Lisa Leveler

@VFinnishProbs @txgermanbre I read the US soldiers got a quite damaging feedback from Ukraine soldiers on their capabilities after training. And reading about shooting down 5000 USD (or 50k?) drones with 3 Mio worth missiles on automatic mode isn’t reassuring how great this military is in reality…

Imagine spending 4 years in NATO, living in Europe and coming home with less knowledge about your own allies than a 10 year old with a library card.

@jcw_karlsruhe @bertsch2024 Muss man sich echt mal vorstellen, ein Ministerium bekommt gut dotierte Beamtenstellen nicht besetzt. Irre…

@jcw_karlsruhe @bertsch2024 Weil ihr die Leute alle weglaufen. Viele haben gekündigt, sie hat rausgeschmissen. Und offenbar wollen keine kommen. Arbeitsklima, so wichtig.

Habeck ist weg. Seine Leute sind auf Lebenszeit im Wirtschaftsministerium. Genau das ist das Problem von Katherina Reiche.

@zeevrosenberg Ich warte noch auf die Verurteilung der terroristischen Taten der israelischen Regierung und Institutionen durch Israelis und Juden in Israel und Europe, damit ich mit denen wieder eine gemeinsame klare Sprache sprechen kann. Solange sollten Steinmeier und Co. schweigen.

Raketen auf Israel, Schweigen aus dem Völkerrechtsmilieu Raketen auf israelische Städte. Familien im Schutzraum statt am Feiertagstisch. Und aus Europa? Fast nichts. Steinmeier schweigt. Macron laviert. Sánchez schaut weg. Wer bei direkten Angriffen auf Zivilisten keine klare Sprache findet, zeigt keine Neutralität, sondern moralische Feigheit. Dieses Schweigen ist keine Diplomatie, es ist Doppelmoral. #Israel #Iran #Europa #Doppelmoral #Pessach #Steinmeier #Macron #Sanchez #Europa

@HfcmoreiraHugo @KubiliusA @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron @bundeskanzler @donaldtusk @SwedishPM @Keir_Starmer Don’t forget the #UkraineHousewives It seems European companies can learn a lot in view of pace, means and needs. Impressive Ukraine!!!

My fellow Europeans I urge all of you and our leader to buy from this moment forward exclusively European made weapons STOP buying US weapons time to give our money to our companies! @KubiliusA @vonderleyen @EmmanuelMacron @bundeskanzler @donaldtusk @SwedishPM @Keir_Starmer

@MPBHH @paolomossetti Yeah, it’s a complicated setup I didn’t get entirely. I hope you are right.

@LisaLeveler @paolomossetti It ain't happening, no worries IMHO. The Swiss Co was probably GazProm CH...🧐🤷‍♂️

Romano Prodi, President of the EU Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as PM of Italy “You see, Russian gas will return to Europe once American financial funds take stakes in the pipelines. That’s how it will end. This is Trump’s plan."

@Grnfink2 @RKiesewetter *Herr

@Grnfink2 Das haben alle von der Ukraine auch gesagt. 3 Tage wurde ihr gegeben. Ich verstehe das Narrativ von @RKiesewetter nicht. Warum hat er immer ein Problem und nie eine Lösung? Es ist doch nicht so, dass wir nichts haben. x.com/malcolmnance/s…

„Denn Europa und insbesondere Deutschland mit seiner Bundeswehr würden sich ohne die USA nicht alleine verteidigen können, fügte er (Anm.: Kiesewetter) hinzu.“

@Grnfink2 @RKiesewetter Her @RKiesewetter Sie sind einer der letzten normalen Unionspolitiker. Warum bereiten Sie uns nicht darauf vor, was wir machen müssten, um unabhängiger von den USA zu werden? Es wird eine neue Ordnung kommen, wer wir Europa darin sein?

@MPBHH @paolomossetti I have read there are actually negotiations between the Swiss? company and US investors on North stream II. Not sure about the progress but not well received by most Europeans. Let’s weit and see…

@paolomossetti Resurrecting #Nordstream II and renaming it #Trump |Stream …? 👇👇👀

@igorsushko Luckily China is openly reporting this so every country can check their epidemic protocols and become extra attentive. Russia remains a traitor to the world. Always lying and endangering even their neighbors.

🚨 BREAKING: Russia sold China cows infected with foot-and-mouth disease. China is now culling livestock. The highly contagious strain is immune to vaccines. The epicenter in Russia is near an active bioweapons lab. Russia has so far culled 90,000 cattle. themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/03/chi…

@vtchakarova I don’t share your opinion very often, but here I agree very much. Thank you for the summary. I can’t wrap my head around that we don’t see more action on EU/national level to address this and taking action. Seems the political class is another time not capable to do the work…

