Tony Agotha
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Special Envoy for Climate and Environment - European External Action Service #EU (and yes, love baseball too)
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After an absence of three decades, the spectre of nuclear war is suddenly haunting Europe again. Here a personal 🧵 1/25
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Delivered daughter to Dublin. Take good care of her Ireland! 🙏👍
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Just to say, the amount of Irish responding to this slightly melancholic dad-tweet is living proof of what I had discovered already: the Irish are a very welcoming lot. I’m an instant fan, and she’ll be fine.🍀❤️😊
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My mom passed exactly a week ago. I’m terribly sad, but while she’s not here in person anymore, the love doesn’t end.
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Be careful with bold statements, one might embarrass oneself
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The primacy of EU law is not something new, it has been established since 1964 when only six members formed the European Communities. It is what makes the EU a true Union and not a political buffet.
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From now on I will tweet in my formal role as special envoy for climate and environment
@eu_eeas
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Nothing is irreversible, yet nothing is inevitable either.
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So for my Brussels followers here’s a thread about the ‘castle of Tervuren’. Two weeks ago I was reading a book on the Dutch revolt in the 16th century(Dutch history starts in Brussels) 1/12
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On the news, in Belgian zoo two hippos tested positive for covid. Mild symptoms fortunately (runny noses). But still, so many questions, how often do we test hippos, how do we test hippos, and what does a hippo lockdown look like?
#JustAsking
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Our eldest son graduated today in musical theatre at Falmouth University. The speech of Chancellor
@Dawn_French
was not only terribly funny - of course - but also insightful ; about the absolute need for the arts specifically in this age. It is indeed “a good day”
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I need a funny shirt
Are you tired of climate scientists telling us mean bad facts about our world in confusing ways?
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The Dutch Declaration of Independence (1581).
#Jefferson
had a copy. The beginning is the same as his 200 yrs later
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Youngest daughter who just started her studies in
#Cork
needed a bit of alone time after a whole Saturday of shopping and settling in. So I am trying a local brew. Second daughter to choose Ireland for university. Ireland is treating them well. Thx
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Cooper coined the quote: “If you’re far away from Europe, you dream of it, if your near Europe, you want to join. Those who hate it, live in Europe.” Meaning, I guess, we don’t know how well off we actually are.
My review of Robert Cooper's just-published book in today's
@FT
. A seriously good read on the art of statecraft from Machiavelli to the nuclear age and climate change
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No chants, no slogans, no rhetorical craft, just authenticity, calmness, and a message of unity, compromise, responsible language and hope. We can stand more of this
#Merkel
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Dit is vreselijk nieuws. Mathieu had niet alleen een poëtische pen, een haarscherpe blik op de maatschappij, een diepe EU kennis, maar was bovenal een in en in “decent guy”. Mijn medeleven gaat uit naar zijn echtgenote en hun kinderen 😢
Intens verdrietig zijn wij dat onze mede-EUolifant, Mathieu Segers, niet meer onder ons is.
Gecondoleerd aan zijn naasten. Wij zijn zeer dankbaar dat we samen met hem hebben mogen werken.
Aan ons om zijn waarden in NL en Europa hoog te blijven houden.
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What religion, what ideology, what objectives are so important that children deserve to die?
#PeshawarAttack
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#Koningsdag2021
in Brussel. Een aardige stagiair was zo attent. Toch een beetje een oranje gloed hier 💪🏼🙏
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@SanderSchimmelp
Het is niet alleen het overlijden, maar ook de langdurige uitval, en potentiële schade aan organen en hersenen, alles wat naast menselijke ook economische negatieve impact heeft.
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When kids turn into young adults and start talking back, but through a phone...Green is me (the
#Dad
)
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I will admit that as a diplomat I was somewhat haughty and prejudiced - famous name, tender age - but it’s simply a darn good book and a great read
@RonanFarrow
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De laatste keer dat Nederland soeverein was werd het handelssucces uiteindelijk ook haar ondergang. Er is geen sentimentaliteit tussen staten, maar agressieve naijver. De Unie en de gezamenlijk afgesproken regels tempert de grillen van de groten en biedt een veilige haven voor NL
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To watch, to listen, and to re-watch and -listen over and over again
How do you live with yourself, after killing another man? What would you have done in WWI? Visit to discover more.
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The painful irony of Brexit is, that it reveals to the remaining members the sharp contours of what the EU really is; less than a state, but much more than a multilateral organisation. It is a collective - not a collection- growing in strength, and it has a beating heart.
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The problem with social media is that the fringes of humanity are flooding our timelines, making us believe that the extreme is now the norm, and flooding our atavistic panic receptors with every ‘refresh’ swipe.
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My mom passed away this August. One of the things on her mind was what was going on in the US where she lived and worked as a young woman, and where she had me. She lamented that she wouldn’t see the outcome of this election. I’m sure she’s happy now.
