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war | SPD faction does not want to protect Ukrainian airspace

The Russian advance on the Kharkiv region is in full swing. An oil refinery caught fire in Russia. All information in the news blog. The most important things at a glanceLoading… Embed British Defense Minister: Shoigu responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths 7:16 a.m.: British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps describes the ousted Russian Defense […]

CSU boss Söder suspects a break in the traffic light coalition

The FDP has been calling for an economic turnaround for a long time, and now it wants to present a twelve-point plan. Significant cuts for citizens are also planned. The FDP repeatedly criticizes the current economic situation in Germany, and the party has now developed a twelve-point plan with which it wants to promote an […]

SPD parliamentary group leader for the Corona Commission

Does the handling of the corona pandemic need to be addressed? This has been discussed since the RKI minutes were published three weeks ago. The SPD has now come up with a concrete proposal. The SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich has proposed setting up a citizens’ council and a commission with representatives from politics, […]

Brand letter – Harsh criticism of Olaf Scholz from his own party

Five leading German experts write a letter to Chancellor Scholz and the SPD. You will find unusually clear words about his Ukraine course. It doesn’t happen particularly often that harsh criticism of leadership from within your own party becomes public. In the case of the Social Democrats’ Ukraine policy, there has been a considerable degree […]

The SPD’s dual Ukraine policy: A risky strategy

Good morning, dear reader, Do you sometimes wish that the traffic lights would freeze? That’s not meant in a bad way at all. Just rest in the box for two or three weeks. No dispute. No traffic jams. No rush. A government like a Jever advertisement. The dream of conflict-free governance is no stranger to […]

Germany must answer these questions

How to stop the wars in Ukraine and Gaza? Hardly with moral demands. It depends on the next elections – especially in America, but also in Europe. Rolf Mützenich has difficulty justifying his statement that the war in Ukraine should be “frozen”. One could also say that the SPD parliamentary group leader is evading the […]

Klingbeil gets caught in the crossfire at “Maybritt Illner”.

SPD leader Klingbeil is coming under pressure from Maybrit Illner because he supports his party colleague Mützenich. Only the BSW goes on a cuddly course – and bites on granite. SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich has been criticized from within his own ranks for his choice of words in light of the war in […]

Olaf Scholz is campaigning with a zigzag course

Good morning, dear reader, some decisions can really destroy you. Or, to put it more precisely: the way there. You can weigh up different arguments for hours and still none seem more promising than the other. In the end, you often come to the conclusion that no solution is the best way to solve a […]

Concerns about political violence in the USA are growing

Jens Spahn makes the traffic light coalition at “Maischberger” partly responsible for the duration of the war in Ukraine. According to the ARD correspondent, there is a real threat of civil war in the USA if Donald Trump loses. According to former Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU), the open dispute in the traffic light coalition […]

Support Ukraine for as long as necessary

A heated exchange follows the Chancellor’s government statement on the EU summit. A central topic: the Ukraine war. It also determines the debate. Before the EU summit in Brussels, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for the solidarity of the international community in supporting Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia. “We stand together,” he said in a […]