Norman Thatcher Scharpf

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@LVinEU @eu_eeas @DelphinePronk @US2EU @Latvian_MFA Thanks for the great collaboration 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇱🇻

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@tamasivankovacs @US2EU @EpsteinAri @kovzsofia00 Thanks for joining us!

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Irony? Big 🇩🇪 companies (Siemens, Mercedes, BMW, VW) sign MOUs with PRC agencies at 11th Sino-German Forum for Econ & Tech Coop on same day #BfV releases annual report warning #PRC presents “biggest threat re: econ & research espionage & #FDI in #Germany?” https://t.co/kpWEa3vHut

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@FDPFraktionRLP @iGorguet @ccNRWdoyen @VadymKostiuk @Schmitt_FDP @bundeswehrInfo @cws_mainz @pfernis Thank you for the opportunity to talk about our Transatlantic partnership based on our shared democratic values 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺💪🤝

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German CDU foreign policy expert @RKiesewetter: We must finally understand that #China, with its increasingly aggressive actions, poses threat to our rules-based order & security. https://t.co/LmzquQarYW

[MLB @MLB]

695!

Albert Pujols keeps inching closer to history.

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Breathtaking selfishness combined with a disgusting attempt at moral equivalization between Russia and Ukraine. Truly appalling. https://t.co/aRSyFAhEPL

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Great FB quote by SK FM @IvanKorcok: If #Russia stops destroying #Ukraine, waging war, & fighting on their neighbor’s territory, war will be over. If Ukraine stops fighting, it will be end of Ukraine; Ukraine will not survive. Sanctions & western help ensure Ukraine’s existence.

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Leading German #defense experts: #Germany must provide #Ukraine massive military/econ support. Hasty "diplomatic solution" would not mean peace, rather tell Putin invasions rewarded with land gains, obliteration of sovereign states, & more geopol power https://t.co/RQkGE8GWrz

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#Bundestag Foreign Relations Committee Chair: #Germany needs more solidarity with Central/Eastern European states, more work within #EU & #NATO to ensure German security, & continued partnership with USA on European security. https://t.co/PMqBDDGcfP

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Thanks for the great discussion about the future of the strong economic ties between the Stuttgart region and the U.S. #TransatlanticPartnership

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#Germany FM @BaerbockA at #munichsecurityconference : We can only resolve this crisis together with clear compass of #values. This is the hour to stand up for #Peace and #rights here in Europe.

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#Germany FM @BaerbockA at #MSC2022: At stake is question of whether we’re going to defend our rules-based order, which is under pressure in competition between authoritarian forces & liberal democracies. We have to clearly walk the talk, show what we stand for. #Democracy

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#Germany @BaerbockA at #MSC2022: What makes me optimistic in these difficult times is knowledge of strength of our transatlantic union, solidity of our alliances, strength of our liberal democracies. We draw strength from acting together. #Determination, #Solidarity, #Reliability

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#Germany FM @BaerbockA at #MSC2022: Question is how we’re going to stand up for our rules-based order in future, an order based on #UN charter, on principles of self-determination, on respect for #Freedom & #HumanRights, & on principle of international cooperation.

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#Germany FM @BaerbockA at #MSC2022: #Russia agreed joint security must not be at expense of others. But Russian troop buildup at border of #Ukraine – what else can this be if not a threat? Those who want to live in security & safety together do not threaten each other.

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#Germany FM @BaerbockA at #munichsecurityconference: #Russia issues absolutely unacceptable threat with troop buildup. This is no #Ukraine crisis, but rather a Russia crisis. We urgently appeal to Russia to withdraw troops immediately.

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#Germany Defense Minister Lambrecht: @NATO creates security with military power but gains its real strength from its values. We must help others struggling for #freedom, self-determination, #democracy. #StandWithUkraine

[Süddeutsche Zeitung @SZ]

Im Schatten der Krise: Das weltweit größte Treffen von Außen- und Sicherheitspolitikern wird von der Krise in der Ukraine beherrscht. https://t.co/IKJm1xUoSp

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Natural gas storage facilities in Germany only 33% full, a historic low. Storage facility in Rehden, “a sustainable contribution to security of energy supply for Germany,” only 3.6% full now. Who owns it? Gazprom subsidiary Astora. https://t.co/5aOyyc4aXp