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Richard Sörman wrote that he would likely participate in Agenda in the evening in a debate about Swedish identity. He stated that his position was that a common national identity is based on language, culture, shared state formation, and origin or ancestry, and referred to dictionaries as support for the notion that it was not strange. #Svenskhet #NationellIdentitet #SpråkKultur (translated)

Claudia Wittig, MdL, wrote that she was harassed today by ZDF reporters and criticized the reporting as, in her opinion, deceitful, one-sided, and designed to provoke outrage. She attended an event of a local peace alliance, to which all parties in the state parliament had been invited. BSW and AfD had confirmed their attendance; among the guests were Gabriele Gysi and Tino Eisbrenner. According to Wittig, reporters were waiting for her with a running camera at her private vehicle, even though she had declined an interview in writing. For the article, a photo of her and Ulrich Siegmund is to be reused, which originally was part of a group photo with other leading candidates. Siegmund did not participate in the event. Wittig accused the media of primarily scandalizing a supposed closeness to the AfD and not reporting on the content of the event. #Journalismus #Meinungsfreiheit #Faktenchecker (translated)

Ulrich Vosgerau wrote that the Federal Constitutional Court had recently emphasized that public broadcasting is more important today than ever. The original argument for it, that there were only television frequencies for one or two channels and that a private television market was therefore inconceivable at first, no longer applies. At the same time, Vosgerau criticized the reasoning that citizens only receive reliable, correct, and politically balanced information through public broadcasting, while disinformation lurks on the internet. He ironically portrayed the reporting on France as if students were protesting there because they wanted to learn more and receive more homework. #ÖRR #Information #Frankreich (translated)

Markus Haintz wrote that the district court issued a penalty order against a woman he politically criticized sharply. The public prosecutor's office in Göttingen had resumed the previously discontinued proceedings due to alleged expiration based on his legal argumentation. According to Haintz, the public prosecutor's office had assumed expiration after a formal insult against an opposition member in favor of the alleged perpetrator, even though the relevant post was still online. Therefore, no expiration had occurred. He added that the highly specialized public prosecutor's office would not have come to this conclusion without his hint, as the circumstances did not fit their political worldview. #Rechtsstaat #Justiz #Politik (translated)

The introduction of the payment card for asylum seekers in Hesse, which was originally intended to reduce the number of refugees, has proven to be ineffective due to technical hurdles and municipal resistance, as the actual decrease in the number of asylum seekers apparently only marginally correlates with this measure. #Bezahlkarte #Asylbewerber #Hessen (translated)

Germany and France have agreed to a partial easing of the ban on combustion engines, which allows for a reduction of CO₂ emissions from new cars by 90 percent by 2035 instead of the originally targeted 100 percent, paving the way for approval at the EU level. #Verbrennerverbot #Klimaziele #DeutschFranzösischeEinigung (translated)

The Higher Regional Court of Cologne plans to award the abuse victim of a woman who was severely sexually abused by her foster father and priest during her childhood a record compensation of between 500,000 and 600,000 euros, thereby correcting the original ruling of the Cologne District Court. #Missbrauch #Schmerzensgeld #KatholischeKirche (translated)

Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote that Germany's annual EU contribution could rise from the current just over 40 billion euros to over 60 billion euros according to a current negotiation proposal – an increase of around 50 percent. At the same time, he noted that Brussels, despite empty state coffers, demanded significantly higher payments. The EU Commission originally planned a budget of 1.985 trillion euros for 2028 to 2034. Ireland proposed a cut to 1.826 trillion euros, which Chancellor Friedrich Merz rejected as insufficient; other member states also criticized the cuts. Germany, as the largest contributor, faces additional budgetary burdens, even though its financial leeway is limited, Boeminghaus reported. https://t.co/JibpvC6XeL #EU #Deutschland #Haushalt (translated)