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Vor ihrer ”State of the Union” in Straßburg steht EU-Kommissionschefin Ursula von der Leyen unter Druck. Nach dem demütigenden Zoll-Deal mit Trump und internem Streit um die Klimapolitik muss sie ihre Punkte machen. Hans von der Burchard analysiert, welche Ankündigungen zu erwarten sind – und ob von der Leyen den Green Deal opfert.Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Franziska Brantner. Die Grünen-Chefin warnt davor, den Green Deal aufzuweichen und bezeichnet den US-Handelspakt als Ergebnis einer Erpressung. Sie erklärt, was die Bundesregierung jetzt für die deutsche Autoindustrie tun muss.Außerdem: Im Kabinett fällt die Entscheidung zur zweiten Nullrunde in Folge beim Bürgergeld. Rasmus Buchsteiner berichtet über…

Russian spy drones targeting German critical infrastructure have escalated from surveillance flights to potential ship-based operations, with authorities seizing a suspected espionage vessel amid hundreds of drone incursions recorded since the start of the year. The targets include military sites as well as critical civilian infrastructure, such as LNG terminals. This made matters complicated, as the Bundeswehr is not the only responsible authority: when it comes to civilian infrastructure, the police takes the lead. The jurisdictional divide became apparent last weekend when special police units from Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony intercepted and searched the freighter Scanlark at the Kiel-Holtenau lock…

The same former U.K. intelligence figure quoted earlier said that managing to get two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to host a major event on the issue is “better than nothing,” but it has proven “very hard to get any country anywhere to act against malicious cyber actors on their own territory.” James Shires said the optics of having major players in cyber espionage dictating what other countries can do has likely limited participation in the initiative. “You have these major states that not only have their own domestic capabilities, but also have a commercial industry, and…

“He may never be Europe’s president, but he can be its godfather,” said one EU diplomat who, like others in this piece, was granted anonymity to speak candidly. “The appropriate analogy is more criminal. We’re dealing with a mafia boss exerting extortionate influence over the businesses he purports to protect.” “Brussels effect” It was not long ago that the EU could describe itself credibly as a trade behemoth and a “regulatory superpower” able to command respect thanks to its vast consumer market and legal reach. EU leaders boasted of a “Brussels effect” that bent the behavior of corporations or foreign…

“The president of the Republic is convinced that, on this basis, an agreement between the political forces is possible while respecting each party’s convictions,” the statement read. Lecornu was the purported frontrunner to succeed Bayrou, and Macron’s office was even game-planning his appointment option Monday evening,  according to two officials with direct knowledge of the matter. The armed forces minister reportedly hit the phones over the weekend to drum up support for his potential premiership and has already started reaching out to potential ministerial candidates, according to two people with direct knowledge of the calls who were granted anonymity to discuss…

Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech is one of the big set-piece events in the EU political calendar — and what better way to mark the occasion than to play a fun game? So switch on EBS, pour yourself a strong coffee (maybe with a shot of rum in it), and enjoy a game of State of the Union bingo. If you get a full line of correct answers, please stand on the roof of your office block/house and shout “bingo!” really loudly.

Der Bundestag startet in die neue Sitzungswoche – und mit ihm die Debatte über ein mögliches AfD-Verbot. Die Grünen laden Union, SPD und Linke zu Gesprächen ein. Doch die SPD rudert zurück: Zwischen strategischer Zurückhaltung und Koalitionsdisziplin bleibt offen, ob es überhaupt zur Zusammenarbeit kommt. Pauline von Petzold analysiert direkt von der Fraktionsebene, wie die Parteien taktieren – und wie die AfD selbst reagiert. Währenddessen blickt Europa nach Paris, wo Präsident Emmanuel Macron nach dem Rücktritt von Premierminister François Bayrou unter Druck steht. Die Suche nach einem Nachfolger läuft – Favorit ist Verteidigungsminister Sébastien Lecornu. Hans von der Burchard erklärt,…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to fast track a case challenging President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on countries around the world. The action potentially sets the stage for the justices to rule by the end of the year, in line with the Trump administration’s request for a quick decision. The high court set oral arguments for the first week of November and laid out an expedited schedule for both sides to file briefs ahead of that date. At issue in the cases are the tens of billions of dollars of tariffs that Trump has collected since February…

This was shot down by Close, who argued that military personnel would be better deployed at the Port of Antwerp or in prisons, rather than participating in joint patrols with the Brussels police. “Almost all cocaine that enters Europe passes through Antwerp,” he added, flagging the drug trafficking in a city known as Europe’s cocaine capital. Soldiers might even be useful in Haren prison in northern Brussels, Close suggested, which has recently made headlines due to corruption among its guards. Quintin’s proposal was backed by his conservative-liberal Reformist Movement and the conservative New Flemish Alliance, but is opposed by Close’s Socialist Party,…

While comparisons have been drawn between “Block Everything” and the Yellow Jackets, an analysis by the Jean Jaurès Foundation concluded that the two movements are “profoundly different,” with Wednesday’s plans driven in large part by the radical left. Wednesday’s campaign, however, is supported by 46 percent of the French, according to a recent survey by pollster Ipsos. The shutdown campaign began gaining steam after outgoing Prime Minister François Bayrou unveiled his plans to squeeze the 2026 French budget by €43.8 billion in July. | Remon Haazen/Getty Images Unlike the Yellow Jackets, which began online in opposition to a fuel tax hike…