Marc Loesewitz

Policy Advisor @giz_gmbh | Formerly @EU_Commission | Tweets are personal - mainly international relations, diplomacy, law, innovation, EU & Germany

[Marc Loesewitz @MarcLoesewitz]

Interesting Sunday read: https://t.co/TANnrShcrv

[Marc Loesewitz @MarcLoesewitz]

Irregular migration, such as the migration flows seen in #Ceuta, cannot be sustainably managed through border enforcement alone because it is driven by underlying development challenges in countries of origin and transit.

[António Costa @eucopresident]

I express my solidarity with Spain in the current situation of illegal migration in Ceuta.

While third-country nationals in Ceuta do not enjoy free movement to mainland Spain or the rest of the Schengen area, Spain’s firm response, including ongoing accelerated returns, demonstrates our determination to protect our external borders, combat illegal migration, and dismantle criminal smuggling networks.

I welcome Spain’s close cooperation with Morocco in addressing this shared challenge and ensuring swift returns.

We will remain in close contact with the Spanish authorities in the coming days.

[Marc Loesewitz @MarcLoesewitz]

It’s easy to treat foreign aid as a line item in a budget.

It’s much harder to ignore what happens when clinics close, medicines run out and vaccination campaigns stop. The result is preventable deaths.

This article is a sobering reminder.
#foreignAid https://t.co/mjNeRXKGKr

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

This deal reopens a body of water that was open before the war and begins a nuclear negotiation far narrower than what Trump was seeking before the war. All at a staggering cost to the entire world while leaving an IRGC-led government that feels strengthened.

[Marc Loesewitz @MarcLoesewitz]

Asking yourself whether the US capture of Venezuela's President was legal? Read this👇 #Venezuela

https://t.co/I6WsZRuS1o

[Wolfgang Ischinger @ischinger]

Must read:
Russian Unreality and American Weakness - by Timothy Snyder https://t.co/mcV4kDBWJF

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

The war in Gaza grows more dangerous by the hour.

EU priorities remain humanitarian support, including access for NGOs, with an immediate ceasefire and release of remaining hostages.

If a military solution was possible, the war would already be over.

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

These are not political news cycle issues. Trump is transforming what the United States is as a country in the world into a far right, authoritarian, transactional, valueless oligarchy aligned with the world's autocracies.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The AfD's mission is to rehabilitate the image of the Nazi movement.

One leader's license plate is an open tribute to Hitler.

A top AfD official said about migrants, "We can always shoot them later...or gas them."

Another described Judaism as the "inner enemy" in Germany.

[Tom Nuttall @tom_nuttall]

The outside world's catastrophising insistence on characterising Germany's current politics as in "crisis", "turmoil", "turbulence" etc is getting rather aggravating. Guys we're literally making our way through steps outlined in the world's most pedantic constitution here

[Financial Times @FT]

Romania and Bulgaria to join EU’s Schengen free movement area https://t.co/NLuDMVK0F6

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The @UN is fully committed to supporting a smooth transition of power in Syria, with an inclusive political process in which the rights of all minorities will be fully respected, and paving the way towards a united country with its territorial integrity fully reestablished.

@UNEnvoySyria is engaging all key actors to contribute to these objectives.

I fully trust the Syrian people to be able to choose their own destiny.

[GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo]

The people of #Syria long to start a new, peaceful chapter for their country. At the same time, there are tangible concerns, as the situation is anything but stable. Therefore, international coordination revolves around the following 8 points, as @ABaerbock underlined.🧵 1/9

[lnternationale Politik Quarterly @IPQuarterly]

Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his political rival Friedrich Merz need to address their blind spots when it comes to the risks Russia might take over the West’s support for Ukraine, @thorstenbenner writes.

https://t.co/j4C7hF1vDZ

[Ani Chkhikvadze @achkhikvadze]

Despite arrest and violence - you can see the turnout at #TbilisiProtests

[Auswärtiges Amt @AuswaertigesAmt]

Putin greift unsere Friedensordnung mit hybriden Angriffen an. Unsere Gesellschaften sollen ins Wanken gebracht werden – sei es durch gestörte GPS-Kanäle, Trolle im Internet oder Narrative, die Rente & Kindergeld gegen unsere Ukraine-Unterstützung ausspielen. @ABaerbock @NATO 1/3

[Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman]

So - just to underline - the proposed director of national intelligence for the US, Tulsi Gabbard, is so pro-Putin that she has been described as a Russian agent on Russian TV.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Meet the 11 men whose worldviews could shape Trump’s foreign policy: https://t.co/QI2RQuIpt3

[GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo]

Germany is helping - also from air. @Team_Luftwaffe dropped relief supplies over the north of #Gaza today in teamwork with @GermanyDiplo @francediplo & Jordan. Four pallets with one ton of food each, including rice & flour. 1/2

[Ulf Kristersson @SwedishPM]

Sweden is now a NATO member. Thank you all Allies for welcoming us as the 32nd member. We will strive for unity, solidarity and burden-sharing, and will fully adhere to the Washington Treaty values: freedom, democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law. Stronger together.