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Time for 🇩🇪 (and 🇪🇺) to get serious about de-risking. New piece in @IPQuarterly together with my @GPPi colleague Jakob Hensing.

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"US offers used tanks from its own stocks plus long term industrial partnership to every European country that can deliver Leopard 2 to 🇺🇦", 🇩🇪 defence industry circles claim. "Each country that accepts US offer is lost for 🇩🇪defence industry".

Europas Streitkräfte und die amerikanischen Rüstungsinteressen

Bisher wurde die Lieferung von Leopard 2 an die Ukraine immer unter dem militärischen Aspekt diskutiert. Doch mit Waffenlieferungen sind auch rüstungspolitische Interessen verbunden. Hier gehen...

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„What‘s your message to Russia?“

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Baerbock to business leaders: "We paid for every cubic feet of 🇷🇺gas three times with our national security". "We need to anchor in 🇨🇳strategy what we learned from🇷🇺dependence". "We & you can no longer afford 'Business First' without factoring in long term dependencies & risks".

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„This is how the Russian state will now be perceived. This is your image“.

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Read this interview with Karaganov (reliable bellwether of 🇷🇺ruling elite majority consensus). If afterwards you still harbor any illusions about sustainable negotiated settlement with Putin's Kremlin on European security order read it again. And again.

Sergey Karaganov: «We are at war with the West. The European security order is illegitimate»

Putin’s former advisor Karaganov: a settlement might involve partition of Ukraine, but risks of escalation are growing

www.corriere.it

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Robert Habeck & Annalena Baerbock are now Germany's two most favorite politicians.

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2 years

Genau so ist es.

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70% of Germans in favor of extending nuclear power plants, 20% against. 54% of Green party voters in favor, 38% against. (Insa poll for BILD)

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German president Steinmeier planned to visit Kyiv tomorrow but @ZelenskyyUa doesn't want to see him (according to BILD). 🇺🇦diplomat: "At the moment, he is not welcome in Kyiv. We'll see whether this changes".

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Warum der @Bundeskanzler Cosco-Beteiligung am Hamburger Hafen keinesfalls erlauben sollte und statt dessen mit Wirtschaftsminister Habeck eine Europäische Hafeninitiative zur Stärkung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit starten sollte. Mein Stück für @Tagesspiegel .

Cosco will Teil des Hamburger Hafens kaufen: Olaf Scholz darf Chinas Erpressung nicht nachgeben

Chinas Cosco-Konzern möchte einen Anteil am Hamburger Hafen erwerben. Wirtschaftsminister Habeck lehnt das ab, die Landes-SPD will das dennoch. Es hängt am Kanzler. Ein Gastbeitrag.

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A self-confident, focused @ABaerbock hits exactly the right tone in press conference after meeting with Lavrov. Offers cooperation based on principles of UN Charter, Helsinki Accords & Paris Charter. Speaks out against threats against Ukraine, treatment of Navalny & Memorial.

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1 year

As piece details this is also result of lack of capacity of 🇩🇪defence industry that led Scholz to complain that in light of quantity produced one cannot speak of "real industry". And 🇩🇪government let almost year go by without moving forcefully with industry to ramp up capacity.

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Hamburg fürchtet Nachteile durch Untersagung Cosco-Deal. Mittelfristig wird umgekehrt ein Schuh daraus. Hamburg sollte es als Standortvorteil sehen, der einzige große Hafen in Europa ohne chinesische Beteiligung zu sein. Diese Unabhängigkeit kann Alleinstellungsmerkmal werden.

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German officials alarmed over what they see as Trump's aggressive 1bn US$ bid to take over Tübingen-based biopharmaceutical company Curevac to secure possible COVID19 vaccine "just for US". Officials to offer incentives to Curevac & consider blocking sale.

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Haben wir schon "Ukraine sollte Offensive sofort stoppen, sonst setzt Putin Atomwaffen ein" von unserer geschätzten "Ukraine sollte sich ergeben"-Fraktion gehört? Das wäre ja der logische nächste Argumentationsschritt.

