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Nobody cares about Germany
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In a press conference today the DFB announced the resignation of national soccer coach Julian Nagelsmann.
It was also stated that they are now trying to get Jürgen Klopp as successor.
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It was also stated that they are now trying to get Jürgen Klopp as successor.
Julian Nagelsmann verlässt den DFB
Gesellschaftervertreter und Aufsichtsrat der DFB GmbH und Co. KG haben heute auf Vorschlag von DFB-Präsident Bernd Neuendorf einstimmig die sofortige Auflösung des Vertragsverhältnisses mit Bundestrainer Julian Nagelsmann beschlossen.
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Trump will hate this: Canada ordered 12 conventional powered submarines at a German defense company, TKMS (Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems).
It is the largest deal of that kind Canada ever made in history, est. about 20 billion Euros. Building will occur in Kiel and Wismar.
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It is the largest deal of that kind Canada ever made in history, est. about 20 billion Euros. Building will occur in Kiel and Wismar.
Canada awards Germany major submarine contract
Canadian PM Carney said the deal of up to 12 German-built submarines will be the "largest in Canadian history." Germany had pushed hard for the order, which comes as Canada seeks stronger ties with Europe.
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This is Jens Spahn. He is an important member of the conservative ruling party in Germany, having the whip in parliament. Some even say he's already working behind the scenes to become Merz' successor, which most likely would mean the CDU working together with the AfD. Merz strictly is against that, while a big chunk of the CDU including Spahn favors it now.
He's everything you would him expect to be in such a position: he's full of himself, arrogant and corrupt, in short your typical conservative asshole and Kotzbrocken. He literally wasted billions of tax euros without trial yet. He's also openly gay and married.
Now he's earned himself a new achivement: double standards. Turns out that he became father few days ago using a surrogate mother in the US. Spahn stated multiple times in the past the he is strictly against the legalisation of surrogate motherhood in Germany. Surrogate motherhood is forbidden in Germany, but Germans are allowed to do it in foreign countries, just like he did now.
Back in 2020 Spahn was the federal secretary of health, and vetoed the possibility of introducing surrogate motherhood in Germany.
Back in 2015 Spahn told:
"Als schwuler Mann und gläubiger Christ kann ich mich persönlich nur sehr schwer mit der Idee eines gemieteten Mutterbauchs anfreunden."
"As a gay man and a devout Christian, I personally find it very difficult to warm up to the idea of a rented womb."
So now first people are demanding him stepping down due to that, including leading members of the party in the federal states. The majority of the CDU is still against surrogate moterhood.
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He's everything you would him expect to be in such a position: he's full of himself, arrogant and corrupt, in short your typical conservative asshole and Kotzbrocken. He literally wasted billions of tax euros without trial yet. He's also openly gay and married.
Now he's earned himself a new achivement: double standards. Turns out that he became father few days ago using a surrogate mother in the US. Spahn stated multiple times in the past the he is strictly against the legalisation of surrogate motherhood in Germany. Surrogate motherhood is forbidden in Germany, but Germans are allowed to do it in foreign countries, just like he did now.
Back in 2020 Spahn was the federal secretary of health, and vetoed the possibility of introducing surrogate motherhood in Germany.
Back in 2015 Spahn told:
"Als schwuler Mann und gläubiger Christ kann ich mich persönlich nur sehr schwer mit der Idee eines gemieteten Mutterbauchs anfreunden."
"As a gay man and a devout Christian, I personally find it very difficult to warm up to the idea of a rented womb."
So now first people are demanding him stepping down due to that, including leading members of the party in the federal states. The majority of the CDU is still against surrogate moterhood.
Germany: Who is CDU parliamentary leader Jens Spahn?
CDU firebrand, ex-health minister, and leader of his party's parliamentary group, Jens Spahn has been dogged by controversy. But his ambition is undimmed.
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Jens Spahn stepped down today from his post as leader of the CDU's parliamentary group. The pressure and critic in his party became too overbearing.
He will remain a member of the Bundestag though, since he didn't resign from that as well.
"In recent days, I have come to realize that my personal happiness in starting a family with my husband and becoming a father is incompatible with my political office," Spahn said in a statement seen by news agencies.
