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Karen West wrote that she had lost respect for Copenhagen's mayor Sisse Marie We after a concern email, which she, according to West, had sent to TV 2 Kosmopol about today’s march for Denmark. West described the march as peaceful and claimed that the violence came from the far left, not from the participants in the march. She wrote that Danish Jews and their supporters had had to endure demonstrations with what she called more or less anti-Semitic slogans for three years. West called for an apology from the mayor and wrote that she had not participated herself but had followed the event through videos that she believed showed a peaceful march without ideologies. #København #antisemitisme #FredeligDemonstration (translated)

The author of the entry wrote that although they were not "any Albania" before, on that day they could be. He stated that everyone respected the assessments of the Venice Commission except for President Nawrocki, and then he referred to authorities from 2024. https://t.co/lUbhYBG7k8 #Polska #KomisjaWenecka #Autorytety (translated)

Radko Sáblík thanked the voters for their votes in the Senate elections and stated that he respected their decision to prefer his opponent. He congratulated Václav Láska on his victory and wished him success in the Senate; he also appreciated the decency of his campaign. He thanked the student team that prepared and organized his campaign, as well as its contributors, especially the ODS. At the same time, he apologized for not being able to convert the funds raised into a Senate mandate. Sáblík stated that the unsuccessful candidacy marked the end of an important chapter in his life. For the next two years, he wants to focus on handing over the Smíchov High School to his successor and concentrate entirely on the school, rather than continue striving for changes in Czech education. He did not perceive the defeat as fatal and wanted to redirect his attention elsewhere. #volby #politika #senát (translated)

The Chief of the Cabinet of the President of Poland, Paweł Szefernaker, thanked those gathered in front of the Constitutional Tribunal for their presence and courage, stating that they showed how important the Tribunal's matter is for Poland. He reminded that President Karol Nawrocki announced the defense of the Constitution against actions of state bodies and institutions that do not respect it. He added that respecting it also requires citizens' engagement. Szefernaker accused Donald Tusk’s government of destroying the foundations of the Republic and the national community for the past three years and attempting to appropriate state institutions and utilize them in political struggles. He claimed that the government’s aim is not to lower the prices of fuel, electricity, pellets, or coal for the winter, to develop the state, or to build the largest airport in this part of Europe, but to take full control over independent institutions. Referring to Karol Nawrocki's campaign in 2025, Szefernaker stated that his camp won despite attacks from the state apparatus, the withdrawal of campaign funds, and pressure. He added that they could not break their spirit, and their hope was Poland. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Konstytucja #Polska (translated)

Zbigniew Bogucki wrote that Minister Paweł Szefernaker, head of the Cabinet of the President of Poland Karol Nawrocki, spoke during a demonstration in defense of the independence of the Constitutional Tribunal. Szefernaker conveyed thanks to the participants on behalf of the president and stated that Nawrocki intends to uphold the Constitution. Szefernaker accused Donald Tusk's government of destroying the foundations of the state and attempting to subordinate independent institutions to itself. He cited media reports about a team in the Office of the Prime Minister that had prepared 50 cases for the Tribunal in the event of it being taken over by Tusk's people. He also assessed that after taking over public television and the prosecutor's office, the government may seek to take control of the Tribunal, and subsequently the National Bank of Poland, undermining the president's status. The minister pointed out that during Karol Nawrocki's campaign in 2025, his supporters won despite — as he said — pressure and attacks from the state apparatus. In conclusion, he once again thanked the participants of the demonstration for defending the independence of the Tribunal. #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Konstytucja #Polska (translated)

The Warsaw police reported that the detained man initially refused to contact a lawyer or any other legal representative and only later decided to take advantage of it. According to the police, the man also refused to provide personal details, even during examinations in the hospital. The police stated that they respected his rights and could not force him to seek legal assistance. They announced the release of a recording of the actions involving the detainee and denied reports that he had a head wound. #Policja #Prawo #Zatrzymanie (translated)

The author wrote that the events had been predicted and there had been a fire in front of the cathedral in Marseille. He interpreted this as a sign that France was sinking into total chaos. Macron had called from Brussels for "calm and respect," while France, as the author wrote, was ablaze. #Frankreich #Chaos #Proteste #FR (translated)

The constitutional right to demonstrate is fully respected, but it goes hand in hand with respect for people and property, meaning not to insult and not to destroy. According to Macron, problems arise when demonstrations are not organized and there are people among them who just want to destroy and incite unrest. #Demonstrace #Francie #Macron (translated)

German Shepherd praised Jochen Haug for his statement that Germany owes citizenship to no one, but must offer its citizens a nationality law that preserves it as a "precious good." He called Haug's remark brave and expressed great respect for him. https://t.co/bcU7nJOnGx #Deutschland #Staatsangehörigkeit #Mut (translated)

