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17 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Oh come on ⁦@faznet⁩ !!! “AKK stands up to Macron”, rejects his idea of European autonomy.’
Talk about a straw man! AKK has rejected an interpretation of European autonomy that Macron never made. faz.net/aktuell/politi…
"Despite sharp criticism from French President Emmanuel Macron, AKK stuck to her position that Europe could not defend itself for the foreseeable future without the US."
What Macron actually said: "But the United States will only respect us as allies if we are earnest, and if we are sovereign with respect to our defence."
geopolitique.eu/en/macron-gran…
I'm logging off now, this is not good for my blood pressure.
I wrote down my thoughts on this here 👇
German version
legrandcontinent.eu/de/2020/11/18/…

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Ulrike Franke Profile picture
17 Nov
If you want to watch @akk's key address on German security and defence policy - live stream (in German) pscp.tv/w/1ynKOBLBlbrxR
She's emphasising verrrry strongly how important the role of the US in Europe still is.
AKK: "The idea of European strategic autonomy goes too far if it nurtures the illusion that we can guarantee security, stability and prosperity in Europe without NATO and without the USA."
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16 Nov
Macron versus AKK on European strategic autonomy.
Shots taken.
In case you want to read me being wrong 🤷‍♀️.
This is from last year.
ecfr.eu/article/commen…
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Ulrike Franke Profile picture
16 Nov
I like weeks that begin with a long Macron interview.

French:
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2020/11/16/…
English: geopolitique.eu/en/macron-gran…
Italian: legrandcontinent.eu/it/2020/11/16/…
German: legrandcontinent.eu/de/2020/11/16/…
Polish: legrandcontinent.eu/pl/2020/11/16/…
Macron on Europe: a stronger Europe as only way to prevent the Chinese-American duopoly.
Unsurprising but now very clear: Macron is not backing down on #EuropeanAutonomy
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16 Oct
Good @POLITICOEurope article this morning on "strategic autonomy"(these days more often 'strategic sovereigtny')
politico.eu/article/europe…
I agree that the term is (deliberately) vague - from the 'European Army' to 'Brexit', the EU has always used vague terms which allowed countries with different views to rally behind them.

(I wrote about this here:
ecfr.eu/article/commen…) Image
But I think the authors miss an important point when they describe European autonomy just as "inward-looking".
Because I have observed an important uptick of debate about the geopolitics of Europe exactly because of the autonomy/sovereignty discussion.
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6 Oct
I want to take this article on 'new weapons that are changing the war in #NagornoKarabakh' to talk a bit about #drones in this conflict. (1/8)
tagesschau.de/ausland/bergka…
As someone who's been looking into #drones, two things I found interesting:
First, the conflict showed again the important propaganda value of drones. As drones carry sophisticated surveillance tech, they document every strike they make (if armed), or operation flown. (2/8)
So using drones is like having a film crew with you, and Azerbaijan in particular has taken advantage of this, publishing clips of their drone operations. (3/8)
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5 Oct
Today, the #Bundestag defence committee will hold a hearing on armed #drones for the #Bundeswehr. Instead of reposting the 50 000 pieces I've written on this, here is a thread on two previous instances where Germany tried to acquire armed drones.
#Drohnendebatte2020
(Spoiler: these acquisition & development projects did not go well.)
We are in the 1979. It's the Cold War. France and West-Germany decide to develop a #drone together, named Brevel.
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