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Scholz treats himself to a bit of Putin trolling: “NATO Eastern enlargement not a topic that we’ll likely encounter in our offices as long as we hold them. I don’t quite know how long president plans to stay in office. I have feeling this could take longer but not forever…”.

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Taiwan ist bislang unentdecktes Schlaraffenland für die deutschen Briefeschreiber"intellektuellen". Warte schon gespannt auf den ersten Brief. Da können die Schreiber ihre gesamten Vorstellungen noch einmal perfekt ausleben. Hier ein Vorgeschmack.

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Nech.

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11)German officials shouldn’t ever talk about return to status quo ante with Russia, not even in theoretical terms. As one colleague said: “Which status quo ante do you want to return to? Russia lying to us or we lying to ourselves?”

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"I survived Hitler. I survived Stalin. And I will also survive this asshole Putin". 96year old Auschwitz survivor Anastasia Gulej who lives in Kyiv.

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🇩🇪needs to be aware there's an increasing perception of German double standards esp in Southern Europe: no hesitation to impose costs of austerity on Southern Eurozone members but 🇩🇪does want to shield itself from any harsh effects when dealing with its own miscalculations.

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Hearing more and more voices from countries where Germany imposed austerity plans saying “faster is better” now wondering why we’re so generous to Germany when it asks for time to disentangle itself from its self imposed dependance on Russian energy…

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Innerhalb der letzten beiden Jahre hat sich die Unterstützung für die Klima-und Umweltbewegung in 🇩🇪halbiert. "Hat grundsätzlich meine Unterstützung". 2021: 68% 2023: 34% Neue Daten von @moreincommon_de

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„Reason for continued suffering is shockingly simple: 🇷🇺president wants to follow through with his imperialistic plan“. An extremely clear🇩🇪chancellor @OlafScholz today in Security Council on peace & diplomacy, unmasking Russian lies. A good 4 minutes well worth watching.

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Last September, this title offered a contrarian take amid all the hagiography. "There are reasons to fear that the next decade could expose deeper failings" of the German model, @tom_nuttall wrote. Today, this very much looks like an understatement.

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🇩🇪 finance minister Lindner: "Putin's attack is not just an attack on Ukraine. It's an attack on a Werteordnung. It is an attack on us all". "We will isolate Russia. Economically, financially, politically". "We are willing to bear costs of sanctions. They are price of freedom".

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Steinmeier not looking happy having received news of 🇺🇦 blocking trip: Says he wanted to send "strong signal of 🇪🇺 solidarity" alongside presidents of Baltics & Poland. "I was ready but apparently (and I need to take note) this was not desired in Kyiv".

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"Kein Beruf, kein Examen, er versteckte sich als Mitarbeiter bei Regional-Abgeordneten. Wenig Geld, viel Zeit für Politik. Wo andere malochten, Familien planten, hatte er Zeit fürs Strippenziehen" Die Angst vor @KuehniKev muss schon groß sein bei BILD.

BILD erklärt Juso-Chef Kevin Kühnert (30): Der Möchtegern-Kanzler

Der wird „Vorsitzender der Sozialdemokratischen Linkspartei“, prophezeite sein Tutor. Am Freitag will Kühnert erstmal Partei-Vize werden.

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3 years

To preserve the now deleted “The fucking Maas” by @ChinaDaily EU bureau chief @chenweihua for posteriority on this historic day.

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2 years

I met with some Berlin bubble colleagues yesterday to learn about their perspectives on what Germany should do on Russia’s war (not the full Zeitenwende agenda but specifically the war). Here are a few take-aways. They are very basic even banal but maybe repetition can’t hurt.🧵

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US administration sources make public via @sz that Llyod Austin had "fierce exchange of words" with head of chancellory @W_Schmidt_ & that Sullivan "read riot act" to Scholz' national security advisor Plötner for putting conditions on Leopard transfer.

