March 2022.

The European Union and its member states have demonstrated that they can work with a reinvigorated NATO, while launching a defence effort that was unimaginable until recently. The complementarity between the two organisations has worked perfectly.

The Europeans have succeeded in being “reasonable for two” in the face of Russian aggression. Their objective is clear: to dissuade any European actor from violating the law, its commitments and from challenging internationally recognised borders. Nothing else. They are right to be focused on this goal, which is an existential achievement for European integration and for the future of multilateralism in the world.

This is probably why, for the third time, the UN General Assembly has just condemned Russia by 141 votes or 73% of the nations. Opposition to the injunction to withdraw the invasion forces was expressed by only seven dictatorships.

As for the weak or hypocritical abstentions on the part of a few other actors, they were not significant. The European position, based on the respect of the sovereignty of states and the freedom of peoples, is understood and supported by a very large majority of the countries of the planet, contradicting the self-serving discourse of the propagandists of a new division of the world.

The alliance of democracies, which pleads for the respect of international law and treaties, for organised and stable international relations, is not isolated, contrary to the “narrative” of their violators.

It is regrettable that a major country, a member of the Security Council, should isolate itself to the point of being expelled or withdrawing from all of the major organisations, at the risk of becoming the pariah of international life, but this is proof that the European message, particularly on human rights, democracy and the rule of law, remains universal and sustained.

It is customary to quibble about the unity or effectiveness of the European Union. This is a local speciality, part of a declinist discourse in vogue in the West. But, apart from the fact that it always urges us to do better, we cannot hide the fact that the Europeans have shown, this time, and in an emergency, true efficiency, unity and a common will that has rarely been seen before.

*Jean-Dominique Giuliani, chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, a pro-European research center

 

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