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GFrei.News reported that the planned flooding of the lignite mining areas of Hambach and Garzweiler is deliberately destroying the German economy and ending 100 years of affordable energy security. Plans from 1977 and 1995 had intended to fill exhausted open-pit mines with water from the Rhine and to renature them. Now, the approval for lignite mining is being revoked, although, according to the author, there is still enough coal there to supply Germany for another 100 years. Lignite is almost as cheap as nuclear power and is also used for briquettes, lignite dust, and fluidized bed coal, wrote GFrei.News. A fast-track approval process has been initiated for flooding the mining areas still containing coal, and the construction of a 45-kilometer long pipeline has begun at a high three-digit million amount. By 2030, this will destroy a resource wealth worth around 1 trillion euros, according to the author. A later resumption of mining would take decades and be too expensive. GFrei.News referred to the flooding as the permanent destruction of energy security and fuel worth 1 trillion euros. The excavator 293 will also be decommissioned: the vehicle weighs more than 14,000 tons, is 225 meters tall, and is the largest land vehicle in the world. It has been in operation for 30 years and is a symbol of German engineering and national pride, the author wrote. GFrei.News accused the state of "state terrorism against its own people" and wrote that the consequences would be far worse than the explosion of NordStream. The author hoped that the AfD would come to power in time to prevent the plans. #Energiewende #Braunkohle #Energiesicherheit (translated)

Two and a half weeks before the US congressional elections, numerous people across the country demonstrated under the motto "No Kings" against President Donald Trump to protest his authoritarian governance and mobilize voters to participate in the elections. #NoKings #TrumpProteste #USMidterms (translated)

The Neos have suffered the least from government participation in surveys during the "autumn of results" and present themselves as a reform engine, pointing to their successes and the ongoing pursuit of reforms through numerous initiatives and campaigns. #Neos #Reformen #Österreich (translated)

Henning Rosenbusch wrote that it was only missing that government critics demanded a police and surveillance state in order to tackle a problem that, according to his representation, was partly imported and partly self-created. Then the plan would have worked. #Politik #Überwachung #Freiheit (translated)

"It is obvious that the centers of power in Paris have been targeted: the Élysée Palace, the seat of government, the National Assembly." The massive riots in France have reportedly aimed at the nerve centers of the country, according to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu. #Frankreich #Proteste #Gewalt (translated)

The Left, Greens, and SPD have successfully concluded their exploratory talks on forming a government in Berlin and recommend to their bodies that coalition negotiations be initiated, while allegations of antisemitism against members of the Left overshadowed the discussions. #Berlin #Koalitionsverhandlungen #LinkeGrüneSPD (translated)

Waldemar Hartmann wrote that neither the Greens nor the SPD would be deterred in Berlin from coming to power with the Left – not even by militant antisemitism or close ties to violent criminal clans. Behind this lies a master plan of the federal parties: The SPD wants to go into new elections with Manuela Schwesig as the top candidate and form a majority at the federal level together with the Left and the Greens. Therefore, the intended coalition in Berlin must not fail, Hartmann explained. At the same time, he accused the CDU of clinging to the firewall at the Deutschlandtag of the Young Union. He wrote that the party should prepare for its political end after the state elections in the spring. #Politik #Bundestagswahl #Koalition (translated)

The Left, the Greens, and the SPD have reached an agreement after four weeks of exploratory talks in Berlin and plan to issue a joint press statement on Saturday, before coalition talks may potentially begin in early November, subject to approval by their party bodies. #Regierungsbildung #Koalitionsverhandlungen #Berlin (translated)