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About gender self-determine: Government agrees on new law: Family and Justice Ministries agree on self-determination law: citizens to be able to change first ...
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About gender self-determine: Government agrees on new law
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About gender self-determine: Government agrees on new law: Family and Justice Ministries agree on self-determination law: citizens to be able to change first ...
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About gender self-determine: Government agrees on new law
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Basic child protection: The tragedy of Minister Lisa Paus: The basic child insurance is in danger of failing. The Green Family Minister Lisa Paus is solely ...
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Basic child protection: The tragedy of Minister Lisa Paus
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Green social policy: failing beautifully with Lisa Paus: What is the most effective way to get a political project off the ground? An instruction manual using ...
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Green social policy: failing beautifully with Lisa Paus
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Couple is convicted of insulting Christian Drosten at a campsite: In court, Maik S. and Kathrin W. once again described the virologist as the “biggest criminal ...
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Couple is convicted of insulting Christian Drosten at a campsite
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Abortion: Greens call for rapid legalization: Should abortion be regulated differently in Germany? The government is reluctant - despite clear recommendations ...
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Abortion: Greens call for rapid legalization
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Abortion law: Paragraph 218 has always been a lazy compromise: Time to be honest: Paragraph 218 needs to be reformed. A commission has made proposals to this end ...
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Abortion law: Paragraph 218 has always been a lazy compromise
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Moscow suggests 2022 draft document as a basis for future Ukraine peace talks: Putin said Russia could negotiate with Ukraine to end the war if there are no ...
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Moscow suggests 2022 draft document as a basis for future Ukraine peace ...
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“BaZ direct” - the daily podcast - Climate adhesives are heating up tempers in Basel
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“BaZ direct” - the daily podcast - Climate adhesives are heating up ...
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Basel: Demonstration in the middle of morning traffic at the SBB train station: There was a protest in Basel on Thursday morning. Private transport and public ...
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Basel: Demonstration in the middle of morning traffic at the SBB train ...
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FDP politicians in the ntv early start: “Basic child protection can only be completely overhauled”
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FDP politicians in the ntv early start: “Basic child protection can only ...
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Höcke in the TV duel: The performance is not convincing: CDU man Mario Voigt's calculation has surprisingly worked out
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Höcke in the TV duel: The performance is not convincing
Quick Glance: Voigt accuses Höcke of 'dilly-dallying' after TV duel
  • Thuringia's CDU leader Mario Voigt defends public confrontation with AfD far-right extremist Björn Höcke as meaningful.

  • Voigt highlights differences between CDU and Höcke's far-right extremist group.

  • Poll shows 29% support for AfD in Thuringia despite Höcke's extremism.

  • Voigt advocates for reason and warns against chaos from exiting Euro and EU.
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Swiss luxury chalet market runs out of steam: Luxury chalet prices are expected to fall in Switzerland, but demand remains strong.
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Swiss luxury chalet market runs out of steam
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Pensions, family, taxes: The traffic light still has these plans: The traffic light coalition is just turning the final corner before it enters the home straight ...
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Pensions, family, taxes: The traffic light still has these plans
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What is a woman? Here you can read what will cost you up to 10,000 euros in fines if you say it. Thanks to the self-determination law just passed in Berlin - ...
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What is a woman? Here you can read what will cost you up to 10 ...
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Why a radical speaker was disinvited to the university: The right-wing libertarian economist and AfD sympathizer Markus Krall is nevertheless drawn to ...
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Why a radical speaker was disinvited to the university
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The FDP and SPD agree on two of their most important points of contention: The traffic light parties SPD and FDP have reached an agreement on investigative ...
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The FDP and SPD agree on two of their most important points of contention
Quick Glance: FDP and SPD Reach Agreement on Key Issues
  • SPD and FDP have reached compromises on key issues, including the extension of the rent control measure until 2029 and the 'Quick-Freeze' data storage procedure.

  • Despite additional desired changes in rental law, no specific agreements have been made, raising concerns about the housing market.

  • The 'Quick-Freeze' data storage procedure is implemented in cases of suspicion of serious crimes, marking a departure from indiscriminate mass data storage and receiving positive reactions.

