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Was Deutschlands neue Rolle im Welthandel bedeutet – verständlich, relevant, auf den Punkt. Von LAURA HÜLSEMANN Mit ROMANUS OTTE und TOM SCHMIDTGEN Im Browser anzeigen. TOP-THEMA — Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche reist in die USA. Im Koffer hat sie einen Denkanstoß aus der Autoindustrie. — Umstrittenes Gasprojekt in der Nordsee nimmt an Fahrt auf. Das Thema dürfte bald ins Kabinett kommen. — Lars Klingbeil kündigte neues Geld fürs Bauen an. Es soll aus drei Töpfen kommen und den Bau-Turbo unterstützen. Guten Morgen. In der gestrigen Ausgabe haben leider zwei Links zu Dokumenten nicht funktioniert. Die liefern wir gern nach: Hier geht es…
Die AfD gibt sich gern israelfreundlich – doch in der Realität zeigt sich ein zerrissenes Bild. In dieser Folge analysiert Gordon Repinski gemeinsam mit Pauline von Pezold, wie sehr die Fraktion beim Thema Israel-Iran-Krieg gespalten ist: Ost gegen West, Weidel gegen Chrupalla, außenpolitische Linie gegen diffuse Statements.Im 200-Sekunden-Interview versucht Markus Frohnmaier, außenpolitischer Sprecher der AfD, die Gratwanderung: Ja zur Sicherheit Israels, aber Nein zu konkreten Angriffen? Den Artikel von Frederik Schindler von WELT lest ihr hier.Außerdem: Deutschland und die Niederlande starten Gasbohrungen im Wattenmeer – ein Projekt, das unter Habeck blockiert war. Nun kommt Bewegung rein – unter anderem dank…
What makes this notable is its brazenness. Medinsky isn’t simply denying a crime; he’s attempting to rewrite accepted rules of war in real time, erasing legal distinctions between rescue and abduction. By framing Ukraine’s demand for justice as theatrical propaganda aimed at “European grandmothers,” he trivializes the ICC’s arrest warrants for Putin and Lvova-Belova — warrants rooted in meticulously documented evidence. This is Russia’s playbook: weaponize absurdity to corrode the credibility of international institutions, all the while continuing to commit the crimes those institutions are designed to punish. Medinsky isn’t simply denying a crime; he’s attempting to rewrite accepted rules…
A senior European official told POLITICO in a statement that “[the EU’s top diplomat] Kaja Kallas will join her E3 counterparts for talks with the Iranian Foreign Minister in Geneva on Friday. This in-person meeting follows a phone call between the four last Monday. The aim is to discuss the latest developments and urge Iran to return to the negotiating table.” During the G7 summit in Canada earlier this week, Macron said “an offer had been made” to U.S. President Donald Trump, with the prospect of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. But Trump swiftly slapped down the French president’s…
Kellogg’s visit follows one his deputy John Coale paid last month to free an American prisoner. Other State Department officials also traveled to Belarus in February to free an American and two other political prisoners. Kellogg will follow up on those efforts to free additional European political prisoners held in the country, one of the people familiar with the matter said. The trip could also be a step toward improving the atmosphere for peace talks to end Russia’s war with Ukraine. Trump tried to improve relations with Belarus during his first term, dispatching then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the…
The Czech government on Wednesday survived a no-confidence vote triggered by a bitcoin scandal involving a drug dealer that has thrown the country’s politics into turmoil. Some 98 out of 192 MPs present voted against an opposition motion to topple Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s government — which could have triggered a snap ballot just four months before the country is scheduled to vote in regular elections. By contrast, 94 MPs voted to bring down the government. The no-confidence motion followed a scandal that saw Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek from Fiala’s conservative Civic Democratic Party (ODS) resign last month after…
U.K. climate watchdog the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning and regulator the North Sea Transition Authority paused decisions on licenses for new drilling projects and the granting of existing licenses until the government clarifies its position. OPRED launched a consultation last October on guidance for emissions in the fossil fuel industry. That consultation closed in January. This followed a legal verdict last summer, known as the Finch case. It determined that end-use emissions, known as “scope three,” must be factored into the environmental impact of fossil fuel projects as part of applying for planning permission. “We took the…
The EU is currently reviewing its Association Agreement with Israel, a deal governing trade and political relations, after a request from the majority of member countries. Kallas is due to report on the process of the review on Monday. Under the agreement, Israel must protect human rights, a commitment that a majority of EU countries called into question. “Every day this war continues, humanity slips further away. Enough is enough,” Kallas said, accusing Israel of a “disproportionate use of force” by attacking civilian infrastructure. She also lambasted the “unacceptable” rising death toll in Gaza. Some EU lawmakers reprimanded Kallas for…
The Third Way’s presidential candidate, parliament Speaker Szymon Hołownia, won just 5 percent of the vote in the first round of the election, exacerbating tensions both inside the Third Way and within the broader coalition. His candidacy was seen as having undermined Tusk-backed liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. Tusk’s government now faces a reinvigorated Law and Justice (PiS) party backed by Nawrocki in the next general election in 2027. Since February, polls have shown the Third Way on the verge of the 8 percent threshold a coalition needs to win seats in the Polish parliament. Individual parties face a lower 5…
China has hit back at the intervention of Ursula von der Leyen at the G7 summit, during which she excoriated Beijing for perpetuating what she called a “pattern of dominance, dependency and blackmail” vis-à-vis its trading partners.”We express strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to those baseless and biased remarks that reflect double standards,” Guo Jiakun, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry, said on Wednesday at a press briefing.The exchange of accusations upends the perceived momentum in EU-China relations triggered by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which have targeted allies and adversaries alike and spread panic across the…