Thomas Klau

Curious observer. Fickle tweeter. European Federalist. Co-Founder #Asylos. Formerly ECFR, FT Deutschland, Eurointelligence, Inalco, etc etc.

[Thomas Klau @thomasklau]

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@KeohaneDan Revealing, sadly unsurprising, and further confirmation - for those who need it and are open to argument - that the EU very much helps keeping the peace within its regnum.

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@alemannoEU Merci Alberto! Je craignais qu‘un gros rhume ne m‘eût embrumé la cervelle, et me voilà aussi rassuré qu‘enrubé

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[Wolfgang Munchau @EuroBriefing]

We never cease to be amazed by the capacity of UK commentators to frame the extension of Brexit as unilateral UK decision. Not in EU's interest. https://t.co/SdbBUMOb9d

[Thomas Klau @thomasklau]

@RotsasCY @EuroBriefing The iconography of the poster campaign against Soros and Juncker offers the most striking latest example. Mr Orban's use of antisemitic tropes is of course highly selective and targeted towards his political enemies. This is true of similar antisemites, viz. Jean-Marie Le Pen.

[Thomas Klau @thomasklau]

"Attacking EU values entrenched in the Charter of Fundamental Rights is part of Orban's raison d'être. He or his henchmen make no secret of their fondness for the vilest kind of antisemitic tropes. High time for the EPP to cut Fidesz loose."
https://t.co/9RntcXBp6F

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@Hayzeusjorge @EuroBriefing thanks!

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"For Dublin, agreeing to any permanent deal with the UK reviving the physical reality of an inner-Irish border would not just be potentially political suicide. It would be like a betrayal of the greatest recent achievement of Irish history,"
https://t.co/C9DpFH9mxf

[Hay Zeus Jorge @Hayzeusjorge]

@thomasklau @EuroBriefing The most insightful and balanced commentary on brexit I have read.

[Thomas Klau @thomasklau]

@AStuttaford No representation without taxation 😉

[Thomas Klau @thomasklau]

Fabulous.

[Nicolas Veron @nicolas_veron]

Extraordinary.

[Wolfgang Munchau @EuroBriefing]

how plausible is it to argue that economic impact of hard Brexit is small and temporary in the rest of the world, but large and permanent in the UK? If it is bad for the UK, then surely there will be spillovers. https://t.co/SdbBUMOb9d

[Gérard Araud @GerardAraud]

The American position on extraterritorial sanctions reminds me a French XVII cent. moralist : « we are always ready to accept the sacrifice of our neighbor ». La Rochefoucauld.

[Kath Pinnock 🔶💙 @KathPinnock]

Good move to stop Corbyn thinking all he has to do is just do “no confidence” votes every week until we crash out.
Force Lab off fence

[Thomas Klau @thomasklau]

It's because of UK monolingualism. Otherwise they would have known that "un 'tiens' vaut mieux que deux 'tu l'auras'", and that "der Spatz in der Hand besser ist als die Taube auf dem Dach".

[Sam Lowe @SamuelMarcLowe]

I’m still not completely over the fact that MPs who have spent their entire lives trying to leave the EU could have locked it in this week and chose not to.

Strange times indeed.

[SILVIA FRANCESCON 🌻 @silviafrance]

#climatechange

[Thomas Klau @thomasklau]

n both cases, the problem is one of hubris resulting from decades of buying into one's own propaganda and distorted view of reality. One wonders how much this has to do with the universal currency of English, shielding Anglo-American elites from other ways to look at the world.

[Nicholas Burns @RNicholasBurns]

Arrived in London this morning to this @FT headline: “May’s Brexit Deal crushed...Biggest margin of defeat for a Prime Minister in modern history”. Arresting to see the UK and the U.S., once so powerful and self confident, in such dire straits.