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A Dutch apple pie from my Dutch wife. Wish you could smell it.
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This is why I’m voting. Bear with me please if you can spare a minute
#ThisTimeImVoting
#provethemwrong
#EU
👇🏼
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People’s heartwarming responses to the passing of
#RuthBaderGinsberg
as a remarkable mensch and a great justice, show two different things: the power of and need for humanity, and the respect and yearning for the rule of law.
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Dank! Het is gelukkig allemaal goed gekomen, en honkbal bij
@textowntigers
speelde daar een belangrijke rol in.
Weekend leesvoer:
Het verhaal van Tony Agotha.
Een mooi en aandoenlijk verhaal over een jongetje dat op 9-jarige leeftijd op een vervelende manier Amerika verliet en in Nederland zijn toekomst moest opbouwen met zijn moeder en zusje.
#60jaartextowntigers
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Proud of my boss
@TimmermansEU
and all colleagues who have worked so hard, against so many odds to deliver a strengthened Emissions Trading system
#ETS
, the backbone of our decarbonisation. Proud also of the EU staying the course and doubling down for a cleaner, healthier world.
Emissions Trading System
#ETS
#Fitfor55
EP negotiators led by
@peterliese
&
@pcanfin
have reached a deal with
@EU2022_CZ
&
@TimmermansEU
to reform the ETS to reduce industrial emissions and invest more in climate friendly technologies.
Press release⤵️
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So incredibly impressive, humbling, and moving: veterans laying a wreath in Arnhem while the citizens of this beautiful city are applauding.
#Airborne75
#Arnhem
#NeverForget
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For a year now, I thought my clunker smelled funky when it was hot. I thought “old car smell”. Just found the culprit; a mummified banana. I blame the kids
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“…He walks where few have ventured forth, but where all nations must follow….”
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For those who wonder whether border controls are allowed within the
#EU
#yes
#schengen
http://t.co/rhVDMmAlnL
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Werken voor
@MinBZ
betekent een belangrijke publieke functie vervullen voor Nederland wereldwijd. Het is helaas niet zonder risico’s. Een collega is overleden. Alle sterkte toegewenst aan Ambassadeur Waltmans en zijn kinderen
Echtgenote van Nederlandse ambassadeur Beiroet overleden als gevolg van explosie
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I swam here as a kid in 1979. We had to wear swim caps.
The famous Art Nouveau styled Gellért termal baths in Budapest, Hungary. Built between 1912-1918.
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Perennial question; which one first? The inevitable answer; start in both..
@peterfrankopan
@fromTGA
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Daughter came home from Dublin
@ucddublin
to Brussels for Christmas and brought me the hoodie. Happy and proud dad 😎 Merry Xmas to all!
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@thierrybaudet
@wierdduk
Oh zeker, ook om stalinisme buiten de deur te houden (vrijheid en welvaart), de Amerikanen aan ons te binden (veiligheid), en om een herhaling van een vernietigende Frans-Duitse oorlog te voorkomen (vrede). ‘Naïeveling’ beschouw ik maar als een geuzennaam 😊
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So when you happen to be in Tervuren - literally ‘by the river Fura - take a stroll just outside the town centre & imagine being in the great hunting domains of the Middle Age Brabantian overlords. Look at the trees, descendants of the trees who witnessed everything 12/12
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Ik hoop vurig dat er nooit in een ander land een referendum wordt gehouden over onze wensen tot vrijheid, welvaart en democratie.
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I interviewed him in 1995 in his office in DC on the Reagan defense budget for my master’s thesis. Felt in the presence of a foreign policy giant. Quickly in the interview he saw how nervous I was and tried to put me at ease; “don’t rush, take it easy kid” A gentleman too.
#rip
Brent Scowcroft, who played a prominent role in American foreign policy as national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush and was a Republican voice against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died. He was 95.
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Mijn motto: beter een informele broek met formele schoenen, dan andersom 😉
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At a loss for words to be honest. Just very, very sad to hear of the passing of a real ‘mensch’. My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and kids, but also to the
@POLITICOEurope
team he cared so much about
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Proud of Team EU! Charting a new course, the
#COP28
sending a strong signal to the world, keeping 1.5 alive!!
The world just adopted a historic decision at
#COP28
to set in motion an irreversible, accelerated transition away from fossil fuels.
With that, we have achieved what we set out to do: keep 1.5 within reach and mark the beginning of the end of fossil fuels.
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For the first time in 30 years 👴🏼I joined a full-on baseball practice yesterday at the Kangaroos in Brussels. My old cleats literally disintegrated when I put them on (couldn’t find my cup…), and while my body is sore and knackered, I had a load of fun.
