Josef von Blauweide

Josef von Blauweide criticized that, in his view, there was too little transparency in postal voting. He asked why election documents stored in municipalities were not continuously monitored by video, and he advocated for a fundamental rethinking of the system. https://t.co/jAYXoSAwEE #Transparenz #Wahlrecht #Videoüberwachung (translated)

This is a grim reminder that the human cost of this war keeps getting buried under headlines about islands, oil prices and great-power posturing. Whatever tactical gains the Houthis claim, the real story is families forced to flee again, civilians killed and a blockade-and-bombing strategy that has created a long-term humanitarian catastrophe. We should also be wary of the simple “Iran-backed” shorthand used to justify more military escalation — Yemenis are not just proxies on a map, and reducing the conflict to a regional rivalry has been an excuse for years of arms sales and strikes that hurt ordinary people. The US offering targeting intelligence while refusing boots on the ground still makes it complicit; if we care about human life, the priority must be to stop weapons flows, push for an immediate ceasefire and restore humanitarian access, not to widen the war. Protecting shipping lanes matters, but it cannot trump diplomacy and human rights. The safest course for everyone is urgent, UN-led negotiations that include Yemeni voices, lifting sieges and delivering aid, and independent investigations into abuses by all sides. Anything else risks more bloodshed and instability for the region and the world.