  • The next steps involve drafting proposals in the Federal Ministry of Justice for data storage and the extension of the rent control measure, which are likely to be approved by the cabinet simultaneously.
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AfD and the Bystron case: Off into the bubble: The Bystron case shows that many people in the AfD only want to talk to those who don't ask critical questions: ...
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AfD and the Bystron case: Off into the bubble
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European court rules nations must protect citizens from effects of climate change
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European court rules nations must protect citizens from effects of climate ...
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Paragraph 218: Abortion needs advice, not contempt: The Federal Constitutional Court also has its share in the legal uncertainty of women today
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Paragraph 218: Abortion needs advice, not contempt
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Canadian soldier missing, presumed dead in Swiss avalanche: Armed Forces: The Canadian military says a soldier is presumed dead after being caught in an ...
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Canadian soldier missing, presumed dead in Swiss avalanche: Armed Forces
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Federal Constitutional Court agrees with Julian Reichelt: The ex-Bild boss Julian Reichelt was allowed to write that the federal government is paying money to a ...
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Federal Constitutional Court agrees with Julian Reichelt
Quick Glance: Former 'Bild' Chief: Federal Constitutional Court Upholds Reichelt Complaint Against Federal Government
  • Julian Reichelt succeeded with a constitutional complaint against the federal government.

  • The Federal Constitutional Court overturned the decision of the Chamber Court.

  • Freedom of speech is of particular importance and must be protected.