Kampfpanzer Leopard 2: USA sind verärgert über Entscheidung von Scholz

Die USA sind wütend über die Entscheidung von Kanzler Scholz, zunächst keine Leopard-Panzer an die Ukraine zu liefern.

www.sueddeutsche.de

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Den @CarloMasala1 scheinen die letzten Wochen von Phänotyp über Vornamen bis Pascha genauso verstört zu haben wie mich. Danke fürs (wie immer treffsichere) Auf den Punkt-Bringen des Störgefühls, Carlo.

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7 years

Juncker's visit to planet May: " #Brexit cannot be a success". FAZ inside story of disastrous London #Brexit dinner makes for great reading.

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60% of Germans polled by INSA/BILD say 🇩🇪should stop importing gas from Russia. Remarkable. Almost half of Germans polled (48%) say sanctions are not sufficiently far-reaching. Only 16% say they go too far (less than combined AfD/Left vote share).

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Good things do happen every once in a while. We should celebrate them. A new chapter for Poland and Europe.

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Scholz: „We will only be able or willing to take back sanctions if 🇺🇦agrees. I believe many in Kremlin haven‘t quite grasped this. For 🇷🇺 this has devestating consequences“. „Only Ukraine can negotiate on conditions for peace“. „We cannot allow others to decide for or on 🇺🇦“.

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Should we support 🇺🇦despite high energy prices? Greens 97% SPD 82% FDP 74% CDU/CSU 73% Left 59% AfD 30% Overall: 70% Yes //21% No (ZDF Politbarometer)

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Strong statement by @heikomaas with Wang Yi * says he was in touch with Czech Senate president on Taiwan visit & threats have no place in respectful relations * affirms suspension of HK extradition treaty, says security law restrictions should be „rolled back“

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27. August 2022 Krieg mitten in Europa. Deutschland schlittert in schwere Energie- und Wirtschaftskrise.

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Warsaw blocks 🇩🇪plan to establish much needed maintenance hub close to 🇺🇦border for PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers unless 🇵🇱state-owned arms manufacturer takes lead & is allowed in on trade secrets. 🇩🇪now considers Slovakia as alternative location.

(S+) Ukraine-Krieg: Reparaturzentrum für Panzerhaubitzen soll in der Slowakei statt in Polen...

Deutsche Waffen helfen der Ukraine im Kampf gegen Russland – aber sie müssen auch gewartet werden. Ein Reparaturzentrum scheitert bislang an Polen, nun ist nach SPIEGEL-Informationen eine Alternative...

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Selten hat ein Dokumentarfilm Politik so erfahrbar gemacht, ohne selbst zu werten. @akatharinaa & @LucasStratmann über @KuehniKev & die SPD. Premiere heute beim Hamburger Filmfestival. Sechs Folgen in der Mediathek, die sich lohnen.

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"Wir müssen einen kühlen Kopf bewahren. So sehr es uns das Herz zerreißt". Nachhilfe für CDU-Vorsitzenden & Springer-Chef in Sachen verantwortungsvolle Realpolitik von einer grünen Außenministerin. Besser als @ABaerbock kann man Döpfner & Merz nicht abräumen.

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At @handelsblatt event, Chinese ambassador Wu issues clear threat to Germany: „If you decide to exclude Huawei this will have consequences. You sell million cars per year in China. We may also declare them unsafe“. (from min 26). Gloves are off. #5G

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By the end of this year, according to estimates 59% of 5G RAN in Germany (and 100% in Berlin) will be provided by Huawei. This is an abysmal failure to protect critical infrastructure, going against key intentions of law Bundestag passed against Merkel’s Huawei open door policy.

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Merkel's grand finale at @VogelparkMarlow . We will miss her.

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Bundeswehr lab determined "beyond any doubt" that Navalny was poisoned with Novichok agent, banned under 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. German government in touch with EU & NATO partners on "appropriate joint response". Germany will also contact @OPCW in The Hague.

