Bild: Our life with 15 million in lottery winnings | Unser Leben mit 15 Lotto-Millionen
FAZ: Turmoil in the SPD over the candidacy for chancellor | Unruhe in der SPD wegen Kanzlerkandidatur
Funke: Wegner defends Berlin’s austerity course | Wegner verteidigt Berlins Sparkurs
Handelsblatt: New chance for nuclear power? | Neue Chance für Atomkraft?
RND: SPD debate over Scholz and Pistorius: When the candidacy for chancellor becomes a crisis | SPD-Debatte um Scholz und Pistorius: Wenn die Kanzlerkandidatur zur Krise wird
SZ: Schröder criticizes handling of Scholz | Schröder kritisiert Umgang mit Scholz
Tagesspiegel: Scholz or Pistorius? Internal power struggle leads to „panic“ in the SPD faction | Scholz oder Pistorius? Interner Machtkampf führt zu „Panik“ in der SPD-Fraktion
taz: Breaking news at the SPD: the ex-husband of Pistorius‘ ex-girlfriend speaks out in favor of Scholz | Breaking-News bei der SPD: Der Ex-Mann von Pistorius‘ Ex-Freundin spricht sich für Scholz aus
Welt: In Rio, the dispute over the candidacy reaches Scholz | In Rio erreicht Scholz der Streit über die Kandidatur
Chancellor Olaf Scholz apparently continues to count on being nominated as the SPD’s top candidate for the federal election: In several interviews, Scholz reiterated that the SPD and he wanted to win the next election together. He could not complain about the support of the party leadership. Scholz did not directly address questions about his chances of becoming chancellor. On Tuesday evening, the SPD leadership met for a telephone conference; according to the SPD, party leaders Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken, General Secretary Matthias Miersch and the deputy party leaders participated. Chancellor Scholz, who is on his way back from the G20 summit in Brazil, was not represented in the round. handelsblatt.com, sueddeutsche.de, spiegel.de, zdf.de, faz.net
- Labor Minister Hubertus Heil warns the SPD not to repeat the public quarrel of the CDU/CSU about the 2021 chancellor candidacy.
- Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder considers a debate about the right SPD chancellor candidate to be damaging for his party; pleads for Scholz. sueddeutsche.de
Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticizes the lack of criticism of Russia in the G20 final declaration: Russia’s responsibility for the war of aggression was not clearly stated in it. Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin has been mercilessly bombing Ukraine for 1000 days. People are suffering because of his blind megalomania, said Scholz. On the sidelines of the G20 summit, Scholz again rejected Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s demand for the delivery of long-range Taurus missiles. However, Germany is and remains Ukraine’s biggest supporter in Europe. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praises Germany for its decision not to supply long-range weapons to Ukraine. zdf.de
- In the final declaration, Scholz also criticized the passages on the situation in the Middle East; while it is good that the G20 is calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, the right of Israel to self-defense should also have been mentioned.
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the fringes of the G20 summit. Scholz called fairer conditions for Western companies on China’s market central to future economic relations. Scholz warned Xi that China’s arms deliveries to Russia would not be accepted. tagesschau.de
- Scholz called for climate protection to be vigorously pursued worldwide. He said that the international community has a particular responsibility to countries that are suffering most from the consequences of climate change, even though they have not benefited from the prosperity gains of globalization.
- Outgoing US President Joe Biden had issued an urgent call for climate protection. He said climate change was the greatest existential threat to humanity. Biden announced a partnership with Brazil on climate-friendly energy production, development of clean energy supply chains and green industrialization.
- Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called on states to do more to protect the climate and to provide more assistance to those in need. He called for the creation of a UN council on climate change. At the end of the summit in Rio, da Silva handed over the G20 presidency to South Africa. spiegel.de
RTL/ntv Trendbarometer by Forsa: CDU/CSU 33 percent, SPD 15 percent (-1), Greens 11 percent, FDP 4 percent, AfD 18 percent (+1), Left Party 4 percent, BSW 4 percent (-1), other 11 percent. n-tv.de
- Direct election of the Chancellor: Olaf Scholz 13 percent (-3), Friedrich Merz 34 percent (+2), Robert Habeck 21 percent (+1), none of them 32 percent.
