Thomas Protzman
@Thomas_Protzman
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Transatlantic stuff, human rights, climate | Art & ⚽️ Views my own | 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇦🇹🇪🇦🇪🇺
Berlin | DMV
Joined June 2024
🇦🇹 An unprecedented situation in Austria is unfolding. FPÖ's Kickl won't back down, and the ÖVP refuses to build a coalition with him as chancellor. Van der Bellen is urgently calling for progress in the coalition talks. My thoughts on the situation... 🧵
„Die Lage ist diesmal alles andere als üblich“ – Statement zu weiteren Schritten nach der Wahl:
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The right-wing AfD party in Germany has been establishing connections with the Trump administration. @Thomas_Protzman examines how international networking is benefitting nationalist parties:
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The New Transatlantic Axis? Last month, two Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) delegations came to Washington. The first, led by AfD parliamentary group vice-chair Beatrix von Storch, included...
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WATCH LIVE: #SouthAfrica, #Germany, #Australia, #Bangladesh, and #Colombia present their oral statements on the request for an advisory opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87 before the #ICJ
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CZECH ELECTION: INITIAL SUMMARY WHAT HAPPENED: populist centre-left ANO clearly won with 35%, while the incumbent centre-right coalition lost the majority WHAT TO EXPECT: 1) with ANO isolated, the only option is to form a coalition with both protest parties - far-right (SPD)
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Ex-aide to top AfD politician in Germany jailed for spying for China https://t.co/p1F83oayv5
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An aide to a top far-right politician was jailed for almost five years on Tuesday after a German court found him guilty of spying on German military shipments and Chinese dissidents for over 20 years.
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We strongly condemn Russia’s violation of Estonia’s airspace. We stand firmly with our Estonian Allies and will resolutely defend all NATO territory.
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On #InternationalDayofPeace (21 September) we reaffirm: peace is not just the absence of war—it’s justice and respect. The 🇺🇳UN #Peacebuilding Commission is an acknowledged platform to act for peace in an inclusive comprehensive way. #peace #justice #respect
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As we approach the sad second anniversary of October 7, 83% of Germans think Israel's military actions against Hamas in Gaza are not justified. Only 10% think they are justified. (ZDF Politbarometer)
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My first article for FACET — The Forum for Atlantic Climate and Energy Talks is out. I examine the ICJ's long-awaited climate change advisory opinion and reflect on its potential implications for transatlantic climate litigation. https://t.co/caAobKxQln
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By Thomas Protzman It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its highly anticipated advisory opinion on state obligations for climate change. It elaborates...
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This morning 3 Russian MiG-31s violated 🇪🇪 airspace over the Gulf of Finland. NATO 🇮🇹 fighters responded swiftly & escorted them them out. This is a grave & unacceptable provocation. 🇪🇪 has requested NATO Article 4 consultations. Our response must be united & firm. Grateful to
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My first article for FACET — The Forum for Atlantic Climate and Energy Talks is out. I examine the ICJ's long-awaited climate change advisory opinion and reflect on its potential implications for transatlantic climate litigation. https://t.co/caAobKxQln
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By Thomas Protzman It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its highly anticipated advisory opinion on state obligations for climate change. It elaborates...
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🇸🇪👇Message to Orban @SwedishPM
Dear Viktor, I understand that there is an election campaign in your country, and that this time you are truly being challenged for power. But we do not interfere in your election campaign, nor do we want to become part of it. Sweden and the Swedish people have always been
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This is the way.
In a display of unity across the political aisle, the Young Democrats of Connecticut and Connecticut Young Republicans have issued a joint statement offering prayers for Charlie Kirk and condemning political violence:
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German FM @JoWadephul today: „If we source rare earths almost exclusively from China we have a problem. Critical dependence on a state with unfair trade and strategic quest for technological dominance as business model threatens not only our prosperity but also freedom“.
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Breaking news: Pentagon officials last week informed European diplomats that the US would no longer fund programmes that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia. https://t.co/OUjQ8WMTJr
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On Sunday, the International Association of Genocide Scholars said that Israel’s nearly two-year military campaign in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people and left swaths of the enclave in rubble, meets “the legal definition of genocide.”
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Israel’s foreign ministry called the resolution “disgraceful,” but it added to a growing chorus from rights groups concluding that Israel is committing genocide.
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Breaking news: A suspected Russian interference attack targeting the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the commission president’s plane to land using paper maps. https://t.co/FguqRHYCTY
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To honour the #BalticWay 🇱🇻🇪🇪🇱🇹, we encourage everyone to join a virtual human chain from wherever you are. ⤵️ Add a comment below, type in 🤝 and your location in the virtual Baltic Way! Example: 🤝 Tartu, Estonia #BalticWay36 #BalticWayOnlyWay
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This is just a small stretch of the #BalticWay. On Aug 23, 1989, 2 mln people joined hands to form a human chain stretching over 400 miles across three Baltic States to protest notorious Nazi-Soviet Pact & brutal soviet occupation that followed. This was our demand for freedom.
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The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.
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