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Acting Deputy Secretary General of #NATO
Mar 20, 2021 7 tweets 9 min read
Service thread with some observations on the draft election platform of #Germany|s #Green Party @Die_Gruenen (published 19 March)
gruene.de/artikel/wahlpr… #Greens call for a more active #German foreign policy & above all for a strengthening of the #EU. Franco-German cooperation 🇫🇷🇩🇪 referenced along mside a #transatlantic approach. Issue of systemic rivalry with authoritarians highlighted.
Mar 17, 2021 7 tweets 8 min read
Having read through the #UK #IntegratedReview a few personal observations from a 🇩🇪 perspective, focusing on just a few key points - short thread Very good to see how clearly the #IntegratedReview prioritizes #Europe & the #UK role via #NATO
Also good to see that cooperation with the #EU in the area of #security is specifically referenced.
Jul 20, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
On this day, 75 years ago, #Stauffenberg and others risked all to decapitate the Nazi regime and end the war. Those involved were soldiers and civilians. They came from the left and the right of the political spectrum.
We will remember them.
#20Juli1944 Since the question was asked: The photo is of my grandfather, Fritz Count von der Schulenburg, his wife Charlotte, and their six children. He was arrested on 20 July and excuted on 10 August 1944.