- Better SPD election result: with Olaf Scholz 12 percent, with Boris Pistorius 62 percent.
- Politician ranking: Boris Pistorius and Friedrich Merz biggest winners, Wagenknecht crashes. n-tv.de
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises five million US dollars for each released hostage: For anyone who returns a hostage, Israel will find a safe way out of the Gaza Strip for him and his family. When it invaded Israel, the terrorist organization Hamas abducted about 250 people and took them to the Gaza Strip. Some have since been released. Of the 101 hostages still in the hands of their captors, many are thought to be no longer alive after more than a year of war. tagesschau.de
- According to the UN, aid deliveries for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip are being „systematically“ plundered. Plundering by armed groups has become the norm and must stop immediately; it hinders life-saving relief efforts and endangers the lives of UN employees, explained the office of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. spiegel.de
- Israel’s military has allowed the delivery of 1,000 units of blood to a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. The military authority responsible for civilian Palestinian affairs, Cogat, announced that the blood units had been sent through a border crossing in the north. According to the UN health authority, the units went to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahija.
- Hamas leadership has left Qatar’s capital Doha, the emirate’s foreign ministry said, denying reports that the Qatari government had ordered the permanent closure of the Hamas political bureau or expelled the Hamas leadership, which had been based in Doha until now. Washington warns Turkey against accepting Hamas. faz.net
- Israeli forces have killed three gunmen in a raid in the northern West Bank, the army announced. They fired at a house in a village near the city of Jenin, where wanted Palestinians were said to be hiding, in order to drive them out of the building.
- UN peacekeeping mission Unifil in Lebanon came under fire again. A rocket hit a base in the south of the country. Four soldiers from Ghana were injured. The rocket most likely came from „non-state actors.“ This refers to militias such as the pro-Iranian Hezbollah, against which Israel is waging war in Lebanon.
- US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein hopes for an end to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. There is a real chance to end the conflict, Hochstein said after meeting with Lebanese Parliament President Nabih Berri in Beirut. Hochstein was confident that a solution could be found in the coming days.
- Nadschib Mikati, Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, believes that further negotiations are necessary regarding the current US proposal for a ceasefire between the Shiite militia Hezbollah and Israel. During the visit of US mediator Amos Hochstein, „contentious issues will be resolved personally“.
- Israel’s military has bombed targets near the Lebanese port city of Tyre. According to local media, houses and buildings in a suburb of the coastal city were hit. According to Lebanese reports, three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air raid. The attack was on a military installation in southern Lebanon. faz.net
- Ex-Rear Admiral fired flares at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house over the weekend; three suspects in custody. spiegel.de
Ukraine fired on Russia with ATACMS: Ukraine is said to have attacked the Russian border region of Bryansk with US long-range missiles. Russia announced that it had shot down five ATACMS missiles; there were no casualties or damage. However, at least a dozen explosions rocked the city of Karachev in the Bryansk region. Ukraine’s military claims to have hit an arms depot where artillery shells, rockets and bombs were stored. The US had recently allowed Kiev to use the missiles to attack targets on Russian territory. At the G20 summit, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced a „corresponding reaction“ without going into further detail. zdf.de, web.de, handelsblatt.com
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for decisive action by the EU against Russia in the face of the 1000-day war of aggression by Russia. It is clear that Putin lacks motivation for meaningful negotiations as long as Russia is not weakened militarily, Zelenskyy said in a video message to the EU Parliament. Parliament President Roberta Metsola promised further support for Ukraine. tagesschau.de
- Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has approved new principles for the use of nuclear weapons. According to the Kremlin, a Russian nuclear strike may in future be authorized in response to an attack with conventional weapons if it is carried out by another nuclear power. Moscow will also consider aggression by individual states to be aggression by entire alliances. handelsblatt.com
- Ukraine’s President Selenskyj calls on Germany to make a quick decision on the Taurus. He believes that after Putin’s words on nuclear weapons, it is time for Germany to support the appropriate decisions, Selenskyj said at a joint press conference with Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen. n-tv.de
- EU defense ministers: Kiev now has almost as many artillery shells as Moscow. faz.net
- EU countries want to provide more aid to Ukraine if the US withdraws. Following a meeting with his colleagues from Germany, France and Italy, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has welcomed the willingness of several EU states to support Kiev in the event of a reduction in US aid. diepresse.com
- A massive drone attack by Ukraine has caused damage in several Russian regions. In the border region of Belgorod, an infrastructure object and a power line were hit. There was also an impact in the neighboring Voronezh region, where a fire broke out in an industrial plant. handelsblatt.com
- Russia’s army attacked twice in Kupiansk on Tuesday; four people were injured. According to Moscow, the Russian military is continuing to advance in eastern Ukraine and has captured the village of Novoselydivka.
