Screenshot a a paragraph from the linked bio of Eoin Drea on the Martens Centre website. The text reads: "Prior to undertaking his PhD, Dr. Drea gained over six years’ experience as a private sector economist. He has also served on the Board of Fine Gael’s Policy Lab (2020-22), the innovative policymaking initiative within Ireland’s largest centre right political party."

PS in case anyone questions the closeness of #EoinDrea's ties to #FineGael, see his bio on the #MartensCentre website: https://www.martenscentre.eu/article-author/eoin-drea/ (archived at https://archive.is/rjN5I

From 2020 to 2022, Drea was on the board of Fine Gael's Policy Lab.

Keynote Speech by Commissioner Kubilius at the Conference “Towards a new European Security Architecture” by the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies “What\'s next?”\n \nThe answer is obvious – we need to ramp up our defence readiness. Before 2030. And we know why.\nBut my conclusion on how to achieve it is not very simple – in order to ramp-up our...

On material, institutional, and political defence readiness; on the European Defence Union; on the need to have a strategy for victory of Ukraine; and on the need to have a long-term strategy on Russia 🔗 ⬇️

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Togtid er læsetid – og hvad er mere relevant end at bruge turen til og fra udlandet på at sætte sig ind i de udenrigspolitiske spørgsmål, der fortjener vores opmærksomhed? Ligesom Ukraine har Georgien brug for vores støtte og engagement i denne tid.
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