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– Neue Zahlen: Was die wichtigen Umfrage-Institute für Merz’ Erfolg bzw. Misserfolg in der Diskussion um die Verschärfung der Migrationspolitik messen.– Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Heidi Reichinnek, Co-Vorsitzende der Linken-Gruppe im Bundestag und Spitzenkandidatin ihrer Partei über Migrations- und Wirtschaftspolitik.– Sorgenkinder: Zwei AfD-Kandidaten mit guten Chancen in den Bundestag einzuziehen, werden womöglich gar nicht Teil der nächsten AfD-Fraktion.– Wahlentscheidung mit KI-Hilfe: Wie der Wahl-Chat zur Bundestagswahl Antworten in Wahlprogrammen finden will.  Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig.Und…

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Although he hasn’t yet talked with new United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Kosiniak-Kamysz has met with U.S. officials tied to the Trump team and stressed the scale of Poland’s defense buildup. “We can calmly show the new Trump administration that the two conditions which President Trump frequently underlines: defense spending, which we have at the highest level in NATO, and mutual economic relations for American business, we realize at the highest level in Europe,” said Kosiniak-Kamysz. “It’s kind of an insurance policy,” he added. And if other European countries are worried about the U.S. retreating from the continent and…

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Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s Across the Pond column. A few weeks ago, when Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen spoke with soon-to-be U.S. President Donald Trump about his insistence on making Greenland part of America, the phone call didn’t go well. She understood America’s defense concerns, but Greenland wasn’t for sale, she said. Trump was having none of it. The call between these two equally obdurate leaders not only revealed a clash of interests but…

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President Donald Trump wants to use the facility as a holding centre and said it has the capacity to hold as many as 30,000. The first US military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay landed in Cuba on Tuesday evening, according to a US official. It was the first step in an an expected surge in the number of migrants sent to the US naval base, which for decades was primarily used to detain foreigners associated with the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was assigned to Guantanamo Bay when he…

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The third person added: “It’s not just a question of personnel — it is a question of the structures of the organization. We don’t yet have a clear architecture in place to be able to go through that process and get it re-ratified.” Then there is the fact that Trump and Rubio — barely into their third week in the new administration — have bigger political issues on their plate. Asked about the Chagos deal on Jan. 25, Trump replied: “It hasn’t been number one on my list, I’ll be honest with you.” The third person quoted above suggested that…

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Peut-on arrêter Trump ? Pour la première fois, Trump invoque les pouvoirs d’urgence prévus par l’International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) de 1977, qui n’a été utilisé jusqu’à présent que par Joe Biden pour imposer des sanctions à la Russie à cause de la guerre en Ukraine. L’IEEPA n’a pas encore été mobilisé pour justifier des droits de douane, et il est possible que les entreprises qui en subissent un préjudice financier intentent une action en justice. Il est toutefois peu probable qu’un juge émette une injonction immédiate contre les droits de douane. Tout litige risquerait probablement de s’éterniser. Le…

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Trump must get “strong security guarantees” from Russia to end the war that’s been raging for nearly three years in Ukraine. “We believe that President Trump wants to succeed in this situation,” Zelenskyy said, speaking in an interview with British broadcaster Piers Morgan via a translator. “Success is the victory of common sense, and that is definitely the end to the whole stage for the war — and for undoubtedly strong security guarantees for Ukraine, at least for Putin not to come back with the war again in half a year, months, one year.” Zelenskyy stated that…

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“The government negotiations are in a difficult phase,” the ÖVP said on Tuesday evening, according to local media, though added that it is “still in ongoing negotiations” and that “talks in the subgroups have been scheduled for today and tomorrow.” “It’s fifty-fifty,” the ÖVP’s negotiator Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer told local media on Tuesday afternoon. Responding to media reports that the talks had been put on hold, the FPÖ said on X: “There is no breakdown of negotiations. The ÖVP is apparently coordinating internally. This is quite normal in negotiations. We also coordinate internally again and again. Tomorrow it can continue.” Previous attempts…

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“I have filed a question to expose the facts. Veneto and Italy are not the property of the U.S.,” he added. Undated footage published by Field Ethos, an outdoor brand co-founded by Trump Jr., shows him shooting ducks from a foxhole in the Venice Lagoon. In one clip, Trump Jr. points out an orange duck, saying: “This is actually a rather uncommon duck for the area,” adding “not even sure what it is in English, but incredible shoot.” Italian media reported Trump Jr. was in Venice in December. Hunting in Italy is legal but strictly regulated. Only Italian residents with…

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