Sweden and Finland are investigating sabotage after two important underwater cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea: Such damage would not occur in these waters without external influence, explained the Finnish technology group Cinia, which operates one of the cables. Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser stated that the federal police are in contact with the Swedish and Finnish authorities regarding the matter; she confirmed that there is suspicion of sabotage. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock assumes a hybrid attack; these cannot simply be mere coincidences. Baerbock spoke of intimidation attempts and specifically mentioned the name of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. derstandard.at</ a>, zeit.de
- Pursued by Danish Navy: Chinese freighter under suspicion. n-tv.de
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock emphasizes the need for European states to increase their defense spending: After a meeting with her colleagues from Poland, France and Italy in Warsaw, Baerbock said that the issue was what signals would be sent to dictators around the world. Strength must be demonstrated here. This includes investing more than the two percent of economic output agreed by NATO countries in defense in the future. Baerbock added that Germany is expanding its support for Ukraine by supplying tanks, ammunition and anti-aircraft equipment. The designated EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas also took part in the meeting in Warsaw. handelsblatt.com
Violence against women has continued to increase in 2023: 360 women and girls were victims of femicide, according to the BKA’s situation report. More than 52,000 were victims of rape, sexual harassment or coercion. In addition, a good 180,000 were victims of domestic violence. There were also more crimes against women on the internet, such as threats and stalking. In addition, there was an increase in misogynist hate crime. lto.de, zdf.de
More Politics:
Coalition in Thuringia between CDU, SPD and BSW is in place: The parties involved say that the next few days will be spent making final adjustments to the draft. The agreement is expected to be presented on Friday. It still has to be approved by the party committees of the three partners. The SPD is also planning a membership survey. The CDU, SPD and BSW do not have a majority in the state parliament. When voting, they are therefore dependent on a vote from the ranks of the Left faction. The strongest faction is the AfD, with which none of the other parties want to work. spiegel.de, handelsblatt.com
More Regional:
- Berlin: Senate saves three billion euros in the budget, among other things, in transport, climate protection and culture. rbb24.de
- Berlin: Cultural scene criticizes planned austerity measures. tagesspiegel.de
- Berlin: Former Left Party MPs allowed to remain in faction. rbb24.de
- Hamburg: Senate decides on strategy against anti-Semitism. ndr.de
- Brandenburg: Police dissolve Tesla protest camp in Grünheide. n-tv.de
- Schleswig-Holstein: More locations are to be retained following changes to the court reform. ndr.de
- Saxony: CDU politician Andreas Nowak heads coronavirus investigation committee. n-tv.de
- NRW: Südwestfalen-IT fires ex-manager after cyber attack; disciplinary action against other employees. it-daily.net
- Hamburg: CDU party conference adopts election program; top candidate Dennis Thering sees his party as being within striking distance of the SPD in the state elections. n-tv.de
- Bavaria: right-wing extremist Martin Sellner announces appearance in Augsburg. augsburger-allgemeine.de
- Schleswig-Holstein: Higher Regional Court confirms right to block social media without prior user hearing. heise.de
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock calls for progress in negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku: Before leaving for Azerbaijan, Baerbock said that there was still a lot to be done by the end of the conference on Friday. Every tenth of a degree of global warming makes a difference. The climate crisis does not stop at borders, does not care about geopolitical tensions and certainly does not care about election dates. The 200 participating states must agree on the next steps in climate protection and on a new target for supporting financially weak countries. Developing countries are calling for significantly more money than the 100 billion US dollars per year that the industrialized countries have promised so far. faz.net
