New developments after the federal election
Scholz: Take it easy to the Chancellery.Since his election victory, it has been surprisingly quiet around Olaf Scholz. That is exactly his strategy: the faster the FDP and the Greens find each other, the faster his government is in position, that is his calculation. To the article (SZ Plus)
How desperation grows in the Union. Armin Laschet would have liked to be celebrated as the coming chancellor at the CSU reception on Edmund Stoiber’s 80th birthday. Now the Union just wants to get rid of him, that becomes clear in talks on the sidelines of the celebration. Go to Article
Days of uncertainty after the election. While they are looking for the election winner or something like the big hit in Berlin, it becomes clear: Germans are definitely capable of empathy, just not for Armin Laschet. To the article (SZ Plus)
Where is Söder’s rival? More faces, it is said, could illustrate the CSU core issues more broadly – and possibly more credibly than Söder can do that alone. It remains to be seen where there would be room for new heads and who could take on the almighty party leader Markus Söder. The name of the CSU vice-president Manfred Weber is probably mentioned most often. To the article (SZ Plus)
What is important today
Opinion: The UK Government’s stance on the supply crisis is shameful. The UK is short of up to 100,000 lorry drivers transporting goods and fuel. Cheap labor should now save the British for Christmas – and then best disappear again, according to Boris Johnson’s plan. To the article (SZ Plus)
Party mood in South America in the face of falling infections. A few months ago, South America was one big corona hotspot. Now, however, the number of infections is falling everywhere and people are asking themselves: Was that it with the pandemic? Go to Article
Italy’s new airline ITA. Good old Alitalia is a thing of the past. But Italy already has a new national airline: ITA. The first plane should take off in two weeks – and Lufthansa is facing competition. Go to Article
Actress Maren Kroymann criticizes the comedy industry. Kroymann is awarded the honorary prize at the German Comedy Prize. However, she does not use the stage for the usual words of thanks, but to break the silence in her industry after the allegations against Luke Mockridge. Several women accuse the comedian of cross-border behavior, including sexual assault. Go to Article