Scholz’s SPD, on the other hand, is polling third with 16 percent, just behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and down 10 percentage points since the 2021 election. According to Spiegel, SPD members of the Bundestag in a recent meeting joined local and regional politicians in voicing doubts over Scholz’s chances to succeed … Read more
Foreign Secretary David Lammy previously called Trump a “neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath,” labeled him a “dangerous clown” and “a racist KKK and Nazi sympathizer.” London Mayor Sadiq Khan has feuded with Trump, telling POLITICO that the presidential candidate is “a racist. He’s a sexist. He’s a homophobe.” The Trump campaign has even accused Labour of election … Read more
The election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi will be held on Thursday, 14th November, Municipal Secretary said on Monday. Elections for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor are held annually, with the Mayor’s position rotating among members of various social groups. This year, the role is reserved for a councillor … Read more
Speaking Dutch is central to this, van den Broeck believes. “Dutch is part of our DNA” as Flemish people, he said. Migration drives shifts “Brussels has always been a multilingual city because it’s centered at the border between the Roman- and the German-speaking territories,” explained VUB researcher Saeys. Waves of migration after World War II … Read more
The former PM has instructed his party, Horizons, which is part of the broader right-of-center coalition backing Macron, to “be ready for spring” in case an early presidential election is called, senior party officials told Playbook Paris. The possibility of Macron’s resigning, though ruled out by the president, has been discussed as a solution to … Read more
Ukraine’s drone offensive comes after a week of massive missile and drone attacks from Russia, which led to the loss of one of Ukraine’s U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets. Last week, Russia has “used more than 160 missiles of various types, 780 guided aerial bombs and 400 attack drones of various types” against Ukraine, the country’s … Read more
Indeed, there are few places in Germany where the AfD is stronger. Nearly 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a jagged political schism runs through the country, tracing the former border between East and West Germany. On the east side of the divide, the AfD is surging despite its growing radicalism and … Read more
Ill-suited subsidy spurs precarious revival In the years following its launch, it gradually became clear that the cost of the Superbonus had been dramatically underestimated, after lax enforcement led to thousands of homeowners commencing works without filing official applications. Its total expected cost ballooned to €219 billion, over six times the €35 billion predicted by … Read more
Puigdemont chose to return on the day that the Catalan parliament was voting on Socialist Salvador Illa becoming the region’s new president. “I wanted to be present during the investiture session and be able to exercise my right to speak and vote,” Puigdemont said in a video shared on X on Saturday. The former regional … Read more
The decision spurred a backlash from the six other G7 countries — the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Canada — and the EU. They sent a letter to Suzuki last month warning that they would not attend if Israel was not invited, CNN reported. On Friday, those diplomats boycotted the ceremony, Japanese media reported. Israel’s … Read more
