It was part of a broader redirection of far-right resentments away from race and ethnicity to class and status, embodied by the yellow-vest protests that began months after that World Cup victory. Le Pen began to speak of France’s most famous athletes the way her father once dismissed Paris’ detached elites — “technocratic robots, graduates of the […]
Continue ReadingToday, we’re bringing you a special bonus episode from our colleagues at WELT. Originally released in German, Ernstfall is now available in English. What if Russia attacked NATO? How would Germany respond? And where are our weaknesses? We wanted answers. In a wargame, we simulate an attack on NATO’s eastern flank. Politicians, former military officials, […]
Continue ReadingThe AfD finished in second with just over 20 percent of the vote in the last German federal elections and is now Germany’s most popular party according to polling. It is positioned to win in two key state elections which will take place in September in eastern Germany. Other parties, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s […]
Continue ReadingA 39-year-old Ukrainian woman is wanted for having allegedly planted a parcel bomb in central Monaco earlier this week, gravely wounding three people. The suspect has been identified as Anastasiia Berezovska, according to an Interpol notice issued on Friday. Monaco’s head prosecutor Stéphane Thibault said on Friday that one of the three victims remained in […]
Continue ReadingDie Koalition nimmt neue Reform-Anläufe, aber eine echte große Steuerreform lässt auf sich warten. Gordon Repinski spricht mit Ulf Poschardt über die Handlungsfähigkeit der Regierung Merz und die Frage, ob Deutschland überhaupt noch reformfähig ist. Poschardt kritisiert die politische Kultur in Deutschland erneut. Er fordert revolutionäre Ansätze statt der bloßen Fortschreibung des Status quo und […]
Continue ReadingAmerica250’s civic programming continued throughout the anniversary year, including America’s Field Trip, which sent students to historic sites nationwide, and America Gives, an effort to make July Fourth the largest single day of charitable giving in American history. This holiday weekend alone, America250 is burying the congressionally mandated America’s Time Capsule in Philadelphia, unveiling a […]
Continue ReadingCompared to its Western allies, the U.S. occupies a solitary position on this list. It outranks Poland by 25 spots in terms of impunity, while Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Britain and Australia all rank more accountable by 30 to 50 spots. It seems the club of democracies that America assembled and sustained for all those […]
Continue ReadingThe Council of the European Union on Friday announced sanctions targeting six scientists and researchers suspected of being involved in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. “The EU remains fully committed to countering the proliferation and use of chemical weapons,” read the Council statement. The sanctions include an asset freeze and a travel ban to the […]
Continue ReadingAirports and airlines have blamed the new border control system — which requires travelers from non-EU countries to register their biometric data — for hours-long queues, operational disruption and missed connecting flights. “There’s still quite a lot of work to do to have these technical issues solved together with the member states,” von der Leyen […]
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