Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

German politician, MEP

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Nationalists are all only interested in their country, they don’t want to work together with other European countries,
We are too shy — definitely,
The issue of defense plays a completely different role in Europe than it did just two years ago,
  • said Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the liberal chair of the European Parliament’s security and defense committee, pointing to a series of “very valuable programs” launched over the past year
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This national team plays the way this federal government governs: big on ambition, short on resolve. Everyone struggles on their own, no one takes responsibility, and when luck finally does appear, the goal doesn’t count,
  • wrote German Member of the European Parliament Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann on X, referring to a controversially disallowed goal made during overtime, which would have brought Germany victory
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This national team plays the way this federal government governs: big on ambition, short on resolve. Everyone struggles on their own, no one takes responsibility, and when luck finally does appear, the goal doesn’t count,
  • wrote German Member of the European Parliament Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann on X, referring to a controversially disallowed goal made during overtime, which would have brought Germany victory
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I would say that (Trump) is angry about a lot of things. So I think we really have to cool down.”

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The unfinished rebuild: Why Germany remain stuck in the shadow of 2014

Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/sports/foot…

To players, pundits and politicians alike, the moment was considered a critical juncture, after which Germany’s dominance in sport—and in a variety of other arenas—would be unrivalled within the continent as its technocratic model of problem-solving became a blueprint on the world stage

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