OP-ED DU JOUR: “Climate change
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 6:33 am
SPOTTED: New Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, former PM Antonis Samaras and former Trump White House chief of staff Reince Priebus having dinner on Friday night on the rooftop of the King George hotel in Athens.
will affect every aspect of our lives and every portfolio of every government — from economic performance to managing borders,” argues Tom Middendorp, a former chief of defense of the armed forces of the Netherlands, in an op-ed for POLITICO. “The issue has to be the top item on every ministerial brief — including, importantly, those responsible for defense and security.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: MEPs Christine Anderson and Anthea McIntyre ; Former MEPs Giles Chichester , Metin Kazak and Rui Tavares ; Deloitte's Søren Friis Larsen ; European special lead Parliament's Emmanuel Kujawski ; POLITICO’s Jacopo Barigazzi ; Reuters' Joanna Plucinska ; CEO of IBM Ginny Rometty ; Sapar Isakov , former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.
Celebrated Sunday: Former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras ; Former MEP Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski ; Incoming Greek European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas ; Dirk Jacobs of FoodDrinkEurope; Hannah Gradinaru ; Bruno Salon ; European Commission's Gianni Mehmeti ; Paul Kaba Thieba , Prime Minister of Burkina Faso; Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn
Celebrated Saturday: MEPs Yannick Jadot and Tamás Deutsch; Former MEPs Miguel Viegas, Wim van de Camp; Former Romanian Prime Minister and European Commissioner and current Chairman of Renew Europe Group in European Parliament Dacian Cioloș; APCO’s Elisabeth Hoffmann; European Parliament’s James Correia; European Commission’s Matej Zakonjšek.
will affect every aspect of our lives and every portfolio of every government — from economic performance to managing borders,” argues Tom Middendorp, a former chief of defense of the armed forces of the Netherlands, in an op-ed for POLITICO. “The issue has to be the top item on every ministerial brief — including, importantly, those responsible for defense and security.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: MEPs Christine Anderson and Anthea McIntyre ; Former MEPs Giles Chichester , Metin Kazak and Rui Tavares ; Deloitte's Søren Friis Larsen ; European special lead Parliament's Emmanuel Kujawski ; POLITICO’s Jacopo Barigazzi ; Reuters' Joanna Plucinska ; CEO of IBM Ginny Rometty ; Sapar Isakov , former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.
Celebrated Sunday: Former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras ; Former MEP Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski ; Incoming Greek European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas ; Dirk Jacobs of FoodDrinkEurope; Hannah Gradinaru ; Bruno Salon ; European Commission's Gianni Mehmeti ; Paul Kaba Thieba , Prime Minister of Burkina Faso; Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn
Celebrated Saturday: MEPs Yannick Jadot and Tamás Deutsch; Former MEPs Miguel Viegas, Wim van de Camp; Former Romanian Prime Minister and European Commissioner and current Chairman of Renew Europe Group in European Parliament Dacian Cioloș; APCO’s Elisabeth Hoffmann; European Parliament’s James Correia; European Commission’s Matej Zakonjšek.