Simon Hertig

Policy Officer & Seconded national Expert in The European Commission

[Magnus Bars��e @MagnusBarsoe]

..og Kina har siden 2018 udtaget flere patenter pr. borger end USA, Tyskland, Danmark, Storbritannien og alle de andre mulige konkurrenter.

Reelt er UK slet ikke en konkurrent til Kina mere. Tyskland heller ikke. Kun USA, EU (samlet!) og evt. Rusland kan være med i det ræs.

[Senator Marco Rubio: Archived @SenMarcoRubio]

No U.S. President should be able to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval.

Thankful my colleagues in Congress passed this bipartisan measure.

[Simon Hertig @simonhertig]

@sorenpind https://t.co/lBDohtAv2u

[Simon Hertig @simonhertig]

@RobAtkinsonITIF @CSIS_Tech Allies don’t usually threaten each other with invasion or mock each other’s veterans. Do that, and perceptions change. In Denmark, they already have. NATO’s problem isn’t Europe questioning it, but whether all members still believe in it.

[Jesper Møller Sørensen 🇩🇰 @DKambUSA]

After 9/11, the U.S. called. Denmark answered. Thousands of Danish troops served in Helmand—on the front line. We lost more soldiers per capita than even the United States. That was solidarity. We stood with America then—and we still do.

I witnessed our brave men & women during my 1,5 years in Afghanistan.

[Simon Johnson @baselinescene]

I appeared on CNBC Squawk Box this morning (directly after Treasury Secretary Bessent!) to discuss the impact of Trump's tariffs, including for the EU. https://t.co/ALRfzrnbOd

[Simon Hertig @simonhertig]

@elonmusk How many wars or "Strategic Operations" has European leaders initiated in the last 20 years compared to Putin? Putin has initiated several in Georgia, Chechen Republic, Ukraine and Arminia. And he has stated that he would reclaim Russias old borders...

[Andreas Mogensen @Astro_Andreas]

Elon, I have long admired you and what you have accomplished, especially at SpaceX and Tesla.

You know as well as I do, that Butch and Suni are returning with Crew-9, as has been the plan since last September. Even now, you are not sending up a rescue ship to bring them home. They are returning on the Dragon capsule that has been on ISS since last September.

[Andreas Mogensen @Astro_Andreas]

What a lie.

And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media.

[Alessandro Palombo @thealepalombo]

🚨 MARIO DRAGHI JUST TORCHED THE EUROPEAN STATUS QUO

“The EU economy is stagnating while the rest of the world grows. Time is not on our side.”

A brutal reality check from one of Europe’s most respected leaders.

Key takeaways from his speech 👇:

1️⃣ EUROPE IS FALLING BEHIND IN AI.
“8 out of the top 10 large language models come from the US. The other 2? China. Every day we delay, the technology frontier moves away from us.”

2️⃣ ENERGY PRICES ARE A DISASTER.
“European power prices are 2-3x higher than in the US. A severe winter event saw German electricity prices spike tenfold.”

3️⃣ A TRADE WAR IS COMING.
“The new US administration will impose tariffs on the EU—probably in weeks, not months. China’s overcapacity will flood our markets. European firms will suffer.”

4️⃣ EUROPE IS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY.
“Our internal barriers act as a 45 percent tariff on manufacturing and 110 percent on services. We are blocking our own growth.”

5️⃣ CAPITAL MARKETS ARE BROKEN.
“We sit on €300 billion a year in savings, yet our startups struggle for funding because we rely on bank lending instead of equity markets.”

6️⃣ ENERGY, AI, AND DEFENSE ARE EXISTENTIAL RISKS.
“We act as 27 different countries while the world moves as blocs. The EU is less than the sum of its parts. That must change.”

7️⃣ LEGISLATION IS TOO SLOW.
“If we take 20 months to legislate, we’re already outdated before implementation.”

8️⃣ FINAL WARNING:
“If we want to defend our interests, keep our industries, and offer hope to our people, we must act as one state. Or we will be left behind.”

Draghi did not hold back. Will Europe listen?

RT if you agree.

[KT "Special MI6 Operation" @KremlinTrolls]

NATO Article 5 is dead. The US cannot be relied upon to defend its allies.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

President Trump 🇺🇸 has gone wild. His vicious attack on @ZelenskyyUa and 🇺🇦 is full-Putin, and where 🇺🇸 policy heads after this is anyone’s guess. Anything can happen. Now 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇴 🇹🇷 must step up support to 🇺🇦 - and probably start to discuss how to de-risk aspects of their relationship with the 🇺🇸.

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

First plot here is quite striking: Matthew effect in the US vs catch-up growth in Europe?

[Simon Hertig @simonhertig]

@McFaul How should Denmark/Greenland react to the threats of an incoming US president and how would NATO allies react to having its strongest member “not rule out” economic/military actions towards a common ally?

[Simon Hertig @simonhertig]

@IngerslevMartin @AndersOvervad Hej Martin, hvordan forbedrer det EU landes innovationskfraft såfremt udbygning af VE og elektrificering af energiforbruget finder sted ift. de indikatorer som Anders kigger på?

[Simon Hertig @simonhertig]

@AndersOvervad Er det ansøgte patenter i eget land? eller globalt? og hvilken periode dækkes?

[Rasmus Grand Berthelsen @Rasmus_Grand]

Et forskningsprojekt har kortlagt, hvordan Rusland systematisk spionerer vindmølleparker, datakabler og rørledninger i Østersøen. Tagesschau viser her de russiske spionskibes rejser. Værd for @Torstenschack og hele #dkpol og #dkforsvar at følge med i https://t.co/vejZf3MrIJ

[Christopher Røhl @RohlChristopher]

@DTUtweet @vestager @ABjarklevDTU Tillykke til os på DTU! Det glæder jeg mig til 💪 Et kæmpe aktiv for bl.a. os, der arbejder for fremtidens teknologier på Quantum DTU 🙌

[Simon Hertig @simonhertig]

https://t.co/rGL3mYJS0s - From January 1st DTU will have a new Chair of the board of Governors. Looking forward to see @vestager take up the role.

[DTU @DTUtweet]

DTU får ny bestyrelsesformand, som skal tiltræde 1. januar 2025. Det bliver den nuværende EU-kommissær og ledende næstformand i Europa-Kommissionen Margrethe Vestager. @vestager @ABjarklevDTU #dkpol #forskpol #uddpol #dkuni https://t.co/4ENIcUzBv4