The conflict around the Strait of Hormuz is not a temporary shock. It is the beginning of a fundamental shift in how energy flows around the world, and Europe is not positioned for it. This is the Fourth Systemic Risk-driven global crisis (after GFC, Covid and Russia‘s war on Ukraine) and it will hit global economy like a tsunami due to physical scarcity and supply-shock induced multiplicative cascading effects. This is not just about higher gas bills. It is about whether European farms can grow food next year. Whether European factories and industries can keep running. Whether European governments can hold together when people cannot heat their homes or afford bread. Here is what must be done immediately: 1. Protect fertilizer production before the upcoming planting season Natural gas is the raw material for fertilizers. No gas → no fertilizers → harvests collapse within two seasons. Europe came dangerously close to this in 2022. There is still no law preventing it from happening again. Governments must guarantee that fertilizer plants get gas first before any other industrial use. This is the fastest path from an energy crisis to a food crisis, and it is entirely preventable. 2. Turn political promises into real contracts Europe has signed countless “energy partnership” declarations with like-minded countries the US, Canada, and Australia. Declarations do not keep the lights on. Binding, long-term supply agreements (real commercial contracts) need to be finalised within the year. Canada must get its act together and boost production ad hoc. Asian buyers are already moving faster. 3. Drill, produce, and refine more: at home Europe is sitting on significant untapped energy. Romania’s Black Sea gas fields. Norway’s next generation of Arctic reserves. The UK’s North Sea. Western Balkan deposits that have barely been explored. These are not long-term dreams. With fast-tracked permits, EU co-financing, and political will amid the worst crisis, first volumes can come online sooner rather than later. Every barrel and cubic metre produced at home is one less purchased from an unstable or hostile source. The same logic applies to petrochemicals. Europe’s industrial base in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, etc. depends on gas and oil-derived inputs. Keeping that production alive and competitive is not an environmental debate. It is a national security question first and foremost. 4. Buy gas together, not separately When 27 countries compete for the same molecules on spot markets, prices spike and smaller members lose out. Europe proved during Russia‘s war that collective purchasing works and it needs to apply the same logic to gas, permanently. A standing EU joint gas purchasing mechanism (the platform still exists), next to negotiating long-term contracts as a bloc, would give Europe the market weight to secure better prices, longer terms, and more reliable supply than any single country can achieve alone. 5. Use Ukraine’s gas storage as a European buffer Ukraine has the largest underground gas storage network in Europe. Much of it is accessible. And it is sitting underused as a European emergency reserve. A simple protocol between Brussels and Kyiv could fix this within months. It needs political will, not new pipelines. 6. Stop treating the UK and Western Balkans as outsiders Britain’s North Sea, the Balkans’ pipelines and mineral deposits: these are part of Europe’s energy future whether the politics are tidy or not. Brexit and slow EU accession processes cannot be allowed to create gaps in European energy security. Europe has the resources, the allies, and the technology to get through this. What it keeps lacking is the willingness to act before the crisis arrives, not while it is already burning. That window is still open. But not for long.

@cate_long @k_sonin I can’t remember a headline in my life the US is not able to deliver on their military contract. And now I have seen various the past weeks. Using customer money to restock the own bases. Unbelievable stupid move from the DOD…

@cate_long @k_sonin Now the US is not able to deliver on their contracts and we build up within Europe. Tomorrow we are weak. But in a few years? If I were you I would bet on this weakness…

Interestingly, Ukraine is an important silent element of the Europe vs. US dynamic. If not for Ukraine, European leaders would not be that easily partying ways with Trump - Ukraine's successful defense against Russian aggression has demonstrated that the US is critical, but not an indispensable, part of the European security. nytimes.com/2026/04/02/wor…

@k_sonin Agree. Without Ukraine they would fall in line as they mostly did. So, it a crucial time to decide who we want to be in Europe…

@cate_long @Investing_vro07 @k_sonin The USD as reserve currency is coming under more scrutiny day by day. Not sure how long you can lean on this argument.

@Investing_vro07 @k_sonin True but no one considers the EU a reserve currency and there is little to no additional debt capacity. America still has considerable debt capacity.

@cate_long @FredFred1406 @k_sonin I believe if Iran is successful in undermining the petrodollar you might lose your bet.

@FredFred1406 @k_sonin I'll bet you $500 that the next sov crisis is **not** in the US.

@Anpanator @PfeifferCarsten @42tw1tter1sd3ad @heico_m @DerClue Ich finde, die Aufregung über Reiche ist angemessen und sollte verstärkt werden, auch im Zusammenhang mit dem Iran-Krieg und “eigene Ressourcen” aufbauen.

@Anpanator @PfeifferCarsten @42tw1tter1sd3ad @heico_m @DerClue … gehalten hat. Seitdem haben die sich entspannt, gesagt, dass sie zu wenig Personal haben und anderen die Schuld gegeben. und die Projekte liegen schlafend in der Schublade mit bereits verbranntem privaten Risikokapital…

Ihr fragt euch warum Gaskathi Stromspeicher hasst (und deswegen in ihrem Energie 10 Punkte Plan komplett ignoriert)? Weil es das Gas Geschäftsmodell zerstört. ⬇️ Mit Speichern hätten wir 2025 knapp 1 Mrd. Gespart!