crime Knife attack on the train has parliamentary consequences People commemorate the victims of the knife attack in Brokstedt train station. photo © Marcus Brandt/dpa Two days after the knife attack on the regional train from Kiel to Hamburg, a lot revolves around the mourning process. But the handling of the alleged crime also raises questions. The deadly knife attack on a regional train in Brokstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, and the way the authorities dealt with the alleged perpetrator have a parliamentary...
We would see what we would see. For months, the executives of La France insoumise (LFI) have been claiming that parliamentary obstruction (the fact of slowing down a debate in the hemicycle by all possible regulatory means) was a perfectly legitimate means of action, and especially on the major issue of pension reform. In October, Mathilde Panot, the president of the LFI parliamentary group in the National Assembly, announced the prospect of 1,000 amendments per deputies of her group, or...
Choose Union parliamentary group leader: reduce the number of constituencies to 270 The plenary hall of the Bundestag: Parliament has continued to grow in recent years due to overhang and compensation mandates. photo © Kay Nietfeld/dpa The debate about electoral law reform continues. The traffic light factions want to abolish the overhang and compensation mandates. CDU/CSU are against it and make a counter-proposal. According to media reports, in the dispute over the downsizing of the Bundestag, the head of the...
The CSU parliamentary group meets in Kloster Banz and talks about the topic that many are talking about again: About refugees and how many there can be in Bavaria. The faction leader has a clear idea. from Andreas Glas, Bad StaffelsteinThomas Kreuzer buried his hands in his coat pockets as he squeezed out through the heavy wooden door of the former monastery early Tuesday afternoon. But it's not about his body language, it's more about what the CSU faction leader...
By near-unanimity (610 votes for, 26 votes against and 9 abstentions), MEPs, meeting in Strasbourg, accepted a modification of the institution's rules of procedure allowing the European Public Prosecutor's Office to make requests for the waiver of parliamentary immunity .Until now, only the authorities of an EU Member State were able to do so. In mid-December, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, an independent body in operation since 2021, called for the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of Eva Kaili, currently...
After the Modem, La France Insoumise and Les Républicains, it is the turn of the National Rally to present its texts on the agenda, on the occasion of its first " parliamentary niche of his story. This Thursday, the marinist deputies will defend seven bills, with the main subject of purchasing power, the abolition of low emission zones (ZFE) and the introduction of a school uniform in public schools and colleges.But by the way, what is a parliamentary niche? 20...
In Lützerath, the climate activists are fighting against the eviction. Political support for them is limited, however. Above all, the AfD and the left comment on the occupation with clear words. The Greens are different. Lützerath is cleared. The atmosphere is tense. Some activists have already left the village voluntarily. Others resist - sometimes even with violence. (You can read more about this in our current news blog.) Access to all STERN PLUS content and articles from the print magazine...
from Andrew GlassGroup leader, that would be something for him. Or? "I don't take part in speculation," says Klaus Holetschek. It's now about convincing people with content. "Everything else will be decided after the election." What should Holetschek also say? Even if he were to squint at the parliamentary group chairmanship: whoever sticks his head out first will be shaved, the old rule of politics. Holetschek is therefore silent on the question of who could move to the top of...
Ten months before the state elections, there is apparently no change in mood in Bavaria: if it were already election day, the CSU and Free Voters could defend their majority with a combined 51 percent. At least that's what a representative survey commissioned by SAT 1 Bayern showed these days. But the election campaign hasn't really started yet. At the start of 2023, the parliamentary groups will meet for their winter retreats this week and next. A tightening of positions...
Ten months before the state elections, there is apparently no change in mood in Bavaria: if it were already election day, the CSU and Free Voters could defend their majority with a combined 51 percent. At least that's what a representative survey commissioned by SAT 1 Bayern showed these days. But the election campaign hasn't really started yet. At the start of 2023, the parliamentary groups will meet for their winter retreats this week and next. A tightening of positions...
