Germany eyes social media ban for kids – POLITICO

Merz said in general that he is “very, very, very cautious when it comes to legal bans on something like this [social media],” but that the “consequences” of fake news, AI-generated images and platforms like TikTok “make things more challenging.” Protecting children at school “must come first,” the chancellor said, adding that the idea children […]

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Brussels pitches English-first approval to speed up EU trade deals  – POLITICO

Frontloaded scrubbing Legal “scrubbing” — a time-consuming process that ensures both parties agree on the precise meaning of a text and not just the overall commitments — would be “partly frontloaded during negotiations” and take place in parallel with the Commission’s adoption of the text, as well its presentation to the Council. The streamlined procedure […]

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Vetternwirtschaft und Vertrauensverlust im Super-Wahljahr – POLITICO

Die AfD ringt mit sich selbst. Ausgerechnet in Sachsen-Anhalt, wo sie eine Alleinregierung nach den Landtagswahlen im September anstrebt, stehen Vorwürfe der Vetternwirtschaft im Raum. Die Verwandtenaffäre betrifft auch weitere Landesverbände. Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler kennen weitere, bisher noch nicht bekannte Fälle. Sie sprechen darüber, aber auch wie der Bundesvorstand um eine Position […]

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Carney offers to ‘broker a bridge’ to build anti-Trump trade alliance – POLITICO

“It’s the opportunity to have a rules-based trading bloc of one and a half billion people with complementary economies, and also provides a basis potentially for further expansion out of that,” the prime minister said. The CPTPP trade bloc includes Canada, the U.K., Japan, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and other Pacific nations. […]

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EU boycotts Paralympics opening ceremony over Russia’s return – POLITICO

Glenn Micallef, the EU’s sports commissioner, described the decision to allow the athletes to fly the Russian and Belarusian flags as “unacceptable.” In a post on X, Micallef said: “While Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues, I cannot support the reinstatement of national symbols, flags, anthems and uniforms, that are inseparable from that conflict.” […]

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