Pablo Pérez
@PabloPerezA
Team Leader Audiovisual, Design & web @EU_IPO. Before, Head of Social Media @EU_Commission. I have a 'corner' in @meme_ec. #EUHistory here.
"The EU is the best example in the history of the world of conflict resolution" John Hume, 1998 Nobel Peace Prize. RIP.
An act of political courage that reshaped a war-torn continent. 23 July 1952, the Treaty of Paris entered into force, ratifying the Schuman Plan. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) became a reality. 10 curiosities about It 🇪🇺🧵
Vandaag is het 73 jaar geleden dat het Verdrag van Parijs echt in ging en de Europese Gemeenschap voor Kolen en Staal begon. Door met zes landen kolen en staal te delen en soevereiniteit erover te delen, ontstond een nieuwe Europese samenwerking. 👇🏻
An act of political courage that reshaped a war-torn continent. 23 July 1952, the Treaty of Paris entered into force, ratifying the Schuman Plan. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) became a reality. 10 curiosities about It 🇪🇺🧵
A thread here on the anniversary of the founding of the Coal and Steel Community, the very distant predecessor of the EU of today.
An act of political courage that reshaped a war-torn continent. 23 July 1952, the Treaty of Paris entered into force, ratifying the Schuman Plan. The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) became a reality. 10 curiosities about It 🇪🇺🧵
A curiosity of that day: not a single soul in the @Europarl_EN Plenary knew where @JMDBarroso was before the results were announced. The President of the EP @JosepBorrellF almost proceed withouth him... #WhereisJose
22 July 2004 | The @Europarl_EN elects @JMDBarroso🇵🇹 as the new President of the @EU_Commission. "I see myself as someone who can build bridges". ⌛️ Barroso served as President until 2014, being the longest-serving President, along with Jacques Delors (10 years) 🇧🇬🇷🇴🇭🇷 His…
22 July 2004 | The @Europarl_EN elects @JMDBarroso🇵🇹 as the new President of the @EU_Commission. "I see myself as someone who can build bridges". ⌛️ Barroso served as President until 2014, being the longest-serving President, along with Jacques Delors (10 years) 🇧🇬🇷🇴🇭🇷 His…
22 July 1975 | The Second Budgetary Treaty is signed, granting the European Parliament the power to reject the budget as a whole. 💶 A substantial increase in its budgetary authority compared to the First Budgetary Treaty of 1970, that gave the Parliament the final say on…
Dos semanas de guerra cuestan más que 10 presupuestos de la UE….
"It's easy to say that the EU is too expensive. Two weeks of War will cost more than 10 EU Budgets" "We will defend Europe" Jean-Claude Juncker in 2005. #EUBudget
20 July 1999 | @Europarl_EN elects Nicole Fontaine as President. 2nd woman in history to hold that position. "I hope we don't have to wait another 20 years to see EP elects another woman President" She led EP until 2002. 20 years later, EP elected @RobertaMetsola #EUHistory
"We did a bike tour in Belarus; at that time, Lukashenko was still, ehm, normal. We saw many beautiful castles and nice towns, but we had the impression that he was showing us Potemkin villages".