On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
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On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

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On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

@EUCommission
The EU is obviously not perfect, but the way I see it it is possibly (not far from) the strongest its ever been. And that's with Orban's constant treason. -
@EUCommission
The EU is obviously not perfect, but the way I see it it is possibly (not far from) the strongest its ever been. And that's with Orban's constant treason.@Gurre @EUCommission a bit of optimism does not harm
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@Gurre @EUCommission a bit of optimism does not harm
thanksA similar thought that struck me a while back:
Right now is probably the strongest and most functional the Kalmar Union has been.
Sure, the Nordics aren't in a union with one king now, but with all being in NATO now this is the most coordinated our militaries have ever been. And wwe're all EU+EEA, and freedom of movement since decades. etc.
Looks like a more solid "union" than we had in the 1400s. -
On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

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On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

@EUCommission Surely they weren't thinking of creating #ChatControl 1.0 & 2.0 and Digital Omnibus in that era.
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
(fightchatcontrol.eu)
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On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

@EUCommission I suspect leap of fate is a bit much. The Benelux cooperation is older and pretty much proved it was a good idea.
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On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

@EUCommission I wish the EU would focus more on free internal markets and less on digital surveillance..
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@kainisenni @EUCommission I knew *someone* would reply this. (and if they hadn't I would)
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A similar thought that struck me a while back:
Right now is probably the strongest and most functional the Kalmar Union has been.
Sure, the Nordics aren't in a union with one king now, but with all being in NATO now this is the most coordinated our militaries have ever been. And wwe're all EU+EEA, and freedom of movement since decades. etc.
Looks like a more solid "union" than we had in the 1400s.@Gurre @FrancoisPrague @EUCommission
i was thinking polish-lithuanian commonwealth
and i was thinking that because they had a democratic system where only one dissenting vote could stop everything
and even more amazingly, oftentimes the dissenting vote was because of a bribe from #russia
but i'm not being pessimistic, i just find that parallel interesting. i like you think the #eu is stronger than its ever been, and will only get stronger
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On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

"Shared ambitions" lmao... shared by whom?
Greek pensioners in 2012, Spanish youth unemployment at 50%, Eastern European wage arbitrage feeding German industrial supply chains?Let's be real, the EU as it was designed by the Treaty of Rome is a cartel arrangement designed for post-Marshall Plan Europe to allow capital to move freely from primarily trade deficit nations to trade surplus nations, and to then further moralise and inflict austerity on the same deficitary nations.
To the EC, federalise or die
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A similar thought that struck me a while back:
Right now is probably the strongest and most functional the Kalmar Union has been.
Sure, the Nordics aren't in a union with one king now, but with all being in NATO now this is the most coordinated our militaries have ever been. And wwe're all EU+EEA, and freedom of movement since decades. etc.
Looks like a more solid "union" than we had in the 1400s. -
@Gurre @EUCommission a bit of optimism does not harm
thanks -
@EUCommission I wish the EU would focus more on free internal markets and less on digital surveillance..
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@EUCommission Surely they weren't thinking of creating #ChatControl 1.0 & 2.0 and Digital Omnibus in that era.
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
(fightchatcontrol.eu)
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@EUCommission
The EU is obviously not perfect, but the way I see it it is possibly (not far from) the strongest its ever been. And that's with Orban's constant treason. -
On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

@EUCommission if we took a photo of the leaders of the EU now, it would look a lot more diverse - in gender, age, origins, social backgrounds, you name it. That's also something to celebrate!
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@EUCommission I suspect leap of fate is a bit much. The Benelux cooperation is older and pretty much proved it was a good idea.
@jeffreyb @EUCommission They don't teach proper civics nor EU history in schools at national level and it shows. It's a pity that we don't have at least a miniseries about how Jean & Bob made it happen against all (considerable) odds because it was anything but smooth sailing. And the Be- in Benelux had to be bullied by Monnet into not sabotaging the European project's founding principles, btw.

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On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome.
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become todayโs European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. Itโs about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now.

@EUCommission I expect you to not just utter these "fine words" but act upon them!
- By pushing for a #Europe that is unified and strong through diversity and pluralism and that bot only denounces #nationalism and #racism but universally welcomes everyone who &vows loyality to the values of the #EU*!
- Values like #Peace, #HumanRights, #CivilRights and #Democracy!
It's your turnโฆ
- By pushing for a #Europe that is unified and strong through diversity and pluralism and that bot only denounces #nationalism and #racism but universally welcomes everyone who &vows loyality to the values of the #EU*!
