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Weil der Haushalt gekürzt wird, droht dem Elterngeld ein drastischer Einschnitt. Gordon Repinski bespricht mit Maximilian Stascheit die Optionen: Werden die Bezugsmonate gekürzt, die Einkommensgrenzen weiter abgesenkt oder gibt es doch noch Sparmöglichkeiten ganz woanders? Warum diese Pläne selbst in der Union für heftiges Bauchgrimmen sorgen und ein echtes familienpolitisches Déjà-vu zur Ampelzeit heraufbeschwören. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview bezieht die ehemalige Grünen-Parteichefin Ricarda Lang klar Stellung. Sie warnt vor einem fatalen Signal an junge Familien, kritisiert die schleichende Entwertung der Leistung durch die Inflation und fordert stattdessen den Schutz von Alleinerziehenden beim Unterhaltsvorschuss. Der Bundeskanzler hat gestern die SPD-Fraktion besucht – ein…
Published on 20/05/2026 – 6:42 GMT+2 Arsenal’s decades-long wait is finally over. The north London-based football club officially ended on Tuesday their 22-year drought as Premier League champions, after title-contenders Manchester City drew 1-1 with Bournemouth, ending their title-run mathematically. The gunners are set to lift the trophy, their 14th English top flight league title, after their last matchday against city rivals Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on 24 May, their first since their 2004-2005 campaign. “I told you all.. it’s done,” Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice posted on social media with a photo of he and his teammates celebrating. The…
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The European People’s Party — the largest group in the chamber — is keen to get the deal on the books, and negotiators hope a majority will back it. Zeljana Zovko, the EPP lawmaker representing the center-right group in the negotiations, told POLITICO that the deal “will save our businesses and give them breathing space to continue trade with our most important trading partner.” Failure by the Parliamentary plenary to ratify the compromise would humiliate Bernd Lange, the chair of the chamber’s trade committee and the Parliament’s chief negotiator. Lange declared himself satisfied with the result despite the concessions. “We are…
“I’m getting ready,” Hollande told the weekly magazine Marianne, which splashed the quote across its front page last month. “What’s at stake in the [2027] presidential election is major, historic. For France, but not just for France,” Hollande said last month in a clip posted to social media. “How the French vote will decide the future of Europe, and maybe even global stability.” He faces a steep climb. Two polls have explored the possibility of a 2027 comeback — and in both, the former president was projected to receive less than 10 percent of the vote, far below the current…
PARIS — Le bureau du Sénat doit se pencher le 28 mai prochain sur la levée de l’immunité parlementaire du sénateur Les Républicains Francis Szpiner, a appris POLITICO auprès de deux responsables parlementaires au fait des tractations. L’ancien maire du XVIe arrondissement de Paris fait l’objet d’une information judiciaire depuis plus d’un an. Celle-ci porte sur des chefs de corruption active et passive, selon les éléments communiqués par le parquet de Paris dans la foulée d’une perquisition, en avril 2025, du domicile de Francis Szpiner. L’enquête vise l’avocat de profession, qui s’était déclaré candidat à la mairie de Paris en…
Published on 20/05/2026 – 2:31 GMT+2•Updated 2:36 Diplomats and MEPs reached an agreement late on Tuesday to implement the contentious EU-US agreement, which eliminates duties on most US industrial goods imported into Europe. The negotiations concluded two weeks after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on EU cars if Europeans did not implement the agreement — clinched by Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland, last summer — by 4 July. The so-called “Turnberry Agreement,” criticised by MEPs as unbalanced, raises US tariffs on EU goods to as much as 15%. “The…
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“It’s not only the Europeans who think that. We all think that it must end as soon as possible,” French Finance Minister Roland Lescure, who chaired the meeting, told reporters during a press conference after discussions concluded Tuesday. “We all know that the sooner we reopen the Hormuz Strait, the sooner the economic aspect of this geopolitical conflict will be resolved, the better off we will all be,” he added. But the U.S. laid blame for Europe’s economic predicament on national governments. “It’s [a] tired old tactic to try and blame their government’s abysmal approval ratings on external forces, rather…
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day state visit to China. Images showed Putin descending from his presidential plane before greeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the airport tarmac. Young Chinese supporters waving Russian and Chinese flags lined the arrival area as a military band and guard of honor welcomed the Russian leader. Footage also showed Putin walking along a red carpet before departing in a motorcade from the airport. The visit comes days after US President Donald Trump’s trip to China and marks the 25th anniversary of the China-Russia friendship treaty.