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Wolf Reuter wrote that the SPD had buckled in Berlin and was forming a new party, which he referred to as the "Socialist Unity Party." He claimed that the plans included expropriations and also obligated private landlords to rent to socially weak people. The coalition at the federal level was thus finished, he wrote, and labeled the SPD as the gravedigger of the Berlin Republic. Furthermore, he pointed to headlines that stood side by side and urged to keep them in memory. #SPD #Sozialismus #Berlin (translated)

No euro that flows to Ukraine is missing from social spending and education spending in our country. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (70, CDU) also assured on Wednesday in the Bundestag: "No euro that flows to Ukraine is missing from social spending and education spending in our country." #UkraineHilfe #Frieden #Deutschland (translated)

Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul announced that Germany will continue to support Ukraine until a responsible peace is reached, which is expected to take many years and cost additional billions of euros, without affecting domestic social spending. #UkraineHilfe #Frieden #Deutschland (translated)

Research shows that in Germany, the social prestige of housewives and househusbands is assessed as inherently lower than that of employed individuals, despite their valuable work in household management and childrearing, while the unemployed often face a significant loss of prestige. #SozialesPrestige #Hausfrauen #Hausmänner (translated)

The author wrote that the Left, Greens, and SPD wanted to socialize large housing companies in Berlin and transfer 160,000 apartments into communal ownership. Additionally, 100,000 apartments were to be built by 2031. The exploratory paper is now available, he stated. #Wohnungsbau #Berlin #SozialeGerechtigkeit #DE (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that a 23-year-old Indian man snatched a five-year-old boy from his mother on a platform in Wuppertal in April 2018 and jumped in front of a train with him. The child survived the attack without serious injuries. In October 2018, the man was acquitted due to insanity caused by paranoid schizophrenia and placed in a secure psychiatric facility. Kussmann contrasted the diagnosis with the belief in demons like Asuras or Pishachas in India, from whom people might receive commands, including to kill. She stated that the man had been deported after about eight years in the secure facility; various media reported on this. At the same time, she questioned whether Western therapies were meaningful for a man with a different cultural background. Using figures from North Rhine-Westphalia for 2025, Kussmann calculated that among approximately 4,300 detained individuals, costs of 623 million euros had been incurred. This amounts to about 390 euros per person per day. For eight years in the secure facility, this totals just over 1.1 million euros for the man. Kussmann questioned why the man had not been immediately deported instead of being treated at the taxpayers' expense for so long. She noted that he had entered as an asylum seeker, attempted to kill a child, and had never received a punishment for the act. #Asylpolitik #PsychischeGesundheit #Gesellschaftsdebatte (translated)

The article mentioned that it had a tremendous impact to show people that they mattered - especially in a world where they were constantly overlooked. He also referred to Carolin Emcke's impressions from the poverty summit, her thoughts on blind spots of empathy, and her encounters on both sides of the Middle East conflict. https://t.co/rmXI81ULOr #Empathie #SozialeGerechtigkeit #Nahostkonflikt #IL #PS (translated)

The author wrote that the Left Party, SPD, and Greens want to socialize housing in Berlin. In his assessment, this will further worsen the investment climate. He urged the federal government to quickly present the promised law to prevent this. https://t.co/jdEsZRjFrQ #Wohnraum #Sozialismus #Investitionen #DE (translated)

The author wrote that the Left, Greens, and SPD in Berlin would implement the will of the referendum for the socialization of large real estate companies. Properties with more than 10,000 apartments should be transferred into public ownership; 160,000 apartments would thus be removed from the compulsion of profit. He described this as a historic opportunity. #Wohnungsbau #SozialeGerechtigkeit #Vergesellschaftung #DE (translated)

The author wrote that in France, the protests are long beyond just student protests. According to his depiction, loss of purchasing power, significantly increased living costs, dilapidated schools, social cuts, and anger towards the political elite would lead to an increasing number of societal conflicts being unleashed on the streets. #Frankreich #Proteste #Lebenshaltungskosten #FR (translated)

Emrah Erken referred to Ilhan Omar as an Islamist and wrote that she said Somalis have always seen themselves as part of the fabric of the nation and contribute to the country's prosperity. According to Erken, about 81 percent of households of Somali immigrants in Minnesota – the U.S. state with the largest Somali community – receive some form of social benefits. He based this on detailed analyses of the American Community Survey from 2014 to 2023. #Einwanderung #Minnesota #SomalischeCommunity (translated)

The author argued that the state should leave the richest percentages of society undisturbed so that they could provide the greatest benefit for the rest. At the same time, it should fight the worst percentages with all severity so that the rest of society would not have to suffer because of them. (translated)