Controversial legal politician At the CDU before being thrown out, at the union of values now the boss: Hans-Georg Maassen Hans-Georg Maassen is the new chairman of the Union of Values © Michael Reichel / DPA Hans-Georg Maassen advocates "conservative values" and "against any kind of eco-socialism and gender wokism". The former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution won the hearts of the Union of Values. They now chose him to be their boss. The former...
grouping Maassen elected chairman of the value union The arch-conservative Values Union has appointed the former President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen, as its chairman. photo © Michael Kappeler/dpa Just a few days ago, CDU politicians called for the former president of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution to be expelled from the party. The arch-conservative Values Union is different, it has elected Hans-Georg Maassen as chairman. The arch-conservative Values Union has...
The premises of the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolis were not the only ones to be visited this Thursday. As part of the judicial investigation opened for "influence peddling, organized fraud, misuse of corporate and forged assets and use of forgery" around the Iconic real estate project, private homes, business premises and offices several elected officials were searched, according to information from 20 minutes.The National Jurisdiction in charge of the fight against organized crime (Junalco) would seek in particular to know...
Series of resignations in Ukraine following a corruption scandal Several senior Ukrainian officials today announced their resignations following press revelations of alleged purchases of army supplies at inflated prices. The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian Presidency, Kyrylo Timoshenkosaid on Tuesday that he had asked President Volodymyr Zelensky the day before to relieve him of his duties. “I thank the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, for the confidence and the possibility of doing good deeds every day and every...
Sixteen votes against and two abstentions. By a large majority, the municipal council of Plouisy (Côtes-d'Armor) decided. Meeting on Wednesday evening, the elected officials of this small town located near Guingamp opposed the establishment of an intensive salmon farming factory on their territory, reports The Telegram. Led by the Norwegian group Smart Salmon, the project aims to build a 55,000 m² factory which should produce between 8,000 and 10,000 tonnes of salmon per year.But on the spot, the opposition to...
Germany has a new defense minister, a position particularly exposed in the context of the war in Ukraine. Boris Pistorius was appointed on Tuesday, thus entering the government.A seasoned regional elected official, this 62-year-old social democrat, almost unknown at the national level, replaces Christine Lambrecht who resigned on Monday after a series of blunders. Interior Minister of Lower Saxony since 2013, he is a "highly experienced politician, proven in administration, who has been dealing with security policy for years", said...
Three days before the national strike against the pension reform, the CGT is already in combat mode. “We are going to see those who want the reform, who support it, those, we are going to take care of them. We are going to see them in their offices, we are going to talk to them, and then if by chance they do not understand the world of work, we will target them in the cuts that we will be able...
Status: 07.01.2023 11:21 a.m The night vote turned things around: McCarthy made it to the speaker with abstentions. The US President signaled a willingness to cooperate. What remains of these four days of chaos in the House of Representatives? By Ralf Borchard, ARD Studio Washington Kevin McCarthy made it, albeit very close. In the 15th ballot, after midnight local time, the time had come. The last dissenters on the party's right fringe did not vote for him, but abstained. 216...
The 14th round of voting on Friday in the House of Representatives was particularly tense, as a handful of elected Trumpists blocked the election of the President of the Lower House for the 4th day.The US House of Representatives again failed Friday, January 6 to elect its new president, remaining completely paralyzed by dissension in the Republican ranks. Favorite Kevin McCarthy has still not managed to reach the perch after a fourth day of negotiations and 14 rounds of an...
Act and “act quickly to deal with the emergency and protect property and people”. This is what elected Communists from the Rhône are asking Emmanuel Macron after the fire which killed ten people on December 16, in a building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near Lyon. In a letter, they ask for the establishment of a “new legal framework, where the right to housing can take precedence over the law of co-ownership”.“Faced with inactive trustees, sometimes incompetent for the inhabitants, it is necessary...