Erik Tabery wrote that a gas stove exploded in a restaurant across from the Respekt editorial office on Vodickova Street the day before. He noted that ambulances, firefighters, and police quickly arrived at the scene and that the street was soon closed off. Although he claimed not to know the details of the intervention, he praised the work of the response teams and wished a quick recovery to the injured. #praha #zdraví #hasiči (translated)

Martin Reichardt thanked the CSU for documenting the appearance of Vice President Andrea Lindholz and Bernd Kaiser for a comment he reportedly adopted. Reichardt recalled a statement made by Left Party MP Gebel in March. She had countered him in the Bundestag by saying that the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, but he was still more sensitive. According to Reichardt, this remark was met with thunderous applause; no one was offended by the wording. Gebel had also miscalculated by 7,000 nerve endings. This week, Reichardt hinted that Gebel did not know her own sexual organ. Lindholz subsequently spoke of an invasion of privacy and misogyny, and imposed a fine on him, he wrote. Reichardt accused the Bundestag of double standards: when a left-wing politician aims below the belt, it is cheered, while the same wording from a conservative is regarded as an attack on the dignity of parliament. He described this as a whiny double standard and demanded that the parliament not measure with a double yardstick. #Doppelmoral #Klitoris #Bundestag #Doppelmoral #Bundestag #Politik (translated)

The Swedish junior teams in group gymnastics won two gold medals and one silver medal at the junior European Championships in Esbo, Finland, where the men and women won their respective classes and the mixed team finished in second place. #truppgymnastik #juniorEM #gymnastik (translated)

The author thugme expressed respect for Kincl for managing to speak up according to him and stated that similar steps could advance the entire organization. He added that he is starting to dislike it when every card has three matches at catchweight. https://t.co/fhRM6Tsgq6 #respekt #organizace #sport (translated)

Christian Marcussen wrote that a deleted TikTok video from October 2022 showed Afrah al-Jabouri visiting Iran, where she stated that she felt comfortable covering herself as much as possible. He noted that the video was posted while Iranian women were burning their hijabs in protest, and that al-Jabouri wrote in the post's text that some did not understand freedom, and that it was disrespectful to burn something related to Islam. Marcussen wrote that the video was posted a month after 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran's morality police for not wearing a hijab. According to him, Amini was abused in police custody, hospitalized, and died. He wrote that her death triggered the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, where women burned their hijabs in protest against mandatory covering and violence. Marcussen added that the protests were still ongoing when the video was posted, and that over 200 people had been killed and more than 5,000 arrested. He described al-Jabouri's video as mocking and expressed sympathy for Iran's theocratic regime. He called it extremely repugnant and believed it reflected a deeply radicalized mind. He also described the video as an example of what he called islamfluencing: an attempt to portray Islam and the oppression of Islamic regimes as appealing and positive. #Iran #KvindersRettigheder #Protester (translated)

Ida Gabrielsson criticized the Centre Party (C) for what she claimed was fabricating reasons for why the Left Party (V) should not be part of a government. She wrote that parties with different positions could resolve issues through agreements and referred to the fact that parties with differing opinions on the matters raised by C had governed together in other Nordic countries. According to Gabrielsson, V would respect agreements and membership in a government. She accused C of being unwilling to negotiate the obstacles the party had highlighted and asserted that V could have resolved the issues. Gabrielsson also wrote that C refused to coordinate the ongoing policy within the parliamentary majority the party had helped create. She urged DN and others who claimed that V blocked policy issues to talk to C. Gabrielsson referred to a TV4 segment the day before, where Rikard Nordin from C, according to her, did not answer yes to the question of whether V was part of the government support. She wrote that Nordin simultaneously emphasized C as the most constructive party. Gabrielsson also stated that Thand Ringqvist responded that there was nothing V could do to facilitate a joint government cooperation. She criticized C's statement that the party could possibly support an S government in the future, provided it followed C's policies, and wrote that this implied V was expected to vote in favor of policies to the left of itself. She wrote that she wished the issues had been resolved before the election and that V had tried to unite the opposition without success. Gabrielsson said she found it hard to understand that C had not prepared for the election result that she claimed most polls had shown. #politik #samarbete #regering (translated)

Tobias Thyberg, head of the Eastern Europe department at the Swedish Foreign Ministry, warns that Russia has never respected Ukraine's sovereignty and plans to destroy the Ukrainian hinterland, while Sweden should mentally prepare for possible unforeseen developments. #Russland #UkrainischeSouveränität #EuropäischeSicherheit (translated)