After the announcement, Chancellor Merz said it was the called the decision both "correct" and "unavoidable," saying that "credibility is the most valuable asset in politics."
Merz went on to explain that he would now work with Markus Söder, the leader of the CDU's Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) to put forward proposal for a new parliamentary group chair.
“The procedure and timeline will now be coordinated with the party and parliamentary group committees," he said.
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He will remain a member of the Bundestag though, since he didn't resign from that as well.
"In recent days, I have come to realize that my personal happiness in starting a family with my husband and becoming a father is incompatible with my political office," Spahn said in a statement seen by news agencies.
After the announcement, Chancellor Merz said it was the called the decision both "correct" and "unavoidable," saying that "credibility is the most valuable asset in politics."
Merz went on to explain that he would now work with Markus Söder, the leader of the CDU's Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) to put forward proposal for a new parliamentary group chair.
“The procedure and timeline will now be coordinated with the party and parliamentary group committees," he said.
Germany: CDU's Jens Spahn resigns amid surrogacy controversy
Surrogacy is not permitted in Germany and the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) opposes its legalization. Spahn and his husband had their child through a surrogate mother in the US.
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Yesterday an asshole drove in Berlin a cargo van into the CSD parade. One man died, 16 are injured, 3 of those are life-threatening.
The terrorist, 21 year old Abdul B., has supposedly ties to IS. Currently there's a manhunt going on trying to catch him. More than 2200 cops are out right now doing the manhunt.
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The terrorist, 21 year old Abdul B., has supposedly ties to IS. Currently there's a manhunt going on trying to catch him. More than 2200 cops are out right now doing the manhunt.
Berlin: 1 dead, 16 injured in car ramming at CSD Pride event
A citywide manhunt is underway after a van crashed into a crowd during Pride celebrations, known locally as Christopher Street Day (CSD). Police have identified a suspect tied to Berlin's "Islamist scene."
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Abdul B. was shot dead today in a police operation, when German law enforcement tried to arrest him in Berlin-Spandau. The police shot at him since he tried to charge at an office with an open knife.
German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt believes there is no any further danger.
But the investigators continue to examine if others may have been involved.
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German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt believes there is no any further danger.
But the investigators continue to examine if others may have been involved.
Berlin Pride ramming: Police shoot suspect dead
Police said the suspect was shot dead in an operation, after the incident was classified as an "Islamist terrorist" attack. One person was killed and several others injured in the attack.
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More infos about Abdul B. are coming to the surface. He was from Lebanese heritage and shiite. His father, 64 years old, gave German magazine "Der Spiegel" an interview.
Abdul B. never got a job education after school, instead only worked on odd jobs like security or food delivery service. He used tv and smartphone a lot.
Abdul B. was born in Germany, also had the German citizenship. In the past he clashed multiple times with law enforcement, and was well known to the state. He was handled as endangerer, but not many consequences followed due to that.
His father said: "We are shiites. We don't support IS." IS is indeed a sunite driven and lead organisation.
According to the investigation though Abdul B. radicalised himself. He tried several times last year to get into IS. He traveled last year to Lebanon in order to get in touch with them. He failed, but was put on trial before court then.
The general attorney wanted to put him into jail, but the judge only issued a milder sentence.
His father describes his son as nice, generous, affectionate. He thinks his son was somewhat brainwashed in order to do such a thing.
The day before he did it they had a short call, which contained no warning signs.
His mother is now weaping in tears and going mad. His sisters are not doing much better.
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Abdul B. never got a job education after school, instead only worked on odd jobs like security or food delivery service. He used tv and smartphone a lot.
Abdul B. was born in Germany, also had the German citizenship. In the past he clashed multiple times with law enforcement, and was well known to the state. He was handled as endangerer, but not many consequences followed due to that.
His father said: "We are shiites. We don't support IS." IS is indeed a sunite driven and lead organisation.
According to the investigation though Abdul B. radicalised himself. He tried several times last year to get into IS. He traveled last year to Lebanon in order to get in touch with them. He failed, but was put on trial before court then.
The general attorney wanted to put him into jail, but the judge only issued a milder sentence.
His father describes his son as nice, generous, affectionate. He thinks his son was somewhat brainwashed in order to do such a thing.
