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Konrad Schuller referred to a FAS report stating that former BND chief Hanning maintained contact with Nikolaj Patruschew, a close confidant of Vladimir Putin, for years after leaving service. The contact persisted even after the attack on Ukraine in 2014. Schuller described this as the "side foreign policy of a German retiree." #Politik #Ukraine #Putin (translated)

In the talk show Maybrit Illner, German foreign policy in the Ukraine conflict is being discussed, with Foreign Minister Wadephul optimistically pointing to support for Zelensky, while SPD politician Stegner criticizes Trump as an unreliable actor. #Ukraine #MaybritIllner #Trump (translated)

The problem is that these parties have given the impression that they are for peace. "The problem is that these parties have given the impression that they are for peace," assisted foreign policy expert Ralf Stegner (67, SPD), "but they are not for peace, they are for Putin." #PutinsKrieg #Deutschland #Ukraine (translated)

The expected landslide victory of the Democrats would be good for Ukraine, good for Europe. For Ukraine, despite the bitter times, there should at least be a glimmer of hope, believes foreign policy expert Jonathan Cristol: "The expected landslide victory of the Democrats would be good for Ukraine, good for Europe," he tells BILD. #Trump2026 #USPolitik #Midterms (translated)

In the latest episode of RONZHEIMER, Paul Ronzheimer and Kristina Kausch discuss the escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, the Iran conflict, and Donald Trump's controversial foreign policy, which could jeopardize energy prices and also influence his decisions regarding the upcoming US midterm elections. #Trump #Nahostkonflikt #Energiepreise (translated)

Chancellor Friedrich Merz demonstrates foreign policy strength with a shift in approach towards China, while simultaneously facing domestic pressure, and calls for measures against the country's unfair trade practices together with France. #Außenpolitik #FriedrichMerz #China (translated)

Katrin Göring-Eckardt wrote that the Russia faction in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt only engages in Kremlin propaganda and not in peace politics. She also asked who would explain to the faction that the federal states are not responsible for foreign policy issues. #Russland #Politik #SachsenAnhalt (translated)

One can assume that he would then devote even more energy to foreign policy. This also means that you will have to dress particularly warmly in Europe this winter. Political scientist Michael Werz, Senior Fellow at the think tank Council on Foreign Affairs in Washington, advises Europe to "dress particularly warmly" after the US elections. #Trump #Europa #Politik (translated)

Trump has poked into this strategic hornet's nest with a mixture of self-importance and ignorance, which is common among many right-wing populists. The price is now being paid by Saudi Arabia, which actually wanted to withdraw from the civil war in the neighboring country to focus on its own economy. The Saudi-Iranian conflict over dominance in the Gulf has been militarily fought in Yemen for years, comments our responsible editor for foreign policy, Nikolas Busse, on the situation in Saudi Arabia. #Riad #Huthi #Irakonflikt (translated)

Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger has announced that she will not travel to Moscow to meet Sergei Lavrov and instead aims for diplomatic discussions through multilateral forums, while exchanging views in London and Paris with key European foreign ministers on support for Ukraine and other geopolitical issues. #Außenpolitik #UNO #Ukraine (translated)

Regina Laska wrote that CDA chairman Dennis Radtke (CDU) referred to Gerhard Schröder's recent appearance in Moscow in the Tagesspiegel as a "case of moral bankruptcy" and called on the SPD to expel the former chancellor from the party. Laska agreed with him. Schröder was too ill to testify before a parliamentary inquiry but fit enough to celebrate Vladimir Putin's birthday in Moscow and accept a new supervisory board position in Russia. According to Laska, the SPD state chairpersons in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are now also demanding a new expulsion procedure. The SPD district of Upper Palatinate voted unanimously in favor of it on Saturday. Schleswig-Holstein's SPD leader Ulf Kämpfer stated that the paths of the party and Schröder had parted ways many years ago. Laska asked why Schröder was still a member of the SPD. Previous expulsion procedures had failed in 2022 and 2023. It is not only about Schröder's differing stance on Russia policy, Laska wrote, but also about his demonstrative loyalty to Putin, who has been waging a war of annihilation against Ukraine for more than four and a half years. She also pointed out that SPD foreign policy expert Ralf Stegner had praised Schröder's visit to Putin. Pierre Orthen, chairman of the SPD local club in Baden-Württemberg's Leutenbach, publicly questioned whether this was in line with the responsibilities of a member of the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee. Laska wrote that Stegner had held talks with Kremlin-affiliated representatives in Baku in April 2025. It apparently concerned the future of the Petersburg Dialogue, which Schröder co-founded with Putin in 2001. In June 2026, Stegner was said to have praised Schröder's connection to Putin; now he had attended Putin's birthday party. Laska asked what these contacts had achieved for peace in Ukraine and wrote that anyone justifying such talks as efforts for peace must also be able to explain what they had accomplished. #Schröder #Ukraine #SPD (translated)

The author wrote that an end to the Ukraine war on Trump's terms and the overthrow of Zelensky would embarrass German and EU foreign policy in the eyes of the world. He stated that the resulting enormous loss of reputation was necessary. #Trump #UkraineKrieg #Außenpolitik #DE #UA #US #EU (translated)

The enemies of savings accounts wrote that Donald Trump announced that Russia would supply 300,000 tons of diesel to the USA. While other countries in the energy sector enforced their interests through deals, Germany chose a nuclear phase-out, a coal phase-out, a feminist foreign policy, and morality, the author wrote. According to him, the costs would be borne by people at the gas station and in supermarkets, as well as employees whose energy-intensive employers would have to close permanently. #Energie #Klimaschutz #Politik (translated)

"In Russia, you have to talk to those who are there. Schröder can open doors to Putin." The SPD foreign policy expert Ralf Stegner stated to the "Tagesspiegel" that one must "talk in Russia to those who are there. Schröder can open doors to Putin." #Friedensnobelpreis #Schröder #Putin (translated)