EU condemns prison sentences for 45 democracy activists in Hong Kong: EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said the verdicts were a further blow to fundamental rights and democracy in the Chinese special administrative zone. The EU is concerned about the „politically motivated prosecution“ of the activists. The US, UK and other countries have also condemned the guilty verdicts. In the biggest trial to date against activists of the democracy movement, 45 defendants were accused of organizing unofficial primaries for the 2020 Hong Kong parliamentary election. In doing so, they violated the controversial security law, according to the court. tagesschau.de
2023 one of the worst forest fire years in Europe: On the continent and in the observed parts of the Middle East and North Africa, a total area of more than 500,000 hectares burned. A major fire in Greece near the city of Alexandroupolis in 2023 was also the largest forest fire ever recorded in the EU. The EU Commission says that climate change is causing fires to become more frequent and intense. In addition, the fire season is lengthening and fires are also occurring in areas that are not normally affected.
Germany has received its last containers of nuclear waste from France: Four Castor containers have left the Valognes train station near the La Hague reprocessing plant, France’s state-owned nuclear company Orano announced. This is the 13th transport of highly radioactive material. According to Greenpeace, it is to be taken to the decommissioned Philippsburg nuclear power plant near the French border. tagesspiegel.de</ a>, rheinpfalz.de
President-elect Donald Trump wants to make entrepreneur Howard Lutnick trade minister: 63-year-old Lutnick will lead the US customs and trade agenda and also take responsibility for the office of US trade representative, Trump announced. Lutnick is head of the financial services provider Cantor Fitzgerald. He was previously also considered for the post of finance minister. Lutnick is considered a harsh critic of China. spiegel.de, zdf .de, handelsblatt.com
- Prosecution wants to postpone Trump sentence in hush money trial until end of term. zdf.de
- Wrestling manager Linda McMahon to become US Secretary of Education. spiegel.de
- Mehmet Oz, a TV doctor who is controversial because of his views on alternative medicine and paranormal abilities, is to become head of the Medicare and Medicaid health systems. handelsblatt.com
- Conflict in the US Congress: Republican member of Congress wants to ban her trans colleague from the women’s restroom. spiegel.de
More News:
- Georgia: Thousands demonstrate again in Tbilisi after parliamentary elections. zeit.de
- Hungary: Orban’s party tweaks electoral law in its own favor. n-tv.de
- France: Government wants to let parliament vote on EU-Mercosur agreement. de.nachrichten.yahoo.com
- Spain: Government wants to make it easier for workers to enter the country with immigration reform. n-tv.de
- Bosnia: Authorities expel Russian instructor from the country; he is said to have trained pro-Russian provocateurs in Moldova. nau.ch
- Great Britain: Farmers protest in London against inheritance tax. rnd.de
- Greece: Six years after the end of the financial crisis, media workers are demanding full collective bargaining rights. wdr.de
- Switzerland: The Swiss have the most expensive healthcare system in Europe. srf.ch
- Czech Republic: Higher pensions for former dissidents. dw.com
- EU: Europe is its own most effective tool against Trump’s tariffs: the EU’s single market could fully offset the effect of possible US tariffs. handelsblatt.com
- EU:Social Democrats give up resistance to Meloni ally Raffaele Fitto as EU vice-president. spiegel.de
- EU:Portugal’s ex-foreign minister João Gomes Cravinho appointed as EU special representative for the Sahel region. euractiv.de
- EU:Defense industry calls for new EU funding for defense. handelsblatt.com
- EU:France’s opposition to Mercosur agreement jeopardizes EU trade strategy. augsburger-allgemeine.de
- EU:Competition: EU Commission investigates cartel formation in the construction of data centers. heise.de
