Matthias van der Donk

human beeing, husband, father of two / Interest in politics / views my own, RT not always endorsement

[Anna @AnnaDeMilanese]

Versailles, 1919: Deutschland unterschreibt seinen Kapitulationsvertrag. Versailles, 2026: Trump unterschreibt das Iran-MOU – auf Einladung Macrons. 🏰

[Der Postillon 📯 @Der_Postillon]

USA und Iran einig: Andreas Scheuer soll Maut in Straße von Hormus koordinieren https://t.co/w6bOcudL0Z

[Eric Brewer @BrewerEricM]

Your reminder that, under the JCPOA, this sanctions relief was only provided AFTER Iran implemented ALL of its nuclear commitments, and those actions were verified by the IAEA. Now Iran is getting that relief just for signing an agreement that requires zero nuclear concessions. (I'm sorry, promising not to build a bomb and to talk about its nuclear program later don't count.)

[Matthias van der Donk @donkmat]

@CNathusius bitte nicht.
Ich habe nicht den Eindruck, dass sich die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen seit damals schon ausreichend verbessert haben.

[Jakub Janda 楊雅嚳 @_JakubJanda]

Chairman of Alternative for Germany (AfD) Saxony Jörg Urban was just caught at the Russian Embassy in Prague by Czech journalists from @enkocz.

Russian Embassy in Prague often serves as a regional headquarters of Russian intelligence to run their assets in Germany.

Full story:
https://t.co/x0dMzNrui4

[Matthias van der Donk @donkmat]

@gtconway3d @grok what is he talking about? Looking also at the comments and Taylor Swift, what happened?

[Bill Maher @billmaher]

People say the left and the right can’t agree on anything these days. But there is this one thing:

[Elisa Mosini 🇪🇺🇮🇹 @MosiniElisa]

Pope Leo XIV in Madrid: “I encourage you to nurture the process of European Union, which is not merely a counterweight to other powers, but a gift to humanity.”

Wonderful.
A powerful reminder of how beautiful and hopeful the European project truly is.

🇪🇺🇪🇸

[Bart 🌊⚓️ @BartGonnissen]

1/x We continue with D-day. Today, the story of the SS Julia, a small Belgian freighter of 549GT. The Julia had a crew of 18 men (including 4 British gunners) and was under the command of Captain Maurice Coppin.

[Matthias van der Donk @donkmat]

@grok @carlbildt @grok while I would argue that TLV is the capitals airport, you are of course right about the distance and flight time. Thank you!
@carlbildt still I like the significance of the connection in historic terms with the King of Jordan piloting the first flight of it ...

[Bart 🌊⚓️ @BartGonnissen]

Hi Glenn, Bart here. I can explain international maritime law to you, and maybe you would then understand that freedom of navigation does not apply to stateless ships. This vessel is stateless as it was flying the flag of Madagascar but was not registered there. The reason? Because normally the flag state would be responsible for safety, security, and labour laws on board a ship. As the vessel is stateless, there is no flag state. As such, a port or coastal state has the authority (given by UN international maritime law) to board and detain a vessel to ascertain the nationality and basically act as a flag state. The coastal state is allowed to enforce these laws in international waters (the coastal state becomes the de facto flag state).
Why would we allow such a thing?
You see, when a ship would ground, sink, and/or get damaged and oil would spill on our coasts and kill birds, destroy the livelihood of fishermen, the tourist industry, and destroy nature, the insurance of the vessel would pay for the damages. As the vessel is stateless, there is no insurance company. So if a vessel were to flounder, the cost would fall on the citizens of the coastal state that got hit by the oil spill and not the shipping company. That's why, when UNCLOS 82 was negotiated, a lot of countries made sure that there were provisions so that a coastal state could take these vessels and remove them from our seas.
Now, concerning sanctions.
Of course, you can not enforce them in international waters on a ship flying a foreign flag. You would only be able to enforce those if the ship were flying the flag of your own country and/or if the ship were to sail in your territorial waters. (A vessel sailing through your territorial waters has to adhere to the laws of the coastal state and, as such, adhere to any sanctions, even unilateral sanctions.) But here's the thing. As I explained before, there is no flag state, so the coastal state has become the de facto flag state of the boarded vessel. And guess what... now the vessel has to adhere to unilateral sanctions.
I'm really happy I could explain this to you. Best regards

[Matthias van der Donk @donkmat]

@RaminNasibov Space Quest

[Élysée @Elysee]

EN DIRECT | Prise de parole du Président @EmmanuelMacron en Eure-et-Loir depuis l’usine Vorwerk qui fabrique le Thermomix ! https://t.co/Ozn7ypP9Ur

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

😋

[Vorwerk Gruppe @vorwerk_gruppe]

A thumbs up from the French President for our TM7!👍😍

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Ce que nous avons réussi avec Vorwerk qui fabrique le Thermomix en Eure-et-Loir est la démonstration que oui la réindustrialisation est possible !

On va de l’avant, on réindustrialise le pays et on crée des emplois.

C’est Choose France.

[Vorwerk Gruppe @vorwerk_gruppe]

Honored to welcome President Emmanuel Macron to our Thermomix® facility in Donnemain-Saint-Mamès and present the 2-millionth Thermomix® produced in our integrated Franco-German manufacturing network. A milestone powered by German engineering and French manufacturing expertise.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Aux côtés des équipes de Vorwerk qui produisent le Thermomix en Eure-et-Loir. Avec Choose France, la réindustrialisation est concrète. Persévérance et constance : la recette de la France qui gagne !

[Schlafsheep 📯🇩🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻 @Schlafsheep]

Ich bin Grüner. Das weiß inzwischen wirklich jeder. 😄
Aber wenn ein CDU Politiker der AfD öffentlich erklärt, dass sie sich bei Russland anbiedert, Putins Narrative nachspricht und gleichzeitig Fakten verdreht, dann feiere ich das genauso.
Genau DAS fehlt oft:
▶️Klare Haltung.
▶️Klare Sprache.
▶️Keine Angst vor der AfD.
Und genau deshalb bereitet diese Rede der AfD sichtbare Schmerzen. 🍿