Reinhard Bütikofer @bueti@respublicae.eu

Welcome to Brussels, Mr. Ambassador! You will hear from the European Parliament. #China
RT @FuCong17: Very delighted to present the copy of Credentials to @ThierryBechet, Chief of Protocol of the EEAS. Ready to start my job officially.

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RT @selinawangtv: For the 1st time since the start of the pandemic, covid is spreading like wildfire in Beijing
People either have it or are scared to get it
Only crowds are outside of hospitals & pharmacies. Spoke to people who said they're feeling sick but struggling to get medicine @AC360

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Thread!
RT @thorstenbenner: Problem mit Scholz' Rede bei Feierlichkeiten zu 70 Jahre Ostausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft ist nicht dieser medial selektiv vermittelte und dann von einigen eilfertig skandalisierte Abschnitt zu zukünftigen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen mit einem anderen 🇷🇺.
https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/rede-von-bundeskanzler-scholz-anlaesslich-des-festakts-70-jahre-ost-ausschuss-der-deutschen-wirtschaft-am-12-dezember-2022-in-berlin-2153334

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Mein Beitrag in der gestrigen EP Debatte zur
Niederschlagung der friedlichen #Proteste in der Volksrepublik #China durch die chinesische Regierung. Die Perspektive der chinesischen #Freiheit ist durch diese Proteste näher gerückt.

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This is an insincere move. EPP has been questioning urgencies for some time. They hated losing too many of the votes. Now they use the corruption case as pretext. By doing that, they cast a general shadow of suspicion over all the work done in the foreign policy realm in the EP.
RT @EPPGroup: EPP Group calls to stop all Parliament urgency resolutions!

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My contribution in yesterday’s EP debate on the #EU-#ASEAN summit in December 2022.

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Vestager’s answer: „I am sure that we can do more.“ 4/4

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My remark on dutch and swedish national China competency centres. 3/4

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This was Commissioner Vestager's response. 2/4

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Yesterday’s question time with Commissioner @vestager on protection of strategic #infrastructure from #China's influence. We need an all-of-society effort to deal with the integrated multi-actor activities from the chinese side. My contribution 👇 1/4

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My contribution in the EP's debate on #EU's response to the US #InflationReductionAct.

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Global Gateway should certainly develop a clear strategic focus. Less of a Xmas tree approach makes Global Gateway stronger. And the EU should have a high level special envoy for Global Gateway. #GlobalGateway
RT @JuttaUrpilainen: There is a strong demand for 🇪🇺’s #GlobalGateway. We have made substantial progress in its delivery.

Tonight, important strategic discussion with Member States in the first Board meeting.

As #TeamEurope, we can reach #GlobalGateway ful…

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Ganz nett in Düsseldorf am abendlichen Rheinufer. Aber wenn dann am nächsten Morgen die DB schon um Viertel nach sechs Uhr 25 Minuten Verspätung hat... grrrr!

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RT @phoenix_de: #Iran | @Die_Gruenen-Chef Omid @nouripour verweist auf die führende Rolle von Außenministerin @ABaerbock bei den #Sanktionen gegen das #Regime. Der Iran sei in doppelter Hinsicht zu sanktionieren: er ist Kriegspartei in der Ukraine und vollzieht "barbarische Exekutionen" .

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RT @JasminMuj: Croatian players celebrating their WC run by singing songs from neo-fascist crooner Thompson, which explicitly make reference to the criminal “Herceg-Bosna” regime in wartime Bosnia, whose entire senior leadership was convicted of crimes against humanity.

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RT @gerardofortuna: Follow the red domino

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RT @TonyNashNerd: 🇨🇳11 Covid cases in Shanghai on December 11. That's 11 cases within a population of 20,600,000 (~0.00005%). Can China's health officials PLEASE lie better?

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Arsenal Roginsky possessed the best combination of modesty and multi-faceted strength, of analytical clarity and an optimism of will I ever saw.
RT @jenssiegert: One very special person didn't get the attention he deserves yesterday and that is my late friend Arseny Roginsky, the longtime head of #Memorial International. How often we discussed that a Nobel Prize would be helpful to protect Memorial? How often we tried to raise sort.../2

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China is "potentially an important partner for good"? China is also a country which "potentially could respect the human rights of all its citizens including Uyghurs, Tibetans and other minorities" and "potentially refrain from attacking Taiwan". But what about Xi's real China?
RT @StuartKLau: Sounds rather like the EU, doesn’t it?

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And that is Sunday night in Brussels. ;-)

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