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Erklärung der Bundesregierung im Fall #Nawalny .

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Almost 2/3 of Germans say Germany is economically too dependent on China --> clear political majority for rebalancing & reducing dependence. 52% of Germans think China is global power Germany needs to put up a fight against the most in future. --> majority for tougher stance

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„We‘ve been hearing a lot of arguments from 🇪🇺that 🇺🇦 should be wake-up call also for Asia since things like his could also happen in Asia. Guess what, things have been happening in Asia” & maybe 🇪🇺didn’t pay attention. @DrSJaishankar serving it right back. #Raisina2022

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I see 🇩🇪 commentators: "Steinmeier wanted to go with 🇵🇱& Baltics. Zelensky dividing Europeans only serves Putin". "Won't do🇺🇦 any good in 🇩🇪debate". I'd rather focus on intensifying our own 🇩🇪 debate on where we went wrong in past & what we can improve to help 🇺🇦 & ourselves.

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This PLA officer describes those in Taiwan not accepting Beijing‘s right to rule them as „tumors“ that need to be taken out, the PLAs‘s job. „The body will feel pain. But what causes this pain? The scalpels or the tumor“? De-humanization at work.

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5 Jahre lang hat die Regierung es versäumt, kristallklare Ansagen an Netzbetreiber zu Hochrisikoanbietern Huawei & ZTE in kritischer Infrastruktur 5G zu machen. 5 Jahre haben Netzbetreiber Falschinformationen verbreitet & haben entgegen Warnungen immer mehr Huawei verbaut.

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Was Herr Müller zum Neujahr herumfabuliert. Als ob Außenministerium, Grüne & FDP systematisch Gespräche mit Moskau verweigerten. In welcher Welt muß man leben, um auf solche Ideen zu kommen?

Bericht aus Berlin

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"Es muss immer wieder ein Gesprächsangebot geben. Bedauerlich, dass Grüne und FDP das nicht verstehen" – Michael Müller (SPD) zum Krieg in der Ukraine.

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The most unsurprising surprise of the year. When will @nytimes get it?

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Just wenn man glaubt „Schlimmer geht es nicht“, kommt die nächste Folge der täglichen Horrorshow aus Bordesholm um die Ecke.

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Ich bewundere die Arbeit von Claudia Major inhaltlich. Und ich bewundere, dass sie trotz dieser grotesken Anfeindungen weiter in der öffentlichen Arena steht.

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Wenn mal wieder jemand fragt, warum Wissenschaftler*innen keine Einschätzungen mehr in den Medien oder in öffentlichen Debatten geben wollen, warum sie sich aus dem öffentlichen Raum zurückziehen - der / die lese solche Kommentare 👇:

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Two Berlin-based US diplomats diagnosed with brain injuries of type seen in people exposed to shockwaves from explosions that could be from microwave attacks worked on countering Russian disinformation & NS2. Had reported being followed by Russian agents.

Putins Schall-Angriffe in Berlin: „Das ist krasser als der Tiergarten-Mord“

BILD-Recherchen zeigen, was hinter den Schall-Attacken auf zwei Mitarbeiter der US-Botschaft in Berlin steckt. Die genutzte Waffe wurden schon 1975 genutzt.

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Really excellent speech on re-thinking interdependence for crucial decade for 🇩🇪& 🇪🇺economic model. Baerbock raises alarm bells on reducing dependence on 🇨🇳with regard to raw materials & intermediate products.

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This is by far the best & boldest speech I have seen by any German minister on re-thinking 🇩🇪 approach to foreign economic policy for the first time taking economic security seriously. Hope there will be an English translation soon.

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Rede von Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock anlässlich des Wirtschaftstags der 20. Konferenz der Leiterinnen und Leiter deutscher Auslandsvertretungen

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Diese Lauterbach-Nummer, der Bevölkerung mit Verschärfung der Maßnahmen zu drohen, wenn man politisch gescheitert ist. Wie wäre es stattdessen, mal eine belastbare repräsentative Seroprävelenzstudie vorzustellen, um zu sehen, wie groß Lücke wirklich ist?

