There are only a few days to go until the European elections, but the election campaign in Germany is rippling along. The headlines are dominated by budget disputes and floods, not discussions about Europe’s self-defense or enlargement. The campaigners are barely penetrating the German political and media scene.Veteran European politicians such as Elmar Brok are […]
The Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Anna Lührmann, is in favor of establishing a new European media platform. One possible approach would be to “further Europeanize” the profile of the Franco-German television channel Arte, said the Green politician in the podcast Table.Today.Users should also be able to identify content in social media […]
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is once again seeking an EPP alliance with social democrats and liberals after the European elections. “I want to form the platform in the middle,” she said on Monday at the WDR Europaforum. Whether this would include the Greens alongside the S&D and Renew would depend on how […]
Even the course of the event was symbolic: Emmanuel Macron’s state visit did not begin with military honors but at the democracy festival. With the French President as the only foreign guest, Frank-Walter Steinmeier celebrated 75 years of the Basic Law on Sunday afternoon, and symbolically between Parliament and the Chancellery. Paying tribute to democracy […]
As is well known, the European People’s Party has chosen Ursula von der Leyen as its lead candidate for the European elections, but so far little has been seen of her in her native Germany. At least, the Commission President has not been depicted on the CDU and CSU election posters. Some might have thought […]
Mr Schmit, how difficult is it to campaign against your boss?Ursula von der Leyen is not my boss in the election campaign, she is simply a different candidate. And we stand for different political directions. Otherwise, she and I have a very correct personal relationship and have known each other for a long time, when […]
TV debates between politicians before elections are actually intended to highlight differences between the candidates. During the Eurovision debate on Thursday, however, the five leading candidates only exchanged verbal blows on how to deal with far-right parties. Otherwise, the differences remained rather pale – which was also because the party families of the national conservative […]
Around 100 well-known personalities from politics, culture and science are making a joint appeal to go to the polls – and vote for democratic parties. They include the President of the Central Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, the actress Maria Furtwängler, the climate economist Ottmar Edenhofer and the former President of the Federal Constitutional Court, […]
Michael Clauß has already represented the German government as EU ambassador in Brussels for six years, and now it has been decided that he will stay on for another year. The 62-year-old diplomat will remain in the post beyond the summer, as Table.Briefings has learned from Berlin government circles. Such a long time in one […]
A group of EU member states is calling for further measures to combat disinformation from abroad. For example, a more open exchange of information on new influence campaigns with researchers, NGOs and journalists is necessary, according to the joint paper, which was discussed at the General Council in Brussels on Tuesday.These could also be involved […]