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23 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Très bonne analyse de @quatremer confortée par le communiqué joint France /US ou Biden pour la premiere fois exprime le support américain pour une defence européenne autonome complémentaire de l' OTAN.
"The United States also recognizes the importance of a stronger and more capable European defense, that contributes positively to transatlantic and global security and is complementary to NATO."
Et reunion en octobre , autrement dit demain #pressure . Never let a good crisis go to waste.

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24 Sep
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Frost's intellectual dishonesty in full display yet again like a peacock's tail. 1/5
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
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“If a species is becoming out of sync that potentially leads to a breakdown within food chains, and subsequently species struggling not only to survive but thrive.”
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Scientists will be glad of the attention if sustained new funding matches the boast (which it rarely does with Johnson), 
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