- Somalia: Opposition leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi becomes new president in breakaway region of Somaliland. bbc.com
- Iran: IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reports that Iran is preparing to restrict its uranium production a few days after his negotiations in Tehran. tagesschau.de
- Iran: Student reunited with Family in Underwear After Protest. derstandard.at
- Myanmar: Activists draw attention to the catastrophic situation of underage Rohingya refugees. tagesspiegel.de
- Venezuela: Four months after the presidential election, the USA recognizes opposition politician Edmundo González as the winner. zdf.de
- Brazil: Alleged murder plot against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; elite soldiers arrested for planning a coup d’état. spiegel.de
IG Metall and VW works council present counter-proposal to VW plans on Wednesday: One day before the third round of collective bargaining at VW, they are presenting the key points of their own concept for the future of the carmaker. Daniela Cavallo, head of the works council, and Thorsten Gröger, IG Metall district manager, want to present their ideas for stabilizing the ailing company. VW boss Oliver Blume sees no alternative to a tough austerity plan in his company. Due to weak demand in Europe and lower earnings in China, costs in Germany would have to be massively reduced. The company had recently demanded a ten percent pay cut. rnd.de
BGH strengthens rights of bank customers in case of unauthorized account fees: In the specific case, the defendant savings bank had started charging fees for the customer’s checking account at the beginning of 2018 without the active consent of the customer. The account holder objected to this in 2021 and demanded repayment of the fees charged in court. The BGH has now fully upheld the claim. The fact that the customer had paid the wrongly levied fees without objection for more than three years did not mean that the savings bank was allowed to keep the money, ruled Karlsruhe. tagesspiegel.de, tagesschau.de
More from Business, Tech and Science:
- Deutsche Bank invests in start-up Aleph Alpha. handelsblatt.com
- Thyssenkrupp calls out decision year. faz.net
- Smartphone bank N26 is in the black. handelsblatt.com
- Many public companies do not state a target for the proportion of women on their boards, despite legal requirements. tagesschau.de
- For the first time since 2017, more young people in homes and foster families. faz.net
- Germany is not building enough homes. www.zdf.de
- Creditform – Investigation – Nationwide debt atlas: Who is most likely to fall into the debt trap – young people, single parents and people in Bremen. www.spiegel.de
- Amazon: AI shopping assistant is now available. www.heise.de
- US Department of Justice: Too powerful – Google should sell „Chrome“. www.faz.net
- Surprising effect: flu strain apparently eradicated by corona measures. www.spiegel.de
- Shortage of skilled workers: where it particularly jeopardizes training. table.media
- Taco Bell postpones Germany launch until summer 2025. www.t-online.de
- Spying for Beijing: The German Federal Ministry of the Interior warns of fake reporters from China. www.spiegel.de
- TV election campaign: public broadcasters are still struggling with the format. table.media
- The comic series „Neue Zeiten“ by the artist Andreas Brandt, aka Sebby. web.de
- Paul McCartney jams with Jack White and St. Vincent. www.musikexpress.de
- A nice reception for the royals in the Spanish flood zone this time. web.de
- Accusations against the public prosecutor: Papers confiscated in detention cell – Sean Combs‘ lawyers outraged. www.rnd.de
- Kim Kardashian demonstrates: This is what the Tesla Bot can do. www.gala.de
- Nations League: San Marino makes history and celebrates promotion – first away win 3-1 in Liechtenstein. www.faz.net
- Germany coach Nagelsmann on Saudi Arabia: „We saw in Qatar that too many political issues can be a burden“. www.spiegel.de
- Musiala in focus: spicy demand on FC Bayern – contract extension – Lothar Matthäus advises the record champions to put all their eggs in one basket. www.sport.de
- Basketball in the NBA: Franz Wagner to hold next gala. www.sportschau.de
- Bankruptcy with Spain in the Davis Cup: Nadal loses the last match of his career. www.spiegel.de
Special workout: H. P. Baxxter to cycle away – Scooter is the DJ at the gym. www.abendblatt.de