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They attack us because we advocate for international law and for the people in Palestine. The federal chair of the Left Party, Ines Schwerdtner, strongly rejected anti-Semitism allegations against her party. "They attack us because we advocate for international law and for the people in Palestine. Because we call the genocide in Gaza what it is: a genocide," Schwerdtner said at the state representative assembly of the North Rhine-Westphalian Left in Hagen. #Özdemir #Linke #Bundespolitik (translated)

Dear friends in Berlin, do not make yourselves unhappy. Stay away from them. There is no blessing on such a coalition. The Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, Cem Özdemir (Greens), warned the state association of the Greens against forming a government with the Left Party in Berlin: "Dear friends in Berlin, do not make yourselves unhappy. Stay away from them. There is no blessing on such a coalition." #Özdemir #Linke #Bundespolitik (translated)

The author wrote that Friedrich Merz, in his speech about anti-Semitism in Berlin, did not mention migration, mass naturalization, or Islam. Furthermore, the Chancellor criticized events to the right of the CDU without addressing open borders. #Judenhass #Migration #Bundespolitik #DE (translated)

An analysis of the social media performance of federal politicians shows that particularly the AfD and the Left are overrepresented on TikTok and Instagram, achieving high click rates through frequent postings and aggressive content, while other politicians have less reach. #SozialeMedien #Bundestag #Politik (translated)

The Australian exchange student wrote that the CDU is more concerned with how to continue their "kindergarten theater" in Saxony-Anhalt than with how to close the triple-digit billion deficits in the federal budget. He described their priorities as those of a "people's party." #CDU #Bundespolitik #Prioritäten (translated)

Steffan Nethe honored the mayors Marco Jahns from Grimmen and Thomas Pauketat from Sundhagen for having left the CDU. He wrote that their statements showed they could no longer identify with the political course of the party and that the CDU was also losing its own members. Nethe cited the ongoing de-industrialization, the worst financial crisis of municipalities since World War II, a loss of control over internal security, and the ignoring of the voters' will as reasons. He also criticized that taxpayer money was being spent abroad, while in his opinion it was needed domestically for municipalities, care, and pensions. Nethe described the dual exit in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as an alarming sign. He wrote that the CDU had lost touch with reality and with its voters. #CDU #Kommunalpolitik #MecklenburgVorpommern (translated)

Ines Schwerdtner, the national chairwoman of the Left Party, regrets the interruption of the exploratory talks with the SPD and the Greens and emphasizes that the agreement on Israel's right to exist has not been jeopardized. #Sondierungsgespräche #Linke #Bundespolitik (translated)

Federal President Steinmeier appoints Alexander Schweitzer as the new Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, while Chancellor Merz advocates for reforms at the employers' day and the Federal Constitutional Court examines regulations regarding inheritance tax. #Bundespolitik #Sozialreform #Bildungsproteste (translated)

Apollo News reported that Clara von Nathusius does not wish to run again for the office of Federal Treasurer of the Young Union. After reports of internal party pressure, she reaffirmed her criticism of the firewall against the AfD. https://t.co/bTkWl98XF4 https://t.co/GSTMNnIIdt #JungeUnion #Politik #Bundespolitik (translated)

Federal Labor Minister Bas resigns from all political offices, while former Rhineland-Palatinate Minister President Schweitzer becomes the new Federal Labor Minister and the CDU calls for a reduction of the electricity tax for private households. #Bundespolitik #EU #Nobelpreis (translated)

After the withdrawal of Bärbel Bas, Manuela Schwesig, the Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comes into the focus of the SPD, while increasingly interfering in federal politics and sharply criticizing Chancellor Friedrich Merz. #SPD #ManuelaSchwesig #Bundespolitik (translated)

The chairman of the Berlin SPD, Steffen Krach, stated on Thursday at the press conference regarding the exploratory papers that the question of how to proceed with Koçak could not be resolved "in the coalition negotiations" because he is a federal politician. #Berlin #Koalition #Antisemitismus (translated)

The negotiations of the red-red-green coalition in Berlin are facing controversies, particularly concerning anti-Semitism and connections to organized crime within the LEFT party, which has far-reaching implications for the parties and federal politics. #RotRotGrün #Berlin #Politik (translated)

Baha wrote that he now expects massive support for a relativization of the alliance in public broadcasting and in left-wing media. He called the comparison with the handling of the AfD and the demand not to make the same mistake again the most absurd argument. #ÖRR #Medien #Bundespolitik (translated)