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The author wrote that after years of loud demands for a ban on the AfD, now the Left Party is also coming under scrutiny. CDU Prime Minister Gordon Schnieder wants to have the constitutional loyalty of both parties examined. The author stated that he also does not support a ban on the Left Party. https://t.co/bVZKa6ORBv #Politik #Verfassung #Parteien #DE (translated)

Camille described a method used, according to her, by protesters during clashes with the police in France in December 2018: Yellow Vests would have thrown paint bombs at the visors and shields of the police in order to blind them and hinder their maneuvers. https://t.co/MOYt05nw0G #GiletsJaunes #Manifestation #France (translated)

Strijder124 wrote that Wierd Duk had asked Dilan Yesilgöz about her view on the culture war. According to Strijder124, Yesilgöz had nothing to say about it; he described her performance as painful and weak for her and the VVD. Duk said, according to the post, that the Netherlands needed a Bolkestein and that a large center-right electorate wanted conservative-right policies, but that no one within the VVD conveyed that. Duk also stated that there was a culture crisis that he didn't hear the VVD talking about. People were concerned with that, he said, while the borders remained open and Syrians were passing through the Netherlands. #cultuurcrisis #politiek #VVD (translated)

Defense Minister Pete Hegseth is implementing increasingly extreme measures in the U.S. military, including mandatory testosterone checks for older soldiers and the announcement of a public execution of death row inmate Nidal Hasan, as part of his vision for a macho culture and a 'war against woke.' #Defensie #Machocultuur #PeteHegseth (translated)

Andris Kulbergs (AS) wrote the day after the elections that the work of the Cabinet of Ministers continued, and thanked the voters for their trust in him and the UNITED LIST. He stated that the party had also won in the Bolderāja polling station in Riga. Kulbergs pointed out that President Edgars Rinkēvičs had invited all factions to a meeting, the UNITED LIST first, and congratulated it on its historic victory. He added that there was no space for 41 faction deputies in the Saeima and the Presidential Palace. He described the coalition meeting after the elections as the calmest he could recall, stating that the issues were dealt with swiftly. In his opinion, after the elections, coalition partners and journalists showed less interest in the everyday work of the Cabinet of Ministers. Speaking about a possible tax on Netflix and other streaming platforms, Kulbergs opposed its implementation, pointing out that it could hinder cooperation with the USA. He said that the USA currently ranks 15th in terms of Latvia's foreign trade, behind Russia, and mentioned discussions with American entrepreneurs, the Hollywood industry, and security and the deployment of US forces in Latvia. According to him, during the Latvian president's visit to the USA, the US ambassador had organized a meeting for the Latvian business delegation with about 300 high-level entrepreneurs, while HBO had already arrived in Latvia for talks. Kulbergs estimated that the streaming platform fee could generate about 600,000 euros but emphasized that those costs would likely be borne by consumers, with subscription prices increasing. He believed that the funding for the Latvian film industry could be found in other ways, including reviewing the SIF programs, and he criticized the Ministry of Culture for not finding a solution without a new tax in four months. #Latvija #vēlēšanas #politika (translated)

These 835 euros are a modest compromise. And all of this can be balanced by a faster increase in the non-taxable minimum. Simply raising the non-taxable minimum for everyone would also benefit all other categories of employees, let's say, a couple of tram tickets a month," says Egils Baldzens, chairman of the Latvian Free Trade Union Confederation. #MinimālāAlga #Darbs #Ekonomika (translated)

Weird Duk wrote that Bardella was right and that according to him, the political center, not radical right, should have told this story. He added that this could have been Dilan Yesilgöz's answer to his question about her vision for the country, which he had posed to her during Vandaag Inside. #politiek #midden #visie (translated)

Marcel Crok suspected that Tijs was referring to him with the term 'climate deniers' because he claimed to be about the only dissenting voice during an external expert day in March 2025. He called the term derogatory and pointed out that CDA leader Henri Bontenbal had also used it regularly, according to him. Crok invited Tijs to a lecture by Clintel given by Roger Pielke Jr. the following Sunday in Driebergen. He referred to an article by Pielke about a campaign against climate scientists with dissenting views. According to Crok, Australian activists, including a cartoonist, with the support of influential American climate scientists, created blacklists. Among those listed were Pielke, his father, and Judith Curry, according to him. Crok wrote that their academic careers were thereby hindered and called the issue concerning for Members of Parliament. Regarding his own participation in the Citizen's Assembly, Crok stated that the selection of citizens went well and that his discussions with KNMI director Maarten van Aalst were respectful. However, in hindsight, he claimed that the organization published an incorrect fact-check. He said he should have filed a forty-page complaint before he received any response. Crok argued that the debate about climate, just like the debate about corona which Tijs had previously struggled with as a journalist, was, in his view, being stifled. He spoke of a suffocating atmosphere in the academic world and wrote that no journalist had signed up to attend Pielke's lecture. #klimaat #wetenschap #discussie (translated)

Rob Roos wrote that fear, according to him, was once again used as a policy instrument, this time with increasingly harsh war rhetoric. He stated that centrist parties in Europe saw their power decline after leading the continent to the brink of disaster with climate policy, energy problems, open borders, and soaring debts. According to Roos, the same pattern was visible in many European countries, and therefore a major crisis, possibly a war, threatened again. He described the leaders as power-hungry marketing agencies without vision and called their approach life-threatening. #beleid #oorlog #Europa (translated)

"I want to make it clear to everyone that although Iran's economic and military situation is very bad and although the blockade will remain fully in effect (...), we will not attack Iran until the mid-term elections." "We are conducting productive negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran," added D. Trump, without providing further information. #DonaldTrump #Iranas #NaftosKainos (translated)