⚖️ In the wake of the genocide, how did Rwanda find a unique way of delivering justice, whilst refusing European assistance on this specific issue?
Watch the full #EuropeChats episode with Colette Braeckman on the challenges facing 🇷🇼 and its relationship with the EU ⬇️
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As the 🇪🇺 prepared for its largest enlargement to date, it appears to have neglected its relations with Africa. As a result, some countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo🇨🇩 , have turned to China🇨🇳
Watch the full #EuropeChats episode 🔗
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Discussions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo🇨🇩 often focus to its mines and its coveted raw materials, but it also hosts one of the largest biodiversity and oxygen reserve on the planet, according to Colette Braeckman ⬇️
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How did the EU miss opportunities with Central Africa in the last few decades? How did Rwanda face both reconciliation & economic growth?🌍
@lesoir.be Colette Braeckman discussed these topics with Jim Cloos in our #EuropeChats.
Available on Spotify 🎧
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New #EuropeChats 🚨 We have just launched Ep.3️⃣3️⃣ of our EuropeChats series! TEPSA's Jim Cloos sat down with Colette Braeckman, Journalist @lesoir.be, to discuss her career in journalism and the politics of Central Africa 💬
Watch it here 🔗
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Our #EuropeChats discussion on Central Africa's history and politics is about to end.
Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks:
📽️ Highlight clips from the discussion
🎤 Podcast edition over on #Spotify and other leading podcatchers
💡 And more episodes yet to come!
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Can Europe be a model for regional cooperation in Africa? This is the question that Jim Cloos asked journalist Colette Braeckman during our #EuropeChats discussion ⬇️
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"After the genocide, #Rwanda held the gacaca courts. The community gathered, citizens spoke together and explained what happened, who did what, and so on, under the eye of the whole community."
- Colette Braeckman on the concept of restorative justice ➡️ youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?... #EuropeChats
On EU-Africa relations, Jim Cloos argues that the EU often 'preaches' too much, instead of building an effective and meaningful relationship with African countries.
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"African countries have more to offer than all those material resources. It has also the biodiversity, the forest. We should go further in the exchange of experience, listen to the citizens, & learn how to preserve the forest & treat nature," says Colette.
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"I think the colonial heritage is still there and the story of the relations with Europe and Africa is a series of missed opportunities."
- Journalist Colette Braeckman reflects on EU-Africa relations in our #EuropeChats 🔗 youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?...
"I wanted to travel and to write, and the only combination of the two was to become a journalist. My mother said 'this is not a job for a woman', but I wanted to do it and that's it."
- Colette Braeckman reflects on her career in journalism during our #EuropeChats
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Colette Braeckman has worked as Senior Correspondent for @lesoir.be, where she covered political developments in Rwanda and Congo in the post-independence era.
Follow us here for key quotes from the #EuropeChats discussion ⬇️
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New #EuropeChats 🚨 We have just launched Ep.3️⃣3️⃣ of our EuropeChats series! TEPSA's Jim Cloos sat down with Colette Braeckman, Journalist, @lesoir.be, to discuss her career in journalism and the politics of Central Africa 💬
Tune in for our live YouTube premiere 🔗 youtu.be/6FcBrxxrAMg?...
#EuropeChats update 🚨 A new episode of the EuropeChats series is coming soon‼️This time, Secretary-General Jim Cloos sat down with @lesoir.be journalist Colette Braeckman to discuss her career in journalism and the future of EU-Africa relations.
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European discourse often lacks the conviction that the European project is worth defending. In contrast, Ukraine has not forgotten about the importance of the EU and continues to fight for Europe's future 🇺🇦🇪🇺
In our #EuropeChats episode, Klara Lindström tells us how Ukraine can inspire the EU ⬇️
Financial support for Ukraine is the key topic of today's #EUCO in Brussels 👉In our latest #EuropeChats episode, we reflect on why the EU is stronger with #Ukraine 🇺🇦
Listen to @klaralindstrom.bsky.social's perspective ⬇️
Full video 🔗 youtu.be/lk886arm-n8
Recently, peace talks to end the war in 🇺🇦 have been at the top of international news, but how effective are these negotiations?
@mariam-k.bsky.social and @klaralindstrom.bsky.social discuss recent developments in Ukraine in our latest #EuropeChats 👉 youtu.be/lk886arm-n8
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Great news‼️Our latest #EuropeChats episode is also available as a podcast on Spotify and other major platforms 🎙️
Listen to @mariam-k.bsky.social and @klaralindstrom.bsky.social as they discuss Ukraine's perspective on the war, peace talks, and EU enlargement 🇺🇦
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Our #EuropeChats discussion on Ukraine’s future and its EU membership is wrapping up.
Stay tuned for more in the coming weeks:
📽️ Highlight clips from the discussion
🎤 Podcast edition over on #Spotify and other leading podcatchers
💡 And more episodes yet to come!
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"I think one of the problems of Ukraine's struggle for its European belonging is that it has seen itself as a European country, but it has not been seen as one by other EU Member States or by countries in the West", says @klaralindstrom.bsky.social in our #EuropeChats
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@mariam-k.bsky.social asked "Will Ukraine join #NATO eventually? And is this question even relevant at this point?"
Learn more of @klaralindstrom.bsky.social's perspective on this point by watching our #EuropeChats on Ukraine's future➡️ youtu.be/lk886arm-n8?...
"Aren't we getting a bit distracted by thinking too much about peace and post-war reconstruction, perhaps to the detriment of actual support for Ukraine?"
TEPSA's @mariam-k.bsky.social posed this question to @klaralindstrom.bsky.social. Hear her reply in our #EuropeChats ⬇️
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"I would say one of the most important and urgent tasks now is really to step up the #military support. It's about giving Ukraine the equipment and the mandate to really defend itself", recommends @klaralindstrom.bsky.social during our #EuropeChats episode on 🇺🇦
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"I think one of my main takeaways, despite this harsh winter, is that vulnerability can coexist with #resilience. So it's not imminent societal collapse and #Ukrainians will continue fighting", @klaralindstrom.bsky.social during our #EuropeChats episode.
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📢 We're launching a new #EuropeChats 👉 @klaralindstrom.bsky.social, Analyst, @sceeus-ui.bsky.social, & TEPSA’s Executive Director @mariam-k.bsky.social discuss Ukraine’s perspectives on war, peace, and enlargement 🇺🇦
Tune in to our live launch on #YouTube ⤵️
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In an era of rising geopolitical uncertainties, how can Europe secure its own defence? And what is it already doing to strengthen its resilience? 🇪🇺
@eui-schuman.bsky.social' @erik-jones.bsky.social gave us his assessment of Europe's strengths in this #EuropeChats episode 👉 youtu.be/MtGQ3WP1CEs?...
🇺🇦 European leaders should not drop the ball on Ukraine 👉 Ann Mettler stressed this point during our latest #EuropeChats recording with Mariam Khotenashvili in December. The message still stands today.
Watch the full episode on YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/UkTVyKozp5E
The EU needs to become master of its own destiny 👉 In an unpredictable geopolitical environment, marked by shifting alliances and the rise of rival powers, Europe needs to find agency.
Revisit this discussion in our #EuropeChats episode with Marc De Vos and Jim Cloos 👇
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"This is not a one-way street - we are helping Ukraine. We need Ukraine to help us" 👉 In our latest #EuropeChats, Ann Mettler explains why Ukraine is a key strategic partner for the European Union 🇺🇦🇪🇺
Watch the full episode🔗 youtu.be/UkTVyKozp5E
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