Germany: Time to Step Up | "Germany can lead Europe but it needs to convince its allies and change its attitude to hard power." Jurek Wille and @FriedrichConra1 https://t.co/wMFW7iQ1n0
🇩🇪 It took two rounds of voting in the Bundestag to elect @_FriedrichMerz as Germany’s next chancellor on Tuesday.
@ACEurope’s @JornFleck and @JurekWille examine what this signals for Berlin—and Europe at large:
https://t.co/jyUcFxtigP
The recent successes of populist parties in Germany’s state elections could signal an imminent shift in Berlin’s policies on climate, immigration, and aid for Ukraine, write @JurekWille and @FriedrichConra1.
Read more. ⬇️
https://t.co/eCS1LDcPle
Plenty to discuss in my first meeting with @USRepKeating, the most senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe. A great supporter of the transatlantic relationship. We even wore matching pink in honor of #ValentinesDay!
My last “official lunch” as 🇪🇺 Ambassador to the U.S. is done!
Great conversation between the NSC’s Kurt Campbell and a few of my EU and Indo-Pac colleagues in DC.
Will miss them all - and will miss breaking bread with so many old and new friends around my big table in DC! 👋
8o Diálogo Anual de Alto Nivel OEA-EU tuvo lugar hoy en la sede de la OEA liderado por @Almagro_OEA2015 y el Director Gerente para Américas de @eu_eeas Brian Glynn. Conversamos sobre actualidad en Latinoamérica y Caibe y revisamos cooperación regional entre ambas organizaciones
Der Terrorangriff der Hamas auf #Israel ist jetzt bald vier Wochen her. Vieles ist seitdem passiert, die öffentliche Debatte aufgeheizt und verworren. Im Video deshalb einige Gedanken von Vizekanzler und Minister Robert #Habeck zur Einordnung und Differenzierung.
In Berlin fand heute der Parlamentarische Abend Maritime Sicherheit statt. Ein Schwerpunkt der von Verteidigungsstaatssekretärin Möller geleiteten Podiumsdiskussion: Schutz maritimer KRITIS braucht ganz besonders ressortübergreifende, #integrierteSicherheit. @BMVg_Bundeswehr
What does “Zeitenwende” mean for the US and @NATO?
🇩🇪 German Defense State Secretary Siemtje Möller writes:
“In a nutshell: Germany will do its part to ensure that Europe becomes more capable of military action within the framework of NATO.” https://t.co/qVwGeJnC8E