ERR News: Former PM Andrus Ansip to publish memoirs, rules out return to politics
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Andrus Ansip
Andrus Ansip is an Estonian politician, a member of the European Parliament, the former European Commissioner for Digital Single Market and Vice President of the European Commission, in office from 2014 until 2019. Previously, he was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2005 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal Estonian Reform Party from 2004 to 2014.
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RT by @ Ansip_EU : 👏 MEPs of @ EP_SingleMarket and @ EP_Environment just adopted draft report on green claims directive by @ Ansip_EU and @engerer. 🗳️ ⬆️ 85/⬇️ 2/↔️ 14 See press release 👇 https://www. europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pre ss-room/20240212IPR17624/greenwashing-how-eu-firms-can-validate-their-green-claims 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/EP_SingleMarket/stat us/1757763154824540278#m [2024-02-14 13:46 UTC]
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6 months of work voted in 6 seconds 🗳️ 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/Ansip_EU/status/1757 771650097885578#m [2024-02-14 14:19 UTC]
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 7 entries
ERR News: Andrus Ansip: 70 percent of Estonians share my bitterness
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“RT by @ Ansip_EU : 👏 MEPs of @ EP_SingleMarket and @ EP_Environment just adopted draft report on green claims directive by @ Ansip_EU and @engerer. 🗳️ ⬆️ 85/⬇️ 2/↔️ 14 See press release 👇 https://www. europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pre ss-room/20240212IPR17624/greenwashing-how-eu-firms-can-validate-their-green-claims 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/EP_SingleMarket/stat us/1757763154824540278#m [2024-02-14 13:46 UTC]”
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“6 months of work voted in 6 seconds 🗳️ 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/Ansip_EU/status/1757 771650097885578#m [2024-02-14 14:19 UTC]”
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“We can’t talk about happy consumers if every other green claim is false or about level playing field if some producers are cheating. I believe the Green Claims Directive adopted today is less burdensome for traders and brings clarity to consumers. Thanks to everybody involved! 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/Ansip_EU/status/1757 774182408962493#m [2024-02-14 14:29 UTC]”
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“RT by @ Ansip_EU : 🕝 At 14.30 CET today, @ EP_SingleMarket and @ EP_Environment will vote their draft position on green claims directive by rapporteurs @ Ansip_EU and @engerer. Follow the vote 👇 https:// multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/ en/webstreaming/envi-imco-committee-meeting_20240214-1430-COMMITTEE-ENVI-IMCO 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/EP_SingleMarket/stat us/1757689847345541311#m [2024-02-14 08:54 UTC]”
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“Together with colleagues https:// nitter.cz/andreykovatchev , https:// nitter.cz/AndriusKubilius and Dr. Roy Chun Lee, we organised a conference about the recent Taiwanese elections. I am sure that cooperation between the EU and Taiwan will further deepen under president Lai Ching-te. I wish Taiwan a bright future! 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/Ansip_EU/status/1752 764268397592712#m [2024-01-31 18:42 UTC]”
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“I admire the free Taiwanese people and Taiwan’s strong and thriving democracy. I would like to congratulate William Lai on his election as President of Taiwan. I am sure that cooperation between Estonia and Taiwan and between the European Union and Taiwan will deepen. 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/Ansip_EU/status/1746 193386845954319#m [2024-01-13 15:32 UTC]”
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2023· 4 entries
“RT by @ Ansip_EU : MEPide tuleproovi põhiteemaks kujunesid 2024 aasta valimised ja valijate aktiveerimine ning Eesti ja ELi tulevikusuunad nii majanduses, julgeolekus, kui ka kliima ja tehnoloogia valdkonnas. 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/EuroopaKomisjon/stat us/1737816502672236603#m [2023-12-21 12:45 UTC]”
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“AITJUMMA-AITJUMMA! https://www. facebook.com/share/v/WRkL2Ljmd cJ4K5qM/?mibextid=KsPBc6 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/Ansip_EU/status/1733 778571724816420#m [2023-12-10 09:19 UTC]”
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“RT by @ Ansip_EU : # TRILOGUE | Kick-off trilogue on the right to repair directive. The new rules aim to remove obstacles that discourage consumers from seeking repair, such as inconvenience, lack of transparency or difficult access to repair services. # EU2023ES 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/eu2023es/status/1732 811131083747612#m [2023-12-07 17:15 UTC]”
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“I admire how Anna Hints with her team have managed to create a movie that touches every person’s soul. It does not matter whether you are young or old, a man or a woman. Impeccable! <p> https:// nitter.cz/luxaward/status/1697 651696988553717#m </p> 🐦🔗: https:// nitter.cz/Ansip_EU/status/1732 400851279380874#m [2023-12-06 14:05 UTC]”
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2020· 1 entry
Also joined the Committee on Petitions and the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
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2019· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Moneycontrol: Andrus Ansip
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2016· 2 entries
Cineuropa: Andrus Ansip: “Piracy is the real headache of European cinema”
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EURACTIV: Andrus Ansip wants European aid to finance the African digital market
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2015· 1 entry
Variety: European Commission’s Andrus Ansip Faces Skeptical Industry Voices in Tallinn
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2014· 3 entries
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2014–2014).
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Career landmark: member of the Riigikogu (2014–2014).
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Career landmark: European Commissioner for Digital Single Market (2014–2019).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
UPI: Topic: Andrus Ansip
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2011· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Estonia (2011–2014).
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Career landmark: member of the Riigikogu (2011–2011).
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2009· 2 entries
Due to the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of a real estate price bubble fueled by cheap and easy credit from Nordic banks
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Andrus Ansip is a member of the Estonian voluntary home guard organisation Kaitseliit (Defence League) since 10 November 2009.
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2007· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Riigikogu (2007–2007).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Estonia (2007–2011).
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Estonia (2005–2007).
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2004· 2 entries
Quickly becoming Minister of Economic Affairs, and subsequently prime minister in April 2005
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Career landmark: Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications (2004–2005).
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Riigikogu (2003–2003).
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1998· 2 entries
Ansip was elected as Mayor of Tartu as a candidate of the centrist-right Reformierakond (Reform Party), a position which he held until 2004, to great popular acclaim and very high ratings in the opinion polls
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Career landmark: mayor of Tartu (1998–2004).
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1956· 2 entries
Born 1956-10-01.
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Andrus Ansip is married to gynecologist Anu Ansip (b. 1956) and they have three daughters Reet (b. 1977), who is a stomatologist; Tiina (b. 1981) who is a journalist and Liisa (b. 1997).
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