  • The Chamber Court did not consider the linguistic context of the statement.
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44-year-old successfully sues: Karlsruhe issues landmark ruling for biological fathers
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44-year-old successfully sues: Karlsruhe issues landmark ruling for ...
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Roaring Nebula Kickl: Water would be enough for a long time!
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Roaring Nebula Kickl: Water would be enough for a long time!
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A look into the abyss - Die Weltwoche: Sometimes the best way to start a column is with a number. The number is 74,852, the latest certified circulation of Blick ...
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A look into the abyss - Die Weltwoche
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Paragraph 218: Tutoring for Marco: Paragraph 218 of the German Criminal Code stipulates that abortion is a criminal offense. The Alliance for Sexual ...
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Paragraph 218: Tutoring for Marco
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Due to strong gusts: The Böögg will not be lit for the first time. Sechseläuten 2024 goes down in history. Will the summer now also fall through? - The ...
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Due to strong gusts: The Böögg will not be lit for the first time ...
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After fatal shooting in Dortmund: officer-in-charge justifies police action in the Mouhamed Dramé case
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After fatal shooting in Dortmund: officer-in-charge justifies police ...
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Gaza’s archaeology experts say enclave’s historic treasures saved by ‘irony of history’
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Gaza’s archaeology experts say enclave’s historic treasures saved by ...
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ZDF documentary about Friedrich Merz: A ZDF documentary explores Friedrich Merz for 45 minutes and finds hardly anything new.
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ZDF documentary about Friedrich Merz
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Family policy: And what do I get from basic child welfare?: In order to introduce basic child welfare, more civil servants and new bureaucracy are needed ...
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Family policy: And what do I get from basic child welfare?
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Buschmann: Cannabis legalization will ease the burden on the judiciary and police
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Buschmann: Cannabis legalization will ease the burden on the judiciary and ...
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Abortion: The Sudden Fear of the Traffic Light: A commission appointed by the government recommends that abortion be reregulated by law. However ...
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Abortion: The Sudden Fear of the Traffic Light
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182 million flow into the green anti-rights program - now an insider comes clean: The "fight against the right" is right at the top of Family Minister Lisa Paus' ...
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182 million flow into the green anti-rights program - now an insider comes ...
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World Press Photo: Impressive Pietà: A Palestinian woman mourns the loss of her niece: The choice of World Press Photo is strong, but the reasoning is irritating ...
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World Press Photo: Impressive Pietà
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Ban on sidewalk harassment: Traffic lights want to protect women: The Bundestag is discussing the planned ban on sidewalk nuisance. The debate on the ...
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Ban on sidewalk harassment: Traffic lights want to protect women
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AfD politician on trial: Björn Höcke and the SA slogan: Björn Höcke has been testing how far he can go for years. Now he is on trial for an SA slogan.
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AfD politician on trial: Björn Höcke and the SA slogan
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Basic child security: Praise for bureaucracy: The dispute over basic child welfare turns into a dispute over too much bureaucracy. Politicians should rather work ...
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Basic child security: Praise for bureaucracy
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Basic child protection: the FDP wants to cement the fact that every fifth child lives in poverty
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Basic child protection: the FDP wants to cement the fact that every fifth ...
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Symbols and fine words - Die Weltwoche: A new away jersey in pink, a change of kit and, most recently, a picture of a national team player on a prayer mat with ...
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Symbols and fine words - Die Weltwoche
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Smoking ban: prohibitive culture everywhere you look: Britain's government wants to gradually ban smoking, and some German politicians like that ...
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Smoking ban: prohibitive culture everywhere you look
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Abortion: Does the traffic light dare to violate paragraph 218a?: A commission advises the government to legalize abortion. Some in the coalition see a historic ...
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Abortion: Does the traffic light dare to violate paragraph 218a?
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Minimum wage in Zurich: City criticizes federal government for "encroaching on sovereignty"
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Minimum wage in Zurich: City criticizes federal government for ...
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Housing crisis in Zurich: The state can't straighten everything out: Not more tax money, but fewer building regulations - and less left-wing activism - would ...
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Housing crisis in Zurich: The state can't straighten everything out
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“Höcke is not a fascist”: CDU constitutional lawyer and former minister Rupert Scholz on the German crisis, the AfD and green ideologues - The World Week
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“Höcke is not a fascist”: CDU constitutional lawyer and former minister ...
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Basic child security: Basic child security must not fail: Basic child welfare was prepared amateurishly, but it is urgently needed. If necessary ...
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Basic child security: Basic child security must not fail
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After 500 years of climate change: more deserts, fewer boreal coniferous forests: Scientists have investigated how climate change could alter the face of the ...
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After 500 years of climate change: more deserts, fewer boreal coniferous ...
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“The population is not asked”: With the Electricity Act, the Federal Council wants to make the disempowerment of the people a law - The World Week
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“The population is not asked”: With the Electricity Act, the Federal ...
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FDP calls for new draft for basic child security: In the coalition dispute over basic child welfare, the FDP has now called for a new draft law ...
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FDP calls for new draft for basic child security
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Podcast premiere “Politics with Anne Will”: With an invisible eyebrow: After 16 years of television talk, Anne Will is now doing a podcast - with the experienced ...
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Podcast premiere “Politics with Anne Will”
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New movement “Liberate Switzerland” sprays Porsche Center: Several activists carried out a color attack on the Porsche Center in Crissier VD on Tuesday ...
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New movement “Liberate Switzerland” sprays Porsche Center
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The hate speech law in Scotland is a disaster. Everyone except the National, Greens and Labor parliamentary majority foresaw this ...
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The hate speech law in Scotland is a disaster. Everyone except the ...
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Do we have to protect the Germans from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Mr. Maassen? The former head of the Office for the Protection of the ...
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Do we have to protect the Germans from the Office for the Protection of ...
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War in Ukraine: Germany delivers another Patriot system: The Bundeswehr only has ten of the missile defense systems left - but after loud calls for help from ...
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War in Ukraine: Germany delivers another Patriot system
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The neutrality initiative has been submitted. Good this way! But that alone is not enough; the army must now also be upgraded as quickly as possible ...
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The neutrality initiative has been submitted. Good this way! But that ...
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Driving bans at the weekend: Wissing has only himself to blame: Wissing and driving bans: There is no way around thinking about how to reduce emissions in ...
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Driving bans at the weekend: Wissing has only himself to blame
Quick Glance: Dispute over Climate Protection Measures in Traffic Sector
  • The Environment Agency opposes drastic measures in the transport sector.

  • Reform of the Climate Protection Act and potential driving bans spark controversy.

  • Ampel parties argue over climate goals and blame games.

  • DUH feels vindicated in lawsuit against Transport Minister and calls for new measures.