Corona: Lauterbach prophezeit das Comeback der Maske

Der Gesundheitsminister nennt das Aus für die Impfpflicht „eine klare, herbe Niederlage“ – und kündigt schärfere Maßnahmen für den Herbst an

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Public opinion in Germany turning more critical on Chinese party state. 69% of Germans say allowing Cosco Hamburg terminal deal was wrong decision. Olaf Scholz only has 20% of population behind him on Cosco deal.

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Zelensky (not Scholz, not Macron): "I’d consider it victory for 🇺🇦, as of today, to advance to February 24 line without unnecessary losses". "Because taking step back... is costly, too costly. I would like 🇺🇦to have enough wisdom to talk about second stage at negotiating table".

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„Wird die Sanktionsspiralen mit 🇷🇺weiter anfeuern. Hier wird Ideologie über Interessen des Landes gestellt“. Der heldenhafte Kampf von Michael Kretschmer (CDU) für Rosneft.

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20 minutes of "summer interview" with possible next chancellor @ArminLaschet by one of Germany's two main public broadcasters. Not a single question that deals with anything beyond Germany. No Europe. No nothing. @TheoKoll as myopic as it gets. Terrible.

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"Stolz verweist Cosco darauf, dass auf jedem seiner Schiffe ein Politkommissar mitfahre und dass 83% der im Ausland tätigen Mitarbeiter Parteimitglieder seien. Der 'rote Motor' sei ein Wettbewerbsvorteil". Klar, Cosco ist ganz normaler Wettbewerber so wie Maersk & Hapag Lloyd...

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Scholz: „Putin‘s hatred against free Ukraine bigger than his interest in economic & social development in his country. He cannot be allowed to win this war of aggression. He will not win this war“.

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"With US, Germany & EU should pursue forceful decoupling from China. Would be expensive but not too expensive. Corona recession unique opportunity to correct wrong path". @axelspringer CEO Döpfner with most radical statement so far within German liberal-conservative circles.

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Kremlin wants to erase Ukraine from the map and Celso Amorim worries about Versailles style victors’ peace imposed on Russia. Some really live in a parallel universe.

Russian concerns on Ukraine must ‘be taken into account’, says Brazil

Foreign policy adviser to leftwing president Lula warns western leaders’ stance risks provoking a wider conflict

www.ft.com

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Stattdessen sollte er Wirtschaftsminister Habeck damit beauftragen, mit Hamburg und dessen großen EU-Wettbewerbern eine Initiative für eine gemeinsame europäische Hafenstrategie voranzutreiben, die langfristig die europäische Wettbewerbsposition gegenüber Cosco verbessert.

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"Huawei 5G would give Germany a Great Leap Forward". Finally Beijing presents killer argument for why we should make ourselves dependent on party state technology for #5G critical infrastructure. Great Leap Forward truly mesmerizing prospect. Worked so well first time around.

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@AmbLiuXiaoMing @Telegraph It is not just UK, it is true for many European states. Germany, e.g. has bad mobile network coverage. My cell phone has no signal in some rural areas. Or turned to 3G sometimes. Feel desperate when GPS map does not show. Huawei 5G would give Germany a Great Leap Forward.

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Wenn man sich die Passage in Scholz‘ Rede in einem Tweet so verhunzen kann, ist wirklich spektakulär.

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Der Krieg wirft viele Fragen auf wie: Darf Gewalt mit Gewalt bekämpft werden? Schafft man Frieden nur ohne Waffen? Wir sollten beides mit Respekt diskutieren. Klar ist aber: Wir stehen der Ukraine bei, damit Gewalt sich nicht als Mittel durchsetzt. @katholikentag

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"I have the feeling that people in the West don't understand what is happening in Belarus. A small, proud country is fighting against a crazy murderer, right in middle of Europe! And the world is silent". Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich in @derspiegel

Svetlana Alexievich on the protests against Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus

Literature Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich is currently in Berlin receiving medical treatment. In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, she spoke about the protests in her homeland of Belarus, the...