The day before he did it they had a short call, which contained no warning signs.
His mother is now weaping in tears and going mad. His sisters are not doing much better.
(S+) Vater von Abdul B.: »Ich habe ihm nicht erlaubt, einen langen Bart zu tragen«
Der SPIEGEL hat mit dem Vater des mutmaßlichen CSD-Attentäters gesprochen. Er berichtet, wie er noch am Tag der Tat mit seinem Sohn telefoniert habe.
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There are signs floating around that Friedrich Merz' days as chancellor might be soon over, sooner than we all think.
Thing is he fired and hired some ministers in a kind of manner which pissed a lot of people of his own party really off.
The prime minister of Rheinland-Pfalz, Gordon Schnieder, wrote an open letter to Merz that he will not participate on an internal meeting with him, because this requires trust and appreciation, which both is not there any longer. Schnieder is the brother of the fired minister of traffic and infrastructure.
Several other people scolded Merz for his leading style, telling him he's not running a company but leading a party.
Some people think that the person with the biggest chance of replacing him is the prime minister of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hendrick Wüst. Wüst is reigning that state with the Green party, and doing there quite well.
There will be 3 elections of state parliaments this year: in Sachsen-Anhalt (6th of September), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin (20th of September). In Sachsen-Anhalt the right wing extremist party AfD is leading the polls since weeks around 41%, in MV it is still around 35,7%. Even in Berlin, which normally is left-leaning, the AfD is 3rd biggest party at around 18%.
One of Merz' declared goals was to half the AfD everywhere; instead he reached that mile stone with his own party by simple copying the AfD too much.
So many people expect an internal rebellion to happen latest after Sachsen-Anhalt is lost. The CDU itself is divided in 2 parts: one is the more moderate part, which still holds on the ideas of Angela Merkel and sees Merz as an error. The other one is the more right-leaning, and considers Merkels' time as big mistake, because in their opinion the CDU leaned way too much to the left and lost her political identity.
Some political commentators think it is possible that in Sachsen-Anhalt the CDU will split into 2 parties around this divide. And that the more right-leaning part either forms an own party entering a coalition then with the AfD, or just joining the AfD entirely. Question is which part in Sachsen-Anhalt is going to be bigger after such a split.
Merz is the most unpopular chancellor in Germany history. He's also very unpopular within his own party: the moderate crowd dislikes him for being too radical, which the really right-wing crowd hates him for not delivering on his election promises, instead breaking every one of them. Merz promised no tax raises, not more debt, economic growth. All of that has been broken by him: there are tax raises, he took the biggest debt in history and the economy is still on the ground. For the right-wingers he is all bark no bite, a lame duck.
There are now 2 possible ways how Merz might be replaced:
1. he could ask the parliament to express its trust into him. If he doesn't get the majority behind him, the president will dissolve the parliament and new elections have to be done within 3 weeks. Since in polls for the Bundestag AfD is right now top 1 with 27% and then CDU 2nd place with 21% this is unlikely going to happen.
2. the parliament itself could express its distrust into Merz. This is called the konstruktives Misstrauensvotum (constructive votum of distrust), which is a different procedure. It is initiated if at lest 1/4 of the members of parliament demand it.
The Bundestag then has to vote about it. If the current chancellor is unable to get the majority of the house behind him this is a successful expression of distrust. The Bundestag then has 48 hours time to elect a new chancellor. If this is successful, the president has to omit the old chancellor and appoint the new one.
The only time in history this happened successfully was 1982 when Helmut Kohl (CDU) became the successor of Helmut Schmidt (SPD), because Schmidt's coalition partner FDP rebelled and joined the CDU.
In case the chancellor is just stepping down he will remain in the office until a new chancellor is being elected: the president then will select somebody to become the new chancellor, and put him to vote in the parliament. It's a quite fleshed out process. This only happened once in 1974 when Willy Brandt (SPD) stepped down due to the Guillaume affair. It is very unlikely, that Merz will just step down because his ego is way too big for that.
The most likely event going to happen is a votum of distrust. In order for this to happen major parts of the CDU have to rebell against Merz by not voting for him. It also means they also better have figured out his potential successor due to the 48 hour time window.
