Germany Ex-President for the Protection of the Constitution Maassen new chairman of the Union of Values – Merz calls for party exit As of 3:12 a.m | Reading time: 4 minutes "Mr Maassen has become the specter of the Union" The CDU has succeeded in presenting the union of values as a "party-damaging bunch," says political scientist Werner Patzelt. The background is the candidacy of the former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution for the presidency...
The government's decision leopard- to deliver tanks to Ukraine and to allow third countries to do the same, which could be officially announced as early as Wednesday, has already provoked reactions at home and abroad."We will have everything, everything for the return of our territories and the counteroffensive. Tankers will be happy, as will artillerymen and later also pilots," said Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential office Twitter. "President Zelensky's entire team is working on this issue together with...
Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) wants to deliver Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine. According to information from the Handelsblatt, the decision was made on Tuesday. As the “Spiegel” first reported, at least one company should initially be equipped with the Leopard 2A6 version from Bundeswehr stocks.Accordingly, it is about 14 vehicles. The new Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in the morning that he expected Germany to make a quick decision to deliver Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine....
The government's decision leopard- to deliver tanks to Ukraine and to allow third countries to do the same, which could be officially announced as early as Wednesday, has already provoked reactions at home and abroad."We will have everything. Everything for the return of our territories and the counteroffensive. Tankers will be happy, as will artillerymen and later also pilots," said the head of the presidential office, Andriy Yermak Twitter. "President Zelensky's entire team is working on this issue together with...
The announcements could hardly be surpassed in terms of clarity. CSU boss Markus Söder condemned the traffic light coalition's draft law to reduce the Bundestag as "unconstitutional", CDU boss Friedrich Merz as "unacceptable". CSU General Secretary Martin Huber even accused the traffic light of "organized election fraud" that reminded him of "rogue states". And CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt said that a draft law that "so blatantly disregards the will of the voters" must "ultimately end up before the...
In Moskau sind Angaben von Bürgerrechtlern zufolge mehrere Menschen beim Versuch festgenommen worden, Blumen in Gedenken an die mindestens 45 Todesopfer des russischen Raketenangriffs auf die ukrainische Stadt Dnipro niederzulegen. Insgesamt habe es im Zentrum der russischen Hauptstadt am Dienstagabend vier Festnahmen gegeben, teilte die Bürgerrechtsorganisation OVD-Info mit. Die kleine Gedenkstelle hatten Unbekannte am Montagabend am Fuß eines Denkmals für die ukrainische Dichterin Lessja Ukrajinka in einer Parkanlage errichtet. Sie legten ein Schwarz-Weiß-Foto des zerstörten Wohnhauses in Dnipro und Blumen...
In one's own case one is often the mildest judge, which is even more true in political life than in private life. In this respect, Mario Czaja's admission is astonishing. "We had gaps in content," confessed the CDU general secretary on Saturday after a closed meeting of his party leadership. That is why we have now intensively discussed economic, energy and climate policy. It is about an urgently needed development of competence. However, the CDU federal board did not take...
For Mario Czaja the problem of the CDU is obvious. The 30 percent mark is currently "a glass ceiling" for the Union, says the Secretary General. In order to have another chance at the chancellor's office, she has to break through this ceiling. Therefore, the CDU should take care of three groups where the party has "acceptance problems": women, young families with children and migrants. That's how it is for Czaja Süddeutsche Zeitung said just before Christmas. There are almost...
Economy, energy, climate: there is a lot to talk about right now. Shortly before a closed conference, however, party leader Merz is responsible for an overarching debate about migration. source site
You can say a lot about Yasmin Fahimi - but not that she has been noticed by her proximity to the CDU. The chairwoman of the German Trade Union Confederation was SPD general secretary, and attacks on political competition are part of the job description. And even in the Bundestag, Fahimi did not spare the CDU. A few days before the last federal election, she accused the Union of always having put on the brakes during the entire legislative period...