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"Should we support Ukraine despite increasing energy costs?" Remarkable that with cost of energy biting more and more 🇩🇪support has increased further. 74% of Germans now say yes. (ZDF Politbarometer)

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Ein guter Tag, ein großes Dankeschön zu sagen an @ClaudMajor stellvertretend für alle Kolleginnen, die uns in Kriegszeiten in Funk, Fernsehen & hier mit dem öffentlichen Gut Einordnung & Orientierung versorgen, dafür viel Freizeit opfern & sich viel Widerwärtiges anhören müssen.

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Schlimm, daß dieser Herr, der sich gern als "Merkels Ex-Militärberater" apostrophiert (den Titel hat er erfunden), in den ersten Tagen des Kriegs auf allen Kanälen zu sehen war. Unglaublich ist geradezu, daß er heute immer noch als Experte in Medien gefragt ist.

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@thorstenbenner

3 years

In meiner gibt es keinen, @jensspahn .

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Elon Musk is clearly beholden to Chinese party state interests and clearly a walking unhinged security risk. Latest proof: Musk comparing Taiwan to Hawaii, „an integral part of China that is arbitrarily not part of China“.

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9)Germany & Europe need to get out of reactive mode & think about what we can we do overtly and covertly to surprise Kremlin (also on other fronts where Russia has security interests, Arctic, Africa, Middle East).

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1 year

Wie @CarloMasala1 erklärt, warum Scholz auf das Panzer-Tandem mit Biden besteht, das setzt mal wieder den Maßstab für Seriosität. #annewill

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"🇩🇪 auto industry underestimated strength of 🇨🇳competitors", Audi boss says. 🇩🇪automakers are rapidly losing market share in China as consumers prefer 🇨🇳 brands that offer features they want (& German brands don't offer) at very attractive prices.

(S+) BYD, Nio, Geely und Co.: Die größte Gefahr seit Tesla für VW, BMW und Mercedes

Jahrzehntelang dominierten VW, BMW und Mercedes den chinesischen Markt, nun schlagen Firmen wie BYD, Nio und Geely zurück. Ihre E-Autos könnten bald auch Europa erobern. Müssen die Deutschen jetzt...

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2 years

Europeans can be extremely grateful to have competent, reliable US administration laser-focused on a European crisis & willing to invest real resources. They should also remind themselves going forward they should consider this the exception not the norm and prepare accordingly.

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83% of Germans say it's "very important" or "important" that 🇩🇪 makes itself economically less dependent on 🇨🇳. Remarkable. Let's get to work. And also sensitize public this is not a cost-free endeavor in short term but will pay off medium and long term. (ZDF Politbarometer)

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In Moscow, Putin uses 9 May to justify brutal war against 🇺🇦. In Berlin, former chancellor Gerhard Schröder & his wife attend 9 May celebration at Russian Embassy along with AfD co-leader Chrupalla & former AfD leader Gauland. A new disgusting low.

Jahrestag des Sieges über die Nazis: Empfang in der russischen Botschaft

In der russischen Botschaft in Berlin fand am Dienstag ein Empfang statt. Anlass: Das Gedenken an den Sieg über den Faschismus.

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Russia‘s war in less than a year achieved what would have been inconceivable otherwise: a Germany doing without Russian gas. (And now we better protect the Norway pipelines).

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2 years

4)Our interest is to do the smartest & most effective things to help Ukraine win this war. Putin not winning is very much in our own security interest & and that is why we should invest heavily in this.

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When you ex-wife comes out to defend you saying "We must not put Gerd on par with Hitler" then you know that you are down to your last stand. #Schr öder

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Ex-Frau verteidigt Altkanzler Schröder - „Wir dürfen Gerd nicht in eine Reihe mit Hitler stellen“

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13) For the rest, welcome to the age of shitty choices for 🇩🇪. Germany has manoeuvred itself in situation in which it needs to get used to going for least bad option with no good options available.