Thing is he fired and hired some ministers in a kind of manner which pissed a lot of people of his own party really off.
The prime minister of Rheinland-Pfalz, Gordon Schnieder, wrote an open letter to Merz that he will not participate on an internal meeting with him, because this requires trust and appreciation, which both is not there any longer. Schnieder is the brother of the fired minister of traffic and infrastructure.
Several other people scolded Merz for his leading style, telling him he's not running a company but leading a party.
Some people think that the person with the biggest chance of replacing him is the prime minister of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hendrick Wüst. Wüst is reigning that state with the Green party, and doing there quite well.
There will be 3 elections of state parliaments this year: in Sachsen-Anhalt (6th of September), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin (20th of September). In Sachsen-Anhalt the right wing extremist party AfD is leading the polls since weeks around 41%, in MV it is still around 35,7%. Even in Berlin, which normally is left-leaning, the AfD is 3rd biggest party at around 18%.
One of Merz' declared goals was to half the AfD everywhere; instead he reached that mile stone with his own party by simple copying the AfD too much.
So many people expect an internal rebellion to happen latest after Sachsen-Anhalt is lost. The CDU itself is divided in 2 parts: one is the more moderate part, which still holds on the ideas of Angela Merkel and sees Merz as an error. The other one is the more right-leaning, and considers Merkels' time as big mistake, because in their opinion the CDU leaned way too much to the left and lost her political identity.
Some political commentators think it is possible that in Sachsen-Anhalt the CDU will split into 2 parties around this divide. And that the more right-leaning part either forms an own party entering a coalition then with the AfD, or just joining the AfD entirely. Question is which part in Sachsen-Anhalt is going to be bigger after such a split.
Merz is the most unpopular chancellor in Germany history. He's also very unpopular within his own party: the moderate crowd dislikes him for being too radical, which the really right-wing crowd hates him for not delivering on his election promises, instead breaking every one of them. Merz promised no tax raises, not more debt, economic growth. All of that has been broken by him: there are tax raises, he took the biggest debt in history and the economy is still on the ground. For the right-wingers he is all bark no bite, a lame duck.
There are now 2 possible ways how Merz might be replaced:
1. he could ask the parliament to express its trust into him. If he doesn't get the majority behind him, the president will dissolve the parliament and new elections have to be done within 3 weeks. Since in polls for the Bundestag AfD is right now top 1 with 27% and then CDU 2nd place with 21% this is unlikely going to happen.
2. the parliament itself could express its distrust into Merz. This is called the konstruktives Misstrauensvotum (constructive votum of distrust), which is a different procedure. It is initiated if at lest 1/4 of the members of parliament demand it.
The Bundestag then has to vote about it. If the current chancellor is unable to get the majority of the house behind him this is a successful expression of distrust. The Bundestag then has 48 hours time to elect a new chancellor. If this is successful, the president has to omit the old chancellor and appoint the new one.
The only time in history this happened successfully was 1982 when Helmut Kohl (CDU) became the successor of Helmut Schmidt (SPD), because Schmidt's coalition partner FDP rebelled and joined the CDU.
In case the chancellor is just stepping down he will remain in the office until a new chancellor is being elected: the president then will select somebody to become the new chancellor, and put him to vote in the parliament. It's a quite fleshed out process. This only happened once in 1974 when Willy Brandt (SPD) stepped down due to the Guillaume affair. It is very unlikely, that Merz will just step down because his ego is way too big for that.
The most likely event going to happen is a votum of distrust. In order for this to happen major parts of the CDU have to rebell against Merz by not voting for him. It also means they also better have figured out his potential successor due to the 48 hour time window.
CDU-Rebellion gegen den Kanzler: Friedrich Merz stürzt vor aller Augen ins Bodenlose
Ein Minister verschickt seine Abschieds-SMS, doch sein Nachfolger springt um vier Uhr morgens ab – und Friedrich Merz steht bei der Pressekonferenz da, als wäre nichts geschehen. Was folgt, ist die schwerste innerparteiliche Krise seiner Kanzlerschaft.
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Lol, what a dumbass.
This repugnant slime mould was also interviewed by Mehdi Hassan some time ago.
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"It's a gray zone but the gray is getting darker"
"We will shut down servers"
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