Merz und die enttäuschte Liebe in seiner CDU – POLITICO

Friedrich Merz muss sich in Stuttgart der Wiederwahl als CDU-Vorsitzender stellen. Nach großen Reformversprechen ist die Unzufriedenheit in Teilen der Partei spürbar. Wie stark fällt sein Ergebnis aus – und welche Rolle spielt Angela Merkel bei ihrem seltenen Parteitagsauftritt? Rixa Fürsen und Rasmus Buchsteiner analysieren das vorab. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview geht es um strengere Regeln gegen […]

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Orbán’s nemesis turns his nationalist playbook against him – POLITICO

Magyar’s aim, his allies say, is to get voters asking what Orbán’s nationalist rhetoric has actually delivered. “It’s not that we turned his nationalist language against him,” said Márton Hajdu, the Tisza party’s chief of staff in the European Parliament. “We turn his lies about protecting Hungarian national interests against him.”  Outflanking Orbán Magyar — […]

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Brussels should scrap plans to hire 2,500 EU civil servants, 9 countries say – POLITICO

“We expect the Commission to present ambitious, quantified proposals as a direct input for ongoing negotiations on the next MFF, including on an EU administrative system that reflects the challenges of our times,” reads the letter, which was signed by ministers from Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands. […]

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