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Italy's Copasir (Parliamentary Committee for Security of Republic) after year-long effort in report recommends considering exclusion of high-risk Chinese #5G providers. Says price concerns can't trump security & 5G can still be rolled out without problems.

Via la Cina dal 5G. Il verdetto del Copasir - Formiche.net

Nel rapporto conclusivo dell'indagine sulla sicurezza delle telecomunicazioni il Copasir conclude: i cinesi nel 5G un pericolo per la sicurezza nazionale

formiche.net

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A friendly 🇨🇳 family buys restaurant next to Swiss military airport where US F-35 landed for tests & will operate in future. And it takes Swiss authorities 5 years to get suspicious. It's so cliché that you have a hard time believing the story is real.

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2 years

Most in my generation of (West) Germans were dealt luckiest cards of any 🇩🇪 generation. Many mistook luck for law of nature. We enjoyed the party while it lasted. Many of us (myself included) didn‘t quite see what was coming. We now have to prove we can prevail with less luck.

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2 years

Unsere Politik gegenüber der Ukraine sollte primär weder von der Scham über eigene Fehler und Schuld noch vom Befremden und möglichen Ärger über Verhalten & Worte Zelenskys oder Melnyks getrieben sein, sondern von einer nüchternen Abwägung deutscher und europäischer Interessen.

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2 years

„Die sind echt weg“. 🇺🇦public diplomacy at its best.

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First major interview with Lars-Hendrik Röller, architect of Merkel's policy of deepening 🇩🇪 dependence on 🇨🇳. Bottom line: he hasn't quite caught up with reality. A lot of party like it's 1999. Many old illusions about cooperating with 🇨🇳. Completely ignores Xi-Putin entente.

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2 years

Have we already heard "Ukraine must immediately stop its offensive otherwise Putin will use nuclear weapons" from Roger Waters and other esteemed members of the "Ukraine must surrender crowd"? That would be the logical next argument.

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6)Supplying Ukraine with weapons & other essential goods (also through private sector) is most important thing Germany can do right now. It goes without saying we need to ramp up our efforts & get everyone across government in "make things possible" not Bedenkenträger mode.

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Europe‘s failure to ramp up artillery production is something that deserves a lot more attention in public debate on response to Russia‘s invasion.

Simon Shuster

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"We’re in big trouble … basic munitions are not coming," a Ukrainian official told @ABC news. Really alarming details about the drop in supplies of artillery shells, which President @ZelenskyyUa also highlighted last week.

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Scholz in today‘s budget speech announces 🇩🇪 delivery of IRIS-T which will be most modern air defense system Ukraine will be able to use. Also says Germany will within its technical means support delivery of multiple rocket launchers announced by Biden.

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1)Germany shouldn’t even try to mediate or put pressure on Ukrainian government. Ukrainians are the only ones fighting and they are the ones who should be making sovereign decisions on conducting the war (of course within boundaries of IL) & negotiating with Kremlin.

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@Ralf_Stegner Jedes einzelne Wort von Robert Habeck stimmt. Und trifft genau den richtigen Ton. Angst sollten uns diejenigen einjagen, die immer noch nicht verstehen, daß wir großen Landkrieg am besten verhindern können, wenn wir darauf vorbereitet sind als Europäer.

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2 years

Sorry to spoil "Why Europe will run 21st century" re-launch party. 🇪🇺 is doing all this under protection of US nuclear umbrella & in slipstream of pro-EU US administration. Europe doesn't remotely have in place what it takes to withstand geopolitical shocks without US protection.

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We are witnessing the emergence of a global power in this crisis: the European Union. I was confident that a Russian invasion w/d be a shock to Europe and lead to a robust response. But never w/d I have predicted the announcements from Germany, EU, and others. Truly stunning. 1/

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