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Gordon Repinski analysiert die permanente Einmischung der Parteichefin Wagenknecht in das Vorgehen des Landesverbandes und was das für die eigene Spitzenkandidatin, die CDU und die SPD, aber auch für die AfD und Björn Höcke letztlich bedeuten könnte. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview dazu der thüringische SPD-Landeschef Georg Maier über die bisherigen Gespräche mit dem Wagenknecht-Bündnis und ein mögliches Scheitern der „Brombeer“-Koalition, noch bevor es überhaupt Koalitionsverhandlungen gibt. EU- und Diplomatie-Experte Hans von der Burchard von POLITICO berichtet über bevorstehende Proteste in Georgien gegen das Wahlergebnis und den geplanten Besuch von Viktor Orbán heute in Tiflis. Ungarn hat aktuell die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft inne. Das Interview…

“The total value of business in China for Finnish companies is estimated to be more than 20 billion euros per year,” a 2023 report from the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs said, which labeled China as “one of our most important trade partners.” “Chinese investments play the largest role in Finland compared to any other EU country, with 8 percent of foreign direct investment stock held by China, which is ten times higher than the EU average,” Lee-Makiyama said, referring to a study his research group did. On the other end of that bargain, things haven’t looked good for Nokia…

After POLITICO reached out to Babiš and his ANO party for comment, his right-hand man, ANO Vice Chair Karel Havlíček, replied that “it’s nonsense” to say the party has moved toward the far right. Dita Charanzová told POLITICO that “it was clear from the developments in the Czech Republic that the ANO movement would push nationalistic politics.” | EP “ANO always has been and remains a catch-all party,” Havlíček said. “We are still the same. What has changed is that some politicians have lost their self-reflection and stopped perceiving reality … I think it is legitimate to have a different opinion…

Electoral participation also seems to have improved, although only slightly and from an eye-catchingly low baseline. Exit poll data published by Alpha Research at 19:00 as the polls closed showed 38 percent voter turnout, up from 34.4 percent in the June election. “People want a government, [they want] security and stability,” Borissov told reporters in the town of Bankya before the final vote count was known. Borissov served as the country’s PM for 13 years before nationwide protests erupted in 2020 against his government, which was blamed for letting oligarchs take control of state institutions. “One of the main political…

For instance, Lithuania will maintain its hardline approach toward Russia and will keep its pro-Western foreign policy, with LDSP having vocally supported increasing the defense budget. Blinkevičiūtė, a member of the European Parliament, is hoping to form a coalition with the Union of Democrats “For Lithuania” (DSVL) and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), she told reporters. However, while she had said earlier she would quit as an MEP to take up the job of prime minister, on Sunday she didn’t give a clear answer to reporters who asked her to confirm that plan. DSVL leader Saulius Skvernelis, however, said…

With only a handful of seats left to be declared, the governing LDP-Komeito coalition will fall short of a majority in Japan’s 465-seat parliament. The two parties previously held 279 seats. It was a good night for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, which significantly boosted its seat count to more than 130, from 98. Local media reported party leader Yoshihiko Noda, himself a former PM, as saying: “We now truly are on the eve of a change of government.” The LDP could remain in power, though, by bringing in new coalition partners, or by forming a minority government that…

In an interview with Euronews right after the release of the results declaring Georgian Dream as the winning party, Georgian MP Maka Botchorishvili from the ruling party and chair of the EU integration committee spoke to Euronews about the election results and criticisms. The ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory securing a 53.92 per cent majority vote, according to data by the Central Election Commission; but Georgia’s opposition parties were quick to dispute the results, and claimed the election was “rigged”.Answering to the criticism from observers who reported election violations, including intimidation and interference, the chair of the EU Integration…

This is the first time Egypt’s President, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has publicly proposed such a plan. Egypt has proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed.President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, speaking in Cairo on Sunday, said the proposal also includes the release of some Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.Egypt has been a key mediator along with Qatar and the United States. This is the first time Egypt’s president has publicly proposed such a plan. There was no immediate response from Israel or Hamas.El-Sissi said the proposal…

Georgia’s EU membership prospects were stalled after the Georgian government adopted a controversial Russian-style “foreign agents” law, despite warnings that it could jeopardize Georgia’s bid to join the bloc. In the lead-up to the election, the ruling party had also pledged to ban virtually all opposition parties, and has passed a string of Russian-style laws branding Western-backed human rights groups and media outlets as ‘foreign agents,’ and outlawing public references to the LGBTQ+ community. A joint statement declaring the vote was “neither free nor fair” was signed by more than a dozen European and Canadian politicians, including the chairs of…

The confidential data, which was allegedly sold to clients or used to blackmail businessmen and politicians, including former Milan Mayor Letizia Moratti, went back to at least 2019 and continued up to March 2024, a court document seen by Reuters showed. The Milan prosecutors allege the business intelligence agency tapped into three key databases: one gathering alerts over suspicious financial activities; one used by the national tax agency with citizens’ bank transactions, utility bills, income statements; and the police investigations’ database. According to prosecutor documents, one of the suspects, Nunzio Samuele Calamucci, had a “huge amount of data to manage…