- First @LSEpublicevents in ages, on the return of geopolitics in europe #LSEDahrendorf
.@robert_falkner begins Europe & the Return of Geopolitics event by introducing Ambassador Vimont #LSEDahrendorf pic.twitter.com/NRnW1oliqn
Great turn out for tonight's #LSEDahrendorf talk with Pierre Vimont on Europe & the Return of Geopolitics @lseideas pic.twitter.com/sDg0flpvsQ
Welcome to the LSE, Ambassador Vimont! @lseideas @LSEpublicevents #lsedahrendorf pic.twitter.com/0z1ceijcSW
Ambassador Vimont's LSE lecture has just started @Carnegie_Europe @francediplo @lseideas #LSEDahrendorf pic.twitter.com/TSM4yFkjTY
Vimont: Struggle between '2 Europes' of soft power & crisis management has been there since beginning #LSEDahrendorf pic.twitter.com/UAIbkIlAgt- "From the ruins of WW2 we built EU based on principles of society of nations, not just on individual nations self interest #LSEDahrendorf
Pierre Vimont sharing his views on Europe and the Return of Geopolitics #LSEDahrendorf pic.twitter.com/OzMufzgHk2
"Geopolitical dimension is often missing in the EU pol. process" says Pierre Vimont (@Carnegie_Europe)#LSEDahrendorf pic.twitter.com/7uef3vaZbu- "There are deep divisions in EU over what the geopolitical role of Europe should be" #LSEDahrendorf
- Ambassador Vimont turns to topic of Russia & Europe's failure to build eastern partnership, esp Re: the Ukraine question #lsedahrendorf
- "Our negotiation with Ukraine helped fuel Russia's fears of being encircled, it did not help EU - Russia relations" #LSEDahrendorf
- Vimont: Europe ignored Russia's unhappiness w association agreement/calls for Euroasian Union. "We should've heeded warnings" #lsedahrendorf
- Vimont: 3 ways Ukraine showed Europe's shortcomings: 1) Unclear objectives 2) Lacked local understanding 3) We were divided #LSEDahrendorf
- Vimont: 'Division of labour' has left Ukraine issue largely to Germany & France, EU not involved due to divisions on strategy #LSEDahrendorf
- EU members divided on question of whether to re-open negotiations w Russia, end sanctions/ re-think strategy, says Vimont #lsedahrendorf
- "For many member states we should drop sanctions, others want Minsk fully implemented first, a very difficult debate" #LSEDahrendorf
- "Committing to helping Ukraine to stand on its own through economic reform may be best action for Europe to take" #LSEDahrendorf
- Vimont: Europe should wholly commit to economic reforms in Ukraine so that it can be a beacon of prosperity in the region #LSEDahrendorf
- The real difficulty, for a Europe that is rather weak, is to be self assertive and have clear objectives to follow #LSEDahrendorf
- Vimont: Best answer Ukraine can give to conflict on its borders is to make a success of economic reforms, EU should support #LSEDahrendorf
- We need to decouple Crimea & Donbass - both unacceptable but latter a moving target where we may have greater clout P. Vimont #LSEDahrendorf
- Vimont: Is the European External Action Service succeeding? It is starting to. #LSEDahrendorf
- EEAS is dealing with integrating two foreign policy cultures, of former commission officials & national diplomats #LSEDahrendorf
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