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In my old baseball book I learned “no hat throwing when you win, be respectful”
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My thought was “well, if it’s going to be like this, might as well flaunt it…so orange it is”
When in a clutch, just go Dutch
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Just going through boxes. This one is for all those who consider masks and vaccines dictatorial. This translated exile decision was for my grandfather Sandor Agotha in Hungary, one year after that fateful year of 1956. Not that long ago.
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Angela Merkel is not known for her passion. But in this fiery speech about freedom of expression, the chancellor was unusually emotional. 🔥
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Clear as can be. Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve” - Washington Post
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Uit. Wat een prachtig en pijnlijk boek. Daar waar het schuurt met de anecdotes die ik vroeger hoorde gloeit het verhaal
@Davidvanrey
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@Sywert
Grappig, woonde met veel plezier in het roze bovenhuis, de Wagenstraat. De moskee was nooit het probleem, Chinees nieuwjaar ook niet. Wel af en toe junks in de portiek die hun shot namen en mn zwangere vrouw dwongen over hen heen te stappen.
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Had een paar schriften nodig. Leermoment: goed naar het aantal kijken als je online bij de bestelt…
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In de EU wordt vaak gesproken over hoe beslissingen tegen te houden. Maar het is nog belangrijker na te gaan hoe we nu gezamenlijk in een brandende wereld handelingsvaardig kunnen optreden. Geen enkel land is een geopolitiek eiland
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Just realising - to my slight disappointment- that the British surname “Holland” does not in fact stem from the country alluded to ny that name
@holland_tom
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My wonderful, resilient, and lovely daughter turned 16 the other day. I love this pic as she assumes the correct fielding position at 5 (although a little comfort leaning on knees 😎)
@MLB
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Found an old action picture, around 1990. Judging by my hand probably a
#knucklecurve
#pitching
@textowntigers
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Mensen die de EU vergelijken met de Sovjetunie doen ontzettend geweld aan de ervaringen met het communisme en stalinisme. Het slaat werkelijk nergens op. Mijn vader is 20-jarige leeftijd in 1948 uit Hongarije gevlucht toen de communisten al lieten zien wat ze in petto hadden.
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Family life just keeps on giving:
Wife: “son says he wants a mouse”
Me, exasperated: “ come on, we have two dogs, two birds, a shoal of fish, we don’t need any mice.!@&,! “
Wife: “no, no, for his school laptop”
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Proud of
@TimmermansEU
when he ends his speech on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with the lines:
Dear Wolfgang Schäuble,
Thank you for showing us what we are fighting for.
And dear Mr Meuthen (AfD), thank you for showing us what we are fighting against.
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The EU is a continuous quest to answer the question whether we are a mere collection of peoples and states or a true collective of peoples and states in a dangerous and envious world. It is not an easy quest, but surely an honourable one.
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Als kersverse diplomaat bij
@MinBZ
interviewde ik in 1997 oud MP Ruud
#Lubbers
tbv een brainstorm. Ik had 10 vragen opgesteld. Op de eerste vraag antwoordde hij 30 minuten lang. Toen was de tijd om. Hij liet mij confuus doch tevreden achter.
#rustzacht
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As I’m zooming away, I use books as a way to set the stage. Who else hates to see the page side of a stack of books instead of the colorful backs?
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@Teunvandekeuken
Wat ik snap is dat het wetenschappelijk bewijs van bescherming niet 100% vaststaat. Wat ik niet snap is dat daaruit een voortdurende bijkans resolute en vastberaden afwijzing van maskergebruik uit volgt.
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We see the the ugly head of illiberalism rising. The arguments against international rule of law, fundamental freedoms, minorities, women, LGBTIQ+ persons, journalists, judges, scientists, against democracy itself, those arguments are not innocent.
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We teach our teenage kids as best we can to argue on facts; tough on substance, soft on person, listening to & empathising with the other, for a better understanding. It doesn’t always work, but I’ve good hopes that in their 70s they will have mastered it better than some...
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Some say we cannot afford the costs of a green transition to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergencies. Nature is showing us we cannot afford not to…
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De paradox van een goed functionerende democratie is dat het louterend vermogen fouten of misstanden aan te pakken, door sommigen juist wordt aangegrepen om te betogen dat de democratie ontregeld en ontrafeld moet worden. Dit is gevaarlijk.
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11 yr old son about to get drumming lessons. Comes home: “Dad, can my band practice in the garage? We need to organise try outs...John is our manager and designs our logo...our name is ‘Vortex’...Dad, I need a nickname, what is a good nickname...?”
#letshavelessonsfirst
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The “Voer”, the little river that gave Tervuren its name, was high today after torrential rain
#bikeride
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Overheard 14 yr old daughter who’s reading
#WutheringHeights
: “I hate Heathcliff and Cathy, he’s an annoying emo complaining about everything and she’s manipulative, whiny bitch”
#okay
#EmilyBronte
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